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Kyuss Lives! + The Sword + Monstro @ L'Olympia
First thing's first: This was Kyuss. Forget what was printed on the ticket or put up on the marquee – Kyuss Lives!? Nope, Kyuss, plain and simple.
In case you don't know the situation, here's a quick briefing: Kyuss is one of the greatest bands ever. They broke up in the mid-90's and they're currently doing a reunion tour under the name Kyuss Lives!. It's being called Kyuss Lives! because original guitarist Josh Homme (of Queens of The Stone Age fame) isn't taking part – he's being replaced by some random dude.
Now, bands lose and replace members all the time – a ridiculous amount of the time, in fact. This rarely affects the band's name. Exception that proves the rule: Remember when Black Sabbath started calling themselves Heaven & Hell? Yeah.... it was super-lame.
So anyway, guitar tones are easily replicated. As long as John Garcia was on vocals this was going to be Kyuss to me.
Sidenote: You know what was better than the time I saw Iron Maiden? The time I saw Paul Di'Anno playing Iron Maiden songs with a local Maiden cover band. Just saying.
Anyways, on the show!
Monstro opened the night. They were kind of whatever... The sound was pretty bad (very echo-y and cavernous), they had no stage presence, and it took about 20 minutes before they got to some riffs that I liked. I'll give them a chance in another setting, but they completely failed to win me over this time.
The Sword had pretty much the same sound issues as Monstro, but they had some awesome songs to pull themselves through (“Night City”, “Tres Brujas”, anything from the first album...). It wasn't the best The Sword could be, but it was still pretty good.
Kyuss are among the bands that I have been listening to the longest, but that I have yet to see live (and for the record, even though it's never going to happen, I'd totally support a Dimebag-less Pantera reunion). So this show was totally a dream come true. Seriously, it was pure bliss. I'm not exaggerating (much) when I say that it was a religious experience. Every song was amazing and, luckily, the sound was great. The band was spot on and the crowd loved every minute If it. There was no bullshit, stage banter was kept to an absolute minimum, and the band just played stoner rock perfection for 2 hours straight. Really, what else needs to be said?
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News September 27th 2011
Read by Esther Viragh
Produced by Dominique Daoust
Stories by Nikita Smith, Niki Mohrdar, Michael Lemieux and Jordie Yaeger.
Quebec Not in Danger of Recession
Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Bachand said the province doesn’t need a stimulus. The Canadian and Quebec economies are in strong enough condition that a stimulus is unnecessary.
The minister said provincial revenues have been increasing lately. This is a result of new jobs.
Quebec’s GDP increased by nearly one percent in the first quarter of 2011. He credits the last stimulus from the Federal government for helping Quebec recover quickly.
While growth is slower than expected, both Bachand and Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, don’t think a recession will happen.
Ship Discovered with 200 Tons of Silver
A US exploring firm struck silver in the Atlantic. They found the largest haul of precious metal ever discovered in the ocean.
The UK boat called the SS Gairsoppa contained two-hundred tons of silver. The Cargo ship was sunk back in 1941 by a German U-Boat.
Officials say that they're now busy planning the recovery phase. They plan to start restoring the silver by the second quarter of 2012.
Speeding Car Hits 15 Year-old
A Montreal man in his twenties was arrested Monday after hitting a fifteen year-old boy with his car.
The boy and his friend were walking through a back alley when a car came at them.
One boy is now in the hospital with several injuries while his friend was able to get out of the way of the speeding car.
Police say that the collision may not have been an accident.
400 Protest Against Alberta Pipeline on Parliament Hill
117 people were charged with trespassing during a protest in Ottawa against a suggested oilsands pipeline project.
More than 400 people attended the protest on Parliament Hill to demonstrate against TransCanada Keystone's XL pipeline project.
The 7 billion dollar pipeline project would see crude oil transported from Alberta to Texas.
The event was peaceful, even when protesters tried to enter the House of Commons by the Centre Block.
One witness said she saw police and those who had been arrested laughing and joking around. Those charged with tresspassing received a $65 fine and are prohibited from Parliament Hill for a year.
A spokesperson from Greenpeace Canada said the protest is a historic one for Canada.
September 26th 2011
Produced By Melissa Mulligan
Read By Sarah Deshaies
Stores By:
Sofia Gay, Esther Viragh, Audrey Folliot & Pauline Mauche
Détenus d’Iran
Après prèsque huit cent jours de détention en Iran, Shane Bauer et Josh Fattal retournent aux Etats Unis.
Les deux randonneurs américains sont arrivés dimanche 25 septembre à New York. Et n’ont fait aucune déclaration. Ils avaient été arrêté le 31 juillet 2009 à la frontière irano-irakienne. Et avaient affirmé avoir franchi la frontière par erreur lors d’une randonnée.
Fattal, Bauer et sa compagne Sarah Shourd étaient condamnés à 8 ans de prison pour entrée illégale en Iran et espionnage. Un an après, Shourd est libérée pour raison médicales.
Bauer et Fattal étaient toujours dans la prison d’Evin jusqu’à mercredi 22 septembre. Le sultanat d’Oman a payé une caution d’environ 400 000 dollars pour chacun. Les deux hommes ont vivement remercié le sultan Qabous.
Saudi Arabia Makes Landmark Annoucment
It’s the start of a new era in Saudi Arabia. Reformist King Abdullah has announced that women will be given the right to vote and to run in future municipal elections as soon as this Thursday.
They will also be given the right to be appointed to the consultative Shura Council. Right now, women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to drive or to leave the country unaccompanied. Activists had been campaigning over such issues for twenty years and more than welcomed the announcement.
The royal family and the conservative clerics continue to resist change and liberalization is still very gradual in the Kingdom.
Municipal elections are the only public polls in Saudi Arabia.
More than five thousand men will compete in Thursday’s municipal elections to fill half the seats in the local councils.
The next elections are due in another four years’ time.
Confabulation. So the Story Goes...
The deepest darkest secrets or the most breathtaking stories. All can be heard at Montreal's own Confabulation. Luciana Gravotta took it all in. Here is her report:
“Hi everybody. The story I'm going to share tonight is about the first and only ultimately night I've spent in Athens"
It’s called confabulation. But no one is making anything up here. These are true-life stories told by everyday people.
Confabulation is a monthly by-donation event that showcases storytellers. They’re not professionals. They’re anything from lawyers to students to grandmothers who want to share a piece of life.
This month’s theme was Hard Knocks. Times when things were learned the hard way.
The loft-style room of SHIFT space was cozy. It didn’t feel like a performance. It felt like this person was a friend telling you some crazy story over a cup of coffee.
Banned for life from her favorite book store. Sucked into an Athens Ouzo scam. These were just some of the stories told. And no details were spared.
So how did Confabulation start? Matt Goldberg explains.
“I complained vocally that this wasn't happening it Montreal. There were so many interesting people so many people with these really unique experiences and I guess I complained to the point where there was really no other answer, but to do it myself."
Confabulation’s next event will be held on October 21st and they’re looking for new storytellers.
Luciana Gravotta, CJLO News
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