• DOORS: 5:45PM
• CANCER BATS 6:45-7:15PM
• AGAINST ME! 7:30-8:05PM
• ALEXISONFIRE 8:20-9:05PM
• BILLY TALENT 9:30-10:55PM

Rahim Jaffer, Chef Puts Breast Milk Cheese on the Menu, Special Guest: KO performs in the SONiC Listener Lounge

 

 Layne Mitchell Show Podcast #55 [24:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer pleaded guilty to careless driving this week and was sentenced to a $500 fine, while drunk driving and cocaine possession charges were dropped. They say there was “no reasonable possibility of conviction” on those other charges.

If you’re a lawyer, please, help me out with this: How BAD of a prosecutor are you when they find cocaine in the defendant’s car and they can’t convict him on drug possession – THAT IS THE CHARGE!

They found cocaine in his car. Is the defense claiming somebody else put it there? Let me ask you, what is more “REASONABLE”;

A) That the coke belongs to Jaffer, the guy who owns the vehicle,

OR…

B) That a complete stranger broke into his Ford Escape without leaving any visible signs of forced entry and stuffed it full of drugs.

Does that happen a lot? You park downtown and you go to get back in your car only to discover somebody’s broken in and left you a bag of blow on the passenger seat? Maybe I’m just not parking in the right places.

Jaffer paid his $500 fine and as an act of good faith, he also donated $500 to charity… I’m not sure which one, but my guess would be the… Oh My God I Can’t Believe I Got Away With This Foundation.

Remember that E-trade commercial that airred during the Superbowl with the talking babies that refers to a “milkaholic” named “Lindsay”. Lindsay Lohan thinks it’s about her and now she’s suing for $100 million… classic.

Fun with cell phones, Is Crash There? Special Guest: Champion performs  

 

 Layne Mitchell Show Podcast #54 [29:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

OK GO is a band known more for its videos than its music. The intricately choreographed treadmill routine they did for “Here It Goes Again: is a tough act to follow, but I think this 3 minute homage to the board game “Mousetrap” certainly rises to the challenge. Since this video debuted earlier this week it’s logged more than 2.5 million hits.

I saw Alanis Morrissette singing at the Closing Ceremonies for the Olympics yesterday. It reminded me how much I’ve always thought she looked like Red Hot Chili Peppers singer, Anthony Kiedis – take a look!  

In case you can’t tell them apart. HE’s the one with whiskers (at least until Alanis begins menopause).

Nickelback vs the Pickle, Sea World employee becomes Sea FOOD, Misplaced Shame

 

 Layne Mitchell Show Podcast #53 [16:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here’s money well spent: A quarter-page ad in today’s Edmonson Sun reminding drivers to brush the snow off of their cars. As I post this message,  Gateway Boulevard is completely dry (as it has been for over a week) and the temperature is 6 degrees (plus 6).

I’ve been posting a bunch on the SONiC Facebook page and one thing I notice is that for about every 20 or 25 comments we get on any given post, regardless of subject, there’s at least one person who posts: who cares.

Sad about the earthquake in Haiti: who cares
The women’s hockey team is beating Finland: who cares

I understand; there are a lot of things I don’t care about. Beanie babies, James Blunt, Jersey Shore… did I mention James Blunt? Facebook is a social networking site; a tool for connecting with people with similar interests. So to spend your time trolling the internet looking for one more thing NOT to care about… is just sad.

I’m not coming down on people for saying who cares. Like I said, I get one of those for roughly every 20 comments. 5 percent don’t care, and that’s okay. But the sad truth is, if you don’t care, and you’re wasting your time trying to express your apathy to people who do, you’re missing out on the opportunity to connect with OTHER people who don’t care. Start a Who Cares Facebook group – your own personal forum to express your apathy on various subjects.

Yesterday I posted that Noel Gallagher from Oasis was one of the names tossed out as a potential replacement for Simon Cowell on American Idol.

I don’t watch the show, but even with the Olympics on TV, there are 18-million people who DO watch that show. Oasis is certainly not my favorite band, but they’ve sold more than 70-million records and the prospect of Noel becoming part of North America’s most popular television show is at very least a mildly entertaining prospect for some. Who cares?

Everybody but you.