Bands / Groups
Belle and Sebastian
Birds of America
Califone - sorta beck-meets-jeff beal, but also very much its own thing; languid instrumental layering (with banjo pickin')
The Changelings - hard to define, kinda prog/fusion/folkrock
Death Cab for Cutie - alternative, free MP3's you can sample
The East Village Opera Company - turning opera on its head, a mad fusion worthy of a travelling carnivale
Elbow - cool alt/Brit band, lots of neat stuff (videos, tracks) to hear & see on site
Jeff Beal - did the soundtracks for Carnivale and Rome
Yoko Kanno - did the soundtrack for Cowboy Bebop, super talented lady
Lilys - cool punk/rock/altpop
Aimee Mann - singer/songwriter altpop
Modest Mouse - quirky and irreverent
My Morning Jacket - everything and the kitchen sink, alternative/multilayered
Porcupine Tree - modern prog
Rheostatics - one-of-a-kind & all-Canadian, every album is different, their live stuff is unparalleled
Sarah Slean - unique voice, multilayered, always a couple of new songs you can listen to
The Shins - low-key altpop, very addictive
... For lots more links to bands and artists, see my Lane List
Music & Lyrics
The Celtic Harp Page - tons of harp-related info, original music
Gnoosic - waste time & expand your musical horizons; also movies & books
Liveplasma - like Gnoosic but different (music & movies, graphics based)
Mudcat Cafe - excellent source for trad music, lyrics, and discussions
Pandora (From The Music Genome Project) - more sophisticated than Liveplasma, with up to ten hours of actual music free; "radio stations" that learn what your musical tastes are and introduce you to new groups that you may like
plyrics.com - punk lyrics
The Session - more specifically oriented to Celtic music, especially trad tunes played at sessíuns
Saving the World
Canadian Blood Services
Heifer International - Helping to end world hunger
The Hunger Site (Also The Rainforest Site, Literacy Site, etc.)
Medecines Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders - MSF Canada
The Nature Conservancy - Canada
The Nature Conservancy - USA
The American Red Cross
The Canadian Red Cross
The World Wildlife Fund
Art & Design
Magpie Design - amazing art by Mark A. Harrison (photos, fine art, apparel)
Linda Bergkvist - lovely art by a talented lady
Michael Whelan - fantastic worlds created with mind-blowing realism & beauty
Authors & Writing
Neil Gaiman
Terry Pratchett
Neil Stephenson
Tad Williams
Kurt Vonnegut
Ralan's Webstravaganza - absolutely the best site for up-to-date listings of current SpecFic (& humour) markets
The SF Site
SF Canada
The Lit List - stories online
Miss Snark, literary agent - great (snarky) advice for writers
Writer's Beware- thinking of signing an agent? go here first!
Writer's Beware Blogs!
Poetry
Poet's Corner - user-friendly library of poetry
Poetry Connection
Poetry Free-For-All
Poetry Thursday (my PT contributions get posted on ME2)
Misc. Cool Sites, Games
Disinformation - "the gateway to the underground"
Sluggy Freelance - one of the longest running and (still) best online comics
Cockeyed.com - wacky creative dude with too much free time
Falling Sand Game (addictive)
Sky (fly through clouds)
Orisinal - cool original games, from serene to bizarre
Crabfu Steam - steam-powered toys
This Day in History
Cute Overload (guaranteed to cheer you up)
Weblogs & Bjournals
The Mimosa Effect - new home on celticharper.com
Magpie's Bjournal - esoteric writing, neat pics, musings
The Reader's Den - Paul Darcy & Carol Anne; book reviews, musings
Assorted Nonsense - CBC radio guy, writer, dad
Grondzilla - thoughtful monster
Ocean Defenders (Greenpeace)
MetaFilter
Whatever (John Scalzi)
Space & Science
Bill Nye the Science Guy - great way to waste time and learn stuff
The Electric Universe
The Hubble Site - always tons of mind-blowing photos (from space!)
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
PhysOrg.com - science, tech, physics, space news
SETI main site - the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (with science!)
SETI@home - give your computer something to do in its downtime
SPACE.com
NASA
Nature, Gardening, Natural Alternatives
The Herbal Hotline - information, forum, blog
Organic Landscape Alliance
Ontario Nature - Federation of Ontario Naturalists
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