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it's really true. Total side note, at the show in halifax last week, a woman in the front row went into labor

OMG A WOMAN WENT INTO LABOUR IN THE FRONT ROW I SHIT YOU NOT

thanks, I also just accuired a bunch ;)

yeah Goodnight nobody is nice but you just haven't heard her til you hear the wooden stars album! Amazing! she's done some harmonies for the hip too

thanks for sharing your story of talking to him about being bi-polar! very brave!

it's not great but I use Audacity because it's free ;)

hey guys, this may come off totally newbish of me and the answer may be staring me right in the face... but years ago (like 2003?) a good friend of mine who was a way bigger matt good fan than I was sent me some rare tracks (even if you all don't consider them rare I cant find em anymore so they rare to me!). If you've checked out my youtube you'll see I cover some of them (Like umbrellaless and whispering in the dark!) Im just wondering if they ever come up on the NF store or if anyone else knows where I can find em? Here's my list: broken Umbrellaless Whispering in the Dark Endsong South of Summer Folk singer the last poem's poet You are here (let's be honest with myself anything really from this session of demons) The OTHER endsong from 15 hours on a september thursday and yeah... that's it!

Anyone here ever heard of Julie Doiron? She's beautiful but you wont find much online. I've been trying forever to get my hands on a copy of the CD she did with The wooden stars

So speaking of charming musicians who are really nice and down to earth... I heart Joel PLaskett. I got to open for him a few times, hang out, and just enjoy his overall precense. His music has been just as much a part of my life as Matts but growing up in haifax it provides an anthem for the years.

He totally does. He was in a rush both times but made time for everyone. I will remember that for the rest of my life and because of it I'm gonna work my ass off to be kind and go the extra mile for people who look up to me be it in regards to my music or anything else I do.

aside from all our banshee screaming in halifax, lol

yeah! Actually, I got into it last season, took forever to catch up

;) well he did just crack a very devious joke ... or maybe it's all true! hehe

So, I have a really cool story about the first time I got to meet Matt so I thought I would share it if no one minds! :angry: So, I was a real silly girl and started a facebook group in a silly not serious ploy to meet Matt Good. (If you're checking the group most of the members have left because the group worked!) Anyway, it was really more of a fan thing to post videos pics etc and I never thought anything to come of it. My whole goal was to get him to sign my guitar (8) Like many of you, when Matt first joined facebook I jumped on the opprotunity to add him right away. I never expected he'd pay attention to the group let alone my profile. A few days before the show my fiance and I broke up and I changed my facebook relationship status and wrote a little note thanking all the people who had come to my aid. Within an hour of all that happening I see a note from Matthew Good in my inbox on facebook. At first I thought it was from one of the groups I was in regarding Matt, but when I opened it I could NOT believe what I saw. Matt told me he was very sorry to hear about my break up and that it sucked but that when he came to Halifax he would really like to see me and sign my guitar. Now, all of this washappening very fast and I was still in shock about the breakup and out of shock I e-mail him back almost angry because I was scared someone was playing a mean joke on me. But he responded a second time just as kind as the first and assured me he was good on his word. (8) I felt bad for questioning him, but the guy had 4000+ friends on facebook so I found the whole thing really hard to believe! The concert came and I dragged my acoustic to the show and stood in the rain. A few people I went to high school with walked by and made fun of me but I ignored em :angry: I didn't tell my friends why I had the guitar either. So I actually stashed it under the stage at the venue (The Marquee!) and after the show I drug it out and stood in line with others to meet Matt. All my friends were surprised, and of course the people who made fun of me 'kept making fun of me. That is, until Matt reached out his arms for a hug when I got to the front and said "There She is!" oh yeah. (8) he gave me a big hug and helped me get my guitar open and chatted with me and my friends while he signed it. Then he posed for some photos ;) I got off the bus grinning from ear to ear and walked past the people who had made fun of me swinging my guitar! hehe. It was really awesome to have Matt be so nice to me in that kind of situation. I mean, when anyone goes through a break up it's hard and we all sort of hope/expect symapthy/empathy but none of us even dream of getting it from our fav celeb/musician :angry: So Im gonna pay it forward! haha.. somehow. Anyway, here's a few pics! Matt signs my guitar Me and Matt A shot from the show

Not sure why the photos I posted woudln't work... so... Me and Matt The photo of my boyfriend and matt

hehe blankets is awesome! The last time I got to see Matt (Last halifax show) I gave him a copy of Blankets, because I'm a geek like that :angry:

Hey peoples! I am new to the forum so any pointers would be appreciated ;) I thought I'd post about the Halifax Show last night (May 22) because it kicked major butt :angry: It was at the Cunard Center and we arrived to find it a little dis-organized at first. Security kept changing their minds on where people should/could stand to wait and how they wanted to divide people up (age, tickets etc) Me being a little oblivious and not really sure how the lineup is set up- I walk to what I think is the back of the line and stand right 'behind' this girl who looks at me funny and I say "wow I'm so excited aren't you?" she slowly nods and is confused and asks where I got my tickets and if I'm in the right line, then politely tells me she's in the front and I'd just stepped in front of her. Eep. I was embaressed. So back of the line I went! And waited. For hours. LOL. After a very long wait everyone got to pile inside and I made a beeline with a group of 7 or 8 people to the very front where we stood for another very long time waiting for things to get going! They played some fun filler music (pink flloyd, radiohead etc.) and finally the opening act "The Spades" Came out. Wowza they were energetic. They reminded me a lot of many east-coast musicians combined like Joel Plaskett, Matt Mays, A little Sam Roberts, only a wee bit heavier. During one song the guitarist just figures he ought to be playing drums too and goes over and just loses it on the drum set with the drummer and keeps jumping back between that, guitars, and vocals. They had some awesome outfits on and totally had crazy energy. It was infectious. I tried to get some good photos but it was hard because of the crazy lighting! Then the stage went black and we could all see Matt's little shadow creeping on the stage that suddenly flooded into blue. Talk about crazy excitement. I happened to capture the whole first song on video and it's posted on youtube under nothingtosing :angry: The first song was Champions of Nothing and quite literly gave me goosebumps. Now, I had fully intended on going to this show and keeping track of the entire set list, but hoenstly I am so used to seeing him play acoustic that I was in awe of the whole band perspective and kinda lost my focus on that one... but I'm sure some other keeners from the Halifax area will know every song in order! Some that stood out for me were: Load Me Up, Giant (Oncore) all the songs he played from the new album, and of course, his little itty bitty song about Alberta :angry: He had a sense of humor the whole night and bounced around that stage like a mad man! Poor guy was sweaten buckets and all of us blog readers were just cringing knowing how sore he'd be in the morning. The show went on for hours, at least three! It was such an amazing experieince you could look around and actually watch people closing their eyes and just feeling it. Also, the bouncer in front of me couldn't stop laughing because the bass was actually blowing my hair around. Yup, the way it should be! After the show and the oncore my friends and I all piled out and bought some merch and I got myself one of the new nifty hoodies. Then we all piled to the tour bus where a charming guy was outside 'serenading' Matt with his own music on guitar. (Matt's music) this prompted a little crowd to gather and sing along. My friends and I poured into the tour bus - this wasn't the first time I'd had the opprotunity to kick it with Matt (more on that awesome story later) but it was a first for my boyfriend who was a little intimidated. You know, because I go on and on and on about Matt. Now Matt's a funny guy and picked up on this so I announced to my boyfriend that he need not be intimidated because Matt was a good guy and woudln't steal me from him. Just as I went to snap a picture of my two favourite men Matt swings and arm around and with a devious smile says something along the lines of "No worries man, I'm not into girls" and the expression on my poor boyfriend's face is absolutley priceless (8) So we all got out autographs, photos, and hugs and ended up in bed with ringing ears at around 2am. Matt was in a rush and cleared out pretty quick- last I heard. We were greatful for the chance to see 'em! It was an awesome show and I hope others will post more too!