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Good day live music fans!!

Here are a couple of great shows for the week ahead... courtesy of Discover Entertainment.

Wednesday January 12th

Arts Club Backstage Lounge

1585 Johnston St. - Granville Island

LIVE

Wednesdays at The Backstage Presents

INJECT

www.inject.org

Inject is Amrit Basi on electronic & acoustic drums; Jamie Lubiner on guitar, guitar-to-midi converter & software synths; and Peter 'Fish' Fisera on Organs & Synthesizers. They play highly improvised music focusing on jazzbient, trip-hop, breakbeats, drum&bass, trance, house and previously unnamed and undiscovered flavours of electronic music. Usually dance-oriented and always experimental, Inject have started packing dance floors and freaking out the jaded "I've seen it all" music fans of the Lower Mainland.

ONLY $2.00 ADMISSION

$3.75 Stella bottles

$3.50 Jagermeister shots

$3.50 pints

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Saturday January 15th

The Fairview Pub

898 West Broadway

FIVE ALARM FUNK

www.fivealarmfunk.com

with special guests

STEPHEN FRANKE &

NOISES FROM THE TOOLSHED

www.stephenfranke.ca

Five Alarm Funk

Five Alarm Funk is a 10-piece groove juggernaut. Playing original music inspired by Afro-Beat, Funk, Rock, Latin and Hip-Hop, the band has packed clubs to well over capacity in Vancouver and Whistler.

Five Alarm Funk shows are always parties. The energy on stage and in the room is palpable as the relentless rhythms fill the floor. Epic horn lines are followed by intense solos and vocal exchanges with the audience. No one is left standing still under this Afro-Funk onslaught, least of all those on stage, whose love for the music fuels a frenzied night of dancing.

The band’s shows at the Fairview Pub have gotten progressively crazier. At the last show over 500 people showed up causing a huge line-up that lasted most of the night. Five Alarm Funk has also filled nightclubs Tonic and Voda, Garfinkel’s in Whistler, and has performed at the Artswells festival in Wells, B.C.

Formed in 2003 with six original members, the group won a battle of the bands at the Lamplighter Pub before the year was out. In March, 2004 the band expanded to 10, adding more percussion and a full horn section. Five Alarm Funk is currently at work recording their debut CD, to be released this summer.

Stephen Franke & Noises From The Toolshed

Around the time that jazz developed into a global experience, the jazz underground started to provide an arena for harmonious celebration. Participants experience the joy of witnessing a sound which externalises the chaos of the human experience; where the years of secret societies and music counter cultures have met and rejoiced; where today thousands of people are gathering to experience a beat; where tomorrow’s music is given a stage and escapes through the cracks in the sidewalk into the minds of the young at heart. This is where Stephen starts making some noise.

But what’s he building in there??

The music at a Stephen Franke concert offers a glimpse of the foundation and the skyline: A place where jazz accepts the varieties of gospel, mariachi, blues/hip-hop and bop; where singing and shouting are welcome.

Stephen Franke has left audiences amazed and inspired throughout his years touring with Gnu and the Ragtime Millionaires. In every corner of the Canadian heartland, Stephen Franke reaches out to audiences with his mastery of the guitar, his expressive convictions and his illustrative charm.

From the dance hall to the concert hall, these four technicians have been turning heads by setting a new standard for song-writing and instrumental fusion. If listening is your pleasure, Noises from the Toolshed can deliver the shiver. This groove theory is coming to deliver…move your mind to the sound, shake ‘em on down, or stamp your feet on the ground…It really doesn’t matter.

$8.00 advance tickets available now at Zulu Records, Highlife World Music & The Fairview Pub.

$10.00 admission @ the door

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Thank you all... see you at the clubs!

AND

as always...

BRING YOUR BOOGIE SHOES!! ::

Gotta do better this week...

my picks:

Steelers

Colts

Eagles

Falcons

What a brutal weekend.

I think some coaches should be shouldering the blame for their team's losses, most notably Schottenheimer & Holmgren.

Painful.

So... here's our round 1 results... and get yer round 2 picks in by Friday night.

scottieking: 2-2

dancingbear: 2-2

Pablo Sanchez: 1-3

Keither: 1-3

Hey all.

Let's keep it simple. The person with the most correct picks after the Super Bowl wins guest list to every Discover Entertainment show in 2005. Tiebreaker will be total points scored in the SB without going over.

Got some great games starting today... so get yer picks in before 2:00 PST to qualify.

I'll get things started...

Seattle over St. Louis (scary )

San Diego over New York Jets

Green Bay over Minnesota

Indianapolis over Denver

Heads up hippies... here's your holiday treats!!

Discover Entertainment proudly presents...

STEPHEN FRANKE & NOISES FROM THE TOOLSHED(www.stephenfranke.com)

with very special guests

TODD TAYLOR'S NEW VEHICLE (Todd Taylor-guitar, Darren Parris-bass, Geoff Hicks-drums)

Friday December 17th

The Fairview Pub

898 West Broadway

$7.00 admission

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A Winter Solstice Celebration

featuring the triumphant return of early 90's funk giants

OMNIBOL

and the official video release of special guests

BELUGA (www.belugamusic.com)

Tuesday December 21st

The Fairview Pub

898 West Broadway

$7.00 admission

Happy Holidays everyone! ::

see below

Definitely... this one's gonna be a booty-shaking gem of a show!!

Givin'er!!

THEMASSES

&

SPACE TIME CONTINUUM

Saturday November 27th

The Fairview Pub

898 West Broadway

** SET-BLENDER SHOW**

no set breaks

4 hours of booty shaking starting at 10 o'clock

multiple blending-sets of improvisational adventure

Themasses (www.themasses.ca)

Themasses music is a blend of infectious beats and unique progressions without formulas or rules. It's created with the live performance in mind, where often the crowd becomes the show and the dance floor becomes the stage. Everything from house, drum n' bass and funk to reggae and rock are experimented with, keeping the music energetic and unpredictable.

Themasses were formed in Vancouver, BC in 2002 through a simple classified ad in the local entertainment paper. Mark Strachan (guitar), Ben Brown (keyboards), and eventually Eric Stephenson (bass) would become the core of the band and would later find drummer Ali Siadat to complete the lineup.

After some rehearsals and a few small gigs around town, Themasses found themselves in high demand. They were, by all accounts, the highlight of the infamous Kaleidoscope Festival in Bralorne BC in the summer of 2002 and quickly set themselves apart with their fresh sound and high level of musicianship. Since then, the word has spread and the momentum has been gaining at a feverish pace. Themasses headlined both the Weekend At The Ranch Festival in Squamish BC and the 4th Annual Waldorf Outdoor Festival in Vancouver, where they played alongside great bands such as Freeflow, CR Avery and Brickhouse among many others. They also shared the stage with the incredible American super group Garaj Mahal in May 2003, followed by a successful tour of BC and Alberta where they would bond as a group after a sacred ritual in Kananaskis, BC. A month later, Themasses played to a packed house at the DuMaurier International Jazz Festival in Vancouver, proving once again their uncanny ability to consistently fill a dance floor.

Since then, they have nearly completed their first full length CD due for release in the summer, finished their second successful tour of Alberta and BC and have many upcoming shows in Vancouver including the EQUINOX Festival and some International Jazz Festival dates for the second year in a row.

Space Time Continuum (www.spacetimevan.com)

Space Time Continuum are a Vancouver based Urban-Groove quartet that combine jazz, electronica, drum&bass and dub. Intense improvisation leading into funky, earthly ambient textures make STC a must-see for groove music fans looking for a fresh live experience.

STEPHEN FRANKE &

NOISES FROM THE TOOLSHED

with special guests

THE WASSABI COLLECTIVE

Friday November 26th

Arts Club Backstage Lounge

1585 Johnston St. - Granville Island

$10.00 advance tickets available now at Zulu Records,

Highlife World Music, Kits Hemp Co. & the Arts Club Backstage Lounge

Stephen Franke & Noises From the Toolshed (www.stephenfranke.ca)

It has been a long road for Stephen since leaving his birthplace of Oakville, Ontario. After years of traveling the globe, collecting influences from places such as Spain and Mexico, Stephen settled in Victoria, BC, finding like-minded people to share his musical pursuits with.

Stephen Franke, a former student of prominent Canadian jazz musicians Hugh Fraser and Pat Coleman, spent his formative guitar-playing years working with members of Luther Wright and the Wrongs, violinist Lorrina Belluz and Kinnie Starr. Before pursuing a solo career he toured across Canada and the US with Gnu and the Ragtime Millionaires and A Particular Wave, opening for Blue Rodeo and the Jazz Mandolin Project among many others.

Along the way, Franke’s bands were often paired with another Victoria touring act, Lift. When Lift disbanded, Stephen called upon his longtime friends to join him. Brent Norman (drums), Chris Van Sickle (keyboards) and Ryland Haggis (bass) are now on their way to becoming a Canadian treasure. As a rhythm section, they have been playing together since 1996 on various projects and festival stages across Canada. The timing was perfect as Stephen had just parted ways with the ‘three rabbits fast’ gypsy jazz band, The Ragtime Millionaires, along with its electric counterpart known only as Gnu.

In his solo project, Noises from the Toolshed, Stephen Franke has expanded his musical sensibilities as a classically trained pianist and seasoned jazz personality to include getting down with the dirty dog. This show is two thirds instrumental, and one third rambling and preaching about the state of the nation while singing songs of a conscious nature. Powered by the distinctive sound of Franke’s 1949 Gibson L4 archtop guitar amplified through a rotating Leslie organ speaker, Noises from the Toolshed play a unique blend of gypsy jazz and groove with strong Latin and Cuban influences.

The influences of Noises from the Toolshed are derived from other bands where the interplay between the soloist and rhythm section is central to the sound, including; Joe Pass, Charlie Hunter, Django Rheinhardt, Medeski Martin & Wood, Astor Piazzolla, Michel Camillo, Tom Waits, Bruce Cockburn, Spearhead, and Bela Fleck.

The band recently released their first full length cd, Songs for a Platinum Blonde Diner Waitress, recorded in the summer and fall of 2003, and have just received their first West Coast Music Award nomination for 'Best Instrumental Performance'. Although they have been a band for a relatively short while, Stephen Franke and Noises from the Toolshed have also released a live EP, resulting in invitations to the concert hall stages of the Edmonton and Calgary Jazz festivals where they played sold out opening performances for Little Feat and DJ Jazzy Jeff.

Now that they have experienced and enjoyed all types of venues, from pubs and clubs to concert halls and theatres, they have renewed their love affair with the live experience. Look for them to be visiting your town real soon...

The Wassabi Collective (www.wassabi.net)

In mankind's collective past, music was the fabric that gave a culture its identity. Meshed into every aspect of one's life, music has the power to create emotion, tell stories, heal, motivate and celebrate.

It is with this spirit that The Wassabi Collective have embarked on their musical journey.

Originally forming as a loose arts collective in the winter of 2000, jam sessions in a Penticton basement would sow the seeds for what has become one of Canada's best live independent bands today. Over the course of four years, the Wassabi Collective has enthralled audiences from coast to coast with a rotating cast of members and a positive message of environmental and social activism.

The latest incarnation of the band is its most potent yet. Longtime members Scott Milne (bass) and Melissa Meretsky (vocals and percussion) welcomed Brent "Gisto" Hongisto (vocals and guitar) to the fold in 2003. In the spring of 2004 the band relocated to Nelson B.C., where they found Jimmy Lewis (vocals and drums) and member #34, Brandon "Brando" Smith on keys and samples.

The new line up remains committed to building on a strong foundation of over 400 live shows played and strong sales of their first and second albums "The Masquerade Sessions" and "Blue". With a series of live shows for sale on their last Ontario tour, sales have been in excess of 6500 units. Within four national tours and numerous regional outings, Wassabi has appeared at the Victoria Folk Fest, Penticton Peach Fest, and Koots Roots Festival in the Kooteneys. In 2003 they recieved wide acclaim for their sets at the North Country Fair in Alberta, Come Together Festival in Ontario, and Evolve 4 Music and Awareness Festival in Nova Scotia. In addition to appearances on Breakfast Television, Global, and a half-hour feature "Inside Pandora's Box" (Chum Television), Wassabi headlined a nationally broadcast New Year's Eve show with Randy Bachman and Hot Hot Heat on the New VI Network.

The summer of 2004 was their fourth national tour, which futher elevated Wassabi's national reputation. In June they headlined The Om Festival followed by The Come Together Festival a week later, both in southern Ontario. After playing every major city on the way home, in July a coastal tour of the west had great success. August brought now -legendary headlining slots at the Shambhala Music Festival near Nelson and at Evolve 5 in Nova Scotia, where Wassabi played with Michael Franti and Spearhead and East Coast favorites The Jimmy Swift Band.

Momentum and excitement are building around The Wassabi Collective, and the band invites all to com and experience the spirited positive energy and message of their unequalled live shows on stages across Canada and the World in 2005.

Seen these guys... they sucked.

Maybe they'd be better if I liked Phish or String Cheese (as if... stupid hippie bands!)... but I need a bigger dose of something like Helix, Triumph or The Headpins.

Slammin Jack need to play more cover tunes or better originals man.

How about a little Canadiana like The Payolas' Eyes of a Stranger or Rush's New World Man?

They play at an 8... when they should be at a 2.

Sincerely,

Terry David Mulligan

This film (IMO, Peter Sellers greatest body of work) was playing on late-night satellite this evening, and for the first time (again!), I heard where Phish 'borrowed' the 'jammy' version of 2001 from!!

I searched the 'Net to see if I could find the original artist with no success. Does anyone know who it was that made this song a gem? It sounds like Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, but I'm pretty sure it isn't.

What a brilliant movie... and WOW!!! That original funky Also Sprach Zarathrustra is amazing... what a genius of an ear to recognize the jamming potential of that tune.

Trivia time?

Thanx!

ps. If you haven't seen Being There... do.

Yep.

I think we've only had about 10 days of rain since April... unheard of in these parts!! (as I knock on wood)

A drink in the hand, toes in the sand...

The Dead Play At Bohemian Grove!

Occidental resident Mickey Hart will join fellow Grateful Dead member Bob Weir. The musicians, along with rocker Steve Miller, are part of an effort to bring a younger vibe to the grove, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Powell, Rumsfeld, Grateful Dead members on exclusive club´s guest list

July 24, 2004

The summer retreat that Herbert Hoover called "the greatest men´s party on Earth" is under way in Monte Rio, and the guest list is as eclectic as ever.

Secretary of State Colin Powell, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the CEO of Bechtel Corp., former Grateful Dead bandmates and vintner Robert Mondavi are all scheduled to attend the Midsummer Encampment of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco.

So, too, is conservative author William F. Buckley Jr., liberal TV personality Chris Matthews and gay porn star Chad Savage.

Actually, Savage is working the event as a valet, according to the New York Post, which quoted another, unidentified employee despite confidentiality agreements that employees sign when they are hired.

The point is, Bohemians and the cast of hundreds who help put on this summer camp for grown men really are an "unconventional" lot, as the word is technically defined by Webster´s.

The 125th gathering of "Bohos" is no exception, according to an official guest list distributed to club members. More than 2,500 men are scheduled to go to the club´s 2,800-acre redwood grove just east of Monte Rio. This is the busiest weekend of the 17-day event, which means everybody who´s anybody should be there.

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a perennial camper, arrived Thursday by private plane at the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport. Fifty to 100 private jets have landed at the airport daily in the past two weeks, about average for this time of year, said Walt Smith, regional coordinator for the Federal Aviation Administration.

But as of Friday, the Secret Service hadn´t alerted airport officials to any special arrivals, despite the fact that Powell is on the guest list and scheduled to stay in Mandalay, the same camp as Kissinger and Riley Bechtel, the CEO of the engineering firm whose projects include the reconstruction of Iraq.

Mandalay is one of 119 separate camps that dot the floor and walls of the steep canyon and is so far up the fern-covered bank that it has an incline railway to haul firewood and supplies.

Mandalay is the traditional seat of power in Bohemian Grove. Its guest list this year includes George Schultz, a former secretary of state; David O´Reilly, chairman of ChevronTexaco; H.B. Atwater Jr., chief executive officer of General Mills; and Edgar Kaiser Jr., founder of the Kaiser Foundation.

In all, about 30 prominent businessmen and current and former government officials are scheduled to stay in Mandalay.

Rumsfeld and former President George Bush are members of the Hill Billies camp, although it´s unclear whether either is actually going.

Former President Gerald Ford, however, apparently won´t be in attendance, as his name does not appear on the guest list. Former President Ronald Reagan also appears on the list despite his June 5 death.

The associations of powerful men made possible by the Bohemian Club encampment have raised the ire of protesters, who charge that captains of industry and government officials discuss business in secret despite the grove´s official motto: "Weaving spiders come not here."

Of particular interest are the "Lakeside Talks," which this year include:

An untitled talk by David Gergen, commentator and former adviser to both Republican and Democratic presidents.

"The Landscape of American Politics," by David Brooks, a New York Times columnist.

"College Athletics: Serious Business or Toy Department?" by Ted Leland, Stanford University´s athletic director.

"Flight," by Chuck Yeager.

"The Long War of the 20th Century," by James Woolsey, a former CIA director.

"Bohemia," by author Herman Wouk.

"Exploring Mars and Searching for Life in the Universe," by Charles Elachi, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

"The Coming Virtual Soldier," by Roger McCarthy, principal and engineer of Exponent Inc.

Local notables scheduled to attend include Victor Trione, son of financier and philanthropist Henry Trione; winemakers Jim Bundschu, Daniel Duckhorn and Wente brothers Eric and Phil; and car dealer Henry Hansel.

Occidental resident Mickey Hart will join fellow Grateful Dead member Bob Weir. The musicians, along with rocker Steve Miller, are part of an effort to bring a younger vibe to the grove, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Not everyone who attends is rich and famous, however.

Peter Phillips, a professor at Sonoma State University who wrote his doctoral dissertation on the Grove, estimated one in five members actually fits that criterion, and the rest are either the ordinary rich or just plain ordinary.

"There´s associate members, maybe a high school teacher from Palo Alto, who plays tuba in the band," he said.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/24grove_a1a01_a1_mainempirea.html

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No Great Surprise

by Dean Sunday July 25, 2004 at 06:08 PM

Bob Weir and Mickey Hart playing for Cheney, Rumsfeld, Kissinger, etc? I always knew those guys were schmucks.

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Shameless Sellouts

by former fan Tuesday July 27, 2004 at 12:17 PM

Disgusting.

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The Dead

by kentsmole Thursday July 29, 2004 at 04:46 AM

jack516@pacbell.net

There are still those who believe the ideals of the sixties somehow, some way, survived an ensuing three decades of moral and cultural bankcrupcy--that somehow the youthful, vibrant iconoclasm of those days long past continues to inhabit the aging music and souls of the Dead.

At this time, all such illusions harbored by fuzzy nostalgists can surely be put to rest. Your god has been put to rest. What remains on stage are ironic, uninspired capitalists. Time to move on.

ROFL!!!

Joni may just win because of the anti-Joni vibe going on, eh?

Really... on the voting criteria (skill, historical impact & songwriting chops)... the true winner got voted out in week #1!!

Clapton got the shaft!!

LOL!

I know... it was a long shot!! I love The Dead... it's just that the DSO shows I've been downloading and listening to lately are so amazing they've shifted my perception!

Live... The Dead have always been unmatchable... even by Phish. However, these DSO shows have been blowing me away! They're not The Dead... but they sure do an incredible job of playing their tunes, no?

Here we go.

I know I'm gonna get ripped for this, but I'm a veteran of close to 100 Dead shows (yeah, yeah... I'm a West Coast head, so that's all I could catch between my first show in '88 and my last in '95!!).

That being said... I've changed my opinion about the best Dead shows of all time. My new favorite shows are the Dark Star Orchestra's renditions of the Dead's most historically classic shows... and here's why.

They have better gear, better effects racks & BETTER SINGING VOICES. They're not wasted on drugs, the recordings are EXEMPLARY and they're just an incredibly skilled band.

I know, I know... it's absolute sacrilige to say this. However, if you download some of the recent DSO shows from the archives, you will understand what I'm speaking of. They do such an amazing job of recreating The GD that if I didn't know better, I would think their shows were the best recordings of the most amazing Dead shows ever.

Check out this sh!t before you SHRED ME TO BITS!!!

I know it's not the same. They're a tribute band and didn't write the material... but they perform the material at the highest quality when I need to compare it to anyone else... even The Dead themselves.

Check out this show and judge for yourselves...

Dark Star Orchestra w. special guest Steve Kimock

The Staircase

Pittston, PA

September 4, 2003

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=6901&from=browsePopular

So I grabbed a bunch more stuff from '72-'74, some stuff from '76-'78 and some stuff from '89-'91. I had a listen to some mid 70's stuff, but Boob seems to be wasted on blow and Donna wouldn't shut the fu©k up. Mind you, those were some pretty sick Phil years!!

After all the listening, I'd still be forced to say that early 70's & late 80's are the sheeot!!

Late 70's - early 80's got pretty cool when Brent joined the fold too!!

I think there are gems from every year... it's just a matter of finding them!

Download that show I posted and give it a listen Greas... with OPEN ears! There's lots of jamming, mostly as a 4-man unit... really tight. They don't need to wank anymore as they've found their voice... and that voice says "we shred" LOUD & CLEAR!!

J. Joni Joneson... your time is up Ms. Mitchell.

I've been doing a tonne of downloading to restock my GD collection and was wondering what other people think are The Dead's best years.

I'm a big fan of '73 & '89 myself... any other years that people think are a cut above the rest?

Any shows in particular?

Joni can go now... and although Bob's a boob, he still ranks pretty high on that list if you leave out his short shorts, pink strat and cheesyness.

It would be sad to see him leave so early with so many great songs.

Hello?

Playin'

Black Throated Wind

Me & My Uncle

The Music Never Stopped

Estimated Prophet

The Other One

Cassidy

Let It Grow

The list goes on... say no more!

Greas man... what are you talking about?

Garaj absolutely shred and are slowly but surely becoming one of the top jambands on the scene today. They used to wank a bit when the band was in its infancy, but now that they've been together a few years they've evolved into a rippingly tight 4-piece groove unit.

I look forward to any & every chance I get to see these guys play.

Check out this SICK show from January 2004.

Wankers? I think not!!!

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=9294

I guess some people will just miss out.

Aren't you supposed to lose when you snooze... hence the term?

How many tickets were sold... 80,000 or so? They didn't sell out that fast either... certainly a reasonable amount of time to get your sh!t together and buy 'em.

As Paisley mentioned, there are other options to gate-crashing if you crapped out and missed your chance to get tix. It's not so bad if someone shows up trying to haggle for one outside the gate... or if that fails, trying to pull a stealth mission and sneak in. It's just the whole brutal idea of a forceful mob entry that would seriously taint this event when it should be something magical to remember for a long time.

My .02 cents

As Boob Weir would say, "you don't need a miracle, you need $49.50!!"... or whatever the ticket costs were for Coventry.

If someone REALLY wanted to go, they probably should have thought of that ahead of time and got on top of getting their tickets BEFORE the show sold out!!

Gate-crashing is stupid and just causes hassles for the band, promoter, security and all the people that PLANNED to be there... hence the tickets?

The only good thing about gate-crashers is that I get to bust out my "gatecrashing hippie beater" otherwise known as a fish bonker... with that wonderful engraving on the side.

Just kidding... but really!!