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Gene Simmons is at Al's Steak House on Elgin Street having dinner right now. There are cop cars flanking his limo, lots of people taking pictures of him through the open windows, and at least one TV crew. Guess what the front page of the paper will be tomorrow?

The Cyclone appears to be at 'Astroland'

yeah, they've been building the store and interviewing people for jobs for about 2 months now. it is in the rideau centre (hence the title 'Apple Store - Rideau)

Also, Yo La Tengo, Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear and Feist guested with Wilco last night in NY

Well put!

that was a wicked show last night. killer guitar playing and tone. wicked bass lines. really impressive show.

yeah, great lineup for the price. was really hoping they could convince Blur to play. oh well.

I don't know how many of you read the NPR music blogs, but I regularly read Bob Boilen's ( All Songs Considered) and Carrie Brownstein's ( Monitor Mix) (If her name sounds familiar, she used to sing and play guitar for Sleater-Kinney). Anyways, she explores some interesting topics and her topic this week is conversion. The first band she's going to explore is Phish. Here is her post (copied below). There are comments to check out on the original site. She has posted one follow-up so far Thought y'all might want to read or participate. If you submit something to the blog maybe post it here too?

dima you're a douche and weren't there, it was all fun and games. but then again you really do know that and are just trying to stir the pot.

sean, t got an awesome picture of you lounging. i'll see if i can get it from her tonight and will post here if successful.

SHAKE YOUR LEG!! SHAKE YOUR LEG!! SHAKE YOUR LEG!! SHAKE YOUR HEAD!! GRAB YOUR ARM!!! SHAKE YOUR LEG!!

ha, i was one of the drunken fools and the super long table from the pool table to the bar at the Dom during and after the show. wish i would have seen you!

Lee Perry was booooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiinnngggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

to be fair, you should have left your seat for that.

agreed, totally. i think it's even more impressive to seamlessly work a classic into a new song and not have the new song sound shitty in contrast.

Bring da upsetter riddims! ha

holy smokes. please report back on this show!

they work sloop john b into their song John Allyn Smith Sails

for all the shit that Denis Armstrong has written in the past, he did a great job reviewing last night's acts. Meaning I agree with him. http://www.ottawasun.com/entertainment/music/2009/07/10/10095756-sun.html

i don't think you'll have a problem at that show. even last night at Steve Earle (at the same stage as DBT) we were standing, as was the vast majority of the crowd, and we were 5th row or something. There were some lawn chairs beside us but there was no friction that I could discern. A certain skank even used the lawnchairs for a bit. photos to come....

i thought that was slang for something... 'so i gave 'er the old left handed mandolin'

pfunk is to thatpatguy as zappa is to tungsten and dylan is to esau

you know a LOT about pfunk! good stuff