Jay

I've yet to have any success using the Hub, although I've got a pretty good selection of stuff without it.

Better than nothing, and it makes me wish I still had MuchMusic.

Bif Naked opened for MG? That's...awesome.

Mr. Svening, would you like some chocolate covered pretzels? They're a little melted but damn are they tasty.

I think the Dears have, not sure though, as I've never seen MG live, just going by third-hand info.

I'll check the site and see if I can find a number listed. Here's the contact URL for their parent company (I think), not sure if this will help you out or not, but hopefully it will - http://www.maplesolutions.ca/contact.html And the contact info - MapleSolutions 103, 30 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, On M4V 3A1 T 416.961.4332 F 416.343.9986

Let me see if there's a smiley for "HOLY SHIT, THAT'S AMAZING"... hmm...nope. Damned impressive collection there, kudos.

Hehe, awesome. This response sure beats the "go blind and die" response I've gotten from others. I take as much care as humanly possible, if not for the time being, than for down the road, when the decisions I make today could affect what can or can't be done in the future. Everyone here, take care as well.

I was worried about getting it, due to being in the U.S., but luckily, my copy arrived a few days ago. Hopefully, everyone else willl get their copies soon enough.

Thanks, right now, I, and my family and eye doctors, want to wait for it to become more of a standard procedure before it's done on me. An estimate of about three years was given at one time, although those have to taken with a grain of salt due to how medical science evolves. Considering how badly things could have turned out from a premature birth, no matter what degree, I've gotten off easy thus far.

Hehe, I'm sure that something will come down the pike. Right now, I'm looking forward to the camera-based surgery that might be able to give me sight in my right eye, something I've never had, or at least, been able to remember. I'm sure that Matt's music has affected folks in similar ways, and even if it hasn't, it's all relative. His music easily could have never affected me had I opted to not bring the CDs along with me to the hospital, or had I fallen asleep before the surgery. Dumb luck did the trick for it, if anything.

Sure. When I was born, I was four and a half months premature, given a 2% chance to live, and lesser odds to function anywhere normally should I manage to live. I was put on 100% oxygen for the rest of the four and a half months, the oxygen levels done to keep babies alive, especially premies, are now known to cause eye problems. Chief among them is a retinal detachment, which is what happened to my right eye, which had a full retinal detachment at around the end of the four and a half month oxygen period, the eye is also much smaller than the left one, which is kinda neat. On top of doing this damage, the oxygen also did heavy damage to my left eye, which was diagnosed with a detachment when I was about two, but then wasn't diagnosed with one later. It's been theorized that this was due to my retina just popping in and out of place. This theory was given some major proof when a full-on detachment was discovered on June 27, 2002, which had never been detected in the previous decade or so. I was given an estimate that I had until Saturday morning to see unless I had a scleral buckle surgery done, this was on a Thursday. Luckily, the doctor was able to fit me in on Friday, a day that was mainly spent by me trying to find some kind of way to get my mind off of the surgery, which I thought would never work, as I'd defied the odds so many times before. I figured that my number was up, and that wouldn't be too bad, as I got nearly 19 years out of the eye, while an infant who was getting the same surgery I was getting, but in both eyes, would be short-changed right out of the gate. I ended up having the surgery at about 11 PM on the 28th, almost two weeks to the hour since I'd graduated high school. Luckily, the surgery went better than anyone expected, and while my sight is far worse than it was before the surgery, it's far better than it would have been without it. Having some sight beats not having any sight, and some of the imagery in many of the slower songson AoB and BM allowed me to utilize my mind's eye that day, and calmed me down instantly. While other, faster songs helped motivivate me to get back into the swing of things as quickly as possible. Easily the toughest period in my life, as on top of this, I was dealing with losing people close to me, but now, even that is working out well.

Thanks, I'm glad to be here, and a part of the MG community as a whole. That whole thing was a rather...odd ordeal, and I'm far from out of the woods with it, but I'm thankful that Matt's music was the stuff that helped me get through going through it initially, and recover from the surgery as well. Sent him a PM through the Metro last year thanking him for writing music that helped me get through it all, and he awesomely replied, something I'll never forget. Also, I'll add "It's Been a While Since I Was Your Man" to my list, since it applies to things going on in my life now that rule.

You speak the truth, although Mallrats is pretty close.

Yeah, it took a while to narrow it down to just one. Although I think I'll have to cheat and broaden my list to include a few (potentially dozen) more: "Weapon" "North American For Life" "In Love With a Bad Idea" "Empty Road" "The Rat Who Would Be King" - opening part really helped me rationalize things on the day I was preparing to go blind "Under the Influence" - Amazing use of imagery gave me confidence that things would be okay if I had gone blind. "the Future is X-Rated"

I've seen the movie a few time on cable, and I want to buy the DVD, but can't find it for $10 or less, which is about what I'm willing to pay for it given that a special edition is rumored for release. Great movie, tons of instantly quotable lines. Not as many as Clerks, but a funny movie in its own right.

There is justice in the world.

Sales for the U.S....um, I doubt they'd be all that good. Although I was close to getting a second copy just to boost them a bit.

Ah yes, "21st Century Living" does have amazing lyrics. The satire in it is great, and hearing some live versions really bring out the statements he's trying to convey in it. "I'd like a supersize of death with a Coke" is still my most quoted MG/B saying.

"This empty road It keeps me looking for a place in your heart It’s all I know Said brother are you weary? Said sister are you safe? " From "Empty Road" I love the lyrics, and their execution, plus, they apply to stuff in my life right now.

I'm enjoying the album far more than I thought I would. I came into it listening to many of the songs performed live, which was nice to get a rough idea of them, but they couldn't prepare me for how awesome the album versions are. Some songs that I didn't enjoy hearing in the live version, I'm loving on the album, like "Hopeless." "We're So Heavy" is the surprise song for me, as I didn't think I'd enjoy it based on the lyrics, and yet the execution of the lyrics, and the song as a whole, made me a fan of it.

I'll go with "Advertising on Police Cars" as having the most enjoyable lyrics, as I can listen to the song over and over again and get different meanings out of them each time. Plus, Matt's execusion of the lyrics is just amazing to listen to.

I'll go with "Fall of Man", it's one that I've always enjoyed and have rarely seen praised.

I like the single player, but the multi-player stuff rules.

I got my signed copy yesterday, more than worth the $10 shipping and $26+ overall cost.