bradm

A quick Google search on "ravel" led me to a list of works, including "Le tombeau de Couperin" (there are two pieces with that name: a piano piece from 1917, and a ballet/orchestra work from 1919).

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Brad

He was probably acting as if he was 2...screaming, crying, wetting himself, frantically grasping at breasts...

Happy birthday, Doc; wish I coulda been there.

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Brad

I got 8/10...missed who wasn't an original member, and what the HFB is.

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Brad

I think we have a winner, folks...doubleB's toasting may go into the Year's Best Toast list...

I don't know if stuff that happens outside the club and/or when the potential toastee is alone should count...corroboration should, I think, be part of the toast awarding.

I didn't see a lot of toaster-worthy behaviour at the Bayou, though, so if even half of doubleB's story is true (and, for the record, I believe all of it), doubleB gets my nomination.

Aloha,

Brad

I don't have a problem with what an individual chooses to put into his/her body, but I do have a problem when the individual's behaviour becomes irresponsible (e.g., drinking alcohol is OK, drinking alcohol and driving is *not* OK).

I guess my dislike for hard drugs in "the scene" is more practical than moral. If people can use hard drugs without it becoming a problem for those around them, it's OK. If it does become a problem (i.e., a small number of hard drug users causes mass arrests of soft drug users), then it's not OK.

Any scene will attract irresponsible people once it grows to or beyond a certain size. If the scene itself can hem in the irresponsible behaviour* (which it should try to do anyway), it might help to keep the cops out of it. I'm hopeful, but not overly so.

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Brad

* As is happening in the rave scene, for example.

Oxycontin is a prescription painkiller; it's a synthetic opiod, similar to percodan, but with a longer-lasting effect. It's a godsend to people with chronic pain, as you only have to take it every 12 hours or so, whereas something like percodan has to be taken every four hours (which makes sleeping with chronic pain tough, as you have to get up every four hours [in pain] to take more percodan).

It's become known as "hillbilly heroin" in the news, as drug users in places like Kentucky found that you can crush the pills, and snort it or inject for a very strong and long-lasting high. It's as addicting and OD-inducing as heroin; some lawmakers are looking to ban it outright, which is causing some with chronic pain major anguish (I saw one interview with a woman who said she'd kill herself if she couldn't get it, as her chronic pain was overwhelming).

If we're talking "save the scene", I think one of the things we need to do to save it is get rid of the jerks who are showing up to shows with opiates and the like; I get nervous when a scene starts to include hard drugs.

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Brad

Fake fight? When/where did that happen? I cabbed away about 2:45 (IIRC). (Did they play anything after finishing the [first?] encore?)

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Brad

First off, if foreign (or any) big-box stores are succeeding in Canada, it's because *Canadians* are shopping there, so your fellow Canadians are at least partly to blame. (And, IIRC, Ikea is Swedish, not American. I've bought stuff at Ikea [and at local stores like 7th Heaven Futons and Simply Wood] because they have the product I want at a reasononable price.)

Second, taking an opinion about American big-box stores and pumping it up into a hate screed against a particular people is *not* helping any. (Go and read shainhouse's "I am SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW..." thread; I don't like that kind of thing directed at Canadians *or* Americans. Hate actions, not peoples).

The Cavern does often veer into non-musical/non-Phish (hey, it's the *Phish* Sanctuary) topics, but this kind of political rant isn't any fun. Instead of screaming about what's bad about America (e.g., its big-box stores), how about presenting some alternatives: if you don't want to buy stuff at Wal-Mart or Ikea, where do you go?

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Brad

I guess I had mis-overheard some conversations in which they were referred to as a Dead cover band (perhaps originally). I stand corrected; thanks, Booche.

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Brad

I had a ball. I'd never seen DOY before, so didn't really know what to expect (and was a little leery, based on what I'd heard about them), but they blew me away. The guitar player is *amazing*; he stands there, like some old fishing buddy of your Dad's, barely moving his fingers, and the most incredible music flows out.

As a band, they're great; the work well together, rotate singing duties, and groove together.

I didn't hear them do much (if any) Dead (but how many times did I hear them tease "Morning Dew"?), and I don't know any of their originals, but I dug the music in a large way. The few covers they did were just off-beat enough to be interesting, especially "A Quick One While He's Away" and "Get Out Of My Life Woman" (at least I think that's the title; I know it as an old Paul Butterfield Blues Band song [from "East-West"]).

Actually, the lack of Dead stuff wasn't a problem. I got to the Bayou about 9:15pm, and was enthralled to hear Dr. Huxtable soundchecking "Eyes of the World" as I came down the stairs. They did "Eyes.." and "I Know You Rider" (and probably a few others...my memory's a bit fuzzy), along with a few good Huxtatunes.

It was also good to see the newest Huxtable, especially since it's so rare to see *good* toaster on stage. He also stayed up through the DOY set, IIRC.

Aloha,

Brad

It was a fun show. Three bands for three bucks is a pretty good deal. Nice Rack wasn't that bad; they did all covers (and some off-beat ones, like "The Ballad of John and Yoko"), with that more-exuberant-than-competent high-school-band kind of vibe. The bass player (the short blonde who works at Dekcuf) played pretty well (playing bass with her fingers, which even a lot of experienced bassists don't do), the drummer was pretty good, and the guitarists weren't too bad, either. They did "Last Night" by the Strokes at one point, and recovered well, passing the vocal duties from the drummer (whose mic wasn't set up properly) to the (electric) guitarist without missing a beat.

CP & tCC were great right from the start. As soon as they started playing, I had "ZZ Top" flash in my brain. It might have been the trio format, or the bearded guitarist, but mainly it was the music: raw, Les-Paul-through-a-tube-amp heaviousity, with a confident swagger to it. (It was also *loud*: I usually don't have to wear ear plugs at Dekcuf, but I did for these guys.)

For the first half or so of the show, it was mainly straight-up heavy 'Top-infected rock (with a lot of need-a-lot-of-practice quick changes and stops/starts), and great fun. For the last part of the show, though, they whipped it *out*: I don't know the name of the song, but it was as if ZZ Top decided to play "Tommy". It was an epic thing, at least 20 minutes or half an hour long, with several meshing sections. It had the flavour of "First Tube", or maybe "2001" (or maybe both, at different times), and had a groove in which you could lose yourself. A Nugget show with these guys headlining and given room/time to really let it out would be a blast.

About Hard Times, well, Low Roller said as much as needs to be said about them.

Aloha,

Brad

Thanks, gm, I knew I could rely on you.

I guess the Cosmic Crew page is a bit out of date, 'cause I checked http://www.horseshoetavern.com/calendar.html and they list tonight as being a CD release party for the Good Brothers w/ Jughead.

Dekcuf it is.

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Brad

Last I heard, there were two shows scheduled for tonight: Estradesphere at Babylon and Chris Colepaugh and the Cosmic Crew at Cafe Dekcuf.

doubleB said last night that Estradasphere didn't make it across the border, and http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/mgar/cosmic-web/nearfar.html lists the Crew as playing at the Horseshoe tonight.

I checked the XPress listings, and they show Estradesphere (with Daquiri and Tub Ring) at Club SAW, and Hard Times At The Zoo and Nice Rack at Dekcuf.

I'm confused. What's happening, when, and where?

Aloha,

Brad

If you like stouts, the one to try is St. Ambroise Oatmeal stout...a bit sharper than Guinness, with chocolate and coffee overtones that are to die for. They sometimes have it on tap at the Arrow & Loon. I like it more than Guinness (actually, Guinness isn't even my #2 stout; I put Brock's and maybe even Murphy's ahead of it. One of the things on my Life's To-Do list is spend time in Dublin and get the real thing.)

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Brad

Actually, and I may be dating myself, THE ("godlike", said the FREC) beer "when I was a Frosh" (said in your best crusty old coot voice) was Black Label...this was *before* it became stylish those painted bottles. For some reason, Queen's Engineers had adopted it as their beer of choice.

Memories come flooding back...waking up in a buddy's room the morning after the last exam in December...a floormate coming by..."Hey, you guys want a beer?"...Black Label at 8am...I carried the bottle cap as good luck charm for a long time after that...

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Brad

I'd like to change my answer...the kind of beer I'd like to have for the rest of my life is my *favourite* kind of beer: FREEEE!

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Brad

Hart Amber Ale, cask-conditioned...sadly, no longer made...

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BRAD (Been Remembering Ale Delights)

Soft spot? You're sure? Maybe you're just a bit, you know, tired or something...

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Brad

OK, a quick Google search gave me the answer: http://www.northamericanartworks.com

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Brad

Is there a website somewhere where you can see/buy prints on-line?

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Brad

I was in Paris back in October, and went to the Eiffel tower. There was a cart selling cotton candy, and it stopped me cold. Normally cotton candy doesn't instill such a Fear & Loathing (even though I hate the stuff), but it wasn't the confection so much as the label on the cart: BARBE A PAPA.

"Barbapapas? Whaaaat?" I started having *bad* hazy pink TVO flashbacks...I had to sit down for a while before I could continue...

A friend who speaks better French than I do explained it to me. "Barba a papa" is French for "father's beard". (I guess fathers in France have pink beards?) I guess what happened was some French animator made a cartoon about these pink amorphous blobs, and called the creatures the same thing as the real-world item they resembled most. (Either that, or there was some meeting at an animation studio to come up with new programs, and they ran out of ideas. "Anything, guys, come on!" "OK, how about...if...cotton candy...came to life?!?" "That's *it*? I pay you guys big bucks and all you can come up with is walking-talking cotton candy?!? Well, we have to do *something*...")

Back to work. Clickety-click...

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Brad

Go. I am, you should, too.

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Brad

http://www.moe.org/dates.html says 5/9, http://www.astralplane.ws/philzone/tour_zone/tours/tour_2002_summer.html#7-9 says 5/19 (actually, it says that moe ticketing says 5/19, so I'm not sure).

http://www.ticketmaster.ca doesn't even list the show, and GDTSToo is TBA.

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Brad

The solution is obvious: listen to the CD *at* the show!

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Brad

I don't know, but it'd be fun to try. If you're going to the Dr. Hux / DOY show this weekend, bring it along. I'll (try to remember to) bring both of mine, and we'll see what happens.

Aloha,

Brad