If you didn't already know, late-night host Conan O'Brien, a longtime favourite of mine, has been taping Late Night this week out of the Elgin Theatre in downtown Toronto. It's been a predictable week of Canadian humour and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog trashing French-Canadians right in Quebec, but the highlight has been the nightly battles between these two dudes dressed as Toronto's CN Tower and Seattle's Space Needle. Classic humour. Oh, and Mike Myers was great Tuesday night for the first show. Those Toronto kids go APE for this; you should see that theatre during the show intro.
Essential listening for today: Rancid's latest, Indestructible. These guys still got it a decade-plus into their careers.
Some Thousand Foot Krutch news: the band's newest album Phenomenon is about to get re-released along with a push from Best Buy stores across the USA. As well, the WB show Smallville featured TFK's hit 'Rawkfist' during an episode Wednesday night. To top it off, the album has been nominated for a Dove Award this year; not sure who the competition is offhand, but it's a worthy nod for top spot.
bedlamsociety has it goin' on; hop on over there for lots of contests and news and videos and schtuff. Oh, and some new online music from The Chariot, Downset and Helmet, among a slew of others!
You know those Time Life commercials featuring various compilation albums? Check this out: there's one called Committed 2 Rock featuring Dave Matthews, Nickelback and...dc Talk? Awesome!!
The Passion of Christ is, by all accounts I've read and heard, simply unbelievable. This is the one movie this year I'll be moving heaven and earth to see in theatres. To view a trailer, check here.
Slipknot is playing the second stage at this summer's OzzFest tour. That's the 'whatever' news. The GOOD news is this: also on that stage are Hatebreed, Every Time I Die, Bleeding Through and Atreyu. That's a stage. [hxc]
You wanna see this show when the tour hits your city: Zao are reportedly headining a Ferret Music tour in May, featuring Misery Signals, Scarlet and Prodigal Zoo, who I've never heard of before in my entire life, but I trust Carl at Ferret, so I bet they're at least decent.
When a show you put on and tour sells out eighty percent of the shows, you're gonna be inclined to do it again, which is what Eddie DeGarmo, creator of Hero!, the rock opera, is intent on doing: twenty-one more shows have been announced, beginning April 13th and running through May 10th(dates and venues available here). Jesus will once again be portrayed by dc Talk's Michael Tait(them again!). [cmcentral]
Ooooh, mystery: Illect has signed a new artist; more news to come when it's released.
Rochester's Marathon are gonna be here in Ottawa next week Wednesday. That'd be February 18th for those of us keeping track at home. Check that out; details over here.
According to thescout, The Juliana Theory are now free agents, meaning Epic Records dropped them. Another ill-fated major-label experiment, and I hope, having seen the band and interviewed vocalist Brett, that they're able to put it behind them. Someone sign these guys!
Wow. Braid are apparently reuniting and doing a full US tour later this year. How 'bout that?
New Jersey, listen up: the first announcements regarding this year's Skate & Surf Festival have been made.
Posted by mike at February 13, 2004 04:51 PM