Im going home Donny Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 ::a few days later and finnally seem to be re-adjusting to the real world.....WOW and double wow. Two fantastic nights of the Bus and a heart stopping night of The Slip....incredible.Please come back soon. Super Fine seeing all you freaks...every single one of you and big thanks yes...to Saku? was that the desk mans name.....gebus he was a good natured gent. It was a bit sore the next morning thinking about how great it would be to be heading to the Shaker..but spilt milk eh... Hands down an incredible show Dave-O....wish you had been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
show---whore Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 can anyone give me some feedback on the venue. it wasn't cheap to rent and it was a real pain in the ass to work with the people there. would you rather see the slip there or at le swimming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kung Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 The venue was really top drawer it would work quite well for another show particularly during the school year. The turnout was more than a little sparse but I guess you know that. I guess because they are a 'theatre' rather than a club they have their own hierarchy and hassles but I would think it worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 I thought the venue was uber-nice. I felt complete freedom in there and had no one giving me a hard time running around with a camera. The location was great too. However, I don't know where le swimming is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 bouche: The Cabaret is 2111 St. Laurent, while Le Swimming is 3643 St. Laurent. While it seems like a long way away, it's really just several blocks North; in fact, it's an easy walk from The Cabaret to Le Swminning and then just a few more blocks North to Schwarz's...mmmm...smoked meat....I liked the venue. From a taper's point of view, it's got a great place (at the apex of the U-shaped balcony) to set up, or you can set up on the floor and still leave lots of room for people to move around you. (If you did that at Le Swimming, you'd get bumped all over the place, I think.)Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 the Cabaret Music Hall was top notch! I was able to pick up my will call tix at 6pm off of a super chill door man. We were able to come and go from the venue as much as we/I wanted :: the bar ladies were great and funny there wasn't a bad seat/spot in the house i smoked my ganja all night without any problems it has a REAL stage so The Slip were able to get their ROCK & ROLL on...(can't replicate that at le swimming) no staff kicked me out after the show...they were very cool at letting people hang out and buy a t-shirt or gather their brain matter back together :: it's a hundred times better than le swimming i'll definately come back to the Cabaret! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
show---whore Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 The turnout was more than a little sparse Thats an understatment. would you pay even more to them there again? Thanks for the feed back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 its started out pretty full then emptied out quite a bit... that place gets HOT downstairs when its full of bodies... beautiful venue though and the balconies stayed cool (oddly)... $23 (with service charges) seemed about the right price considering the travel required... tough to say what I'd pay, hope they made some money, they deserved it... suck to pay $30 or more and catch an off show... any classy Toronto venues available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 yeah i thought that place kicked ass, i would pay a bit more to see them there if i had some money to burn on the trip to gay pareee. i mean montreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
show---whore Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 it started out at a $15 ticket then service charge after service charge from the venue and then at the tax. $7 in tax and service on a $15 ticket is way to much. i hope they made some money dude the slip didn't play on a door deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 I actually ordered mine online which is where I think the service charge came in... I believe it was $18 if you purchased from the venue well then, hope you made enough for a six pack or somethin :: shoulda sold the van and made the show man, best I've seen yet by far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 have them play at harbourfront centre in Toronto. Its just as beautiful of a venue, right on the waterfront (as the name implies) I saw kevin breit with Toronto Tabla Beat Orchestra there, and it was amazing.... Only hold, and i'm guessing, four hundred? It was uber-beautiful, and amazing sounding, as most of the performance was 100% acoustic. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 I don't think I can put a price on seeing the slip play nearly three hours of music with no setbreaks in a beautiful venue in a beautiful city. But if I did I might cap out at $20. The turnout was pretty disappointing considering Le Swimming was absolutely packed last November. If playing at Le Swimming meant the tickets' were $10 I would hesitantly say stick to that venue. Then again it almost burned down last time so maybe that's not a wise choice. And I hate the Cabaret's website with a fierce passion. never did figure out if you could purchase tickets directly from that site or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 I ordered mine from www.admission.com, might want to keep that in mind in case any thing else comes up there I kind of like the idea of rotating venues for the band, kind of like a very slowly paced tour of Montreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kung Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 The biggest problem everyone's overlooking is that it was not during the school year and I don't know if it was that well advertised either. I think we tend to overly rely on word of mouth and our crew of internet folks. We really need to make much bigger efforts to connect with even just the heads who aren't on the net all the time let alone the other audiophiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Agreed. I saw them putting The Slip up on the facing around 6:30 the night of the show! Pretty shoddy in my opinion even though that's only one of many ways to get the word out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 I asked the two people who were working the ticket booth when they came out if they were enjoying the band late in the show and they immediately responded "No!" rolled their eyes and walked away which I was quite suprised by... made me wonder if they had written off the show before it even came about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kung Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 I don't think they were talking about the band! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 ::I (think I) managed to feign sobriety long enough to ask the question, they were just kind of standing there scowling at the stage(though I guess its conceivable they thought I was trying to pawn off one of my english happy pills upon them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 This brings to mind the great conundrum: Why is Montreal so cool and the rest of Quebec not? Or, a slight variant: Why are girls in Montreal hot and in the rest of Quebec not? or, if you like: Why does Montreal house the coolest of cool AND the lamest of lame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 we figured after a stay in the city that the girls are hot because of all the hills in the city great legs in Montreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 As I understand it, a conundrum is a question with an answer that is, or implies, a pun. Somebody make that a conundrum please, it's hurting my little head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Why is Montreal so cool and the rest of Quebec not? Don't know if I'm answering the right question here, but in my experiences in life, most of the cool, relaxed people in my earlier years were gay. And Montreal was swarming with plenty (please understand that I'm too drunk for my own good on a Wednesday night to put the right words together here) Or, a slight variant: Why are girls in Montreal hot and in the rest of Quebec not? Myabe because they don't have to worry so much about guys being all over them so much. (Ah, crap...I'm too drunk and not getting my point across well...when I was talking to Booche about this, it all made sense, now it just sounds like kerfuffle....shmuh...meh....pffffttt) or, if you like: Why does Montreal house the coolest of cool AND the lamest of lame? 'cuz bananas aren't purple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 i think somebody's drunk :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kung Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I knew I shouldn't have come on the board. As I figure a conundrum has multiple meanings but could be reduced to two poles a riddle that remains unsolved and as you mentioned Velvet a riddle or otherwise unknown question that has a pun for an answer (but perhaps that's the rub the idea that a pun makes light of what could be a grave issue). The dictionary definition bears this out I think. n. A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma: “the conundrum, thus far unanswered, of achieving full employment without inflation” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.). Now a pun is something else there's a number of types of puns I think either homophonic, homographic (you could add homophobic as in 'peter like to poke his peter' well you get the gist) and then various compound puns that exploit either plays on meaning or sound. They're obviously thought of as a low sort of humour but the use of puns is shared in high and low culture (which Frank Zappa refused to distinguish between) some of the better examples being the likes of Shakespeare, Nabokov and Joyce ('they were yung and easily freudened'). The thing about puns is that they conceal meaning, they are a form of dissembling, they obscure words and meanings and in that regard are an important part of even the occult, hermetic and sufi forms of teaching. A fitting pun for the occasion would be: San Francisco became the center of the drug culture. Therefore, it is prophetic that it was originally known as Yerba Buena, which means "good grass/weed" in Spanish. You want to really stew your noodle though wrap your head around the idea that metaphors are semantic puns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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