another single class day that i'm skipping out of. *cough mutha fuckin' cough

Saturday February 12

VICTORY LOUNGE: PANGINA 5th Anniversary Show, with guests Lime, Matt Allen
and DJs Mittens and Bob Crane. Doors 9 pm, no minors. $8 at the door.


Saturday February 19

STARLITE ROOM: BenQ presents The Video Sound Tour featuring WAKING EYES, THE
MARBLE INDEX and BOY. Doors 8 pm, no minors. Advance tickets available at
Ticketmaster.ca, Megatunes, Listen and Victory Lounge.

Eric: I can play the video files and I can edit them in NUENDO, but I can't fuckin save them!!! Plus, I can't install any software which would do the trick because I'm fuckin LOCKED OUT OF FUCKING ADMINISTRATIVE ABILITIES. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!!!

what do you mean by that?

tomorrow I come clean on childhood regrets.

Actually, Edmonton's own Whitey Houston will be playing at SXSW this year too.

As much as I like DFA1979... I hope those two bands have a run-in and Whitey kicks the shit out of 'em. Good music, but those two are total panzy assholes and Whitey would work 'em... physically that is. Musically... it'd be pretty even methinks. Those DFA kids totally stole Lyle's bass sound (though I don't mean to imply they did it on purpose of course)...

You forgot the ALL AGES mark birtle's CD release the following day. I'm probably going to that one instead. I mean, I LOVE the Franklins, but this one has the Frosted Tipz AND Blacklisted AND Miss Mannered and it was SUPPOSED have the Wolfnote... but they had to bail... but it's also Mark Valley's (from Blacklisted) BIRTHDAY! In other words, he'll probably be drunk out of his mind, and he'll end up doing some crazy shit. Last show they played he put his head through the wall of the Shark Tank... and he was sober! I love that kid. This show is potentially looking to become one of the best shows of the year, and to think that the year's just started! Also, isn't the No Hands CD release tonight? I thought it was...


February 12th The Sharktank (10249-97 St.)

All Ages Robot Shakedown Party!!!!

Mark Birtles Project
The Frosted Tipz
Blacklisted
Cadence Weapon
DJ Miss Mannered

$7 Members
$8 Non-Members
$0 Robots

Hear "Head Drop Stomp" at:
www.myspace.com/markbirtlesproject

full details soon on www.markbirtlesproject.com

sit sitting here watching you: highlights from the Listen records mailout

Releases:
V/A - Relapse Singles Series Vol. 4 - Relapse - CD
- "[A] brutal barrage of classic underground metal! Long out-of-print 7" tracks from Exit-13, Phobia, Goreaphobia, and Amorphis will give extreme metal fans a taste of the formative Relapse years. Not for trency ears!!"


Shows (keep your nights open kids)

Limblifter Feb 17 @ New City - $10

Weakerthans w/ Constantines April 21 @ Powerplant - $17
Weakerthans w/ Constantines April 22 @ Powerplant - $17

Mark Birtles Project CD Release
w/ The Franklins
Friday Feb 11
@ Seedy's

Black Market Inc. w/ The Capitols & Billy The Kid
Saturday Feb 12
@ Seedy's

and...
Magnolia Electric Co May 8 @ New City - $12

which should be especially important to Mr. Tonestar Runner Starks cause MEC is the rockoutfit of Jason Molina, otherwise known for his work fronting Songs: Ohia

i think austin texas or something, but i could be wrong.
you can always check www.sxsw.com for the full "deets"

Perhaps I imply too much...

Admittedly, I wasn't entirely sure it was a joke until I got to the part I quoted. I think it's interesting though, how many parts of the review seem serious because they play on facts we take for granted about computers, simply because they exist in windows. (Like requiring anti-virus software, for example.)

I've wanted to flesh out my 'Windows-as-a-house' metaphor for some time (and I may actually get around to it one of these days), but it's useful to show that there's a lot that we take for granted on a computer that we wouldn't stand for in other circumstances. The example I used the other day was, if your house was like a Windows-based computer, every time you plugged in a new appliance, you'd have to kill the main circuit breaker. Not only is this a ridiculous proposition, it's a state of affairs that needs not exist, but does in Windows. (Even more ridiculous, I guess, is that after having had the breaker on for more than a day, your appliances would run more slowly and you'd have to reset the breaker to get them back at full speed.)

Oh, and the bullet link was a scraping from metafilter, much like the minimac review. I don't actively search out information on torpedoes, it finds me. (Yeah, that's the ticket.)

so, if it's a joke review, couldn't you say something about it being a joke, Paras?

I mean, the only thing that really got me ready to jump down their throats was the whole virus thing... because we don't get viruses... but the rest of it, I can see some people coming to those conclusions if they were die hard windows users to begin with... i mean, some windows-based stuff doesn't work in macs. and some websites don't work in safari, but it's not because Macs are dumb, it's because designers don't think of safari (or mac programs in general) when they're designing.

this is the only thing that really pissed me off: Think of it more as a first computer for your daughter or niece than as a machine to get any serious work done and you’ll get the point of the Mini and its target market.  It might also be the perfect computer for grandmothers or autistic children, for example. Are they suggesting technological ineptness is only found in particular types of people? but yeah, if it's a joke... that part's just not very nice... I guess



And Eric, when is south by southwest?? and where, I've totally forgotten. isn't north by northeast somewhere like toronto? hmm... if only... that's an awesome lineup


And... Paras... why are you seeking out information on the subject of torpedoes?