303abuser oh it generally is, there’s a reason i haven’t listened to the radio since i was 14 or so. do we have double decker trains?
He’s probably thinking of The Rocky Mountain Express, which does indeed have double decker cars.
Rail in Canada otherwise absolutely shit thanks a former prime minister of the Conservative variety who gutted it in the 1980s (Brian Mulroney). And by shit, I mean slumming it in some godforsaken 3rd World country shit. We don’t have a a single high speed line of rail ANYWHERE in the country.
Sarah was awesome before she went all adult contemporary radio. Also, Our Lady Peace? Have a fucking word with yourself. At least chuck in some GOOD Canadian drive time.
Naveed is still a great record, can’t say I really followed them much after their fist two albums though. They were half decent opening for GnR a couple of years ago.
Those too. Totally forgot since I don’t ride Go because even for commuter rail, it’s also shit. I live in the equivalent of one of the Home Counties to London and we get 1 train to Toronto in the morning at stupid o’clock and 1 back at like 8 p.m. with no service on the weekends. It takes two hours when the drive there in theory should take one sans traffic.
ScottBailey Toronto is too far. If I’m going that way, I’ll skip it and head for Montreal. Actually hoping to get there to see Misstress Barbara for her labour day piknic set.
loopdokter they’re convient for me to get into downtown at a leisurely pace whenever I’m over staying with my friend in Mississagua, but I wouldn’t want to be commuting on them for sure.
303abuser Naveed is still a great record, can’t say I really followed them much after their fist two albums though. They were half decent opening for GnR a couple of years ago.
They’re garbage. End of. They’re typical Canadian band propped up by Canadian Content (AKA CanCon where 35% of all radio/TV content has to be Canadian produced) rules on radio and TV. They wouldn’t have a chance of making it outside of the country because they’re shit. They’re not like The Tragically Hip where the reason they didn’t make it big anywhere else is because their lyrical content was all about things in Canada.
ScottBailey they’re convient for me to get into downtown at a leisurely pace whenever I’m over staying with my friend in Mississagua, but I wouldn’t want to be commuting on them for sure.
Ahh, right. If you’re not in a rush and want to have some extended train beers, they’re not so bad.
I would use rail all the time to go into Toronto if it were better because traffic is almost as bad as the rail network. I live in Kitchener and it blows my mind that service doesn’t run more frequently here. The train makes so many stops along the way it’s really frustrating.
loopdokter blows my mind that service doesn’t run more frequently here. The train makes so many stops along the way it’s really frustrating.
Those would be my observations too.
Yeah, next time I’m over I’ll mention it for sure. Now that things are getting back to normal, I’ve been invited to a wedding in Chicago in September, so if I go I would fly through Toronto to see my friend who’s just had another baby (not mine I might add ).
Was a time I was over about twice a year for a few consecutive years. Spend most of the time in Toronto, but have managed to see a fair amount of the country from coast to coast now. Often lay over on my way to Pittsburgh to watch my beloved Penguins and Steelers play too
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In Canada, CanCon was started by the Canadian government in the early 1970s as an effort to bolster the Canadian music scene. At the time, music was heavily dominated by American and British acts, so Canadian artists had very little chance of getting radio play unless they left the country. That gets a meowwwwwwwwwwww from me instead of a growwwwwwwl! By law, Canadian radio stations have to play 40% Canadian content in between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Stations who do not comply are fined up the wazoo! It has to meet the MAPL criteria - which means
M (music) — the music is composed entirely by a Canadian
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ScottBailey Yeah, next time I’m over I’ll mention it for sure. Now that things are getting back to normal, I’ve been invited to a wedding in Chicago in September, so if I go I would fly through Toronto to see my friend who’s just had another baby (not mine I might add ).
Cool beans. Are you a Yank or from the UK? I would assume Yank because of your liking Pittsburgh teams in sports that aren’t popular in the UK?
Toronto’s a great town. I wouldn’t want to live there, but there’s so much going on pretty much all the time. You can eat and experience culture from every single country in the world and not once have to leave Toronto. Electronic music events are starting to ramp up again - I’m off to see Georgia Angiuli live tomorrow.
303abuser Fair enough, Naveed is still fucking gold though.
I thought I’d mull over this for a bit and reconsider. Nope.
Our Lady Peace are STILL shit, always were shit and will always be shit. A close second to Nickleback and in the same category as Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, etc. for the worst music Canada has been responsible for producing.
loopdokter lol I’m going to question your credibility relating our lady peace to nickelback. They’re not great by any stretch, but they’re no where near that bad. Either way, it’s not really worth debating over one good record.
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