Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows

The National Film Board of Canada has a whole lot of free streaming video at their site. They've just released the 1998 documentary, Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows, about the life and career of Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and especially about the controversy that unfolded in front of the camera, the fabled 1997 Montreal screwjob involving Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon.

Even if you're not a wrestling fan, it's a compelling piece of film. If you are a wrestling fan, it's required viewing.

Any kewl indie video we need to see? Link 'em up.

Dan Seals Passes Away

Sad news. Danny Weyland Seals, better known as "England Dan" of "England Dan and Jon Ford Coley" (and, yes, he is the brother of Jim Seals of Seals & Crofts), has passed away at the age of 61. You know him from the song "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight", but after they split up he had a pretty darn successful solo career in country music.

What are your favorite soft-rock songs? You know you've got a million of 'em.

Earth Hour

Earth Hour is one of those beautiful little protests that [a] asks very little of any one person, yet [b] makes a substantial difference when a whole bunch of people are involved and [c] shows how much more of a difference could be made if we were all just a bit more aware. You can get more information here, but the idea is simple: Tomorrow, March 28, at 8:30 p.m. ET, shut off every nonessential light and electrical appliance in the house for an hour. That's it.

Here's a quick (less than a minute) CBC-TV interview with Ron Elliot, one of the coordinators in Ontario (and, not coincidentally, a friend of huskiebear's). If you're on-board, leave the guy a friendly comment. :)

How many electrical devices do you have plugged in at the moment? It's kinda scary when you think about it. I've got the bedside radio, the CPAP, the cell-phone charger, the fridge and the stove and two phone stations (obviously logistically a little tough to unplug), the microwave oven, another radio in the kitchen, three lamps, two nite-lights, and, oh yeah, the computer system (CPU, monitor, speakers, DSL modem, wireless hub, hard drive USB port, and one of the external hard drives, with the microphone and printer ready to be plugged in as needed). If I want to watch a movie, I hit the power strip to turn on the TV, the DVD player, and the speakers.

Assembly Line Concert

I'm probably going to post this a few times over the next several days: I'm playing at the Assembly Line Concert. Originally scheduled for ten days, it's going for thirteen; my set is at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, the 31st. If you can't be there, you can watch online right now.

The web site does not list me properly, by the way -- somebody combined me with another group, and I'm "Tom Smith the Impalla". In e-mail, the guy in charge apologized, but they're not gonna update the page anymore. Sigh.

(I may post this again today, as a test of the new Artist Blog feature at The FuMP.)

Iron Man vs. Bruce Lee

Brand new from Patrick Boivin: