when summer starts chomping at the bit (metal radio and other fun stuff)

A few highlights from my (tasty) weekend:

• lentil soup from the Bean Ladies: you add water, an onion, and a carrot (if you have one) and half an hour later you have yummy soup.
• fresh ale bread from Urban Parisian (Port Dover): ever drink the Devil's Pale Ale? ever think it would be delicious in bread? well, it is, at least when the Urban Parisian folks make it!
• vegan 'quesa'dillas from Mex-I-Can (Hamilton): good friends, good food (if you're in no particular hurry) and birthday fun (not mine).
• home BBQing
• goldfinch feeding (under threat from a hovering clan of yellow birds unimpressed by the sunflower seeds I'd put out earlier)
• flower planting (I'm a sucker for the garden)
• replacing the sneakers I had literally worn through to the ground (new shoes, same old style)
• the very odd film Rubber: a sadistic tire awakens to discover its own violent psychokinetic powers while the audience watches through binoculars...

and

Hellbound Summer Metal Meltdown on CFMU 93.3 FM!

My first official radio appearance since I laid Kill Eat Exploit the Weak to rest in 2007, this time co-hosting with Hellbound staffers Sean Palmerson, Adam Wills and Jonathan Smith.

My opening playlist (roughly a quarter of our 10:30pm-12am time slot):

• Edge of Sanity "Silent" Purgatory Afterglow
• Virgin Black "Walk Without Limbs" Sombre Romantic
• Anathema "Sleepless" Serenades
• Annihilator "Set the World on Fire" Set the World on Fire

Hellbound is invading CFMU for the entire summer. Tune us in.