Sometimes things get complicated. Apparently deadmau5 is stuck in St. John’s due to air traffic woes. He came to town for the Junos, played a show at Junctions last night, and now he’s grounded.

Lucky you, because apparently he’s thinking about doing another show tomorrow night.

Oh hey look there’s a facebook event now.

VOCM is now reporting there has been “Debauchery at St. Augustine’s Church“. Lets get the facts straight:

… oh, wait, there are none. Someone who was not identified claims that people buy and sell drugs on the church steps and that they’ve now found “evidence” of sexual activity, which was also left unexplained.

The church’s response is even more bizarre: they’ve erected a 14 foot high wood carving over the front door.

Which looks really cool, but all this has left me utterly baffled. That is, until I read the Wikipedia article on St. Augustine:

As a youth Augustine lived a hedonistic lifestyle for a time, associating with hooligans (Latin: euersores, literally meaning wreckers) who boasted of their experience with the opposite sex and urged the inexperienced boys, like Augustine, to seek out experiences with women or to make up stories about experiences in order to gain acceptance and avoid ridicule.

Highly appropriate, but still, a very confusing series of events.

I wonder if they analyzed the evidence …with science?

Edit: CBC has the real story. Thanks to reader jaimesey for pointing it out. Turns out, VOCM didn’t even get a picture or an accurate description of the actual gate that was erected. I’m sure they’ll revise the story on their website to correct their errors eventually.

You’ve probably already heard, a gust of wind sent the MV Atlantic Vision crashing into the dock at Port Aux Basques. The photo every Christmas Car Trip Traveller has been waiting for has finally surfaced, thanks to the Ceeb:

"SURE DATS NUDDING, BAH!"

Hundreds of people are waiting to get on and off the island at the most inopportune time of year, but Marine Atlantic says the ship is fixed and will sail again this afternoon. Passengers will even receive a complimentary meal.

Spontaneous shows are my favourite. Lee, Daniel and Adrian from The Gramercy Riffs ended up playing a fun set for a Thursday night crowd at CBTG’s with Texas Chainsaw‘s Ian Cornelissen (also of The Domestics), Steve Pike (also of The Kremlin) and Alex Cornick. Here’s a peek at what transpired:

Don’t worry, though. Cause Texas Chainsaw and The Gramercy Riffs are playing again tonight. If you’re not convinced, go look at their beautiful new website.

Link: Facebook Event

If you’re like me, you just finished exams and you’ve got zero presents bought. Holiday “Shopping” at the Mall is overrated and mildly terrifying. You’d sooner walk in front of a Metrobus than try to find a cardigan at Tanjay for mom*.

Problem solved. A Unique Peek: A local showcase of Baked Goods, Paintings, Posters, Christmas Cards, Jewelery, Accesories, Notebooks, Pillows, Scarves, T-Shirts, and just about anything else you can imagine.

Support local artists! Please your loved ones! Save your sanity.

Okay, so the last time I posted a link to a trailer for the new CBC Series Republic of Doyle, CBC took the video down off their website.

Lets see ‘em try to censor Youtube!

Google Maps has now added Street View data for St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Here’s Hava Java, Signal Hill, MUN and George Street! You can’t see into the Bar None alleyway due to inconvenient angles – probably a good thing.

Lets hope for a positive effect on tourism as more people realize/remember how beautiful St. John’s can be on a sunny day.

If you find yourself or see something interesting, post a link to it in the comments! I’ve already recognized some of my friends even though their faces are blurred out.

MUN, VOCM and CBC are all over the recent arrest of three 20-something guys and a 17 year old gal. They’re accused of stealing laptops from the library.

I had to laugh at CBC’s Television coverage. Just watch for 20 seconds and you’ll see what I mean as their writers nail their major demographic. Bonus monocle near the end.

…anyway, Charges will also be laid against some of the people who purchased the stolen laptops. Knowingly having stolen property worth less than $5,000 is a summary offense.

The really sad part is, a student’s computer is their life at this time of year. All this coverage probably dissuades would-be crooks from ruining someone’s academic career. I can get behind that. This incident demonstrates that sketchy b’ys are not hard to track down on a campus with closed circuit TV cameras everywhere.

Good job, RNC/CEP.

In case you’re on campus today and you’re wondering why at least 58 warm people are sporting the colourfully ironic and the ironically colourful: it was unofficially declared “Ugly Sweater Day“.

This is tame, people.

I’m all for spontaneous community events but if somebody doesn’t post the best sweater of the day to LATFH.com, it’ll be allllll for naught.

While driving from Ottawa to St. John’s this fall, the thought did occur to me that the trip would make a lovely/grueling bike ride. Well, a new Facebook group + event purports to organize just that!

The Mass Cycling Movement 2010 will run the “2100 Human-Powered kilometres from Ottawa to St. Johns in the summer of 2010.” Organizer Phil Schleihauf says he’ll make the trip on a unicycle, and is inviting anyone interested to come along. The event already has seven confirmed guests. Maybe you’ve got what it takes? I wonder if Dave Cox has heard about this – he, who previously unicycled across much of Western Canada.