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all his recent shows in toronto have sold out. if you have the money and really want to go, I'd get the tickets now to be sure.

acoustic tracks.

uh...the only date on the top banner is september 20th...

yeah, but this is Matt Good. he's not exactly at the height of his career...

their new cd is absolutely amazing. I got it the day it came out and listened to nothing else for the rest of the week.

he's played in st. catharines (Arizona's, though it's technically in Thorold) pretty much every year for the last five years or so. I know he's also played some festival in Pt. Colbourne so it's not out of the question.

seriously, arizona's does do all ages shows. the best thing to do would be to call and ask.

generally the shows at Arizona's are all ages. they just do the wrist band thing. I've been to two MG shows there and both were all ages (as far as I remember anyway)

well, chalk one up for the liberals. though I expect a high number of NDP votes.

who the hell would pay US $170 for three songs?!

so, I was watching CSI tonight, and apparently incest is a class b felony in nevada. my question is why? why is it illegal to get it on with your relatives? sure, it's gross and kinda creepy, maybe even morally wrong, but if both people are consenting adults what's the problem? sorry, this is kind of off-topic, but there was talk earlier in the thread about incest...

it's in st. therese. that's where they built the camaro and firebird before they were scrapped.

51" toshiba widescreen here (rear projection). I thank burger king every day for that one. edit: on topic...yes spring election, I think we probably need one.

yeah, I'm with Matt on this one. The NDP have a nasty habit of running economies into the ground. It happened in Ontario with Bob Rae, and it happened in BC.

I'm still voting Liberal because I know the NDP can't form a good government.

this news isn't exactly new...it was thought that this most recent minority was punishment for the Liberals. Hell, when I voted Liberal in the last election I knew perfectly well that the outgoing government was corrupt as hell. I'm just terrified of Stephen Harper. edit: I know it's really long, but the bolded part basically shows why Harper won't be able to win the next election as easily as some people seem to think.

you mean the minority government that needs to work with other parties in the house to get bills passed? yeah, they can't work together can they... also, I feel I should bring up the fact that Mackenzie King was able to lead a minority government for four years... edit: oh, and before you bring up the current budget problems, they seem to have been worked out. at least for now. the liberals have agreed to drop the 'Kyoto' wording.

yes, I know. We were Britain's largest ally for most of the war. My point though is, what do we need an army for? I don't see people lining up to invade our country. Perhaps a small self defense force (like the old Japanese model, I'm not sure if it still applies though) would be a better way to spend the taxpayers' money.

I've been hit on by two gay guys in my lifetime. the only thing that pissed me off was that the fuckers didn't buy me a drink. that being said, I personally could care less what a person's sexual preferance is.

'cause God forbid a country spend its money on more than shiny guns and bombs.

more like the French just plain can't win wars... for any French people on this board...I'm just kidding.

actually, part of the reason NF joined Confederation was because of a debate over what to do with a provincial surplus. Newfoundland was ruled by a commission government, which basically meant that Britain was deciding what to do with all that money. The Brits were saving the money for another depression, like after WWI, but because of the Cold War there wasn't a depression. People were still starving in the streets and they naturally were a little fed up with having no say in the matter. Originally the choice for people from Newfoundland was either to bring back responsible government, or continue with the commission government for five more years.

does anyone else remember the old Union government under Sir Robert Borden? That seemed to work just fine during the First World War.

haha, fair enough.

I understand that they are needed for other provinces, but do you not think that the "poorer" provinces should be able to find a way to increase their revenue? Whether they are the economic center of the country or not. I'm not saying that the Federal government should stop equalization payments. I'm merely suggesting that they are too much...unless I worded what I said before wrong. With what? There really isn't much else in PEI or Newfoundland, minus the offshore oil and natural gas (which I think has only recently been put under Newfoundland control).