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Oh yay! More bands a lot of us have forgotten about, for good reason.
What a crappy lineup of bands – Kid Rock?!, fuck off. The only band that is half decent is Weezer.
We are officially the city for washed up bands to visit. I wouldn’t pay 25 cents to witness this shite. —Flunch
This article appears in Jun 3-9, 2010.
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Kid Rock, Seriously? Ew.
screw the concerts… so see Pauly Shore!
The weasel will be weeeeezing the ju….uice…
cannot wait!
this was the most disappointing year for concerts yet. fuck kid rock.
Kid rock. Really. I can’t describe my distaste for him.
Proof positive you can’t knock them out of the park every time.
hey we (hopefully) still have slayer and megadeath to look forward to as well…
maybe….
never know, it could happen
Dude! I’m so excited for slayer!!
I’ve only had my tickets for how long now?
Skid Rock is the white trash that us other white trash can feel superior to. Except he’s rich and probably gets more ass than a syrian mule-skinner
The promoters’ of these washed-up has-beens obviously don’t ask the public what bands they’d like to see or read these forums.
Whatever happened to that Chronically-Horrid scribbler who saved us from Scaly Dion?
“A lonely nation turns it’s eyes to you…
wtf? Washed up? Last time I checked BEP and Kid Rock are being played on almost every radio station multiple times a day. Obviously, they’re not for everyone, but I felt the same way when they anounced Paul coming to the commons….WTF??? I had to be the designated driver for my mom and all her friends, …and I had to roll their joints for them! Sad. But when I saw all the people hyped up going to the concert I wished I had a ticket.
haha, designated spliff roller and chaffeur…you are a good daughter^^
Parents ,they grow up so fast…
omfg I hate kid rock so much the mere mention of his name and my fists clench and i think evil nasty thoughts ofwhat kinda punishment i would rain down on his ass 🙂
BAWITDABAHHHHHHHHHHH HUMBUGGERS!!!! your city should be greatful it’s not dead yet.
It’s not for lack of trying. Halifax explosion,U-boats at the mouth of the harbout, Soviet first strike target from the 50s to the 90s. I’m thinking (and hoping) zombies will sound the death knell.
we all are…my posse has some prime spots picked out for laying siege to the brain eaters
I’m prepared for a zombie siege.
But given the average age in HRM, we’re already full of old people/zombies, considering that about 15% of our population is over 65.
it would be tougher to blast grandma types through the brain, easier to dispatch the emo/hipster wankers
Just aim between the ear-buds, double tap for certainty.
kid rock? good weekend to head out of town, immathinkin’.
Yakkk!
The way I see it, Halifax is improving.
We’ve gone from 60’s has beens to 90’s has beens.
lol dgaf, but people will remember Paul and Kiss 50 years from now not so sure about KRock tho…
just wake me when it’s all over,wake all of us here in halisucks.
beats having the g20…bring back the indy
People like Kid Rock. I’m sure they’ll remember him. BinBC. I don’t like Kiss and I would like to forget them and I’m guessing that this Paul you speak of is Paul Simon or Paul Overstreet or something like that. I’m sure that people will remember Paul Simon.
I seriously hope taxpayers aren’t going to have to pay out the ass for this lame attempt at a concert. Methinks this is prime weekend to go camping.
Maybe you’re too into pop music. I’ve seen 4 of my favourite bands in Halifax in the last 3 years.
zzz and fallingangels, the megadeth/slayer show is definitely on! I ‘ve had my tix since the beginning. Also….on June 22nd, we can see the Big Four event going on in Europe at the theatres. Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer together for the first time ever!!
Yes…it’s a shitty lineup but relax and let other people enjoy it & perhaps next year your favorite will be someone elses whine.
last year I was supposed to see the Hip – they were ill, so instead my $75 ticket became free and I got to see Metric and Hey Rosetta! In Flight Safety and other fantastic bands for free… in the mud… but it was pretty wicked. Sad that it’s such a different genre for these shows. Not my scene – So I agree with others – good weekend for camping.
Perhaps Kid Rock will bring a DVD of him and Pammy doing stuff?
It would resemble a chicken neck wrestling with a blancmange.
BRoc… I hope so.
another delay and I’m going to debate selling them off….
and why on a bloody monday? grrr….
yeah, I may check that Big Four event too…
I’m thinking it is a go ahead as well broc, I’m just trying not to get too excited so I don’t have to face major disappointment again hah.
Oh, and zzz…if you are going, we should def meet up for beers or something before hand.
So stay at home you whiny bitches. The truth is that most of you LTWWB regulars couldn’t afford a ticket. Your jealousy is delicious.
sounds like a plan angel…
and a good one at that.
Broc, ZZZ, fallenangel
Does it hurt when you bang your head?
“The truth is that most of you LTWWB regulars couldn’t afford a ticket”
…HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Sorry dude, but this regular has been to quite a handful of concerts in the past few years
dar, not at all, you should try it sometimes. May clear some of that sarcastic attitude out of your head.
Nope, but the one time wall of death I front lined hurt a bit….
Kid rock…wasn’t he a second class DJ ?
Now he’s a third class musician, or does he even rate that high ?
His ripping off of Warren Zevon & Lynyrd Skynyrd in his ‘all summer long’ infuriantes me & makes me wish impalement was still a punishment & he was convicted !
yeah where is vlad the impaler when you most need him?
Paingirl…I’m with you 100% on bringing back the Indy !
I want to see good Airshows back at Shearwater. Like in the 80’s and 90’s when the military organized them.
i might be an earth mother type but i sure do love planes, trains and automobiles and bikes (both kinds), oh and helicopters, but sea going vessels are my fav
ug… leave the indy… and for FUCK SAKES leave Vlad where he is.
that dude was all sorts of messed up.
having your head posted on a pike because you don’t like the smell of rotting human carcasses near the dinner table?!?!?
what a crazy mofo.
I bet it got ripe in the summer…. ug
yeah dracul was all kinds of crazy
My favorite Vlad story is about the Turkish ambassadors who wouldn’t doff their fezzes in his presence; so he sent them back to Constantinople with them nailed to their heads. Might keep that in mind the next time the Shrine circus comes to town.
yeah! he’s hardcore man…
Loved that most evil men of history doc on him.
twisted to the extreme.
Why doesn’t Liverpool just go back to where he came from?
Mind Snap, you heading to these shows?
yeah that is a good one ivan, apparently the circus is coming to the forum with animal entertainment *SNORT*
Vlad Tepes vs. Sun Tzu in an upcoming episode of Deadliest Warrior.
love that show…go spetsnaz
That’s the only thing I like about Cirque de Soleil. They use cattle prods to train their human gymnasts. Or so I’ve been told. And like you this boy loves his toys; the bigger the better. When I worked down in historic properties I was always running out of the store to watch ships go by. Naval or commercial, it didn’t matter.
NGF, I pray you are not toying with us? Is this on the level?
Cirque de Soleil is a weird ass freak show performed by weird ass French Canadians being even more weird ass then usual
No, I’m not going to the Halifax ‘Rocks’ this year… I had a good fill of concerts last year though
i’d rather watch the weirdos in the cirque than those tortured pachyderms standing on stools
About Vlad vs. Tzu on Deadliest Warrior 2? Not fooling at all. It’s one of the final battles of the series I’m sure.
The season finale is US Navy SEALS vs. Israeli Commandos. If the Commandos win the simulation I’m going to petition the producers and Spike TV to have Israeli Commandos vs. Turkish Activists for season 3.
Another match-up I’m waiting for this season is CIA vs. KGB and Comanche vs. Mongol.
I’d rather not see any either; I was in Puerto Vallarta a few years back and there was a circus in the non tourist part of town and the animals were the saddest looking flea bitten varmints you ever saw it made me sad and angry
Yup. You’re torn between wanting to see them stomp a trainer and knowing that they’d probably be euthanized if they did. And if they were in the wild they’d face being killed with an RPG for their tusks in Africa, or a life of clearcut logging or some similar labor in Asia. Even zoos tend to use them to carry screaming kids or do dumbass tricks.
Fuck we suck. Quick somebody, tell me good war story to cheer me up.
i got nothing, i’m sad and angry…rawk. deadliest warrior will cheer me
the battle of midway
Thanks z-man. A couple of years ago I picked up an autographed book by Ensign George Gay, who was the only survivor of the 30 men from Torpedo 3 flying off the Hornet. A real piece of history. Kevin Dobson (Crocker from Kojak) played him in the absolutely atrocious Chuck Heston flick. Cheer up PG, tonite on DW it’s The Dalai Lama vs. Sean Penn on a bender. Larfs galore>; )