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Missed a few good shows at Red's back in 98 and 99 because of being underage but I feel I've done alright for myself with twelve shows in all. All of these are in Edmonton, except for 2001-06-26, as we went down to Red Deer to see that one. 1998-07-28 - Commonwealth Stadium 1999-07-11 - Commonwealth Stadium 1999-08-17 - Rev (best concert) 1999-12-05 - Shaw Conference 2001-06-26 - Red Deer Centrium 2001-06-30 - Northlands Park 2003-03-27 - Joint 2003-03-28 - Joint 2004-06-23 - Starlite Room 2004-06-24 - Starlite Room (second best) 2004-06-25 - Starlite Room 2004-10-13 - Red's

I would say it looks pretty good...although someone went and wrote their autograph on it ;). Honestly though, it's pretty nice. As you can see with the tag still attached, I haven't worn mine yet and I ordered mine the day they were available. The "Matt Good" circle logo on the chest seems a little cheap, but all in all it's a nice jersey.

Yeah, that sounds about right. And since we are being nostalgic, that show was amazing. It was in my top three performances. The band was just on that night. While the setlist wasn't as great as the night before, the band was tight on stage. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves a lot more. Oh man...good times.

You don't need live material to join the MG Hub. You just need any MG/B related multimedia to achieve the 250MB quota; music videos, ripped CDs, etc. are fine. Check out this thread as it has some information about quotas and such for the Hub.

Are you talking about the mic levels, or is there another level adjustment that I need to be aware of?

That would have been our friend pintosack (who posted just a few messages up) who did the recording. He has always done great recordings but found a way to out do himself that night. I also record shows and hope to one day achieve the quality that he puts out. Definitely a great listen!

I remember some of those quotes from back in the day, but never had a chance to read the whole thing. Thanks! Good to see that old articles like this are kept around. I found this quote made me do a double read... Not sure if Giant was realistically considered for a single, or if Matt just picked any song from Beautiful Midnight to use as an example. But a video for Giant would have been interesting...

Those are good, no need to convert at all. Some audio interviews shared out in the Hub are in .WMA, so yours should be no problem.

Full concerts are available in the MG Hub. You can avoid using Soulseek/Kazaa in place of a Direct Connect client.

Wow, good research! How did you get the answer...? All you had was a picture and some vague information. For those curious, there is an auction for the Trini Lopez on eBay and it's going for $1,726USD right now which ends Wednesday afternoon. You can find the link for it here.

My first time seeing MGB perform was a part of the Edgefest tour in 1998. The date was July 8th, and it was my second real concert (the first being a few months earlier with Matchbox Twenty). About nine months prior to Edgefest I heard Everything Is Automatic, fell in love with the sogn and eventually the CD. My good friend came to the show with me as he enjoyed Underdogs almost as much as I did. The guys were playing on the small stage that year and while it was a short set a few songs from Ghetto Astronauts were played. I had only heard Underdogs so the songs played from any previous release went over my head. It was a good show, even if the fine details of that day have been forgotten. The guys played well and loud, definitely ignited the spirit of rock within me. I do remember that the next band to play on the small stage following MGB was Creed, which amuses me now to think back on that. Following the show the guys did an autograph session where I got my Underdogs CD signed. That was also the same day I decided against buying the special HMV offer of Underdogs bundled with Lo-Fi B-Sides because I already had a copy of Underdogs. I have regretted that decision for the last six years...

Well let's give this a go...there may be one or two items missing, but for the most part this covers it all. Retail Albums Last of the Ghetto Astronauts Raygun Underdogs (signed by Matt, Ian, Geoff, Dave) Beautiful Midnight Loser Anthems x2 [one still sealed] Audio of Being (LE) Avalanche (LE signed by MG) Avalanche Vinyl (signed by MG) WLRRR (digipak) WLRRR (regular - signed by MG) Promotional Albums Raygun (cardboard sleeve) Underdogs (American) Beautiful Midnight (American) Beautiful Midnight (3” Promo) Beautiful Midnight (German) Promotional Singles Everything Is Automatic (Canadian) Indestructible (Canadian) Apparitions (Canadian) Rico (Canadian) Hello Time Bomb (Canadian) Hello Time Bomb (American) Hello Time Bomb (German) Load Me Up (Canadian) Load Me Up (German) Strange Days (American) Anti-Pop (Canadian) World Called Catastrophe (Canadian) World Called Catastrophe (German) Misc At Last There Is Nothing Left To Say (signed by MG) Commoners Guide to Suicide Handbook (signed by MG) Chart Magazine (November/2001, Oct/2004) Double sided Beautiful Midnight poster 3’ x 3’ Avalanche Promo board Matt’s .60mm JD pick (from Pepsi Taste Tour) Pepsi Taste Tour pass signed by Matt, Rich, Dave, Ian Twelve concert stubs (including above Pepsi Taste Tour one) Audio Of Being sticker Numerous photos with the guys from the band (some are signed as well) Shirts Beautiful Midnight shirt/1999 (Strange Days logo/end song) Avalanche shirts/2003 (long sleeve and khaki) VTSV Strikers shirt/1999 (signed by Matt, Rich, Ian and Dave) Amnesty/Kappa Jersey/2003 (signed by MG) WLRRR-Air Force/2004 (signed by Matt, Rich, Christian and Pat) Put Out Your Lights Tour/2004

I have used one of a few avatars on MG message boards, but this one always stuck. On the SomethingAwful forums a thread was posted with a link to a video which had this large hippo dancing about. In the thread people busted out various .gif animations of the hippo dancing and this one was the most disturbing/hilarious. For a while the original poster, isnoop was his name, had this hippo-slap avatar for a few weeks following tat thread. It was too good not to save and use elsewhere. Anyway, that's the story of the avatar...sorry for the derail.

One of the first I learned on my acoustic guitar was I, The Throw Away. You can also give a go with the intro to Weapon. Or if you want more fun intro stuff look into Buffalo Seven. Simple power chords can be found in My Out Of Style Is Coming Back and Everything Is Automatic could be another you can look into. Those are the ones that stand out for me.

Thought I would help out with some visual aids for this guitar question. From what I have seen this year it looks as if this guitar is only used on Alert Status Red. I remember this question coming up back in June when the guitar was first seen. Can't remember which message board the question came up on, but hopefully the picture can jog someones memory.

Whoa, that was a big SNAFU...yeah, what I meant was the t-shirt had the POYL Poster (with the bomb and the airplane) on the front of the shirt. So it wasn't $25 for the poster, but the shirt with the poster art on it. There, that should be a little more clear. The poster, with Matt on the escelator, was $5.

They do have some new merch, but nothing really jumped out at me. There was one with WLRRR album art, on a dark blue shirt ($35). And then the Put Out Your Lights Tour poster ($25) on the front on a white shirt with a target symbol on the back. I am pretty sure those are the prices, if not exact then at least a good ballpark figure. My friend bought the pink shirt with lyrics and it is quite different. I would have liked to purchase the Matt Good grey hoodie, but for $50 I talked myself out of it. They also had some Avalanche material still there. The poster with Matt on the escelator was there but not sure if any were available. Auf der Maur had some nice variety in her shirts too.

I put in quite some time writing up this review so thought I would cross-post it on a few of the Edmonton related threads across the MG boards. Alright, here we go with my review from the Edmonton show, the recap is a little long so those with ADHD might have a problem with this. Pre Game I arrived early (4PM – doors at 7PM) and met up with my friends and also new ones I had met at the shows back in June. Shortly after 4PM the guys started the soundcheck and ran through the audio clip for 21st Century Living, a song from WLRRR, Workers Sing a Song of Mass Production and then Carmelina. The two songs from Audio of Being were not played in entirety, but hearing just that little bit was enough to satisfy me. And then I waited for a few hours until the doors were opened. It’s amazing how much time you pass just by doing nothing. Although arriving early does have the benefit of being able to have a quick word with Matt or talking to Christian as he makes his way back into the venue (Rich seemed very…unsociable, perhaps to go with the David Hasslehoff persona Matt talked about later on in the evening). And yeah, more time goes by and then we were let in. Show Let’s go straight to the headliners, no disrespect to Limblifter (who were amazing) or Auf Der Maur (she was good, but I need to listen to her studio record before I judge) we were all there to see Matt and his crew. Lights go dark, and then this voice comes through the dark “We did not authorize…” This continues on for just over a minute then Christian and Rich take the stage to lay the beginning intro for 21st Century Living. One of the biggest teases of this night actually, when Pat and Matt joined the stage it took a little longer before they actually busted into the song (nearly three minutes into it is when Pat and Matt started to play). This was a great opening track and set the mood for the night. Having Hello Time Bomb next in line was a surprise, I had expected the “Flip a Coin” to occur but it was good to get one of the big singles out of the way. This song was pretty much the same format from back in June. The next three songs from WLRRR were very well done and the guys were off and flying. Weapon was amazing live, I believe this is when Matt went into the front row of the crowd and played for a minute or two. The outtro for Weapon was extended for a little while as Matt kneeled on stage. Then from one beautiful ending to another great beginning Blue Skies Over Badlands came in and I enjoyed the extended version of this song (I am biased though because this is one of my favorite tracks from WLRRR). It built so slowly and then rocked during the high points and calmed right down near the end. Matt was very talkative tonight, sharing stories and memories ranging from losing his wallet while going into the crowd while playing a show once and then about how one of Limblifter’s guitars ended up on eBay after being missing for seven years and then it was right into Alert Status Red. I love the live version of this song; it never ceases to entertain me. Following that was a hard rendition of North American for Live (filled with what sounded like German voices during the pause) and then into Little Terror. After this Matt was brought out a black Telecaster, one I had not seen used back in June so I expected something was up. Matt talked about the Fantasy Land Hotel and then the intro for Rat Who Would Be King was played and it gave me goose bumps to hear that song live. This is a true beauty to hear in concert. It was a long song so I expected the encore break to begin there as the guys had been on stage for quite some time. But after Rat Matt was given an acoustic guitar and soothed everyone in the audience with the slowed down version of Apparitions. After the encore break Load Me Up started but half way through (maybe?) the rhythm guitar changed and it then went into Carmelina. Hearing another song from Audio of Being was definitely a treat, but I expected this one as I was able to see three songs during the sound check. I was really hoping to hear Big City Life, a hard rockin' song to close the night out but Been a While was still enjoyable. The guys were on stage for quite some time and didn’t play Empty Roads which was on the setlist (after long versions of Blue Skies and Rat I am not surprised they may have gone over their lime) which would have been a good closer but the whole show was a complete treat. Post Game There was some debate following the show as to where it would be best to meet up with Matt and the guys for some autographs. We took a gamble and went by a back door entrance but as we got closer we saw Pat so it seemed like our gamble was golden. I asked Pat to sign my Avalanche vinyl but he said he needed to go get changed and then come back out. Shortly after that Christian popped out, I asked for a quick autograph but he said he had other plans right now, and would be back after. I never saw Christian or Pat again. Little disappointed but then Matt came out and spent a lot of his time with us. It always amazes me how much he does for fans. After everyone had autographs it was asked if he had time to take a few pictures and possibly sign some other items we had brought and he took as much time needed to get through them all (I also got ALTINLTS signed on top of the vinyl and a picture too) and that was it. Really generous with his time considering he still wasn’t feeling too well and he probably needed to get to bed or on the road to Fort McMurray. ADHD Version Another good show tonight, a few surprises added into the setlist and they played on stage for quite some time. The June 24/2004 show still stands out as a highlight from the earlier tour but this one was very memorable with the performance of a few Audio of Being songs. Audience responded well to the big singles and really enjoyed Carmelina. Stand out songs were 21st Century Living, Blue Skies, Rat and Carmelina.

Haven't seen the Oct.13 show in Edmonton mentioned, so I guess I will be the first. I have my tickets for that show, and just as I did with the three shows he did back in June I will be recording the audio. Hopefully it's a good time at Red's, as it's notorious for being a so-so place for concerts. Hopefully he comes back through Edmonton, as I am greedy and would love to see him some more before the year is up.