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I saw him in '92 at the Oakland Coliseum and he was OK. He sure as hell isn't worth $100.

I just love this kind of irony: A man out hunting in Iowa was shot in the leg after a hunting dog stepped on his gun, authorities said. The accident happened after James Harris, 37, put his gun on the ground to retrieve a fallen pheasant. One of a pack of hunting dogs following behind stepped on the trigger, and up to 120 birdshot pellets hit Mr Harris in the left calf at short range. A local official told a news agency the injury was "not life-threatening, but will give him trouble for a long time". Alan Foster, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, told the AFP news agency it was not uncommon for hunters to be shot by their dogs. "I hear about it a couple times a year," somewhere in the country, he said. "They'll step on the trigger assembly and, if the gun for whatever reason wasn't on safety, it doesn't take a whole lot to trip a trigger." Mr Harris was treated at Grinnell Regional Medical Center and later transported by helicopter to University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, following the accident in Poweshiek County on Saturday afternoon. An investigation into the accident is under way. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7068549.stm

Happy Birthday!

I didn't know that it would be so easy.

good stuff

Hey BWM, I was also at that August show and would love to get a copy of that.

I'm loving the eighteen minute "Ordinary People." Thanks for the mp3's phorbesie.

Drinks at my place before the show.

Irvine Welsh: Ecstasy

http://kirkstarr.vox.com/library/posts/tags/green+eggs+and+ham+sung+by+bob+dylan/

October 26th at the Doozy Candle factory in Chelsea.

Mike is coming up for the Doozy party on the 26th. His band Formula are playing the party and they do some old Freeway tunes.

Blane it's 4 degrees here. Sure you don't want to stay in Dakar?

Awesome! Popo and StoneMtn you two should get together and do stand-up!

Ha ha ha. Nice surprise eh, Mr Moderately Excited? I loved that. A few people were complaining about the sound, but it sounded great from where I was.

Why not just do this at New Year's Eve one of these years? Just saying...

My favourite update is the "Genuine Windows Advantage" update. Fuckers...

I blame the liberals, too. Chretien had more than a decade in office in which to decriminalize marijuana. The fact that the bill was not tabled until his last year, as part of a huge slew of bills in his so-called legacy package, indicates that they were never serious about decriminalization in the first place. They cared about this issue about as much as they cared about their Kyoto commitments. And now we are stuck with the Conservatives and good ol' Stockwell "let's send em all to jail" Day.

Too cool, Blane. Thanks for sharing. I've been thinking about hitting Peru for my 40th, now you've got me thinking about Mali! More photos please.

If bradm goes to this I predict he will list it on his short list for "show of the year."

Now there's trouble.

Hey Blane, glad to hear you are getting some vacation time in. If you get a chance, go to the Hogon. It's an outdoor club in Bamako, and Toumani Diabate plays there most Friday nights. Or so I'm told.

On it. Thanks!

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Well I can't see the stuffy Hummingbird being as fun as the Metropolis, but it will still be better by far than the Air Canada Centre. If I were in Toronto I would definitely hit the Gala show. As to percentages, I can't say for sure as I was a wee bit intoxicated, so to speak. But I'm guessing 60/40.