SHOWCASE TONIGHT!

If you live in the Vancouver area and like new music then get ready to have you cotton socks blown right off of your feet! SHOWCASE, sponsored in part by HOTMESS, takes place every Tuesday at The Republic (958 Granville St). It will feature two great local bands followed by a night of 80's and New Wave favourites from residency band One Night Stand.

Tonight SHOWCASE features the very talented Kaylee Johnston

http://www.myspace.com/thekayleejohnstonproject

and Oceans and Moons http://www.myspace.com/oceansandmoons

COME ON DOWN. Doors open at 9. First act at 10pm sharp!

The Sounds and Foxy Shazam

Last night The Sounds kicked and jumped and rocked and danced and spit and smoked and drank and yelled and called us motherfuckers. The audience loved it. I was luke warm about the set. While stand out track Living in America was awesome, the rest of the songs kind of sounded the same.

The real story of the night was the opening act FOXY SHAZAM who were like a bunched of abused caged, animals that only get released before they go on stage. From Cincinatti, OH the band consists of two lead singers, one trumpet, bass, guitar, drums and keys. AND THEY ARE BATSHIT CRAZY. One guy was constantly somersaulting around the stage and telling the audience he was "going to get to you before you get to me" if they tried to kill him. The set ended pleasantly with the bass player going crazy, beating up one of the lead singers and very realistically pretending to snap his neck. Once again I believe in Rock n Roll.

What Happens When You Are Sick/ Hungover At Home

Every.

Time.

If it isn't paternity tests it's bootcamp or people afraid of inanimate objects.



















This show has been on for 18 years!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe Maury is Bat Man... what a good front!

U2 and YOUTUBE or YOUTWO and U2UBE

Say what you want about Bono and his egomaniacal posturing, the fact of the matter is U2 IS the biggest band on the planet and has been for like, what, two decades?!?! I know their latest album didn't get much love here in North America, because of this critics have deemed it a commercial flop, but last nights live broadcast of U2 playing the Rosebowl was proof that they are still loved by millions the world over. Since it's initial broadcast last night at 8:30-ish PT the streaming concert has continuously been replayed.

It truly was a unique and cool undertaking on the band's part, marred only by the incessant, tactless tweets of some that read " MADONNA IS DEAD." She's not. People can be losers. Enjoy the whole damn concert right here!!!

Halloween Scare Failed

So I thought it might be fun, being in the Halloween season and all to hit up a midnight screening of Paranormal Activity, hyped up to be one of the scariest movies in a while, I left wanting a refund. This film is all hype and no delivery. Its starts off slow and kinda makes you want to vommit with the stupid hand held camera style, fyi we get it, you want it to look real, but no one enjoys getting a headache. Then it has the entire film, building building but not really getting anywhere, a lot of shots of people sleeping... exciting stuff here people. I won't let the cat out of the bag if you do plan on watching the movie, but seriously don't waste your time, Blair witch kicks this movies ass hands down. Happy Haunting Demons.

Vintage

I LOVE EVIL.

It takes a profoundly life altering experience to make to make a person change their entire belief system. I had that experience last night at Evil Dead- The Musical. Like any average white male Canadian who was baptized in a United Church in small town Ontario, I used to believe in the inherent goodness of mankind. I used to believe in the glory of a higher power. I used to believe in the all enveloping love of a divine deity whose son sacrificed himself for our sins and has 14% alcohol, red wine blood.

Now, I just believe in EVIL.

It just looks way more fun. Evil Dead-The Musical is hilarious replete with the characters, campiness, sarcasm, blood and demons from the movies of the same name that inspired it. The dialogue/ lyrics that poke fun at the stereotypes of the horror movie genre are bang on and side-splittingly, gut wrenchingly, chainsaw-to-the-brain funny. It makes a horrific quadruple homicide in a lonely cabin in the woods seem like a really good time! And what's wrong with that?! Nothing.

I'm totally on board! I'm into fake blood as a fashion statement! Give me the entire Marilyn Manson music catalogue! Buy me a Ouija board for my birthday, because EVIL is here to sta....

Wait. What the fuck was that?

EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL

Some of the HOTMESS crew are going to see this tomorrow! We'll report back our review soonly! In the meantime, I've also started the CHURCH OF BRUCE CAMPBELL the legendary star of Evil Dead, Army of Darkness! May Bruce be with you. Now give me some sugar baby.

Sandwhich Spread

You know, we all like to see cool shit, and we all like a sandwhich, but really? I don't think I am ever going to get miracle whip ever again, who sat in an office and said lets make this music video for our sandwhich spread.. Oh man, and seriously who is their target demo cuz I don't know anyone between the ages of 15 and 30 that have bought a Jar of miracle whip.. Enjoy Vintage

I Spy Vanilla Ice... In A South African Beer Commercial.

I bet celebrities miss the days where they could hop on a plane, get paid a ton of money to appear in a random countries shameless ad campaign and have no one be the wiser back home.

Those days are over,"Santori Times", over but I don't think any has told Vanilla Ice that the jig is up.

Check out this new beer commercial he just did in South Africa.



On the other hand - money is money. And unless they paid him in beer (still not bad), I say ride that "Ice Ice" pony into the ground until children cry immediately at the sound of it

Here are some more celebrity overseas ads to make you giggle

Best Celebrity Overseas Ads

Cheap F@*^%$NG! Tickets

LIVE NATION GOES ALL IN THIS WEDNESDAY.

$20, $30, $40 ALL-IN, NO FEE TICKETS OCTOBER 21ST ONLY, EXCLUSIVELY AT LIVENATION.COM

Live Nation is going All-In this Wednesday as it lowers prices and eliminates the fees on of the hottest concerts this fall exclusively on LiveNation.com.

This Wednesday, October 21st for only 24 hours, concert fans will save up to 50% on tickets when they purchase concert tickets for as low as $20 all-in, with no added fees. The low-price, no fee tickets are available for concerts by a variety of artists.


“I continue to hear from fans that they want All-In, no fee tickets to concerts by the bands they love,” said Michael Rapino, President and Chief Executive Officer of Live Nation. “So this week we’ve decided to cut prices and drop the fees on nearly a half million concert tickets, making it more affordable than ever for fans to come out to one of our clubs and see the incredible lineup of artists we have playing this fall.”

Local participating shows include:

QUEEN LATIFAH – Commodore Ballroom – November 1st - $40

DINOSAUR JR. Commodore Ballroom – November 10th - $30

BILLY BRAGG – Commodore Ballroom – November 21st - $40

DANIEL WESLEY – Commodore Ballroom – November 27th - $20

BRETT DENNEN – Commodore Ballroom – December 7th - $20

I love the Japanese

Just watch this shit

The best TV theme song of all time?!?!?!

Here are some of my personal favorites!

Dragonette

It's hard not to love Martina Sorbara and the catchy-as-fuck songs of her band, Dragonette. They rocked Venue last night to the right kind of crowd: the kind that likes to sip a Bacardi and cola and shake its collective ass. They opened up with "I Get Around", their first single and probably still my favourite song of theirs, and took it from there. It was an early show, a fine way to kick off my debaucherous weekend.

Photos by Graham Cook.

Gripe and HYPE!!

Gripe.

Peanut allergies. WTF. Why is everyone allergic to peanuts these days? When did we all become such pussies? I want to eat my PB & J on the bus without worrying about killing someone. The human race is breeding itself into a bunch of skinny fingered, antibacterial freak shows. It's time to build up our tolerance! Go lick a doorknob, scrub yourself down with a urinal cake and quit your whining. Buy a bow and arrow and kill an animal then roast it on a fire and wear its pelt. Squirrels eat nuts okay? SQUIRRELS. I don't want to lose out the evolutionary battle to cute, fluffy-tailed rodents.

HYPE!

Gastro Intestinal Problems

It sounds bad, but at least your not collecting the calories of that shit piece of mega bite you ate last night. Even if you don't have mud butt, it's the hottest office excuse of 2009. I don't know any bosses that are going to dig too deep into your excuse of spraying dirt.

The best show on TV

I love the show Ice Road Truckers. Maybe it's because I lived in Inuvik NWT when I was 8 years old and I'm slightly nostalgic for the Great White North. Maybe it's simply because watching these people battle -50 degrees Celsius while hauling tons of equipment on frozen water and seeing their friends get eaten by polar bears and fall through the ice is gripping TV!!!

This is my favourite song

right now, this song, it's just fucking unbelievable. I've listened to it on repeat, just lying on my floor, full of Mr. Noodles and 5 cent candies, I can't get enough. Just download it and listen to it 50 times, you won't regret it.

I love The XX, it's my new doing everything theme band. Everything from making sweet love to vacuuming, trust me.

Sarah Silverman: End World Hunger

Sarah Silverman may or may not be your cup of crazy but I like how this girl rolls.

Sometimes. Sometimes...eh...not so much. Actually, not at all.

But this time yes. What's her solution?



The video aired on Bill Maher a few days ago and has left people talking about not only this video but the actual important topic behind the satire.

Mission accomplished.

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