Canada + Bright Eyes = this summer?!?!?

A nice tidbit popped up this morning on Pitchfork. In a little piece on Bright Eyes and the recording of the new album there is mention of a possible 3 week Canadian Tour for this summer. Bright Eyes in Canada for 3 weeks...holly shit, that would kick so much ass. Most bands who tour Canada blow through in 10-14 days usually with the Maritimes neglected. This has me thinking that if it is true that the whole nation would be visited. I'm not sure if an Edmonton stop is in the works where it would be. My gut is telling me Starlite, mainly because of the anti-coporate slant of Bright Eyes. Reds seems most realistic but its in the biggest mall in the world. Who knows? Bright Eyes in Edmonton would rival any show that is coming up in my humble opinion. It would be up there with Franz/Death Cab, The Strokes, & Chili Peppers. I am crossing my fingers that this comes true.

After some thought, I think the Folk Fest is a real possibility. Makes sense, I guess it all depends when this tour would take place. I could see it being in late June or early July to coincide with the only other scheduled dates Bright Eyes have this year.

Hot Hot Heat news

Hot Hot Heat, originally uploaded by shook_one.

some info on the new album at rolling stone

Metric

Metric, originally uploaded by shook_one.

Two down. Four to go.
In the last seven days I've seen the Oilers lose to the flames, tasted chaos, and elected to see metric.

why?

Thursday @ Calgary (Warped 2004), originally uploaded by shook_one.

The reason Thursday is the band I want to see @ TOC tonite can in a small part be summed up in this pic. Attending my first Warped Tour in '04 Thursday was the first band we saw. Geoff Rickley came out in this ratty grey t-shirt that was ripped to shit, all in all he looked rather geeky, but once the band kicked in this guy became a beast on stage. Larger than life, taking the music to another place. I hope for a repeat this evening.

some thoughts

With the news of the Peppers comin' to town I thought I'd reflect on my concert going past. All day yesterday I listened to the 'Dani California' by RHCP, probably 20 times at least. This is a phenomena that I experience any time a band I really dig announces a show in Edmonton. I get really excited and then start to listen to the group a ton for the course of a few days, sometimes even up to 14 days, and then I move onto other stuff. By the time the actual show rolls around I'm usually in a different place mentally and the excitement factor really isn't present all that much. Saying that, the actual concert usually is a blast but lacks the outward excitement I get when I first find out about a show.

Taste of Chaos is tonite and I'm really not in a state of mind to go see a bunch of emo groups scream about teenage agnst. I started taking down the shit load of flyers we pasted all over the Augustana. The funny thing is that I have not received one phone call or email from anyone regarding the tickets that goes to Augustana and saw a flyer. Instead, the only person that bought one or my two extra tickets saw a bulletin I posted on MySpace. It was worth a shot I guess.

As I type this I'm listening to Thursday. They have recently released a new single from their forthcoming new cd. I've listened to this new song a fair bit. I'm still not sure if I'd give it a thumbs up. I like the chorus but the overall sound is kinda sketchy. I hope that tonite Thursday does play a few songs from the new disc. I'm curious to see what direction they are gonna take the group. They are the only group I actually want to see tonite. I can still recall the one and only time I've seen the boys perform at Warped. All I'll say is it was amazing.

I think is this the largest post I've done with original thoughts. Go me! cheers

...more RHCP

mtv has some more info here
looks like it starts in august with mars volta opening

RHCP in EDMONTON!!!

from rhcp email list

RHCP's STADIUM ARCADIUM AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ON iTUNES
Starting on Tuesday, April 4th, Red Hot Chili Pepper fans can pre-order the double album STADIUM ARCADIUM exclusively on iTunes for $19.90! This double album download is more than just music - along with the 28 tracks you'll also get band commentary, the "making of Dani California" video and digital artwork, and be entered for a chance to win a prize package of a limited edition Red Hot Chili Peppers customized iPod and a set of iTunes Music Cards loaded with the entire RHCP catalogue!
Take advantage of this pre-order offer and iTunes will instantly unlock the single Dani California for you!*
Pre-order Stadium Arcadium through iTunes and you'll not only get first dibs at the album download and great extras, you'll also get a specific presale access code (U.S. and Canada only) to be used at Ticketmaster.com to purchase tickets to the band's upcoming North American tour before the general public. In the U.S. and Canada, you will be able to participate in a ticket pre-sale for the band's North American tour this summer. You'll receive an email on May 8th with your code and can use your pre-sale code from May 9-12! Pre-order the album on iTunes and you can have your tickets well in advance!
Red Hot Chili Peppers North American tour pre sale calendar:
May 7-8 reserved exclusively for RedHotChiliPeppers.com Silver and Gold Fan Club members
May 9-12 reserved exclusively for iTunes pre-order purchases
May 13 Public onsale
Confirmed stops on North American tour:
US Cities:
Portland, OR
Boise, ID
Salt Lake City, UT
Denver, CO
Phoenix, AZ
San Diego, CA
Oakland, CA
Sacramento, CA
San Jose, CA
Fresno, CA
New York/ New Jersey
Boston, MA
Philadelphia, PA
Albany, NY
Buffalo, NY
Columbus, OH
Cleveland, OH
Grand Rapids, MI
Detroit, MI
Minneapolis, MN
Canadian Cities:
Vancouver, BC
Calgary, AB
Edmonton, AB
Saskatoon, SK
Winnipeg, MB
Toronto, ON
Montreal, QU
Ottawa, ON
Quebec City, QU
As an added bonus for existing and new Silver and Gold fan club members, we're giving you one more chance to win the Red Hot Chili Peppers customized iPod and a set of iTunes Music cards loaded with RHCP catalogue! This contest is only open to Silver and Gold Members of the RHCP Fan Club.

RHCP @ Lollapalooza & Edmonton. Summer can not get here quick enough.

"The Fleshy Part Of The Thigh"

New Sopranos this evening. The fourth of the year also marks the last that was sent to critics in advance of the season premiere. I'm expecting Tony to be a bit more mobile. Can't wait.

Lolla add

When the official Lollapalooza 2006 initial line-up was released a Chicago radio station had the list posted along with two additions, Built to Spill & the Strokes. Those two band names were taken off the list within 12 hours of being posted. Now after checking out the Lolla official acts list, Built to Spill our now on the list. I can only expect that sometime in the coming weeks that The Strokes our added in a manner to maximize publicity. I'm thinking when one day tickets go on-sale.

Stills news

Today MTV has a piece on the return of The Stills.

the Rapture return

Rolling Stone has a little piece today on The Rapture. Currently working with Danger Mouse which excites me alot.

oh Pitchfork, you crazy bastard

Today the Pitchfork Music Festival re-launched there site along with announcing that The Futureheads & Art Brut will be joining the fray at the end of July in Chicago. 20 more bands to be announced. Me thinks at least two more indie heavy weights with the rest being more dance/hip-hop leaning. Anyone reading this, if you are a fan of indie music you need to go to Chicago this summer.

the Island ran away

As I feared it now appears that Islands will not be joining Metric next week in Edmonton. It looks like The Elected will be filling in for them while Panurge will still be performing. Although Islands record does not come out until next week it has been all over the internet for months. It is one of my favorite records of the year. Crazy good. Would of been nice to catch them live. Crossing my fingers that they will be added to Pitchfork fest. Promotional stuff for the album is my guess for jumping off of the Metric tour. Sad. My excitement level for both of next weeks show is really not there although I can see the Metric show being fun, TOC just feels like a burden to me. Why am I complaining? It'll be sweet to see live music again and soak in the tunes.

Taste of Chaos

One week till TOC. Mixed feelings on this one.

Oilers vs Flames

I received a ticket yesterday to go to the Oilers game this Saturday. Borderline nose bleeds in my opinion. Still, it should be a blast. I'm not a hockey guy but, when the hated Flames come into the City of Champions one cannot help but feel apart of the madness. Tight race in the West for playoff spots and specificaly in the Northwest. To top all this goodness up, the game is the second in the Hockey Night In Canada broadcast. I'm kinda amped for this thing. It adds to the April crazyness. Any knowledge of what is going on in the NHL can be attributed to 630 CHED who wakes me up most mornings and in the brief minutes it's on fills me with Oiler info. Thank You CHED.

thank you

You know what rules?
When you sit down the nite before a big paper is due, a paper you have spent almost no time researching, hell I barely have a topic, and discover that the class has been given a 10 day extension. Fuck Yeah!!!

April

4 Finals, 1 Term Paper, 6 Concerts, 2 Shifts
Mix 'em altogether and you get one fucking nutso month. There will be ups (Franz/Death Cab) and there will be downs (a little thing called finals) but through it all I will try and make The Worst Part my forum for the madness.

On an April related note, yesterday we plastered around 50 adds around the Augustana campus in hopes of selling my two extra tickets to Taste of Chaos. It's the most I've seen of the campus in the almost two years of going there. Sad but true. Now I wait in hopes that someone out there will snatch up these tix.

George Mason?

where did these dudes come from? a #11, is that allowed?

"Mayham"

New Sopranos tonite. From the little blurb on HBO's site Tony's recent injury doesn't seem to be a highlite of tonites ep. interesting.

The Constantines, The Strokes, Frog Eyes, Slayer & Black Crowes?

Some of this is old news but I'll throw it up here just in case anybody missed out on it.

The Strokes tickets hit this weekend here
The Constantines will be returning to Edmonton on May 21 @ the Starlite Room (18+) info here
Frog Eyes along with Sunset Rubdown in Edmonton on May 10 @ Starlite info here

I'm not sure if I will be attending The Constantines & Frog Eyes shows. I gotta say I've never really listened to either one but have heard nice words about both along my travels. Now onto two shows I won't be at but that won't stop me from spreading the word.

The Black Crowes @ Jubilee May 8 tix on-sale tomrrow go here for info
& finally
July 11 @ Shaw The Unholy Alliance Tour feat. Slayer hits the city of champs
on-sale tomorrow here