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Anyone else mildly annoyed that the demo from yesterday was only up for a few hours? I understand why it was taken down, but it's still annoying after paying money to get access to that sort of thing.

I'd be up for $25 a year for extra content. I don't care about comments or posting but I really enjoy seeing how songs evolve as Matt works on them.

An instrumental song or two would be cool. I'm not sure I would dig an entire album, but that's just because Matt is one of the few rockers who can actually sing.

I believe the first demoes for Vancouver were posted in 2007. So I think you're right that the next album is a ways away, but it's not unusual for Matt to demo well in advance of recording.

Don't a lot of bands have "fan clubs" where you pay $xx and get whatever perks? Sounds like the same kind of thing to me.

Last of the Ghetto Astronauts The Ocean Endsong Blue Bird Euphony Dancing Invisible Worthy Whispering in the Dark Those are the History Teacher songs on my iPod...because I didn't really care for the rest.

1. Empty's Theme Park 2. The Workers 3. Apparitions 4. Man of Action 5. Prime Time 6. Avalanche

Empty Road Volcanoes Great Whales Black Helicopter (this one was tough) Going All The Way Sort of a Protest Song Anti-pop Single Explosion Rabbits

Symbolistic White Walls The Fine Art of Falling Apart Jenni

Boy Come Home is one of my favourites. Also I think The Rat Who Would Be King is an awesome example of Matt's vocal range.

Last Parade Sort of a Protest Song While We Were Hunting Rabbits Going All the Way Volcanoes Empty Road Load Me Up Great Whales of the Sea A Silent Army in the Trees

Ex-pats of the Blue Mountain Symphony Orchestra Suburbia Enjoy the Silence House of Smoke and Mirrors Symbolistic White Walls Pony Boy True Love Will Find You in the End The Fine Art of Falling Apart Near Fantastica

Tripoli On Nights Like Tonight Failing the Rorschach Test Raygun Hopeless I am not safer than a bank Jenni

Giant and Empty's Theme Park. Tough call though, especially on the last song.

Do you punch a lot of males in the vagina with your penis?

Yeah, it's pretty hard to take good quality audio recordings at a concert. Mine have always turned out crappy.

Wow, I'd love to see him play this song live. Too bad the audio on that video sucks. Edit: looks like this one is from the same show

Thanks for posting the link. I love the off-air banter between the two of them.

I believe the American version had the "explicit lyrics" label on the front while the Canadian version did not.

Is the stream broken? It keeps saying "check back in 5 minutes"

On my first listen, I was enjoying it but didn't really get blown away. Then Empty's Theme Park came on and kicked my ass. Best song since Near Fantastica.

Our local radio station played Symbolistic White Walls way back in 1996. Been a fan ever since.

Most of what has been posted is correct. The employer should provide you with a T4, since they deducted EI and CPP. The form you would have filled out at the onset of employment is the TD1. This tells the employer how much tax they should be deducting from your paycheque. It is entirely possible that you will owe no tax on the amounts they paid you (depending on how much it was), or that they were correct in not deducting any tax.

You should be claiming the income in any case. Now, I know many many people don't, but by law you are supposed to. You will only be liable for the tax on the income, there will be no penalties or anything like (assuming you pay your taxes on time) The chance of your employer getting caught from it is slim to none.

Agreed. I loved how the guitars kicked in at the end of the demo. I do like this version though.