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please bare with us.

strip it down people ::

Is it bear? I originally spelt it that way but thought it looked odd.

It's bare.

'tis a sad day...

I hope some of you still come out to the show... Flattstreet really has its sh!t together and is possibly the most talented Hamilton (jazz?) band around the age of 20. How many 17-19 year olds do you know who played at Montreux (Switz.)? 4 of the 6 Flattstreet members played there last year as part of the Hamilton All Star Jazz Band. Do yourself a favour and discover Flattstreet for yourself on Friday.

Their music is highly influenced by Zorn, Metalwood, Medeski Martin & Wood, James Carter, Miles Davis, Erika Badu, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Herbie Hancock, Charlie Hunter, George Clinton and Wayne Shorter.

\/\/illy is a horrible, horrible man.

On the bright side, I get my organ style 1960s "Woodwind system" in the next couple days

Is this true Ken? Because that would be extra super awesome. Especially if you let certain opening bands play a tune on it

In my experience, win98 is way more unstable than XP (which actually turned out to be a big improvement). Memory management is better along with a number of other things (once you're updated of course). The fact that you're working with a hacked, and unupdateable copy is probably your downfall.

You might as well spend the time you're wasting trying to install windows and spend it learning to install and use linux. Linux is progressively becoming easier to use. Redhat 9 shouldn't be too difficult. It's free.

I can't believe how right you are. I can't wait to get my hands on the ambiphasient lunar wain shaft.

Mutations is one of the nicest albums I've ever heard.

Midnite Vultures, Mellow and all those other albums are great too. I especially enjoy his little interludes in Stereopathetic Soul Manure.

The only album I haven't really listened to is Sea Changes, don't know why.

I won it! Maybe a little pricey at $450CDN but it was far too cintage/retro-cool to pass up. Can't wait to bust out my Eddie Harris style.

I listened to some stuff by Eddie Harris. Then I found out that he's the sax guy who plays with Jimmy Smith on The Sermon (Not on the album the Sermon, but some other album) with a great effect. I've been wondering how he got that sound for a while.

I want it.

Kevin Breit is possibly Canada's more talented up and coming guitarist.

Flattstreet is the opener. Which means you get to see possibly Hamilton's more talented up and coming guitarist Thom Gill. He's got a year of UoToronto Jazz guitar studies under his belt and plays with energy. Heck, he recorded this a year ago when he was 18: "Moon Cookie"

More mp3s and the rest of the band can be found at http://www.flattstreet.ca

I'm not sure what to think. Cool vintage gear or sh!tty sounding equipment? Anybody know anything about this thing?

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In my mind, the anchor should be a whole lot more dense than the boat. The more dense something is, the less volume it displaces/weight. Hence, when it's in the boat, it causes the boat to displace more water (because we're using the boat's volume), and when it's submerged the anchor's displacement + the boat's (lessened) displacement should end up being less.

Did that make sense?

from http://royalcitymusic.ca/resourcesVenues.php :

The Trasheteria

(300 person capacity - 52 Macdonell St - 519-767-1694)

Downtown Guelph's most feasible option for a big indie show. Make sure that you can draw enough people to at least partially fill the place (200 or so people). Only place in town with a real stage. Mostly punk, hardcore, ska, and big name indie acts. There is a partial sound system at the Trash (mains and power amps) and there is a full system in house that is available for rent. Generally won't do shows on Friday or Saturday night, unless they end before 10 pm. They will do split licensed shows.

Jimmy Jazz

(80 person capacity - 52 Macdonell St - 519-767-1694)

This is the most likely place where you can get show, if your band is unknown. They generally do bar deals, if you are completely unknown. You can't charge a cover here. There have seen some pretty good acts here like Joel Plaskett, Bloodshot Bill and Cuff the Duke when they were still small. It helps that it is free because there is almost always a crowd. Not the best place to be if you're a quiet act (people are there to drink), good if you are an electric act that can win people over, and you can there. The Jimmy Jazz is attached to the Trash. They do shows on the patio in the summer.

Van Gogh's Ear

(100ish-?? person capacity - 10 Wyndham Street North - 519-821-9864)

Located at Guelph's busiest late night intersection, Van Gogh's does concerts on the first floor Wednesdays and occasionally other nights (there is a rotation of regular performers on most other nights). They own a small sound system. You can't charge a cover, I believe they do bar deals.

I suppose she is, but I'm a lot prettier. You should come to the show just because of me.

Local jazz hipsters Flattstreet - http://www.flattstreet.ca

Ever wonder what happens when you play in jazz bands all your life, but you really just want to rock out? Come find out.

Yeah!!

I hear Rosetta Spunk is opening for them. Justin Dunlop is their bassist, and from what I can tell, he sounds like Hamilton's hottest 21 year old bassist.

I know that the festival is notorious for being unjazzy, but did anyone check it out. Does anyone have any thoughts, comments? I would comment (I had a great time tonight) but I was part of the show, so I'd like to know what the casual observer thought.

Thanks,

Driving up tomorrow morning... Crap, I gotta go to bed.

Now I know that many people on here scorn the thought of Flattstreet... No wait, I mean going to Hess. BUT, our superamazing band of dopalicious funkifizers __Flattstreet__ is playing on the main stage this saturday night.

I'm a recommend you come out and see these young, well rehearsed and talented individuals on a large stage with good exposure.

Flattstreet is a 6-piece Funk-Rock ensemble based in the Hamilton area and has lately been amazing audiences with their fresh young sound. A solid rhythm section of bass (Justin Dunlop), drums (Simon Gill) and guitar (Thom Gill), provides the groovy foundation for the hot jazz stylings of trumpeter Peter Golini and the ever-explorational antics of tenor saxophonist Martin Eckart. To top it all off, the young and beautiful Sarah Ruba complements the group with her unique vocal intensity.

Each member of Flattstreet gained their jazz roots by playing in the Hamilton All-Star Jazz band, with which 4 Flattstreet members toured Europe playing at World class Jazz festivals such as Viennes (France), ZMF (Zeltmusikfest - Germany) and the ever popular Montreux (Switzerland) Jazz Festival which hails its roots by having featured such greats as Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles and Sun Ra.

With each member aged around 20, Flattstreet brings a fresh sound to the Hamilton music scene. Having played 'hardcore' gigs at the Underground with bands like the Deviance and Ernie Thompson, Flattstreet has managed to maintain that edge that seems to emanate from the Hamilton scene. Flattstreet throws back the pretentions of playing 'jazz' music and prefers to focus upon playing 'good' music. They play what feels great while keeping the technically demanding yet ethereal aspects of improvisation. Their music remains accessible yet cerebral in the same moment.

Do yourself a favour, and come see what talent the Hamilton scene has to offer and support this emerging young band in the process. If not at Hess, then maybe next time at the Casbah, or in Toronto at the Horseshoe Tavern (July 12th). More info and mp3s can be found at http://www.flattstreet.ca

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"Seriously, though, someone had described you guys as "jazz rock" and I shuddered - in my experience too many jazz players have had the feel trained right out of them, and rock needs feel; that or their jazz chops aren't so hot. You guys had neither problem and you're really inventive with your songs & arrangements. Hope to catch you again." -James Hayashi-Tennant, Program Director 93.3 CFMU

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Upcoming Shows:

Saturday July 10th @ Hess Village Jazz Fest ~9pm

Monday July 12th @ Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto) ~10pm

Well whaddya know... I'm looking for a place in Guelph (for the school semesters) too. Let me know if you find a cool place with some vacancy. It would totally have to be a place where I can get loud on my sax, other than that I'm totally flexible.

My email: spam@flattstreet.ca (don't worry, I'll get it, I just use that spam address to post online because I know it'll get tons of spam soon, when it does, I'll simply change the email).

Strategic voting didn't work when trying to get Mike Harris out of the Ontario government. Then it was much more organized with a pretty clear opposition leader (either NDP or Liberal) to vote for in each riding.

A vote for a party is a vote FOR a party. Not against another. If we keep this up, maybe we should change our ballots to cross out anyone we don't want to have in power.

Man, our trumpet guy Peter had his trumpet stolen from right under his nose when we played a Saturday night at the Junction at the start of January. He put it down beside the stage (which was close to the door) for our 2nd break and when we came to play our last set, it just wasn't there. Crazy thing is that it was pretty much close friends and family watching us that night...

Anyway, We walked a block down to the police station and filed the report right away, and never heard from it since.

Luckily enough, Pete did have full insurance on the thing (~$2000)

Sooooooo.... Where do you figure I could get my hands on that show...?

I got into them as a jazz trio, went to a show and saw a bunch of phisheads. I'd probably leave them in some jazz category.

Has anyone heard about Medeski doing stuff with John Zorn? I thought I read something somewhere but haven't been able to check it out yet.