DevO
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The Be Good Tanyas - Chinatown
... and finding it much much less pleasing than their debut, Blue Horse. still ok.
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me, my mom and my grandma will be there this afternoon with bells on! ::
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what'd you think tim b?
the show in ptbo was interesting. sorta reminded me of a spacey alt-country-ish yo la tengo at times. then again i said that to this one girl and she became angry with me. and violent! i was digging this show though, nice music to space out to.
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I'll take one! Saves on postage and whatnot too. I'll burn somethin for you as well. New tunes!
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I've never heard of Psychograss before, but STS9 would certainly cut it for me.
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this looks really good! i'm going to be home and its at 3pm, so i'm gonna try to make it. my obligations may lie in mother's day activities however. its her day! we'll see. maybe if plans aren't already made i can get her to come with me! (i'm making it a surprise visit home)
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Little Miss Moffat was good, too: straight-up coffee-house-type solo singer/songwriter stuff, done well and with a sense of humour.
(I didn't stay for Layiterslayit, deciding instead to go muffining.)
I saw Little Miss Moffat in Ptbo and in Hamilton last month with BA Johnston.. I really enjoyed her tunes! She crashed at our house in ptbo for the night and we got a free album for it. =) Did she have her band in toe? The shows that I saw, her band consisted of Mark Bragg & The Black Wedding Band (fine musicians all of 'em).
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I got one for the list:
King Street Healers - Regina, Saskatchewan
If the festival was gonna be out West, we'd need some kind of travel deal. if you could work out a deal with the TRAIN that would be f'n awesome. Or maybe some buses. Or charter a plane!! hehe. Also half of those bands won't have the money to pay for gas to make it across the country. But it sounds like a cool idea and I hope we continue to discuss it!
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Nope, I didn't know his name! I did the homework myself thank-you-very-much and found out he's the guy who wrote "Werewolves of London". Oh yeah and collaborations with Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Chick Corea, John Patitucci, Jerry Garcia, Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, Stan Lynch, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Howie Epstein, David Lindley, George Clinton, Flea of the Red Hot Chili Petters, Bruce Hornsby (Mutineer), REM, Graham Nash, Mark Isham, J.D. Souther and David Gilmour... Hm, not bad! What was the compilation with Neil, anyone?
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I didn't notice it was in the Blue Room -- good news for sure! As we all know the downstairs of the Trash isn't the greatest. QQC if you're coming in, give us a ring at 745-5358. I think Caroline's coming too. DownTown just got in from Hamilton. woohooo!
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Who's Warren Zevon?
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I'm pretty pumped for this one TONIGHT in Ptbo!! What I wanna know is: who's comin' with me??
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I'm not as into his straight-out hip hop albums as much as the grooves and breaks albums he's made. I'm hoping to make it up to Ottawa to see him cuz as far as I'm concerned, DJ Greyboy is THEE SHIT!
Let me know how it goes if you check it out, pleeeeeeeze!
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I just wanna know if the dudes with the hot tub on the back of their truck will be gracing us with their presence once again??
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Sounds like an interesting show, and a stellar line-up. I havent seen Breit do any of the looping business at the (few) Sisters shows I've been to lately. Thanks for the details eh.
I wish I got Bravo damnit!
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Hey Beats, this isn't concerning your above post but I thought I'd write to ya anyway. A few friends of mine from Peterborough are now back in their hometown of London and are working on a new band that they hope to play in around town. Two of them are ex-members of Peterborough band The So So's.. Mark Gammal and Jeff David. Just wanted to let you know, and I'll send you more info once things develop further!
ps - do you know a glass blower in London named Tubby?
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I just finished my honours BA at Trent University in Global Studies.. Some day I'd like to get some kind of work in relation to what I've been doing at Trent but who knows. I'm at a crossroad now but the next few years are looking good.. Currently I am a pool boy (4th summer in a row) working for the likes of Scott Young and Rob McConnell. Come the Fall my profession will be "ski bum", location Nelson, BC or nearby. A year from now my professtion will possibly be "English Teacher" in Taiwan or Japan. A year from that hopefully it will be "surf bum" in the land of Oz. Oh and I am a very part-time glass blower. etc. ::
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Huge collection of Dead tabs at RUKind.Com .
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Wow!! I think I'll definitely check out Day Two, although I really wish Broken Social Scene and Modest Mouse could switch days. Anyone got anything to say about The Coup, Elbow, Wheat, DJ Peretz, Mass Gaming or Just beCauses?
Exciting to see STS9 on board!
! I fear their set will be way too short. That would be cool if someone could book them a Toronto club show on Saturay 8/7, as they aren't playing again until the 9th, in Ohio. -
Mike that play was AWESOME!
!!! I was truly flabergasted. The acting was stellar (major props to the main character guy, and actually the whole cast); the choreography was creative and quirky and the dancers were spot on. The music selection was too good. The dream scene with the girls doing that choreographed dance to Watermelon Man?!?!? Too much! :: The dialogue was hilarious, and good creative use of the lighting as well. The girl who was with the local tv celebrity was so funny too. An amazing feat for a highschool production! I've seen a handful of plays lately at the Gordon Best and this one took the cake. It would be cool if you could do a run of it at the Best! CHeers and congrats on a job extremely well done. Are you gonna keep writing/producing? -
Jay:
Montreal House 705-748-2955 or 705-876-1836
Hot Belly Mama's 705-745-3544
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Hey MarcO (cuz I know you'll be reading this), have you checked out Darren Shearer's weekly thing yet? I'm quite curious as to what its like.
Good to see some Toronto dates for tND.. I like that there band!
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If you need help setting up a Peterborough date, email me. I won't book the show per se but I can give you phone numbers, advice on venues and whatnot.
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I'm glad I stuck around the City for this show last night. It turned into a mini-Skankaroo! Nice to see again / meet Trevor, Basher, Slippery, Large Marge, Jaydawg, Can'O'Dave, and the PUNK and maybe more (?). Kevin Breit kills me with that slide! The first song of the first set still stands out, beautiful song. Kevin's older brother came out for a song during first set. John Dickie played at least half the 2nd set as well as the 2-song encore.. All songs they played (with John Dickie) are featured on the new John & The Sisters album that Jaimoe mentioned. I have the album, I like it, and I'm gonna review it soon for jambands.ca. John Dickie has a hugely powerful and wide ranging voice, and he sways around on the stage with his arms at his sides, its pretty entertaining!
My rear-view mirror busted off on the way home and I had to pull over and buy super glue. ::
! I fear their set will be way too short. That would be cool if someone could book them a Toronto club show on Saturay 8/7, as they aren't playing again until the 9th, in Ohio.
Liberals prepared to allow marijuana bill to die
in Soundboard
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from The Globe & Mail:
Ottawa — The federal election will kill the bill to decriminalize marijuana, leaving one of Jean Chrétien's legacy issues out in the cold and pot smokers still facing potential jail terms, government insiders say.
The controversial legislation, which is awaiting a final vote in the House of Commons, will not make it through Parliament in the one week left in the session before Prime Minister Paul Martin is expected to drop the writ to begin an election campaign.
The proposed law, Bill C-10, would have removed jail terms for the simple possession of less than 15 grams of marijuana. Those caught with pot in that quantity would have faced the equivalent of a traffic ticket, costing $100 to $500.
The opposition Conservatives, who opposed the bill, insisted that the Liberals effectively killed the bill by treating it with deliberate neglect. It was repeatedly placed at or near the bottom of the list of bills to be debated, dragging out its progress through the Commons.
"They don't want to get into the issue of drugs, because it's a loser for them in an election," said MP Randy White, the Conservative Party's critic on drug policy.
"I think their polling is probably telling them the same thing our polling is showing — that it's a loser with families."
The bill is awaiting third reading in the Commons — the final vote that would allow it to pass the House. But even if that vote is held next week, it is not going to pass the Senate in a week. Bills to implement the budget and to reduce patent restrictions on AIDS drugs for Africa are the highest priorities, government officials said.
Parliament will sit next week, but a break is scheduled for the week after — when the Prime Minister is expected to launch an election campaign.
Mr. Martin is widely expected to call an election for June 28, which means he would drop the writ between May 17 and 23 — possibly on May 20, before the Victoria Day long weekend.
It means that the decriminalization of marijuana, first debated in the 1970s and proposed as law last year, will be left for a new Parliament to start all over again.
A federal election dissolves the Parliament and kills all the bills that have not been passed; the next government would have to start anew from introduction in the Commons.
Advocates of the bill argued that young people should not face lifelong criminal records for smoking a joint. The Justice Department estimates that 100,000 Canadians smoke pot daily.
The bill had faced criticism from the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, which suggested the bill would require tougher border policing, and from the RCMP, who said decriminalizing marijuana possession would make it harder to police serious drug crimes. Pro-cannabis activists say the government should go farther and legalize marijuana.
Mr. White said the government ignored the need for a real national drug strategy, which would include tougher penalties for so-called grow-ops, in which large quantities of marijuana are grown, and funds for local education. The Liberals merely tried to distract from the need for a broad drug strategy, he said.
Mr. White said that if elected, the Conservatives would not introduce a decriminalization bill.
"The issue is not decriminalization. The issue is, what do we do with drugs of all sorts?" Mr. White said.
Liberal government officials said the opposition slowed the progress of the bill, but Conservative House Leader John Reynolds laughed off that suggestion.
"There's nothing holding them up," Mr. Reynolds said. "They've got a majority."
The bill was introduced when Mr. Chrétien was in office, and Mr. Martin revived it this year.
Mr. Martin suggested publicly that he thought the bill should be toughened, but that amendments would be left up to MPs. Instead, it languished.
The Martin government's legislative agenda has remained relatively light.
Mr. Martin had planned for a short session of Parliament before calling an April election but pushed back the vote after Auditor-General Sheila Fraser issued a report in February on the sponsorship program, which has become a scandal.
Among the bills that will die are the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, also known as the whistle-blower bill, which is supposed to protect civil servants who report impropriety or malfeasance within the government.