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shame. Just booked 2 tickets to see a jeff tweedy solo show at Islington Union Chapel for the 30th.What are the timings for the shows that night? maybe I can catch both?

also, if you're interested in following the francophone side of things sign up for matthieu b's Avant-Montreal mailing list. mathieu_b "at" fastmail "dot" fm

Matt's Moondata/Labprojects nights are pretty much always at O Patro Vys, and are pretty infrequent these days. They used to be regularly once a month. They tend to include guys like Stef Schnider, jeremy gara, Brad, Matt himself, Sarah Page, etc. Seen a good number of them and they are lots of fun. Venues that do this sort of stuff now are Le Cagibi (very small shows), Casa, Sala Rossa, Divan, There's also a whole francophone scene with a different set of players and even different venue choices. THat falls into the "musique actuelle" camp of Jean Deromme, Rene Lussier, Pierre Tanguay, etc. who are also very great but lean more toward the free jazz category. Lion d'Or is a choice venue for them as is Casa Obscura. Check out Mardi Spaghetti as an ongoing event that they play at: http://www.myspace.com/mardispaghetti

Lot of Cancon in the UK this summer. I'm going to be hitting Broken Social Scene, Think about Life, Wolf Parade, and hopefully Arcade Fire. Plus the end of the road fest in september seems to be like 50% Canadian artists for some reason (ok, not really 50% but LOTS) Shain are you going to the Great Escape? I'll be at a few of those gigs.

For the first time in a long time. Soooo good.

nice job man. Will try to be there!

thanks for the suggestions folks. Looking forward to it, though it'll be a bit work heavy. Will try to look a few people up.

Hey Ottawa folk, looks like I'll be in town for a workshop for several days between May 1 and 9, though the final dates aren't firmed up just yet. Anything special going down? Look forward to touching down on Canadian soil for the first time in a while.

so does that include old vinyl as well? i've got a heap of stuff, though parting with it at any price would be a bit depressing. Mono edition london records version of "england's newest hitmakers" (stones) with original poster insert anyone?

wow. amazing photos. Have 6 stranded project partners here from Africa with no way of getting home any time soon. Massive disruptions happening here in the UK.

WAS vs MTL = WAS in 5 NJ vs PHI = NJ in 5 BUF vs BOS = BUF in 6 PIT vs OTT = OTT in 6 SJ vs COL = SJ in 5 CHI vs NAS = CHI in 5 VAN vs LA = VAN in 6 PHX vs DET = DET in 5

Could be great, but playing with some pretty sacred material here, so hope they do it right. http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/78316804/john-prine-tribute-album-broken-hearts-dirty-windows

It's a cruel, cruel world. Of course I'd probably walk out if they tried to make me drink pissy carlsberg.

caught him here in the UK last year and he put on a great show. Recommended.

perfect reading as I get ready for my 2nd trip on Ethiopian Airlines in the last 2 weeks (first one was the day after the Lebanon crash!)

considering attendance is capped at 5000, you won't get a Radiohead or other band of that stature playing, but the trade-off is that you can basically stroll up to the front row or thereabouts between just about any set and catch what you like. Walked up to the front on a whim this year and caught Steve Earle do a great set of Townes Van Zandt covers on about 1 minute's notice. Great way to spend a long weekend if you're going to be in the UK.

For those of you who saw my posts about this over the summer, here are the first batch of bands. Many more to come! http://www.endoftheroadfestival.com/ Looking good so far: End of the Road Festival 10th - 12th Sept 2010 Wilco The Mountain Goats The Low Anthem Black Mountain Dengue Fever Felice Brothers The Unthanks AA Bondy The Antlers Elliott Brood Cate Le Bon Daredevil Christopher Wright Deer Tick Diane Cluck with Anders Griffen Django Django DON’T MOVE! Frank Fairfield Forest Fire Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell Ladyhawk Jessica Lea Mayfield Megafaun Mountain Man Nurses Papercuts Joe Pug The Ruby Suns Snowman Timber Timbre The Wilderness Of Manitoba

well worth it. they put on a great show!

"Hold on' date=' hold on... muthafucka got a hat trick?"[/quote'] Sacrilicious!

Read another piece saying that statistically so far this season this is the worst goaltending tandem in Sens history (i.e. worse than the Tugger era). If that's not saying a lot, for a team that's never had consistent goaltending, I don't know what is!

man, he does a better neil young than neil young does.

A+

as an aside, if you ever go to a Swiss league hockey game, they have raclette and wine vendors outside of the rink for pre-game snacks (cheese, potato, pickle and optional dried meat). Makes for a killer snack on a cold day!

had a nice raclette a couple of weeks back, and have a stack of it in the fridge. YUM!