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1) best east-coast band Liz Band 2) best non-east-coast band Treble Charger 3) best east-coast LP SuperFriends - Mock up, Scale Down 4) best non-east-coast LP Rosebuddy - Over Macho Grande 5) best east-coast EP or single Spine - Black Greasy Five Eye 6) best non-east-coast EP or single couldn't say off hand, but it was probably on Sonic Unyon. 7) best live performance (a single date, a single band please!) Treble Charger, Sian, Punchbuggy at the Birdland.. oh yeah, TH played, but it was the best Treble Charger show, my jaw was on the floor.. 8) best video (EC or non) I really like the Kim Stockwood video... but I bet that isn't cool, is it? Oh well, thats it... ------- Waye Mason : "The shooting goes well. I borrow a .357 : Magnum and fire a hot slug into the forhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] : of a life sized stuffed Barney. This brings P.O. Box 36082: peace upon me. Halifax, Nova Scotia : B3J 3S9 : Kumbaya, motherfucker." ---
Re: biased towards Cinnamon Toast/Murderecords bands
Mike sez: >i think they actually make money, too. actually i think waye makes the >money :) I can tell you right now that the only record we have ever made money on was the Chaz Rules cassette, after 450 copies sold, we made, wait for it... $62.00. Thats right kids, indie rock is not a good career move... W. PS No is Coyote, Grace Babies, Madhat, Cool Blue Halo, and is NOT a regional label, look for singles from Len of TO and possible album by a band from Edmonton (negotiations underway)... no also has brought you in the past, Donner Party Reunion, Essen, Chaz Rules, the first two released works by HCG, the first releases by Bunk, Monoxides, Plumtree, Burnt Black... we are part of Original Records of Montreal, a new national label including ZooBone Records, and Rightwide Records. To paraphrase Kat G.: "of course you don't like Sappy Music Waye, your not insecure..." --- Waye Mason : "The shooting goes well. I borrow a .357 : Magnum and fire a hot slug into the forhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] : of a life sized stuffed Barney. This brings P.O. Box 36082: peace upon me. Halifax, Nova Scotia : B3J 3S9 : Kumbaya, motherfucker." ---
Re: Putative new Sloan album
Actually, SLoan did a set of 16 track preproduction recordings with Brendon MacG way back before PopX I and as I recall, tho don't hold me to this, it filled an whole 90 minute cassette... that was one of the reasons that they had the gear here to do the Smart Bomb EP for TH. Anyway, I almost stole the tape to make a duplication one night when Nick H was staying in the old Murder/Decent space (now Mokka) during the PopX (he was doing sound)... but for some reason I thought, no there will be other more legit opportunities, which goes to show, never ever listen to your angel, always listen to your devil... also, rumours abound that sloan may be doing some new pre-prod this month... :) W. --- Waye Mason : "The shooting goes well. I borrow a .357 : Magnum and fire a hot slug into the forhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] : of a life sized stuffed Barney. This brings P.O. Box 36082: peace upon me. Halifax, Nova Scotia : B3J 3S9 : Kumbaya, motherfucker." ---
Re: Tragically Hip Club Groove
Heh heh heh. I can say with a great degree of certainty that there will not be a second HCG album on Murder anytime soon. Ask someone else why, I've been doing so well so far with the rumour mongering... You know, the new Sloan album is crappy, but then again, I haven't been into metal since it peaked with 1984, though I like the Hammond organ sound.. its a good thing they are doing pre-prod on the followup EP at Lardo Barbarians studio this month... hopefully they will return to their roots. As for the other hip hop artists, Stinkin' Rich is doing 30 hours with the Sonic Youth guy (he won the PopX contest) and is going to shop that album around to other labels, probably looking for a hip hop deal before he does a rock label like Murder or indeed No... Ruffneck and Joe, well, Joe Run is hooked up with Gerald (aka Flexman) still and is working out the jazz groove, tho I don't think he has the resources to do anything with it and people are still kinda weary to work with him since he has been known to let stuff go to his head whenever he seemed to get somewhere... but I heard somewere Ruffneck did a wicked set at that ROW sponsered hiphop night at the Cafe Ole a month or two ago, did anyone see it? I here he has really grown up and had the crowd in the palm of his hand... W. --- Waye Mason : "The shooting goes well. I borrow a .357 : Magnum and fire a hot slug into the forhead [EMAIL PROTECTED] : of a life sized stuffed Barney. This brings P.O. Box 36082: peace upon me. Halifax, Nova Scotia : B3J 3S9 : Kumbaya, motherfucker." ---
Many things...
1) Betsy... Jude the Obscure? Thomas Hardy was a bitter and sad man... reviled by victorian britain... why Jude? :-) 2) Julie is having a kid.. the guy is from OTTAWA... they are supposed to be getting married, so I hear... I also heard rumours that Tara might play base for a while... I think Julie is going to be out of action for a good long time... I think ET might be in trouble.. at least in the form that we know it... 3) Wee vs woom? I love this thread, lets get more into ascii representation of feedback! :-) 4) I agree with James (Yes! Its true! It had to happen some day!) This debate over Pop Explosion costs reminds me about when everyone complained two summers ago about the $7.00 cover at the Hansons/Smugglers/Cub gig.. if we want to pay _small_town_ cover, we will keep seeing _small_town_ events only in this town... The Hanson's triple bill woulda been $14.00 in Vancouver or parts west of here... and the pop explosion is a big big event... lots of A&R are coming, and alot of record industry types are interested in it from a professional point of view... (AMERICAN LABEL MADNESS IN HFX, PART III!) FYI Industry does not mean refer to most of the bands or 'labels' or 'managers' in halifax... I wouldn't consider No Records the target of the $100 ticket.. we is too too small... 5) A former vice president of Raw Energy Records is here in town going to kings anyone have any good dirt on the Raw VP who is about mid 20s, blond, female... was introduced to her by Mary Kate Arnold of "Sassy" and "Coast" fame, who is also going to King's J next year... Thats all Waye --- Waye Mason : Everything you've heard is a lie. Trust me. Halifax, Nova Scotia : And only me really. [EMAIL PROTECTED] : You do trust me, don't you? ---
