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2008-07-16T17:31:00.004-03:00

Heads up ! Sydney , Cape friggin' Breton , friday night . Smooth Hermans ..............
........squid squirmin'...... voracious vermin............not discerning .....book learning ... stomaches turning ....tires burnin' ....Nat Shermans ....oxycotin and drunk germans ....

gonna be awesome .

2008-07-16T17:29:00.001-03:00

Remember that night in Quebec city ?

Moose, Joel Plaskett and Quebec City
Posted by josephyarmush on May 08, 2007
last thursday, a few members of kill the lights had to quit the band. not due to infighting or artistic differences. that's shit. but due to the fact that yann and joseph hit a moose and almost died. that's a real reason. it was thursday last, and we were driving to quebec with a few friends to party and see a joel plaskett concert. you don't need a good reason to either of those, because they both are usually good times. we're making good time, eating chips or whatever, and we drive through Trois Rivieres, the industrious town between Montreal and Quebec. The stars are out, we're surrounded by spruce trees and Neil Young comes on the radio. Its almost too Canadian. But, no. More Canadian would be a moose running across the highway! Yep, the scariest thing a motorist who's doing 120 km/hr could see 50 meters in front of him. So I start slowly saying, "moose, moose" because I'm a little surprised at the Farley Mowatt novel unfolding in front of my eyes. As we rapidly approach the 7 ft Yoko, I'm yelling, "MOOSE!!!". The brakes screech, I duck and there's a very loud "smack". We don't know if we're alive, injured or what. It's too early to tell. I hear, "are you alright?", everyone responds "yeah" with a holy-fuck-did-that-just-happen?! tone in their voices. We get out of the car, there's a sedan in the ditch across the highway, and the moose is on the shoulder of the road with it's legs going every way. There are hugs all around, then stares, then wide eyed gawking at the moose, the car in the ditch and ourselves. It was weird. So the cops shot the moose, we got towed to Quebec and walked in to the Joel Plaskett concert during "Snowed In". Caught his last 5 songs, drank 6000 shots of whiskey and danced all night in the old town. It was great. Kill the Lights will fortunately stick around and look out this summer for shows and we can tell the story in person.joe

2008-07-11T18:55:00.001-03:00

The Elk surveys the Hill

2008-07-08T13:02:00.002-03:00

Toronto , Molson Amphitheatre , Saturday July 12

with Great Big Sea

Hopefully a good a time as it was playing with the Oliver Jones Trio at Parliment Hill , Canada Day . Man , them cats can swing !

2008-07-03T15:35:00.002-03:00

There's two ?

From: Fan - M38574638 0 (Go to Page)
Subject: A&E Biography
Status: Pending
Date: 2008-06-20 13:49
Dear Dave,
My name is M&%^%#@ and I'm a Producer working on an A&E Biography about Bruce Springsteen. I contacted your Record Company and a woman named (^$& *^)%#^ said she would forward my info. along to you but in order to save time, I thought I'd contact you directly. I'd love to interview you for the Biography and was wondering if you'd be interested and available. We're shooting our interviews in July in the New York City area. The interview for the Biography would be 30 minutes in length. Thanks so much and I look forward to hearing from you. I can be reached at my office at (212) 4..-.... or via email at ...
M*%$*&$^

2008-06-27T15:13:00.002-03:00

Holy Parliment Hill ! Ottawa , July 1 , Joel Plaskett Emergency celebrate CANADA DAY ( or Dominion Day for you classic rockers ) .

2008-06-15T15:17:00.001-03:00

fashionable peephole

2008-05-21T13:36:00.003-03:00

Tommy Saxondale ( aka Steve Coogan , aka Alan Partridge , aka Tony Wilson from 24 Hour Party People ) on DJ's .

2008-05-17T11:50:00.001-03:00

The Queens Of the Stone Age ; the Cunard shed , on the waterfront . Good times .

2008-05-11T11:53:00.001-03:00

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-09T14:21:00.001-03:00

Hank Snow ; Happy Birthday Hank ! Genius .

2008-05-08T14:28:00.004-03:00

A special treat for all you rock and roll fans able to make it to the True Love Rules gig tonight at Tribeca . Crossing the water with 12 strings like saturns rings will be some kid named Plaskett . To join the band for a few numbers , like . Get yr rubber boots on , it's gonna be a damp evening .

2008-05-05T12:38:00.003-03:00

Gig ; Dave Marsh and The True Love Rules ... at Tribeca , Granville Street , Halifax . Thursday May 8 , somewhere between 10:30 and 11 pm . Followed by the Tribe house outfit Gloryhound and The Skyhawks . Opening , from Toronto , the legendary Lonnie James .
Hockey game will be on . Sound ( possibly shirts ) will be off .

2008-04-11T11:41:00.001-03:00

Hustle and Flow good movie

2008-04-04T10:16:00.004-03:00

The Seahorse , tonight . 10:30 pm sharp . The True Love Rules Ancient Order of Water Buffaloes Show Band presents ; The True Love Rules , The Album , debut .

We're planning on 9 tunes in 30 minutes as the openers . Stick around for Down With The Butterfly and The Yellow Jacket Avenger ... if your mind hasn't been blown or your face melted ..

For those of you in Calgary . See if you can spot Joel Plaskett in your town this weekend . Go up and say hello , he's very approachable .

2008-04-04T10:05:00.001-03:00

Caribou by Burgeo Hwy . Nfld .

2008-03-28T09:24:00.003-03:00

There is a JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY show SATURDAY NIGHT . And so ... The Weekend Starts Here !!! FRIDAYS upload from Dave Marsh's new album The True Love Rules ( co -produced by Joel Plaskett ) is The Smoke Easy . check it out at http://www.reverbnation.com/davemarsh ... and dig Joel's riffy gitbox solo .

2008-03-28T07:40:00.006-03:00

The Velvet Underground and Nico .

... femme fatale ................

2008-03-25T16:48:00.001-03:00

@ The Seahorse Tavern , Halifax , friday April 4th .

2008-03-24T20:28:00.008-03:00

Exclaim! Hootenanny 2008

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grant lawrence

; It was a scene out of hell . On stage The Halifax-Dartmouth Ferries peeled through their set like a well oiled sea bird . Down front were 20 , 30 , who knows , maybe a hundred , ageing teenage zombie punks . Dressed in black satin jackets , and running flick combs through their jet black duck tails , it could only be one posse , The Drinky Birds . A rougue dance squad outta the Ottawa Bytown Billionairs Hockey Club with a thirst for Keiths beer and mock violence .
The Ferries held the high ground , the stage , for 5 or 6 tunes . We was honouring ( guilty , Your Honour ) Doo Wop . It was noisy to be sure .Cacophonous , would be kind . The one hour of rehearsal was NOT ENOUGH REHEARSAL . But none of that mattered now , because the stage was set , and the rumble was on . The Drinky Birds came looking for trouble and that's exactly what they got . They stormed the stage like so many sore old men digging in the back of a pick up truck for a crowbar . Eventually they made it up . Knife - combs were produced , wrists were tied together and to the unfunkiest Beat It imaginable , white T's blossomed crimson red with blood . ( fake blood mind , something the Billionaires concocted involving creme da cassis and urine ) . The horror ; Ferry Hilliard was tossed from the stage as if he was some dude wearing a skin tight gold lame sock hop suit . Which he was . Rob Pierce and Carl Gosine tried to dance for peace but were pushed too far . Carls giant afro wig serving as a rallying point for agro . Murph took a thirty tooth comb to the generous belly . Rolly was swinging for the fences . Microphone stands swung in all directions and may have displaced a tooth or two . From the drums it was a terrible / hilarious sight .During Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay , and led by that evil little bastard elf , Blake Jacobs , all hell broke loose . There was much shoving , hurling of insults and some of the most jive turkey dancing you never wanted to see . Pure anarchy . Watch for youtube scenes that will Shock .

2008-03-22T19:49:00.003-03:00

Well ,the Ferries played their final game of the 2008 Exclaim !Cup this afternoon and finished with a hard fought 4-4 tie vs the gd Ottawa Billionaires . Holding the lead late into the third , and like salmon returning to the very stream they were spawned out of , The Ferries concocted an 0-2-1 record in a familiar , spectacularly fashioned , collapse . Standout effort from Ryan MacDonald in nets , saving the Ferries from a possible drubbing . Still , best game of the three .
Tonight it's the Hootenanny at the Elmo and the Sha Na Na meltdown .

2008-03-19T20:38:00.003-03:00

The Exclaim!Hockey Summit of the Arts 08 ...

is here . Booze , hockey and competitive gigging all in the name of charity ( jesus , throw some our way , would ya ? ed. ) . Again this year , our heroes , The HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH FERRIES , max their visas and bivouac at the Delta Chelsea in beautiful downtown Toronto . All weekend , friday and saturday at York University , and Sunday , De La Salle College Arena , the teams will slug it out for Who Has The Most Well Concealed Ringer glory . But that's only the beginning , every evening competive Hootenanny gigs eat whats left of the good will at the El Mocambo . This year The Ferries pay tribute to Sha Na Na , Saturday night 12:30 .Drop by and throw a can of soup .

2008-03-18T19:17:00.003-03:00

342, 000 hits on Youtube . The video for Fashionable People .

Crikey ! It's a virtual hit !

Dig ;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKDgkcx9ric .

2008-03-12T15:40:00.003-03:00

Two gigs to keep in mind ; The Joel Plaskett Emergency , march 29 ,Marquee club , Halifax . Sold out , but there always seems to be a way . Check the local chat sites for those last minute no-show Jones' .
Also check out Emergency bassist Chris Pennel's other day job , The Yellow Jacket Avenger , as they unleash the new album at the Seahorse Tavern , friday , April 4 . There may be an opener or two as well ...

2008-03-08T16:10:00.004-04:00

New track released online . It's saturday and a storm is a coming , so the omens are right for the online premiere of another song from The True Love Rules album from Dave Marsh . Called Darling You , Nothing Else Matters . Ok , enough of the guff ; Darling You , Nothing Else Matters @ www.reverbnation/davemarsh .