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Yes. Excellent visual representation of what will take place on New Years. You've got event and location covered there.

What city are you in??

kookycanooky just rolled out of bed and went into the can, and I'm about to blast Skynyrd's Whiskey Rock-A-Roller to see how he reacts. My bet is, unfavourably. I'll keep you all updated.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA @ Schwa

Hilarious.

Great read, thanks AD.

Ever heard the parable of the 100th monkey?

According to Wikipedia, the 100th Monkey has been largely discredited.

In 1985, Elaine Myers re-examined the original published research in "The Hundredth Monkey Revisited" in the journal In Context. In her review she found that the original research reports by the Japan Monkey Center in vol. 2, 5 and 6 of the journal Primates differs from Watson's story in significant ways. In short, it contains no evidence that the 'Hundredth Monkey' phenomenon exists; the published articles only describe how the sweet potato washing behavior gradually spread through the monkey troop and became part of the set of learned behaviors of young monkeys. There is no evidence at all of a critical number at which the idea suddenly spread to other islands, and none of the original researchers ever made such a claim.

Despite the lack of supporting evidence for the story as told by Watson and Keyes it is still popular among New Age authors and personal growth gurus and has become an urban legend and part of New Age mythology. As a result, the story has also become a favorite target of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal and was used as the title essay in The Hundredth Monkey: And Other Paradigms of the Paranormal published by them in 1991.

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I've seen Pete numerous times solo, but saw him with the band and was REALLY impressed. Jeff and Gavin fron Burt, along with Don Kerr on bass (I think? I was under the impression that the bass player was also the guy who produced his record...a fine record at that). Ottawa folks, get out and see this show! Not jammy, but otherwise impressive. Open minded folks will dig it, for sure.

It's funny.

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"I appeared to I fraternity brothers to tell them be strong," said Marley, standing in front of hundreds of hooting fraternity members. "I say don't let dean of students, Henry Riegert, fool ya, or even try to school ya. We'll get that bonfire going in time for da mixer, mon. A fire a man's own business."

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Synchronicity is a psychological principle, a patterning of thought describing mental acts involvingthe reckognition of memory and the corelation of these memories with the current circumstances of reality. Matching your remembrances with your current perspective. Therefore the principle of synchronicity is valid for an individual if it is a part of their cognitive patterning and not a valid description of the cognitive patterning of someone who does not accept the thoery.

The theory itself helps not to describe the existence of a god but the existence of a pattern in the outside (of the body) reality. A pattern in the perspective of humanity, and the workings of our brain that extends beyond culture. It describes the synchronic usage of thousands of minds all accross our planet and the possible connection between thought, matter and time. Synchronicity needs no reason.

Coincidence, chance and chaos are all words describing things other than the theory of synchronicity.

Ah, so I was mistaken. I thought it was basically an argument for fate. The way you've described it is interesting. Does the theory claim some kind of supernatural and/or telepathic and/or otherworldly psychological connection between people? Or is it referring to the power of the human mind and influence that unites people with similar ideas? Or am I way off?

well i suppose the bar's kinda high with that example- there are some that think of these "meaningful coincidences" could even be as simple as these types of scenarios (although the site i found them on seems pretty 'flakey'):

- There are in your life when financial difficulties seem to have no end. Yet there is always enough money for basic expenses...rent, food, utilities. Finances seem to appear where and when they are needed.

- You have just received your last check from unemployment when suddenly a job comes along.

- You walk into a book store not knowing what to buy, and the book you need falls from a shelf and practically hits you over the head.

- You have been feeling ill with no apparent cure. You are out for the day and meet someone who knows a doctor or healer with the answers.

- There is a sudden relocation which seems to be for one reason, and you find much more than you bargained for.

- You finally end a bad relationship and immediately another partner comes into your life.

- You feel depressed and can't find focus in your life and the next person you talk you says something that brings you the guidance you need.

- Everyone's favorite.....You drive to a place where parking is "next to impossible" and someone pulls out of a parking spot or it is just waiting for you.

Personally I find it hard to see any meaning in finding a parking space, but I do know that there have been times in my life where some heavy shit's going down and my Mum will call out of the blue and rather than saying "Hi, how are you", she'll say "Is everything alright with you?"

It's only happened once or twice but it's pretty freaky at the same time.

I also used to be convinced that she could smell beer over the phone, but that was when I was 18 or younger, so being young dumb and full of booze might have been a factor in that 'illusion'.

Guys, I'm sorry, but these and all the rest are just coincidences. I experience them too, but that's just the way it is. Yeah, it's nice when things connect and money comes in at the last moment when you need it, but that doesn't happen for everybody. That's why there are homeless people; whatever money they were in need of before they were evicted simply didn't come in. I'm sure everybody here knows somebody who has relocated to a new city with plans for a new job and such, and things just didn't work out for them, and they ended up moving back or away to a new place. And when you think about it, how many times has a full parking lot caused you to be late, as opposed to that one magic spot opening up and you get there on time? Yeah, it happens sometimes, but most often it doesn't.

If you accept that these things happen "for a reason" then you must question why they happen to some people and not others, or why they happen to some people some of the time and not other times. From there you get into all kinds of issues pertaining to whether certain people 'deserve' to have these things happen, or whether they happen because of other things that they've done or because they are good people or whatever, which implies some sort of omnipotent power who watches and tallies things that we do and causes these things to happen.

So, yes. Coincidences is what they are.

Bradm was just kidding.

Indeed I was. The URL I linked to explains the joke' date=' which has nothing to do with either musicians (neither of whom I know), and was not meant to denigrate their abilities in any way, shape, or form. I offer my apologies if my meagre attempt at humour had unintended interpretations.

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Oh, I got the reference without having to visit the link (though I did anyway). I didn't take it to mean that anybody was canned in any harsh way, not to worry.

As a Diesel Dog fan who is in no way personally acquainted with any of the members of the group, I'd like to say that while I really did like the other guy, I'm happy to hear that Ricky is back, as I liked him a little better. Maybe he had just been playing with them longer, who knows. To be honest, I was hoping for a Ricky return WITHOUT canning the other guy; I always thought that if DD could co-ordinate the two-drummer thing, that they'd be a prime band to do it. Oh well, they will still rock, I'm sure. Looking forward to the Hamilton gig.

Ok, I guess 'sorry-looking' was the wrong phrase to use. Perhaps I'm laughing more at the nature of publicity/promo shots than anything else...the sunglasses, that weird fake smile-ish thing that Rodgers is doing. And yeah, I don't know about the tan. But hey, he can still belt it out from what I've heard, and Brian May can still wail I'm sure. It's a show I would certainly consider seeing if it was in the budget.

I love Queen, but look at this picture. It came in the Q107 e-mail about the pre-sale. If there were ever three sorry-looking old guys trying so painfully hard to appear 'cool'...

EDIT: I'll rephrase that. It's really only Rogers who looks like a dolt. They probably put those sunglasses on Brian May and told him to do that thing with his hand. Maybe not though.

Only once have I had the urge to throw something at a band... and the object would have been my right hand.

It was the lead singer for the Toronto " punk " band The Chickens on Rememberance Day four years ago when they opened for The International Noise Conspiracy @ The Reverb. The Chickens singer ranted about WWI and WWII and Canada's involvement and that poppies were a symbol of pro-war and anyone who wore one was pro-war.

He was booed, but that wasn't enough.

Ironically, the Swedish communist activist and anti-war punkers The International Noise Conspiracy praised Canada that night.

It's uncanny that you would recall this story. The band I was in at the time, The Liquid Gooey, played downstairs at the Kathedral the same night the INC played the Reverb in 2001. The bass player from one of the opening bands made some awful 9/11 related comments for which he was booed. It was only 2 months since the event and people were still pretty sore, I guess. He said something to the effect that the U.S. deserved what they got, because they were a big bully. Anyway it's funny that those two things were on the same night, in the same building.

That's about the coolest essay topic - no, course title, even - I've yet heard of. Wish I could sit in on that one!

Yeah man, this course is awesome. It's all part of my program, Cultural Studies & Critical Theory. I'll admit it gets depressing at times - I go to school every day and discuss how fucked up every facet of our society is, and from my current perspective (though I still have a ways to go before my degree) there seems to be no hope. All signs point towards moving to a hippie commune with some good folks like many of yourselves and making our own way in this world.

When you get past that, though, the courses offered within the program offer an incredibly illuminating view of contemporary Western culture and our place within it.

Thanks to all for your input, and if anybody else has anything to say, please don't hesitate to let me know. I'm not looking for people to write my essay here, as I've already got a pretty good skeleton, I'm just looking for some concrete examples of people who can specifically identify that music inspired them to live differently, specifically somewhat outside of contemporary popular culture. I won't use anybody's real name (I don't know many of your real names anyway), but I will cite your message board handle and offer a link to this thread in the bibliography. Cheers!

I thought there were a few heading out that way? Heard from my brother at about a quarter to midnight last night, he was just leaving the show and heading back to Kingston with his buddies. He said he absolutely couldn't believe Scofield, he was incredible, especially during Eyes. Setlist:

Set 1:

Just Another Whistle Stop> Jam>

Loose Lucy

Friend Of The Devil>

Big River

The Stranger(Two Souls In Communion)> Jam>

Birdsong> Jam>

Cold Rain & Snow

Set 2:

US Blues

Sitting On Top Of The World

Jam> The Wheel> Jam>

Eyes Of The World>

I Know You Rider

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away>

All Along The Watchtower> Jam>

Midnight Hour

Donor Rap/Intros

Encore:

Not Fade Away

I would perhaps consider looking into the blues, or artists such as James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, The Temptations, some of the ideas they promote in their music, could have affected some of the change that occurred during the civil rights movement...

I appreciate your input, no2, but maybe I should rephrase. I understand that a lot of different music contains counter-cultural messages, and even musics that don't seem to inspire people to live differently. I feel like a lot of music may have inspired me to live differently, but I know that outside of my vast musical appreciation, I have a tendency to think counter-culturally anyway. I'm interested if anybody can identify whether music in and of itself has inspired them to live a different, "better" life, one that may be detached from the trappings of popular culture, or motivated to promote a change in the way we live.

You know, back in my day when I went to McMaster there was no such thing as class.

I'd like to enact some social change on your ass, punk.

I'm writing a paper for my Modern Countercultures class about different ways to enact change in our culture. As part of the assignment, we are permitted to solicit others' opinions. I don't want to give away too much, but if anybody has time to post an opinion, I'd be much obliged. My question to you is...

Music has often been a vehicle used by artists to point out problems in our society and to attempt to enact social change. Examples include Bob Dylan, the MC5, Bob Marley, the Sex Pistols, Rage Against the Machine, etc. In your opinion, does music have the potential to bring about real and lasting social change, or is 'revolutionary' or 'countercultural' music simply the soundtrack chosen by people who are already of a counter-cultural mindset?

For those of you who consider yourselves Deadheads, or who ever actively participated in tour culture, I'd like you to think about whether specific bands or music ever changed the way you thought about your relationship to those around you; or perhaps the mutual appreciation for certain bands or music brought you together with people who were of a similar mindset; or perhaps that's all bullshit, and tour didn't do anything for you except fuck you up and show you a real good time? Please to discuss at length, and thank you all in advance.

The show was quite mindblowing. The drummer was awesome. I wasn't terribly familiar with the Lamb before this either, but I'll be checking it out for sure. I had to laugh every time the Francophone lead singer tried in vain to emulate Peter Gabriel's British accent when talking between songs, but other than that, I can't imagine a more faithful recreation. Good times!

A buddy of mine has had the address of his blog in his MSN name for months and I didn't check it out until today, only to realize that it seems to be entirely about Canadian politics! The tagline claims that he advocates for the 'freeing of the markets'. If he means that in a Neoliberal sense, I cannot agree at all, but I haven't read too much of the blog so I'm not sure. At least it's a differing perspective. Check it out, he's a smart young bugger:

http://bewilderbeest.blogspot.com/

p.s. It seems that there are multiple contributors to this blog. The guy I know is Danny, he posts as Sgt. Peppers.

Yeah, have an awesome time everybody...wish I could be there.

Tim, Larry Campbell won't be at tonight's show or tomorrow's in Albany. John Scofield will be playing in his place. So I think you'd be unlikely to hear Hurricane, anyway. Have an awesome time, wish I could make it!