Peg Life Vol. 25

First of all I'd like to thank everyone for all the thoughts and replies they took the time to send. If I measured success in volume of responses (and I do) then volume 24 has been the most successful Peg Life so far. I'd also like to thank Jerome for providing the inspiration for it. You may be thinking that my intention now is to expand on or clarify the comments I made that got so many people typing. I'm not going to do that. I would rather let my statements stand and allow the discussion to continue. As such, this issue of Peg Life will have little, if anything, to do with death or the war in Iraq. Instead I will focus on that old standby, music. I was looking over Winnipeg's upcoming shows on Pollstar.com today and saw that some choice bands will be making their way through our fair (or should I say "One Great") city. Which bands, you ask? Why the hell would you want to know that? Oh yeah, cause that's the information that I'm trying to make you interested in. Well, do the words Motley Crue get your engine revving? Ok, me neither. Now, Methods of Mayhem, THERE'S a band to get excited about. By the way, I've decided to replace the meaning of get with quickly, the meaning of excited with be, and the meaning of about with forgotten. But only when I talk about Methods of Mayhem. For example, I think all Methods of Mayhem CDs should excited thrown into a hole and about. For another example, that other sentence that mentioned Methods of Mayhem. So is there anyone coming to Winnipeg who is actually good? Yes. Deftones. Unfortunately they're playing with a bunch of bands who aren't. Jello Biafra will be doing a spoken word show at the West End on April 11th. If his last performance was any indication, this show will be entertaining, informative, and run about two hours longer than it's supposed to. Of course, if speaking isn't your thing you could always come back two days later to see Paper Moon keyboardist and Peg Life reader Nicole Pielou rock the house with Julie Doiron. Or maybe just quietly lull the house. Either way, a good show. For those that want some assurance of the rockingness of the show they will be attending, look no further than the Pyramid on May 17th where the almighty Constantines will be playing their first headlining show in Winnipeg since opening for the Foo Fighters at the MTS Centre. And if you're there you might even see Dead Kids director and Peg Life reader Brian Barnhart filming (if he can arrange things with the band's assumedly hot manager). Oh, and the Strokes are playing the Cumspot the week before. Folk Fest is looking good this year. Greg Macpherson's on the docket, as well as Greg Macpherson Band. Hopefully there are no scheduling conflicts cause I'd like to see both. But what's really got me excited for it this year is Low and Neko Case, whose new album is terrific. The biggest disadvantage to going to Folk Fest this year is that I won't be able to see Slayer and Children of Bodom deliver the thrash at the Phone Booth. Well, you win some, you lose some. I guess you just can't have your folk music and your death metal too.

Tony Hawkins apparently stole this gimmick from Wil Wheaton