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I can honestly say that I haven’t yet caught an episode of the HBO wonder child that is Boardwalk Empire. I can also honestly say that I am mildly ashamed and 100% intend to remedy this situation at the next convenient juncture.  Look, I only have enough mental bandwidth and attention span to have 1… ok, MAYBE 2 shows (if you include Delocated)… on the go at any one time.

Imagine how tickled I was to discover that the track used for the opening sequence is an instrumental edit of “Straight Up and Down” by the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Now I really feel ashamed.

Ok, Silent Library is an MTV game show adapted from a segment on a Japanese variety show (weird… Americans stealing a game show concept) where contestants work together as a team and endure a sequence of punishments while trying to remain quiet as long as possible so they can win more money.

Here’s a clip from the Japanese version… which isn’t technically a game show, but follows the same basic premise. The punishments are unusually cruel but holy shit are they ever hilarious.

I just discovered Aux yesterday. It’s a web-based video channel that calls itself “real music television”.  So far colour me impressed.  High quality video and a slew of shows hosted by Canadian musicians and music icons.  Really cool stuff.

Here’s one episode from a show called Strange Notes hosted by George Pettit from Alexisonfire.  This is part 1 of a 4-part show where he hangs out with Attack in Black in Welland, Ontario. Rockalicious.