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Damn! Right where The Reverb/Big Bop is eh?

*MARCH* 1 - Bonobo @ Revival - James McKenty & The Spades @ The Horseshoe - BA Johnston @ Cameron House 2 - Gogol Bordello @ Sound Academy 5 - Black Mountain @ Lee's Palace - The Gruff @ Tranzac 6 - Corb Lund @ Phoenix - Jason Collett @ Lee's 8 - The New Pornographers, Tokyo Police Club, Lowest Of The Low, Besnard Lakes, Young Galaxy, more @ Canadian Room (inside Royal York)

RIP

I think I might! I don't know Bocce but I have a Glisandro 70 album that I like, and I checked out Daniel Nebiat's myspace and he sounds good. And I own bocce ball. And its free!

They were good too.. Moments of brilliance for sure!

The performance of Terry Riley's "In C" last night was absolutely amazing! There was so much going on, it was so exciting, changing all the time and the players were top notch. There were 15 musicians performing. Owen Pallett was on The Pulse (basically hitting the same piano note for almost an hour). It was great and The Music Gallery, a small chapel, provided for a unique and intimate backdrop. Glad I went!

I'd go with Jacksonville City Nights.

Early bird tix are on sale tomorrow. Chris Rock added to the bill.. Not playing the comedy tent but the BIGgest stage at the 'roo. edit: err, not playing but doing comedy on.

Well put Dr. J!

That's the song 'Flutter'! Tix are available for this now yes? I should snag mine now.. Still have to weasle my way out of work that night, but it will be done!

I'm hoping to make it to the Music Gallery tomorrow night to see that performance of Terry Riley's 'In C'. http://www.wavelengthtoronto.com/ Wavelength 400 Festival — February 14-17 Thursday Feb. 14 @ The Music Gallery (St. George the Martyr Church), 197 John St. (doors 7pm) 10pm - Bruce Peninsula (Toronto/The Deep South) — www.myspace.com/brucepeninsula 9pm - Huckleberry Friends (Toronto/Fantasia) — www.myspace.com/huckleberryfriends 8pm - Terry Riley's "In C" played by the Social Music Workgroup — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_C + projections by General Chaos Visuals Friday Feb. 15 @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. (doors 9pm) 1am - Glissandro 70 (DJ set) — www.cstrecords.com/bands_glissandro70.html 12am - Bocce — www.myspace.com/thebocce 11:15pm - Daniel Nebiat — www.myspace.com/danielnebiatmusic 10:30pm - Sister Suvi — www.sistersuvi.com 9:45pm - Abdominal — www.myspace.com/mcabdominal + film & video by Jeff Wright + DJ David Dacks (CIUT, The Abstract Index) Saturday Feb. 16 in association with the Theatre Centre @ The Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen St. W. (doors 8pm) 12am - Lullabye Arkestra — www.lullabyearkestra.com 11:15pm - DD/MM/YYYY — www.ddmmyyyy.net 10:30pm - Dance Electric — www.myspace.com/danceelectric 9:45pm - Telefauna — www.telefauna.com 9pm - Femme Generation — www.myspace.com/femmegeneration + projections by General Chaos Visuals + DJ Dan Vila (Doing It to Death) Sunday Feb. 17 @ The Music Gallery — 3-6pm "Wavelength Unconference" with host Misha Glouberman Topic: "The Value Difference" (see below for description) Admission FREE Sunday Feb. 17 @ Sneaky Dee's, 431 College St. (doors 8pm) 1am - Nifty (Toronto, Dude) — www.myspace.com/princenifty 12am - Donne Roberts (Toronto/Madagascar) — www.donneroberts.com 11pm - Green Go (Guelph, Ont.) — www.myspace.com/greengomusic 10pm - Opopo (OCAD) — www.opopo.ca 9pm - Transsylvanien (Denmark) — www.myspace.com/transylvanien + projections by General Chaos Visuals + DJ Basset Hound Monday February 18 WAVELENGTH DAY!! (Provincial Holiday) With hosts Doc Pickles (Thursday & Sunday) and Spencer Butt (Friday & Saturday). Admission to all events: Pay What You Can at the door (except Sunday afternoon unconference, free). http://www.wavelengthtoronto.com/

The Harmonic Tide mobile has rendered the band immobile this evening. The band will be rescheduled soon. In the meantime, anyone up for coming down to the cafe tonight and playing some tunes?? If so, give the shop a heads-up call at 416-534-2116. The stage is yours at any point up until 10pm. (That goes for most other nights too! If any musicians are looking for a coffeehouse gig in Toronto, drop me a line)

I'm wondering if that's the actual order in which they will do the dates. On first glance, looks like it is, but then at the bottom it goes Seattle > Toronto > Vancouver. Which makes no sense.

But it was Bertolt Brecht who said: "Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it."

Exactly Brad.. It can contribute towards seeing a macro-level change, but cannot be held accountable for accomplishing that change to the highest (impact) level.

I'll be there!

Well its an ambiguous statement to begin with. Music changes the world for me.

Check this out.. You can reduce all the junk mail that you get through Canada Post by filling out this form. All the info is at this site: http://www.reddotcampaign.ca/ And here's an article on it from the Globe & Mail: Website helps Canadians stop junk mail MICHAEL OLIVEIRA Canadian Press February 10, 2008 at 1:05 PM EST TORONTO — With just a few seconds of effort, anyone can easily shrink their impact on the environment by telling Canada Post to stop delivering junk mail — but only two per cent of Canadian homes have done it. Beth Ringdahl's website, www.reddotcampaign.ca, spells out a simple two-step process to block junk mail: It's as easy as filling out a downloaded form and leaving a note on your mailbox. For more than a decade, Canada Post has been quietly acknowledging such requests, halting junk mail deliveries and marking a homeowner's internal file with a red dot — hence the name of Ms. Ringdahl's campaign. The website's only been up and running for a couple of weeks, but word is spreading fast. Ms. Ringdahl says the letter has been downloaded more than 2,300 times, her Facebook group has swelled to more than 850 members and grateful visitors are e-mailing everyone they know about the site. “People are really happy to learn about a way they can reduce the waste in their lives,†she said. “(The campaign) is like a friendly reminder saying, ‘Hey guys, here's something you can do that will take away some clutter and save some trees.â€' Canada Post spokeswoman Lillian Au said Ringdahl's campaign is unnecessary — Canadians, she says, have known for years about the opt-out option. “It has been in place since 1997, so we feel that we've done a good job and people know that they have that right,†Ms. Au said. Ms. Au acknowledged that unaddressed advertising mail is one of Canada Post's fastest growing revenue streams — it brought in $339-million in 2006, up 14.4 per cent from 2005 — and helps keep costs down for consumers, while allowing small businesses to advertise in an affordable way. Almost all of the promotional mail is recyclable and printed on recycled paper, she added. But Ms. Au also confirmed Ringdahl's theory that marketers would likely end up printing fewer flyers if there were fewer homes that received the junk mail. “We make regular updates to our mailers, who can adjust the amount of material being printed so they don't print excess flyers,†Ms. Au said. Ms. Ringdahl said she never intended to do battle with Canada Post, and instead applauds its policy. She's just trying to do a better job promoting it. “I really think this is a world-class system that they have set up, and I don't want it to be a cop out (for) the individual, saying, ‘Oh, Canada Post didn't tell me how to do this.â€' Her next goal is to target homeowners who don't speak or understand English so the campaign's reach grows even further. Valerie Langer of the environmental group Forest Ethics applauded the campaign, which she said was a mystery to even those who are working to protect Canadian forests. “It's giving people the kind of information that starts them thinking and allows them to act in a way that conserves paper and therefore forests,†Ms. Langer said. Ms. Langer herself just recently learned about opting out, she added. If homeowners decide they do want to stop receiving junk mail, Ms. Au said printing out the letter on Ms. Ringdahl's website isn't necessary; a note on the mailbox — inside the door if the box is in an apartment building or condo — will suffice. A warning, however: stopping junk mail also halts delivery of municipal-service notices such as town hall meeting announcements and snow removal and garbage pickup schedules, Ms. Au said.

Cool. What's the name of Scorcese's Stones doc?

Happy birthday JayDawg! Hope you have a wicked day.

Obviously Neil hasn't heard Hamster Dance.

April 30 & May 1st Toronto Symphony Orchestra will play Arvo Pärt's 'Fratres'. I was turned on to Arvo Part about a year ago and would love to see this composition played live. Anyone else here ever check out Arvo Part? Also on the bill: Prokofiev 'Piano Concerto No. 3' and Tchaikovsky 'Symphony No. 4'.

I am more pumped for this than for anything else that's coming up. Bonobo is my favourite of all DJs / electonic musicians and I've been waiting for years to see it live! Can't wait. So he's gonna go til 4am for sure??

Just giving this a first listen right now and really enjoying it! Anyone else been listening to this?