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also, i hate when i'm in canada and the exchange rate is like 80c/$1 or so and i buy something for $8can and i give him a $10us and he gives me back $2can. what the ****!

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05-20-2009 , 04:59 PM

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Geddy Lee

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also, i hate when i'm in canada and the exchange rate is like 80c/$1 or so and i buy something for $8can and i give him a $10us and he gives me back $2can. what the ****!

Canadian retailer 1, American tourist 0, iyam

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05-20-2009 , 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by willie24

also, i hate when i'm in canada and the exchange rate is like 80c/$1 or so and i buy something for $8can and i give him a $10us and he gives me back $2can. what the ****!

not his fault you dont have their money imo

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05-20-2009 , 05:06 PM

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whatever. **** canada. they have to write all their road signs in french and sell their gas in liters imo.

Only in Quebec and New Brunswick.

I agree though, **** the metric system...I mean, how could anyone think that simple conversion factors between universal measurement units would be a good idea? Much easier to create exclusive, separate units for each measurement instead.

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05-20-2009 , 05:07 PM

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Great Lake Swimmers? Pretty good if you're into the chill I guess.

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05-20-2009 , 05:25 PM

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edit: independent

the bands last three albums have reached top 35 on the billboard 200 and top 3 in the indie top 50.

Stars? Broken Social Scene? I have no clue ldo.

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05-20-2009 , 05:32 PM

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then you get no points!

you were in the right genre with alexisonfire

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05-20-2009 , 05:34 PM

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Do we call Metric Canadian? They're sorta half and half.

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05-20-2009 , 05:38 PM

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Tokyo Police Club.

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05-20-2009 , 05:39 PM

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you were in the right genre with alexisonfire

ohhhhhhhh, then it's either Moneen or Silverstein.

fwiw, I hope it's Silverstein, they're from my hometown, zomg zomg zomg!

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05-20-2009 , 05:44 PM

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I remember when I was still in high school and When Broken is Easily Fixed came out, that was a pretty big deal for aspiring Burlington musicians such as myself, "zomg a Burlington band that's not Finger Eleven made it big". I think that was the only time I ever saw them play, after the release of that album...could've been the Sound of Music festival, perhaps at the Polish Canadian club on Fairview, don't remember...in either case, they were off to bigger and better things.

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05-20-2009 , 05:47 PM

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ohhhhhhhh, then it's either Moneen or Silverstein.

fwiw, I hope it's Silverstein, they're from my hometown, zomg zomg zomg!

10 points for getting it right, and then -10 for not realizing their new album title was my location all along

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05-20-2009 , 05:51 PM

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10 points for getting it right, and then -10 for not realizing their new album title was my location all along

That's pretty wicked that they're getting int'l exposure. I lost touch with them after high school, maybe I'll have to check them out again.

Most awesome band to come out of Burlington though is still The Next Best Thing fwiw...TNBT's live shows were legendary around these parts.

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05-20-2009 , 06:08 PM

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yeah theyre in england touring now, I saw them in atlanta last semester with blessthefall + before their eyes and then the semester before that in a sick show with alesana/escape the fate/skylit drive/chiodos. Couple years ago I remember them with aiden, hawthorne heights, and bayside (pretty sure that was the tour that holohan died on)

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05-20-2009 , 07:15 PM

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i just listened to like 3 min of these bands on youtube and i despair of your generation.

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05-20-2009 , 07:54 PM

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lolloloolol give me 5 minutes i'm going to record myself miserably and angrily shouting random words into a microphone. you'll love it.

wut? I saw them dozens of times in high school because they, too, were in high school and played at everything even remotely related to music, or that a band could appear at, for the 5 years I was there. I didn't seek them out, I couldn't avoid them.

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05-20-2009 , 08:00 PM

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coming from a canadian: all these things you're listing about how great canada is, actually make it suck

plus we don't even win at hockey, i mean how sad is that

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05-20-2009 , 08:01 PM

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i just listened to like 3 min of these bands on youtube and i despair of your generation.

Not everyone under 25 likes screaming/growling. In the HS's now it's the kids listening to HH being stuffed in lockers tbh (and for good reason).

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05-20-2009 , 08:01 PM

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coming from a canadian: all these things you're listing about how great canada is, actually make it suck

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i was enjoying the self-ownage

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05-20-2009 , 08:01 PM

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coming from a canadian: all these things you're listing about how great canada is, actually make it suck

plus we don't even win at hockey, i mean how sad is that

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05-20-2009 , 08:02 PM

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plus we don't even win at hockey, i mean how sad is that

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05-20-2009 , 08:04 PM

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sorry, i can't see anything other than silver medals

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05-20-2009 , 08:07 PM

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sorry, i can't see anything other than silver medals

I can't tell if you're just blind, or just trolling. Maybe it's both.

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05-20-2009 , 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by willie24

i just listened to like 3 min of these bands on youtube and i despair of your generation.

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05-20-2009 , 08:19 PM

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It's emo. Emo is not good if it comes from Canada, America, Britain or anywhere. We can still rag on how he "Despairs a generation" though.

But if our generation's musical contribution is seen as that, fml.

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