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The bands featured are the following, be warned not everyone shows up everywhere: Our
Lady Peace, Sloan, Moist, Garbage, I Mother Earth, Crystal Method, Esthero,
Gandharvas, Bucket Truck, Hayden and Fuel.
I've missed a lot so i'll try to catch up. ok?
First of all, The Moist Site Face-Off is coming to a close. The contest is ending in 3 days,
if you're like me be sure to get your vote in by the 30th.
Moist and David Usher are featured on the "Edgefest Rarities and Collectables"
cd. You can't buy it, but you can win one on 102.1 the EDGE in Toronto or you can get
it
free at Music World if you buy a cd by one of Edgefest's featured bands.
Jam has an article concern Hot Summer Concerts.
rumor
Toronto's The Edge 102.1, will be broadcasting from Barrie [Edgefest date #3, last one
involving Moist] July 1st.
MuchMusic will be broadcasting live from Barrie on the 1st of July.
for those going to the Ottawa Edgefest
A review of David Usher's Little Songs, also taken from The Citizen
Just a reminder, MuchMusic will be broadcasting live tomorrow from noon onwards.
you can vote for musiqueplus's "Choix de la
Pl@nete" [Jesus was my girl is nominated again this week (25th of
June to the 1st of July) in the same category].
Also this week (25/06 - 1/07) David Usher's ForestFire remains #1 on the
Décompte [MusiquePlus].
David's solo album remains at #27 for the second week in a row on the
Alternative Sound Scan National Chart.
You may be interested to vote in Musique Plus's "Choix de la Pl@nete"
(Jesus was my girl is nominated this week), if so follow this link.
Your choice to see it 3 times a day on Choc. Musique Plus Choix de la
planete.
a few addition have been made to the site. In the coming days you can
expect a new site. The french version of Waste, titled appropriately
"MOIST en Français".
June 30th from 12pm (noon), MusiquePlus will be reporting live for 10
hours strait from Montreal's edgefest. You can expect live
performances, interviews and other such things.
I'm not sure if it's a mistake on their part or if this is old news, but
MusiquePlus claims this weekends FAX will have a little something
on David Usher. You can catch FAX Saturdays at 6pm or Sunday at
10am and 7pm.
Later tonight Paul and Kevin's biographies will be updated.
Results for the Moist site face-off have been updated.
I've updated the sounds section. I've also updated David's, Mark's and
Jeff's biography page.
Those of you who have extra tickets for Edgefest check the ticket trade
section for postings.
David Usher's Little Songs has reached Gold Status in Canada (50
000 copies).
I'm starting a bootography and i need your help. If you have any
bootlegs or know of any, i would really appreciatethe title, location,
play time, tracklisting, and a scan if possible; or
any other information you may have on it.
I've added a videography from MusiquePlus to david usher
little songs.
Forest Fire is no longer on the MuchMusic Countdown.
The results for the Face-Off should be in later tonight.
Sex, golf, and cars. What else does a video need? What else does life
need? After a delay of a couple weeks Jesus Was My Girl finally made
its
way to the video stations. Shot in Los Vegas, the video is somewhat
slow
in tempo, which goes along perfectly with the slowness of the song.
MuchMusic already has Jesus Was My Girl, you can request it at
this address ondemand@muchmusic.com.
The trade section has been updated.
rumor: MuchMusic said that they should be getting
Jesus Was My Girl in a couple of weeks.
All the results for the Moist Site Face-off are up, click this to view them.
If you happen to be a really obsessed fan, here are somethings
you can find in Toronto:
In Toronto, 102.1 is playing the second single from little Songs, jesus was my girl,
uncensored.
rumor confirmed, david is sporting a short doo, and facial hair in his next video.
there are a few new trade list added.
David Usher's ForestFire is #29 on the Much Countdown.
The results for the overall site as well as the best layout have been posted.
See the video section to download clips of moist videos.
I've added a archive of past show dates. It can be viewed from the tour dates section.
MuchMusic showed a clip of 'moist against rascism' after the countdown.
During a commercial for little songs [on MuchMusic], clips of ForestFire and Jesus was
my girl are featured.
rumor... 'Jesus Was My Girl' features David with facial hair and rather short
hair.
i've added a new section titled setlist. I'm looking for your reviews and setlists
of past moist shows. You can view the site here.
i've also updated the discography page.
Waste | a moist page is currently 3rd in the overall category.
On Monday June 29th, MuchMusic launches a new feature called Much Does
EDGEfest. Live form Lansdowne Park in Ottawa [site of the first date], Much will
broadcasts all the sites,
sounds and backstage tomfoolery. This also airs on MuchUSA. more details to follow...
the first set of results for the Moist Site Face-off are out. To see how your
favorite site [or yours] faired click
this.
I've changed the layout of the discography page view it here. I
don't have a complete collection of all the singles so if you have some information i don't
have send it to me.
The voting starts officially today, Jon has organized himself.
Monday, June 29th 1998
It's quite early, but
i have some news about Summersault '98. As previously stated Moist will be playing 2 of
the 3 shows, you can find lots of information at summersault98.com. Including a bio/review of
Moist, concerning Creature, tourdates, ticket information and so on. I also urge you to
take a look at the tourdate section of
this page.
Tickets for all shows are $35.00 plus surcharges.
There are a limited number of early bird tickets
available at $29.50 plus surcharges.
Tickets go on sale at 10 am, Saturday July 4th.
Sunday, June 28th 1998
Still Sunday but i got some news from a friend concerning SUMMERSAULT. It's been
confirmed that Moist will be playing at St Jonns and
Parlee Beach, they are not playing at Barrie. There are three dates though, August 23-
Molson Park, Barrie Ontario Early
September- Bowring Park, St. John's Newfoundland Early September-
Shediac Can Am Speedway/Parlee Beach. Tickets are $30!
thanks to StarCrash
for this info.
Once the results are in, the winners will be notified by e-mail and given an HTML code
they can add to their site if they wish.
thanks to Linda for
this information.
i'm not sure this is confirmed, but here goes... Moist may be playing 2 dates of the Our
Lady Peace's summer concert,Summersault 1998. The two september dates rumored
are: Bowring Park, St. John's Newfoundland and Shediac Canam Speedway [Parlee
Beach].
I'll try to find more information [tickets, bands playing (you can expect Garbage), and
more dates], if you have any feel free to e-mail
me.
the following information is taken from The Ottawa Citizen, for the time bands are
scheduled to perform at, listen to your local radio station [The Bear] for a complete
listing, MOIST is playing from 8:35pm to 9:50pm about.
Besides the music, the festival boasts an autograph tent, an HMV tent and a vendor
village, with assorted local vendors peddling their wares. Gates open at noon with the
first band, The Inbreds, hitting the stage at about 12:45 p.m. Most bands will play sets of
about 20 to 30 minutes while the five headliners (The Tea Party, Moist, Green Day, and
The Foo Fighters on the main stage and The Watchmen on the second stage) will play 35
to 50 minutes.
Performances are staggered so bands will not be competing for attention. However,
many bands have only five minutes to get off the stage while the next band sets up, so
some scheduling irregularites seem likely.
Bands are scheduled to play in the following order: The Inbreds (second stage), Sandbox
(second stage), New Meanies (second stage), Bif Naked (main stage), The Killjoys
(second stage), Econoline Crush (main stage), Tripping Daisy (second stage), Sloan (main
stage), The Watchmen (second stage), Foo Fighters (main stage), Green Day (main
stage), Moist (main stage), The Tea Party (main stage).
Tickets are $35, available at the Civic Centre Box Office or 237-3800, or
1-800-361-4595 to order by phone. Surcharges may apply.
Usher minus Moist a first-class act
Little Songs three stars and a half
David Usher (Nettwerk)
It's not likely that Moist front man Usher will perform many of these songs during the
band's Monday appearance at Edgefest, at least not in the form presented here.
This solo effort is a quiet, mostly acoustic collection of songs Usher figured could not be
adapted for his hardrocking bandmates. Usher peppers these quiet songs with the odd
keyboard, drum manchine or horn, but it's mostly him, his guitar and voice.
With a little bit of extra bass and backbeat, these low-key songs could easily be
rockified. The main reason they haven't been is that this is the best batch of songs Usher
has written.
The lightly funky Forestfire, and the moody ruminations such as St. Lawrence River
and Trickster, have irresistible, understated hooks. Lyrically, Usher is still baring his
tortured, pessimistic soul, something that was well suited to Moist's grunge-based music.
In time, this stripped-down approach will serve Usher better. His solo material will
age better than the stuff he cranks out during his day job.
Friday, June 26th
1998
First of all i'm sorry i haven't updated in a couple of days i've been
very sick and everything has been pushed back.
take a
look at this link from muchmusic if you haven't already, you can find a
couple of books suggestions by Kevin and Jeff.
Tuesday, June 23rd
1998
Well it's not quite up yet, and probably won't be up completely for at
least 2 or 3 days, but you can catch a glimps of my effort here,
Moist en français.
Monday, June 22nd
1998
David Usher's Little Songs is #27 in the
Alternative Sound Scan National Chart. Down 3 spots from last week's
24th place finish. Little Songs has been on the chart for 13 weeks.
Friday, June 19th
1998
You can watch the MusiquePlus "Décompte" at 7pm every Friday. This week
David Usher's Forest Fire is #1. (week of June 18th to the 24th)
this from the MusiquePlus site:
Le 30 juin prochain, MusiquePlus vous transporte en direct
au Edgefest : un deuxième rendez-vous annuel avec les
grands noms du rock alternatif. En vedette cette année,
Edgefest présente entre autres des prestations de Moist, The
Tea Party, Foo Fighters et Green Day. Voyez des entrevues
exclusives et des
extraits filmés en direct au cours de la
journée, des vox pop,
visitez le site de l'événement en
compagnie de l'équipe
de MusiquePlus : c'est comme si vous
y étiez!
Thursday, June 18th
1998
MuchMusic's Red Hot Hunks contest ended two weeks ago but i forgot to
post results. David Usher was third with 21%, Will Smith won (45%).
Tuesday, June 16th
1998
The Moist Site Face-off will end June 30th 1998 at 11:59 pm. If you
want to vote make sure you get your word in before that date.
Sunday, June 14th
1998
Jesus Was My Girl is now on rotation on both MuchMusic and
MusiquePlus.
Saturday, June 13th
1998
Friday, June 12th
1998
As reported MusicPlus played Jesus Was My Girl last night. Here
is a review from SuperJon...
The video starts off with two people golfing in at an airport (and ends
the
same way). David is seen sporatically through out, usually looking at
something off camera. He sports the new shorter hair that was rumoured,
and the a very spotty looking goatee. NOTE TO DAVID: Shave. Either
that
or let it grow in fully before the next video... or at least don't allow
any close ups. We then flip to a girl (a nice looking one too btw)
walking out of garage, and two VERY pale looking shirtless guys on the
other side stop working on their car and look across... staring
actually.
David's seen high up in the mountains briefly, then we go to an overhead
of
a couple in bed... the woman staring up at the camera covered in white
sheets, while the man, uncovered and wearing blue boxers, has his arm
around her waste and his leg on top of hers, asleep. David is seen
standing outside a large blueish-green bowl in a wall... much like you
would see at an aquarium place like Sea World where you look underwater.
Girls swim by every now and then.... and then we see David cruising
around
in a car, looking at chicks. David appears outsid ethe couple in bed's
room, and we flip between the girl and the pale guys, along with ceratin
other "characters" in the video...
In case you're wondering... the word "fuckings" was bleeped, and that
was all.
Thursday, June 11th
1998
If you haven't noticed, i've changed the layout of the main page. i hope
you like it.
thanks to Renee for this information
Wednesday, June 10th
1998
thanks to silva for this
Tuesday, June 9th
1998
Musique Plus is launching the "Jesus Was My Girl" video this coming
Thursday [June 11th at noon and 8pm] on Video Plus.
-huge poster of David Usher on the stairs of the HMV superstore on Young
st.
-An autographed Push promo poster on the wall of the Hard Rock (signed
by Kevin Young).
thanks to Laura aka Shotgun for this information
Sunday, June 7th 1998
You can find a picture of Kevin and David backstage at the Junos in the May edition of
Chart magazine.
Saturday, June 6th 1998
Friday, June 5th 1998
The discography page is done.
Thursday, June 4th 1998
more info on MuchDoesEDGEfest...
Mon, June 29, Noon ET, 9am PT
Much broadcasts live from the opening date of the Canada-wide
EDGEfest tour at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa. It'll be the usual
festival/concert stuff - band interviews, bites of performances,
bathroom line-up stories and tons of videos. Hosts: Bill Welychka &
Rebecca Rankin
[AIRS on MuchUSA]
Wednesday, June 3rd 1998
Monday, June 1st 1998
vote here
see an explanation of the categories here
and see a list of links to the sites registered here
