January 31st, 2005

Pictures are up of Ultimate Power Duo when they played at Louis' a wee time ago. Enjoy!

January 29th, 2005

Pictures are up (ridiculusly late) of Magneta Lane and The Mark Inside when they played with The Junior Pantherz back den'
 

January 26th, 2005

.....Oh yeah I run a website!

So I was in Edmonton for four days and on the way there we stopped in Lloydminister to get some A&W. When I walked in I was overcome with this strange pungent smell. It took me a few seconds till I realized what the smell was.... A FILTHY SMOKER!!!   WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!!.....then I realized that we were on the Alberta side of Lloyd.

Since July 1st we have all been spoiled (and some of us shunned) with the smoking bylaw in Saskatoon. I must say being an asthmatic and allergic to smoke I have loved the smoking ban since day one but on the days when it is -30 and -40 degrees outside you have to show some compassion for the people outside getting their buzz....or do we?

Since January 1st the entire province of Saskatchewan has been smoke free and I must say it is great. I love going to places and not smelling like smoke. This last weekend all of my clothes reeked of smoke after going to the pubs on Whyte Ave and I realized how much I appreciate living in a smoke free city. This rant isn't about me though. This rant is to encourage all of you to go out and get drunk!  Many businesses are complaining about business going down since the smoking ban, however it is still quite hard to make the argument that banning smoking ruins businesses when only 1/5 people smoke. You can't tell me that only 20% of the population keeps 100% of the hospitality industry alive.

At the same time though the other 4/5 people who are used to staying at home and "not going to the bar" or "not hanging out with friends" or "not spending tons of money drinking overpriced alcohol" need to get off their asses and spend some money at your local pub, tavern, bar, or lounge. Even restaurants are better now that we can all breath. After being in Edmonton for 4 days I can definitely say that we have it good here so go enjoy it.

The best times are spent in good company. Go out and enjoy.

January 19th, 2005

 I have sooo many more pictures of the last few shows to put up but unfortunately I haven't had time because I have been preparing my portfolio for a Journalism Conference in Edmonton I am going to in 3 hours. So there won't be any new pictures for the next 4 days but until then .... Here's my new PORTFOLIO   Enjoy!

January 17th, 2005

Pictures are up of Junior Pantherz from Saturday. Enjoy! 

January 15th, 2005

Pictures are up of Fury and the Mouse from Friday night. Enjoy!

Be sure to go to Junior Pantherz tonight at Louis' and the show at the Bassment tomorrow night.

January 12th, 2005

Pictures are up of Slipknot from last night.  Enjoy!

CRAZY masks, orange jumpsuits, barcode tattoos, a ridiculous amount of bouncers, and history made in Saskatoon was all found at the Slipknot concert last night at Credit Union Center. The nine member heavy metal band from Iowa graced an enormous stage last night to thousands of fans with opening acts Unearth and Killswitch Engage.

Slipknot has been on hiatus for a few years after their last album Iowa. The members basically hated each other which you would pretty much expect to happen in a nine member band with three percussionists, two guitarists, bass, turntables, samples, and a lead vocalist. The most intriguing thing about the band however, aside from the number of members is that no one has ever seen them without their masks on. Like the band GWAR, each member takes on their own character which adds to the experience of seeing the band live.

I had expected Slipknot to only play but much to my surprise they talked to the crowd a lot. The lead singer Corey was very thankful to the fans for their latest album Vol3: The Subliminal Verses going platinum in Canada and he said that if it wasn't for the fans they would just be another band from Iowa. Halfway through the song "Spit it out" the band stopped playing and Corey told the audience they were going to make history in Saskatoon. He told all of the people in the pit to get down on the ground and as close to each other as possible then he told everyone in the seats to run down to the pit and do the same.

In an instant hundreds of people were jumping over the barricades and running down to the floor to get down on the ground. The entire arena was packed with people and all of the security and the bouncers looked very worried. "We are going to be banned from Saskatoon for this" Corey said as he told everyone to stay down. Then when the band started "Spit it out" back up Corey yelled "get up jump". The entire pit went wild. Slipknot left the stage with the crowd in a frenzy and then came back for an encore with the the songs "People = Shit", "Wait and Bleed" and finally ending the night with my favorite song "Surfacing".

The members came back out after and threw drum sticks and water bottles into the crowd with one drum stick funny enough making it completely over the crowd and hitting a very unsuspecting sound guy in the back of the arena. Corey thanked the crowd again and promised them they would be back to play again. He took a bow as he walked off with the crowd screaming and looking very forward to them coming back again.

January 11th, 2005

January 10th, 2005

Pictures are up of Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z   Sorry for not updating for a while but I had to revert to an older backup of the site and it took a while to get everything working again!  Many more pictures / rants / etc to come!    Enjoy!

January 3rd, 2005

January 2nd, 2005

Happy New Year Everyone!