I WANNA GO SEE SPIDER-MAN 2!!! anybody???? drive-in????

wilco are playing their own show at the mod club on aug. 3! now i just need to convince someone to go 'cause apparently i'm forbidden to go alone. sighsigh sigh. i hate having to keep track of all the acts that are playing their own shows now that lolla's been cancelled. #(@*$&@#&

lol, the roller skating was almost fun (even though when I skate I look like I'm "walking a small child or something") and probably would've been more fun if I didn't wake up at 4 pm and had more time to squeeze in some mullet / wing hair wig shopping time. So we made up lost time by shopping at the LCBO. Hahaha, it was such a good time. Drunken roller skating. Next time, I propose drunken bowling! Once and for all!

What's everyone's plans for Canada Day?

this is the first time my computer has been up in the last couple of days. i believe i have a boot virus which makes my C drive with my OS on it fail.

eek, i dont know if i will get time to vote today. i was thinking lib or ndp

hope von is doing well on her trip

stina, congrads on getting back... how about your year book?

!!!!!!!!I GOT MY CONSTANTINES CD BACK!!!!!!!!!!
:)))
thanks, jon (who doesn't read this), and everyone else who kept reminding him that he had it (for 2 years)!
my brother's his brother's best man for the wedding next month, so tonight they're having the bachelor party. they just left to head downtown, and jon came and gave me the cd (in pretty damned good condition too, i might add!)--holy shit, he's tall now!! have you ppl seen him lately?! i didn't even recognize him at first. he's gotta be like 6'3 or something now!!
ooh, and b/c mike's fiancée is interning at toronto life fashion (and some other fashion mag too, i think), they're gonna get free tuxedos for the ceremony--they're gonna be a part of some photo spread...sounds goood to me.

lucky bum, that yvonne.

p.s. does anyone wanna go see a band called sea ray tomorrow (sunday) at the rivoli?? i've been listening to their cd for the past few days, and i'd really like to see 'em live. lemme know. although i really doubt anyone will. ;P

stina are u sure?
a guy i work with got tickets to the show.
althought ticketmaster.ca and the streets web page pays no mention of him.. this dizziee page does and so does NME.

anything happening tonight, please give me a ring. im bloody tired but i think il cut the grass. good day to u all

Cameron

cam--dizzee isn't playing w/ the streets, unfortunately.
and cgal, i am now an official streets convert.

polyphonic spree game! funn! pretty music! cute graphics!

are we doing anything w/ yvonne today?? before she leaves for funland????

happee birthday, yvonne! are ya gonna be doing anything tonite??

aww...i wanna see the little cat.

Happy Birthday Yvonne :) <3

Rach, kitty is doing well :) Gabe named her Pepper because he says it describes the way she looks and her personality. She gets into everything, it's adorable
A guy from some apartment gave me kitty litter for the box when he saw me playing with her, it was really sweet. She started getting tired later on though and fell asleep standing up and everytime she was about to fall over, she'd wake up for a sec then fall asleep again.
Very very cute little kitten :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VONDERFUL!!!

Omg, little Ryan Gosling has become a little man! (tear)

I'm up for Metric and Matt Barber and Bedouin Soundclash. Sign me up! *For guest tickets

Chris, I actually just read your post that I told you I would read (lol) about White Cowbell Oklahoma. That's insane! That was the same night as Audiosleep and we just happened to find our ways from the Swallow Lounge to the Elmo. I was dragging around poor David all weekend (well Fri/Sat) to all the shows I wanted to see (as he really had no preference and trusted me) and finally ended up at the end of the Sat night at the Elmo (where I bumped into the Golden Dogs' frontman in the ladies' room) and witnessed what was White Cowbell Oklahoma. I actually wanted to see Hugh Dillon as of Friday night while reading the NXNE schedule at Lee's Palace because after a few Blues I eventually started calling him Huge Dillon and let me tell you -- it was funny.

Anyway, we end up at the Elmo and witness what is White Cowbell Oklahoma and although I seem to remember enjoying it, David wasn't quite where I was and looked quite unmoved. So we took off after the 2nd or 3rd number to meet up with the rest of the troop.

I hate missing a good guitar solo.

Altogether though, it was good times. :) Can't wait til Hillside!

rach, what happened to yooouuu?!

cgal & crissandra, i forgot to post this yesterday. our boy's all growns up! :D

Rach, I don't think the amount of money it costs to put a down payment on a house is in any way worth escaping the House of Mom.

On that note, my cousin's told me of an apartment on Yonge and Eglinton that her friend is giving up (to move to Japan) by October and my name is written ALL OVER IT. So help me god if I'm stuck with the Mississauga Transit any longer.

I BUMPED INTO THE GOLDEN DOGS LEAD SINGER IN THE LADIES BATHROOM AT NXNE!

I figure I was pretty wasted for most of NXNE that there'd be no point in posting about it, but there you go. NXNE Highlights at your finger tips. And then I told him I saw him at the Toronto Show and then I asked him why he was in the ladies' room.

I remember that the lawn behind the Do Not Enter sign in front of Bathurst station is a perfectly comfortable place to pass out. The green is so plush and cool...mmmmmm.

alright, so i recall quite a few of you saying that you'd come to hillside (july 23-25) this year, and so far--
it's just me. and maybe marc, if the volunteer ppl will just mail him his stuff already. (and maybe some journal ppl, but they're not volunteering.)
i will admit that the lineup is not as MINDBLOWING as last year, but i can still list at least 5 cool acts that will be there, and i will do this now:

metric
arcade fire
the unicorns
matt barber & the union dues
nathan lawr & the minotaurs
bedouin soundclash

there. that's 6!

and then some of you may even care about

the golden dogs
andy stochansky
pilate
kinnie starr
the arrogant worms
two minute miracles
martha wainwright

plus, i'm sure there are a whole whackload of acts i've never heard of that are awesome and just waiting to knock my baby-chick-patterned blue socks off (like boy and CtD did last year).

sooo...get yer asses in gear already!!! it's a good deal! $16/20 for a whole weekend of music and good food and camping and schtuff!!!

p.s. after reading cam's post, the weakerthans/raising the fawn show on july 23 could be tough competition for hillside, but i think hillside's still a better deal.

rach, you were the one who posted a house listing on blogger.... remember that girl? think your really ready to move out on your own? (maybe?)

yes, this weekend is good for me. i'm done coaching until after Canada day! no idea on plans, drinking or not.


S U M M E R P L A N S
Hillside 23-25.... choice 2 would be bluesfest

Toronto Blues Fest.
Wycleaf Jean - Sunday 18th main, 9:00pm (conlficts with ball hockey)
Sarah Slean - Saturday 24th, 9:30pm
The Dears - Saturday 24th, 4:45pm
volunteer form
vol info

I saw steven harpers bus today at work as he was about to fly off. i heard his security details from a guy speaking on the front steps of our admin building on a cell phone.

rach, is your 2nd sentence related to your 1st? i hope not!

i swear i am still growing. other ppl have been noticing, too! i'm almost up to my dad's height now--reaalllly!!!

tonight i was invited to mike (aka jon k's bro) & ami's wedding at the end of july. the invitation's a little late, but it's not something i want to miss (i've known the guy since i was something like 6 years old), so i'll take it in stride. yeeaah--now i get to dress up.

Marc's turning Blogger into a JEDI FETISH SITE

(save us all!)

marc, you are a humongous GEEK. you are banned from blogger! ;P

Congrads marc!
wow, i never thought i would see a wookie jedi fight a mountain wart =p
it looks sick.

how many professions did you aquire?

mike ramos, big bouncer guy, mike ramos? wow.

i keep seeing ppl from the past at the gym. it's kinda scary.

marc--you psycho--i can't wait 'til you can get a life after you become a jedi.

marc, the marathon gamers know tricks so they can play longer. i remember watching a video on them *l*. they would go outside for short runs and drink alot of water. it kept them more alert and able to game longer.
...are u hitting inside?

you were right, birds are more dumb in the morning. one flew head on into the midle of my windsheild on the 401 this morning. it got stuck there and before i knew what to do with it the automatic wippers went up and through it over the car. no mess, no damage :S

I got the full instrumental mp3 of the other new prodigy track (memphis) today. it appears my single will arive not in 5 days but 25!

for rach.

hey, you utoronto-ers---would any of you be willing to do me a huuuuuuge favour??
i need to take out a book (for i-wanna-be-a-teacher class--i actually have to write a book report or something this summer) that's available in yer cool libraries...lemme know...merci!

FOOOOOD.

...yeeah. so i kind of regret having such a good view now.
this.made.me.cry. i've heard so much about them; that must have been one interesting/crazy/absurd performance! definitely not something you could catch just _anywhere_. *thumbs up*.

& our monkey/penguin waddle down the concrete slope was just divine;
christina: 'ah, shit! nowhere to walk!'
galine: 'crap; i'm wearing flip flops too....*looks down* wait! watch! *crouches down & attempts to move downwards* we _can_ get down!!'
*christina & galine proceed to waddle down at 3am, laughing uncontrollably*


& hey now, pretending not to know me?! i wasn't ripping off clothes or shrieking (so loud that dogs could hear me;) !! i'm all about the "we love you's" & at least it wasn't a "i love you, nathan!!! lovelovelove you!". hahaha...

(i am lying about the tampon thing)

next up: ctd drunkeness; memorization of band member names. ;)
kidding..or am....ok, seriously, kidding.x

I should have my copy of the new prodigy single 2morrow or atleast before the weekend.
The track Wes probally heard was Girls and it really is quite good and funky. Memphis Bells is also out online in a 45 second preview. I would offer u links to Download them but the page hosting them crashed tonight. Again, msn or my ftp if u guys ever want anything.

btw, if your interested in bluesfest, let me know. i went last year but i forget admission prices.

scroll down for longass-ish post...
or you can just read dave's brother's review, which is just as good.

cam--wes found the new prodigy song too, and he seems to looove it. i tried to listen, but it didn't work on his minidisc player at the time...

what else...there was more...oh yeah, crissandra--my friend cameron (not you, cam) also went to the audiosleep show on sat. he seems to really like 'em!

also.....
"Sarah Slean is scheduled to perform at the Toronto Bluesfest on July 24, 2004 at 9:30pm. With Simon Wilcox and Martina Sobara"

haha u remember where the guy's pic was in the year book...? haha
but a small world indeed. a guy i have worked with at the airport for the last 6 years with i found out was an early xavier grad, the girl i coach with graduated 2000, and my cousins sister just graduated from FX.

i really put my foot in my mouth at work today. one of the girls had her prom/formal pics on her and was showing us her firends (including the one john mayor liked). i pointed out 1 of the other 10 girls as being quite pretty. everyone quickly realized that the girl i pointed out was the girl i work with just before she dyed her hair and in a dress. we were both a bit embarassed but she took it well. that's my knock of embarassment today.

spanish armada!

more later...

you girls saw kate again?
i took a couple of pics of her at the CTD show.

stina, i captured the constantines on the Toronto Show yesterday playing howling at the moon. if you want it il put it on my ftp

le nxne summary:

galine convinces me to go to the reverb now mag showcase w/ her on fri (despistado, feist, nathan lawr and the minotaurs, the infamous kate maki, and i can put my arm back on you can't), so we go.
dave (chart mag intern guy) drops his friend off w/ us (turns out i've seen friend's student films before, but had no idea what he looked like), we go to reverb early early keener early to ensure that we get in, we find a good spot by the couches in an elevated corner of the venue,
band w/ the really long name is alright, but not spectactular,
cameron (worked w/ him at journal) & friend show up,
we throw tampons onstage for kate maki, now cover girl (i am lying about the tampon thing),
cgal melts as nathan lawr comes on (as she has already stated, she sort of proclaims her love for him, he responds kindly, i pretend not to know her),
feist does a real cool instant voice sampler thing so she can layer harmony on her vocals (howie day does that too), she teases w/ a 30-min set (full show the next night), including a little of the intro to "almost crimes,"
despistado BLOWS me away.
really, i wasn't expecting to like 'em that much. they blew out the lights and their mics, and it was still good. they kind of remind me of the constantines, but they play more major-key-ish/less-serious songs. maybe. i dunno. i was too immersed in getting my face blown off.
i've gotta say though--the best part of the night had to be when we did our crouched waddle thing down the concrete. reaaallly. i so wish we could've filmed that somehow.

saturday nite i went to see feist/gentleman reg w/ wesley. another friend was supposed to come, but something always seems to go wrong when we plan to go somewhere, so she dropped out and i had to sell her tkt. strangely enough, i sold it to a girl in soundscapes.
the mod club was hilarious (the kate bush songs pre-show were just too much for wes). it was like playing a game of "spot the musician." wesley thinks esthero passed by us. dan from tND did too, i think.
the show itself was fantastic. i really enjoyed myself.
feist had her french backup band this time, and she had a girl projecting images on an overhead--i loved it! this girl had everything for props--a wig, twigs, flowers, cut-outs, coloured paper, she drew inky pictures on the spot--wes said it distracted him from the songs though. :D he consciously had to tell himself to pay attention to the music as well. i thought it was awesome. a lot of what she did complemented the music well. she even danced in front of the overhead to get her shadow doing dance moves. feist and band were great too, of course. and this time she played mushaboom. :) i didn't see any bss-ers, but the place was pretty packed by the time she came on, so who knows. feist has such great stage presence...it must've been weird for her since she probably knew 75% of the ppl in the crowd. definitely a memorable show.
afterwards, we were gonna head home, but i noticed dave had called a bunch of times (i'd called him earlier 'cause i'd wanted to find someone to buy my extra tkt...blahblahblah), and through him i discovered that hugh dillon (singer of now-defunct headstones, at least i think they're still defunct) was playing a solo set at the elmo, and after him it'd be white cowbell oklahoma. i'd heard all kinds of crazy shite about them, so i decided to go. wes couldn't stay that late, but he came w/ me to find dave at the green room (we ran into another guy from school there--the same guy i saw at the elmo stars cd release party last year) and we sat there for a while. we were introduced to some of dave's "artsy" friends, i was forced to listen to gossiping amongst males, noticed a guy who'd been introduced as a cartoonist for something or other making words out of what looked like multicoloured little pieces of candlewax on the table (i think they were supposed to be celebrating his birthday...he looked sort of bored, poor guy)...finally, i looked at the time and realized we were missing hugh dillon. walked w/ wes to spadina, he left us there, i was paranoid about not making it into the elmo, turns out i was worried over nothing, we missed all of dillon's set, i ditched dave when he went to the washroom (he made me escort him there, the weenie), got a good spot in the crowd...
alright. white cowbell friggin' oklahoma.
they are a band you should see live at least once in your life. i wouldn't really listen to their records (if they have any) at home or anything, but they do know how to put on an entertaining show (if you can tolerate the very un-PC antics they pull). there seem to be a zillion guys in the band, but only eight (or nine?) were there on saturday.
i have now seen:
- a "sheriff" give some drawling speech and then playing nothing but a wooden block (or cowbell, whatever) for the rest of the night
- fireworks going off from the centre of a stage
- a girl wearing a short, coloured wig (purple, i think) who never stopped smiling stripping down to only her panties and some shiny star pasties to cover her nipples sort of shimmying around onstage w/ the band (her name was something like "annie mae")
- men using a chainsaw to cut through various large stuffed animal toys and then throwing said chopped up pieces of toys into the audience, w/ stuffing flying all over the place (the legs of one poor cute bear ended up tossed onto a ceiling rafter or something)
- various "lil' pretty ladies" being pulled up onstage to dance w/ the band
and the pièce de resistance,
- one of the guitarists stripping down to nothing but his b-day suit, playing his guitar w/ his dick (w/ some sort of metal thing that helped him slide it) while 2 girls from the audience held each end of the guitar
...yeeah. so i kind of regret having such a good view now. but besides all that insanity, they did have a lot of zeal and they hit the crowd like a tight force of sound (oh, and their mics went out at one pt too). i guess they were the stereotypical redneck rock'n'roll band, and now i can honestly say that i've witnessed an "authentic" rock show.

kate maki: christina & i love you. & no, you didn't look like luke skywalker in your photograph!

christina: next time. next time i will confess my love (un-secretly) to the lawr. although i kind of did with the "we looooove you!" & him replying (ooh!) "i love you too". he's playing with kate maki sometime in july..the 9th i think? we must go. must. email me about the ctd info; i hope dave cassidy comes too. he rocked. he knows how to strut his stuff.

ps: we rock the monkey climbing/crouching/whatever that was.

..we're nordic, we're vikings, we're making off like kings;
'cause we're better and older, and if love made us soldiers,
we'd be roman invaders with no spears to throw.

sing, sing, sing, my beautiful man.

I have heard Prodigy's new single and it sounds extremly funky. Really more dance/club orrientated tune which I could imagine Dj's mixing it up. I still am waiting for my copy.

I got into playing tomb raider today and the level really has some tricky moves in it. I have been doing well and I feel so proud when I find a secret all on my own.

Stina that hello program is pretty cool. I just downloaded it off blogger. I haven't managed to log into blogger through it yet but judging by your results, it can be done. exciting stuff. The whole program crashed on me during first use =/

this love has taken its toll on me....
haha. catch lil tune and video

is gabe playing this weekend?
i would be down for seeing that.

hi karen, what have u been up to?

i order a copy of the new prodigy promo single. i should have it soon =D. haven't heard it yet but the few reviews on it sound positive.

i have been so sleepy this week. i think the weather and coaching has really gotten to me. it's the least social i have been in the summer for a few years. the last time i danced or went to a club was probally in march.

hope your all well.

ewwww....maroon 5. i saw 'em play w/ mraz last summer. i can't believe that song is the slut of radio now.

dave gets to do chart report cards this weekend!! cooooool, huh?
(another m.b. article.)

taye diggs!!! ahh...fix your immune system and go back in time, crissandra! i wonder if him and idina menzel are married yet...

i think i'm gonna be a bum and probably just go to feist this weekend.

pics!!! :D
she will live on in pictures! 


 

NXNE!!!! Th Jun 10 - 12

Let's drink to support Canadians in music! Wristbands $20 @ the Edgefront studios (which I don't mind at all swinging by to pick up for your convenience) or $10 to get into the club (if you only want to attend one of the 3 nights).

THURSDAY
-Jill Barber @ Nia@Cest What 12am *Would really like to go to but looks pretty shady at this point as CHUM party may force me to jumpstart drinking festivities (so excited!!)

FRIDAY
-Matt Barber @ Lee's Palace 10pm *To make up for most likely missing Jill Barber from said previous night
-I think I saw a listing for the Oddities
-I heard good things about Off the International Radar

SATURDAY
-Audiosleep @ the Swallow Lounge 11pm *Because. Just because.
-Not a lot to see here except Audiosleep in a most likely shady club,never heard of it before. *DRINKING TIME*

My immune system has failed me the last few days and has forced me into a cold slump ditching out on one of my top 3 "work" parties I was really looking forward to attend. I missed the CTV party.

Or should I say Taye Diggs, Teri Hatcher and a few others that I'd be really, really curious to meet such as Ryan Malcolm!?! Grr!!!!!!!!!

This love has taken its toll on me she said goodbye too many times before. Her heart is breaking in front of me and I have no choice because I wont say goodbye any more whoa! whoa!

hey rach, if you wanna go to the gym today (today being tues, as i assume you will be reading this on tues and not mon, which is when i'm writing this), lemme know! there's a "cardio knockout" or whatever class at 6:30...

thanks rach. i may be able to drive. was speaking to my mom and she said that sauble was too far and was pushing for wassaga. i think either may work.
il talk to u in the morning to figure things out.

-il bring a cooler full of water.

list to self.
pants / shorts / t / sweater / jacket / swim suit
games
camera?


-harry potter was very good!
-i got a gmail acount.
-i found an audio set to prodigy playing fatazia, a party at which no fan knew they played at until today. i believe it's one of the first 10 shows that they have played that have been recorded. feels pretty good that i was able to bring back some lost history.
-going to try watch the calgary game in sauga 2morrow.

yikes, someone spent a lot of effort on this. soo cute. there's a toronto star article on it, too. i loved the skunk story. :D

i would go see the kids make noise today but i have a hockey game @ 10. i'm afraid i might start cutting things close if they dont start on time. it does sound very cool and the kid kola aspect alone would make it worth seeing.

rach, i would be good for a saturDAY trip. I have coaching on sunday morning so that's the only catch for myself going away.

marc, were u the one that was into the micro RC Zip Zaps? i got my cousin scott one for his birthday and we asembled it yesterday. we got the retired porche 911, it's pretty cool.

stina, a jason mraz dvd was added to STG today.

i plan on getting brisk cards soon! =)

F R I D A Y
i'm up for a real game of FROLF 2morrow. anyone interested in playing a game around 3? I think i will be let of work early and centenial is really near to my work. More importantly....

in the E V E N I N G..... the DRIVE IN!? harry potter 3 and troy are showing as a double feature. 9:30 start, get their an hour early.

OR... The historic walk of STREETSVILLE at 8:30. I want to do that but I'm not sure if i know any other fellow walkers. Do the walk, have some drinks? or watch the movie after it?

RACH, what are u thinking about saturday? big hockey game that nite

you didn't know he was left-handed?? so's his sister. they shared guitars when they were growing up. yeah, dave wrote that. i don't think he actually has barber's # though (unless he has call display). barber had his. :D

OMG, he's LEFT HANDED that's SO hot. Chris, is this the guy that Matthew Barber called and can now stalk freely at his own will? Cause this is the one case where I won't be opposed to using new friends, in general. He's so dreamy!

Hey Marc, I still owe you a fiver.

Phht, phht, phht

WHO WANTS TO GO TODAY??? I DO!!! starts at 7:15 p.m.

i can't go this weekend, rach. i'm volunteering w/ the becel ride for heart on sat and sun.

i think another one's on its way.

bedouin soundclash actually got a good review!!! :D

does anyone want to go see some student short films on fri afternoon at the bloor cinema? i told my friend i'd go and "represent" her. it's $8 for students.

rach, when does the gym open?

holy crap--i looked at the job posting board today at around 1 and saw 2 things i wanted to apply for. i check again at 4:30 and they're both not available anymore. i get the feeling that i'm picking all the stuff 1045817586948643986 other ppl are applying for as well. feeeeeeck.