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Where did this info come from. Not that I doubt it just where did you get it from?

Sweet Ass. I've been checking their site almost daily to see when that would be announced. I'll have to at least pop into see Burt and then down to the Guvernment I guess.

I can't believe how off the hook the talk on their message board, old and new, is. And you all thought I was harsh. Sure they hate me and everything and they probably want to give me the gears but I don't think I'm up to par in the bitter vitriol department.

Caught the Guelph show. Wasn't particularly impressed with Parkside but Bullfrog was a great show. They didn't mix up the setlist but it was still spot on. Really enjoyed Koala's record selection before and after the show, very eclectic and slick- a Muppets tune and they led into their set with 1,2,3,4,5..11,12 (Sesame Street).

They really are a solid band. The show was more soul than I remembered, great 3 part harmonies.

I think they're opening for the PM trio on New Years. Sounds like Medeski's Business manager, part owner of Rope A Dope, is trying to introduce them to the scene. They'll need to start mixing up their setlists though.

We Can Talk - The Band

Shows that Richard Manuel is as potent a lyricist as Dylan and Robbie Robertson. Of course the song wouldn't be half as strong without Richard, Levon and Rick singing in unison.

D Em7 D G

We can talk about it now

A

It's that same old riddle only starting from the middle

D Em D G

I'd fix it but I don't know how

A

Well, we could try to reason but you might think it's treason

G

One voice for all

F E7 A

Echoing across the hall

Bm G

Don't give up on father clock

A D A

We can talk about it now

D Em D G

Come, let me show you how

A

To keep the wheels turnin' you've got to keep the engine churnin'

D Em D G

Did you ever milk a cow

A

I had the chance one day but I was all dressed up for Sunday

G F

Everybody, everywhere

E7 A

Do you really care

Bm G

Pick up your heads and walk

A D G7

We can talk about it now

C E7 F

It seems to me we've been holding something underneath our tongues

C E7

I'm afraid if you ever got a pat on the back

F G

It would likely burst your lungs

A E7 A E7

Woh, stop me, if I should sound kinda down in the mouth

A E7 A

But I'd rather be burned in Canada than to freeze here in the south

D Em Dm G

Pulling that eternal plough

A

We've got to find a sharper blade or have a new one made

D Em D G

Rest awhile and cool your brow

A

Don't need it, no need to slave, the whip is in the grave

G F

No salt, no trance

E7 A

It's safe now to take a backward glance

Bm G

The leaves have turned to chalk

A D A D

We can talk about it now,

A D

We can talk about it now

I had a similarly funny hotel quote from the Holiday Inn across the street from the Rosemount Horizon Halloween '95. The Canadian kids down all had stealthed some top drawer kind bud (Jack Herer, Friesland, CHEMO) and the Yanks in the room next to us were dying for more then a taste and all they had was some bad commersh. Anyways this guy whose name escapes me, after the dudes next door had called our room like 3 or 4 times, says 'their weed smells like pooh'. Actually it was the way he said it, anyways I remember worrying in my acid crazed mind that I wouldn't be able to remember everything that went down at the concert because this guy had me howling so hard.

That is just plain sad. I ran into both Jeff's at Oysterhead and everything seemed copacetic. I can see where bands grow and change and it may be a necessary change even but that's hard to handle well no matter what. As if I would go off the hook about that. I respect these guys and consider them my friends one way or another.

Oh and what's so ridiculous about passing along something that was said to you by someone you trust. Like 'let's not go to that restaurant my buddy said it's all hype' or 'that movie's supposed to suck Lance saw it last week'.

Anyways sorry if I let anyone down by not being a total prick.

Lived in Halifax for seven wooderson years and must have seen them a hundred or more times. So many different line-ups it's like Spinal Tap. But Craig and Mike (bass) have stayed with it and Craig is a great songwriter in addition to being a unique and gifted guitarist. I caught them last Tuesday at the Ebar in Guelph, only the first set but was thoroughly impressed. Alot of material, well crafted off their new releast Now They Will No We Were Here. They played an old song of there's that could be very annoying Ah Yeah, but they played it supply and did an Uplifting Jam (their name) at the end of it. They mentioned doing a jam of something of Satriani's Surfing With The Alien after maybe Worlds Collide. I've got the setlist I should put it up. Their album sounds like a really good show and actually bears repeat listening, really radio friendly in alot of ways. Craig said they weren't doing much covers but that they occasionally did a Sly and the Family Stone tune, recently did the Cult's Wildflower (Edie Ciao Baby! would be sweet). Craig wanted to start doing Jesus Jones Right Here Right Now (suits his voice) and something else I've forgotten.

This is fucking freaking me out. No kidding you had nightmares about that shit. That shit is like set up for giving you nightmares. Dr. Snuggles gave me nightmares too, especially this one where they go out into the middle of the ocean and there's like this evil lair with all these vines growing over it- that one is scaaaarrry. Remember Dr. Snuggles camel buddy up in the clouds? And how one time they patched up the rainbow with the rainbow patching machine Dr. Snuggles invented?

I think the other newspaper show someone was thinking of might have been the Bloodhound Gang which was kind of similar without the Read All About It creapiness.

Jeremy was a wicked show to. And Simon with the piece of chalk, I think that must have been the basis of Mike Myers 'Don't look at my bum' character Simon.

Don't forget Barbapapa.

This show is everything I remember and so much more. Can't believe how tight Llama King's recording came out from the second balcony. Just got up to the jam after Polka Dot Rose so far. Sick. Whoever said Army's On Ecstasy and Polka Dot Rose were the tunes is right on. Shadow of A Man just kicked. Visually this was probably the most psychedelic of the show. Can't wait to hear Wield The Spade, Birthday Boys and Rubberneck Lions. Shit all of it.

No shame here, one of the best shows of my life. Hall and Oates Massey - Massey Hall- '89.

Anybody done any research on Dr. John C. Lilly the hero of Oz. He's a psychonaut, known for his pioneering work on LSD and Ketamine in isolation tanks. He's the basis of the character in Altered States. All the things that are important to Dr. John C. Lilly.

Wow Harpua really nailed the holy trinity of cheese there. I was going to concede that Lifeboy always did it for me, I remember at Great Woods 94 hearing that tune and looking up to the heavens thinking if the whole venue was a satellite dish blasting out into space aliens would probably dig it or something like that.

Oysterhead's pretty much burned in my mind as one of the best but I'm trying to weigh it against: Great Woods and Sugarbush '94, Bangor '94, New Years Run 94, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage 95, Halloween 95, New Years 95 (honourable mention to Kesey's Bozo Darien show- RIP).

Can't really think of a worst surprisingly. Last Rheos show I saw was so good they should get worst ever. They're going to do whatever they want no matter what. I want to hear Record Body Count, I want Alien> Horse. Fuck Harmelodia.

I agree with auntie-man on points b and c of the appendix. Giggles makes a good point in subsection two of paragraph four. Booche is quite adroit at drawing our attentions to the fallacies of truth proposition six preconditioned on sentence three.

All clear. I think we get the gist.

Hung out with Jeff and Jeff from Burt for a bit after Oysterhead last night, buried the spade so to speak and there seems to be no question of them coming back.

It was a pyrrhic victory for sure. They won alright but it was bloody and at what cost. Had to be hands down the most psychedelic evocation and experience of music in my few troubled years. Had a nice spot right in front of Trey on the floor for the bulk of it. He was stoic for sometime then really getting into it, seemed to be looking at the people in front of him and for some odd reason was really zoomed into some kids in the stage left balcony for one of his more out solos. Then he broke the stoic silence when he sat down to do a beautifully restful and much needed acoustic guitar piece saying he regretted not learning Big Joe Mufferaw by Stompin Tom Connors. Les chimed in about this asking people in the audience if they new Stompin Tom and that there was a party later at eeerrr eeeer and would he be there. So trippy Les, with the vocal effects, lights on his glasses at points learing into the audience with a body mic on. Trey played his antler guitar like a Theremin, that was just too much too believe. Stewart did a big overblown Megalomania rant that was absolutely priceless. Very heavy, very funny, very Other.