Last night was the Gryphon Athletic Banquet. Everyone gets together, drinks some wine, eats some cheese, stumbles down to the AC, listens to weird speeches by the higher ups, eats a shit ton of food, cheers obnoxiously when a person from their team wins an award, and then stumbles on downtown. It's a pretty fun time, especially since the track team seems to clean up. Papa Kyle won his third consecutive Athlete of the Year award... thanks to some Lancer Tears. The banquet doesn't have anything to do with music. In fact the 8 bars from some shitty Nickleback song was the only music heard all night (before every award. barf). The banquet did however inspire the title of this post since the video people decided to quote the Hoosiers in the year end video.
Even though we're already winners in the literally sense, this here post is dedicated to fine men and women who started this journey with me 5 long years ago (or more like 5 short years ago). That's right, it's a 5th year blog. We're all winners and we're all gonna be winners once we live this fine institution... at least I'm pretty sure we will be... maybe... hopefully... ah whatever.
Way back in year 1 there were an abundance of rookie diners (as I'm sure they're are every year). Everyone rushes to Creelman after practice to get the Exhibition Diner (T's fav). These diners usually ended up lasting about 2 hours, mainly cause Kozi would go back for 4 or 5 cookies. Good times, I should probably play some music now... My big song in first year was Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve. Who cares about copy right infringements, this song is awesome.
Ok, year 2. Not that every year wasn't a Taking Back Sunday year but year 2 kicked it off. Even though Kyle rocked it hard in year 1, I'm putting it year 2 since we had some epic throw downs at the Cribbage.
Year 3. What happened in year 3? T Money bailed on us... we gained Bohandi... Kozi ripped a sink off of the wall in Trappers... and I'm sure the girls cried a lot (just kidding). Actually, this class of girls was definitely tops in my books, no crying here (at least not where I could see it which is all that matters). I also think third year was the year Death Cab came out with that really shitty album... lame. MGMT came out with Oracular Spectacular though so life wasn't all bad (I think they released it in 2nd year but no one knew who they were until 3rd). Weird, my font just changed and I don't know how to change it back. oh well. How about some music... Regina? Regina.
Wow year 4 already... or not soon enough. This post is rambling on hardcore. Ok, year 4 was definitely a big year for Two Hours Traffic (discovered in 3rd year but they released Territory in 4th). And they played that awesome free show at The Taps where we obnoxiously requested Lost Boys until they played it. Thanks THT. Oh, and Biewald finally decided what school she wanted to go and moved to Guelph.
Hey, here we are in year 5! We made it! Tourts already has her degree, so does T Mac and Kozi but they're doing their Masters so they're lame. Kyle still lives at home although he's moving into the basement. T Money is going rogue again and heading up north the tree plant. Kim is dating Jackson (who should not be confused as her 12 year old son). Rachel is finally getting used to Ontario. Allan and Jennie still talk about Hillcrest (get over yourselves guys, you're not that cool). And me... well, I'm still getting by on my good looks and manly charm. Life is good. University wasn't so bad, thanks to all the awesome people. Here's to another 5 years or 5 decades of being friends and making memories.
Longest post ever! Peace out homies!
C Dot
Mixtape: A homemade music compilation (usually on cassette or CD-R) that contains all your favourite tracks. Often you give such a compilation to the guy or gal of your fancy in hopes that it will help you win their heart. There's no way that girl can say no, I made her the greatest mixtape ever!
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Lost Boys
Hello again, Cody here to entertain you for the next few minutes (or until you get bored and stop reading this). Well, since you've made it this far you might as well keep reading to hear some cool stories about being introduced to some pretty spectacular bands.
My first big shout out goes to Alec Bray, to whom without I would not be the person I am today. A.Bray introduced me to pretty much everything that is hipster. Most notably on AB's contribution list are Belle & Sebastian, The Refreshments, and The Smiths. Where would I be without these amazing bands? Probably listening to shitty pop punk bands like New Found Glory or Simple Plan (maybe not Simple Plan, they just suck way too much). Anyways, thanks Alec, I owe you big time! So yah, B&S and The Smiths are now in my top 5 greatest bands ever. But I should tell you a story about how I was introduced to B&S. It starts with the fact that Alec is possibly the hugest Belle & Sebastian fan ever. EVER. He knows more about them then I think they know about themselves. So when I first met Alec he decided that, without telling me, he was going convert me into some form of a hipster. He made a few mix CDs to convince me that indie music was pretty cool. We would talk a lot about music and I eventually found out that B&S was his favourite band and asked if he could burn me a few of their songs. While instead of a few songs I got an entire disc with 22 tracks that apparently he "had way too much fun making". Needless to say I was blown away by what I heard and my instant favourite song, thanks to some "listen to this one, you'll love it" from AB, was 'The Blues Are Still Blue'.
Next we have a guy who's way too indie for indie people. He's so indie he's mainstream, except not at all. He's our favourite mo-hawked, bearded ectomorph, Mr. Tommy Mosher. I lived with T for a short period and one night he said to me time "C, you ever heard of The National? You'll like them. Here, take this" and proceeded to hand me the album Boxer which I promptly copied onto my computer. Since that faithful night, The National have become a staple to my everyday listening. There's just something about the melodies and the tranquil yet painful lyrics that always get to me. They're the perfect band to just sit back and listen to. One of my favourite songs off of Boxer is 'Slow Show'. The drums and bass in this song are awesome and the little keyboard parts make everything move in slow motion. The lyrics are just too good to describe so I won't even try.
Another guy I have to give credit to is Derek Snider. AKA Kong. So Derek is one hell of a beast when it comes to running and one year he was trying to qualify for the CIS Championships in the 3000m. One way to do this was to run under the auto-qualifying standard (then 8:21) or finish 1 or 2 at the OUA Championships. Derek hadn't hit standard so Kyle and Allan were going to pace him to an 8:20 at OUAs and hopefull Derek would either get standard or a 1,2 finish. While, after some perfect pacing, Derek took over with 600m to go and ran 8:18 (i believe) to win the race, thus sealing his ticket to CIs. The race was pretty exciting and I had filmed the entire thing and was putting together a little highlight video of the season when I asked Derek if he had a song that he wanted me to put over the race footage of the 3000m. Derek replied with "How about 'Jezebel' by Two Hours Traffic?". I had never heard of Two Hours Traffic but after a quick Youtube search, I was like "Hell yah I'll put that song on there!". CIs were in Windsor that year and coincidently, Two Hours Traffic was playing in Windsor the same weekend (as mentioned in one of Robby J's posts). The show was awesome, the band is awesome, 'Jezebel' is awesome. Have a listen.
Ok, this is turning into a really long post. Or maybe it just seems that way since I've drank way too much wine while writing this. Either way, sorry folks. One more friend to mention. My brother Kris. Kris is a pretty hardcore guy. Anyone who knows him can attest to this fact. Kris loves metal and hardcore punk. So while growing up I would usually go for the more punk rock style of music, Kris would always have to one up me with crazy bands like Silverstein and Thrice. Kris is also a pretty imposing guy so any time we were driving around in the car we always had to listen to whatever he wanted to listen to (this still continues today with bands like Slipknot and Stone Sour). So naturally after a while the musical stylings of Silverstein and Thrice grew on me to the point where I had to have them on my iPod. And, after listening to them on my own free will I discovered that I really did enjoy them. I already gave a sample of Thrice's music so here is a Silverstein song. These guys are the most hardcore emo band I've ever heard but they're badass enough that I like them. Here is 'Smile In Your Sleep'.
Ok, I'm done. I got a little carried away reminiscing. I'd just like to send out a big thank you to everyone who has ever given me a mix CD or suggested a band to me or forced me to listen to a band long enough that I eventually have no choice but to like them. You guys are awesome.
C Dot
My first big shout out goes to Alec Bray, to whom without I would not be the person I am today. A.Bray introduced me to pretty much everything that is hipster. Most notably on AB's contribution list are Belle & Sebastian, The Refreshments, and The Smiths. Where would I be without these amazing bands? Probably listening to shitty pop punk bands like New Found Glory or Simple Plan (maybe not Simple Plan, they just suck way too much). Anyways, thanks Alec, I owe you big time! So yah, B&S and The Smiths are now in my top 5 greatest bands ever. But I should tell you a story about how I was introduced to B&S. It starts with the fact that Alec is possibly the hugest Belle & Sebastian fan ever. EVER. He knows more about them then I think they know about themselves. So when I first met Alec he decided that, without telling me, he was going convert me into some form of a hipster. He made a few mix CDs to convince me that indie music was pretty cool. We would talk a lot about music and I eventually found out that B&S was his favourite band and asked if he could burn me a few of their songs. While instead of a few songs I got an entire disc with 22 tracks that apparently he "had way too much fun making". Needless to say I was blown away by what I heard and my instant favourite song, thanks to some "listen to this one, you'll love it" from AB, was 'The Blues Are Still Blue'.
Next we have a guy who's way too indie for indie people. He's so indie he's mainstream, except not at all. He's our favourite mo-hawked, bearded ectomorph, Mr. Tommy Mosher. I lived with T for a short period and one night he said to me time "C, you ever heard of The National? You'll like them. Here, take this" and proceeded to hand me the album Boxer which I promptly copied onto my computer. Since that faithful night, The National have become a staple to my everyday listening. There's just something about the melodies and the tranquil yet painful lyrics that always get to me. They're the perfect band to just sit back and listen to. One of my favourite songs off of Boxer is 'Slow Show'. The drums and bass in this song are awesome and the little keyboard parts make everything move in slow motion. The lyrics are just too good to describe so I won't even try.
Another guy I have to give credit to is Derek Snider. AKA Kong. So Derek is one hell of a beast when it comes to running and one year he was trying to qualify for the CIS Championships in the 3000m. One way to do this was to run under the auto-qualifying standard (then 8:21) or finish 1 or 2 at the OUA Championships. Derek hadn't hit standard so Kyle and Allan were going to pace him to an 8:20 at OUAs and hopefull Derek would either get standard or a 1,2 finish. While, after some perfect pacing, Derek took over with 600m to go and ran 8:18 (i believe) to win the race, thus sealing his ticket to CIs. The race was pretty exciting and I had filmed the entire thing and was putting together a little highlight video of the season when I asked Derek if he had a song that he wanted me to put over the race footage of the 3000m. Derek replied with "How about 'Jezebel' by Two Hours Traffic?". I had never heard of Two Hours Traffic but after a quick Youtube search, I was like "Hell yah I'll put that song on there!". CIs were in Windsor that year and coincidently, Two Hours Traffic was playing in Windsor the same weekend (as mentioned in one of Robby J's posts). The show was awesome, the band is awesome, 'Jezebel' is awesome. Have a listen.
Ok, this is turning into a really long post. Or maybe it just seems that way since I've drank way too much wine while writing this. Either way, sorry folks. One more friend to mention. My brother Kris. Kris is a pretty hardcore guy. Anyone who knows him can attest to this fact. Kris loves metal and hardcore punk. So while growing up I would usually go for the more punk rock style of music, Kris would always have to one up me with crazy bands like Silverstein and Thrice. Kris is also a pretty imposing guy so any time we were driving around in the car we always had to listen to whatever he wanted to listen to (this still continues today with bands like Slipknot and Stone Sour). So naturally after a while the musical stylings of Silverstein and Thrice grew on me to the point where I had to have them on my iPod. And, after listening to them on my own free will I discovered that I really did enjoy them. I already gave a sample of Thrice's music so here is a Silverstein song. These guys are the most hardcore emo band I've ever heard but they're badass enough that I like them. Here is 'Smile In Your Sleep'.
Ok, I'm done. I got a little carried away reminiscing. I'd just like to send out a big thank you to everyone who has ever given me a mix CD or suggested a band to me or forced me to listen to a band long enough that I eventually have no choice but to like them. You guys are awesome.
C Dot
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