Box of wine, puts me right out.

While cleaning out a drawer today, I found this. I'm not quite sure why it was thrown in with the stationary and envelopes. I remember seeing it years ago. It looks straight out of the 70s. It mostly reminds me of that Trailer Park Boys episode where they hold a rap concert for J-Roc, and they sell tanks of this sort of wine.

Who needs merlot when you can make this in a couple of old pepsi bottles?

And here you go, Wonder Wine. As you see it comes in three delicious colours!





It's RED.


And there you see a diagram for how much of this you can get out of one little packet!

I will definitely be serving this at my next party.

Yes, congratulations to us all, Lindsay. I'm so happy I'm not at the Ted Nugent concert.

I have been rejecting this thing! Although, I think I'm the only person out of all of my friends that still routinely updates more than twice a year.

There's been a lot of things going on recently, but I think it's all starting to get back to normal.

I saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall last week and it was fantastic! I had been anticipating that movie since before it had even started filming. I was sort of worried that all of the hype/my own excitement was going to kill it, but it was almost perfect.

In total nerdy fandom celebration I've been watching Freaks and Geeks/Undeclared all week. Watching the final episodes always makes me really bummed out.

While I'm doing my best to save money, it's a bit of a tease with the summer touring circuits coming up. These New Puritans are doing their first North American tour, and they're stopping in Toronto in June! I'm really excited about it. It's at The Reverb, which would mark another T.O. venue I've yet to go to. I'm sure I'll see them a bunch more when I move over to the UK, but it'll be nice to see them in this sort of setting.

Speaking of money I shouldn't be spending, I found a Francois Hardy vinyl a few days ago! Plus in the 50cent bin, an Echo and The Bunnymen single!

I finally got around to making my vinyl list. It's not that impressive or anything, seeing as I only started "collecting" last year. I use the term collecting loosely, as I have actually been listening to what I buy as opposed to letting them collect dust in some space somewhere. It's great how many joke records I have from when I was younger. Back then I would buy all my vinyl based on how amazing[ly horrible and lame] the cover art was. This lead to me having a lot of 60's jazz fusion records.

I've been listening to the Bloodhound Gang a lot lately. It's completely ridiculous and unexplainable. Just like my long time love for Jimmy Pop. I've always liked them, but I never gave them a proper listen. They're all over the place musically, but the pop culture references make me happy. I will excuse their affiliations with bands like Limp Bizkit. I know it's not their fault, save for that brief rap-rock period in time.

They're still as politically incorrect as ever. Such as their version of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" (their video for "Screwing You On The Beach At Night")

I drive a pink miata!

Lollapalooza 2008 Lineup!!! Definitely the best list I've seen festival wise so far.

Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Nine Inch Nails
Kanye West
Wilco
The Raconteurs
Louis XIV
Love and Rockets
Gnarls Barkley
Bloc Party
The Black Keys
Broken Social Scene
Lupe Fiasco
Flogging Molly
Mark Ronson
Cat Power
The National
G. Love & Special Sauce
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Explosions in the Sky
Brand New
Gogol Bordello
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Dierks Bentley
Okkervil River
Amadou & Mariam
Blues Traveler
John Butler Trio
Girl Talk
Your Vegas
CSS
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & the True Loves
Battles
Steel Train
Jamie Lidell
Bang Camaro
Butch Walker
The Blakes
Mates of State
Tally Hall
Spank Rock
White Lies
Brazilian Girls
Magic Wands
Chromeo
Electric Touch
Duffy
Innerpartysystem
The Kills
The Postelles
Rogue Wave
The Parlor Mob
The Go! Team
Bald Eagle
Mason Jennings
Krista
The Gutter Twins
Ha Ha Tonka
Yeasayer
Witchcraft
Grizzly Bear
We Go To 11
MGMT
Sofia Talvik
The Weakerthans
Booka Shade
Santogold
Black Kids
Black Lips
Dr. Dog
Nicole Atkins & the Sea
The Ting Tings
Kid Sister
Office
The Cool Kids
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
The Whigs
Manchester Orchestra
Foals
Uffie
The Octopus Project
Cadence Weapon
Ferras
De Novo Dahl
Noah and the Whale
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s
K’NAAN
Serena Ryder
Newton Faulkner

Bevery stands for beverage

Why.
GUESS WHO.

WHY YES, IT IS RIVERS CUOMO OF WEEZER "FAME".
I miss my young delusional* days of being in love with this fellow on the right:

*I say delusional because he's always been creepy. I guess that image was skewed because his music was so good. Once.
New album soon though, apparently. Maybe he'll shave. At least Beardo Cuomo was entertaining. I think I still have that Guitar World interview where he called his fans "little bitches" somewhere.
I've been talking about this band too much lately. It's the nostalgia.
In memoriam,

RE: MIX TAPES #3

I haven't done this in a really long time. I haven't been posting here that much lately. Two plus two is four.

Alright, the mix is in CD form this time around. I think it's from late 2003/early 2004. I know that because one of the artists played Call the Office at the time and I cried because I couldn't go.

I'm glad I still listen to most of the stuff I find on these things.


1. Ambulance Vs. Ambulance- THE BLOOD BROTHERS

I'm still pissed that I managed to miss every opportunity to see them before they broke up. I wanted to (and I guess still want to) be in a band like this so badly.

2. Hairspray Suppository- THE LOCUST

They're the ones that played CTO in early 2004. I think Paterson and I were supposed to go, but I was a prick and didn't want to go with her because I didn't believe she was into them. Haha. Really, prick.

3. I Used To Hate Cell Phones But Now I Hate Car Accidents- NORMA JEAN

I never got heavily into NJ, but I remember loving this. They sound so different now.

4. Closed Hands- SAETIA

Saetia were one of my favourite bands when I was younger. Even when I was only listening to nerdy dude rock, I still had A Retrospective on all the time. And I never pronounced their name correctly.

5. Drain the Blood- THE DISTILLERS

Whatever, everyone loves the Distillers. Even if they're a bit shit.

6. This Is Our Emergency- PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES

This was another band I took advantage of and never took the chance to see live.

7. And you know... - THE GOSSIP

Before their dance days! I definitely remember them playing CTO in the summer of 2003, and being really pissed off because I wasn't allowed to go. It's still really weird to me how huge Beth Ditto is now in the UK media.

8. Jet Black New Year- THURSDAY

I remember finally getting to see this performed live in 2006, and it brought back so many memories.

9. Your Touch Versus Death- EVERY TIME I DIE

Oh, so long ago.

10. Pink Tarantulas- THE BLOOD BROTHERS

Favourite b-side!

11. X and Y- MOVING UNITS

I never got into these guys, I think I only listened to them because Steve from Hot Hot Heat was wearing their t shirt. Is that something to admit? Probably not.

12. Murders In The Rue Morgue- IN FLAMES

I'm not owning up to this. This was an accident. Hahaha. Blame my sister still using the family computer.

13. Capitalism Stole My Virginity- THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY

Ahh one of the best live bands ever! I'll never get to see Refused so it's sweet that I got to see them.

14. Worked Up So Sexual- THE FAINT

What is this even doing on here? This is the weirdest mix ever. That album was weird, but I definitely became a fan of them because of it.

15. 44. Caliber Love Letter- ALEXISONFIRE
Haha, back when people weren't embarrassed to be an AOF fan. I remember my friend played this as his favourite song in class once and no one knew who they were. Right when it got to the "This is a 44. caliber love letter straight from my heart!" bit, we yelled it across the room. The teacher looked scared/pissed. Oh, memories.

You gave me a beer in exchange for a cookie

The Breeders show was fantastic! The only downfall was that I went alone due to Matt's ID not being eligible.

Somehow I ended up being at the side of the stage, and I got closer as time went on. Both Kim and Kelley Deal looked fantastic and they were smiling the entire time. Kelley was quick to mention how nuts the crowd was for even being there. There was a HORRIBLE snow storm that day (and it continued through the concert and after).

It was their second time playing their new material, and it was great! Kelley sings an entire tune in Spanish.

Later on in the show they went through a whole slew of crowd favourites (No Aloha, Saints, Cannonball, Divine Hammer) and they even played their cover of Happiness Is A Warm Gun! I couldn't believe it. Hearing the original is impossible but it was amazing to hear this version live.

The lighting was horrible so the photos I took didn't turn out so well, but I got a few! (Click to enlarge)





SAINTS!!! (The beginning is cut off out of sheer excitement)


There were so many out-of-tune singers around me. It was awesome!

And of course, here's Cannonball

Look, we all like to light the clouds on fire with our laser vision

I had imagined time would pass very quickly when I made the decision to move to London. I can't believe how fast it is approaching. The goal date is the end of July, and it's March already! It's about four months away now. It's a bit frightening, to say the least. That deep gut feeling of how much I will miss everyone here is beginning to set in. It is becoming very real now.