Check out this lineup for the next “Concert For SARS”, taking place at Downsview Park (formerly the airbase) on July 30:
The Rolling Stones
AC/DC
The Flaming Lips
Sam Roberts
The Guess Who
Justin Timberlake
Kathleen Edwards
The Isley Brothers
Tickets are $21, on sale Friday.
I am responding in so many ways right now. Excitement, disgust, confusion… Mostly confusion.
np – The Magnetic Field / Get Lost
It’s the Sneak, it’s the Sneak!
Michigan popsters Saturday Looks Good To Me play the Rancho Relaxo on July 16. I’ve not heard much by them, but what I have is pretty cool, they’ve been getting good reviews and 517 is excited about it, so it could be worth checking out.
Spiritualized have set a September 9 release date for Amazing Grace. I expect to be the only one in the Western hemisphere who hasn’t heard it by that point.
np – Beulah / When Your Heartstrings Break
Wheat will be opening for Liz Phair on her upcoming tour. A few years ago this pairing would have made me very excited. Instead, my primary reaction is one of ambivalence? Will we get coreographed dance routines from Liz and $40 t-shirts from Wheat? Ambivalence.
Some locals might be interested to know that The White Stripes will play the Hershey Centre in Mississauga with Whirlwind Heat on August 5. I’m not interested, but others might be. So FYI.
Sonic Youth had to bow out of their show with Wilco in Boston tonight. The last-minute replacement band? Mission Of Burma. FUCK. Not a bad substitution AT ALL. Man.
Wired interviews the Homestarrunner crew.
np – The Decemberists / Castaways And Cutouts
Looks like we have a miniature heat wave en route for this week. I will need more than the two pairs of shorts I own to get through this. And more socks I can wear with my Airwalks without getting pulled over and beaten by the fashion police.
Today was hanging out downtown with Kyle and Joey and trying not to scratch my mosquito bites. Itchy little sumbitches. Also got my Dismemberment Plan tickets.
On a lark, I did a little Google-digging on someone I used to know a long time ago and was pleased to find that she’s doing well. I have no intention of contacting her, there’s no point in going back there, but it’s good to know that she’s okay.
The past can be a dangerous place to hang out in for too long.
np – Bettie Serveert / Log 22
Yesterday was Bryan and Andrea’s wedding up at the Tripp family compound in Orangeville. It was an absolutely gorgeous day for an outdoor wedding and it was a lovely ceremony. The only downside on the day was when night fell and the mosquitoes began to swarm. I knew there was a reason I never left the city. Damn nature!! They went for the knees this time, the bastards. But that was mitigated somewhat by the fact that I was actually able to see the stars in the sky for the first time in many months. Fantastic.
For the first time since 1998, I have no weddings on the horizon to attend. I’ve been to 10 since June 1999, so this has been a long time coming. I should get my suit dry-cleaned.
Thanks to the efforts of the wonderful and resourceful Kate (or maybe just damn lucky), I do have Radiohead tickets for August. They are seats and they are from the W.A.S.T.E. allotment of tickets so they should be decent seats. I will refrain from being too excited until the tickets actually physically arrive in Canada, though. Much can happen between point A and point B.
Former Leafs coach and all-around hockey legend Roger Neilsen passed away from cancer yesterday. A sad day for hockey.
np – The Magnetic Fields / 69 Love Songs
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