Tired of Nickelbickering? Nickelblock Them From Your Browser

If only we could get them blocked from the Grey Cup this Sunday...

You might have noticed in recent days an unusual amount of coverage over Canada's most toxic export after asbestos, Nickelback. Despite a petition signed by more than 50,000 people, they played the halftime show at yesterday's Thanksgiving match-up between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions, drawing boos from the thousands in attendance at Detroit's Ford Field. Today, Charles Adler, the Sun Media chain's grumpy old man, came to the defence of the band, wondering why Canada's "cultural elites", and especially The Globe and Mail, are so keen on trashing a band that's so successful beyond the country's borders. (Answer: They're at best a mediocre band that's basically re-released the same late-90s, beer-swilling, post-grunge bro rock that objectifies women over and over again for the last 10 years. The outrage is also due in part to the ascent of genuinely great, iconoclastic Canadian acts – Broken Social Scene, Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire, Stars, and others – never attaining the level of popularity needed to play a half-time show. As an aside, we doubt that Adler would have risen to Tom Green's defence when he was at the pinnacle of the comedy world a decade ago, despite him attracting similar such criticisms over tastelessness. Unless, of course, it was the CBC or Globe leading the charge against Mr. Green.)

ANYHOW, if you're tired of the Nickelbashing, regardless if you hate them or not, we recommend you check out Aux.tv's handy little browser plug-in called Nickelblock, which will block out any references to the Hanna, Alberta band from your web browser, so long as it's Chrome or Firefox (and if it's not, come on, man).