tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56146622011-04-21T16:14:04.485-04:00vive/le/roi"it's like endless fucking eye candy!"vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comBlogger331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1070642300826344222003-12-05T11:38:00.000-05:002003-12-05T11:39:01.060-05:00From the "more excited about the opening bands" folder:
vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-106563354122809822003-10-08T13:19:00.000-04:002003-10-08T13:21:28.126-04:00On Friday night, on the way home from a kegger that got broken up by the police (I was first in line for the bathroom and got kicked out of the house, damn my luck!), after deciding not to hit the bars downtown because the lines were huge (Homecoming Weekend will do that, methinks) we decided to swing into Alfie's (a campus bar about which nobody gives two shits), where The Miniatures happened tovanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1064966769340414512003-09-30T20:06:00.000-04:002003-09-30T20:06:09.410-04:00This rings eerily familiar. That said, I would like to take a moment to apologize to The Walkmen on behalf of my country for our seeming inability to get them onstage on time, and at a decent time, to give them a set longer than the openers'. Sorry, guys. That said, would you mind swinging through Kingston at some point? I'd really like to catch you guys again.vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1064678531036392642003-09-27T12:02:00.000-04:002003-09-27T12:02:11.146-04:00Awesome, it looks like Four Thousand, Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds: A Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub is getting a domestic release. Glad I didn't buy the import!vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1064273010367988912003-09-22T19:23:00.000-04:002003-09-22T19:24:08.120-04:00Placebo - Daddy Cool.mp3vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1063028575971911862003-09-08T09:42:00.000-04:002003-09-08T09:42:55.890-04:00Holy Jesus, Pete Libertines gets six months being someone's bitch! They're appealing it, but...vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1062539860719560872003-09-02T17:57:00.000-04:002003-09-02T17:58:53.896-04:00New photo gallery: Death From Above and Yeah Yeah Yeahs
CLICK.
vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1061789717062378812003-08-25T01:35:00.000-04:002003-08-25T01:35:17.096-04:00So we FINALLY have a PopMontreal schedule. Sort of. It would be nice to have times/venues so I can start planning.
Can somebody confirm that on the Thursday schedule, the band called "Ambulance" is or isn't Ambulance Ltd.? If it is, I might be cutting Friday's classes. Also, Metric is that night. I wouldn't mind catching them. The hype machine catches another up into its clutches!
vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1061587324076432402003-08-22T17:22:00.000-04:002003-08-22T17:22:04.153-04:00I forget who was doing all the, "these album covers look alike" thing, but I found another pair.
the strokes - is this it vs delerium - semantic spaces
Okay, well, kind of, anyway.
I don't know where the picture went, but the cover of my senior physics text book also looked an awful lot like the cover of "is this it". of course, once you know what the picture is actually of, it's not reallyvanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1061538720231549842003-08-22T03:52:00.000-04:002003-08-22T03:52:00.153-04:00Apollo Sunshine are going on tour, soon. Their dates are embedded in some flash so I can't copy/paste the whole list, but I imagine the following date is the most relevant to the people who read this, anyway:
09/05/03 NYC, NY @ Mercury Lounge w/Mink Lungs and Kaito
Pleasepleaseplease go see this show, guys. It's the day before my birthday, so consider it your birthday present to me. This vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1061324424480190652003-08-19T16:20:00.000-04:002003-08-19T16:20:30.873-04:00GET YOUR BRAND NEW STROKES RIGHT HERE!!!
Some kind person bootlegged their show in Japan on August 3 and put up the new tracks. Available are "Reptilia", "Supernova" and "My Way" in Japanese leading into "Ze Newie" (which sounds a little different than in previous bootlegs) .
Go. Listen. Feel no guilt, because these weren't even swiped from the studio.
(As far as I'm concerned, Reptilia is vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1061253204400540352003-08-18T20:33:00.000-04:002003-08-18T20:33:38.326-04:00Apparently I'm not the only person who thinks that Paul Banks sounds like Gord Downie from The Tragically Hip. I was getting worried for a minute there.vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1061230647797355922003-08-18T14:17:00.000-04:002003-08-18T14:17:27.800-04:00Samuel Interpol shows up in today's Gawker Stalker, and it isn't pretty.vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1061166081131157272003-08-17T20:21:00.000-04:002003-08-17T20:21:46.200-04:00Looks like somebody just got a ticket to see Yeah Yeah Yeahs on August 29 at the Opera House... once again re-opening the debate, "bring the camera or don't bring the camera?" (Refer to this for details of camera woes at said venue.) I wonder if it would be worth it to pick up a disposable and shoot with that, being as I'd be, hopefully, right up close? Hmmm... Can you get a disposable with vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1061011613821120892003-08-16T01:26:00.000-04:002003-08-16T01:26:53.733-04:00I swear I'm not obsessed with Jennifer Lopez, she just happens to pop up in a lot of really head-shaking news. To wit: J-Lo And Britney To Become The New Oprah And Dr. Phil?
Speaking of staring at a train wreck... Robin Black is recording a show at the Horseshoe later this month for a live CD and DVD release blah blah blah... I still haven't seen his first DVD yet, even though I'm in one of vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1060967997255920522003-08-15T13:19:00.000-04:002003-08-25T15:40:56.980-04:00The Libertines with Adam Green and Living Things at The Opera House, Toronto, August 12 2003
At 8, Living Things went on. 3-piece. The guitarist/singer and the bassplayer were RIDICULOUSLY SKINNY and had identical messy black rock-n-roll hair. Black tattoos on their arms. All 3 were dressed all in black. They played music that wouldnt sound out of place on the radio about 10 years ago. It vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1060836077016256212003-08-14T00:41:00.000-04:002003-08-14T00:45:56.690-04:00Carlos D. totally gothing it up. I think he looks a little like Alan Rickman there, personally.vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1060831476505979742003-08-13T23:24:00.000-04:002003-08-13T23:29:16.846-04:00The new Placebo video is sex without touching. Literally.
Libertines/Adam Green last night. Update tomorrow when my shoulders feel like they aren't going to break apart. (I got punched in the back in the moshpit. Nice.)vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1060624310578760242003-08-11T13:51:00.000-04:002003-08-11T13:52:45.923-04:00Pete Libertines' burglary arrest was for breaking into Carl Libertines' flat.
The clerk of the court read out the list of items Doherty was alleged to have snatched, including an antique guitar, video recorder, laptop computer, mouth organ, CD player, an NME award and £200 in cash.
When asked to enter his plea, Doherty replied: "I plead guilty apart from the NME Award and cash, which I know vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1060549484386373202003-08-10T17:04:00.000-04:002003-08-10T17:04:44.416-04:00Okay, the galleries are all up in a temporary home.
The Unicorns, Tangiers and The Walkmen.vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1060535044294204212003-08-10T13:04:00.000-04:002003-08-10T13:05:05.613-04:00Ambulance Ltd. are now selling t-shirts from their website. Check for $20 gets you a men's M,L or girl's tee, S&H incl. Will they take a money order? Or is the better question, will they ship to Canada?vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1060306492365677572003-08-07T21:34:00.000-04:002003-08-07T21:34:52.293-04:00The String Cheese Incident to sue TicketMaster! "According to SCI, Ticketmaster has gained monopolistic control over the concert ticket industry, using its massive power in the market to prevent competition from entering the business. SCI further alleges that Ticketmaster has negotiated deals with companies such as Clear Channel Communications to further restrict the market. "
Tangiers are goingvanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1060236532992292312003-08-07T02:08:00.000-04:002003-08-15T13:33:41.086-04:00The Walkmen with Tangiers and The Unicorns at La Sala Rossa, Montréal, August 05 2003
We saw The Walkmen last night, as well as Tangiers and The Unicorns. Oh yes we did.
The gist (aplogies to those who have seen some of this already at the livejournal):
Waited in the restaurant across the street for three hours before the show. To kill time, right. Tangiers and The Walkmen came in to eat, vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1060045671450873842003-08-04T21:07:00.000-04:002003-08-04T21:07:51.510-04:00The DFA remix of Le Tigre - Deceptacon on the Yes New York compilation reminds me of Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch. Creepy.vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1059943986265714842003-08-03T16:53:00.000-04:002003-08-03T17:00:09.466-04:00
The Kills, Interpol, Radiohead, The Datsuns, Kings Of Leon, Blur, Hot Hot Heat, The Star Spangles, The Polyphonic Spree, Blondie, The Strokes and The Rapture at Summersonic in Japan.vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1059868893236993972003-08-02T20:01:00.000-04:002003-08-02T20:14:29.440-04:00PeachesPeachesPeaches!
If you want to check out Peaches’ beard for yourself you can she and her MC5 in Montreal on October 8 at Club Soda and in Vancouver on October 21 at Richards on Richards. (from DAMN.)
Oh yeah. Wednesday night, but fuckit. I will be there. Hopefully.
The Modfather signs to V2.
Hawksley Workman to cover Joy Division as a b-side. Heh, they mention Robin Black. Blehvanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1059546298898173262003-07-30T02:24:00.000-04:002003-07-30T02:44:52.250-04:00SARSapalooza is expected to draw 430,000 people to our lovely city of Toronto later today. Somebody please explain to me why I chose tomorrow to drive into the city and do errands?
Oh, right, because I also have a date. Yeah, that'll do it...vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1059488733814016462003-07-29T10:25:00.000-04:002003-07-29T10:25:33.853-04:00Relevant Walkmen tour date:
08-05 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
(Thank you, Pitchfork!)
Huzzah...vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1059461261844318332003-07-29T02:47:00.000-04:002003-07-29T02:51:37.716-04:00I'm incredibly sorry that this is turning into the Jennifer Lopez show, but she just never ceases to amuse/annoy me. For the love of god, though: Reportedly, at one point in the film [Gigli], Lopez opens her legs to Affleck in hopes of seducing him and says, "It's turkey time". (blame MuchNews for this fine piece of TMI, kay?)
Wouldn't you love to live on Jam Master Jay Street? That'd be vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1059331662506559272003-07-27T14:47:00.000-04:002003-07-27T14:48:12.063-04:00"This is the second step of building the Jennifer Lopez beauty house." Enough already!vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1059246241360460302003-07-26T15:04:00.000-04:002003-07-26T15:04:01.340-04:00I don't normally do these, but...
YOU ARE JACK WHITE IMPALED UPON THE CANDYCANE OFTECHNOLOGY. CONGRATULATIONS.
What wacky and tacky retro rock scenario are youuuuu? brought to you by Quizilla
vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1059192136274840352003-07-26T00:02:00.000-04:002003-07-26T00:02:16.293-04:00Peaches' new album to be called Fatherfucker, according to Earlash. Cute. Speaking of Peaches, those "fuck the pain away" panties are pretty snazzy. vanessa cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614662.post-1059160606151982062003-07-25T15:16:00.000-04:002003-07-25T19:11:45.766-04:00
More Siren photos. Right here.vanessa cnoreply@blogger.com