The Show Notes

The Rural Alberta Advantage @ Kungfu Necktie

Set
The Ballad of the RAA
Rush Apart
Don’t Haunt This Place
Luciana
Frank, AB
Unknown Song #1
Four Night Rider
Edmonton
Unknown Song #2
In the Summertime
Drain the Blood
The Deadroads

Encore
Eye of the Tiger
Unknown Song #3
The Dethbridge in Lethbridge

Before the show, the lead singer and guitars, Nils Edenloff, said they were going to play a few new songs, which I presume are the three I cannot name. It’s also possible one or more of the unnamed songs are pre-Hometowns songs that I’ve never heard. If you have any ideas, let me know.

All songs recorded with an iPhone in my coat pocket. I will say these recordings sound comparable to the live experience–very bassy and drum-heavy–but they certainly do not do the songs justice. Enjoy and support the band!

This show also included The Minor White. I didn’t catch their entire set, but I enjoyed them quite a bit. And Nick Krill from The Spinto Band. I did catch his entire set.

Marc Show

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Well, the recording did not go as well as planned. We knew there’d be times when recording would be interrupted, whether by vacations, travel, emergency room visits, angry programmers, rabid deer, global trade agreements, terrorism, or maybe even out of control photographers. We’re still developing contingency plans. In the meantime, here are a few laughs to hold you over whilst we diligently procrastinate on TSN 9.

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And if that’s not entertaining enough for you, or too frivolous, you should consider the health benefits of a good laugh.

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Movies
We decided to review Terminator Salvation with a bit of a handicap. How did we like the newest installment in the Terminator franchise? How did we do? Have your own opinion? Tell us in the comments.

Noise
The new Hulu Desltop inspires Matt to dust off his Tin Foil Hat as it mines Marc for all the data he’s worth (which is not much.) Either Matt is right about Hulu, or he’s the one who most recently updated the Hulu logo page on Wikipedia. You decide.
(Photos: You must protect yourself from those evil marketing rays by Unhindered by Talent and 080217 evil laugh by Dan4th)

Games
Old Republic Cinematic Trailer turns on Matt’s light saber.

(Photo: Jedi, Ahsoka Tano and Slave Leia – Comic Con 2008 by GoofyGoof)

More Noise
Marc quotes other people saying WolframAlpha could be the start of SkyNet, but Matt is more impressed by IRC chat-bots.

Between Segments
Fight #0078: Christian Bale from Remix Fight!

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Shout out!
This is our friend Ethan. He asked for some special attention and we delivered. Hope you enjoy this show, Ethan. (Note: Ethan is 20-something. Marc wanted to put a more recent photo, but Matt thought it wouldn’t be right without asking. So, here’s a photo of Ethan as a babe. At least I assume it’s Ethan, it was on his Myspace page.)

Movies/Videos/Television
Party Down, a Starz original series, divides us. Brad Gottfred’s video (requires Facebook login) and upcoming movie, Orgies and the Meaning of Life (NSFW!) further divide us. And what does The A-Team have to do with any of this?

Oh, and Gamer isn’t really worth watching.

Games
Marc wonders if Heavy Rain makes owning a PS3 worthwhile. Matt corrects him, accurately citing Heavenly Sword as reason for owning a PS3, but is it enough to shell out $400? They then reminisce about Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace, Gauntlet, and Marble Madness (which had an amazing soundtrack, by the way.)

Noise
In Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls. Matt and Marc both created a song, both of which have been included between segments in this show. They can also be downloaded here and here.

Music
Ghost by The Blood Lemons on lcmr records.

Between Segments
Antelopes Gazelles by Lada Laika
In B Flat Live Remix by Matt
In B Flat Live Remix by Marc

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Music

It’s Over by So Cow
So Cow… Before I can retire from The Show Notes at peace with my efforts here, I must dedicate an entire show to Brian Kelly, aka So Cow, and his music. It’s that good. Even Marc agrees. –Matt

All the Time by Vivian Girls from Live at WFMU on Michael Goodstein’s Show.
Vivian Girls are a charming trio, despite their potential to sound a bit repetitive. -Marc

Dipl Link by My First Trumpet from the album Frerk released on the netlabel aerotone.
My First Trumpet is responsible for some really wonderful, moody songs. Throw on some headphones and go write a screenplay. -Marc

Blue Suit by Pinkle
Pinkle is the artist I want to think I’d be like if I had more dedication, practice, creative energy, and fewer vices. But I don’t, so I just have to admire, envy, and resent him and his page full of original songs, pristinely recorded, and given freely to the online world. –Matt


Everybody Say by Takka Takka
Takka Takka should be huge any day now… unless the Dave Matthews Band truly has ruined an entire genre of music for everyone else. And if that’s true, I hold Takka Takka up as the Eminem to Dave Matthew’s Vanilla Ice. Or something like that. –Matt


Somekindofnarrative by Arctica from the album Selected Sessions.
Post rock influenced by godspeed you! black emperor? Yes, please. Arctica seem to keep their improvised songs under the typical 10+ minute mark suffered by similar bands. Maybe they’ll manage to keep Matt interested. -Marc

Chicken and Cheese 2 (Foot Village cover) by Nero’s Day at Disneyland from the Foot Village: Chicken and Cheese covers album.
Of the 40 Chicken and Cheese covers, I think this one sounds least like the original. -Marc

LOST! (In the Valley of Shadows, Can You See The Light??) by Lada Laika
Lada Laika’s latest work is ninety-nine percent of everything I love about chiptunes. Bouncy bouncy fun. –Matt

Making Progress by Big Digits found on the live performance on Marty McSorley’s Show (WFMU).
This song makes me want to rap (again). Yeah, I don’t want to talk about it. -Marc

Sun Salutation by Bud Melvin
Bud Melvin plays a banjo and a gameboy. Brilliant! –Matt

Introduction and Between Segments Music is Beethoven’s Sonata No. 32 performed by Daniel Veesey.

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Are Radiohead and godspeed you! black emperor too self indulgent? Should they make their musical point and move on? We’re at odds on this one–let us know what you think in the comments. (Photo: chrys)

Matt suggests Mean Girls to Marc as an example of a Tina Fey movie which does not suck, promising “it’s better than Bring it On.” Marc watches Mean Girl against his better judgment and reports back on his findings.

Games
We’re both very excited about the game Prototype after watching the in-game video with commentary. The
cinematic trailer is also good.

Movies
The Show Notes took a field trip to the theater for some Freschetta pizza and popcorn and stuck around for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Is it better than Bring It On? Yes, but it was far from perfect. (Photo: VJnet)

Music
I Do What I Do by The Yolks

Between Segments
Dive by Bridges
Pixie Hat by Happy Elf
Pink Baby by Happy Elf

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This week The Show Notes takes a look at the trailer for promising comedy, Humpday. Some old cartoons are given the Hollywood treatment, G.I. Joe and Transformers 2, but The Show Notes wonders if they do justice to the beloved cartoons or massacre them. A handful of older flash-based games, including Fancy Pants Adventure: World 2, Five Minutes to Kill (Yourself), and Bloxorz, are replayed and spark a bit of debate. And, as always, more great finds from Free Music Archive challenge The Show Notes to pick just one.

Movies:
Humpday
G.I. Joe
Transformers

Between Segments: Pixie Hat by Happy Elf

Games:
Fancy Pants Adventure: World 2
Bloxorz
Five Minutes to Kill (Yourself)

Between Segments: Caper by Gurdonark

Music: Walking on a Blackhole by The Transisters

Links and Stuff:
Michael Bay article at The Onion
Michael Bay Credits
Cobra Commander cosplay video (This was a hard one to find. It’s no longer hosted at its original home. Sad Christmas!)

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Artsy game, Braid, lives up to some expectations, but falls short of others while the completely NOT SAFE FOR WORK Front Magazine delivers far more full frontal than we had ever expected.

Links and Stuff
Braid Soundtrack
Front Magazine (NSFW!!!)
Music: Detroit by The Moaners on FMA.

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I post this in hopes that others may find it useful. I’m using Windows Vista 64-bit and noticed that whenever I would clip, the microphone would automatically adjust to prevent further clipping. The problem was it really didn’t do a very good job and wouldn’t increase the level when I stopped being loud. Matt just blamed Vista for being terrible, but I knew there was a switch to flip somewhere that would turn this too-smart-for-its-own-good feature off. And I finally found it. Read more…

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