Taste of Chaos '09

Wow, what a Rock n' Roll night, let's see how quickly I can sum it up... got wasted, saw loads of bands which of most I don't remember much of the set, got lazy and didn't get close to the stage for some proper pics, got more drunk, took more pics, chatted with Liam from the Cancer Bats, chatted with Wade from Alexisonfire, got mistaken for Chris Steele from Alexisonfire then got asked to sign some kid's t-shirt which would have been rad just so that one kid would have gone home with my signature on his chest... after show party consisted of waiting in line to chat with a drunk Mexican, my friend Dave and I hi-fived the whole line then got flashed by some chick who told us she did porn, flashing her breasts at me was her proof I guess. On a side note, fake breasts don't do it for me...

All of that in a nights work, here are some pics to prove that the event was goodtimes.

Comment if you like what you see

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What to listen to this week

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I think the whole screamo, hardcore thing has run it's course, I mean don't get me wrong, I'll enjoy it till I'm old and grey (sorry Lady) but I reckon it's all been done before. Till I landed on this band, don't really remember how but I'm really enjoying it, listen to it from beginning to end at least 3 times in the last 24 hours. Check it out, they're called Yours for Mine, full of melodies, nice singning, saxophones?! and screaming.

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Getting better at this!!

I Like This

"Imagine La Paix" is french for Imagine Peace, a simple message from John and Yoko. Free Admission at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from April 2nd till June 21st 2009, check it out!

Things I Remember

Here is the latest to add to my collection from one of my favorite artist Mr. Andrew Pommier from Vancouver. I discovered him when I used to work for Adidas, he released three signature models and I had to jump on them, well I got 2 out of 3, never been a fan of the Superstar. Anyways, I recently came across a book of his art called Things I Don't Remember and it's really nicely presented, I really like the way he illustrates, all of his images are at times depressing yet he finds a way to dress up the characters in different costumes, mainly as animals, strange I know, but give it a chance, and you'll for sure find yourself in one of his illustrations.

Oh and the clothing company RVCA recently released a Artist collection of T-shirts and the second I laid eyes on the Pommier t-shirt, I had to get it! if you like, check out the site. You'll also find many other artists.

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Sunday, bloody sunday

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What a last few days it's been...let's get right into it. Friday, ended up dancing in the middle of the dancefloor at Le Social in my underwear no less all in order to get me a free pair of Jagermeister manties and I tell you I earned them well. After that late night of crazyness, it was off for a quick nap then right back up and off to work for a total of 8.72 hrs at work. Right knackered I was! Had a hard time staying awake saturday to watch the Canadians assault the Maple Leafs, good times!!!

Sunday was typical, work in the morning, chill in the afternoon, now a week after my first post, the weather was drastically different, the morning kicked off with snow, then it was a chill windy grey afternoon, perfect occasion for me to hit up Laurier street and take gloomy pictures of all the casualties upon the way.

By casualties, I do mean bikes, see in autumn some people left their bikes tide up to fences and lamp posts leaving them for dead, then winter came around and so did the snow plows and what not destroying some 10 to 15 bikes just on Laurier alone, here are some of the remains. Note, if you have a soft stomach, do not look at theses pics ;-)

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And let's not forget, comments are always more than welcomed ;-)

HOLY SNAP!!

YESSSSSSS!!! was my surprise today when I went on the web to see what was coming this summer to my glorious city and to the joy of my bank account, I got news that METAL GODS METALLICA will be gracing us with their metal horns (or will it be us gracing them?!) on the 19th of September and I'm so stoked about it, just ask my Lady and she'll confirm it that I'm HELLA EXCITED!! Tickets go on sale this saturday at like 10 am and I'll do my best to get the best seats.

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On sale as well on saturday are tickets to go see City and Colour at Theatre St-Denis on May 23rd, I'm also pretty excited to go see that with the Lady, seeing that she has yet to see him perform live, yet she does get to see me everyday and I do belt out his tunes all day and in all kinds of ways around the apartment all day long, actually both of us are in bed on our computers and we just went through the whole City and Colour tracks on my iTunes. Like I mentioned before, really motivating me for spring.

So voila, also other shows on their way in MTL but I won't mention them now, my wallet is already scared enough as it is :-S

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Also if anyone is on board to see Metallica with me, let me know soon, I'm getting my tickets saturday morning!!

Yeah, so what if I liked it?: Marley & Me

Ok I seriously thought I could get away with it, just post about other things but no. Here is the first of one of my new segments "Yeah, so what if I liked it?". Lady and I have been trying to watch this movie for the last week and tonight was the night. The story follows a young couple who decide to start off their family by getting a puppy "the Clearence Puppy" that they name Marley. We then follow their relationship with Marley as they have kids, move from on city to the next all till the end...that's when I lost it, I lost all dignity and was just really sad... need I say more? Just rent it and enjoy it for what it is. and the Dog will simply make you happy.

Everyday I Write the Book

So like I mentioned in the first post that today's weather was going to be grey. Twas the case but I worked for like 9.65 hours so I didn't miss much, just made my ride home even more exhausting and depressing. Now I'm on my week end which at the moment consist of mondays and tuesdays as a mundane saturday and sunday. Can't wait to start school my friends like you would not believe. For those of you who don't know me well, I'll be starting a Cabinet Making course in May to become a Cabinet maker and make better use of my brain and hands and ideas compared to what I'm doing now... working the breakest bar and being a suitor (nifty word for busboy) at the restaurant at the W Hotel in MTL. The pay is well enough to keep me there in the time being but to me it's not my idea of fun.

Otherwise all is well, had a nice evening with the lady and now I'm chilling, turned off the Junos after Nikelback's third (Oh please don't act so suprised Chad) Juno. Listening to some Elvis Costello... by the way, is it me or did he age badly? Anyway still chill ;-)

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Getting there.

Bravo Mister Green

I don't really care much for award shows, I really don't but tonight was different. You see, I'm currently watching the Junos, it's our answer to the Grammy's, the Brits and so on. We reward our Canadian talent with a trophy named after a beach in France, where Canadians sacrificed their lives to fight the Germans in 1942...Juno... and now I'm watching Nickelback accept their second Juno of the night... it's gonna be a long night.

Goodtimes! Actually I still don't know why I'm watching, could be because I don't have cable and so I only have like six channels to choose from. Anyways, I tuned in because Mr. Dallas Green was up for best songwriter award and his category made my life easy seeing that it was the first award given during the night, well City and Colour won which made me super happy because like I mentioned in my previous post, spring is here and he's all that I've been listening to on my iPhone these last few days. Seriously try it, if tomorrow it's sunny outside put on some City and Colour and walk around, it will be the soundtrack to your day I promise you if you haven't heard of City and Colour then do yourself a favor and look him up, he's a diamond in the rough among great Canadian songwriting, I mean c'mon he got a Juno for it!

Here is a video from the man himself, enjoy and yes, there is still more to come.

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Getting slightly better at Blogger.

Spring, the beginning of new things, like my first Blog Post!

So here it is, my moment of Zen. After 2 failed attempts at doing a Blog, I'll try it again, just one final time! If you are from Montreal, WTF was up with the weather today?! +14?! Goodtimes!! Today was a good "chill" day, although I was a little hung over, I couldn't miss out on the first real day of spring and decided to walk about my hood (le Plateau) with my camera and try to capture a bit of what was my day, I hope you like and please do comment. Also for my European friends,here is my hometown, if you like then please come and visit, you are more than welcomed!

Bummer is that today it's gonna rain :-( But it felt good to find the city in high spirits again, winter was long I think on all of us. More to come now, this is just a first, so encourage it and I'll motivate myself to update more frequently!!

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Mic.

Oh and I suck at Blogger :-S