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Jay

SLIM JIM CHAOS

The only Slim Jim plant in the U.S. exploded last month because of a natural gas leak and no Slim Jims have been made since then.

I thought those only existed in random Mohawk and Husky gas stations but the NY Post says the shortage is causing hoarding and panic everywhere... mostly with truckers? Just guessing.

Their article "Where's the Beef? Slim Jim Factory Can't 'Meat'Production Needs" says that "like the infamous "Seinfeld" episode, in which Elaine begins hoarding the Sponge after the female contraceptive is taken off the market, analysts are bracing for a big summer Slim Jim run."

There is such a thing as a Slim Jim analyst? Please tell me it's Macho Man Randy Savage.



The company who makes the product,ConAgra, is rumored to make as many as 500 million of those salty bastards every year! That equals $250 million in sales annually!

ConAgra said it won’t return to full Slim Jim production until the fall. I say a mouth full of beer and Beef Jerky will get you through the drought.

Crisis averted. Phew.

My Oldie Movie Picks of the Week

I must admit that I am a huge fan of older movies, but not "Gone with the Wind" old... Here are a few of my all time favorites, if you haven't seen them then get your butt to the nearest blockbuster and rent' em... and if you've already seen them well, watch'em again... they're timeless classics!

1- Interview with the Vampire (An outstanding cast and one of Tom Cruise's best!)

2- Back to the Future (The whole trilogy is amazing, but the first still blows my mind!)

3- Groundhog Day (Bill Murray at his best, and what an original concept)

4- The Game (You'll never know what the F$%k is going on till the end...)

Let us know what some of your favorites oldies are...

Cindy

Natalie Portman's Shaved Head

Natalie Portman's Shaved Head played the Media Club tonight and what the fuck, Natalie Portman isn't in the fucking band? First time that joke's been made?

I had heard their debut album before and they seemed to be running a hipster awareness campaign that I wanted to resist at first. But their songs are fun and their show was too. They had platters of fresh fruit that they passed out to people in the front rows. How friendly! And their music is just catchy as hell and about great things like tandem showering and tilt-a-whirls. I want to stay young forever!

If you missed it, check out our audio interview with Dave Price from the band!

HOLY MUSCLE SHOALS BATMAN!!!!!!

SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE IS BACK!!!!!!


WOW. IT'S A FACT. Sunny Day Real Estate have reunited with original bass player Nate Mendel and will launch a tour in Sept. right here in Vancouver!!!!


They are one of the most influential bands that came out of the 90's and if you've never heard of them here's your opportunity to introduce yourself to greatness. Sure their bass player is a member of the Foo Fighters but don't let that stop you!!!!
If you want to get killed by the angel of good times go see them!!!



SDRE TOUR DATES:
Sept. 17 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
Sept. 18 - Portland @ Crystal Ballroom (Musicfest NW)
Sept. 20 - Salt Lake City @ Murray eater
Sept. 21 - Denver @ Ogden eater
Sept. 23 - Minneapolis @ First Avenue
Sept. 24 - Chicago @ Metro
Sept. 25 - Detroit @ St Andrews Hall
Sept. 27 - New York @ Terminal 5
Sept. 28 - Boston @ House of Blues
Sept. 30 - Washington DC @ 930 Club
Oct. 1 - Philadelphia @ Trocadero
Oct. 3 - Atlanta @ CW Center Stage
Oct. 5 - Dallas @ Granada eater
Oct. 6 - Houston @ Warehouse Live
Oct. 7 - Austin @ La Zona Rosa
Oct. 9 - Tempe @ Marquee Theatre
Oct. 10 - Anaheim @ House of Blues
Oct. 11 - Los Angeles @ Henry Fonda eater
Oct. 13 - San Francisco @ Fillmore
Oct. 15 - Spokane @ Knitting Factory
Oct. 16 - Seattle @ Paramount Theatre

Jay

Infected Mushroom

The only previous encounter I've had with infected mushroom required a trip to the clinic and a cycle of antibiotics to forget. Last night at the Commodore was a much better experience.

When an artist bio states "Israeli Psycho Trance Duo" you pretty much know what you're in for. Or so I thought...


Turns out Infected Mushroom is a four-piece band ripping out super fast beats and killer guitar riffs. I've never seen so many people on the dance floor. I've also never seen so many people line up to use the stalls in the men's room.

Green Day

I think it's safe to say I underestimated Green Day. They played Vancouver last night and from the first note it was epic. They hit the stage like a bunch of GIANT LIZARDS that had escaped from their cages and were bent on destroying the city... WITH ROCK! 

By the third song, their new hit "Know Your Enemy," they had the whole floor of GM Place (Vancouver hockey arena) bouncing higher than a frog on a pogo stick on the Moon! Canadian audiences are usually pretty tame so kudos to you, Green Day. 

The show had tons of pyro and fireworks and a drunk guy in a rabbit suit. GO SEE GREEN DAY LIVE.

Jay

pS- Thanks to our photographer Graham for taking these amazing pics.

Know Your Enemy

Free Shwag and Awesome Shit to Listen Too

That's right Hotmessers, we're giving away copies of "Natalie Portman's Shaved Heads" album "Glistening Pleasure". We love playing their tracks and on our show this friday we will be chatting with Dave from the Band! So check out Hotmess Radio live friday night 6-7pm on 101.9FM or download the podcast.

Send us an email to theshow@hotmess.org with the subject header NPSH Contest

Hollah to the free stuff !

If you have $9,999,999.00 US dollars then you could buy this!

But if you do...you definitely have too much money. The above price is for a Michael Jackson domain name on Ebay.

And so continues the circus.

www.inlovingmemoriesofmichaeljackson.com

Really? That's not even a good one. Oh excuse me-it also includes these 3 more long winded ones with the alternative endings .net, .org. and .info... Steal!

Quick there is only 28 days and 21 hours left to bid!

http://cgi.ebay.com/In-Loving-Memories-of-Michael-Jackson-com-Domain-Name

New HOTMESS podcast- to the right!

It's our latest and greatest show, We play a little Mikey J, we interview to The Dan Band (you know the kicks ass group that plays the wedding band in The Hangover AND Old School...yeah them)AND we have a dope ass DJ named Cheeky Disco drop in to PHREAK THE PHUNK.
Is it too much to handle?!?! Maybe, But you can deal with it just CLICK ON THE TOP SHOW RIGHT THERE TO THE RIGHT UNDER THE HEADING hotmess radio and TURN THEM SHITS UP!
J

A simpler time...

in the early eighties when there were no cell phones, no internet, no kiddie sex allegations, when Michael Jackson and Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (HE'S THE KID IN THE RED LEATHER JACKET)danced for cola products.

RIP MJ

We've just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.

Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.

A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived.

Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive.

We're told one of the staff members at Jackson's home called 911.

La Toya ran in the hospital sobbing after Jackson was pronounced dead.

Courtesy of www.TMZ.com

NOTE: It appears TMZ was the first to break this story and now CTV, Newsweek, CNN and many other reputable news outlets are reporting the same thing.

It's a Big Week Vancouver!

Diplo, Switch and Major Lazer are in town tonight.

If you are not already going, drop your Pizza Pop and run down to the Commodore immediately.

Then our friends at Schitz Popinov have started a rad new night this Thursday at Shine.

http://schitzpopinov.blogspot.com/FML

As always, Hotmess is synonymous with immeasurable greatness this Friday from 6pm-730pm on CiTR 101.9FM.

After a shamelessly hilarious promotion campaign BRUNO opens July 10th !

AAAAAAnd I found a new mix I heart. BIG SAUCY BANGERS MIX!

DJ Rhiannon is quickly building a reputation both here and abroad for sweeping the floor with hot bangers like this.

Check her out here before she heads off to Mexico. She's opening for The Disco Villains on August 1st @ The Modern. http://www.myspace.com/djrhiannon

In the words of Jay Awesome.... Holy fucking shitballs WHAT THE FUCK!!!!

Parents this is why you DO NOT let your kids play World of Warcraft day in and day out. They end up loosing touch with reality, getting no exercise, and have zero social skills.

This kid flips his lid when his mom cancels his World of Warcraft account. Hey mom, good move if your kid is this upset over losing his gaming rights chances are he has nothing else going for himself in life. Get the kid enroled in some outdoor sports, definetly a better place for him to channel all that energy.





Becky

Eclectic Method

Listen up, buckle up and get ready to be blown away by this audio/visual orgasmic video by Eclectic Method- The Tarantino Remix 

Enough said... it speaks for itself. Oh, and you can thank me later!

Perez Hilton gets BOOM BOOM POW from Black Eyed Peas

The MuchMusic Video Awards is arguably Toronto's wildest party. They shut down Queen St. and shit just gets silly. Apparently it got too silly last night for Perez Hilton and the Black Eyed Peas. A bunch of shit was said and blah blah blah Perez gets knocked the fuck out. it was only a matter of time.

You know how I know you're gay? You weren't at Coldplay last night.

I'll admit that I've always thought Coldplay's music was a little "soft."

I was convinced that Chris Martin was going to release a solo album called " Loafer Lightener LTD." So believe me when I say I wasn't that pumped to go to the concert last night, but the tickets were free so what the hell, right? Plus I had just finished interviewing Gary from Snow Patrol who opened for Coldplay. He's funny as hell. You will be able to hear my Snow Patrol interview on Hotmess next week! 

I digress. 

Last night I went to see Coldplay and holy fucking shitballs they put on an amazing live show. Not even a show...it was an event. It was everything a concert should be- dynamic, entertaining, professional, fun, funny, loud and surprising.

 The most surprising thing of all was the fact that they actually rocked! I know! What?!?!?!?!

Yeah, they re-worked some of their old tracks (like the kick ass techno version of the song Talk) and songs like Violet Hill, Yellow and Politik were loud and powerful as shit. 

There's definitely a reason these guys are so popular.
Some of their songs still suck mashed potatoes and gravy through a straw though.....

Jay

Coldplay setlist Vancouver GM Place June 20, 2009:

Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place

Yellow
Glass Of Water
Cemeteries Of London
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (techno version)
Talk (techno version)
The Hardest Part (Chris piano)
Postcards From Far Away (piano instrumental)
Viva La Vida
Lost!
Green Eyes (acoustic)
Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic - Will vocals)
I'm A Believer (Neil Diamond Cover - acoustic)
Viva La Vida (remix interlude)
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Politik
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends
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The Scientist
Life in Technicolor ii
The Escapist (outro)

MIMING IS COOL AGAIN!

Okay fine, miming has never been cool.

In an attempt to one-up the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft has come up with a new interface for the Playstation 3, the interface is.... well, no interface at all. Project Natal is full body scanner that tracks your movements and voice so that you become the controller.

It's in the computer!

This just plain freaks me out. People already look stupid playing Wii. Imagine how everyone is going to look now? Well you don't have to imagine, just watch their promo video.

You know how you always think people are talking to themselves when they have a bluetooth in? Picture looking in your neighbours window to this. THE WORLD IS NOT READY. Their are still places in Canada that don't get the internet! I don't get cell service on the train! I still have a flip phone and own a vehicle that requires The Club!

And the scan in feature? What the? The only way I can see myself getting one of these fancy thing-a-ma-jiggers is if I can scan in Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) from True Blood and have my way with him.

If "The Island of Dr. Moreau" were a porno...

Sometimes there's so much love in the air that you can't help but become a character in a Barry White song. Guess what, it's the same for all animals!
When the getting's good, the good get grindin' on whatever and whoever they can get their dirty paws or hooves or wings or talons or hands or flippers on......regardless of what kind of unholy abominations might be created in the process!!!!!
WARNING-DON'T LOOK AT THIS IF YOU LIVE IN A RED STATE.

Jay

Jay

Facercise

"The world's foremost authority on facial exercises" (and possibly the only authority?) Carol Maggio, has been promoting her Facercise regime for so long that she still credits Geraldo Rivera as one of the talk shows she's appeared on.

Carol pitches that she has a loyal celebrity clientele base and that her facial exercises will leave you looking younger, tighter and... like Tyra Banks on acid?

Wednesday should start with a laugh and if this doesn't do it- it's time to go back to bed.



I like the pig nose montage the best.