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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Toronto - The Nymphets/Bob Burns & the Breakups/Ugly Stick/Shitt Hottt/Ancestors

« on: June 19, 2007, 09:15:03 AM »

Saturday June 23rd, at Adrift Skate Shop.

The Nymphets (from Montreal) http://www.myspace.com/thenymphets

Bob Burns & The Breakups (from Wisconson) http://www.myspace.com/bobburnsandthebreakups

Ugly Stick http://www.myspace.com/uglysticktoronto

Shitt Hottt http://www.myspace.com/girlfriendmaterial

Ancestors http://www.myspace.com/ancestors

299 Augusta Ave. (In Kensington Market).

EARLY SHOW! Show has to be over by 11ish, so I imagine the first band will be at about 8. Cover is $5

After the show we'll be heading over to the Tiger Bar for Pass the Dynamite.

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Music Shit / Re: What is everybody listening to? Part II

« on: June 11, 2007, 07:49:11 PM »

Nymphets mp3z

And they're playing Toronto on June 23rd

Cheater Slicks - Walk Into the Sea
Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years
King Khan & His Shrines - What Is?
Dead Moon - Nervous Sooner Changes

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Music Shit / Re: Best version of a cover,

« on: June 05, 2007, 05:37:52 PM »

Kingsmen "Louie Louie" (duh)
Real Kids "Out of Time" (Rolling Stones)
Cheater Slicks "Mystery Ship" (Mystic Tide)
Les Sexareenos "I Can't" (Rovin' Flames)

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Music Shit / Re: What is everybody listening to? Part II

« on: May 22, 2007, 02:46:43 PM »

new Cheater Slicks LP (AWESOME)

I listened to this at least a dozen times over the long weekend. Its fucking amazing.

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Music Shit / Re: What the shit are the newer babds ya'll are into these days?

« on: May 22, 2007, 02:45:12 PM »

I'll second Shaun on The Nymphets recommendation. They're definitely the most exciting new band I've seen in the past two years. I also really like Cococoma. The 7" on Shit Sandwhich was my favorite of last year.

From Toronto I highly recommend seeking out Anagram. They've put out one CD and a split-12" with The Creeping Nobodies. Their songs generally revolve around a simple riff on either keyboard, bass, or guitar while the rest of the instruments swirl and build-up around it.

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Music Shit / Re: What is everybody listening to? Part II

« on: May 08, 2007, 05:51:13 AM »

CHEATER SLICKS - skid marks LP (this has a lot of songs from "on your knees" LP...is that LP hard to get as an original? expensive?)

I just lost hold of it on ebay...raked in about 65$...would sure love to own it!  Guess I'll just have to settle for the new lp on Dead Canary...can't waits to gets it!!

I may have bidding on the same copy of On Your Knees. It ended up going for $67. A week later a copy showed up as buy-it-now for $60 so I snatched it up. According to Tom Shannon there are less than 100 copies in circulation. Apparently the couple that ran the label it came out on broke up just as it was released. For some reason they also junked almost the entire run.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Toronto - May 4 - Panzram's Ghost/Ugly Stick/DCT

« on: April 30, 2007, 08:32:52 PM »

This Friday, May 4 at White Orchid (in the basement)

Panzram's Ghost (members of Anagram and the Deadly Snakes do punk covers)
Ugly Stick (tinnitus rock)
D.C.T. (kbd punk, for lack of a better description)

The show is pay what you can/want

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Non-Music Shit / Re: NHL Hockey Season Thread

« on: April 24, 2007, 05:22:53 PM »

I'm just happy that Ribeiro got eliminated. I hate that little shit.

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Music Shit / Re: New record store in Toronto

« on: April 23, 2007, 12:45:01 PM »

I went by yesterday and was quite impressed. He has lots of stock, good prices, and I can bike there in 5 minutes.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: Toronto shows

« on: April 16, 2007, 06:30:22 AM »

Also, Friday May 4 - Panzram's Ghost, Ugly Stick, DCT at White Orchid basement, PWYC

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Non-Music Shit / Re: The Strangest Jobs You've Ever Had.

« on: April 11, 2007, 09:59:54 AM »

I worked at Buy & Sell Classified Magazine for two days. I showed up, they gave me a chair and a phone and that was it for training. What we would do is look up classifieds in other newspapers, call up people that placed ads, and try to get them to place an ad with us. There was absolutely no system in place so I'd be calling people that already had ads with us, or people that had already been contacted multiple times. My second day there I went for lunch and never went back. I think I put in about eight hours work, with not a single sale to show for it. I tried a couple of other telemarketing jobs but I realized I can't hack them because I hate feeling like a giant asshole all day.

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Music Shit / Re: What is everybody listening to? Part II

« on: April 08, 2007, 03:28:06 PM »

Also, the Cheater Slicks Don't Like You demos.  Totally awesome stuff.

I need that. Where did you get it from?

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Non-Music Shit / Re: What to do in Vancouver...

« on: March 28, 2007, 04:44:04 PM »

Montreal used to have pretty crazy pizza wars. I believe there used to be a place that served 49 cent slices. They were pretty bad, but 49 CENTS!

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Music Shit / Re: Opening line.....

« on: March 27, 2007, 11:54:35 AM »

I want sex! I want sex! I want sex! I want sex!

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Music Shit / Re: A perfect song.

« on: March 26, 2007, 08:47:48 AM »

King Khan and BBQ - "Waddlin Around"

I can't believe it took 12 pages for someone to mention this song. I'll also throw out "Shake Real Low" as a perfect song.

The Real Kids cover of "Out of Time" has to be up there. Its definitely the best cover ever.
Jerry Lee Lewis "High School Confidential" and Rolling Stones "Let's Spend the Night Together" are also perfect.