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  1. Grey county boy forced to change name

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    Manitoba Changes Name, Fearing Lawsuit From Some Dick

    from ChartAttack

    Electronic whizkid Manitoba has been forced into a name change. Handsome Dick Manitoba, frontman for U.S. punk band The Dictators, sued the Canadian artist (real name Dan Snaith) for trademark infringement — strange considering the punk has never released anything under that name.

    From now on, as a result, whenever you mean Manitoba, you’ll have to stop mid-sentence and say a different name: "Caribou." Unable to risk the cost of losing the suit, Snaith backed down and changed the band name to that of his fuzzy forest friends.

    Snaith says he pulled the name from his own stoned experience — having conversed with many a talking caribou when some hippie pals inspired him to try a "vision quest" in the woods. Or he could be making it all up and just picked the name at random, like any other band.

    To add insult to, well, insult, Snaith received news of the lawsuit right before his first ever show in Manitoba — no word yet on whether Handsome Dick will be suing the province for existing.

    For some reason the name game always seems to hit Canada. This year we’ve already seen Death From Above forced into a suffix and then there was that ridiculous "X" that Bush were forced to add to their name back in the mid-'90s, when a defunct Can-rock band pushed the issue.

    Snaith was first in total disbelief at the legal action, but has quickly moved on. A Caribou website has already been set up and the Manitoba back catalog will soon be re-released under the new moniker. Snaith’s last album was the well-received Up In Flames in 2003, which he toured with a full Manitoba band including multiple drummers, vocalists, a guitarist, and people on glockenspiel and melodica.

    A new Caribou release is currently in the works.

    21-manitoba.jpg

    Mani - oh wait -caribou

  2. Leno to pass Tonight show over to Conan (2009)

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    Jay Passes "Tonight" Torch to Conan

    from eonline

    Conan O'Brien is getting his chance to move up in the world. Or at least into an earlier time slot.

    On Monday, Jay Leno announced that he had selected O'Brien to take over his Tonight Show gig when he steps down in 2009.

    "In 2009, I'll be 59 years old and will have had this dream job for 17 years," Leno said in a statement.

    "When I signed my new contract, I felt that the timing was right to plan for my successor and there is no one more qualified than Conan. Plus, I promised [my wife] Mavis I would take her out for dinner before I turned 60."

    Monday marks the 50th anniversary of The Tonight Show, which Leno inherited from Johnny Carson in 1992.

    When Leno debuted as host, viewers didn't take to him right off the bat. In fact, NBC reportedly came thisclose to firing him in 1993 and replacing him with rival David Letterman, with whom he had originally vied for the job. (Letterman reportedly declined the replacement offer.)

    But Leno rebounded in the 1994-95 season and even nabbed an Emmy for Outstanding Host in a Variety, Music or Comedy series. Since then, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has won the last nine seasons in late night ratings.

    In March, Leno signed a four-year contract extension with NBC worth an estimated $100 million and guaranteeing him the distinction of holding down the second-longest Tonight Show hosting slot, trailing Carson's 30 years on the job.

    The Tonight Show first aired in 1954, with host Steve Allen, who played the piano and performed comedy sketches with guest stars—all on live television, a rare commodity these days.

    Allen hosted the show through 1957, at which time Jack Paar took over the slot. Paar's most memorable moment as Tonight Show host came in 1960, when he stormed off the stage in protest of NBC's censorship of one of his jokes and stayed away for several weeks before returning. He stuck with the show until 1962, at which point Carson took the reins through 1992, becoming one of television's best-known personalities along the way.

    With Leno now passing the torch to O'Brien, NBC no longer has to worry about its Late Night funnyman jumping ship for a more coveted timeslot at another network—something O'Brien had alluded to in the past.

    O'Brien has signed a new contract with NBC, extending his Late Night with Conan O'Brien gig for five more years, at which point he'll take over Tonight Show duties from Leno.

    "The Tonight Show is one of the great franchises in television and I am thrilled to get this opportunity," O'Brien said in a statement.

    "I am thankful to everyone at NBC--which has been my home for the last 11 years--and I am particularly grateful to Jay for all the generous support and kindness he has always shown me."

    Before O'Brien's change of fortune at the Peacock, he had been rumored to be up for consideration for Craig Kilborn's vacated Late Late Show slot at CBS, putting him in line to eventually succeed Letterman.

    O'Brien began his hosting career on Late Night spot at NBC after previous host Letterman hopped to CBS in 1993. He suffered through a dismal first few weeks as host, during which he was almost fired.

    Gradually, through popular bits such as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, O'Brien revived the show, which averaged 2.5 million viewers during the 2003-04 season.

    NBC execs were apparently relieved to lock down O'Brien for the network.

    "It is a great accomplishment and testament to both Jay and Conan that we were able to all work together on a long-term plan for this important institution," NBC Universal Television Group President Jeff Zucker said in a statement.

    "We look forward to more years of laughs from Jay and are thrilled to have Conan's future be as part of the NBC family."

  5. Major Drama at the Guelph Jazz Festival

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    Kevin Breit talked to this at his show last night.

    He recounted the events of the eve, even did an impersonation of the woman and her "two note" tune.

    He then posed a question to the crowd and his band... what would you have done?

    Crowd seemed all primed for pulling the plug...

    Rob on organ >> undecided

    Ian on bass >> "Fire 'em"

    Gary on drums >> "Burn her"

    Kevin stated he would have let her keep on until her set was done. As audience members, he stated he feels we have the right to leave at any time if there's something we're hearing that we don't want to hear.

  7. Your help is needed.....

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    Your help is needed ...

    Since September 11, 2001, Americans and Canadians have come together as never before in our generation. We have banded together to overcome tremendous adversity. We have weathered direct attacks on our own soil, wars overseas, corporate/government scandal, layoffs, unemployment, stock price plunges, droughts, fires, mad cow, SARS, high gasoline prices, and a myriad of economic and physical disasters both great and small. But now, we must come together once again to overcome our greatest challenge yet.

    Hundreds of Professional Hockey players in our very own nation are going to be locked out, living at well below the seven-figure salary level. And as if that weren't bad enough they could be deprived of their life giving pay for several months, possibly longer, as a result of the upcoming lockout situation. But you can help!

    For only $20,835 a month, about $694.50 a day (that's less than the cost of a large screen projection TV) you can help an NHL player remain economically viable during his time of need. This contribution by no means solves the problem as it barely covers the annual minimum salary, but it's a start, and every little bit will help!

    Although $700 may not seem like a lot of money to you, to a hockey player it could mean the difference between spending the lockout golfing in Florida or on a Mediterranean cruise. For you, seven hundred dollars is nothing more than a month's rent, half a mortgage payment, or a month of medical insurance, but to a hockey player, $700 will partially replace his daily salary.

    Your commitment of less than $700 a day will enable a player to buy that home entertainment center, trade in the year-old Lexus for a new Ferrari, or enjoy a weekend in Rio.

    HOW WILL I KNOW THAT I'M HELPING?

    Each month, you will receive a complete financial report on the player you sponsor. Detailed information about his stocks, bonds, 401(k), real estate, and other investment holdings will be mailed to your home. Plus, upon signing up for this program, you will receive an unsigned photo of the player lounging during the lockout on a beach somewhere in the Caribbean (for a signed photo, please include an additional $150). Put the photo on your refrigerator to remind you of other peoples' suffering.

    HOW WILL HE KNOW I'M HELPING?

    Your NHL player will be told that he has a SPECIAL FRIEND who just wants to help in a time of need. Although the player won't know your name, he will be able to make collect calls to your home via a special operator in case additional funds are needed for unforeseen expenses.

    YES, I WANT TO HELP!

    I would like to sponsor a locked out NHL player. My preference is (check below):

    [ ] Forward

    [ ] Defenseman

    [ ] Goaltender

    [ ] Entire team (Please call our 900 number to ask for the cost of a specific team - $10 per minute)

    [ ] Jaromir Jagr (Higher cost: $32,000 per day)

    Please charge the account listed below $694.50 per day for the duration of the lockout. Please send me a picture of the player I have sponsored, along with an Jaromir Jagr 2001 Income Statement and my very own Bob Goodenow (Executive Director of the NHLPA player's Union) pin to wear proudly on my hat (include $80 for hat).

    Your Name: _______________________

    Telephone Number: _______________________

    Account Number: _______________________ Exp.Date:_______

    [ ] MasterCard [ ] Visa [ ] American Express [ ] Other

    Signature: _______________________

    Alternate card (when the primary card exceeds its credit limit):

    Account Number: _______________________ Exp.Date:_______

    [ ] MasterCard [ ] Visa [ ] American Express [ ] Other

    Signature: _______________________

  12. Weekly Music Listing >> TV / Radio

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    ...some music on TV / Radio this week ... listings courtesy of chartattack

    Tuesday, August 31

    TELEVISION

    Live at Much (5:00 p.m. ET) (MuchMusic) >> Dave Thomas

    MMM Profile (8:00 p.m. ET) (MuchMoreMusic) >> Alicia Keys

    Backbeat (9:00 p.m. ET) (Bravo) >> Ian Hart, Stephen Dorff

    Spotlight (10:00 p.m. ET) (MuchMusic) >> Black Eyed Peas

    The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC) (11:35 p.m. ET) >> Tim McGraw

    The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS) (11:35 p.m. ET) >> The Clarks

    Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) (12:05 p.m. ET) >> The Dresden Dolls

    The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn (CBS) (12:35 a.m. ET)>> Morrissey

    Late Night With Conan O' Brien (NBC) (12:35 a.m. ET) >> Breaking Benjamin

    Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC) (1:30 a.m. ET) >> Big Bad VooDoo Daddy

    RADIO

    Live On The Edge (3:15 p.m.) (CFNY 102.1) (Toronto) >> The Stranglers

    Wednesday, September 1

    TELEVISION

    MuchOnDemand (5:00 p.m. ET) (MuchMusic)>> The Trews

    MMM Profile (9:30 p.m. ET) (MuchMoreMusic) >> U2

    The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC) (11:35 p.m. ET) >> Usher

    The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS) (11:35 p.m. ET) >> Tom Russell

    Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) (12:05 p.m. ET) >> Houston

    The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn (CBS) (12:35 a.m. ET) >> Steve Van Zandt (Little Steven), Avril Lavigne

    Late Night With Conan O' Brien (NBC) (12:35 a.m. ET) >> Ja Rule

    Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC) (1:30 a.m. ET) >> Breaking Benjamin

    RADIO

    Live On The Edge (6-8:00 p.m.) (CFNY 102.1) (Toronto) >> The Trews

    Thursday, September 2

    TELEVISION

    MMM Profile (8:00 p.m. ET) (MuchMoreMusic) >> No Doubt

    Foo Fighters: Everywhere But Home (9:00 p.m. ET) (MuchMoreMusic) >> Foo Fighters

    Bon Jovi: Command The Band (10:00 p.m. ET) (MuchMoreMusic) >> Bon Jovi

    The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS) (11:35 p.m. ET) >> Snow Patrol

    Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) (12:05 p.m. ET) >> Incubus

    Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC) (1:30 a.m. ET) >> Secret Machines

    RADIO

    Live On The Edge (6-8:00 p.m.) (CFNY 102.1) (Toronto) >> The Waking Eyes

    Friday, September 3

    TELEVISION

    The View (11:00 a.m. ET) (ABC) >> Bruce Hornsby

    MMM Profile (8:00 p.m. ET) (MuchMoreMusic) >> Nickelback

    The Story Of... (10:00 p.m. ET) (MuchMoreMusic) >> Guns N' Roses

    The Chris Isaak Show (11:00 p.m. ET) (MuchMoreMusicMusic) >> Chris Isaak, Cyndi Lauper

    The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS) (11:35 p.m. ET) >> Snow Patrol

    Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) (12:05 p.m. ET) >> Lenny Kravitz

    The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn (CBS) (12:35 a.m. ET) >> Mark McGrath, The Alarm

    Late Night With Conan O' Brien (NBC) (12:35 a.m. ET) >> Bruce Hornsby

    Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC) (1:30 a.m. ET) >> Gomez

    Saturday, September 4

    RADIO

    Definitely Not The Opera (1:00-5:00 p.m. ET) (CBC Radio Three) >> Chris Brown, Kate Fenner, Scott Merritt + more

    Sunday, September 5

    TELEVISION

    Fashion Rocks For The Prince's Trust (9:00 p.m. ET) (MuchMoreMusic) >> Robbie Williams, Bryan Adams, Jane's Addiction

  13. Drives to moe.down ?

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    am i a commidity???

    friendly - - are you getting some phatty tapes out of this??

    08.0hno.ohyeah

    btw friendly - - here with lowell, scotty, cully, shandy, gab-lor, jammer and the like - - fu©kin rockin out to ooh la la your mix of the madness!!!!

  21. Broken Social Scene FREE tonight in T.O.

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    Here's this week's NOW cover story on them ...

    BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE

    TORONTO'S FAVOURITE DYSFUNCTIONAL INDIE ROCK FAMILY PARLAYS EMOTIONAL CHAOS INTO INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS

    Although our hearts might have swelled with nationalistic pride when Broken Social Scene was named the sole Canadian act on the Lollapalooza tour, BSS's Kevin Drew claims the cancellation of Perry Farrell's rockstravaganza was the best thing that could have happened.

    "We never would've made it through that tour," he insists. "I gave a heads-up to our American agent, and I sent him a great e-mail after the fact saying, 'Thank you, Frank. I knew you were powerful, but I can't believe you cancelled the whole tour for me.' He was very sweet."

    The Scene had reached their tipping point.

    In scientific terms, the tipping point refers to the instant some bug – a disease, a virus, a plague – stops being a self-contained epidemic and hits critical mass. It's not just for science nerds. Social philosopher Malcolm Gladwell got jiggy with the idea on a cultural studies level in his 2002 book The Tipping Point, subtitled How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference; the Roots stole the concept for the title of their newest disc.

    Toronto's Broken Social Scene have taken the tipping point to a whole new level.

    If you've ever been to one of their shows, you know what I mean. It's there in the sweat pouring off Andrew Whiteman's neck while he shreds spiralling waves of guitar during the bridge of Cause = Time. It's there when Emily Haines gasps faster and faster through the climactic build of slow burner Anthems For A 17-Year-Old Girl. It's there when the dozen-plus members trip over each other's effects pedals and patch cords onstage. Barely controlled chaos is a defining characteristic of the band, both aesthetically and pragmatically.

    But according to founding member Drew, the Scene may have finally tipped over the edge.

    "We're a mess as a band," he sighs, shooting a look at co-founder Brendan Canning, who's sitting beside him in this park in Little Italy on an appropriately gloomy, humid day. "If you see our name at the door, if we're on a guest list, if we go to a restaurant, if we show up at a bar, if we go as a group or a collective anywhere, we're a big mess. The stereotypes of musicians are true.

    "We have a song called It's All Gonna Break, and it finally happened. We got lost in the 'Yeah, it's so fu©king great,' and now we have to maintain something. Sure, we built it all on friends and family, but when that gets fu©ked up, then what? It all slowly starts to crumble."

    What they have to maintain is a juggernaut of hype. About two years ago, BSS was a loose-knit collective of "friends and lovers" with a lineup that changed depending on who showed up for their local shows. After releasing Feel Good Lost, a well-received collection of arty instrumental tracks, in 2001, Canning and Drew recruited all the pals they could – members of Stars, Do Make Say Think and Metric – along with producer Dave Newfeld (who played a huge part in defining the Social Scene sound) to create an album called You Forgot It In People.

    When the disc dropped that December on Paper Bag Records, the Toronto press went nuts. Soon, the boys started a label-cum-art-collective called Arts & Crafts with Jeffrey Remedios and Daniel Cutler (two record biz-savvy friends who were sick of the machinations of the majors), released You Forgot It In People stateside and started getting raves from the likes of oh-so-jaded indie tastemakers Pitchforkmedia.com.

    All of a sudden, the dudes who'd been playing weekly gigs at Bar Code and hauling sandbags on the sets of Big Wreck videos were being heralded as Toronto's ambassadors to the world. An unassuming music scribe wearing an Arts & Crafts T-shirt during Austin's annual South By Southwest festival was liable to be accosted by rabid indie fans jonesing for insider BSS info.

    Back when their dysfunctional family was squeezed into Newfeld's studio, nobody guessed they'd be playing those songs for massive festival crowds across Europe. Nor, says Drew, did they anticipate the effect touring would have on the band.

    "We were put on these wicked guaranteed bills of 8,000, 10,000 people and nobody really knew who we were," he recalls. "It was so much fun, touring with the biggest band we've ever toured with. It was too much fun, actually. It sort of… destroyed a few things. You lost track of what you're really supposed to be living."

    While there were dazzling highlights on tour – guitarist John Crossingham (Raising the Fawn) proposing to his girlfriend onstage at Coachella, Pavement-obsessed Drew singing with Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg, hanging backstage with Jeff Tweedy while he spilled about rehab to his band members – the act of, as Drew puts it, "re-pumping the heart every day" started to wear away at the inner workings of the Scene.

    The posters for this Friday's Harbourfront gig bill it as the band's final show ever, and Drew claims they're gonna play their hearts and guts out like they've never done before. Canning says they're focusing on film soundtracks (currently Bruce McDonald's upcoming flick, The Love Crimes Of Gillian Guess). A new album is sort of in the works, although all they'll say is that it's a "glider."

    While both Drew and Canning dreamily imagine life as a studio band ("or maybe touring for, like, two months a year," muses Canning), you feel like they'd have a hard time giving up the intense rush of playing for crowds.

    "A lot of people want to tell you how they've wept at your shows," explains Canning. "Of course, people weep at Sting concerts, too, but they're a different crowd. I was just going through the motions in Athens, Georgia, and I looked down to see this one sorta sport-o looking guy up front. The poor kid's eyes were filled with tears. By the end of the tune, when it'd reached its emotional peak, he was bawling. I reached out and put my hand on his head, and after the big release, the kid was just cold. You could feel the bliss seeping out of him."

    "It's addictive, almost like heroin," adds Drew. "You gotta be careful of that, of getting really close to the people who love your music. It's strange. I don't have enough maturity on that one yet, but I'm working on it."

    Drew may be the volatile drama queen, the raw red heart to Canning's coolly mature mind, but it can't be easy dealing with so many personalities – in a tour bus or onstage. While they've threatened the final show card in the past (at last year's Pop Montreal fest, among others), you get the sense that they really could fall apart at any point. Therein lies the thrill of watching Broken Social Scene – knowing something's gotta blow.

    Drew says their manifesto has always been to be an honest band – nothing more, nothing less.

    "The other night Emily (Haines) said, 'Our hell is a good life.' And that's the basis right now. I didn't think I'd have the understanding that I do now of all the stereotypes we used to mock and tease people about in this lifestyle of entertainment.

    "If you're smart and want to live a life," Drew continues, "if you want to live something healthy and something that is gonna be around and fulfilling till you're completely full, this wouldn't be it."

    "Maybe being a lawyer wouldn't be the right decision either," argues Canning.

    Drew pauses.

    "If you have the power to just do something and walk away, it's really phenomenal, and I'm really looking forward to walking away at some point. I don't need it. Though right now it's all I have, and if I don't have it, I crumble and curl up into a ball."

    cover_story-1.jpg

    BSS

  22. Broken Social Scene FREE tonight in T.O.

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    Yup, it could happen... although there are so many of them that it wouldn't surprise me if they disbanded as BSS as they know it .... then regroup as something else under new name / smaller number of folks.

    Trying to keep it together as BSS when almost all members have other projects on the go must be tough too. As well, with that many people involved, my guess is that it must be a financial logistical nightmare.

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