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I went to see Broken Social Scene, the Stills and Raising the Fawn at Louis' bar last night with my friend Erin and her brother Colin. I haven't been to a show for a long time. Apparently a lot of Louis' shows are now all ages. I didn't find that out until later, but once I did, it made a lot of sense. It explained why I was constantly getting id-ed, and why everyone looked so young. I'm 27, but can pass for about 20, so I tend to get id-ed a lot.

There were a lot of people in the audience that I knew or recognized. It always feels weird to see so many familiar faces. It's like the three years that I lived away from here were just a strange dream.

Anyway, Raising the Fawn was mediocre. The Stills were good and I really liked Broken Social Scene. I hadn't actually heard them before, but I liked some of the Jason Collett stuff I'd heard, and I love Metric. None of the BSS women came out on the trip. Some of BSS's stuff is so orchestral and mellow that it made me want to lie down on a bed with a nice, um, thing you can smoke.

I guess the last time BSS was here, there were only 30 people in the bar. It was probably -40. We made up for it last night though, as the place was packed.

Since I've spent a lot of time with bands in the past, I have to wonder how BSS makes money and has rehearsals. They have such a huge group and splitting their money so many ways means they make very little. I guess that's why they have to have be a collective and why everyone else is in another band. It's just not very feasible from an economic perspective.

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A neat website which discusses new words and their origins-

http://www.wordspy.com/

Example-
NEW
retrosexual (ret.roh.SEK.shoo.ul) n. A man with an undeveloped aesthetic sense who spends as little time and money as possible on his appearance and lifestyle. Also: retro-sexual.
—retrosexuality n.


Genuine guys are sometimes known as retrosexuals, to distinguish them from metrosexuals, who are men with the good taste of gay men, only they're straight. Metrosexuals are scrupulous about their grooming and are great consumers of men's cosmetic products. They use hair gel. Retrosexuals are scared of hair gel. Some people think that retrosexuals automatically have Neanderthal views about women, but this is not the case. A retrosexual is simply someone who doesn't know the difference between teal and aqua, and frankly couldn't give a damn.
—Margaret Wente, "I married a retrosexual," The Globe and Mail (Canada), February 14, 2004

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Today is International Women's day.

Instead of writing something poignant about this, I'll just give you a link to Amnesty International's website, where if you choose, you can read all about their new campaign to stop violence against women.

http://www.amnesty.ca

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Since some of you live in, or visit Vancouver, I thought you might appreciate this Vancouver restaurant site-

http://www.where2eat.ca/

(Link courtesy of Darren Barefoot.)