BEST OF 2007

FULL LENGTHS

01. ARCTIC MONKEYS - "Favourite Worst Nightmare"


02. ATTACK IN BLACK - "Marriage"


03. UNKLE - "War Stories"


04. RADIOHEAD - "In Rainbows"


05. BRACEWAR - "Juggernaut"


06. INTERPOL - "Our Love To Admire"


07. DAVE GAHAN - "Hourglass"


08. BAD BRAINS - "Build A Nation"


09. GHOSTFACE KILLAH - "The Big Doe Rehab"


10. AMBITIONS - "Stranger"


LIVE SHOWS
01. MORRISSEY - Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
02. MORRISSEY - Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena CA
03. NAS- Kool Haus, Toronto, ON
04. BAD BRAINS - On a boat, New York, NY
05. ERIC'S TRIP - Lee's Palace, Toronto, ON
06. CAT POWER - Phoenix, Toronto, ON
07. INTERPOL - Guverment, Toronto, ON
08. BAT FOR LASHES - El Mocombo, Toronto, ON
09. EVANESCENCE - MTS Centre, Winnipeg , MB
10. LIFETIME - Kathedral, Toronto, ON

THE GANGBANG SONG

THANK YOU...

...For being in my life.

STOP ME IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE

Rolled down to NYC to catch Morrissey for the 3rd time this year. This was by far the best show of the year, and I even had a chance to hold his hand during the encore stage rush. Incredible night.







Set List:

Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before / The Last Of The Famous International Playboys / You Have Killed Me / The Boy With The Thorn In His Side / Irish Blood, English Heart / I Like You / Jack The Ripper / I Just Want To See The Boy Happy / The National Front Disco / Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me / Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself? / All You Need Is Me / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want / I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris / Sister, I'm A Poet / The Loop / Death Of A Disco Dancer / Stretch Out And Wait / Dear God, Please Help Me / How Soon Is Now? // First Of The Gang To Die

Spent a brief 20 hours or so in NYC, then popped in on Philadephia for the Floorpunch reunion & a cheesesteak, then back home. Didn't sleep much on this trip, but no rest for the wicked. I also didn't take my camera out much, but Sideways Hat Pat was a blog monster, and should have some of the highlights over at his domain.

First few seconds you see Dan going for it, and at the :30 mark you see a shaky image of me making contact with Moz.

THE FUTURE OF PURCHASED MUSIC?

Well today Radiohead's seventh studio album entitled "In Rainbows" was released, but not in the conventional way. Radiohead is the first band of their stature to cut out the middleman (the record label) and release this record digitally via their website. And if that wasn't enough, you decide how much you're willing to pay.

As someone who has been personally involved with the 'music industry' and felt the effects of it's 'shady' ways, I think this is huge. I bought this release this afternoon, and I wholeheartedly suggest you do too. We can all go and download it for free, and I'm sure Radiohead is financially secure, but it goes beyond all that. If this is seen by the 'industry', and by other bands, as a possibility, perhaps this will have a ripple effect, and change the way music is available to fans.

Now I mean no disrespect to the friends I have working their asses off at smaller, indie labels, helping smaller bands get out there, but there has been way too many bands that have been royaly fucked over by larger labels, and even the indie labels (Fuck Victory Records).

I want a change. If you do to, I think this is an opportunity to support that change. I mean, fuck it, if Ian Brown and Johnny Marr can get behind this, why shouldn't we all?

Buy "In Rainbows" here.

Also read this article to get more info on this issue.

OLDIE BUT GOODIE

Here's an old video I just put up on youtube of Comeback Kid in New Zealand, doing a one time impromptu cover of the Figure Four song "Kill & Deceive." I'm on second guitar, and you probably can't tell I wasn't plugged in because my moves are so hot! Yup, that's just how I do.

BLUE MONDAY

Last Monday Blue Rodeo busked around the city, playing throughout Toronto. I was tipped off to a few of the locations, and made it out to one performance in the concourse at King and Bay Street. I was able to capture a couple of shots via my camera phone. Jim Cuddy's voice was so on point, and they played without microphones.

Smog or fog, this is how th CN Tower is looking tonight.
Goodnight.

FOREVER AGAIN

It was like being sixteen all over again, except this time when getting carded I was actually admitted into the show. This was only my second time seeing Eric's Trip, the first being at Another Roadside Attraction, an outdoor festival in which Eric's Trip's music didn't quite suit. The only other time I had tried to see them was at Foufs in Montreal, where I was under 18. I bought a ticket and went for it, ignoring the fact I was underage, and ultimately being turned away, devastated. Well more than 10 years later, with a recent reunion, I was finally able to catch one of my favourite bands in the right setting, under the right circumstances.









(I didn't think to bring my camera so these were all caught on my blackberry, so excuse the quality.)

BIRTHDAY BASH

Tara turned 25 just over a week and a bit ago. This all went down.

WE SWILL OLDE-E & WE GOT NO CLASS

"OLDE-E, OLDE-E ALWAYS GOT THE BOTTLE IN MY HAND
OLDE-E, OLDE-E DRINK IT WITH THE HARDCORE BAND"
With partners in crime, Doobis and Boozer, we kicked off Caribana with some 40s of Olde-E. It's been pretty sticky out as of late so it was a nice way to cool down.

We took it to the streets, and to the stoop.
Rolled on down to check out the latest offering from some of the No Warning kids, Marvelous Darlings at the 751.
Ewan Exall was spinning some pre-set tunes.
Ran into an old friend, Rob 'NMC' Bergin.
Scott 'Princess' Waring was also out, but disappointingly not all glammed up, as he bragged he would all week at work.
Marvelous Darlings were awesome. Check them out.



I ended the night with some throwing up and then passing out in front of my air conditioner. All in all, a great evening.