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Springing into Spring.

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:28:12 +0000

Well, finally Spring is showing signs of making an appearance here in cold, cold Québec. This is what my backyard looked like the second week of April, though, so I’m not holding my breath. They’re jumping on the trampoline, which is still 2 feet below the snowline, illustrating that there is still about 6 feet of snow on the ground. Last night was the first barbecue (hamburgers) and sitting in the sun on a lawn chair. May is in two more days, so we’ll see… although I heard something on the radio today about it snowing tonight. Sigh.

Chants de vielles

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:18:34 +0000

Le festival Chants de vielles (Calixa-Lavallée, Québec) aura bientôt un nouvel site internet pour mettre en valeur tout ses qualités! Le site aura des vidéos et photos, la programmation et horaire, un lien pour réserver en ligne ainsi qu’autres fonctions. Les infos sont actuellement sur le site de la compagnie de disque Roues et Archets. Lancement du site en mai 2008.

Testimonial : Evalyn Parry

admin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:08:02 +0000

“I love Dana’s design (I always do, such cleanliness… and you know what they say about cleanliness). ” Programme Officer, Canada Council for the Arts, evalynparry.com

Testimonial : Debbie Carroll

admin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:03:27 +0000

“…I love your website! I have been looking at lots of websites lately… your website had a beautiful look – peaceful and full of sharing… It is an inspiration.” friend of debbiecarroll.com

Testimonial : RadioTrad

admin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:20:39 +0000

“C’est vraiment hot! J’aime ça!” Marc-Hugo Dupré, RadioTrad.com

Echo Hunters

admin — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:37:14 +0000

Je travaille actuellement sur le nouveau site web des Echo Hunters, fantastique groupe montréalais composé des gars qui ont joué ensemble depuis plus que vingt ans. J’ai fait le design de leur deux albums Twenty Years et le tout nouveau Cabin Fever. Ils jouent un style folk-roots-blues qui rappelle par fois Crosby, Stills & Nash; Creedence Clearwater Revival… des superbes harmonies, du “groove”, intensité qui envoi des souvenirs des années 70 (mais les meilleurs!). echohunters.com

Bad, bad Dunkin Donuts!

admin — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:22:04 +0000

Last week, while I was in Vermont, I had an opportunity to catch up on several years’ worth of back episodes of the few TV show I liked (back when we got TV), Law & Order, for instance, and Home Improvement (I know, I know, but I like it). I also caught up on what has been going on in advertising and was shocked to see Dunkin Donuts latest campaign “Order In English”. In case you haven’t seen this ad series, it features all sorts of people at a coffee shop counter attempting to order coffee with names like “Latte Vente” (i.e. Starbucks) and other such names, usually in Italian, Spanish or French. They can’t pronounce it and are frustrated. The entire campaign basically says to Americans that : a) it just isn’t normal to try to say anything in a different language; b) they should object to being “forced” to order in anything other than English. Now, I live in Québec where the official language is French, which puts a whole new spin on this unfortunate idea.I immediately picture Dunkin Donuts trying to get this campaign aired in Canada or even worse, Québec (hah!). Just the title of the ad campaign insults my intelligence and I am dismayed to see anyone from my own country proposing this very narrow point of view. I couldn’t imagine how any creative person, at whatever huge ad agency did this, could be so small-minded or unaware of how BAD this is. Honestly… it’s just plain insulting, and really, really bad thinking. So I did a bit of Googling and discovered that this approach seems to actually be driven by customer complaints about Dunkin staff not speaking English. Sigh. I’m afraid that my country is turning into something I don’t like. And ironically, one Dunkin restaurant where English service became the rule was run by an Ecuadorian immigrant. The irony of it all. And even weirder, they just launched a line of latte products called… Dunkin Donuts Latte (Italian word for milk).

Gratis | Freebies

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:01:17 +0000

Fonds d’écran et autres bibelles gratuites. Original wallpaper and other neat, free stuff.

Musique | Music

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:00:05 +0000

Vente en ligne de musique trad/folk québécoise. Buy trad/folk Québécois music online.

Chandails | T-shirts

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:58:47 +0000

Achêtez chandails originaux et hors commun. Purchase uncommonly good t-shirt designs.