Snow Patrol

I went to the Snow Patrol at Key Arena last night with Suor.

The first opening act was Silversun Pickups. I'd never heard of them, but I think I recognized the last song they played from somewhere (probably KEXP). Their music had a rather uniform "loud" sound and I didn't find it all that interesting.

Ok Go was the second opening act. The commentary by their singer as well as their videoes were entertaining, but the music was perhaps not so memorable.

Snow Patrol put on a good show. I don't have either of their albums (just a couple songs off iTunes), so I didn't recognize a lot of what they played, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. "Run" was well done; it's one of my favourite songs.

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader speaking at the Capitol Theater in Olympia, Washington.

I spent Sunday in Olympia, the capital of Washington State and an hour south of Seattle, with Dave and Caroline. We watched the documentary An Unreasonable Man, which was about Ralph Nader - his rise to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s as a consumer advocate, as well as his presidential campaign in 2000. It was in a theatre that reminded me very much of the Princess Cinema in Waterloo.

Later in the evening, Ralph Nader gave a lecture about his new book, The Seventeen Traditions, which describes his upbringing and the family values that were instilled in him. They also gave out copies of the book to everyone in the audience; I'm looking forward to reading it.

I found both his lecture as well as the documentary to be both interesting and informative. (I knew very little about Ralph Nader beforehand).

Crystal Mountain

Photos from skiing at Crystal Mountain on Sunday.

Warming 'very likely' human-made

While flipping channels, I noticed that a Republic Congressman from the Denial Machine was on Larry King last night, but wasn't rebuked.

Today, the BBC says [Global] Warming 'very likely' human-made.