Month: October 2005

So I just dropped by HMV to pick up the new Nickelback album and the dude at the counter says “Hey have you listened to Theory of a Deadman before?” I’m thinking “This guy is sharp. He knows that Theory of a Deadman are on Chad Kroeger’s record label.

Me: “Yeah, they’re really great. Their last album is probably my favourite of the year.”
Dude: “Oh really. Yeah I really like them. How about Nickelback? Are they any good?”
Me (not believing what I’m hearing): “Uh what?”
Dude: “Yeah, I don’t have any radio or anything so I don’t really know the new hit songs or anything.”
Me (with an incredulous look on my face): “Well, you should listen to them. They are top notch and you’ll like them if you like Theory.”

With that I walked out and asked myself the following questions:

1. Who hasn’t heard of Nickelback? I mean…they have had the #1 selling single in North America (if not the world…where’s my Communications book? I just read that stat yesterday) with “How You Remind Me”
2. What’s this guy working in a music store if a) He doesn’t listen to much music due to lack of a radio and b) He hasn’t heard of Nickelback. Wouldn’t that be one of the weeding out questions during the interview? “Who wrote some rocking tunes and evoke the devil sign spirit in us at a concert? Oh, and their albums all sound the same. “Uh…AC/DC?” Man alive! This guy shouldn’t working at the record store. Well…at the very least he will be around a lot of music now. Maybe that’s why he took the job.

Update: If you use iTunes/iPod to carry around your music and listen to it, don’t bother buying this disc. They have copy protection on it that prevents you from copying to iTunes. You will hear more from me as I will write a nice letter to EMI stating how they are screwing over fans who actually pay for the music. I suppose I should write to the band themself…but when does that ever work? The sad thing is that I doubt HMV will let me return the disc as soon as I have opened it. You can thank CD Burners for that policy. Granted, I am not against the policy. I’m just ticked that I can’t do whatever the heck I want with the music I’ve purchased. I’m pissed.

whatisnotplayinginmyfreakingipodrightnow: All the Right Reasons by Nickelback (should be labelled All the WRONG Reasons IMHO)

Lucas asked for some Guitar tablature sites I like to visit so I threw one up on the right hand side link section. He gave me a good idea that I should actually save a slew of tabs to the website so that if I’m on the road away from my lyrics, I can just pop onto the website and download the tabs I’m into. Mike and I have a GMail account set up for that sort of thing (along with some friendly highly legal MP3 trading so that we can learn each others songs). Lucas, your wish will soon come true…a full encyclopedia of Guitar Tabs pour toi. For now, check out the link I provided…it’s my fave site to check out.

iPlayingrightnowinmyears: Santa Monica by Theory of a Deadman

Weekend Recap: Dad showed up on Friday and we had a fish fry with Lynn, Sue, Mike, Vero and I. Man, that was a good feed.

Saturday, Maureen showed up via the bus and we toured the city buying various things for the house. Danny and Rebecca showed up at night to visit.

Sunday, Véro, Dad and myself went on a tour to the Antrim Flea Market (formerly of Stittsville fame). I was very impressed by it however I left a comic I bought on someone else’s table. I picked up a few CDs also. You cannot go wrong with used CD purchases nowadays…they are mostly from the 90s which is my favourite era of music. My cousin Shawn was talking about how the most influential music of your life is between the ages of 13 and 19 which kind of makes sense. Years ago I remember just sitting listening to the music, staring at the lyrics and memorizing every song. Now, if a new album of someone comes out (like Our Lady Peace), I listen to the album, realize it kicks ass, but don’t sit myself down for hours and hours absorbing it. This brings back a memory of when I first moved to Ottawa and Bert was talking about how some of his favourite albums are the ones he didn’t like at first. He had to learn to appreciate them. I agree with this wholeheartedly.

Conversation at the Antrim Flea Market:
Lemon-Stand Dude: Who’s Pedro?
Me: My friend down in Mexico.
Lemon-Stand Dude: What’s he running for?
Me: President.

Blogger Problems: Uh oh…something happening in Bloggerland has prevented me to put up this update right away. Is my miracle solution wearing thin already…