Apparently, yes, according to Maxim Magazine.
When you’re sitting in traffic, it’s important to have some scenery to look at. It gives you a distraction from every moment of your life that’s slipping by. I think the view from the 40 right before it merges with the 15 southbound is something special. Nowhere else in the city can you get a look of our city’s largest green space as the mere backdrop to sprawling urban decay.
I have a vague recollection in the early-mid nineties of there being a story in the Gazette about a German road safety specialist touring Montreal, and he thought that that spot where the 40, Decarie, and Marcel Laurin merge was one of the most dangerous things he’d ever seen. Mind you, as an adolescent at the time, I was prone to exaggeration, so who knows how it actually went down.
I also recall something about how the Decarie Expressway being obsolete by the time it was finished being built. That came word-of-mouth, but I’m inclined to give it the benefit of the doubt, because I spend so much f**king time in traffic right around there. If you don’t believe me, check out footage of my commute a couple weeks back.
In any case, scenery like this helps the time drag by less painfully. It reminds you that, no matter how shitting of a time you’re having, there’s a hoard of fellow citizens who share your misery.
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The coolest thing about being Canadian is being tacky (and giving things titles like I did this post). Every time someone remotely famous passes through our air space, those plastic sycophants on eTalk Daily will find a way to glamorize it. And if someone Canadian actually makes it anywhere doing anything, if their backwater hometown doesn’t name a highway or mall after them, then we’ll stamp their name into a Toronto sidewalk because we really are distinct from the celebrity-obsessed-world-super-power neighbour.
For these reason (and others) the government gives tax breaks to studios that churn out cliched crap so long as 51% of the people involved in its making were Canadian. Apparently, making second-rate imitations of what Hollywood was doing 5 years ago shores up our cultural identity, and that’s why we get to watch flicks like Bon Cop Bad Cop. It’s so Canadian because it features hockey and both official languages.
But, unlike Hollywood that tries to cover up that they’re using cheaper Canadian labor and filming in Montreal, Bon Cop Bad Cop actually took place here. This made us all feel good because now even the movies shot here are in both official languages. In your face T-dot — it had to be some internet-porn-geek that came up with that abbreviation.
Anyways, one of the many Montreal landmarks that made it into the film was Spurs Country Bar. It was the bar where one of the cops almost got his ass whooped until he dramatically persevered and then stuffed the perp in the trunk of his car. I’ve never been in the place because it’s along a strip of St. Jacques known for its hooker motels and used car lots, but I’ve heard stories. In any case, here’s a picture that makes it look authentically country-western because it advertises a live band.
CT Moore also blogs full-time about new media at the Gypsy Bandito Vlog and about search engine marketing at the SearchAnyway Blog.
Chers amis, artistes et collaborateurs,
Veuillez trouver ci-dessous les coordonnées pour ce Festival qui manquait lors de notre dernier envoi, avec nos sincères excuses. La 9ème édition du Festival Musique et Danse Orientales débute dans quelques jours. Voici notre programme pour cet évènement. Venez donc le découvrir.
Lieu : Le Jardin de Chine du Jardin botanique de Montréal, 4101
Sherbrooke est, Montréal.
Métro : Pie IX
Pour plus d’informations sur les tarifs, veuillez contacter le Jardin
botanique de Montréal au: (514) 872-1400 ou visiter leur site Internet
à: <http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin>
Attention, pour les détenteurs de la carte Accès Montréal, l’entrée est
gratuite.
Le Festival Musique et Danse Orientales
Du 12 au 15 juillet 2007 à 13h00 - 14h30 - 15h30
Jeudi 12 juillet Duc Thanh Group (musique vietnamienne)
MCCCA (danse folklorique chinoise)
Vendredi 13 juillet
Shen Qi (Erhu, violon traditionnel chinois)
La troupe Lasya (danse indienne)
Samedi 14 juillet
Shuni Tsou et Nicolas Caloia (flûtes
Chinoises en bambou et double basse)
Arashi Daiko (troupe de percussions japonaises)
Dimanche 15 juillet
Hailin Sun (danse acrobatique chinoise appelée « Danse du lion »)
Javad et Jamshid Davari
(Musique traditionnelle iranienne)
www.accesasie.com
Dear friends, artists and collaborators,
Please find bellow the information regarding our Chinese garden event which was missing on our last e-mail. Please accept our apologizes. The 9th edition of Festival Musique et Dance Orientales begins soon. Here is the program for this event. Come join us and discover the great secrets of Montreal’s traditionally-based, Asian music and dance
ensembles.
Place: Chinese Garden of the Montreal Botanical Garden 4101 Sherbrooke est, Montréal.
Metro: Pie IX
For more information on the entrance fees, please contact the Botanical
Garden of Montréal at: (514) 872-1400 or visit their website:
<http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin>
Attention please, holder has the card, Accés Montréal, the entrance is free.
Le Festival Musique et Danse Orientales
July 12th to 15th 2007 at 1 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.- 3:30p.m.
Thursday, July 12th Duc Thanh Group (Vietnamese folk music)
MCCCA (Chinese folk dance)
Friday, July 13th
Shen Qi (Chinese violin erhu)
Lasya (Indian dance)
Saturday, July 14th Shuni Tsou and Nicolas Caloia (Chinese bamboo
flute and double bass)
Arashi Daiko (Japanese drums)
Sunday, July 15th
Hailin Sun (Chinese acrobatic lion dance) Javad and Jashmid Davari
(Traditional Iranian Music)
www.accesasie.com
there is an ice bar open in Montreal! if you’ve ever been curious about what it feels like to sip champagne while your extremities freeze, come on down to the terrace (well, in the summertime, currently it is a frozen wonderland) of Le Garcon at 1112 Sherbrooke (and Peel). Thursday’s opening was as cozy as an ice haven could be, with oysters and chestnuts presented as appys, and champagne and hot wine changing hands as freely as the fur-coated waitstaff changed shifts. it’s kind of a strange concept to stay in an ice hotel (willingly sleep on a bed made of ice, though the selling point is a thermal sleeping bag and reindeer pelts) or get married in an ice chapel, or even watch a movie in a theatre made of ice, but the sculptures and structures are truly amazing. go on down and get a drink, it brings a whole new meaning to “on the rocks”. oh, and watchmojo was there, so there are videos to come in case you miss it…
The plan is to tear down the Spectrum and build a 15 story condo complex with a Best Buy store on the ground floor… I could go on and on as to why this is an absolute tragedy, but anyone who’s seen a concert there should understand.
There’s already a petition started, so get over there and sign it.
Well, at least we have a great baseball club playing there now, oh wait, that’s right, we don’t:
Montreal’s Olympic Stadium needs a new nickname — the Big Owe no longer applies because Quebecers have finally paid off their $1.5-billion debt from the 1976 Summer Games.
Officials from the Olympic Installations Board, which oversees the stadium, have confirmed that the last payment was made in mid-November, three decades after the world descended on Montreal for the Games.
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Park Avenue will be renamed Avenue Robert Bourassa, bringing a climax to a heated debate that pitted merchants against Mayor Gerald Tremblay’s administration.
Read more…
It’s a bit of a trek if you are taking the metro (Namur station on the orange line then a bit of a walk to the mall that seems like you are going to Ottawa) but worth the opportunity to see the films you may have missed when they were in their limelight. The Dollar Cinema presents a great mix of blockbusters, cheesy flicks (Snakes on a Plane, anyone?) and some more independant and/or ethnic delights. Speaking of ethnic delights, the concession offers two samosas for a dollar, along with the usual choices of popcorn and candy. The theatre is clearly a family owned/frequented establishment and the handwritten signs on the wall add to its charm, but will make you wonder if the “fabulous cleaning staff” also had a hand in their own publicity.
spot located at 93 Mont-Royal W (and Saint Urbain). Beauty’s breakfast and brunch spot appears unassuming from the outside, if you can ignore the lineup outside. When you find yourself waiting to get in (it’s worth it), jump on the chance to sit at the counter if you are offered it because you will not regret it. It is always more comforting and to be closer to the folks who prepare your meal and the site of all those sectioned favorites (eggs, pancakes, hash browns, fruit, sesame bagel after sesame bagel being toasted, could they be from the nearby Fairmont Bagel?!) is enough to whet any appetite. The wait is pleasant, the coffee (though not included) is endless and decent, and the posters and memorabilia on the wall are good for passing your time.
you’ll be too full to try everything, so be sure to bookmark this joint as one that you’ll have to keep coming back to.
