Tungsten Gruvsten

ouch - bad computer knowledge going on here- a USB soundcard/pair of speakers will NOT use the same sound driver as a sound card - USB audio is built into windows XP and the two are very separate.

'cold-cocked'?? christ he was pushed from behind with two hands! pfft.

either way I bet he got a beating and there's a lawsuit brewing!

yup loved it!! some new dynamics and instrument changes over the years(I miss the melodica!) but that is a lotta talent for one stage. Weird to see them in a sit down, dead-quiet-between-applause-and-song-theatre...but that puts in dead first place in cool-concerts-remarkably-close-to-where-i-live.

whew can't afford that gas!!

ScottieKing has saved the day...

I should've been more specific....free ticket!

Guelph River Run @ 8pm...I live a handy 3 blocks away, hell I'll even supply the pre-show drinks etc!

It's ok, I won't bite.

fuckity shit! awesome news!

last opera house show was jaw-dropping...

oh my i'm on a Sonny J bender...very Fatboy Slim/LemonJelly/Fila Brazilia...

'Handsfree' - the uma thurman trailer park thriller video is awesome...i'm pretty sure the original samples are from a disco remake of a Dolly Parton tune...

and guaranteed 'Can't stop Moving' hits as huge commercially(and eventually in commercials) as that Mr. Scruff tune from a few years ago...

shit, slept on that one till this morning and it's sold out....

so nice! this and beck and MGMT will make a killer weekend!

in for sure. fack I need more weekends like this!

fack that's crazy! Seems like a cool idea but I was 15ft from Dweezil at Elements in Kitchener and it was a helluva lot cheaper!

god damnit! So long Black Moses, i will miss you.

ahh NW I was totally hoping for a mascara running down the face youtube video like the 'leave britney alone' one...

fackin' right happy b'day Monseioueeree Bouuuche!

yeah good show - I'm pretty sure they are husband/wife... Guigsy and I caught them in Guelph last year...it's cool stuff.

had a good time - rain was too short to be bothersome(sunday aft for a couple bits) and I only had one er, um, 'incident' of the psychedelic variety on Sat. that put the tilt in my whirl but I recovered well enough...

Highlights for me were:

Friday -

Hawksley! fack, the missus loves him but i've never been a huge fan...this was only the second time i've ever seen him, and he delivered - lotsa covers, starting it off with Jackson 5 and hitting on 'the ocean' by Led Zep and even 'Record Body Count' by Rheos...kee-rist it was good. ScottieMcKingerson has the full list scribbled out somewhere.

Sat.

Skipped Elliot Brood for Magic - what a treat that was. Wow...Burning Hell outta Peterborough was great - electric ukelele and husky vocals on a hazy afternoon...

Plants and Animals was Brilliant! Just lovign this band right now. played a great set and nailed the one song I was wanting to hear all weekend that I can't get outta my head.

Thunderheist was powerful booty-cru$&*(^@*%^&*#$%^%^*#@&@&*##$$%&*(#&^@(#*&AAAAAAAHHHFACKKK#%@$!@!)(!@*(*@%^@(*)*()#@$)(*@#^&@*&(#@()**()@#*(*()@#*()^@#*&(%@%(#&()

...ok fast forward 3 hours later and i'm walking back to the festival...missed a couple good bands but Bourbon and Islands are killer and send me back to camp smiling - couldn't believe how effortlessly the Bourbon singer could belt it out, and the band was killer. The song Chris Brown wrote for his father that Kate Fenner sang was spinetingling - Oh yeah, and there was a drunken photographer that teleported from the crowd in front of us to sidestage. No shit.

Sun.

Akron/Family was a tent-burner...lotsa crazy party energy for these guys. Reminded me of Firehose or Minutemen at times.

Acorn was cookin - apparently I saw them in Ottawa once....gap in memory there.

Mr Something Something was great but there was a problem with the bass, or should I say the bass was missing almost entirely that distracted me too much - otherwise great energetic set but left a tune early to get in good and deep for BSS - they were great, so much talent in that band.

I didn't think the line-up was that great either but it really was a packed festival - I was entertained the whole time I was there! Great to see so many friendly faces there that I don't get the chance to hang with much anymore.

not sure if the 'raging red' part had anything to do with a sunburn...

good times, good times.

Do not feed the oysters I think was the only Pig Lib track...mighta been one other one in there.

Lots off the new album - Baltimore and Elmo Delmo were epic, as was Real Emotional Trash...ripping guitar solos and pumped up tone....mmmm.

Off the first album they nailed Phantasies and Jo Jo's Jacket...sweetness....that off-kilter line 'my name is Yul Brynner, I can-not den-y I' just gets me every time...

yup - little posse from guelph and cambridge going...should be a blast! excited about fleet foxes

Happy Birthday Mark! All the best-

yup - remember it well...right across from that Crappy T - probably saw my first 20 concerts there in the early 90's, except they were all heavier shows - Pearl Jam/Soundgarden/Rollins Band/Alice in Chains/Screaming Trees/GWAR were all in 92...I think 92 or 93 there was some weird riot going on when I was in line for Soundgarden..I remember the cops coming down the street saying there was people with guns and a big crowd and they were clearing the area...we all went and hid in that Canadian Tire, peering out the windows!

yup - like the 1st album better than this one but it's fun nonetheless....nothing new really, reminds me of more electronic UI or old Tortoise...

Datarock is doing it for me these days - fine fine stuff!

and for Electro, Digitalism is key!

apparently he's retiring to Paris, Ont...bought up a few houses there according to a real estate buddy...

pfft on the floor the sound was frickin' great - damn loud too! dweezil was on fire! That was my least fave part of the last time around, now he has definitely picked it up.

Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy for a closer...unheard of! They played some surprises that's for sure, the Joe's Garage run was fantastic, Outside Now, Packard Goose were facking amazing...

A sold out house last night definitely might seal the deal for more shows of this nature...

anyone who wants to see the show in guelph...it's a block from my house!

AD - still have those f'ing huge glasses from 2004?