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Archive for November 2007
Warning: This clip may cause you and your neighbour (if you’re at work) to simutanously pee yourselves with glee. If this happens, remember - DON’T CROSS THE STREAMS.
It’s totally SFW.
Man, I had a NES as a kid, you had a NES as a kid, hell even my friend Jamal over there had one as a kid. Anyways, here is a site that has all the NES games and a youtube video for it.
Excitebike was awesome.
Toronto - I went to the Police concert. I bought the tickets ages ago despite the scrutiny of my friends who wondered if I was secretly stuck in the 70s or 80s - which I might be just a little. This was the third time they were playing in a span of a year as part of the reunion tour. The first two concerts had been sold out so I ended up at their 3rd of 4 shows. What’s interesting is that the first two shows were sold out when they performed earlier this year at the ACC but the shows in November were definately not sold out. The hefty price of $70 got me into the nosebleeds and had me considering selling the tickets and that’s how I found out that the tickets weren’t even sold out and that people were selling their tickets below cost. Anyway, I bribed my friend to come with me so I wasn’t going to the concert by myself.
I’m not a fan of the big venues as it compromises the intimacy with the band and the sound that I associate with a live concert but I gotta give it to Sting, he sounded amazing. The rest of the band looked a little tired and should definately consider lessons from their fearless leader and practise some Yoga. They played a solid 2 hours and that’s probably reason enough for me not to be scrutinizing those old men. I was really impressed and surprised - I used to think that Sting is a bit too showy and having read interviews with him and seen some on TV as well, I thought he was cocky but he proved me wrong. He could have just stood there the entire night and he would still have given off an aura of cool not to be mistaken with my initial impression of cocky or arrogant. He really has an amazing voice that sounds fantastic live and I hate to admit this but he’s hot for an old man.
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Looking to see some cool short films in Toronto this week? Want to impress that certain special someone that you have had your eye on for a while? Well, here is your chance.
The National Film Boards is hosting a music inspired World Of Shorts program this Thursday night. The $6 admission fee is worth seeing I MET THE WALRUS alone.
Here are some of the highlights:
I MET THE WALRUS?
Director: Josh Raskin?Canada, 2007
?5 minutes
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatles fanatic snuck into John Lennon’s Toronto hotel room and convinced him to do an interview about peace for the school paper.
CHRISTMAS IN HUDDERSFIELD?
Director: Peter Spence?UK, 2006?
10 minutes
On Christmas Day 1977 in Huddersfield, England, notorious punk band the Sex Pistols played a charity gig – for children! With incredible concert footage and the memories of their now-adult fans, an almost-forgotten chapter in the history of band comes to life.
BITCH?
Director: Lilah Vandenburgh ?USA, 2006?
15 minutes
When an antisocial record store clerk spots an unabashed shoplifter, it’s love at first sneer in this kick-ass comedy.
Thursday, November 15th @ 7:00 p.m.
NFB Cinema, 150 John St (at Richmond West, across from the Schotiabank Theatre)
Toronto
(416) 973-3012 or www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
ADMISSION: $6 Adults?
Vancouver, Perhaps my final show of the year and my first visit to the legendary Richards on Richards. I gotta say, for what Vancouver lacks in decent shows, they definitely make up for it in nice looking venues. I expected RNR to be a large dingy venue, much like the Phoenix in Toronto. I was pleasantly surprised to find a well maintained venue with great sightlines (floor and balcony) and a unique layout. The stage is tucked away into a corner with plenty of room for people who want to stand/dance/sway or just sit and talk. We got there in time to catch the last few song of the opening act The Mohawk Lodge. They sounded okay, typical Canadian indie rock. They had a cool looking t-shirt on the cheap so I picked one up.
I gotta give props to opening acts man. For the fans that are just there to watch the headliner, most come in with the preconviced notion that the opener isn’t that good and just talk loud and don’t pay attention when the openers are playing, as was the case with The Mohawk Lodge. Didn’t seem to faze them though.
After a riduculously long 40 minute sound check, the young lads from Athlete sauntered onto stage (side note, I think a ‘roadie’ mini game in Gutar Hero or Rock Band would be cool, sound check all the instruments within a time limit) and busted open with ‘Tokyo’. Great tune too get the crowd primed. I’m not a big fan of their latest album, it sounds like alot of pop rock being released nowadays (*cough* Keane *cough* Coldplay). It’s tough not to assume bands go this route in order to sell records as opposed to playing what they want to play. ‘Vehicle and Animals’ however, was fantastic as it did have a unique sound for it’s time. In particular I was looking forward to hearing ‘El Salvador’ but instead got ‘You Got the Style’ and ‘Vehicle and Animals’ which was still nice. The 600+ crowd was well into the entire show and singers onstage bono-esque antics, which he manged to pull off considering the stage was probably only 10ft x 10ft.
Despite Athlete recently releasing a new album, it was nice to get a mix of all their entire catalogue throughout the set.
Oh, and the drummer looks like Kevin Smith
3.5/5
Setlist-ish (I’m going off memory here):
Tokyo
You Got the Style
Tourist
Airport Disco
Hurricane
Yesterday Threw Everything at Me
Best Not to Think About it
Half Light
Westside
It’s Not Your Fault
Wires
Shake Those Windows
Vehicles and Animals
24 Hours
