Vancouver, On very rare occasions I step out of my house to brave swarms of coffee drinking yuppies and smelly hippies in order to attend events here in Vancouver. This past weekends Red Bull Soap Box race was an event I’ve been looking forward to attending for a little while now, not so much to take in the festival-like atmosphere, more so to see some bad ass crashes.
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Breaking news live from V-fest courtesy of Ricky. Apparently Liam got a taste of a Canadian knuckle sandwich. Here are the (sparse) details of what went down in text message stylee:
Ricky: Liam just got decked on stage
Me: Wtf? by who?
Ricky: No idea, came from side of stage.
Me: Any further detail?
Ricky: They continue on playing.
As I write this post, Ricky just called giving a bit more detail. He still doesn’t know who it was that punched Liam but as sure as Noel can strum some killer riffs, security stormed on stage tackling and dispatching said perpetrator, during which time Oasis left the stage for about 5 minutes, returning to play 5-6 more tunes but not nearly as much as expected. Liam sang ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘I am the Walrus’ and Noel subsequently took over vocal duties for the rest of the gig.
The set is officially over now, watch this space for updates as they transpire.
That’s rock and roll mista.
update: apparantly, security got to the fan before he got his punch on, but both men went down. It was pretty fast. I was too busy singing whats the story morning glory to notice..but then the mic dropped. Liam also sang Supersonic, but the set ended at 10:38 w/o encore.
Apparantly, it was Noel..and the guy was from under the stage, WWF Style.
1:25 mark
another view
50 second mark, followed by a NOooooooooooo by a fan at the 1:05 mark.
You have to love liam givin it to the guy after he got tackled.
Wow. finally back in Canada after a whirlwind weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle. A little tired today (read: hungover like a motherbitch), so I’m just going to share some photos from and will write in more detail later in the week. I’ll just say it’s a fantastic event and fun for geeks and normies alike. Don’t miss it next year!
Booth Babes!
In our quest to cover all things geeky, your humble West Coast correspondent will be attending this year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle for a much needed video game fix. For any of you hardcore gamers, stay tuned for as much gaming news I can cram between playing Gears of War 2 and drooling over Halo figurines, for everyone else, keep checking the Gallery section for pics of me drooling over booth babes.
Canadian Twee (Cantwee?). A genre that seems to be as elusive as the Samsquanch. I was hard pressed to think of a good Canadian indie pop act off the top of their head, so I took it upon myself to try and find one. I figured the best place to start would be Myspace as every band and their mom seem to have a site there, but it proved to be way to daunting. Next step, which should have been the most obvious was CBC Radio 3. After about an hour of searching using every twee related genre I could think of, I typed in Belle & Sebastian and up popped perhaps Canada’s best kept tweecret - You & Me, an acoustic quartet hailing from Montreal.
With only a single album their belt (The Romantic and the Realist), You and Me already have a sound of a well polished band. Shawn Donnelly’s lone vocals are reminiscent of Elliott Smith, combined with Sandra J’s sweet harmonies, which gives you the feeling equivalent to sinking into a comfy chair with a warm cup of tea on a rainy Sunday. With it’s downtempo acoustic plucks and strums, boy/girl vocals and clever lyrics The Romantic perfect addition to your indie pop collection, and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that You and Me inspire more Canadian indie pop acts to peep a little further out of their Anoraks knowing there is still hope amongst the Arcade Fire’s and Tokyo Police Club’s.
You and Me will be playing at the Yellow Door in Montreal on September 26th.
If you’re a Northern Soul fan be sure to check out this soulicious song (in video form here) from Estelle. If you mixed this track in between Frank Wilson and Barbara Mills you wouldn’t even notice the song was produced in 2008. The song also features Cee-Lo (Gnarls Barkley), who doesn’t make an appearance in the video which I find curious. Is it perhaps because I made fun of him in a previous post? Well if it’s any consolation C-Dawg, your duet with Estelle is a hell of alot better than his.
