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"i got an autograph -- and a grope." - me

that kind of sums up the majority of my concert experiences, actually.

via stereogum: 2007 mtvu woodie nominations. i'm still confused as to why this sort of thing exists, because it seems like even less people care about indie award shows than they do big overhyped awards shows, but i guess everyone needs some cred.

by the way, the `gum's got this great cover of depeche mode's "enjoy the silence" posted...i don't know who this division day band are, but damn if i'm not in love. so good.

chart versus ian blurton! well, not in a grudge match sort of way because we're down with the beard, but it's definitely worth a read. it doesn't list it on there, but c'mon are playing ace's top hole (i seriously don't even know where that is -- i think it might be in the hub somewhere) in kingston on saturday september 29th, at which i will be their acting merch girl.

also from the mag's website: i talk to maya ford of the donnas. sorry about the shitty quality of the article, the interview was maybe all of eight minutes so i had very little to work with. and i try not to pad online news articles like i would a print feature...bah. oh well, will do better next time. (i'm fairly sure i can still do interviews and articles for chart from the west coast, so i'm not giving it up yet)

blogto's got snaps from the incredible hulk movie set down on yonge street. total coolness. i'm kinda gonna miss hollywood north, although i hear vancouver's even wilder when it comes to film shoots. (still, i've had many craft service dudes as customers at my store, and many have been very nice)

lord help us: hard-fi have covered britney spears. actually, the rest of the tracks on that album don't look half bad -- i will kill for a copy of editors' cover of the cure's "lullaby". tom mentioned that cover to me when i interviewed him a few months ago, and i swear i almost started salivating right then and there.

more from the brits: vodafone live music awards 2007 winner list. all the usual suspects, but hey, they've even got an award for best tour roadie! that makes me happy. roadies need appreciation, too. (not to say i've ever been a member of the school of groupies who believe that roadies need appreciation, but you know)

and now, updates on the three points of crazy mass awesomeness from the last entry...

- shiny toy guns were massive. massively awesome. sitting the mtv live taping was kind of boring (you can see clips of the interview and the performance at the website, though), but both their tv performance and the full show itself at the opera house were spot fuckin' on. at one point during the show, i turned to amanda, gestured to the wild packed house behind us, and said, "take a look at that, then remember the big bop." because she and i saw the shinys play to maybe 200 people at the reverb way back in june 2006, and now they've kind of exploded all over the place since then. wow. i can't think of any band who deserves it more.

- the muchmoremusic taping yesterday morning went significantly well. it's going to be for their documentary show popaganda, and it's airing in early november sometime. i flubbed a few lines and i probably looked fat and terrible, but i managed to put on my "intelligent voice" (which i haven't pulled out since class oral presentations in university, and sounds remarkably similar to my father's "teacher voice") and even used "exacerbate" in a sentence. my father will be so proud.

anyway, i went over so well that they were discussing possibly getting me to do some segments on going coastal - their east/west coast pop culture coverage show - once i move out to vancouver. so, uh, is this me travelling down the slippery slope to broadcast media? we'll see, i guess. i think it might be fun.

- the nikki sixx interview kind of...didn't happen. i wasn't exactly too thrilled to waste my tuesday sitting in front of my laptop and refreshing my e-mail every five minutes - if only to eventually get word from the publicist that the only open interview slots would have to be wednesday and friday night, and i had work shifts scheduled both nights - especially since i cancelled a bloody doctor's appointment to be available for anything last-minute. fortunately, my editor just asked when i might be available next week instead, which would work so much better for me. i might even get to snag an in-person spot! so, silver lining and all.

oh, and looks like i'm getting more of my kicks in than expected: i'm off to montréal for an overnight trip, october 2-3. i'd mentioned to my father a few weeks ago that i wanted to try and take the bus to montréal during the week when i'm home (kingston and montreal are fairly close, after all), because for one i adore montréal probably more than any other canadian city, and for two my favourite uncle in the entire universe (the one mentioned in this entry here) lives there. since this uncle is my dad's brother - and my dad is big on encouraging family bonding - my dad offered to pay for my bus ticket there and back, and encouraged me to give my uncle a call to see if it would be okay to come see him and crash at his place for the night. both my uncle and his partner were up for it, so i guess i'm making my way to la belle province in a couple of weeks. (not sure what i'm gonna do there, aside from hang with mon oncle and maybe hook up with old work buddy sean for drinks...but eh, i always make my own fun in strange cities)

then i just got my expedia receipts for my los angeles trip next month...it's travel mania over here, i'm telling you. and i couldn't be happier, ever. i actually want to try and find a job that would require a lot of travel, because i'm convinced that that's what i'd be made for. i'm never so content as i am on the road. i think i'm a fucking gypsy.

okay, i'm out. be good to each other.

[ music | blaqk audio, "stiff kittens" ]