I’m Adam White. I’ve been a news editor for Punknews.org since 2001. Go there for your daily fix of music news, tour dates, and new punk media. I’m a software developer living and working in Niagara Falls, Ontario. I love independent Canadian music, I love the Niagara wine country, and I’m a firm believer in the power of social media. Cheers!Tumblr (3.0; @adamwhite)http://www.adamwhite.org/<p><a href="http://wordjournal.tumblr.com/post/389045397/ten-unexpected-collective-nouns" target="_blank">wordjournal</a>:</p> <blockquote> <ul> <li> <b>rout</b> • a rout of wolves</li> <li> <b>clowder</b> • a clowder of cats</li> <li> <b>descension</b> • a descension of woodpeckers</li> <li> <b>disworship</b> • a disworship of Scots</li> <li> <b>mute</b> • a mute of hounds</li> <li> <b>raft</b> • a raft of ducks</li> <li> <b>unbrewing</b> • an unbrewing of carvers</li> <li> <b>neverthriving</b> • a neverthriving of jugglers</li> <li> <b>drunkenship</b> • a drunkenship of cobblers</li> <li> <b>shrewdness</b> • a shrewdness of apes</li> </ul> </blockquote>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/436812553http://www.adamwhite.org/post/436812553Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:23:32 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0m4xLaAU1qzwm1wo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/436768205/twitter-statement-about-nice-people" target="_blank">gary</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Think about it….</p> <p>Whatya think?</p> </blockquote> <p>I sure hope so. This potential is why social media interests me in the first place.</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/436784787http://www.adamwhite.org/post/436784787Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:29 -0500social media<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz00zuB94L1qzxabto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The ever amazing blog <a href="http://heyoscarwilde.com/" target="_blank">Hey, Oscar Wilde! It’s Clobberin’ Time!</a> has a fantastic interpretation of the character Berko Shemets from Michael Chabon’s <i>The Yiddish Policemen’s Union</i> by artist <a href="http://bigbugillustration.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tom Fowler</a></p> <p>.</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/436207107http://www.adamwhite.org/post/436207107Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:09:30 -0500michael chabonthe yiddish policemen's uniontom fowlerhey oscar wilde it's clobberin' time<p><a href="http://mellorstrummer.tumblr.com/post/435691000" target="_blank">mellorstrummer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I’m pretty sure Adam was being sarcastic.</p> </blockquote> <p>I’m just mortally offended that snarky kids on one corner of the internet are talking shit about snarky kids in another corner of the internet. This has never happened before. I’m not sure how we’ll survive, but some how we must endure. For the punx.</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/435767878http://www.adamwhite.org/post/435767878Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:43:21 -0500punknews.org<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyzdumndnN1qzxabto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>…at Sneeky Dee’s in Toronto. We’ve finally made it!</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/435217750http://www.adamwhite.org/post/435217750Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:49:34 -0500punknews.org<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MHF558u6Q_8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MHF558u6Q_8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://guterman.com/">Jimmy Guterman</a> guest posting on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a> this weekend posted a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/06/wooly-bully-by-sam-t.html">nice tribute</a> to Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs’ “Wooly Bully” today.</p> <p>I can’t hear this song without thinking of the live version of “Capital Radio” in which Joe Strummer mentions it.</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/431121763http://www.adamwhite.org/post/431121763Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:48:33 -0500Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jx_wgW2LAd0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jx_wgW2LAd0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Hudson being good (and by “being good” I mean standing around lazily, which is the running definition of “good” these days).</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/430372033http://www.adamwhite.org/post/430372033Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:40:47 -0500hudsonsamoyeddog<object width="400" height="346" id="AOLVP_69768340001" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://o.aolcdn.com/videoplayer/AOL_PlayerLoader.swf" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="codever=1&videoid=69768340001&publisherid=1612833736&playerid=10032373001" /><embed src="http://o.aolcdn.com/videoplayer/AOL_PlayerLoader.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" bgcolor="#000000" width="400" height="346" name="AOLVP_69768340001" flashvars="codever=1&videoid=69768340001&publisherid=1612833736&playerid=10032373001"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Dropkick Murphys on stage with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones playing “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” from the upcoming<i> Live At Landsdowne</i> DVD.</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/430360917http://www.adamwhite.org/post/430360917Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:32:26 -0500Dropkick Murphysthe mighty mighty bosstones<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jlbunmCbTBA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jlbunmCbTBA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><blockquote>Television-“Marquee Moon”<br/><p>almost 11 minutes of punk rock awesomeness.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://kelseymcardle.tumblr.com/post/428531933/dontcookbilly-television-marquee-moon-almost" target="_blank">kelseymcardle</a>: <a href="http://dontcookbilly.tumblr.com/post/428466801/television-marquee-moon-almost-11-minutes-of" target="_blank">dontcookbilly</a>)</p> </blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> <p>I truly believe this is one of the greatest songs ever.</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/428596462http://www.adamwhite.org/post/428596462Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:01:00 -0500televisionpunk<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kysefoM1ug1qzxabto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/427356122http://www.adamwhite.org/post/427356122Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:19:00 -0500Hüsker Düpunk<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyrwtfnEyd1qzxabto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Really Sobeys? At least your Orwellian newspeak fridges are on the other side of your store where they can’t hear the produce laughing.</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/426704267http://www.adamwhite.org/post/426704267Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:04:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VCkYEwrIiNs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VCkYEwrIiNs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Deadly Snakes - I Can’t Sleep At Night</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/422551139http://www.adamwhite.org/post/422551139Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:31:28 -0500the deadly snakescancon<a href="http://www.aux.tv/newmusic/reviews/op-ed-the-worst-moment-in-canadian-music-history/">Closing Ceremonies the Worst Moment In Canadian Music History?</a>: <p>Who would you have had perform? I’d have kept Neil (of course) and went with something crossing generations and genres (to a degree, I’ve got a rock bias of course). French acts aside, maybe we should have done something like…</p> <ul> <li>Neil Young</li> <li>The Arcade Fire</li> <li>Joel Plaskett</li> <li>The Guess Who</li> <li>Rush</li> <li>Diana Krall</li> <li>Feist (backed with some Broken Social Scene people?)</li> <li>The Tragically Hip</li> </ul> <p>Or, you know, 3 hours of Neil Young. That would work too.</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/422246146http://www.adamwhite.org/post/422246146Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:42:00 -0500canconolympics<p>I’m giving an oh-so-brief talk on social media and Facebook in particular to the Rotary Club of St Catharines Sunrise. I was struggling to pair down what’s normally an hour (plus) of content to twenty minutes, but instead I’ve figured out a way to actually just talk about last Sunday’s gold medal game. Thanks for the <a target="_blank" href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/01/facebook-olympic-status-updates/">hook</a> TechCrunch!</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/421282352http://www.adamwhite.org/post/421282352Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:04:59 -0500Social media<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kymwfshe3P1qzv7vdo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://brentgilliard.tumblr.com/post/421146322/truth-click-through-for-the-full-comic-via" target="_blank">brentgilliard</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>TRUTH.</p> <p>Click through for the full comic.</p> </blockquote> <p>Oh my. This is rather brilliant.</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/421190485http://www.adamwhite.org/post/421190485Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:22:18 -0500hark! a vagrantkate beaton<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kymasiHgSv1qzikv6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://wrlittle.tumblr.com/post/420284786/record-of-the-day-constantines-canadas-best" target="_blank">wrlittle</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Record of the Day</p> <p>Constantines</p> <p>Canada’s best band, no question. And their best album.</p> </blockquote> <p>One of my most prized possessions is the original run of this CD, in the hand-made cardboard case with the single strike anywhere match included. If anyone were to ever light said match, I’d probably lose my mind. I may use it one day when I need to reignite the sun or something suitably epic.</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/420503518http://www.adamwhite.org/post/420503518Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:38:23 -0500constantinescancon<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.adamwhite.org/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/420490861/tumblr_kymf33DPig1qacymp&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Elliott Brood - “Chuckwagon”</p> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> <p>I felt like something a little Canadian today. ..bet you can guess why. (via <a href="http://fuckyeahcdnmusic.tumblr.com/post/420475014/renderedspeechless-elliott-brood-chuckwagon-i" target="_blank">fuckyeahcdnmusic</a>: <a href="http://renderedspeechless.tumblr.com/post/420418481/elliott-brood-chuckwagon-i-felt-like-something-a" target="_blank">renderedspeechless</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/420490861http://www.adamwhite.org/post/420490861Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:31:14 -0500elliott broodcancon<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/adamwhite/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1267358400">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28)</a>: <ol> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Clash">The Clash (22)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Waits">Tom Waits (18)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+New+Pornographers">The New Pornographers (15)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Constantines">Constantines (15)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bad+Religion">Bad Religion (15)</a> </li> </ol> <p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/420455282http://www.adamwhite.org/post/420455282Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:10:24 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyk73tuUgt1qzxabto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>An old hockey net stashed in the reeds next to a frozen pond in the Queenston quarry. Someone had shovelled the ice to make a rink. I thought this was charmingly Canadian.</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/417729146http://www.adamwhite.org/post/417729146Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:59:53 -0500queenstonhockey<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyk6yzXEpH1qzxabto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The old rusted crane out on the Bruce Trail near Queenston</p>http://www.adamwhite.org/post/417725053http://www.adamwhite.org/post/417725053Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:56:59 -0500queenstonbruce trail