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also for food don't miss Pan Chancho

this should be made into a short film

awesome quote during a fela kuti number from the people standing behind me at souljazz: woman: this is a great song, is it one of theirs? man: no, it's an old nelson mandela song

i'm more excited for the Monsters of Folk album, September 22 Yim Yames Conor Oberst M. Ward Mike Mogis

Of course, you'd have 4 days to get back to Ottawa. You could bike even.

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i'm having baked sablefish for dinner tonight.

No idea. It'd be easiest to call and ask the usual places.

The Hold Steady September 27, 2009 Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON $21.50 Presale going on right now at Ticketmaster Password is 'POSITIVE' They are also playing Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon & Winnipeg.

I'm surprised P-Funk is back after the 'diaper man shitting on the floor of the dressing room' incident.

July 09 2009 Bluesfest Byward @ Pier 21 11pm - Elliott Brood & The Soiree

Bump in case people missed this yesterday... Surprised there hasn't been more conversation about this

I saw at least 4 people with the Ghostbusters logo tattooed onto them at Bonnaroo. And one with Alf.

Well it's not known if your festival pass will get you into any of the club shows in the Bluesfest Byward part of the event (that's what that big list I posted is). If Wintersleep is on the big outdoor stage it's likely a free show. But if they're in a club you'd likely have to pay a cover / ticket charge. We'll see for sure when the schedule and ticketing information is released on Wednesday

They played here Friday night as well. Did you see that show?

Bluesfest Byward preliminary confirmed artists: George Clinton & the P-Funk Allstars The Proclaimers Arrested Development United Steelworkers of Montreal Lee Scratch Perry Harlem Gospel Choir Naomi Shelton Kid Koala Serena Ryder a DJ set by Speech of Arrested Development Curumin Cooloolush Mistress Barbara Juan Maclean Matt Mays Mother's Children Wintersleep Thunderheist David Maxwell Sergent Garcia DJ Rekha The Heavy Five Alarm Funk The Murder Plans The Soiree Daniella Cotton Born Ruffians Elliot Brood RJD2 Sewing with Nancy David Gogo CJ Chenier Mumbo Jumbo Voodoo Combo The Rough Sea Peter Voith Down with Webster Ad Ver Sary Peter Murphy Saint Alvia The Rough Sea Young Rival Polytones Jokers of the Scene Creep Show Carlos Varela DJ Noah Mid Way State Flosstradamus Videotape Silver Creek Sebastien Grainger The Ethics Ohbijou Fiftymen Alberta Cross The Grates Eamon Mcgrath The Chiselers Bible Allstars Think About Life Basia Bulat Winter Gloves Lil Ed and Blues Imperials Great Lake Swimmers Tom Fun Orchestra Gift of Gab Meligrove Band

This may be a noob question, but Phish Stash or Sea Kittens Stash?

what is going on

something's fucked with that link, for me anyways. when i click it i get logged out of jambands.ca...

he's into the fisticuffs

Winter of 94 and it was my first time drinking heavily. The older high-school kids who I was kind of friends with were throwing a kegger for 3 guys who were taking off to Europe for a year. I managed to snag a ride to the party (45 minutes away, at a house in the country) in the bed of a friend's pickup truck, it was -15 that night. Going down dirt roads in a snowstorm with no blankets etc... I got pretty cold. Luckily I had pre-drank half a mickey of gin. At that time I was super scrawny and half a mickey was enough to do some serious damage to my sobriety. We arrive at the party, first thing I do is knock over a pitcher of beer onto the stereo. It's fucked and no more tunes for hours until another stereo arrives from town. Start drinking beer (Texas Star? Lone Star? Some beer with a star in the name - facking horrible). The older guys at the party start feeding the beer to us younger guys like there's no tomorrow. I go outside to take a piss, stupidly drunk, fall down a window well and can't get things together enough to find my way out. End up breaking the window with a kick, which was above the couch in the basement where people are drinking. Nice. Glass everywhere, in people's beers, etc. Guys come to pull me out of the well and give me shit about the window. At this point I get belligerent. A taxi pulls up and an older man (an adult) gets out, sees me in the getting talked to by others, and comes over to see what the fuss is about. I start mouthing off at the 'old man' saying he should go find a party with other seniors (he was maybe 45, tops.) Turns out it was his house, and his son was one of the guys going to Europe, and he threw the party and had gone into town (return trip in a cab from there to town was about $30) to get another stereo after I had busted the first one. This doesn't matter at all to me - I take a swing at him. I trip, fall on my face, pull myself to my feet, pseudo-black-out, wake up hours later buried under about 20 bags of trash in the -15 degree garage. Ended up being put forcibly in a cab and driven to a friend's house to sleep it off. Was still throwing up 36 hours later. Good times.

A few more names came trickling back into my mind for the Blues in the Byward thing: Serena Ryder, Elliott Brood, Fiftymen, Soiree, Wintersleep, Tom Fun Orchestra, Winter Gloves, King Khan, The Heavy...

Bluesfest has added hip-hop icon Busta Rhymes to its lineup. Rhymes will perform on the Bank of America Stage on July 16 at 7 p.m. Also returning is festival favourite Metric, who will perform on the Rogers Stage on July 9 at 8 p.m.

whereas the Metropolis is a venue designed for shows and music and is awesome and is in Montreal.