A DJ thumbs his way through stacks of dusty records to bring you the best in music. An Internet News DJ sits on the toilet reading his iPhone. Here are today’s Hottest Tracks:

Frances Bula assures us that the BC Place roof is not going to be as ugly as we feared. And thank goodness for that, because right now it looks like some sort of awful metal insect, struggling to right itself.

Christy Clark proposes online voting during the BC Liberal leadership race’s first public forum. What’s more, it seems to have legs…

Everywhere I go, people are talking about Brian Eno’s Monday night lecture. Coffee shops. Twitter. Guttersnipe. Fine, I’ll link to Darren Barefoot’s summary, but only because he mentioned this great little tool for getting the creative juices flowing.

The daily off-beat editorial column Kudos and Kvetches is one of my favourite things done by any paper in this city.

On a related note, reading every Vancouver-related publication every morning sure makes you appreciate the old Smoke and Flail: Alberta winning battle against beetles thanks to lessons learned in B.C.

BORED AT WORK BONUS: Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen