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Darren McLeod
02/04/07, 11:19 AM
After last year's victory, John K. Samson of The Weakerthans (http://www.theweakerthans.org/) is once again partaking in the CBC's Canada Reads (http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/index.html), which is an "All-Star Edition" this year. He is defending Lullabies for Little Criminals (http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/books.html#lullabies) by Heather O' Neill.
kbauer
02/04/07, 11:23 AM
anyone know if the weakerthans are working on a new cd? theyre past due for one....oh no pun intended.
FeynmanWannabe
02/04/07, 11:28 AM
anyone know if the weakerthans are working on a new cd? theyre past due for one....oh no pun intended.
Yes, and it's tentatively titled Civil Twilight.
shoelaces
02/04/07, 11:45 AM
Yes, and it's tentatively titled Civil Twilight.
any idea when it will come out?
12:46AM
02/04/07, 12:00 PM
i want civil twilight so bad.
Jayc
02/04/07, 12:57 PM
I hope the anticipation doesn't make this album a letdown or anticlimax. I find it's rare for a band to make their best album once i've got into them.
fowruok
02/04/07, 01:33 PM
Their new stuff that they played live last year was excellent.
Joel Ion
02/04/07, 05:25 PM
For fuck sake will they release it already??!!
romantic rights
02/04/07, 05:42 PM
I want new weakerthans.
alcoholandirony
02/04/07, 07:34 PM
can't wait for the new album. for those of you on oink, there is a folder with soundboard recordings of their new songs. i haven't listened to them much, but my first impressions were that they're okay, but not their best work.
number2alien
02/04/07, 11:22 PM
Holy shit. That's quite the lineup for Canada Reads. I think it's going to come down to Stephen Page and John. Page will win, though, if he doesn't drink too much wine the night before.
kbauer
02/05/07, 12:24 AM
Thanks, theyre one of my all-time favorites and have influenced most of my music taste today. Cant wait for the new album, I think Sampson is one of the best song writers of this era, yet I always feel in the dark about them.
.Dylan
02/05/07, 04:32 AM
less reading more music!
number2alien
02/05/07, 04:41 PM
less reading more music!

That had to be the most disheartening thing I read all day. And that's saying something, as I snagged myself a free copy of the National Post this morning. Jesus.
klitoris
02/06/07, 04:46 PM
less reading more music!


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.Dylan
02/06/07, 09:11 PM
That had to be the most disheartening thing I read all day. And that's saying something, as I snagged myself a free copy of the National Post this morning. Jesus.
Don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm not a fan of literature. I just don't like when it gets in the way of new music from bands I like. ;) PS- loved the post crack.

Listowel, Ontario!

Home of the Famous Tractor Pull!

lollercopterz
If you say so, the whole agriculture thing really isn't my scene. ;)