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Post by Dr. Drum on Dec 9, 2004 9:40:16 GMT -5
You know, I don’t necessarily assume that the 'bible thumping element' was the decisive factor in the outcome of this vote. Metro Halifax – younger, more mobile, relatively affluent, presumably much less bound by tradition than the rural areas of the province – voted for Sunday shopping by a bare majority (the Metro Yes vote was 51.3%, only about 3200 votes more than the No side). It was expected to go for Sunday shopping much more decisively than that. Several rural areas (with an older, presumably more religious/traditionally inclined population) such as East Hants, Clare and Guysborough actually voted for Sunday shopping.
I know the churches were well organized and passionate about stopping it but I felt just as passionate about it as a non-believer – for different reasons, obviously. I suspect there must have been a significant number of people who opposed it on similar, non-religious grounds.
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Post by riley on Mar 1, 2005 20:19:21 GMT -5
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Post by riley on Apr 19, 2005 6:37:04 GMT -5
Ten reasons why on reflection, Jay Ferguson has probably written the most consistent and solid Sloan songs over their career.
10. Junior Panthers
9. Waiting For Slow Songs
8. False Alarm
7. Dreaming Of You
6. Don't You Believe A Word
5. C'Mon C'Mon (We're Gonna To Get It Started)
4. Are You Giving Me Back My Love?
3. I Hate My Generation
2. The Lines You Amend
1. Snowsuit Sound
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Post by riley on Oct 23, 2005 5:44:26 GMT -5
Ten cool Halifax bands
10. Matt Mays & El Torpedo
9. Sharp Like Knives
8. Ermine
7. Mir
6. The Holy Shroud
5. The Burdocks
4. Contrived
3. North Of America
2. Joel Plaskett Emergency *
1. Wintersleep
* #1 if you call him a solo artist
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Post by Dr. Drum on Oct 24, 2005 4:42:09 GMT -5
Top 10 Newfoundland songs:
1. I'se the B'y
2. Squid Jiggin' Grounds
3. Kelligrew's Soiree
4. Star of Logy Bay
5. Lukey's Boat
6. Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's
7. Sonny's Dream
8. Tiny Red Light
9. Hard Hard Times
10. We'll Rant and We'll Roar (Like True Newfoundlanders)
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Post by luke on Oct 24, 2005 9:59:36 GMT -5
I'm sick and fucking tired of cardboard covers. They are absolutely useless, and inspire me to go ahead and just download albums because I don't want to deal with that crap.
Sucks, though, because so many good bands are using them. Cardboard covers are part of the reason I haven't really bothered with much Pearl Jam the past few years.
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Post by riley on Oct 24, 2005 10:05:12 GMT -5
I've never heard of anyone side stepping potentially good music due to shoddy packaging. That's hillarious.
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Post by luke on Oct 24, 2005 10:14:05 GMT -5
Well, I buy an album because I want, you know, the package and the feel. But yeah, shoddy packaging = I'm stealing your music.
I get pissy every time I have to see my warped and damaged copies of Vitalogy, You Forgot It In People, Funeral, With Teeth, or Mass Romantic.
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Post by Dr. Drum on Oct 24, 2005 10:45:08 GMT -5
Hey, I have eight of those discs up top and (knock on wood that it stays this way) the covers and inserts are all in near perfect shape, even with a new dog in the house who seems to like chewing up paper and cardboard as much as he does Milk-Bones!
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Post by phil on Oct 24, 2005 10:56:25 GMT -5
That's because they probably taste the same ... !!
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Post by riley on Oct 24, 2005 20:03:30 GMT -5
Well, I buy an album because I want, you know, the package and the feel. But yeah, shoddy packaging = I'm stealing your music.  |
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Post by tuneschick on Oct 25, 2005 8:43:04 GMT -5
That's one of the most brilliant things I've ever seen. I'd love a big poster of that on my wall at work.
I hate the cardboard covers too. Not that it's ever stopped me from buying the albums, but still.
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Post by Dr. Drum on Oct 26, 2005 6:00:06 GMT -5
No matter how big an annoyance cardboard CD sleeves and 'digipaks' are, though, you gotta admit things could've gone somewhere much, much worse.  |
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Post by riley on Apr 7, 2006 10:30:25 GMT -5
10 favorite CanCon songs right now
Romantic Comedy - Stars
Gwendolyne - Rasing The Fawn
In My Den - Peter Elkas
Stutter - Andy Stochansky
Throw It On A Fire - Bell Orchestre
61 Days - Local Rabbits
Cassio Bossa Nova - Holy Fuck
The Ballad Of Poor John Henry - Cuff The Duke
Hotel - Broken Social Scene
Moments of Protest - The Remains Of Brian Borcherdt
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Post by Fuzznuts on Apr 7, 2006 10:59:46 GMT -5
No matter how big an annoyance cardboard CD sleeves and 'digipaks' are, though, you gotta admit things could've gone somewhere much, much worse. Yeah, I could've bought a Rush album.  |
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