@Dr. Rock: Man...I wish I had a mountain in my back yard that I could just walk up like that...I would totally bring a drum set, a generator, guitars, amps...well, you see where I'm going with this...

Written by [user id=2084] on 24.04.2007 at 05:30

@Dr. Rock: Man...I wish I had a mountain in my back yard that I could just walk up like that...I would totally bring a drum set, a generator, guitars, amps...well, you see where I'm going with this...

Yes I do see where your going with it, and as much as Id like to film a Manowar music video up there I couldnt. That was actually a pretty tough hike, it looks like a gentle slope, but really it was more a pretty steep slope with loose rocks and a cliff about 100 ft from the peak. You cant really see it from the pic but the camera was pointing parralel with the ridge/peak (which was pretty not flat at the top), which is what we followed to get to the top, in total about a 6 or 7 hour hike. Im trying to find better pics so you can see the view from where I was standing, absolutely beautiful, Ill post them here when I find them.

man its been ages since anyones posted in here.

Has any other Canadians been to any of the shows on the Dimmu Borgir/DevilDriver/Kataklysm/Unearth tour? I went about a month ago and it was amazing, DevilDriver stole the show for me becasue even though Dimmu was good I found them kind of boring and lacking in stage presence.

hello people. i came back from canada on tuesday and i just want to say i really liked your country. i was in quebec and montreal, and both cities are really cool. i was lucky i was in montreal during the F1 race, it was incredible. and the architecture of the old part of quebec was awsome. i wish i can go back there some time soon!

Are there actually any MSers from Montreal?

Written by tulkas on 15.06.2007 at 20:50

hello people. i came back from canada on tuesday and i just want to say i really liked your country. i was in quebec and montreal, and both cities are really cool. i was lucky i was in montreal during the F1 race, it was incredible. and the architecture of the old part of quebec was awsome. i wish i can go back there some time soon!

Did you find the music you were looking for? (I believe you were asking about music stores before you left?). And Im actually quite envious of you, its been about 6 or 7 years since Ive been to Quebecand theyre more appreciative the arts on that side of the country.

dr. rock: yes, i found almost evrything that i was looking for. i was going to a store but arrived at 5:08 so they had already closed (damn!). but it was till great. i also liked this store called 'la table ronde', it was amazing. i bought a big dragon

Hey everyone. how r things. whats the weather like over in canada? its summer over there right?

Written by Oracle on 10.07.2007 at 04:20

Hey everyone. how r things. whats the weather like over in Canada? its summer over there right?

It is summer, yes...it's pretty cold down there in Australia eh? Some places are in the 40s while the north is in the 70s...it was in the 90s here today...been pretty stormy in my parts...

@Kap'N Korrupt - Its not too cold but its cold enough to have the heater on lol. the coast of Aust is quite warm. its been raining here heaps but its pretty sunny here today. in summer here we get pretty bad storms where i live because it gets really hot where i live. some parts of aust are hotter than others.

I'd love to go down and experience Australia sometime...that would be pretty cool...what part do you live in?

@Kap'N Korrupt - I live in NSW. its a nice place. In summer here it gets pretty hot. but winter is very cold except for QLD and Northern Territory, Those parts are warm in winter. how hot does it get in Canada?

@Oracle - I dont know about the side of Canada he lives in, but its ridiculously hot (at least to what im usually accustomed to) on my side....like freakin 35 degrees celsius.

I live in Southern Ontario...it doesn't get too cold here in the winter anymore and we only have 2-3 months when it snows...it's because of the jet stream is right above us and because of its constant fluctuations we enjoy pretty warm weather yet unstable weather conditions too...our hottest day was 38 degrees a few years ago...it doesn't get down to -20 anymore like it used to...

it hasn't gotten down to -20 since I was in grade school. The winters used to be the best back then I could have a hockey rink in my backyard but now that could never happen at the most you might get to skate on it for like 1 or 2 days it hardly gets cold at all.

Yes I remember having a rink in my yard back in the good old days...I remember it snowing on Halloween even...those days are gone...

Oh so global warming finally has taken a serious hold? I couldnt tell if it actually was happening or it was just alberta, I havnt spent more that 2 months (in the summer at most) in Ontario since I was 11. Its been 7 years apprx, and I still cant tell you what a typical alberta winter is.

Haha nobody can predict a Calgary winter, thats for sure. Im way up in Northern Manitoba, its already getting cold a bit. Out winters are still pretty harsh.

Man the fucking leaves are turning orange and falling off in London Ontario it's pretty fucked up. Especially since last year we didn't even get winter until the end of January or some shit. Crazy fucking weather.

In London, Ontario? Are you sure? It's still pretty damn hot here...it's going to be 32 degrees here and the leaves are all still green...

Yeah it's been nowhere near that here since the beginning of August I think the highest it gets up to it usually around 25 and it goes down very very low at night.

It really should get higher than that...you're in Southern Ontario for bloody sakes...usually it's a lot warmer there than here...

Just felt like dropping by and saying that Canadian's rock \,,/ \,,/ and that please dont de-forestate to quickly< cause the dumb Aussie's are doing it for you's k XD \,,/ \,,/ HORN'S UP FOR 07

Here at my campus they're draining a pond and enlarging it...to do this they're taking down a lot of beautiful trees that have been there for ages...there's already an environmental protest group doing a blockade where all the work is...I hate how my school takes our money and does all of this environmentally damaging info structure

@Kap'N

You should see it in Alberta, we dont have much forest to begin with, but now there expanding Calgary at a shocking rate, I live in North Calgary and everytime I visit the south end I notice the city limits have expanded by a few neighbourhoods, seriously a small village gets added onto the city yearly, and not interesting stuff either or anything worth visiting, just boring, overpriced cookie-cutter housing.

Alberta sucks, its possibly the most americanized of the provinces, everyone thinks there cowboys, we have no concern for local arts (why the local music scene barely exists). a whole province of 4-wheel driving cowboy Nickleback listenin' yuppies.....ugh Nickleback *shudders*

@Dr. Rock: Wow...and I was going to move to Calgary...I would've been one of those people living in the cookie cutter villages for sure...a whole American brainwashed culture of cowboys would be scary living in...

@Kap'N
Oh well your not missing out, housing prices are getting ridiculous over here. Atleast our metal scene is starting to grow a little bit.

So...what else is happening in this big country of ours lately? Anyone have any good stories or news? Someone must...

Not really, Im gonna be going to this Noctis Valkyries festival in my city in a few weeks (you may have seen the banner on the top of the page for it).

The line-up is like this:
Melechesh
Inquisition
Infernal Majesty
Verbal Deception
Dark Forest
Wolves In The Throne Room
Insidious Omen
Norrath
Wargod
Lords Of The Mountain

Yeah, a few of those bands are really shitty 15 year olds local bands *cough cough Wargod*, but other than that it should be a good black/folk metal fest. and the very next night, in the same venue Im gonna be seeing Cannibal Corpse with Black Dahlia Murder, The Red Chord, The Absence, and Goatwhore. Im not really into any of those other band but CC is gonna be sweet.

Thats it as far as interesting stories from this side of the country

havnt been here in months....actually, havnt spent much time here since i picked up a guitar..


anywho, i just wanna say that for that canada day weekend, my buddies and i went on a road trip over to montreal, and ottawa. on the way there, we got lost, and enjoyed our time at this lil town called 'tweed' there is this icecream parlor there, i highly recomend you going to it if you're in the area.

and also...it was never really my thing until now. i went to that jazz festival, or 'the jazz festival' as they were playing everything but jazz in montreal. and i had a blast. and then i enjoyed my time there further more coz the people there are...well, not just nice, BUT FUCKING BEAUTIFUL! i was actually shocked to not find any average, or below average looking people there. and my standards are very high. but seriously, montreal is beautiful. and the music scene there is fairly cool too. i walked into some weird cd store there(forgot the name) and i wasnt really planning on buying anything, but i walked out with 5 cds from that store, and then 3 others from the hmv there.


and then ottawa...i'm in love with that city. not only was everyone so friendly there, but the entire atmosphere was so relaxing and just fun. everyone was really supportive of one another. was fun. though i wouldnt dream of living there during winters....slippery slopes and all that...no fun