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Conan, The Torontonian

• Computer problems have plagued me over the last couple of days, but things seem to be running smoothly now. What did I miss?



• The big news in T.O. - Conan began the first of 4 nights of taping Late Night with Conan O'Brien in Toronto at the Elgin Theatre. I have my VCR already to go for 12:35 am! Conan was on Muchmusic yesterday and had the crowd(of mostly teenage girls) enthralled. Justin Timberlake eat your heart out!
  
  Check out some related stories from yesterday's Toronto Star:




• Two dirty socks won't match up Conan's in town but Ed not invited: Did T.O.'s sock begat Triumph? - The article discusses the possibilities of Triumph The Insult Dog being derived from Toronto's Ed The Sock. You be the judge.



• Hurricane Conan hits town: Much crowd wild for talk-show host - Conan makes an ass of himself at Muchmusic. And we like him all the more for it!




• By the way, I just came back from seeing The Butterfly Effect. Awesome film! The science of time travel is approached quite simplistically but the cause-and-effect scenarios were really quite interesting... Sorry to get all, movie-critic. Felt like saying something intelligent. [I'll save the movie review for another time.]



• music news: What-the-fuck exactly! Pitchfork reports that The Pixies will play their first show in more than a decade, in all places, Winnipeg, Manitoba! And then checking out the tour dates below(courtesy of Pitchfork):
  
  
  
  • 04-14 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre
  
  
  • 04-15 Regina, Saskatchewan - Doris Knight Ballroom
  
  
  • 04-17 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Prairieland
  
  
  • 04-18 Edmonton, Alberta - Red's
  
  
  • 04-19 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Hall
  
  
  • 04-21 Victoria, British Columbia - Victoria Curling Club
  
  
  • 04-22 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
  
  
  • 04-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
  
  
  • 04-24 Spokane, WA - Big Easy
  
  
  • 04-25 Boise, Idaho - Big Easy
  
  
  • 04-27 Eugene, OR - MacDonald Theatre
  
  
  • 04-29 Davis, CA - Freeborn Hall
  
  
  • 05-01 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival)
  
  
  • 06-02 London, England - Brixton Academy
  
  
  • 06-03 London, England - Brixton Academy
  
  
  • 06-12 Dublin, Ireland - Phoenix Park (w/ Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  
  
  • 06-15 Paris, France - Parc des Princes (w/ Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  
  
  • 07-10 Kinross, Scotland - T In The Park Festival (w/ David Bowie, The Darkness)
  
  
  
  Where the fuck is the Toronto show? Vancouver gets two fuckin' shows. Life is not fair!