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Tonally it's definitely different, but rhythmically it is incredibly close and drives the song the same way to my ear. It may very well been timbales on the record, but I seem to remember reading somewhere a long time ago that it was the full size timpani on the album. I could be wrong.

I just listened to the album and the Liveroad versions of Rabbits and the fill that Blake does follow the same ba-bum bum-bumbum rhythm of the timpani from the album version.

Rabbits is up on Liveroad. I dig it a lot.

Grabbed White Pony by Deftones off of iTunes the other day. They've always been a band I've really liked but have somehow never actually purchased any of their albums.

Barrie Letters In Wartime / Load Me Up / Alert Status Red / So Close / Hey Hell Heaven / Non Populus / Born Losers / Arrows Of Desire / Had It Coming / We're Long Gone / Weapon / Garden Of Knives / Encore / Via Dolorosa / Apparitions / Guns Of Carolina

Funnily enough though, there are very few songs where Geoff is actually playing straight 8ths for even portions of the songs, let alone the whole thing. Some of the stuff might have been "reserved" as compared to what he could have played, but looking at stuff like Strangest One of All, Prime Time, Change of Season, there is a very unique style and feel to those basslines.

I quite liked the extended solo bit in Guns.

New songs for this tour bolded October 26, Hamilton Garden Of Knives / Arrows Of Desire / Load Me Up / Giant / Non Populus / Born Losers / So Close / Hey Hell Heaven / Had It Coming / We're Long Gone / Weapon / Via Dolorosa / Letters In Wartime / Encore / While We Were Hunting Rabbits / Alert Status Red / Apparitions / True Love Will Find You In The End

I've seen MG play 15 times since 2000, and going through the setlists I have available for those times, at the shows I've been to, the most songs I've heard at a full band show is 17, and for an acoustic show 20, so him playing 15-17 songs a night is actually right in the norm from what I've experienced.

It's a step lower which makes a world of difference. Not sure if Milos is tuning down on this one or if he's just kicking in his octave pedal in the 2nd verse.

From Milos' facebook: Just to clear some air regarding yesterday's tweet regarding Brockville, I quote: "Waking up in Brockville, ON. Wondering what the suicide rate is in this beauty".... Well, it turns out it's VERY high. We were parked behind the Dominion Grocery Store in what looked like Detroit. It was 9 am, I was tired, missing my family... It's not easy being in a travelling circus and waking up in a different town every morning. Sometimes you have to make dark and insensitive jokes, just to amuse yourself. Well, I made one on Twitter. And it hit too close to home for some. I didn't really think my association with Matthew Good would even put this stupid joke on a discussion forum of your daily lives. It was more of a social commentary, then a joke. When I say: "I'm sorry" I'm talking directly to those fighting to reduce this serious issue and those heartbroken by a loss of a loved one. Again, to those I offended, I'm really sorry. Milos Angelov And from mg dot org I want to address the controversy started by a tweet made by my bass player yesterday. First, let me say that Milos is a man of significant character, an amazing father, and also a person that grew up in Serbia during the war. His exposure to horrible realities that 99% of us will never experience is significant and has certainly impacted his perspective with regards to the plight of others, especially the darkness that many youths endure in the face of significant hardships, as he was a youth at that time. That said, there is no excusing the comment that he made. But unlike those that are willing to throw a person under the bus because of a single tweet, including demands that I remove him from my employ, I won’t entertain such rashness. Milos has worked with me for longer than any other musician in my career, has been a sounding board for me during difficult times, and is a close family friend. He is also, without question, a person that possesses an extremely macabre sense of humour. His tweet represented just that, and was something that he should not have posted. Again, there is no excusing the comment that he made, but as someone that knows him as well as I do, I know that it was just that, a reflection of his macabre sense of humour and not a direct attack on a particular place. Trust me, for those of you looking for a pound of flesh, Milos is extremely upset about this. Having said that, one thing that I will not do is treat him as a liability rather than my friend. I will not entertain the idiocy of those calling for his removal because I am not that sort of man. I’ll not abandon a friend because of a case of poor judgement. Because the reality is that everyone out there that is angered by this is also guilty of the same thing at some point in their lives - and to claim otherwise would be a lie. For those that are now attacking me directly, it’s important to remember that I am an advocate for the Canadian Mental Health Association and take the issue of suicide due to mental illness very, very seriously. In this regard I do not have to defend my record. My openness with regards to talking directly about such issues is well documented and, with regards to my own struggles with mental illness, is something that I have never been ashamed of or attempted to hide. I have and continue to speak about my own struggles and mental health issues in general on national television, in national print media, and on radio across the country. While Milos’ tweet was uncalled for, it certainly did touch a nerve, one that some in Brockville perhaps need to take greater interest in. It is one thing to admonish him, to call for his resignation, or to demand that he donate his pay to local initiatives regarding teen suicide. But the question that ultimately has to be asked is – if you’re a resident of Brockville, how much consideration do you give the subject? It is, after all, your community. Having spoken at length last night with local city councillor Leigh Bursey, I know that he is very dedicated to the issue and has worked with troubled youths. The passion regarding the issue that he demonstrated to me certainly reflects the positivity that he brings to local government. That said, if you are among those attacking Milos, I would ask what you are doing to combat the issue, as it is one thing to attack him for an ill conceived tweet and entirely another if such attacks are coming from those that play no part in dealing with the issue in their community. Having lived in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for years, which is Canada’s poorest urban neighbourhood and one overly populated by those that the mental health establishment has utterly failed, I have spoken with hundreds of people on the streets about their lives, their situations, and how they ended up sleeping in alleys addicted to drugs in an attempt to combat those demons in their heads that they cannot subdue. I have seen some of them disappear entirely - there one day and gone the next - the ambulance almost permanently parked on lower Hastings making another run to the city morgue. While many might claim that my struggles are not equatable to theirs, I can assure you that the face of everyone that I spent time with in that neighbourhood is etched in my memory and on my soul. And so, given the opportunities that I am presented given my access to the media, I speak out on their behalf, and all those that struggle with mental illness. Because we have all, at some point, found ourselves alone in the dark, and it is there that either a kind hand comes to pull us from beneath the waves or falters because of the fear and stigma that surrounds those slowly slipping into perpetual midnight. The question, though it has ultimately been presented in the worst possible way, is wether or not your hand is one willing to be thrust into those waters to save a complete stranger, or if, as is commonly the case, the issue itself is one better ignored than confronted given the unease it presents. Human beings make mistakes, that much is certain. Correcting them, that is what ultimately makes us human. And that said, it’s time all of us took that aspect of this affair to heart.

I think in terms of the notes he's playing, it's practically identical to the album, but the sound of the bass is definitely different. I love Milos' tone. Having awesome old Ampeg heads/cabs certainly help with that.

October 21, Brockville Arrows Of Desire / Load Me Up / Alert Status Red / So Close / Mutineering / Non Populus / Born Losers / Had It Coming / We're Long Gone / Weapon / While We Were Hunting Rabbits / Letters In Wartime / Encore / Apparitions / Garden Of Knives / Guns Of Carolina

Lots of times you'll find songs played faster live than you will on the album.

Nope. Blake is all kinds of awesome and I think his voice really complements Matt's.

"Barely got out of that one."

They forgot to enable downloads. Should be working now.

Matt's just posted Garden of Knives as part of LiveRoad, and it is pretty spectacular. Edit: Except for the fact that it cuts off the outro.

I've bought quite a bit of music this year, but not much that was released this year: Arrows of Desire Pure Heroine by Lorde Kveikur by Sigur Ros Siberia Acoustic by Lights Heartthrob by Tegan and Sara I would have to say Kveikur is my favorite from this year, with Arrows a close second, then Pure Heroine, Heartthrob and Siberiacoustic.

I'm just doing song title, number of plays and % of shows played at with songs in alphabetical order because that's easy enough. Just have to add ones and zeros, and change a cell reference in a formula after each show. Simple stuff!

I'm on graveyard shift tonight so I'm totally going to do this.

October 18, Halifax Garden Of Knives / Last Parade / Hello Time Bomb / So Close / Mutineering / Born Losers / Non Populus / Arrows Of Desire / Via Dolorosa / Alert Status Red / Weapon / Letters In Wartime / While We Were Hunting Rabbits / Encore / Apparitions / Load Me Up / Had It Coming / Guns Of Carolina I would like to see a Arrows of Desire / Garden of Knives beginning to a set. Popped up when I had the album on shuffle accidentally the other day and it works well.

Digging the chorus effect on the bass in that one.

So yeah, let's talk about the tour here. Matt is being awesome regarding setlists: "Day one, town one, venue one, set list one. I don’t think I’ve had a more difficult time putting together a setlist in my career. That being the case, I think this tour deserves a dedicated set list page where the lists from each show are posted. I’ll launch that page later tonight after the show or tomorrow morning."

Gravity was pretty excellent. I didn't get to see it in IMAX 3D, just plain old regular 3D, but it was fabulous.