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Wednesday
Jun162010
AuthorLen Ottesen | DateWednesday, June 16, 2010 at 11:21PM | CommentPost a Comment

Cambridge Mayor's Celebration of the Arts

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We will be celebrating arts with the mayor of Cambridge ON for the 4th time in as many years and are excited to see some familiar faces and great friends. We are going to be sharing the stage with awesome community groups, choral groups, brass bands and a symphony or two. Also, there will be fantastic art work by area painters and sculptors add super great food and it's like a 16th century courtyard party...well but with Fender amps and PA.

Check our Facebook page for event details.

TFP

Saturday
May082010
AuthorAlex Oliveira | DateSaturday, May 8, 2010 at 4:16PM | Comment8 Comments

Mailbag

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It's always nice to hear from a fan.  I love people.  Here's a message I just received. 

--msg begins here--

Your Name: Don
Your Email: mrdonmackie@-----.com

Subject: Your band

Message: The free press eh? your music is dreadful. You guys are a bunch of left wing, pro queer morons. You suck.

 --msg ends here--


Hi Don,

Thanks for taking the time to write.  It always nice to know that we can motivate people to act on how our music makes them feel.  I'll address your points as they came in:

1. "The Free Press eh?"  Yes.

2. "Your music is dreadful."  Ok.  We're probably not going to see eye to eye on this one but for the record, do you mean it actually fills you with dread..like fear...cause that would be kinda wicked OR do you mean unpleasant, distasteful or shocking?  Shocking would be pretty rock and roll also.  Frankly I like our chances here.

3. "You guys are a bunch of left wing" - Yes, like many involved in the arts, we too tend to trend left politically but I've never thought any of us were especially to one side or of the other.  Well...maybe Len, he's kind of a pinko, commie, liberal bleeding heart pig.  Kinda.

4. "Pro-queer" - Guilty.  We support equality for all people, including mouth breathing homophobes...for example.

5. "Morons" - brother we're trying to make it in them music business...you think you're telling us something we don't know?

6. "You suck" - yes, but only the cock.

Thanks for taking the time to write and generate some good stuff for our blog.  You've been a big help.

Good luck with your next divorce.
The Free Press

"the more fear inspiring, tolerant, left wing band in the world!" ~Don Mackie

 

 

Monday
Apr262010
AuthorThe Free Press | DateMonday, April 26, 2010 at 2:41AM | CommentPost a Comment

Bon Jovi Contest

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Love that coiffe!

DISREGARD..READ THE FOLLOW-UP POST AT THE BOTTOM FIRST!

In a dramatic display of hypocritical behaviour and after weeks of railing about how we hate the kinds of contests that Bon Jovi is running that requires bands to harass their supporters to 'vote' for them, we are now going to ask you for your help because it turns out without even trying we're only 7 spots of out of making it to the next round.

As much as we find the idea of these popularity contests stupid, we also aren't so proud that we're going to turn our back on a chance like this considering it seems we actually have one. 

Of 500 or so bands, we're currently number 37 and only the top 30 advance for consideration. 

Annoyingly they don't make it especially easily for you to help but it's not super hard: 

 

Believe it or not all you've done so far is made it so that our music shows up in the judging process...you haven't actually voted for us yet...we know...lame. 

Now then, to actually judge the music:

  • http://www.bonjovi.com/ourstage
  • Scroll down to poorly and strangely worded "Bon Jovi's WANTED: A SuperBAND Tonight: Toronto, ON" <--seriously, what the hell does that mean? Anyway, click on it. 
  • Now you'll be presented with 4 pieces of music that you rank 1-4 (duh: with 1 being your favourite and 4 being your least favourite) 
  • You have to listen to 15 seconds of each before you can drag them into the 1-4 spots. 
  • Once you have your 1-4, click submit vote. 
  • 4 more pieces of music will show up.
  • When you see The Free Press come up, go ahead and make us No.1, that'd be super. 
  • Write a nice comment if you feel like it or right a bad one if you're friends are in another band...just like everyone else is doing :) 
  • If after voting a bunch (20 times or more) and you don't see us come up, that's uncool, please email community@ourstage.com and tell them. 

This dude is very annoyed by the process!Anyway, it's a small to medium sized pain in the ass for you considering you don't really get much out of it so we're really grateful for your time in helping us.  Needless to say if we could win such a thing, it would be an enormous opportunity. 

If we DO win this thing we get, count them, 3 free tickets and needless to say we'll have some manner of contest for our ourstage 'fan club' members to win these.  It's literally the least we can do. 

Anyway, thanks again, we know you didn't sign up to hear about self serving stuff like this or to be put to work...we get that.  We won't make a habit of coming to you like this. 

Thanks one last time.  Once we're rich and stuff, we'll do things like close off streets and have free bbq and balloons for the kids and all of this tediousness will seem worth it when you're into your third hot dog and second pint of <SPONSOR BEER NAME HERE>. 

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