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There are dozens and dozens of free concerts, by big names. Wilco, Blue Rodeo, one of the Marleys, tons of Canadian bands, ... Here's a partial list I found. All free Fri Feb 12th - Venice Queen - 10:15 @ Ozone Fri Feb 12th - Bedouin Soundclash - 10:00 @ Ontario Pavillion Fri Feb 12th - Yelo Molo - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Fri Feb 12th - Adam Woodall Band - 9:30 @ West Van Community Center Fri Feb 12th - The Phonix - 8:00 @ Plaza Of Nations Fri Feb 12th - Blue Rodeo - 9:15 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 12th - Delhi 2 Dublin - 10:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 13th - Pubstep Celebration - 8:00 @ Darby's Pub *19+ Sat Feb 13th - CJ Li - 3:30 @ Plaza Of Nations (Edgewater) Sat Feb 13th - Matthew David - 3:15 @ Ozone Sat Feb 13th - Mes Aïeux - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Sat Feb 13th - Wil - 6:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 13th - Current Swell - 7:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 13th - Jet's Overhead - 8:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 13th - Five Alarm Funk - 9:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 13th - Daniel Wesley - 10:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 13th - Califone! - 7:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Sat Feb 13th - Hey Ocean - 8:00 @ Ozone Sat Feb 13th - Bedouin Soundclash - 9:30 @ Ozone Sat Feb 13th - Jessie Farrel - 10:00 @ Livecity Downtown Sat Feb 13th - Default - 6:15 @ Livecity Yaletown Sat Feb 13th - Wilco - 10:00 @ Livecity Yaletown Sun Feb 14th - Paul Filek - 1:00 @ Doolin's Pub Sun Feb 14th - Skavenjah - 9:00 @ Saskatchewan Pavillion Sun Feb 14th - Keisha Chante - 10:00 @ Ontario Pavillion Sun Feb 14th - Mother Mother - 8:00 @ Livecity Yaletown Sun Feb 14th - F.I.R. - 9:30 @ Ozone Sun Feb 14th - Rich Hope - 8:00 @ Livecity Downtown Sun Feb 14th - Pierre Lapointe - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Sun Feb 14th - Daniel Wesley - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Sun Feb 14th - Elliot Brood - 9:30 @ Livecity Downtown Sun Feb 14th - Serena Ryder - 9:00 @ Holland Park Mon Feb 15th - Ima - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Mon Feb 15th - Jenn Grant - 8:30 @ Ozone Mon Feb 15th - Sloan - 10:30 @ Atlantic Canada House *19+ Mon Feb 15th - Skavenjah - 9:00 @ Saskatchewan Pavillion Mon Feb 15th - Serena Ryder - 10:00 @ Ontario Pavillion Mon Feb 15th - Garou - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Mon Feb 15th - Kathleen Edwards - 9:45 @ Ozone Mon Feb 15th - Balligomingo - 9:00 @ Plaza Of Nations Mon Feb 15th - Jet's Overhead - 9:30 @ Livecity Downtown Mon Feb 15th - Matisyahu - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Tue Feb 16th - Grand Dérangement - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Tue Feb 16th - Fresh IE - 7:30 @ Livecity Downtown Tue Feb 16th - Spirit Of Uganda - 8:00 @ Ozone Tue Feb 16th - Skavenjah - 9:00 @ Saskatchewan Pavillion Tue Feb 16th - Alexisonfire - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Tue Feb 16th - Buck 65 - 9:30 @ Livecity Downtown Tue Feb 16th - Eliot Brood - 10:00 @ Ontario Pavillion Tue Feb 16th - The Trews - 10:30 @ Atlantic Canada House *19+ Wed Feb 17th - DRUM! - 5:00 @ Livecity Yaletown Wed Feb 17th - Corb Lund - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Wed Feb 17th - Ryan Dahle - 7:30 @ Holland Park Wed Feb 17th - Bend Sinister - 8:15 @ Holland Park Wed Feb 17th - Karkwa - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Wed Feb 17th - Porn Flakes - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Wed Feb 17th - Jill Barber - 8:00 @ Ozone Wed Feb 17th - Two Hours Traffic - 8:30 @ Atlantic Canada House *19+ Wed Feb 17th - The Arkells - 10:00 @ Ontario Pavillion Wed Feb 17th - Hawksley Workman - 9:30 @ Ozone Wed Feb 17th - Hot Hot Heat - 9:00 @ Holland Park Wed Feb 17th - Ivy League Brawlers - 10:00 @ Plaza Of Nations (Edgewater) Thur Feb 18th - Leoffenders - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Thur Feb 18th - Vishten - 6:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Thur Feb 18th - Soirée DJ and Plastic Bertrand - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Thur Feb 18th - Paul Filek - 5:00 @ The Cellar Thur Feb 18th - Jully Black - 10:00 @ Ontario Pavillion Thur Feb 18th - Two Hours Traffic - 10:30 @ Atlantic Canada House *19+ Thur Feb 18th - Keisha Chante - 8:00 @ Livecity Yaletown Thur Feb 18th - Corb Lund - 9:00 @ Holland Park Thur Feb 18th - Rumba Calzada - 9:30 @ Livecity Downtown Thur Feb 18th - The Arkells - 8:30 @ Ozone Thur Feb 18th - Our Lady Peace - 9:45 @ Ozone Thur Feb 18th - Marianas Trench - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Fri Feb 19th - Redgy Blackout - 9:00 @ West Van Community Center Fri Feb 19th - Allez Ouest - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Fri Feb 19th - Pascal Lejune - 6:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Fri Feb 19th - Éric Lapointe - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Fri Feb 19th - Paul Filek - 1:00 @ Doolins Pub Fri Feb 19th - Town Pants - 9:30 @ Livecity Downtown Fri Feb 19th - Deadmau5 - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Fri Feb 19th - DRUM! - 8:00 @ Ozone Fri Feb 19th - Jully Black - 10:00 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 19th - The Arkells - 7:00 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 19th - Canadian Tenors - 9:30 @ Ozone Fri Feb 19th - Dan Mangan - 8:00 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 19th - Sam Roberts - 9:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 20th - Paul Filek - 1:00 @ Doolins Pub Sat Feb 20th - Mary Barry et Mimosa - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Sat Feb 20th - Rallycar - 3:00 @ Ozone Sat Feb 20th - Hey Rosetta! - 7:30 @ Atlantic Canada House Sat Feb 20th - Ultimate Power Duo - 8:00 @ Ozone Sat Feb 20th - The Arkells - 6:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Sat Feb 20th - Sam Roberts - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Sat Feb 20th - Marianas Trench - 9:30 @ Ozone Sat Feb 20th - Mother Mother - 10:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 20th - Allez Ouest - 3:30 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 20th - Shane Phillip - 4:30 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 20th - Zuco 103 Soundsystem - 5:30 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 20th - DRUM! - 6:30 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 20th - Said The Whale - 7:30 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 20th - Hey Ocean - 8:30 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 20th - Tiger Style - 9:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 20th - Malkit Singh - 10:00 @ Holland Park Sun Feb 21st - Ode à l’Acadie - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Sun Feb 21st - Swank - 8:15 @ Ozone Sun Feb 21st - Les Cowboys Frigants - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Sun Feb 21st - Dustin Bentall - 9:30 @ Ozone Sun Feb 21st - Hey Rosetta! - 8:30 @ Atlantic Canada House *19+ Sun Feb 21st - The Odds - 7:30 @ Holland Park Sun Feb 21st - 54-40 - 9:00 @ Holland Park Sun Feb 21st - Jully Black - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Mon Feb 22nd - Édith Butler - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Mon Feb 22nd - Zachary Richard - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Mon Feb 22nd - Colin James - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Mon Feb 22nd - Classified - 7:30 @ Atlantic Canada House Tue Feb 23rd - Wintersleep - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Tue Feb 23rd - Anique granger - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Tue Feb 23rd - Les 3 Accords - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Wed Feb 24th - Bridges And Breakdowns - 9:00 @ Plaza Of Nations (Edgewater) Wed Feb 24th - Andrea Lindsay - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Wed Feb 24th - Mighty Popo - 6:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Wed Feb 24th - André-Philippe Gagnon - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Wed Feb 24th - Wintersleep - 10:30 @ Atlantic Canada House *19+ Wed Feb 24th - Damian "Jr.Gong" Marley - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Thur Feb 25th - Geneviève Toupin - 6:00 @ la Place de la Francophonie Thur Feb 25th - Daniel Roa - 6:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Thur Feb 25th - Adriane Moffat - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Thur Feb 25th - Paul Filek - 5:00 @ The Cellar Thur Feb 25th - Illscarlett - 6:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Thur Feb 25th - Head Pins - 7:30 @ Holland Park Thur Feb 25th - Street Heart - 9:00 @ Holland Park Thur Feb 25th - Wintersleep - 9:30 @ Ozone Thur Feb 25th - Inward Eye - 11:30 @ Livecity Downtown Fri Feb 26th - Robert Charlebois - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Fri Feb 26th - Paul Filek - 5:00 @ The Cellar Fri Feb 26th - Bridges And Breakdowns - 5:00 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 26th - Tokyo Police Club - 9:45 @ Ozone Fri Feb 26th - Two Hours Traffic - 7:00 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 26th - Jaydee Bixby - 6:00 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 26th - The Higgins - 9:00 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 26th - Doc Walker - 10:00 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 26th - Inward Eye - 6:00 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 26th - Illscarlett - 8:00 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 26th - Marianas Trench - 9:00 @ Holland Park Fri Feb 26th - TBC - 8:00 @ Livecity Yaletown Fri Feb 26th - Girl Talk - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Sat Feb 27th - Samiane - 6:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Sat Feb 27th - Alfa Rococo - 7:30 @ la Place de la Francophonie Sat Feb 27th - Paul Filek - 1:00 @ Doolins Pub Sat Feb 27th - Matt Mays - 6:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Sat Feb 27th - Matt Mays - 10:30 @ Atlantic Canada House *19+ Sat Feb 27th - The Stills - 10:15 @ Ozone Sat Feb 27th - Illscarlett - 10:00 @ Ontario Pavillion Sat Feb 27th - Blue Rodeo - 9:30 @ Livecity Yaletown Sat Feb 27th - Hey Rosetta! - 6:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 27th - You Say Party!We Say Die! - 7:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 27th - Wide Mouth Mason - 9:30 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 27th - Tokyo Police Club - 9:00 @ Holland Park Sat Feb 27th - Wintersleep - 10:00 @ Holland Park Sun Feb 28th - Five Alarm Funk - 9:30 @ Ozone

[color:purple]oooooo that stings

Really? What about roughing minors, unsportsmanlike, instigators, etc? I thought the referee could call any penalty at any time. Hmm. That can't be right.

I'm supposed to work Monday, but might go to Tremblant instead. Depends if it snows like it's supposed to.

5000 troops in BC 2000 troops in Haiti 2800 troops in Afghanistan I'll be in Vancouver March 5-12, it'll be interesting to see the post-Olympic hangover / pre-Paralympic prep, if they have to do any. Go Canada!

Foobar. Don't know if it's available for macs.

I'm all for you having a good time, so I hope I don't contribute to a downer, but I don't really care if the games are ecologically sound or buildings are consciously-built (kind of a funny term), but there are real concerns about the games and BC's finances. There are teacher layoffs, the downtown east side and many more issues that I'd argue are more important that a ton of gleaming sponsorship messages and a bit of sport thrown in. Since the games are going to happen and nothing will change that I'll be watching and cheering etc, but the billions of dollars could have been better spent to help people who need helping.

The logistics of Vancouver hosting the olympics in Calgary would have been prohibitive

The only time kovalev skated hard last night was in the last minute, in Calgary's end, because there was an empty let. Other than that he was pretty useless. Cheechoo was robbed twice by kiprosoff, but did a good job in setting up spezza.

My iPhone says hello. And holy shit is iginla fast.

Look for me on tv tonight boys. 4th row from the glass, 6 seats toward the end from the CGY penalty box. Warmup is going awesome. Johnson highsticked Mayers already.

I don't know who you're quoting there. Obviously some illiterate fool.

That's probably about half the lineup. They are releasing it stupidly for the latecomers here.

Worst. Lineup release. Ever.

Ps can I suggest a new thread?

What a completely useless way to announce a massive list of things. Thanks for listing them, Sean.

Apparently artists aren't releasingthe lineup until noon, are all these names confirmed or what?

Hmm. Not sure I want to see an orchestra show. Thanks for the heads up. I was hoping for Tony Levin..... Although he's playing May 11 in Montreal with Stick Men.

The part that was off-point was your suggestion or inference that the size of hill had some effect on potential injury.

That's a bad way to think about it for a number of reasons - scientists have done tests that prove that falling on flats at a lower speed can be just as damaging to the head as falling at speed on a steeper decline. The key to that is when falling on a flat the energy of your fall gets absorbed by the body, rather than dispersed along the decline as you fall. (Heck, that study is probably cited somewhere earlier in this thread).

Just to blow your mind, another way to judge a GM is by the trades he doesn't make. Can you list those please?

Misleading headline on this article for sure, judging from what I saw on the canal over the weekend. http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/02/07/12782621.html

apple might replace google with bing on apple products, plus google's phone and android phones need to pick up the pace. And other reasons I'm sure

wondering if anyone knows which canadian broadcaster is showing the olympics?

oh, never mind. they probably needed the break to look up that scintillating onside kick statistic.