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Ani is a wicked guitar player and songwriter/singer. A really good show if you haven't seen her. Any of her albums are worth a listen or even a buy(particularly her early work). I don't think she's been a very good lesbian since she married her long time sound man 3 or 4 years ago but she seemed to have a good run going there for a while.

note: if you go to a show be sure to call her "ah-ni" not annie or prepare to be pummeled by a sea of doc martins whielded by many girls who haven't yet married their soundmen.

the real deal on the percussion, Booche...

anytime..............

they played last night at the casbah... it was just kind of a intro to hamilton show that was supposed to go an hour but went until 12:30... wasn't really promoted... the big show is friday night at pepperjacks... try and come with the proper 'state of mind'

not repititive is what I'm sayin... the girls sing alot and get the crowd singin too... the only time the drum kit gets kind of trance-ish is when one of the merimba players is goin bonkers on a solo... everybody solo's in this band... very interactive and spontaneous, no repetitive (unlike me goin on and on about them)... oh well, what can I say? impressed and really, really excited!

the particular flavour of world beat that seems to get inspired by the clean mountain air, big trees, and gulf island soltace parties... not much like GTB or JSB though the east coast air is very clean as well(and they are both great bands)... more like brazilian or african merimba band rythyms... like "Ngoma" used to sound... the drummer could maybe be compared to GTB's drummer but he is more into doing trippy fade outs and strange alternating loops... working it in behind the plethera of percussion...

the stage looks like something out of one of Mickey Hart's wet dreams... barely enough room for their setup on the casbah's stage(which isn't a small stage)

real happy sounds

screw the money on this one to be sure...

best original band I've seen in quite some time... ya know its good when you don't know one song and yet you can't help but get your groove on an' shake it...

wow... caught Wassabi last night and was heavily blown away... 2 girls and a guy on killer percussion and vocals... super funki drummer on the kit and wildy trippin guitar and bass... upbeat world beat trance at a level I've never heard it before... impossible not to move to the grooves...

always great to get a breath of BC air... catch a show while they're in ontario or you'll be kickin yourself... friday night at pepperjacks promises to be unforgetable... fire dancers and all... truly fantastic stuff

lol

didn't see ya there Biff

oh... embarrassing, not scary... whoop...

um, then I'd have to say I'd be embarrased if anyone caught me with the lights out, strobe on and me bustin a move to Teddy Bear's Picnic cranked up to 10

Who's dressing up as Prince tonight?

Turn out all the lights, throw on a strobe and crank up Black Sabbath / Black Sabbath to 10 and see how many kids actually come up to your door...

- Phantasm

- The Evil Dead (filmed in the forests just outside of Hamilton here)

and that movie I saw as a kid where the short little monkey aliens would swarm a person and drag them kicking and screaming into their mansion and throw them to the bottom of the elevator shaft. Apperently just because that is what short little monkey aliens do. Great use of darkness and sound in that one.

There used to be a website eloquently titled "Loquatious Noggins" that chronicled hundreds of movies that incorporated decapitated heads that continued to speak after being severed from the body. Miss that site.

That got too wordy and caught up in just part of the article. Been a while since I've had a chance to take it to the streets. Hardly even read Jaimoe's comments.

The tabloid headlines of "Moore's not perfect after all" and the "one heck of a salesman" set me off. But thats what sells papers and its not like there is absolutely no truth in it. I have never thought Moore was 'perfect' or anywhere near it and figured pitching his film would require some salemanship. I actually agree that Moore isn't a great or usually even good spokesperson.

Ben did compliment the movie and its message. I wasn't impressed by his lack of direct quotes in describing his interview with Moore and get kind of edgy when people make strong judgements based on paraphrasing. But I got too excited.

Sorry Ben Mulroney. Sorry media.

My concern was that readers are led to worry more about Moore being a capitalist non-perfecto than being encouraged to see a well made film addressing pertinent social issues. Might even avoid the film as a result.

No more middle of the night commentary after crazy week-long binges.

I bet thats Moore's problem too.

Anyways, I've heard the film is great. Hoping to see so over the next week. I'll probably hate it and be back to contradict myself moore.

hmmm...

I dunno. I think I could argue both those angles too. I like the Canadian social net situation better than the States' situation and think they would be better off emulating ours. AND I think we have been eroding that social net since the 80s when Mulroney brought in free trade and started drastically cutting back social programs while increasingly doling out the corporate welfare. A very American way of running things. We have a liberal government but all the social services damage of that era has definately not been repaired yet.

I heard the same CNN interview and it seemed that Moore was implying that the US and Canada should learn from each other. That the States should cut back on the drastic levels of violence and suffering by making it a little tougher to get a gun, helping the poor more and re-evaluating the 'war' on drugs. And that we Canadians should stop letting our social net erode to a point where drive-by shootings and homelessness become equal that of the States. He also made a strong point of saying that Canada is a great country and we should all do what we can to keep it great.

This article seems like attempted sensationalism from a generally right-wing, tabloid to slander a left-wing film-maker based on a non issue. (Ahhh, I didn't even notice that the article was written by 'sell the water and the trees for personal and professional favours, pro-war on drugs, pro-bomb iraq, pro-bomb afghanistan' Mulroney's son)

Anyways, I admire Moore a lot but don't agree with every single thought he puts forward. My point is if you are going to have a beef with him, don't let it be because of deeply biased, poorly argued journalism. Judge him based on the value of his art. To be good at making documentaries you have to be able to look at a situation from many different perspectives. Which, this article proves, if anything, he is apperently good at.

Trying to be polite and also stating that all american politics are slanted towards corporate right-wing attitudes, be they Republican or Democrat.

I would have to say that Ben Mulroney was upset that his dad got labled a bad guy and mistook tact (Moore not calling his dad an asshole right then and there) for a strange method of salesmanship. (conservatives seem to think everything is some kind of a sale) I think Michael just wanted Ben to like him. And he's smart enough not to instigate fisty-cuffs with a country's former leader's little boy who comes from a family chock full of lawyers.

Having the the former conservative PMs son interview a famous liberal film-maker adds up to nothing more than sensationalism. It avoids all the issues Moore discusses and just essentially calls him names. A good book that addresses making news from no news to confuse and incite the masses is Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead".

Blah.......... My first post and its on politics

Before I read any news in the day I always go to The Astronomy Picture of the Day .

Check it out. It makes the rest of the news easier to swallow after staring into 'space' for a bit.

Have a great day!