CRAIG CALLS 'ER QUITS
Yep. You read it right. Our anchor and personable robot behind the drumkit for the last forty something years has decided to leave Not Funny Anymore to persue other interests and concentrate on his career as a Mechanical Engineer. What can we say about Craig other than he is one amazing drummer and an even more amazing friend. He is the straight man to our clever-yet-twisted sense of humour and the speed in our songs. Craig, we'll miss you. He won't be completely out of the limelight though. Craig will be playing drums for the Jessica Rhaye band and working on his solo CD with his brother Chris joining him on the axe. Good luck, Hygiene Cashbox!
Craig will be playing his last show with us on SATURDAY AUGUST 24 in Fredericton at the New Maryland Rec Centre. It would be a shame if you missed it. Everybody come to the show and say goodbye!
FAVORITE CRAIG MOORE QUOTES:
ON RECORDING:
"I get in, I lay it on the line, I get the fuck out. I don't care what you guys do with your guitars and shit after the fact. It usually sounds pretty good."
ON PLAYING SHOWS:
"Shouldn't be a problem. Say yes for now."
"I can't make any promises, boys. I'll see what I can do."
"Don't even call me for two weeks, boys."
"Hey. I heard we played Halifax last weekend. How'd we do?"
ON WORK-RELATED STRESS:
"Fuck boys, we're in mock meltdown here."
MISCELLANEOUS:
"listen boys, i'm not sleepin' in any place with ticks!"
"Needless to say, the buoy was confiscated."
"Hey Gumper! I got somethin' for ya!"
"Let's see your batch reaction!"
GET DRESSED
Our new t-shirts are now available, just in time for your civic or provincial holidays! You can order one from us, or pick one up at a show for a mere $10! We also have a few misprints and mutated sizes that we are giving away. They may be unwearable, but they would make great backpatches or designer oilrags. If you feel you deserve one, tell us why. Make us believe you. Email too personal for you? Use the guestbook.
NEW WEBSITE IN PRODUCTION
The current layout is getting stale. Fuck stale, it's in rigor mortis! We've been working on a new site for awhile now, and as soon as we iron out some fine details, we'll be launching the sucker. We actually finished a new design, but we eventually decided not to launch it out of fear of possible legal repercussions.
| 04.28.2002
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WE GET OUR KICKS ANY WAY THAT WE CAN
TUFF DARTS TRIBUTE ROCKS BAND MEMBERS, INCITES CONFUSED STARES FROM CROWD
On March 30, The Deep End hosted it's last show before closing it's doors: Foolapalooza 2002. For those of you who don't know - or are so naive you missed the joke - Foolapalooza is an annual April Fool's joke perpetrated upon the unsuspecting public by members of Jet and The Organizers. Each year, a handful of bands are selected to participate in the hoax, which this year was a benefit for Romero House. Their task: pay tribute to one of their favorite bands by impersonating them for an entire set. This year boasted a stellar lineup featuring The Clash, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys and Tuff Darts. The Organizers did a flawless Clash, Jet and friends did a brutal Minor Threat, The Dead Kennedys were a mish-mash of local musicians fronted by Mike Thorley from All Gone Dead, and Not Funny Anymore opened the gala event as the Tuff Darts.
Who are the Tuff Darts, some might ask? Well, that's what 98.9% of the crowd were asking themselves as NFA tore through 7 cuts off of the Tuff Darts' infamous self-titled 1978 album- The only one ever released by the short-lived 5-piece from New York City. It was an over-the-top performance accented by bad 70's suits, aviator glasses and high kicks, set to some of NFA's favorites from the Dart's album, like "(Your Love is Like) Nuclear Waste", "She's Dead", "Who's Been Sleeping here" and "Rats".
We had a blast, even though the crowd was still trickling in and trying to comprehend just what they were watching. Leave it to Not Funny Anymore to pay tribute to an obscure band that there is very little chance anyone has heard! Oh well, we entertained ourselves, and that's what's important. Oh yes, and a big shout out goes to Jay Vautour for joining us on the Axe. We think he played the shit a little too well, if you know what we mean...
You can find Tuff Darts songs from the infamous self-titled album at Audiogalaxy!
MIKE "PORNO CAT" BELYEA:
CUT HIS BUN IN FOUR
We want to waste some valuable news page real estate to take time to thank Mike B. from Ermine for filling in for Craig during our recent trip to Nova Scotia. This was the first time we ever used a temp, and Mike was more than up to the task. He nailed the set and, even if he didn't finish all his chicken wings after the show, he's still a stand-up guy in our book - which is entitled "SKINMAN: Life on the Road with Mikey B." and will be available from Doubleday publishing on June 1. We reveal all the dirt, beginning with how he left us and our mom when we were infants. He thinks he can make up for it now, but nothing can take away the pain of the abuse and all those Jethro Tull records.
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| 03.14.2002
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THE TUFF DARTS ARE COMING!
The year is 1977. New York is still a teeming cesspool of debauchery, crime and filth. Punk rock is at it's grimiest height in the Big Apple. The New York Dolls, The Ramones, The Dead Boys, The Dictators, - all the big names are making rock and roll history in clubs like ABC No Rio and CBGBs. On the fringes of this tidal wave of obscenity, leather, studs and puke there was an up-and-coming group of five dapper fellows who called themselves, inexplicably, the Tuff Darts. With a penchant for italian suits and mob movies, and an unhealthy admiration for their NYC punk contemporaries, the Tuff Darts laboured to be part of the bustling late 1970's NYC punk rock scene. They repeatedly fell short, however, often thought of as wannabe's, a joke, and were typically despised by NYC's punk scenesters. They somehow managed to secure a deal with Sire records and released what was to be their only album in 1977. The self-titled disc was rife with hilariously hokey lyrics, cheesy pseudo punk/metal riffage, and a much larger production than it deserved. It went out of print fast, and after one unsuccessful tour, the Tuff Darts were never to be heard from again.....Until now.
On one glorious night in March this month, the infamous Tuff Darts will resurface for a one-off gig in Saint John, New Brunswick. Saturday, March 30th will find New York City's secret shame from the late seventies appearing at the Deep End for a benefit concert for the Romero House soup kitchen. Rumour has it that the band has a soft spot for soup kitchens after being forced to eat at them exclusively on their ill-fated single tour. You won't need to bring the gouda on Saturday, March 30, because the Tuff Darts will be serving the cheese with some of their classic would-be hits such as "(Your Love Is Like)Nuclear Waste", "Phone Booth Man", "She's Dead" and "My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms".
Oh, yeah, and some other bands are playing too. You might have heard of them: The Clash, Minor Threat and the Dead Kennedys. Want to download a poster?
Some Tuff Darts links:
http://www.cbgb.com/shrine/shriners/tuffdarts.htm
http://users.bestweb.net/~rline/IMAGES/tuffdart.jpg
http://www.monsterbit.com/stammer/june96/bargain.html
You can find Tuff Darts songs from the infamous self-titled album at Audiogalaxy!
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
GUITAR OUT OF TUNE ON INSIGNIFICANT TRACK
More mixes are pouring in from Halifax. With surprising speed and accuracy, Mr. Whitaker and assistant engineer Chalmers have delivered the final mixdowns of "Jane Elliot's Recess", "Patter", "Readme" and "more"! With the possible exception of a hideously out of tune guitar on an entirely expendable track called "Bondable", things are sounding awesome. It also turns out we will be re-tracking some backing vocals on "I Think, Therefore They Are" in the near future, but that's a small price to pay for perfection, right? Yeah, right.
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SOON TO BE ON YOUR SLEEVE
We've been hinting at new t-shirts for awhile now, and since our new material is almost all mixed, and we're playing shows regularly again, we decided why not go three for three. The problem all along has been that we do not like to charge people more than $10 for a t-shirt. Silk screening prices are ridiculous in New Brunswick, and to have decent t-shirts screened you either have to order like a thousand or charge $17.00 a shirt to people buying them. That's why we bought clean used workshirts and printed them ourselves the last time. But, good news! We've found an awesome place that works with recycled materials and factory second shirts that has prices that are so that we don't have to charge folks upwards of $15 for a shirt. We're aiming for April to have them done.
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THE END OF AN ERA:
WAVELENGTH BOARDED UP
After some 15 years of recording local artists, Wavelength studios in Hammond River has closed it's doors and sold all it's equipment. Wavelength is a huge piece of Saint John's hard core and punk rock history, having recorded legendary locals like The Scapegoats, Lizard, Black Forest Cake Trade, No More and Dead Corps. Owner Rob Lavigne worked tirelessly with bands through awkward schedules and he provided a place where young bands with little money could make their dreams happen. It began quite simply, with Rob traveling around to people's houses with his four track and some mics. Eventually he bought his own place, and began buying more gear and installing the actual studio in his basement. When NFA first recorded with him, the studio still consisted of a four track, a Yamaha 12 channel mixer, and some rackmount gear. The studio grew throughout the years to a multitrack ADAT based system. Rob was teaching himself the ropes as he went along, and we learned with him.
Our newest recordings were Wavelength's swan song, and we couldn't be prouder to have been the ones to play the historical final notes. We could not have found a more comfortable environment to capture our work, and we could not have found a more accomidating host, colleague and friend than Rob. Wavelength will be sorely missed. Thankfully, Rob is still running an after hours gentleman's club in his house. So we'll still be annoying him regularly. Until the homemade hooch and spicy pasta runs out, anyway.
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| 12.14.2001
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INDUSTRY BUZZ IN FULL-EFFECT:
CD TO PROVE THAT SAINT JOHN HAS TALENT
Local songwriter and visionary Brent Mason has taken the initiative to put together a sampler of Saint John bands for distribution at the East Coast Music Awards in January 2002. We contributed a brand new song for the compilation CD, and it will be appearing among the likes of Ermine, Happy Medium, Hollow, Vetch, Jet and more. If nothing else comes of this project, we will have proved that we actually DO have new songs, and that at least one of them has been mixed. Let's give a shout out to Marc Gosselin. Just because he's such a handsome man and he dresses smart: like a communist!
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LIVE FEED : BACK ON SOLIDS
The Not Funny Anymore web journal is back in action. After several weeks of coughing blood and disorientation, we decided to pull the plug on the original FireCorp-based journal. May it rust in peace. Thanks to Dirt for hosting the feed all those months, and we send our deepest condolences to your dearly departed Mac. And we thought Macs never died, just went to sleep. The new, improved Live Feed is up and running today, and it is cookin'. Now you never have to wait untold weeks for a news update. We update the Live Feed almost by the hour! No kiddin'! We don't take a dump without writing it up! Go now and see what mind-numbing activities we're up to!
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MAD LOVE ON NOVEMBER 30
The Empty Stocking Fund Benefit show was a smashing success. We raised $650 dollars that will hopefully help make a difference in somebody's Christmas this year. Plus the $100 in singles that Andrew found in his g-string. We want to personally thank everybody who came to the show and made the event a sweaty, festive good time. Special thanks go out as well to Dan and Trish for all their great work, Ermine, 283, Das Radio, and Hollow for steppin' up and donating their talents for an evening, and Key Industries for the bitchin' T-shirts. Jason appeared on the Empty Stocking Fund broadcast last Saturday along with Dan and Chuck from Ermine to present the proceeds. |
MEMBER PLAYLIST: CRAIG
This time we'll take a peek into the playbox of Craig Moore, He's an anchor with chopsticks who lays down a mean hearbeat. But he couldn't stop a puck if his life depended on it. He be diggin':
Atomic Bitchwax - II
GWAR - Violence Has Arrived
Gob - The World According To Gob
Sloan - Pretty Together
Two Man Advantage - Don't Label Us
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
WE ON SOME NEXT LEVEL SHIT!
We've actually got some full songs mixed! "Second First Telegraph", "Serial Celebrity" and "[More] Alien Sketches" are just a few titles that are "in the can". This is PROOF that we are making progress! Currently there are rough mixes of "This Side of the Firewall" and "You Don't Want to Rust" in circulation. Yep, ol' Brett has taken it up a notch.
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| 10.02.2001
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ROCKET TO THE CROTCH OF NEW SCOTLAND
Not Funny Anymore will be playing Gobblefest this year in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. You can catch us on Saturday October 6 at Christ Church Hall in Sydney with Slight Return, Facedowne, One Day Late and more! For details and Gobblefest showtimes go to the official Gobblefest site!
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ROCKIN' FOR THE STOCKIN'
Plans have been put in motion for the Second Annual Not Funny Anymore / Route 66 Empty Stocking Fund Benefit. We'll be brainstorming over the next few weeks to come up with a lineup of dynamite bands and surprises that will bring the boogie and make a difference this November. We're currently shopping around for sponsors to donate services and equipment, so if you can help, please get in touch!
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WEBSITE UPDATES:
New pictures up from the Eric's Trip show at Tapps on Sept5. The lyrics to 2 unreleased songs have been posted in the words section: Least Of All and Blood of An American. As always, the live feed is constantly updated.
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
THE NEWS FROM NEW SCOTLAND
The news is from Halifax, and the news is shocking. Brett Whitaker, along with a dedicated crew of technocrats and engineers (Hi, Chalmie!) have been logging long hours at the Batch Bakery, getting sounds and twiddling knobs on the new Not Funny Anymore recordings. According to Brett, aka "Brother Debt", aka "Mystery Lips", aka "Half Cock", Another milepost in the mixing process has been reached."The initial sounds are down," He said, sweating Arroz Con Pollo and rolling a Hi-Z / Low-Z adapter in his hand. "Actual mixing has begun." According to other members of the band, this means that a crucial stage has been reached, where the engineers are comfortable and reasonably happy with their choices of potato chips and soda pop. From this point on - aside from debate on who gets what chair at the console - it's "All Gravy". Whitaker went on to further estimate that they were looking at approximately 2 more weeks of mixing, and then they would move on to mastering. Propz go out to Dirt and his whack brutha, Aesop, for providin' some of the TOOLS, know what i'm sayin?
For those of you keeping score, Here is a new clip:
"Second First Telegraph" Sample (Mp3) - 274 KB
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| 07.12.2001
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
THE FINAL CHAPTER!
Pigs are flying. Hell has frozen over. Andrew Earle has shaved
and gotten a hair cut! And yes, it's true, NOT FUNNY ANYMORE HAS
FINISHED RECORDING. On Saturday, June 30, Brett and Jason tracked the last
guitars and vocals at Wavelength with Rob Lavigne. It was a bittersweet
occasion as the band packed up it's gear and began carrying it out the door.
I daresay that Mr. Lavigne was rather choked up to see us leave. He was
so caught up in the moment that he forgot about his hasbrowns on the stove
and they began to burn. After one year and two months, Rob would no longer
be seeing our ugly mugs around his home and studio. Indeed, our hashbrowns
are burning, too. Thank you for everything, Rob. You are a king among men
and we owe you big time.
With the master tapes in hand, we arrived at Studio Sea the next morning.
With the lovely and talented Marc Gosselin at the helm ,we transfered
the masters to a digital format for mixing. We also added a couple of
last minute gang vocals ("TICK TOCK TICK TOCK TICK", "I AM A WINDOW MY
BOSS SEES RIGHT THROUGH ME I WAS HIRED FOR MY TRANSPARENCY") and we were
done. Brett took the new digital masters to Halifax to begin mixing at
the Batch Bakery.
So, sit back, have a celebratory beverage on us, and twiddle your thumbs.
We're in the home stretch now.
Here is a short clip, just to keep you interested:
NFA 2001 Sample
(Mp3) - 274 KB
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CLOTHES WHORES
We have settled on some new designs for T-shirts. It's been a looong time since we had a new batch and we're looking forward to having some ready for August. We just need money. Somebody wanna invest in Not Funny Anymore clothing? You can make some serious COIN! And we mean COIN.
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BOYS PUT "DAVE" IN HIS "PLACE":
Not Funny Anymore Guest Hosts CFMH Show
On Wednesday, May 23, Andrew and Jason appeared on "Destination Unknown" with Alex Pearson on CFMH FM Saint John. It was two hours of mayhem and music where the topics of discussion ranged from local Hampton nutjob and shed candy salesman Dave Carr to draining pus from Andrew's dad's leg. The Music meandered from the seminal staple of Dead Kennedys to the experimental drone of Gecko. If you missed out, consider yourself lucky, because it means you walked away from that evening alive.
Listen to some highlights in Real Audio:
clip 1: "Independent And Successful"
clip 2: "A Deep Shallow Grave"
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| 06.15.2001
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
IN THE CAN - ALMOST
Mike Wiggins joined us in the studio early last week to loan
his vocal talents to a "Bone-us" track. It's actually an old song we decided
to finally record for fun, called "TV Mode". It's an all-out manly display
of testosterone and skull tattoos as Mike and Jason trade off screamin'
metal vocals over tuned-down metal axes, doomy bass and .22 calibre drums.
The recording is slated to officially be finished on Canada Day Weekend,
when Brett will complete his final two guitar tracks. Then the masters
will be transfered at Studio Sea with our pal Marc Gosselin for subsequent
mixing at the Batch Bakery in Halifax!
Here is a short clip, just to keep you interested:
NFA 2001 Sample
(Mp3) - 274 KB
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ON THE COVER:
LESS LIFE
Our splash screen this month comes compliments of our longtime companion, Dirt. It's a brilliant excerpt from a comic strip called Less Life. Check out the entire strip here. Be sure to check out Dirt's phenomenal site, Bibliophobic, as well.
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| 05.22.2001
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PUTTING THE "DIO" BACK IN RADIO
Tune into "Destination Unknown" on CFMH FM 92.5 tomorrow night (Wednesday May 23) at 11 pm, where Andrew and Jason will be guests. The boys will be chatting it up with hosts Alex and Elijah about the local punk rock and their Hampton roots. Music will be played, refreshments will be served, something will get broken, a CRTC regulation will be violated, somebody will cry... tune in to hear the rest!
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
MORE METAL PER METRE
So what's left in this marathon recording session? I mean,
really. Come ON! A year already? Yep. Is that right? Yessir.
What is left it this: Jason has to fix a small vocal part, Brett has
to do 2 guitar tracks, Mike Wiggins will lay down a guest vocal and then
we're ready to mix. Sounds simple, doesn't it (Evil Laugh)?
Tell you what. Here is a short clip, just to keep you interested:
NFA 2001 Sample
(Mp3) - 274 KB
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| 05.17.2001
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TAKE THE FEED
We've taken a cue from the Blogging
craze taking place and instituted our own web journal. It's called "Live
Feed" and you can accept it here.
In the future, you'll be able to find a link to it on our home
page. For anybody who might want a quick fix of really up-to-date nfa
goings-on, this should be your first stop. Then, come back here to the news
page for your super-condensed, media-savvy, soundbyte arrangement of nfa
news.
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
NAILED THAT MOTHERFUCKER
Over the weekend the band logged in some serious studio time
and got a good chunk of Brett's vocals done. Also, the lead vocal on the
last song is almost done save for a few minor mistakes. They'll be fixed
this week. During a brief period last week when Jason had a cold, the boys
took the opportunity to add bass and guitar to two extra tracks. These songs
were recorded with the rest of the new stuff, but they were considered low
priority and were left simply as drum tracks. If time permits when everything
else is done, we may get to finish these 2 bonus tracks as well.
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COMPLETE WALKING KIT
AVAILABLE NOW!
"The Complete Walking Kit" , A 15 song CD which contains remixed
and remastered songs from the first two NFA cassettes, "Incomplete"
and "Pedestrian" is now available online.
You can download it for free or order a pre-packaged copy from MP3.COM,
where the CD is available exclusively. We have a limited number of copies
which we will be selling at shows until they are gone. Otherwise, its all
digital and up to your bandwidth! You can also download
the official artwork for the CD right here. (just in case you don't
like the MP3.com standard layout).
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GUITAR BELLIGERENT AND CRASS
HAS TO BE SNUCK OUT BACK DOOR AFTER SET
The Not Funny Anymore back up guitar, or "The Pig" as it is
known, had to be snuck out the back door after a particularly out of tune
performance at The Buffalo Club in Saint John, New Brunswick over the weekend.
Guitarist Jason Ogden had to switch to The Pig after he broke a string
on his Stratocaster during the second song of their set. "It's always
hit and miss with this thing" he said of the Sears model SG imitation,
"You never know how it's going to act on stage. In a controlled enviroment
like a practice, or in the studio, no problem. But on stage, it's a gamble.".
Ogden rolled the dice that night, and they came up snake eyes. From the
first chord, The Pig was squealing in an offkey caterwaul that refused
to be abated. Despite Ogden's valiant efforts to calm the Pig down and
tune it mid-song, it persisted. By the end of the set, it was clear to
the band that their energy and timing was overshadowed by the tyrany of
the foul-mouthed Pig.
"I knew if the crowd didn't get to it first, Andrew and Brett were going
to burn it." Ogden reflects of the hectic moments following their set.
"I know it's crazy to still care for such a bastard of a guitar, but I
payed fifty bucks for it. You don't know it like I do. I've seen it behave
so well....". And so, under the cover of the confusion that ensued
off to the side of the stage that the instrument had so cruelly defiled,
Ogden packed it up in it's case and snuck it out the back door. There
were reports of violence in the streets surrounding the Buffalo Club into
the wee hours of morning. Someone's cello - clearly mistaken for the Pig
in someone's blinding rage - was pummeled into a ticking heap by a gang
of young thugs. A priest at the Cathedral of The Immaculate Conception
was hospitalized because he was believed to be harbouring the Pig inside
his church on Waterloo street.
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| 04.19.2001
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HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY GIRAFFECYCLE!
Two action-packed years of providing us with the all the news
that's fit to print, and all the juiciest gossip. Keep up the great work,
Matt! And to all those who contribute to make Giraffecycle
the vital entity that it is, a big pat on the back! Remember that time that
Matt was marching around the Whitebone, picketing with a giant diagram of
a penis? ah, memories.... He never told us if it was to scale or not....Come
see us play at the Giraffecycle 2nd Anniversary show on April 21!
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
COLDS COULDN'T KEEP US DOWN
Would you believe it's been almost exactly ONE YEAR since we
started recording for our next release? It's true. We've battled through
tight schedules, 4 seasons, 3 snowstorms, 8 colds, 2 sore throats, 1 puddle
of puppy piss, 4 Error 7's, 3 ADAT tapes, and several unidentifiable body
'odours'. How close are we now, almost 365 days later? We are proud to say
that we are closer than ever before. There are 2 songs left to put
the lead vocals on, then a few songs that require backing vocals, then it's
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| 04.09.2001
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ROUTE 66 + 600
We've been asked to appear on a compilation CD being put out by Route 66. There is no finer punk rock organization in Saint John and we are happy to say we have a brand new song to give Mr. Jones. Details later.
MEET OUR CONTEMPORARIES
We've updated the "Local Heroes" section of the site to include Route 66 Productions, Singled Out, Hollow, and more! |
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| 02.12.2001
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
GUITARS BOXED, SCREAMING BEGINS
At an incredible total of 8 months and counting, the recording
is nearing completion. We are halfway through the vocals, which is the last
step before mixing. When the final word has been uttered thorugh the home
made pop-screen into the AKG mic, we will be doing transfers at Studio Sea
for subsequent mixing and mastering at The Batch Bakery in Halifax, NS.
It will be a bittersweet occasion, for not only will it mark the completion
of what we believe to be our best recorded effort ever, but it will also
be the day that Wavelength Studios officially closes its screen doors. We'll
be sorry to see it go. It has truly been a second home for us. We'll most
likely do a retrospective of the life and times of the Hammond River recording
facility in the weeks to come. If anybody has anything they'd like to say,
please send us a note.
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NEW WEBSITE DESIGN UNDERWAY
DOW JONES UNAFFECTED
This labouring ancient monster of a
website will be replaced soon. We've got a new space underway that is shorter,
faster, and louder. We're talkin' 3D tiled backgrounds, blinking text, scrolling
text, multiple pop up windows, the works, johnny!!! We're gonna make you
scroll SIDEWAYS!
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COMPLETE WALKING KIT RELEASED THIS
WEEK
"The Complete Walking Kit" , A 15 song CD which contains remixed
and remastered songs from the first two NFA cassettes, "Incomplete"
and "Pedestrian" will be released this Friday.
An exclusive "online" release with MP3.COM,
you will be able to download the entire CD digitally for no charge, or mail
order it dirt cheap!
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NOT FUNNY ANYMORE PRESENTED "NACHO"
AWARD AT RYE'S DELI IN CHARLOTTETOWN
ECNA COMMITTEE SELECTS PUNK BAND OVER FOUR OTHER TABLES OF
PATRONS
Not Funny Anymore took home more than just a few Anne Of Green
Gables souvenirs from the Island this past weekend. At a whirlwind ceremony
Friday evening at Rye's Delicatessen, drummer Craig Moore accepted the prestigious
"Nacho" Award on behalf of his flattered bandmates, whose mouths were reportedly
too full to speak. The restaurant erupted in a frenzy of what can only be
interpreted as applause, or perhaps vigorous indifference, as presenter
Sharon, Server No. 1115 presented Moore with the spicy trophy. "It is a
great honor," Said Moore during his acceptance speech, "We want to thank
the committee, our fans, and the boys in the kitchen.". Visibly moved by
the ceremony, Moore went on to thank Sharon and order another Oland Red.
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MEET OUR CONTEMPORARIES
We've updated the "Local Heroes" section of the site to include Route 66 Productions, Singled Out, Hollow, and more! |
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| 01.25.2001
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
BRETT BREAKS TOOTH AT BOARD
Some interesting things have happened in the annals of recording
at Wavelength studios. A pickle was found in a box of crackers one time,
you know. Seriously. The guys from Blind Truth were eating the crackers.
All of a sudden one of them screamed and then they all scattered. Scott
Thibodeau crawled up the stairs toward the bathroom holding his stomach.
The pickle had been discovered. I guess the wet crackers were the first
clue. Those Blind Truth guys know how to party.
Last weekend we began tracking the vocals at Wavelength. About 4 hours into
the recording, Brett, who was working the board, bit into a hard candy and
split one of his molars right up the middle. Now that's agony. It was like
he wanted to share his tooth with some imaginary assistant engineer. So
he snapped the fucker in two. "Here, Chalmie. Have a piece of tooth."
When asked to comment, Brett said, "It was like, one minute my tooth is
fine... and the next minute, it's broken in two... I still don't know what
to make of the whole thing."
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THE STINKTOWN SIX SOAP
UP PRINCE EDWARD
Not Funny Anymore will be playing an all Saint John No Case
Showcase during the ECMA's this year. The awards are being held in Charlottetown,
P.E.I. , and the show will be on Friday, Feb 9 at The Arts Guild. It's a
free show, so if you're sick of the mind-numbing prospect of seeing the
same boring award show you've been seeing every year for the past 8 years
or so, or taking in the "showcases" that the music industry and ECMA committees
think they should feed you, why not come to the Arts Guild and check us
out with the butterfly effect, Jolene Erb, happy medium, Badfish, and Hollow!
We can't promise you will get your face on CBC, but we can promise you NONE
of the following: Great Big Sea, The Barra MacNeils, That guy from This
Hour Has 22 Minutes, Anne Murray, Rita MacNeil and Billy Crystal (Awards
show mainstay).
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MAKING YOUR REGGAE DREAMS
COME TRUE
Well, not really. The only thing reggae about Not Funny Anymore
is that Jimmy Cliff tape that Andrew used as a door shim at a show in Burlington,
VT. We'll just use this space to tell you that there are some new pictures
up. Including some from the Art On The Edge Festival, Bad Luck's farewell
show, and our practice space. Enjoy, and remember to clean up after yourself.
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LEFT HALF OF BRETT'S MOLAR RELEASES SOLO ALBUM
It debuted at number 32 on the Billboard charts earlier this week. The tooth half, who goes under the name "FLOSS" has assembled an eclectic team of it's hip-hop contemporaries and produced an album that is rife with bonus beats and hot dub. The first single off the album, "Don't Fuck With The Tooth" is a driving roots raga that samples the infamous guitar lick from Kenny Roger's "Coward Of The County". From the opening beats and FLOSS's decree that "All you bitches and ho's got to get wit' the Six Month Program" you can tell that this is no denture rattle one hit wonder. The tooth is REAL. FLOSS's tour with the re-united RUN DMC has been postponed due to it's recent arrest and charges of Novacaine trafficking and armed robbery.
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| 12.15.2000
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BAD LUCK FUCKS OFF
Moncton's pride and disgrace, Bad Luck # 13, have decided to call it quits. It is a sad day for punk rock in New Brunswick. After almost 15 years of debauchery, mayhem and fun, Ray, Mike, Denis, Claude and Chard are playing their last two shows this month. So everybody have a merry Christmas, then haul ass to Moncton for the Funeral and Wake. It's your last chance to see the mighty Fuck 13. If you wanna be able to drown your sorrows in alcohol, check out the bar show at Au Deuxieme on Thursday, Dec 23, where Bad Luck # 13 will be joined by the Monoxides and Purple Knight. If you want to blow off some steam and just go nuts one final time with the boys, come to the final all ages show at The Generator in Moncton, where we have the honor of playing with our friends one last time. Also appearing: Earth A.D., No Control and The Robins!What can we say about Bad Luck # 13? They are a true, honest original and they will be sadly missed. . We would like to pay tribute to the guys by looking back now. Here are our standout memories of Bad Luck # 13:
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CRAIG: I remember
the time we were playing a show in Moncton with Bad Luck, and I went to
Jay's house and picked him up. I was also giving Mike from Bad Luck a drive.
I pulled up out front of his apartment and this chick dressed in all black
with fishnet stockings came out. It was Mike. He had literally shaved all
his body hair except for his eyebrows! And of course, there was the time
we played after Bad Luck and Jason refused to touch the microphone after
Mike got through with it. He was like, "I'm not using that! Did you see
where he PUT IT?!"
ANDREW: Over the
years I`ve been either lucky or unlucky enough to have been in several bands
that have shared the stage with the mighty BAD LUCK #13.Many an incident
has taken place from Mike 13 dressed as a woman or the many times he exposed
his "ORGAN" or even the time he kissed me.I have seen a few of the many
lineups of the band but the single show that stays with me is the first
time I ever saw them.I think the bill was the SCAPEGOATS, NEXT OF KIN &
BAD LUCK #13 at the UNBSJ.Some friends had me pretty hyped for BAD LUCK
& I loved the first song.Shortly into the second song Ray (way back then
on Bass I think) broke a string & a long delay ensued.I figured this was
why they were called BAD LUCK.I`m gonna miss BAD LUCK #13 more than almost
any local bad that has called it quits.
JASON: I'll always
have this image in my head from this show Bad Luck played in Moncton where
the Skinheads were out in force and making it very difficult for anyone
to have a good time. Everyone was intimidated by them, and didn't want to
rock the boat. My jaw just dropped when Mike and Ray started calling these
skinheads (who outnumbered the band like three to one) fags and cocksuckers,
etc. One guy came right up to the stage and got all in mike's face. It was
intense. Bad Luck both have balls, and are nuts. Then there was the time
that Ray, usually quite reserved, intoxicated to the point of delerium,
picked me up and turned me upside down and shook me, hugging me and saying
how good it was to see me. I lost all my change. And of course, who can
forget Mike's apartment in Saint John. The toilet didn't work, so he made
everybody piss in the sink. I had to shit out behind his apartment one night!
Man, that toilet was broken FOREVER.
BRETT: I saw Bad
Luck at the Hampton Youth Centre one time, and during their set, the cops
came in and tried to shut the show down. Bad Luck, who were in mid-song,
never missed a beat and started playing "RCMP". It was great. And when I
heard that Mike had bought a copy of the first Gherkins demo, and LIKED
it, I was on cloud 9.
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
"I HAVE A FEVER, AND THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION IS MORE COWBELL!"
The struggle continues. The battleground has moved from upstairs back into the basement. Wavelength Studios is just one db away from closing it's doors forever, and we're holed up in a dark corner with one hand on the board and one hand on the pistol. Good news, though, comrades! THE GUITAR TRACKS ARE FINISHED. It has been a long ordeal for our boys understeps, but we are finally gaining ground. Keep those letters and care packages coming. The war effort needs your support from home. Send us your scrap metal. More casualties are imminent, but this is a cause worth dying for.
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| 11.20.2000
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LASER LOYALISTS LOVE
LISTENING LOUDLY
The Saint John 2000 CD was officially released (with a bang)
last Friday. It is now available everywhere, including online at the all
new BBQ Records
website. Peter and Chuck did a fantastic job and from everything we've
heard, this one blows their previous compilation right outta the murky SJ
Harbour Water. That's right - Saint John's East River has one less piece
of flotsam in it, thanks to these guys. Send them money and blow them kisses,
for they have given us new tracks from: Twist, The Vagrants, Amused, Vetch,
John Brown, Happy Medium, DrownD, Creon, Curbside Prawjek, Caged, Jet, Hollow,
Jolene Erb, The Butterfly Effect, Badfish & Empty Handed. (Oh yeah, and
we've got a new song on there, too. It's called "Tinfoil
Head.")
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HOT DOG! WE HAVE A WIENER
Our mystery judge has made his decision in our "Toys You Can
Choke On" contest! After Minutes of consideration, the Judge has
chosen..(download cheesy midi drumroll please...).... Jason Vautour! That's
right, Jay will be the proud recipient of a shiny, new, shrink-wrapped copy
of the "Toys You Can Choke On" compilation from Pencil Neck Records. Why
was Jay's entry chosen over the Thousands
of entries we received? To quote our mystery judge, "I like the shit-smeared
Hans Solo". There you have it. If you want to win, always be generous with
the feces-encrusted collectibles.
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY HEADS:
THE SAGA CONTINUES
We had a special guest come by the studio and sing a song with us. It's a secret who it was. What can we tell you about this person without giving his name away? He's a vegetarian. He is in a band that is sponsored by Vans. They were on the Warped tour this year. He has a cute little mole on his inner thigh. Perhaps we've said too much...
SJ2KCD
BBQ Records has been kind enough to include us on their upcoming compilation, "Saint John 2000" along with our friends from Happy Medium, Empty Handed, The Amused, Twist and many more! Our song is an unreleased new one called "Tinfoil Head". The tentative release is set for the end of September, along with a FREE SHOW / LAUNCH PARTY at UNBSJ on Oct. 6. The boys are bravely battling Maritime musical stagnation with a precision slice of polycarbonate and a side of Deluxe french fries.
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| 9.21.2000
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BLOODY FINGERS AND DIRTY
HEADS
At 5 months and counting, the current Not Funny Anymore recording session is setting record levels for frustration, caffeine consumption and spicy pastas. Our gracious host at Wavelength Studios, Rob Lavigne, has a collection of spices that boggles the mind. It ranges from the domestic to the exotic and then back again. And he has NO DOUBLES. I swear to GOD! NO FUCKING DOUBLES! He's keeping a constant cloud of steamy spiced chaos above the studio stove at all times. And the recording? It's going slow, but steady. Andrew has finished the bass tracks, Jason is currently 75% through his guitar tracks. Next comes Brett, then the vocals. Craig is going to be back in to redo a couple of drum tracks. So far the gear is being very nice to us, aside from one early incident with a song originally intended for the SJ2000 comp called "Least Of All". Here's a little slice of recording life from earlier this week:
It's late Monday Evening. Rob and Jason are working on guitar. There is one particularly tricky spot that Jason has been attempting for some time, but he keeps fucking it up. Rob is going through Simpson's withdrawl. A cut on Jason's finger has re-opened. Tensions are mounting. We join our heroes as Jason attempts the piece for what seems to be the hundredth time:
(Dissonant guitar caterwaul)
JASON: Shit, I fucked it again.
ROB: I can't even tell anymore! (rewinds tape)
JASON: This time for sure.
ROB: (gives an unconfident look) How the fuck do you come up with this SHIT?! Can't you play it?
JASON: Yeah! It's just a difficult part and i'm used to singing along with it and not giving a damn how shittily I play it. Its a hard part!
ROB: WELL, DON'T WRITE IT!
... join us next time....
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