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Jury Duty in Nova Scotia!

April 6th, 2009

Hello From Halifax Nova Scotia! It’s Eddie Della Siepe and Darrin Rose from Video On Trial and we just finished the Eastern portion of Jury Duty, our national comedy tour.
We’ve sampled the fine delicacies on the East coast, which means lots of seafood – McDonalds even has a “McLobster” here!

Tags: comedy, lobster, video on trial, yuk yuks
Posted in Blog, Celeb Guest Blogs, Concerts & Events | Posted by Mark Swi

Britney Circus Tour in Toronto

March 19th, 2009

Britney Spears rolled into the ACC last night for the first of 2 highly anticipated shows. It’s been a crazy couple years for Britney after several public meltdowns, a head-shave, and a full-fledged comeback. Judging from the ravenous crowd Britney did not disappoint despite letting many talented dancers and circus performers deflect attention from her [...]

Tags: britney, Britney Spears, circus, circus tour, concerts, photos, tours
Posted in Concerts & Events | Posted by Mark Swi

U2: 700 Fans & I Was There

March 12th, 2009

[Ed. note: Last week Mark found out that U2 would be playing a very small show in Boston and on a whim, he bought a plane ticket to see one of his favourite bands in a rare setting. Here’s his story!) The day started off early with a red eye shuttle to the always friendly [...]

Tags: Boston, concert, spontaneous, U2
Posted in Concerts & Events | Posted by Mark Swi

GTA IV Lost and Damned Review

March 4th, 2009

We were speculating over the next chapter in GTA when it was announced that there were going to be Xbox 360 exclusive downloads. Rumours were abound of a potential San Andreas or Vice City upgrade but it turns out that Rockstar chose to spend their time building an intricate new story in Liberty City revolving around the biker gang The Lost.

Tags: grand theft auto, xbox 360
Posted in Just For Fun | Posted by Mark Swi

First Spin: U2 – No Line On The Horizon

February 20th, 2009

After a sudden leak earlier in the week, the new U2 album No Line On The Horizon has been made available to the world in its entirety. U2 is arguably the biggest rock band in the world and has maintained its relevance in recent years by not caving to trends (cough cough Timbaland) and pumping [...]

Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Mark Swi