I went to A&B Sound to buy the Bony M Christmas album. We had a copy but lost it somewhere. According to the helpful staff at A&B, the publisher is not providing the album this year!

So I'm downloading it right now from an unnamed bittorrent source. Call me a pirate, but honestly, no Bony M?

So, Edmonton is no longer the goal. Vancouver is my new post-graduation destination!

Goal: Get real-time Canucks coverage. TV and Radio are not an option, so my remaining choices are find an Internet source or go to the local pub.

So I go the Internet route.

• CBC: not an option, as they use Real Media. There is no Real Media player that will work on my Linux system.
• CKNW (Vancouver radio station): Hosts their stream through a 3rd party... the 3rd party uses complex javascript that is not compatible with Mozilla, so I can't even find the URL to the stream
• Canucks.com: Provides a link to "NHL Radio" but that ends up on a Microsoft site. The MS Site embeds the stream URL via an ActiveX control, so again, no dice. If I could only get the stream link, I could get mplayer to play it.

So frustration. I guess I'll wander over to the local pub, maybe I'll even enjoy it.