OLP @ Elements

Last week Amy, Steph and I went to see Our Lady Peace at Elements Nightclub in Kitchener. They were performing for Conestoga College's frosh week. After finally figuring out the ticket logistics (which turned out to be unnecessary) we got in the venue as close the front as possible, which was pretty close. The set was good, played a lot of their older repertoire and got the audience singing along. at one point Raine made his way to the bar and drank some girl's beer. The opening band was from Waterloo, Will Currie and the Country French. They put on a set of folky indie pop. The guys (and one girl) were really nice, we had a chance to chat with them after the show. We talked about recipe swapping and meeting bands, about where they went to school and the drunk guy Ryan that decided to stand with us.

This is Dan MacPherson of Will Currie and the Country French (he looked like Alex from Franz Ferdinand to us)

OLP playing their set

A blurry one of Raine on the bar

Le Cycle 13

ANTM (America's Next Tops Model for those who don't know) started this week. I have to say it was one of the best season openers ever. Tyra was crazy, Ms J was crazy, Jay was crazy, the girls were crazy and the photo shoot was actually good. Highlights were Tyra's French/British accent rant, the "Jesus" girl's panel interview, and "TyOvers" (Tyra Makeovers). So I'm excited to see what is to come. My top 3 girls are as follows (based on last nights performance):

Erin, Nicole and Rae

2009 Paris Fair-is wheel

So this was my first time going to the Paris Fair. My first observations were a) I can't believe how many people are here, b) Carny people are hilarious/scary, but mostly hilarious and c) why is everything so expensive! Haha the rides we went on were actually really fun, lots of spinning. By the end I was feeling a little queazy. If you want a candy apple, a quote on a new tractor, to be flipped upside down repeatedly or to get a tooth gem (yes they are real) then this is the place to be.

The flavours of Extract

Saturday night after the Paris Fair we decided to go see a movie. After browsing Chapters and grabbing some Starbizzle we decided on Extract. I had seen the trailers and thought they looked funny. The movie is directed by Mike Judge of Office Space fame. I knew that Ben Affleck, J.K Simmons, Kristen Wiig and Jason Bateman were in it so I was expecting it to be pretty funny. Maybe because my expectations were so high this movie fell short. Don't get me wrong, there were funny moments but I doubt it will reach cult status as Office Space did.

Aye Scotland

Last night I watched Stone of Destiny. It's based on a true story of how a group of Scotish university students plotted and went to Westminster Abbey in London to "steal" back this giant stone that was a symbolic emblem for Scotland. It happened in 1950 so that added another cool element to the movie. The acting was good as was the casting, gotta love those accents (some of them were fake but I couldn't tell). It entertained me and I learned something so I'm giving it a 3.5 out of 5.

I was questioning their use of alcohol at this point...

This Better Happen To Me

When I go to NYC I hope we get this close!

Gossip Girl Stalker Gets Some Good Footage

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The XX

I wonder if they put their hands together outside a club with those black x's that bouncers put on your hands for people underaged...Well I don't know why they are called The XX, but they are and they are good. The xx are a band from from south west London and formed in 2005 when they were just 16 years old! The four band members met at the same school Hot Chip attended. They even produced their own album which is pretty cool. My friend Amy and I have this thing were randomly all the things we really like are connected - here's another example, they toured with The Big Pink who we also like and are going to see this fall. Their sound is really cool. To me it seems more mature than their 20 years...like chill and kinda sad at times. I also love who it bounces between guy/girl singing...kinda like The Stars, but a different sound for sure. All their stuff is good but my current favourites are : Infinity, Basic Space, Shelter and Islands. Okay forget it I like them ALL. Can't wait to see them in December...

Very 90's vibe in their style don't you think?

Sunshine Cleaning - What a Mess

Don't let the title fool you, it was actually pretty good. From the makers of Little Miss Sunshine, this movie too was dark at times, but it had its funny moments too. Casting was good, love Amy Adams. It was really interesting because you don't normally think of what happens after the crime, to clean it up. The way the plot developed and the story unfolded was interesting as well. My rating is 2.5 out of 5.