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Northern Wish

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  1. I'm waiting for his reply to my offer.

     

    He wanted $1700 for High Speed, and $600 for Far Out- and these prices both seems on point with what I have been able to research online. Both have been shopped in the last year and are working perfectly- and have a box of extra parts. 

  2. Now you know two ;-)

     

    My "score" was on StubHub about two days before the show. My travel partner wanted very specific seat locations so I didn't want to mess around in the lots.

     

    Nice freaking work Todd!

  3. I'm sure you've heard this before, and likely from me, but you have to book some time for House of Targ next time you're in town.  You'd completely love it.

    Yeah, I really need to get back to Ottawa to check it out. While in Brooklyn recently, I visited JackBar - which is the same concept, minus the live music and perogies.

     

    My dream is my own House of Targ downstairs.

     

    As far as I am concerned every home should own a pinball machine. This being my favorite and I will come over all the motherfuÇking time.

     

     

    Duly noted. I loved that game, but the machine they had at the U of Waterloo while I was there always had a sticky left flipper ;-)

  4. Are there any skanks that consider themselves to be big fans of the silver ball? I don't mean the casual kind that just mash both flippers at once, but rather those who think of themselves as the 'Tommy' of their town?

     

    I'm fairly addicted, but haven't found too many machines out here in Huron County. I've actually reached the point that I might buy one or two for our basement playroom.

     

    Favourite memories playing? Favourite machines?

     

    I'm partial to the late 80's / early 90's machines like Tommy, World Cup Soccer 94, Addams Family and reaching back a bit earlier Getaway and Pinbot.

     

    My favourite memory is playing pinball at the old Lincoln Mall in St. Catharines while we waited for the local Ticketmaster to give away wrist bands to big shows, which always got released at 5pm. I would go there straight from school to wait and those two hours just melted away. That was a time when I could drop in fifty cents and play for an hour or more.

     

    Have any of you considered buying this instead of a decent used car? 

     

    http://www.thebiglebowskipinball.com/game

     

     

     

     

  5. I scored tickets for NYE for $40 each (section 314) and then got a free upgrade into the suite level at Guest Services. My PTBM GA floors for 1/1 were fine, but paled in comparison to the previous night.

     

    Friggin amazing!!

     

    I do wish I had stuck around for all 4 shows, it seems like the heat was at the end of the run. That said, lounging by a pool and walking on the beach during the day of a Phish show was an incredible feeling.

     

    "I hope this happens once again".

  6. My vote for the best box set of 2014 goes to Third Man Records for this incredible set of Jack White's performance from Bonnaroo.  3 lps, dvd, patch, USB stick full of goodies, 4 8x10 B+W glossy photos, poster and a baseball card.

     

    The value we get from our Third Man vault subscription is ridiculous!

     

     

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  7. Saturday was ridiculous. I only got 3 of the 8 songs I had been chasing over the course of two nights (and mentioned in an earlier thread) - but they played everything the crowd wanted to hear including a second helping of the Canadian covers from earlier in the week and debuted a Bryan Adams cover also. You had to be there to believe it!

     

     

    Ask Her For Adderall
    Sequestered In Memphis
    Rock Problems
    Magazines
    Navy Sheets
    Continuous Thunder (Japandroids Cover)
    Stuck Between Stations
    The Swish
    Chips Ahoy!
    Lord, I'm Discouraged
    Constructive Summer
    Hot Soft Light
    Don't Let It Bring You Down (Neil Young Cover)
    Joke About Jamaica
    Massive Nights
    You Can Make Him Like You
    Southtown Girls
    Slapped Actress
     

    -Encore-
     

    Cuts Like A Knife (Bryan Adams Cover)
    Young Lions (Constantines Cover)
    Citrus
    Your Little Hoodrat Friend
    Stay Positive
    How a Resurrection Really Feels
    Killer Parties (with fans invading the stage until it was jammed)

     

     

     
  8. I'm here and amped.

     

    Last night was damn close to perfection. They included 'Young Lions' by The Constantines for the Canadian cover in the encore.

     

    The facebook feed this afternoon put to rest rumors of a Stay Positive performance, but we were told instead to "Expect something special".

     

    Personally I'm hoping for a b-side heavy set. There are about 8 songs that I have never seen them play live.

     

    Schwa just texted predicting a set of covers by bands that have made the Horseshoe rock over the years. 
     

    Either way, I'd be ready for rock n roll heaven.

  9.  

    Out of those, War on Drugs probably wins out as my album of the year.

     

     

    I'd like to reset on this choice. After two perfect music listening experiences over the past week, nothing that was released this year moves me the way The Barr Brothers release does. It is both delicate and powerful, familiar and challenging, mournful and triumphant. Fuckin eh!!

  10. Zeus - Classic Zeus

    War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

    Barr Brothers - Sleeping Operator

    Drive by Truckers - English Oceans

    Mac DeMarco - Salad Days

    Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers

    Donny Hathaway - Live at the Bitter End (although I presume this is a reissue of some sort)

     

     

     

    And while they are not on my list of top albums of the year, The Hold Steady - Teeth Dreams and Phish - Fuego share the crown for the 'Return to Form' albums of the year. 

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