Like it or lump it

I’ve returned home now, well since Friday, and decided to keep this blog thing running. Mostly however, I’m thinking about dedicating most of the page to my thoughts and personal ratings about bands I hear at work, since I do spend a legitimate amount of time at The Chubby Pickle.

Saying that, I must also say that I am in no way a professional music critic ( and do not aim to be). I’m just writing my personal opinion about how I thought about individual bands. So in reality, if you don’t want to know what I think about you or your band then you simply can just avoid reading this. Cool? Alright!

To jump start this entire project I find it suiting to list three really cool nights I’ve worked.


3. Madball
The originators of the New York hardcore scene! Crazy almost sold out night. Every member of the band was huge and looked like they could tear down a house with their bare hands. P.s- they have been a band since 1988.

2. Theset
These guys were from B.C. and were all super sick. I ended up chatting with all of them and they spent the night in Windsor. It just happened to be a Sunday night, and Woody’s Outhouse (the bar next door) was giving away a Jager snowboard. I convinced them to go, and the one guy from the band actually won the Jager snowboard, they nearly shit themselves. He then turned around and sold it to some random bar dude for $300 I think, it was a ridiculous amout of money. After the bar closed I took them to the casino and they doubled the money. *ohh gambling. Apparently they no longer had to starve or eat like homeless people while finishing their tour. Needless to say they promised to come back and play in Windsor sometime in the future.

1. Blurt
Bury me in border town. Blurts last show. Dear lord. Words cannot, and will not describe this night. I don’t think it will be possible to ever witness a night that insane ever again. The amount of stage dives, crowd surfers, and just other intense jumping off everything and anything was psychotic (I even took a stage dive). The bar was completely packed and at times I questioned if anyone was going to die. To the best of my knowledge no one died, well except for Blurt. RIP!