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Now THIS is hilarious: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/netflix-apologizes-for-using-actors-to-meet-press-at-canadian-launch/article1718924/

Here's a new interview with Neil and Dan from the Chicago Tribune: http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/09/neil-young-on-playing-his-le-noise-guitar-it-sounded-like-god.html

Thanks! Haven't listened yet but looking forward to this very much.

Hmm, good call Bradm, would be nice to support a skank on this (Giggles). I'll get in touch with him! This place called The Six String Garage says they charge $60 and they are kinda close to where I live. Anyone have any experience with them? http://sixstringgarage.com/repairs/

Just wondering if there are any Toronto-based guitar techies on the board that offer repair services. I have an old Fender acoustic that just needs a good tune up. Looking for this type of thing: general checkup and cleaning, tighten and lubricate hardware, oil board and polish frets, Re String, adjust truss rod as required, saddle height & intonation, clean and adjust nut slots etc. OR, any recommended shops in Toronto to get this done would be appreciated. Also, how much does this typically cost? Thanks skanks!

Billboard article: http://www.billboard.com/news/neil-young-goes-electric-for-le-noise-1004114394.story#/news/neil-young-goes-electric-for-le-noise-1004114394.story VIDEO: Neil Young - Angry World: http://stereogum.com/507781/neil-young-angry-world-video-stereogum-premiere/top-stories/lead-story/

Damnit! I stand corrected. This is GOOD news (for me) though.

Hey Schwa, Supercrawl is on Friday and the Ticats game is Saturday 6:30pm. I'll be at both of those!

This year's Supercrawl should be a good one. Supercrawl is a free evening of art and music on James Street North in Hamilton! Musical acts that will be playing this year include: ELLIOTT BROOD CADENCE WEAPON ...BRUCE PENINSULA LOST IN THE TREES (newly signed to Anti-/Epitaph) NEW LOOK EIYN SOF WAX MANNEQUIN LEE REED TERRA LIGHTFOOT JOEL ELLIOTT AND THIN LINES ANNIE SHAW and SARAH GOOD MEAN OLD HAMMER (featuring GORD LEWIS of TEENAGE HEAD) SNOWBLINK OPERA HAMILTON WARCHILD CANADA BUSKERS HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ALTOBEELAYS Official after parties @ THE BRAIN, THIS AIN'T HOLLYWOOD & 118 JAMES ST NORTH featuring: JUNIOR BOYS' Jeremy Greenspan - DJ set GINGER ST JAMES WAX MANNEQUIN C+C MUSIC FEST @ This Ain't Hollywood more to come Dance Groups & Soloists including: PRIME DANCE PARAHUMANS KASHEDANCE INNER CITY BALLET MATADANZE RHYTHM DIVINE HEIDI ANN CROCINI TANIS MACARTHUR CARISSA BOWERMAN PEARL LALL Art, Film and Installations including: NFB SHORT FILMS SOUTHERN SOULS HAMILTON 24 FILMS AGH & TIFF FILMS ART INSTALLATIONS BY THE FACTORY & THE PRINT STUDIO KELLY MARK ADAM DAVID BROWN & more SUPERCRAWL website: http://www.supercrawl.ca/ SUPERCRAWL Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hamilton-ON/Supercrawl/138295686592 SUPERCRAWL Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/supercrawl SUPERCRAWL MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/super_crawl

They released a live album in May and are touring together: http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/tour I think TimmyB said he was going to one of these shows. I saw David Lindley at Ottawa Bluesfest 5ish years ago and thought he was one great slide player.. But don't know much else about him and nothing about Jackson Browne (or their collaboration). Any album recommendations?

Will do Julia!

I'm going to be in town for a frisbee tournament.. Can't wait to be back in the Peterpatch! Anyone know of any good shows going on? I know lots of great local shows come and go in town that aren't necessarily e-advertised. On a PTBO-related note, I just stumbled across this facebook event page - The Diplomats are playing Sept 24 at the Gordon Best!

I honestly thought this was about these dudes!

I haven't watched that video link yet because I'm at work, but I must say that Ti Cats logo combined with the guitar is rather kick ass! Now if only the button on that guitar strap said Argos Suck on it... ps - have a great tour!

It might not be available yet (digital release date is Sept 28).. Looks great though! Can't wait for Treme season two! FYI - Spike Lee has recently completed a new 4-hour documentary on New Orleans, 5 years post Hurricane Katrina, which also takes a look at the initial impact of the oil spill upon the city's recovery and image. It's a follow up to his 2006 doc When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. The new doc aired last week I believe on HBO (split into two 2-hour segments). Haven't gone looking for the d/l links yet but they're probably out there by now. Also, I believe Trombone Shorty is coming to Toronto soon - maybe Koerner Hall? (Or maybe he already passed through this Summer during TO Jazz Fest, not sure which).

When I first got hooked on Paul Niehaus' (of Calexico) pedal steel sound, I did a little googling and found that he used to be a member of Lambchop. That's all I know - I still have never heard their music though.

were tight, beautiful and perfecto! Tony Scherr (backing on guitar and bass) has taken his place as one of my favourite musicians out there as well. The show filled up the back room of The Piston (formerly Concord Cafe I believe) with about 100 people or so. I highly recommend checking out their show tonight (Kingston) or tomorrow night in Wakefield. Thanks to Luke for plugging this show, wouldn't have known about it otherwise. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=144127875619232&index=1

Looks like a fun night!

I liked Horse Feathers at Hillside Festival. They're also pretty quiet though, and the singer has a high, gentle voice a lot of Iron & Wine's.. So depends on your mood. Looks like a beauty fest. Where is it happening? UK I presume?

Now this is great entertainment. Somebody hand this man an honorary doctorate for his distinguished contributions to the field of excellence! ------------------------------------------------- John Mellencamp likens Internet to A-bomb http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/personal-tech/john-mellencamp-likens-internet-to-a-bomb/article1677018/ Dean Goodman Los Angeles — Reuters Published on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 10:46AM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 12:40PM EDT Rocker John Mellencamp said on Tuesday that the Internet was the most dangerous invention since the atomic bomb, although new technology could paradoxically delay the inevitable demise of rock 'n' roll. But before then, “some smart people, the China-Russians or something†may have already conquered America by hacking into the power grid and financial system, he warned during a public seminar at the Grammy Museum. Mellencamp, 58, has established a reputation during his career as a bit of a loose cannon disdainful of music industry niceties. He still lives in his home state of Indiana, saying he never fit in elsewhere. Famed for such hit songs as “Hurts So Good,†“Jack and Diane†and “Small Town,†he is also a political activist who campaigned for President Barack Obama. He has also helped Live Aid organizer Willie Nelson put on the annual Farm Aid charity concerts for small farmers. His comments on the Internet coincided with the release – in stores and at digital retailers – of his new album, “No Better Than This.†While he said the Internet was useful on a personal level for communication, he worried about its destructive potential. “I think the Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb,†he said. “It's destroyed the music business. It's going to destroy the movie business.†IPOD RUINS BEATLES For starters, the popularity of digital downloads, which fans listen to on their MP3 players and computers, has come at the expense of sound quality, he said. He recalled listening to a Beatles song on a newly re-mastered CD and then on an iPod, and “you could barely even recognize it as the same song. You could tell it was those guys singing, but the warmth and quality of what the artist intended for us to hear was so vastly different.†At any rate, most rock 'n' roll – including his own contributions – will eventually be forgotten, he said, likening its demise to that of big-band music, which was all the rage during the 1930s and '40s. “After a few generations, it's gone,†he said. “Rock 'n' roll – as important as we think it is, and as big as it was, and as much money as people made on it, and as proud as I am to say that I was part of it – at the end of the day, they're gonna say: 'Yeah, there was this band called the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, and this guy named Bob Dylan...' “And the rest of us? We're just gonna be footnotes. And I think that that's OK. I'm happy to have spent my life doing what I wanted to do, playing music, make something out of life, but forgetting about the idea of legacy.†The new Blackberry Torch 9800 smartphone is seen after being unveiled at a news conference August 3, 2010 in New York City. Know someone heading back to school? We review notebooks, smart phones and dorm room odds and ends. Mellencamp, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, said his first half-dozen albums were “just terrible,†while his mid-'80s breakthroughs such as “Scarecrow†and “The Lonesome Jubilee†were “happy accidents.†He actually quit the music business for two years in the late 1980s and did nothing. “We even knew what was on TV at night,†he said. His new album takes the rocker back in time. He recorded it with vintage equipment in three historic locations: Sun Records in Memphis, original home of Elvis and Johnny Cash; in the same San Antonio, Texas, hotel room where bluesman Robert Johnson cut 16 tracks in 1936; and at the First African Baptist church in Savannah, Georgia. Mellencamp recalled that he and his wife Elaine even got baptized at the church. “For about a half hour I really felt uplifted. It wore off,†he said.

Not sure who Avi Buffalo is really, but I just read somewhere that they're playing at The Horseshoe in Toronto on October 17. FYI!

What is the story with TD Visa? I use them.. Got to know the dirt.

This show has all the right ingredients for me: the music, the vibrant cultural heritage, the sense of community, the politics of Hurricane Katrina and a slew of solid characters (Antoine Baptiste, LaDonna, Creighton, Davis, Big Chief all have so many great moments .... And who could argue that Annie isn't adorable as she is designed to be). I hang off of every episode! The scene in episode 1 when Big Chief first dons his Mardi Gras outfit and goes to his friend's place in the middle of the night to get him onboard (with repairing the bar and reviving the tribe) was the first scene to give me the shivers. I know season 2 is in the works, not sure when it launches though.

Indeed, great show! Great to see them working out a bunch of new tunes and new segues, etc. Good sized crowd for a club gig in the middle of August (with $20 cover). The band covered "Gloria" for an encore and in the middle of it segued through 4 or 5 other cover songs (only one I could name is "Chevrolet"). Also more than once they thanked Andre Ethier for being there, though he didn't perform with the band.

Best show ever. I love it. Can't wait for season two!