SteveThe Owl

Everybody, stop being hysterical There are plenty of fine beers still brewed independently in Canada.

If you want to support someone in the Ottawa area, there is Heritage Brewing now in Carleton Place.

And remember, there really is no such thing as bad beer.

Sounds familiar...

Give us a hint?

Count me in! Love to give it a whirl...

I like the "Free Robot Sex" photo.

I'm already thinking about this year's Hallowe'en costume.

No comment...

The Banana Bunker!

Wish I could be there. Waaay out of my budget right now though...

Me too. Sad thing is, I coulda made it if I thought ahead and scraped some money together, but other things kept distracting me so I didn't have money for tix -- and even if I did have tickets I didn't book time off work.

I don't know what's worse -- being poor, being dumb shortsighted, or being both.

but i NEED to get my hands on a

Don't

HASSEL

the

HOFF

t-shirt

No... no, you don't.

I don't see any discernable difference.

But thanks for the reminder about how behind-the-times I am.

Now I'm going to go and buy a new battery for my digital watch, which I still think is a pretty neat idea.

Pablo -- I'll keep my ear to the ground about that one.

life goes on when you leave ottawa city limits

I'm not going to have a chance for any sort of vacation until at least the fall.

Feel my envy! [color:green]GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

Ah, well... have fun, enjoy yourselves, travel safely, send postcards to your loved ones.

I'm trying to track down people who attended Canfederation High School (opened in 1967 and closed in 1999) in Nepean, Ont.

Along with a few others, I'm looking into the possibility of organizing a 40th-Anniversary event next year.

Are there any alumni on the Board?

Love to hear from you!

I don't usually post stuff like this, a friend passed this on to me.

This is why I avoid commercial pop music.

Just remember the little people who got you there when you are rich and famous.:cool:

As for me, I'll be happy with a six-pack and an extra-large combo pizza. :thumbup:

No Ottawa?

Or Kamloops?! Unfair on both counts!

Am I being entirely too selfish to ask if you guys can do that in Ottawa too?

The Dusty Owl Reading Series Presents Capital Slam

Sunday 16 July

5pm

Swizzles Bar & Grill

246b Queen St., Ottawa

No Cover

Each summer the Capital Poetry Collective chooses four finalists and an alternate to represent Ottawa at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (this year, in Toronto) in the fall, and Dusty Owl is pleased to present the official Ottawa team's premiere performance again this year. These poets are the best the Capital Poetry Collective has to offer, and that means this is a show you won't want to miss. We're bouncingly happy to be bringing Jim Thomas, Kevin Matthews, Ritallin, DJ Morales and Festrell to the Dusty Owl mike to show just how talented, eclectic, and entertaining Ottawa's poets can be.

Jim Thomas recently arrived in Ottawa from the UK, where he was a founder of Oxford's Hammer and Tongue poetry slam along with Steve Larkin. Kevin Matthews has called Ottawa home since 2004, and was one of the volunteer organizers of the Canadian Spoken WordLympics, and a member of the 2005 Ottawa team. Ritallin, also a previous team member, co-founded the Capital Poetry Collective, acted as Slam Master for two years and recently released his first book, Cerebral Stimulation. DJ Morales has been burning up the slam scene for a couple of years as the youngest ever Capital Slam champion, and was most recently named Ottawa's champion at the CBC Poetry FaceOff. Festrell is a repeat monthly slam champion and a founder of Nekusis Zine Distro. For more about the poets, check out their sites or the Capital Slam website.

Partial proceeds from this reading will go toward helping the team get to Toronto for the Festival, and the poets will be bringing their CDs, EPs, chapbooks -- and possibly visual art -- to sell and sign. Come on out to hear some of the best spoken word artists in Canada, and to wish them luck in the competition -- because with a lineup like this if they don't bring home the gold we're going to have to test the other teams for performance-enhancing substances.

We'll also be having the usual and always entertaining open mike after the show (watch for Steve and his legendary Poetry Goggles), and encourage all comers to step up to the challenge for the Object of Desire.

Anyone who wants to bring their own books, zines, and CDs to sell is welcome to bring them along and set up a table.

It's all gonna be at 246B Queen Street (near Kent) -- down the stairs under the green awning. See you there!

Thanks for this. Neat-o story. I wonder how the show went?

Very disturbing.

does one not see a problem with this when making the ad in the first place?

Exactly the point. They made us look.

Shain, my thoughts and prayers are with you and all of your loved ones. Bless-bless.

Usually a big glass of milk does it for me.

Stories like these make me think seriously about leaving downtown Ottawa. I mean, these things happen down here, too, all the time -- they just don't seem as funny for some reason.

By the way, as if there wasn't enough celebration this week, today is the 195th anniversary of Venezuelan independence!

Also The Mahones

Hot damn! I won't want to miss that one!

Or Dave Lauzon, Marc Charron, and Mike Sasso on 12 August at Cafe Dekcuf!

Keep up the good work, guys! I don't get down to your club enough, but when I do i always have a great time! HOOT-HOOT!

Take on me is one of my favorite videos EVER! So cheese, yet so good.

Yeah, I wouldn't've said it twenty years ago, but I forgot that it actually worked... or at least it's aged better than others.

The Sigue Sigue Sputnik video is a riot.

Most cringeworthy (still, a quarter century later): Stars on 45.

This is a tough one for me.

How much time have you got?

No, seriously.