Regularily scheduled program - 7/31

So I mentioned getting our kitchen done last week. Let me just say how awsome it looks. I'm tempted to post "Before and After" pics. Much thanks to MorCraft kitchens (plug).
Onward!


THEY SAY...

• The MTV Video Music Award (VMA) nominations have been announced today. Red Hot Chili Peppers and Shakira in the mix with other nominations like Christina Aguilera and Panic! at the Disco
• LL Cool J is going to develop his own drama series with CBS
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are going on a U.S. tour
• Diddy stops sampling and starts singing on his new album
• The Automatic are re-releasing a rare single... "Recover"
• Ruben Studdard is on this third album for real? Mark your calendars: The Return is released on Sept. 26
• "Six veteran homicide detectives are leading a new police task force investigating the unsolved 1997 killing of Notorious B.I.G."
• Sparta songs for their new album, Threes, is available. They're also making a movie and are on a new label
• Minus The Bear are going on a U.S. tour and are releasing a remix album
• Axl Rose gets sick on stage somewhere in the U.K.. Sabastian Bach took his place
  
• The Flaming Lips captured like never before
• The last episode of Top of the Pops aired last night
• EMI are creating their own Peer-to-Peer music program
• iPod phone? ....iPhone?
• Headbutt dancers and song? It's about Zidane's awsome headbutt at the World Cup
• Hillside review! (Bah! I knew Cuff the Duke would be amazing... maybe another time I hope)
  

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
Five For Fighting - Two Lights
DMX - Year of the Dog.. Again
FM Static - Critically Ashamed
Stone Sour - Come What(ever) May
Reel Big Fish - Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album

Special Presentation: Hillside Festival 2006 in Guelph!

The first night of Hillside was absolutely amazing and I really wish weekend and Saturday passes weren't sold out!



Anywho, we stayed by the main stage the whole night so I present to you Great Lake Swimmers, Corb Lund, Kathleen Edwards, and the Stills.

Random Photo: Tapes 'N Tapes

As promised, I present to you.. Tapes 'N Tapes from Wednesday at the Phoenix with the Futureheads.
Enjoy


Lead singer of Tapes 'N Tapes (Copyright, me)

Have a good weekend, and if you're lucky.. pics of Hillside tomorrow and/or Sunday

Random Photo: The Futureheads - 7/27

Sorry again for the non-update. We're getting our kitchen done and I had work so I was busy today. But you know how I like to make up for it with a picture... so I present The Futureheads who played last night (June 26) at the Phoenix. It was my first 19+ show by the way *squee*


Barry Hyde in all his glory with an amazing News and Tributes style backdrop (Copyright, me)


I'm heading to Guelph tomorrow and hitting up Hillside with my brother so there probably won't be an update yet again. But I'll see if I can manage a pic also from last night of Tapes 'N Tapes!

Busy day = Random Photo - 7/26

Scrabble in the City happens every Monday at Kilgour's Bar Meets Grill (509 Bloor Street West)


...three hours later when the sun goes down (Copyright, me)

Woot, legal alcohol! - 7/25

THEY SAY..

• Sloan fans, mark you calendars: Never Hear the End of It is being released on Sept. 19
  
• Brandon Flowers has finally gotten over himself.. and says sorry to bands like Fall Out Boy and the Bravery
  
• Speaking of which, Fall Out Boy have their own dolls
• The Rolling Stones are coming back to North America
• Oasis fans, get ready for this and mark your calendars: a new collection of songs (a.k.a. a greatest hits album), handpicked by the band, Stop the Clocks, will be released on November 20
• Jane's Addiction fans, mark your calendars: a best-of CD, Up From the Catacombes, is to be realeased on Sept. 19
• Lady Sovereign fans, mark your calendars too: Her first full-length album, Public Warning, is being released on Oct. 3
  
• Pete Doherty goes solo
• "David Hasselhoff: The Musical!"
• The Concretes loose a member
• "Man gets eight months for secretly taping Jackson"
• Jimmy Eat World have started recording their next album
• Menudo reunion?
• Beyoncé fans don't like her new video
• Lost Jimi Hendrix stuff "up for grabs"
• The U.S. Marine Corps have a new method of recruiting... MySpace

Good day! - 7/24

THEY SAY...

• Good news for Weezer fans: Pat Wilson posted a message on his side band's site about the "indefinite hiatus" news from last week
• The Streets are making the longest music video ever. Back off, Michael Jackson!
• Arctic Monkeys are also making some new video plans
• Lily Allen gets owned by pop sensation McFly on the U.K. singles chart
• "Guns N' Roses speak after being bottled off"
• The arrest of Los Lonely Boys' bassist, "Jojo" Sacarais Garza, was just a misunderstanding
• R.E.M. are releasing live clips and highlights on an anthology CD/DVD combo. It's out Sept. 12, so mark your calendars!
• U2 are bringing Pearl Jam and Kanye West along for the ride in their upcoming Austrailian tour
• Patrick Wolf fans, good news: His new single "Accident and Emergency" is being released Oct. 9th, and his new album, The Magic Position, will be released early next year
• Jet announces new album and single details
• Bob Geldof has cancelled two shows in Italy due to low ticket sales
• Christina Aguilera has "toned down sexuality" on her upcoming album. So this is the part where we all agree that the only reason why her last album sold was because sex played a huge part
• Luciano Pavarotti wants to return to the stage

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES...
Pharrell - In My Mind
Jurassic 5 - Feedback
Tom Petty - Highway Companion
Paul Weller - Catch Flame!
Sammy Hagar & the Wabos - Livin' It Up
New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This
Harvey Danger - Little by Little


And Finally...
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

YAAAAYYYY!!!!

Oh, Friday - 7/21

THEY SAY...

• Pete Doherty cancels tour to go back to rehab
  
• Gnarles Barkley fuses with B.I.G.
• Tracklisting for the new Killers album, Sam's Town, is now available. You can hear the first single in full at their website too
  
• Sean Lennon has mad hook-ups on his next album Friendly Fire
• "Beyonce and mother sued for $1.5 Million"
• MC Hammer catalouge is sold for $2.7 Million
• Jack White says "I'm still a stripe"
• Kasabian talk about founding member Chris Karloff's departure
• Adam Green misses his tourbus then hitchhikes in his PJ's

Have a good weekend!

Ehhh... - 7/20

THEY SAY...

• Wolfmother are filming a video for Jackass
• Sales of Apple's iPod are rising steadily, of course
• Tower Records has a new top executive
• Libertines reunite?(!)
• A Village People member admits to using drugs
• Goldfrapp remixed.. by the Flaming Lips
• Radiohead's OK Computer also gets a remix.. raggae styles!
• "Muse annouce new single" - it's called "Starlight"
• Franz Ferdinand use the other "F" word on Top of the Pops
• I hope no one is actually surprised by Jay-Z's out-of-retirement comeback
• "Bob Dylan Album 'leaked'"
• It's old news but legitimate links weren't avaible at the time.. NickValensi (the Strokes) got married recently and they're expecting twins!
• "Dave Navarro denies rumors"... actually, he doesn't
  

One Month-iversary! - 7/19

THEY SAY..

• Darren Hayes, formerly of Savage Garden, got married sometime last month.. to his boyfriend. (I have the first Savage Garden album on my iPod, no lies!)
• Fred Durst is getting married to a woman he met in Rhode Island
• Badly Drawn Boy fans, mark you calendars: He will be realeasing his "long-awaited" album, Born in the UK, on Oct. 23
• Robbie Williams fans, mark you calendars: His new single, "Rudebox", is being released Sept. 4
• The end of Top of the Pops means the beginning to a new music TV show
• Thom Yorke comes in second
• "Kevin Smith vs. Joel Siegal" vs. what only looks like the funniest movie this summer!
  
• Keith Richards is pardoned for reckless driving 31 years after it happened
• Matisyahu announced tour dates for the U.S. with Gomez and the Polyphonic Spree (a huge clash of two worlds with the Spree in there, methinks)
• "Arctic Monkeys get exhibited" and yet another reason why I wish I lived across the pond
• Kings of Leon are realeasing a download-only EP.. actually it's available now on their site
  

It happened again... - 7/18

My computer was being a bastard again and not opening any windows for me so I just went on with life for the day. I'm just going to have to mix yesterday's news with today's again.. I should really look into connected the internet to the laptop..

THEY SAY...

• New song from Sloan on their MySpace, "Who Taught You To Live Like That"
• More news from Sloan, their next album will be released on Sept. 19, mark your calendars!
  
• New single from the Dears, "Ticket to Imortality"
• Bloggers in India aren't able read this
• News from the Rapture's upcoming album Pieces of People We Love
• Shoreline Music and Arts Festival announce line up including Joel Plaskett, Matt Mays, and more
  
• Arcade Fire are producing their next album all by themselves
• Founding member of Kasabian, Chris Karloff, has left the band
• "Mercury music prize short list announced" - including Arctic Monkeys and Thom Yorke
• The charges against Eminem for an alleged assault have been dropped
• Justin Timberlake has "done way too many drugs"
• Real shocker: Dave Navarro and Carmen Electra are separating
• Richard Ashcroft sticks it to the Verve... not really, but I like to think of it that way
• Franz Ferdinand and more are saving the children
• Sublime are releasing their last album (a self-titled released in 1996) in deluxe for it's 10 year anniversary
• A new agency is sueing YouTube for copyright infringement
• Hear Heavens' first single ever!
• Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock are getting married? I seriously thought she was still with Tommy Lee

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
Los Lonely Boys - Sacred
Alien Ant Farm - Up In The Attic
Billy Ray Syrus - Wanna Be Your Joe [bahaha!]
Bruce Cockburn - Life Short Call Now



In completely unrelated news, my birthday is in 6 days!

Random Photo: 8-Bit Rev at Clinton's Tavern

Clinton's Tavern, downtown Toronto on July 12


Derek and Aaron (Courtesy of Christine DeCastro)


Artist profile.. by artist

Name: 8-Bit Revolution
Location: Richmon Hill to Toronto, Ontario.
Who's this?: Marcel(lus)
Occupation: Lead guitar, noise-a-diddles, occasional synth.
Your sound in one word: extra-terrestrial.
What are you general thoughts on roosters?: I'm down with roosters.. they do their own thing, I do mine. We're cool like that.

Are Fridays always like this? - 7/14

THEY SAY...

• Iron Maiden are back and their next album is being released on Sept. 5
• Usher is making his broadway debut in "Chigaco"
• The "biggest" festival in the U.K. has been announced.. Oxyjam
• The Pixies are releasing an acoustic DVD. Mark your calendars for Aug. 22
• Glastonbury are starting their own record label
• Franz Ferdinand do books
• Nine Inch Nails' touring guitarist, Aaron North, have been sued over allegedly hitting a security guard in the head with a mic stand at a show
• Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibly (Sum 41) are getting married this weekend at an "undisclosed location" in California. (Check out the second comment.. honestly, who talks and writes like that?)

"Money doesn't grow on trees, it grows on sheep." - 7/13

THEY SAY...

• Milan B. Williams, formerly of The Commodores, died on Sunday in Texas
  
• Razorlight played a surprise show in Brighton tonight *jealous*
• Thom Yorke (and Radiohead, I suppose) fans, mark your calendars: He'll be releasing his first solo single, "Horrowdown Hill", on Aug. 21 (that may just be in the U.K. but stay tuned for possible further info)
• The Who are going on tour and have realeased some dates.. so mark your calendars
• Pearl Jam donating to eco-friendly organizations
• Listen to Outkast's new single, Mighty O, before anyone else!
• Dave Stewart (The Eurythmics) is releasing an album with his new band Platimun Weird on Aug. 22 (for mark your calendars)
• The Killers have named their album and it's called Sam's Town. Listen to a bit of their first single and check out Flowers' new look, bleh.
• More news from The Killers, Tim Burton might direct their next video?
  
• MySpace is (America's) #1!
• Tracklisting for Bob Dylan's upcoming album, Modern Times, is now available and it's being released on Aug. 29
• My Morning Jacket will be releasing a double live album plus DVD eventually, but no dates have been confired yet
• Tiga fans, this is it, mark your calendars: Sexor is set to be released Aug. 29
• Alright! A school in Texas is banning grills!
• Watch Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new video for "Cheated Hearts" now!
• Basement Jaxx fans, mark your calendars: Crazy Itch Radio is being released on Sept. 4
• "Another Manic Street Preacher goes solo"
• Sigur Ros fans, mark your calendars: A New EP/DVD will be released in real life on Aug. 8. But if you're not into physical goodness, it's already available from iTunes
• "Supernova-sized Battle Heading to Court"
• Lilly Allen... who is she anyway?
• Pete Doherty wants implants.... the drug-habit kicking kind
• Filming for a biopic about Ian Curtis (Joy Division) has started this week
  

All apologies - 7/12

Alright so, the internet was being a bastard last night and wouldn't let me do anything. So I'm going to take yesterday's news and mix it with today's, good? Good.


THEY SAY...

• Pink Floyd co-founder, Syd Barrett, died on Friday due to complications of diabetes.
  
• "Eleven reasons why Syd Barrett was cool"
  
• Johnny Cash gets a number 1 spot on Billboard charts. He hasn't had a number 1 album since 1969
• If there are any readers in New York City, you can still catch some shows at CBGB before they close and move to Las Vegas at the end of September
• For anyone in Seattle, more artists have been added to the Bumbershoot festival including New Pornographers
• Yo La Tengo fans, listen to their new single from their upcoming album I Am Not Afraid Of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
• Microsoft's rival iPod is somewhat revealed.. because you know I've been watching this unfold for a while now (Vive le iPod!)
  
• Tool fans, great news! More U.S. and Canada dates have been scheduled
• Wu-Tang Clan also have some tour dates for you
• Say it ain't so, Weezer.. for the love of sweaters and glasses
• Keith Richards says he's alright
• "The Rolling Stones cover the White Stripes!"
• Snoop Dogg fans, mark your calendars: Blue Carpet Treatment is being released on Oct. 12. He's "wading" through 300 songs for it's release
• Nick Oliveri is still making music even after the boot from Queens of the Stone Age
• Five For Fighting fans, mark you calendars: Two Lights is to be released on Aug. 1
• Controversy on the way from Everclear?
• Chantal Kreviazuk fans, mark your calendars: Ghost Stories is being released on Aug. 29
• And finally, a farewell to our only young and hip television personality.. George Stroumboulopoulos is "temporarily" leaving the CBC to for another show on the ABC called The One
  

How 'bout that World Cup game, huh? - 7/10

THEY SAY...

• Artic Monkeys say why ex-bassist left
• Want to buy Paul McCartney's first guitar?
• The Killers fans, mark your calendars: their single "When You Were Young" is released Sept. 18, and album which is untitled right now drops Oct. 12 (You can listen to it too!)
  
• Prince shuts down his music club, the NPG Music Club
• Fergie from Black Eyes Peas goes solo.. why am I not surprised.
• "Kaiser Chiefs vs. Kasabian"
• Speak, iPod, Speak
• A Rick James documentary is being completed this October
• News from the Columbine shooting, daires from the two teens were relased by authorities in Jefferson County on Friday
  
• A federal judge orders bankruptcy takeover of Death Row Records
• Red Hot Chili Peppers vs. U2? ...battle of old men bands, yes!
• The Flaming Lips announce more tour dates for the U.K. and U.S.
  

THIS WEEK'S NEW REALEASES
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Cheyenne Kimball - The Day Has Come [Yeah, I went there.]
Soul Asylum - The Silver Lining
Mark Anthony - The Hits

My feet and legs are killing me - 7/7

THEY SAY...

• The Lemonheads fans, mark your calendars: Their self-titled is set to realase on Sept. 25
• Have you ever asked yourself when Interpol are going to make their next album?
• A Glastonbury documentary (DVD) is set to release later this month
• Broken Social Scene are taking a break
• Good news for The Pouges fans: They're re-realsing their first five albums with bonus tracks
• More good news, Sparklehorse are coming back after being away for 5 years
• If you plan to see Sufjan Stevens anytime soon, expect brand new songs
• Luciano Povarotti is "recovering well" after surgery for pancreatic cancer
• More dates for Tom Petty's "massive tour"
• Hot Hot Heat are already done their next album?
• New rollercoaster in Dollywood costs $17.5 million
• And Finally, there have a lot of people saying that Incubus are making their next album and it's due in October/November of this year.. this makes me cream myself so I'll post a legitimate link when one is available
  

So Have a good weekend and be careful with traffic and all that jazz for you Torontonians

"...Blow them kisses!" - 7/6

THEY SAY...

• The shut down date for CBGB is Sept. 30
• Farm Aid goes to New Jersey. Tickets to the general public are on sale on July 22
• Ani DiFranco fans, mark your calendars: "Reprieve" is being released on Aug. 8
• Digital Music Sales go up while physical music goes down (about 5% in the last year).. (I'd still rather have a physical album in my hand, but okay)
• Blood Brothers fans, mark your calendars: Young Machetes drops Oct. 10
• The Killers get into another boyband fight? What a shocker
• The Pixies never to make music together again
• Eminem sells Proof's t-shirts to support the late rapper's kids
• Listen to new Sonic Youth, "Rather Ripped", before anyone else!
• A jury has listened to Michael Jackson's "eratic" phonecall to a former business associate
• Have you ever wondered what the "Best Debut Album of All Time" is?
• Tom Waits announces U.S. tour
• A faulty lamp sets fire to Ozzy Osbourne's English country mansion
  
• Microsoft are going to release their version of iTunes and the iPod for Christmas (with wireless feature? spiffy...)
• Journey are going to have another singer for their summer tour so Steve Augeri can recover from throat infection
• Vacouver and Toronto concert announcements galore!
  

Back on track! - 7/5

THEY SAY...

• Juno memorabilia is up for auction on eBay. Proceeds go to MusiCan, they fund music programs across Canada. Memorabilia include stuff from Broken Social Scene, Tragically Hip, and Alexisonfire
  
• Brian Bell/Weezer fans, looks like Bell is working on a side project called "The Relationship."
• The Dallas Austin stories continue, he left Dubia after being released
• "Josh Homme: 'We're back in the studio, writing'" (woot!)
• Listen to Yeah Yeah Yeah's new single!
• Tour Dates galore! ...Feist, The Stickup and Ghost House
• Massive Attack goes on tour too after eight years
  
• Aerosmith are still making music even after Steven Tyler's throat surgery
• Pete Doherty speaks Libertines, Drugs and his best mate from the past, Carl Barat, on a TV interview on the BBC this Friday
• Kasabian guitarist Serge Pizzorno, why must you trash everyone?
• Babyshambles write a single, even without a label.. via MySpace of course
• Shameless local band plug: 8-bit Revolution have a gig at Clinton's Tavern (downtown Toronto) on July 12 at 8 p.m.. be there.
  

News from the U.K., slower than yesterday - 7/4

THEY SAY...

• Metallica and Simpsons fans, mark you calendars: This metal band will make an appearance on the show on September 10
  
• Jim Morrison's last "notebook" (diary/journal?) will be up for sale later this month in the U.K.
  
• If anyone else thinks that Keith Richards would make a good pirate, you're in for a treat
• Dallas Austin gets pardoned
• Bobby Brown booed... surprise, surprise
• Jarvis Cocker (formerly of the Pulp) has released a new song on his MySpace
• Willie Nelson buys a Methodist church in his hometown
  

Slow news day coming your way - 7/3

THEY SAY...

• As mentioned sometime last week, Lil' Kim was released from prison today
• Pharrell to start making music with N.E.R.D. again pretty soon. Also mark your calendars for his solo release, "In My Mind," on July 25
• Remember Dallas Austin from a while ago... He plead guilty yesterday to his drug charges in Dubai
• Remember Billy Bell from last week, he was left in intensive care after being punched by a streeter last week.. Well, they arrested a man who is "in connection" with the incident. They are still asking people to call crime stoppers if they have any information
• Metallica fans can watch live shows from their recent tour on the official website.. this from the same guys who boycotted Napster
• Allison Goldfrapp had to cancel her performance at the Roskilde Festival yesterday after falling sick with throat problems
• Listen to Thom Yorke's solo album, "The Eraser" before anyone else!
• Tom Petty won't be suing the Red Hot Chili Peppers over their song "Dani California" after all

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
Rise Against - The Sufferer and the Witness

Happy (be-lated) Canada Day! - 7/2

Alright so I was at Mel Lastman Square last night for Canada Day festivites and now I bring you a picture of Cuff the Duke...



(copyright, me)



*"Real" updates continue tomorrow!