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  2. Groove Fetish/Weirdness-->

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    Hey GM, feel free to use it until I see you next... it will come in handy at both evolve and moe.down I'm sure... battery might be running a bit low... if i think of it i'll send my spare one with the bnb boys out east for you!

    The headlamp is the perfect accessory for any outfit.

    :D

  6. Lost Guitar at Come Together Music Festival

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    Hello... I got shakey's (safety 4ths) message this morning and I looked and your guitar is in fact in our house!!! I see it everyday but I just assumed it belonged to one of my roommates (they are both musicians in BNB so we have many instruments kicking around the place).

    Not sure why Mike didn't get in touch... I can't speak for him but he was back from CTMF late Sunday and then left for tour for a month early the next morning. My guess is that he must have overlooked this somehow in the craziness of coming off of a party weekend and getting ready for tour. I'll try and get a hold of him today regardless via phone and update him on all this (as I doubt he's been on the internet since they left).

    Anyway, they are away out west right now but I am around in Toronto (not sure where you are located?). I'll email you personally to give you my contact info so I can help in getting this guitar safe and sound back to you.

    Take care,

    Mary

    :)

  10. iron & wine - tonight at the horseshoe

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    Iron & Wine - Beard Convention 2004 ;)

    Sam Beam and his band Iron & Wine put on a beauty of a show last night, bringing coffee house charm to the gritty legendary Horseshoe. Their sounds captivated (and silenced for once!) the sold out Horseshoe crowd - - at times you could hear a pin drop. Mr. Beam seemed both awed by the turnout and humbled by fans' familiarity with almost all of the songs on the setlist.

    With vocal stylings channelling the likes of Elliot Smith, Nick Drake, Donovan and more, Sam Beam seemed to effortlessly raise the bar (see you later Jack Johnson - I hear the surf's up) on acoustic performance for the masses.

    The songs played were gorgeous. Mr. Beam is the kind of musician that allows his voice to take over, becoming the key instrument in the performing process, leading the rest of the band on a harmonious stroll through each song. With soothing sighs and chants interwoven with lyrical loveliness, Mr. Beam's vocals serve to transcend the folk singing norm. I hear that at times Sam Beam goes "Wainwright" and has his sister on board providing backing vocals. For those that I was with who have seen him play before with her in accompaniment, it sounds like she was possibly the only addition that could have rounded out the experience even further.

    Highlight of the evening for me was I&W's gorgeous cover of Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning", although the cover I love and was rooting for wasn't played - - Beam's take on Postal Service's "Such Great Heights".

    The band behind "the man" were quite good... complimentary in most every aspect. Only drawback, IMO, was that the slide on acoustic wore a little thin at times. A lap steel might have added the warmth and depth that the songs seem to deserve.

    In sum, a darling of an evening - a night that reaffirmed the knowledge that soft, soothing music can still find a place in this rocked out, parting world we all live in.

    :)

    ~~~

    btw Kung - I figured out that you were zero the minute I read your post above yesterday - - both by your use of "incidentally" and reference to anything Slip. ;)

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  17. Friday in Toronto

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    Love that Manitoba album...

    CB - Manitoba's in Toronto on Friday, July 9th at Harbourfront (it's a full band show) and it's FREE!!!

    He's doing a DJ set afterparty at Rancho Relaxo after.

    Next day (July 10th) Manitoba will be in Ottawa for the bluesfest too!

  19. I'm a gunna'...........

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    I LOVE IT!!! This thread made my morning... hysterical, Douglas! :D

    I have a friend who had a similar-type story. She called in sick COMPLETELY wasted... then totally forget she had done it... went into work looking so rough the next AM wondering why everyone was looking at her oddly... then her boss brought her into her office and played the message back to her. Apparently she had played it for the office as well. My friend was mortified... and it was her one of her first weeks on the job! Luckily, her boss found it hysterical as well. :) :)

  20. Ray Charles has died

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    Ray Charles... I was so surprised when I went around the office today telling folks he had passed at the large number of people who said "Who?"

    He had such a beautiful voice... along with the old vinyl of him that was on frequently at our place growing up, i too remember the impression he left from the blues brother's film (which we watched over and over as kids... you'd like my dad booche - :)).

    anyway, one of my strangest earlier memories of him was when he guested on Who's the Boss... anyone remember that episode? ... he sang always a friend and there wasn't a dry eye in the house... you can hear tony at the end "ray...that was beautiful!"

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    To Ray... may he R.I.P.

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