Guns. Kids. School shootings. How many more until the world decides to make them illegal? Of course, guns are not the entire problem but they are part of the problem. Getting rid of them is part of the solution. Making it illegal to have one, unless you are a person of the law is long overdue. Fuck, yes I said fuck, the right to bear arms. Those days have long passed. There was another deadly incident in Finland, a scare in Canada, following 2 previous incidents at schools in Toronto. Throughout American school violence incidents involving guns are almost a weekly occurrence. A gun is a weapon, it is not a right. A gun is a deadly weapon, not a source of protection. How many innocent lives are going to be blown to pieces because no one has the courage to say this is not right? Owning a gun should be a crime, unless like I said earlier you are a person of the law. Hunting should only be done with the supervision of a professional and the guns must be returned once the hunting is finished. Of course, this a dream. No one cares enough or is brave enough to tackle this issue. It is too complicated for some of the smartest people in the world. It is too much work, it is too scary. We are all weak, just waiting to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, we are the hunted.
Stephen Harper, Canada's Prime Minister, is going to make further cuts to the arts. This doesn't surprise me, he is as culturally stiff as a piece of Lego. It is okay, we have American Idol, Dancing With The Stars and U.S. television. Who cares. We don't need Canadian artists, musicians, writers and actors. He might as well hand over the keys to the country to either Obama and McCain. With a Conservative majority, Canada will become a puppet country, remember this when you vote. If you want secrecy and a lack of culture, go ahead and give the keys of this beautiful country to Stephen Harper. Just remember, during the next 4 or 5 years, you will become less Canadian. You will lose your identification, your soul but mostly your heart. There will be nothing left to love about this country. All that will be left is a memory of a what was once a promising country, a young country and a star in the sky. We will have failed to advance as a society, we aren't more conservative, we are Canadian and being Canadian is culturally something special to be. Or at least, it should be.
The countdown returns, since it is Tuesday. The top 100 songs out of 1386. This week's featured song is City and Colour's Waiting. A Canadian band, who because of the arts are able to make a living playing music. Canadian bands might just disappear because Stephen Harper would rather listen to church music or play classical music on his piano. Of course, there is nothing wrong with those things but there is something right about a band like City and Colour.
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Top 100 Songs Listened To This Year On My iTunes Player
1. All The Trees Are Hers by Hawksley Workman (2)
2. The One I Love by David Gray (1)
3. Supernatural Superserious by R.E.M. (5)
4. When I Dream of Michaelangelo by Counting Crows (3)
5. You Can't Count on Me by Counting Crows (4)
6. You Are My Face by Wilco (11)
7. No One's Gonna Love You by Band of Horses (6)
8. Empty by Ray LaMontange (7)
9. Waiting by City and Colour (16)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPC1bN9rxqs
10. Always by Neverending White Lights (8)
11. Guaranteed by Eddie Vedder
12. Boy With A Coin by Iron and Wine
13. Have You Ever Seen The Rain? by C.C.R.
14. Hard Sun by Eddie Vedder
15. Say It To Me Now by Glen Hansard
16. Wonderwall by Oasis
17. Calling All Friends by Low Stars
18. Long Road To Ruin by Foo Fighters
19. One by U2
20. Creep by Radiohead
21. O Valencia by The Decemberists
22. Your Heart Is An Empty Room by Death Cab For Cutie
23. A Long December by Counting Crows
24. Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles
25. Hard Candy by Counting Crows
26. Chase This Light by Jimmy Eat World
27. Everything by Michael Buble
28. Thinking About You by Norah Jones
29. Off He Goes by Pearl Jam
30. The Bends by Radiohead
31. Every Part of Me by Sam Roberts
32. Sing by Travis
33. Lemon Parade by Tonic
34. Everybody Knows by Ryan Adams
35. My List by The Killers
36. Gotta Be Somebody's Blues by Jimmy Eat World
37. Cowboys by Counting Crows
38. Hospital Beds by Cold War Kids
39. The Hardest Part by Coldplay
40. Have You Seen Me Lately? (Acoustic) by Counting Crows
41. Accidental Babies by Damien Rice
42. Blanket of Ghosts by Dustin Kensrue
43. Society by Eddie Vedder
44. If You're Gonna Leave by Emerson Hart
45. Falling Slowly by The Frames
46. A Time To Be So Small by Interpol
47. Hannah by Ray LaMontagne
48. Kite by U2
49. Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison
50. These Girls by Ryan Adams
51. Gold In Them Hills by Ron Sexsmith with Chris Martin
52. You're Always Going Too Soon by Matthew Jay
53. When You Were Young by The Killers
54. NYC by Interpol
55. Love Hurts by Incbus
56. Catapult (Acoustic) by Counting Crows
57. Antichrist Television Blues by Arcade Fire
58. Southern Girl by Amos Lee
59. 1492 by Counting Crows
60. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds by The Beatles
61. Diamonds on The Inside by Ben Harper
62. Against The Wind by Bob Seger
63. Mr. Jones by Counting Crows
64. Oceanside by The Decemberists
65. Your Song by Elton John
66. No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature by The Guess Who
67. Naked As We Came by Iron and Wine
68. 1973 by James Blunt
69. Girl In The War by Josh Ritter
70. Alright by Pilot Speed
71. Only The Lonely by Roy Orbison
72. The Blues by Switchfoot
73. The Con by Tegan and Sara
74. Sky Blue Sky by Wilco
75. Miller's Angels by Counting Crows
76. Tears and Rain by James Blunt
77. Los Angeles by Counting Crows
78. Snow Is Gone by Josh Ritter
79. Soul Meets Body by Death Cab For Cutie
80. Elephant by Damien Rice
81. The Weight by The Band
82. Is There A Ghost by Band of Horses
83. Let It Be by The Beatles
84. Baby I Love Your Way by Bob Marley
85. Last To Die by Bruce Springsteen
86. Some Surprise by The Cake Sale (Lisa Hannigan + Gary Lightbody)
87. Trouble by Coldplay
88. Come Around by Counting Crows
89. Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy
90. Anna Molly by Incubus
91. If I Had Eyes by Jack Johnson
92. Mind Games by John Lennon
93. Sunday Morning Coming Down (Live) by Johnny Cash
94. Bedshaped by Keane
95. Invincible by Muse
96. The Painter by Neil Young
97. The Grace by Neverending White Lights featuring Dallas Green
98. Barfly by Ray LaMontagne
99. Thank You by The Redwalls
100. Oh My Sweet Carolina by Ryan Adams with Emmylou Harris
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