A Movie Review
I have seen some terrible movies in my time. Independence Day, Armageddon, Titanic, The Departed…the list goes on. But tonight, in a bout of insomnia, i managed to watch 1 hour, 11 minutes and 58 seconds of what has to be the all-time King of all terrible, useless, obnoxious, stupid, insipid, horrid, putrid, fetid, utter shit movies: Transformers. Don’t ask me why i even tried. Just don’t. It’s not important. All i know is that my eyes actually smell like shit right now thanks to this visual bus-station toilet called a movie. I have in the past jokingly implied that violence should be visited upon those who have enjoyed such sad films. The joke is over. I hereby truly encourage people to hunt down every single person involved in the making of the Transformers movie (and their extended family members — including children and grandparents) and actually kill them. Literally. If you yourself enjoyed this movie (or were merely ambivalent about it), please consider killing yourself by nail-gunning your own eviscera to your own stupid face while sitting naked on a pail of bees you idiot.
Thank you for reading my movie review.
Local Stuff
This pretty neat. My long time pal Paul Burrows (co-founder of the A‑Zone and Mondragon here in Winnipeg) just got his first peer-reviewed paper published in the journal of the Manitoba Historical Society. It’s called “Apostle of Anarchy: Emma Goldman’s First Visit to Winnipeg in 1907”. Very interesting stuff that goes beyond romantic period-piece-ism and manages to critically assess both Goldman’s visit and her legacy. Go to the journal section at any library in the province right now and you should see a copy of issue no 57 (feb 2008) front and centre. Atta hum, Paul!
Also, Pat Mooney will be in town tomorrow, Tuesday April 29 at 7:00 pm — 9:30 pm in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, 3rd Floor Centennial Building, University of Winnipeg, as part of a panel on global impacts of growing biofuels on food, farmers and human rights. I’ve seen this guy speak before and he’s pretty excellent if i remember correctly. Check it out if you got time.
And thanks for coming out to the Albert on Friday if you were there! 
That was fun and about 14 years overdue! It was funny to play those old demo songs, too bad we somehow forgot to play Government Cartoons too! Shit! We’ll have a tally tomorrow of how much got raised for the Tyendinaga Legal Defence Fund but i’m pretty sure it was over $3000 grand. That’s great. (Thanks to Sam and the Albert, Barney and Dustin for sound and of course Pip Skid and Big Trouble in Little China for supporting the cause…much appreciated!) 
Imagine that you lived in a house with your family and that one day a bunch of men kicked down your door and starting rummaging through all your stuff, taking whatever they wanted, coming and going when they pleased, leaving you not only traumatized, but without the means to ensure the security and survival of your family. If you’re like me, i think you would have a reasonable expectation that not only could you pick up the phone and call the cops to come stop the crime in progress, but also that your neighbors would be outraged and come to your defense. But what if your neighbors turned a blind eye to it? And what if the police not only didn’t come to your defence, but rather showed up, threw you and your family in the back of their patrol car and protected the thieves as they continued to pillage your home? What would you do? What options would you have left? In my opinion, this is the position the Tyendinaga defendants have found themselves in. They’ve been abandoned by their neighbors (the majority of Canadian citizens who prefer buying stuff to justice) and hung out to dry by the authorities who have the power to stop the continued pillaging of their land. The least (truly the least) we can do is help them defend themselves against further persecution with the threadbare legal recourse they have left, no? Insert Pastor Martin Niemöller “First they came…” poem here. Yadda yadda… PS. read this
BACK TO THE FUTURE IV
Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.
Hey McFly, if you’re coming out to the legal-defence fundraiser for the Tyendinaga defendants at the Albert this friday here in Winnipeg, you might want to dig through that dusty milk-crate in the basement and brush up on your “Fuck the Scene” and “Martial Law” hand-dubbed cassettes, cuz there’s gonna be some tuneage that hasn’t seen the stage since the last time we played the Albert in 1992. It will be a clown-fest. And while you’re down there you may also want to make sure your old Cooper SK3000 (with the full-cage Itech) is in good working order cuz there’s some new stuff coming down the pipe this friday that will make you feel like Eric Lindros sprawled out in the neutral zone after a career-ending Scott Stevens open-ice hit.
There will also apparently be a chicken-fight.
A report on our trip to Japan last week coming soon!
rock and roll crazy nights
we attack Tokyo tonight. Japanese legends Loudness play the same joint the next night. That’s cool.
Japan, Tomorrow!
We are hoping to run into a few old Japanese friends that we have not seen since last time or have lost touch with on this trip. If you are Kaori Yoshida, Takuro Kawase, Yoichi from Snuffy Smile or Masaya Ito then come on down to a show!! We have our friend Hideki Kobayashi’s new band, Cradle To Grave playing one of the shows! We hope to see some members of Cigaretteman, Sprocket wheel, Just One Day, Grace etc.. All the bands we played with 10 years ago if they are still around! See you in Japan!!!!!!!!!!
Thunder In The East!!!
Alright, Tomorrow we are of to Japan!! We are very, very excited!! We are ready to give ‘er!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jeezez!!!!!
On April 25th, upon our return we are playing a show at the Royal Albert Arms here in Winnipeg. It is a benefit for the Tyendinaga Support Committee Tickets will be available at Into The Music, War On Music( I think),and Mondragon restaurant. I hope we’ll see some of you there. Only come to this show if you’re ready to go ape! haha.. On a final note, here.. If you have emailed us in the last few weeks and have not yet got a response forgive us. We have been really, really busy. It’s very hard to keep up with all that. We love to hear from you, though. Thanks. See some of you in Japan!!! ‑Todd.
Propagandhi goes to Japan in less than 1 Week!!
Hajime mashite!
Watashi no namae wa The Rod desu!
We are heading back to Japan next week! I hope we’ll see some of you there! It will be a great time! * 04/16/08 — Kanagwa Atsugi, Japan Thundersnake (All ages? Yes) * 04/17/08 — Osaka, Japan Sunhall (All ages? Yes) * 04/18/08 — Nagoya, Japan Club Upset (All ages? Yes) * 04/19/08 — Saitama Kumagaya, Japan Heaven’s Rock VJ‑1 (All ages? Yes) * 04/20/08 — Tokyo Shibuya, Japan Club Quattoro (All ages? Yes) Sayonara!
A creature much stranger that E.T. just phoned me..
O.K! O.K!
Everybody, Do not trash Barneys sound system at the Sacrifice show on Saturday, I take it back. I cannot publically condone such things in case it really happens.
Go to his house and trash it while he’s working!!
Oh, hahaha… Barney has cleared up the fact that name of the the bar “The Zoo” is certainly not meant to promote animal captivity. That’s good. Now I don’t have to wear a mask to the show to hide my identity!
Man, it always pays to be an ass. I’ve now had such a good night!
Thanks Barns!
-Rod
SMADDENING
Today America said this while one of America’s wars did this.
That is all. Have a nice day.