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I really want to grab the Jealous Sound record. But I gotta conserve money for China and traveling, and just buy the records I'm gonna be dying to get my hands on when I come home next year.

THE BIG BANG THEORY

I'll be in Wenzhou, which is in Zhejiang province just a ways south of Shanghai. And I'll be teaching in a BC-run school so I'll be teaching the same curriculum I would teach in a high school here.

-dont step in the streets.

Do you mean this in a "watch out for crazy traffic" way? I'm prepared, I think. I went to Taiwan and it was basically the same. Definitely won't be driving. I get a shuttle to and from work and everywhere else I will probably taxi.

I think it will be a good time. But no hockey on TV, no UFC on PPV, and no Alternative Press on the racks. It's going to be tough...

Double post:

Looks like this is old news. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Right_Brothers

They should have just gone the last step and made the chorus "Bush didn't start the fire..."

On Saturday I depart for 10 months in the People's Republic.

If anybody here has been and wants to share any stories or advice, post here or PM me.

I'm pretty excited, a little nervous, and already mourning a year with no vinyl, no concerts, and all-around isolation from the music scene.

I'm counting on you folks to help keep me in the loop.

Just tried to order and I got the "you broke our site" error.

Hasn't this rumour made the rounds before?

I kinda like their first EP. I might want to buy both of them together if they are stocked. Haven't heard the new songs yet. How do they compare?

I didn't believe Virgil when he said it's their best album yet, but it is.

Will The Majestic Majesty come out on vinyl?

[X] Ketchup

Me too.

and Dill Pickle

I saw it last weekend. It was quite good. Visually very impressive and I felt it gave great insight into what it's like to be involved in the Iraq war in it's current state. I also like that it felt very "real" and didn't follow a typical story arc. Almost more like a documentary.

The one I always wonder about is the "Extenze" cock enlargement pill infomercials. A quick google search reveals that they don't do anything, but if they can keep affording TV time, they must be making money.

First I was confused because I thought DTR = Drive Thru Records. Then I was confused because I thought Drag The River broke up.

Needs some T-Pain?

After seeing it, I am again totally amazed by what this guy is willing to go through for the sake of his comedy. He is fearless.

Pet peeve rant:

I don't understand why being an ex- pro wrestler is grounds for disliking Lesnar. It's just another career. It shouldn't matter if fighters are ex- cops, or ex- soldiers, or ex- actors, or ex- ballerinas. It's what they do in MMA that matters. Lesnar's size, agility, and physique gave him an advantage in his previous career just like it's giving him one now. Lots of pro wrestlers are legitimate good fighters, and there are skills that are transferable, but that's really as far as it goes. Now with Bobby Lashley making his name in MMA as well, I'm sure there'll be more crossover down the road.

I dislike Lesnar because he's a prick, and I like to see a certain amount of respect and sportsmanship in any sport. I hope somebody KOs him sooner or later. Perhaps Lashley would be a good candidate...

I understand there could be some bad apples in the bunch, but the forum rules are clear about not doing anything illegal as a part of scambaiting, and that those who do it (such as cashbaiting) can be booted. I have no intention of doing anything illegal if I try a scambait or two. But I appreciate the heads up.

Also, there are plenty of sites devoted to educating people about scams. I saw some of them linked to the scambaiting website. Scam awareness and scambaiting don't have to be mutually exclusive. Scambaiting doesn't need to be out of revenge either, because taking up the time and energy of a scammer could prevent him from successfully scamming someone else.

I'm thinking about taking up scambaiting as a sort of hobby. Like when you get a Nigerian 419 email, and you reply to play along and make them think you're going to fall for it, waste their time and energy and get a rise out of them. I've been reading this website to get prepared: http://www.419eater.com/

Has anybody here done this?

Shit I'm going to China for a year starting next month... looks like I won't even get to listen to the Sidekicks records until summer 2010.

Living With Lions are from Vancouver and they're one of my favourite bands to see live. I've seen them a bunch of times with another local band, Grave Life, who don't have an album yet but when they do, watch out.

http://www.myspace.com/thegravelife

My #2 album so far this year after the Shorebirds LP.

Good band. Looks like the first 7" is available here: http://www.runneruprecords.bigcartel.com/

Anybody ordered from them before? I might put an order for both EPs.

I thought the point of P+P was to distance from FBR.

I remember this song on a Fastmusic comp. Back when Fastmusic was in all sorts of controversy for screwing people over and went from being a business in an office tower to one shady right wing guy.