Comments on: Toronto's main reference library hosts punk gig http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 08:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Manooshi http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-800768 Manooshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800768 Fucked Up totally rules. A shout out to the microfiche collection? Frickin' lol! Fucked Up totally rules. A shout out to the microfiche collection? Frickin’ lol!

]]> By: Ryan http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-801281 Ryan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-801281 It's amazing to see the effect that Fucked Up has on popular culture - keeping punk relevant - as well as how they are able to adapt to play any space. I caught them at SXSW this year, and Damian Abraham dumped bottled water in the dirt in front of the stage and stripped down to his underwear, rolled in the mud and proceeded to hug everyone in front of the stage (I have photos: http://punkmusic.about.com/od/sxsw2010/ig/Fucked-Up-at-SXSW-2010/ ). Glad to see there were no impromptu mud pits at the library. It’s amazing to see the effect that Fucked Up has on popular culture – keeping punk relevant – as well as how they are able to adapt to play any space.

I caught them at SXSW this year, and Damian Abraham dumped bottled water in the dirt in front of the stage and stripped down to his underwear, rolled in the mud and proceeded to hug everyone in front of the stage (I have photos: http://punkmusic.about.com/od/sxsw2010/ig/Fucked-Up-at-SXSW-2010/ ). Glad to see there were no impromptu mud pits at the library.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-800770 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800770 Yes! My first thought was definitely, "hey, that's where Knives Chau fought Ramona Flowers!" Yes! My first thought was definitely, “hey, that’s where Knives Chau fought Ramona Flowers!”

]]> By: Zig http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-801539 Zig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-801539 I too un-enrolled from high school. I eventually got my GED and entered college a year early. During my time between going to high school and starting college I would take the ride over to the county library a couple times a week and get out books on all kinds of topics as well as plenty of scifi/fantasy novels. Libraries kick a$$! I too un-enrolled from high school.

I eventually got my GED and entered college a year early. During my time between going to high school and starting college I would take the ride over to the county library a couple times a week and get out books on all kinds of topics as well as plenty of scifi/fantasy novels.

Libraries kick a$$!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-800772 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800772 I dug threw the Toronto Reference Library's microfiche archive to find blue prints of an old apartment, I dug threw the Toronto Reference Library’s microfiche archive to find blue prints of an old apartment,

]]> By: Hans Davies http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-800780 Hans Davies Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800780 Fucked Up rocks! This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! Fucked Up rocks! This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: 13tales http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-800811 13tales Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800811 Gah. The pseudo deja-vu of recognising that building from somewhere (Scott Pilgrim, of course), but not being able to immediately place where, just almost made my head explode. Awesome. Gah. The pseudo deja-vu of recognising that building from somewhere (Scott Pilgrim, of course), but not being able to immediately place where, just almost made my head explode.

Awesome.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-800859 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800859 Librarys and music...fifty years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnFv29iPACc But too corny for a cover by the rockers without substantial mods, I think. Plus, hooray for microfiche! Librarys and music…fifty years ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnFv29iPACc

But too corny for a cover by the rockers without substantial mods, I think.

Plus, hooray for microfiche!

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-801144 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-801144 Fucked Up prove that not only is Punk not dead, but it can pretty much be played anywhere. The other group that played at this event is a local country band called $100. They play gorgeous old-style hurtin' music. Fucked Up prove that not only is Punk not dead, but it can pretty much be played anywhere.

The other group that played at this event is a local country band called $100. They play gorgeous old-style hurtin’ music.

]]> By: Gloria http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-801171 Gloria Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-801171 Geroff my lawn! Seriously, doors opened at 7:30 PM, well after the library's normal operations were shut down for that day. Stand down. Geroff my lawn!

Seriously, doors opened at 7:30 PM, well after the library’s normal operations were shut down for that day. Stand down.

]]> By: Wingo http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-801443 Wingo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-801443 Fucked Up is a really, really great live band. This show must have ruled. They are LOUD, and Damian Abraham is a very charismatic frontman. It's really awesome when he shows up on Fox News occasionally to speak his mind. Fucked Up is a really, really great live band. This show must have ruled. They are LOUD, and Damian Abraham is a very charismatic frontman. It’s really awesome when he shows up on Fox News occasionally to speak his mind.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-800938 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800938 Hmm. Well, if there's one place that needs to be quiet and organized, it's a library, and if there's one thing that's noisy and steals or totally destroys everything it comes into contact with, it's a rave. Hmm. Well, if there’s one place that needs to be quiet and organized, it’s a library, and if there’s one thing that’s noisy and steals or totally destroys everything it comes into contact with, it’s a rave.

]]> By: devophill http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-800994 devophill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800994 Good thing this wasn't a rave, then. And that it was after hours, when it's okay to be noisy in a library. Maybe lighten up a bit, Francis? Good thing this wasn’t a rave, then. And that it was after hours, when it’s okay to be noisy in a library. Maybe lighten up a bit, Francis?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-800749 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800749 anyone else recognize the inside of the building from the scott pilgrim comics? anyone else recognize the inside of the building from the scott pilgrim comics?

]]> By: octopod http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-801005 octopod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-801005 oldentimes, punk died, now it's in a library. so appropriate. oldentimes, punk died,
now it’s in a library.
so appropriate.

]]> By: mindysan33 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-800752 mindysan33 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-800752 I love the fact that they gave props to the microfiche collection!!! At my university, we have a small collection of microform readers, several of which do not work properly, and all too often the computers are being used for people checking their facebook accounts. Good to know SOMEONE still likes microfilm... What an awesome band these guys must be... And this library must be the most amazing library in the world to have live bands! I want to go there now... I love the fact that they gave props to the microfiche collection!!! At my university, we have a small collection of microform readers, several of which do not work properly, and all too often the computers are being used for people checking their facebook accounts. Good to know SOMEONE still likes microfilm… What an awesome band these guys must be…

And this library must be the most amazing library in the world to have live bands! I want to go there now…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/31/torontos-main-refere.html#comment-801017 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-801017 Cory, I want to read your biography so badly. You had a fascinating upbringing. Cory, I want to read your biography so badly. You had a fascinating upbringing.

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