Boochawan

should be there

To all the Montreal folk

we're playing Petit Campus tonight

with local indie-rockers The Dust Jackets

We're on early, around 10:00pm. Hope to see some of you gorgeous people there.

Peace!

http://www.myspace.com/vanderpark

ha, yeah. no kidding.

yummy...I dig The Mothers

This Thursday night at Clinton's...great cause, canned food donation, great tunes.

This will really be a great night - Robbie is an amazing keys player and Steve lays the bass grooves down hard...i've had the pleasure of playing with both these cats in the past...funky stuff!

Lula Lounge - nice. Some great afro-cuban jazz there.

gotta love the race to the bottom.

funky!

see ya'll there

will funk, for food.

For Immediate Release:

ROCK BAND DRUMS UP SUPPORT FOR TORONTO’S HUNGRY

TORONTO, ON - After an extremely successful food-drive last fall attended by over 200 guests and raising more than 700lbs of food for the Daily Bread Food Bank, The Toronto-based groove rock band Vanderpark is at it again. The band’s goal is to increase awareness about hunger issues in Toronto and help generate food for food banks around the city.

Media is invited to the appropriately-titled benefit, Funk for Food, which will be happening on Thursday, November 24th, 2005 at Clinton’s Tavern (693 Bloor Street West) in Toronto at 8:30pm. For others, admission to the event is free with the donation of a non-perishable food item.

“We are a band that is concerned with social issues and the welfare of others.â€

- Vanderpark percussionist, Dan “Booch†Buchman

Other acts participating in Funk for Food are The Midway State, Trish and the Tangents, Melissa Bathory and a comedy troupe called Morbio.

Vanderpark is a heady brew of rock, funk, and pop that’s hard to deny. Recent high profile tours and opening slots have solidified Vanderpark’s place as one of Canada’s hottest up-and-coming rock acts. The band has recently released their debut album, All Your Hands, and is available nationwide in music stores and online distributors such as iTunes and Puretracks. Proceeds from album sales at Funk for Food will be donated to the Food Bank Meal Exchange who support the Daily Bread and educate students on what they can do to help the hungry in Toronto.

Many noteworthy sponsors such as !ndigo Books, Long and McQuade Musical Instruments, Sugar Mountain, Sonic Temple, Mill St. Beer and Meal Exchange (http://www.mealexchange.com) have signed on for support.

For more information, please contact Leah Carr at (416) 570-1334, or at leah@vanderpark.com.

great show

I'm there...who else?

yep, we're on it too:

http://www.myspace.com/vanderpark

When I worked at !ndigo (in the music dept) I used to play Pictures of Nectar and Slip, Stich and PAss. Needless to say, we got too many complaints and I had to play the music the head office sent.

What other rooms are there in town, Boochawan?

As mentioned above, there is Petit Campus (saw the Slip there) and Cafe Campus (saw moe. there)...Cafe Campus is a little bigger though. For the smaller venues there is La Salle Vert (Green Room) which is right next to Mile End Bar...saw JSB there...There is Club One which is a dingy little place on Crescent, but holds many fond memories for the band (and a fish tank upon entering)...and favorites are defenitly La Salla Rosa, Casa Del Popolo and my new (last year) favorite, the co-operative Le Divan Orange (the orange sofa).

Montreal has it's fair share comparison of Toronto's "Opera House-sized" venues, with Club Soda, Metropolis, Le Medley (we played with Little Feat there), and Spectrum.

See you (and bobby) there!

Swimming holds a special place for me. The venue introduced me to live music in Montreal during my Freshman year at McGill, and I honestly was there at least once or twice a week.

For Vanderpark it was a place we always wanted to play on a weekend. Initially we were restricted to Mondays and Tuesdays, but eventually we worked up our way to headlining weekend spots for the past couple of years.

It meant a lot for a couple of us in the group, because one of the other guys went to Concordia so we'd hang out there a lot. I remember seeing some killer shows there: The Slip, BNB, JSB, GTB, The Trews, among countless other stellar montreal funk/dance acts.

The sale of the venue was improptu, and from what I understand (we had our November 4th show there instantly cancelled) they are turning it into one of those trendy Montreal lounges. Book frickin' urns.

I was in Montreal last wednesday where they had their last "skinnidip" (for those who don't know, SkinniDip was the venues biggest money maker...every wednesday night they'd pack the place with scantily clad university kids and play crappy hip hop...interestingly enough, it was their only non live-music night...). Some friends of mine wanted to go, just "one last time", but I refused to go...I really couldn't allow myself to go to le swimming for a night of what they're turning the club into. It just didn't sit right.

Though Swimming wasn't (I guess i can use past tense now) the best live music venue in Montreal, there was something about it that people knew that they could walk in any night of the week (except wednesdays) and hear a good band. There needs to be more places like that around.

So RIP Swimming, thanks for the memories, the rockin' outs, and good times.

Welcome to "Late Night Giggin", Toronto's hottest new sketch/stand-up comedy and music show.

Who? Sketch masters The Village Idiots, live music from Toronto's own Vanderpark, plus Linda Ellis, Hunter Collins, Rebecca Addelman & your host Josh Saltzman.

When? This Wed. Oct. 26. Doors open @ 8:30

Where? The Reverb - 651 Queen St. W., Toronto.

How Much? $5 @ the door (and part of it goes to Camp Oochigeas, a summer camp for kids with cancer).

...specifically the Nazi swastika. It appears on his belt buckle, on the side of his pick-up truck and he's [the father of the two girls] even registered it as his cattle brand with the Bureau of Livestock Identification.

That is horrible, atrocious. I can't believe the Bureau of Livestock ID would let that all of what the swastika represents now, pass as a 'brand'. I'm deeply disturbed by this.

i'm so bummed I can't be there...I'll be seeing UMOJA that night (african dance/music act) which will be cool as well...was listening to his "Live at Stubbs" this weekend - "yooo tikki yo yo yo"

"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" to Host Neil Young for a Week-Long Stint as

Musical Guest

14 October 2005

Market Wire

Legendary Musician To Appear November 1-4

BURBANK, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Oct 14, 2005 -- NBC's "Late Night with Conan

O'Brien" once again breaks format to bring in the biggest names in music,

welcoming Neil Young as musical guest for the entire week of shows November

1-4 (12:35 am - 1:35 am, ET).

This announcement comes on the heels of the groundbreaking entire episode

with U2 last week, and follows in the footsteps of other format-busting

bookings of The White Stripes for a week and The Strokes for a month of

Tuesdays.

"I wanted two solid months of Neil Young, but he told me it was, quote,

'getting creepy,'" quipped O'Brien.

Young has created one of the most exciting and groundbreaking legacies in

rock and roll history. A multiple Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member, Young has

become known as a musical innovator and inspiration, running the gamut of

recordings, live performances and film endeavors. Over the last forty years,

the acclaimed singer-songwriter has often been cited as the artist that

leads the way for others through an uncompromising pursuit of staying true

to his music.

Young's latest release "Prairie Wind" is no exception. It is receiving

universal acclaim, placing it in the pantheon of such Young classics as

"Harvest" and "Harvest Moon." The New York Daily News described the record

as "the loveliest melodies and performances of his 40-year career;" while

Esquire magazine stated simply, "'Prairie Wind' is not just the album Neil

Young's career needed but one our record collections needed even more."

Young also recently collaborated on a concert film directed by Academy

Award®-winner Jonathan Demme, performing with a number of special guests at

Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium (home of the Grand Ole Opry). The

film is scheduled for a February release.

Since its debut in 1993, "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" has been the

premiere venue for alternative music acts. In its almost ten-year run, the

show has welcomed one of the most diverse and cutting-edge assortments of

musical performers on network television. Visitors to the program range from

living legends and current hit makers to underground sensations. In

addition, "Late Night" boasts the network television debuts of superstar

acts like Radiohead, Green Day, Sheryl Crow, Coldplay, No Doubt and Wilco

among many others.

"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" is from NBC Universal Television Studios in

association with Conaco and Broadway Video. Lorne Michaels and Jeff Ross are

the executive producers. Allan Kartun directs. Mike Sweeney is head writer.

duey-op bop doo-wop. ba ba dooo. yeeeaahhh-heyyyyy...