The Stoned Poet

  Blue Dog, October, Movember 10, A Sunday more like Funday. A lot of coons are there. The Snatchers are watching and taking pictures, Ryan Brio the yet to be self-acclaimed Prince-a-like do it all musician is there and even Poolgirl are seen watching tonights incredible lineup. The bands are, Charlotte Renaud a solo artist who glided gracefully across a piano while singing, War Doves the Megadeth lyrically-themed a-like band, Mellonella a Rush-like prog fast paced band and finally 7Gardens whom could be held as the Canadian Eagles without all the drama until now that is. Here we go, I came, t'was cold! I ran up the streets left, right, up, down, dizzy and out. But luckily for me here I am at the corner of Saint Laurent and Duluth, right next to the venue. I put my hat on, it's greatly effing freezing. No alarming psychedelic inducing drugs have been taken so to no one must I state my delirium. Far away eyes spy and see people are there, they're chirping and giggling, smo...

      It's November 2nd, I'm in Montreal and I desperately wanna go see a show instead of going back home, I write to my friends and one says, 'Go to Barfly I'll be there soon!' The lineup is He Lies In Ruin, Scream For Morphine, Duplah Pootch/Hanichan Gasoline, 2pwels and Shrock. So I run over there and by nine thirty, my friend and I are inside. We are waiting and we notice a huge stack of amps, a thing we rarely see now a days. Not even Traxide handle such heigth of combos and amps. After smoking a gazillion smokes, the show finally starts and we are announced half the bands can't be there and the singer of Duplah Pootch won't be there. Having never seen any of these bands I think to myself that this'll be another wasted night just drinking beer and losing my earsight. Scream for Morphine, a three-piece Jazz noize band who have a rythm guitarist/bassist, a drummer and a pianist start. They are very prog, heavy ass Yes type of prog, and despite all the...