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The man comes down on him for having an inquiring mind, for speaking the truth, and promptly throws him off the air in the weeks after 9/11. Now he's just another turncoat. Phil Donahue has more integrity.

Some ideas: Bloor west of Spadina: The Green Room - at Bloor and Brunswick is famously cheap and good. Closeby; Sushi on Bloor offers good value for the buck on sushi, and is the reason that many sushi competitors have popped up on the same block. One of Toronto's best used bookstore/headshops is in the area too: Seekers Books. On College Street, west of Spadina you'll find some more cheap goodness: Big Fat Burrito in Kensington Market will stuff you cheaply. Utopia Cafe & Grill on College, near Clinton serves healthy, quality, and quantity for the money- good place to get burgers before catching Kevin Breit at the Orbit Room a couple doors down. Head out on Gerrard Eastwards to Coxwell and youre in Little India, where lunch Thalis can be had for $5 and lots of competition keeps the prices very fair. If you like Coffee, be sure to hit Jet Fuel on your trip, on Parliament Street in Cabbagetown. Top quality potent coffee and nothing more. Cheap (2$ a cup for any style of coffee), and the patio is toker friendly. Bon appetit.

Rythym clappers, pirates, 1920's flappers, cats, dogs, mice, ponies, bounty hunters, zombies, religious icons, movie stars, mythical heroes, tapers, and that guy in the plaid shirt dressed up as a long haired guitar player... You and everyone else rocked this old town! Anyone get any good photos of the show(s)?

After-party ticket demand is much higher than expected. About half of the tickets are spoken for already. PM Large Marge or myself to get yourself onto the reserved ticket list and thus avoid disappointment. The advance ticket reserve list will be honored for 1 hour after ween finishes their show.

BEST COSTUME wins an awesome Tobacco accessory hand blown glass by [color:green]YO. TICKETS are now also available at the venue during business hours. HUGE THANKS to all helping bring this together, I appreciate your help very much!

I imagine many are hanging on this issue; myself included, rest assured however, only blocks from The Docks, DAVE LAUZON and crazy kids in costumes will be rocking THE DOMINION ON QUEEN TILL THE WEE HOURS!

There are a limited number of tickets available. There has been a lot of interest in the show thus far, both from the first Solo Lauzon Looping Live in Toronto show aspect, and as the obvious Ween after Party. PM Large Marge or I with name(s) to add to the reserved ticket list, and your ticket(s) will be waiting at the venue at the advanced price, to be held for 1 hour after ween ends.

This is a better shot showing half the room, the view from the stage looking to what will be Dave's left. Anyone who wants to MAKE SURE they have a ticket waiting for them at the venue can buy one online here; or PM myself or Large Marge and have one waiting at the venue at the $8 advanced purchase price. Same night, Voodoo Walters is playing in the Front Room at the DOMINION ON QUEEN starting around 9 PM, wrapping up just before 12 PM. If you arrive before midnight, you can get into the bar and catch the end of his show by showing your ticket or convincing the people at the door that you are there to see Dave's show. Which is going to ROCK!

Walking Queen Street East at night is not half as bad as some would make it out to be. Acommodation seekers should consider doing a search for "Bed and Breakfast in Cabbagetown"- theres plenty of them there; much closer to the after party venue than most Toronto hotels, cheaper too. The big name hotels at up and down Jarvis are within walking distance of the venue(15 minutes) The Queen Streetcar runs all night, and stops right in front of the Dominion on Queen.

Dave Lauzon afterWEEN party: venue: DOMINION ON QUEEN in the back room location: 500 Queen Street EAST time: 11:55 pm - 3:00 am tickets: $8 in advance, $10 at door

Its about freakin time Ween opened for Dave Lauzon!

WW2 era poem When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasn't a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out. NOFX "Re-Gaining Unconsciousness" from the album War On Errorism, 2003 First they put away the dealers, Keep our kids safe and off the street. Then they put away the prostitutes, Keep married men cloistered at home. Then they shooed away the bums, Then they beat and bashed the queers, Turned away asylum-seekers, Fed us suspicions and fears. We didnt raise our voice, We didnt make a fuss. Its funny there was no one left to notice When they came for us. Looks like witches are in season, You better fly your flag and be aware Of anyone who might fit the description, Diversity is now our biggest fear. Now with our conversations tapped And our differences exposed, How ya supposed to love your neighbor With our minds and curtains closed? We used to worry bout big brother, Now we got a big father and an even bigger muther. And still you believe This aristocracy gives a fuck about you. They put the mock in demockracy And you swallowed every hook. The sad truth is you would rather Follow the school into the net Cuz swimming alone at sea Is not the kind of freedom you actually want. So go back to your crib and suck on a tit Go bask in the warmth of your diaper. Youre sitting in shit and piss While sucking a huge pacifier, A country of adult infants. A legion of mental midgets All regaining their unconsciousness

Smart way to parallel park:

Allison, the wonderful hostess as always! Maybe its the clean air, i dunno, but Collingwood gigs somehow seem to bring out the best in Dave's playing. Intense 2+ hour second set- right on! Dave, looking forward to hearing those CD's!

Start time?!?

Ahhh, so thats what happened to you guys!

Saturday 29 September, 2007 The Theatre of Ephemeral Music Part of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (an Independent Project) An all-night-long, ever-changing band of improvisers, spatialized live by Darren Copeland Classic Avant series Sept. 29, 7pm to Sept. 30, 5am (NOTE "EARLY" CLOSING TIME!) FREE admission As part of this year’s sophomore edition of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, the City of Toronto’s “All Night Contemporary Art Thing,†the Music Gallery is forming a one-night-only band called The Theatre of Ephemeral Music. The concept here is an ever-shape-shifting band of improvising musicians that will perform a single concert lasting 10 hours. 12 musicians will take part, with a new musician joining every hour, on the hour. (Except the last three hours, when things speed up to every half-hour.) Musicians can stay in a long as they want, but they must play for a minimum of one hour, until the next musician joins them — and hopefully they stay in longer. (We freely admit the name is a cheeky reference to LaMonte Young’s Theatre of Eternal Music.) Throughout the 10-hour show, Darren Copeland will move the sound of the live performers to speakers above and around the audience, using custom-made spatialization software and a Polhemus sensor controller. Some works will be spatialized using an automated 12-channel system that uses the Richmond Sound Design Audiobox and its control software ABControl. Performer bios and schedule: *** PLEASE NOTE: THE SCHEDULE HAS CHANGED, THE EVENT WILL NOW WRAP UP AT 5AM INSTEAD OF 7AM! *** Darren Copeland is a sound artist whose work for radio, installations and performance have received international attention, including two solo releases on the empreintes DIGITALes label. Darren Copeland is the Artistic Director for New Adventures in Sound Art. In this capacity, he has been a progressive leader in the area of performance spatialization by integrating it in NAISA's three annual festivals (Deep Wireless, Sound Travels and SOUNDplay) in both an automated 8-channel format and a live 12-channel format. Both of these formats will be used in this Nuit Blanche performance. 7pm • Ben Grossman (hurdy-gurdy) is a vielle à roue (hurdy gurdy/Drehleier/zanfoña) player, percussionist, composer and improviser based in Toronto. With a varied background in early, traditional and experimental music, sound design and electronics, Ben is a busy session and touring musician with a wide variety of ensembles. His first solo album, Macrophone, was released in 2007 and features a unique two CD form for simultaneous, aleatoric playback. www.macrophone.org 8pm • Neil Wiernik (laptop) • Montreal ex-pat Neil Wiernik (aka naw), who currently calls Toronto his home, began composing electronic music in 1988 with explorations in audio art and experimental music. Neil's interest in sound and technology has led him to a continued questioning and refinement of audio tools and modes of production resulting in experimentation with altered instruments, modified devices, and custom software environments. The sound design of naw is firmly grounded in the rich traditions of dub studio culture but can also be weighed alongside formal contemporary composition. Neil has released music on various labels including Noise Factory and Sentient Sound. 9pm • Debashis Sinha (percussion) is a percussionist interested in recontextualizing his traditional instruments and finding new ways of letting them sound. Trained in South Indian, Middle Eastern and related systems and techniques, he has been exploring the "post-traditional" mindset for over 10 years in the world music and improvised music scenes. He is also an invited artist to Nuit Blanche 2007 in Zone B with his audio installation “where you are,†accessible by cellphone. He has received support from the canada council for the arts, the chalmers foundatiion, the ontario arts council and the toronto arts council. 10pm • Andrew Downing (double bass) has been playing the double bass in many aspects of the Canadian music scene for the last 15 years. His most recent project is a duet with slide guitarist David Tronzo which spawned the album Velodrome in 2005. He also leads his own groups Melodeon, 71ET and The Great Uncles of the Revolution, who received a Juno Award in 2003. He has taught at the Creative Music Workshop in Halifax, and at the Banff Centre’s Jazz and Creative Music workshop with Dave Douglas. Andrew has participated in musical escapades with Zubot and Dawson, David Occhipinti, Moe Koffman, Kelly Joe Phelps, and Eugene Chadbourne. Andrew practices the unusual craft of tuning his double bass in fifths. 11pm • John Gzowski (guitar): Sound designer, composer, musician and instrument maker John Gzowski has been found across the globe. He's played for the opera in Banff, studied Carnatic classical music in India, and played oud and guitar in jazz and folk festivals across Canada and Europe. Gzowski has played on numerous CD's, with his latest release coming from a live score for Serge Bennathan's choreography for Dancemakers. As a leader, he has run Canada's first microtonal group, touring Canada playing the works of Harry Partch. He's won the Freddie Stone award (given to Canada's best improvising musician), been nominated for a Juno with the group Maza Meze and recently began working as Co-Artistic Director for the Music Gallery. 12am • Parmela Attariwala (violin): At age 17, Calgary-born violinist Parmela Attariwala dropped out of pre-med and became a music major with no idea as to where it might lead. She finds herself surprised by the music junkie she has become, and privileged to have had the opportunity to create music alongside a diverse array of extraordinary artists. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at the University of Toronto, Parmela continues to indulge in her passion for contemporary and cross-genre musics, improvisation, performance art and modern dance collaboration. 1am • Nick Fraser (drums) has been an active and engaging presence in the Toronto new jazz and improvised music community since he moved here from Ottawa in 1996. In addition to having worked with a veritable "who's who" of Canadian jazz and improvised music, he co-leads the co-operative group Drumheller with Brodie West, Rob Clutton, Eric Chenaux and Doug Tielli. Other projects that occupy Nick regularly are Michael Herring's Vertigo, the Lina Allemano 4, Deep Dark United and the Bill Grove Quartet. Nick is a founding member of the Association of Improvising Musicians of Toronto (AIMToronto). 2am • Nick Storring (cello) is a composer, cellist and improviser with a wide-spanning interests. He is a member of bands Picastro, I Have Eaten The City and The Knot. His pieces have been featured at the Open Ears Festival, the 25th Anniversary of the Maison De Culture Notre-Dame-De-Grace in Montreal, Concordia University’s EUCUE series, and at the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony’s New Orchestra series. He has also composed for a variety of theatre productions and interdisciplinary projects. 2:30am Christine Duncan (voice): A musical chameleon with a near five octave range, Christine Duncan uses her voice as an instrument, exploring its full tonal, timbral and textural range. She is involved with everything from jazz, R&B, gospel, improvised music, sound poetry, to new music and musique actuelle. She performs with many musical groups and projects, most notably Hugh Fraser’s VEJI (Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation) and Barnyard Drama with drummer/electronic artist Jean Martin. Christine also teaches voice in the jazz programs at Humber College and the University of Toronto. 3am • John Kameel Farah (keyboards) is a Toronto composer, pianist, electronic musician and visual artist, fusing the music worlds of renaissance and baroque counterpoint, free improvisation, Middle-Eastern texture, ambient minimalism, techno and electroacoustics. A virtuosic keyboardist simultaneously using piano, laptop, synthesizer and at times even harpsichord and organ, his creative efforts are fueled by exchanges of physical, spiritual and emotional energies. In 1999, after meeting Terry Riley after a performance at the Kitting Factory in NYC, he had private lessons at his home in the Sierra Nevada mountains. NOW Magazine named him Toronto’s Best Pianist of 2006. 3:30am • InsideAMind (turntables): The two-man turntable band has gained a reputation as a leading force in Canada's independent music movement by using their rebel mentality to showcase the turntables' creative colours. We've seen them perform original compositions at the World Short Film Fest, Leftover Daylight Jazz series, and at Summer Festivals including the Vans Warped Tour, and Montreal's Soukmachines. In the studio, dedication to developing their art form is seen daily at their independently operated DJ School on Queen St. East called "Off Centre." 4am • Jonny Dovercourt (guitar) is better known to the authorities and his parents as Jonathan Bunce. He has been playing guitar and bass in various independent and experimental rock music ensembles since his mid-teens. Tonight (this morning?) he escapes from rock-band jail to explore free improvisation for electric guitar and effects. In 2000, Jonny co-founded Toronto’s community-driven Wavelength music collective. He has been publicist for the Music Gallery since 2002, and co-artistic director since 2006.

Loudest Jamband show I've ever witnessed at the Elmo. The pair of Bass Cabinets on either side of the stage looked to be about 5'x5'. Standing out on Spadina, one could hear the music loud and clear. The few of us who did come out were HYPED, and boogied hard from the very first song. Awesome show, despite the weak turnout. (bad job at promotion and getting the word out more than anything) Great opportunity to stand within inches of the band if that is your kinda thing. Dancing Days encore + the funky tune after it were off the charts! Alexis, wtf happened to you?

Soulive -- Montreal Jazz Fest -- Mainstage -- Summer 2007

There were still first row center balcony seats available this morning for Toronto. (seems to be the popular place to sit at Massey according to the Neil Young thread)

Bill Keith does an excellent banjo filled cover of "No Expectations" on the album: 'SOMETHING AULD SOMETHING NEWGRASS SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUEGRASS': Though many fans of Bela Fleck don't know who Bill is; they really should. He developed the melodic style banjo playing that Bela has made famous, way back in the 60's and 70's. He was one of Tony Trishka's banjo teachers, who of course, would go on teaching the melodic style to Bela Fleck. The other players on this album are top notch. Bluegrass fans should get a copy of this one. Enjoy.

There are EXCELLENT tickets available for the Toronto show on the 5th: info and buy tickets through Massey Hall directly here

Would like to know more details on this. Ticketbastard shows 7 PM doors, 7:15 showtime, but I find it hard to believe! Does anyone know if there's an opener?