Just how bad can a band suck?
How about this much?
The Red Room was alive last night with the sound of tonal death to all open ears and minds. Those responsible: Vancouver “rockers” Tarl. Four ne’er-do-wells flopped around on stage representing their lack of individuality by playing the same four-chord “doodooka! doodooka!” songs that a plethora of bands before them have ground into mindless dust while a poorly blinged up frontman wailed about “tonight” and “alright” to an indifferent crowd.
The worst part of it all? Pre-recorded samples of lead guitar and back-up vocals. Solos would come in seemingly before the guitarists were prepared to play them, and on occasion the guilty one would simply turn around in an attempt to hide that he really had no idea what he was doing. Meanwhile those singing back-up were also obviously unprepared, and came in to the microphone too far behind to match what the vocals actually sounded like. It was like watching a whole band of Ashley Simpson.
My only consolation was to laugh at them, instead of with them, though that quickly faded and I was left with aching cheeks and even more sore ears. At least I was drinking.
The most baffling part of the whole yuppie-fest was that the band actually had a decent following (though you wouldn’t know it by the audience), an album and had shared the stage with such “great acts” as Nickelback and Finger Eleven (chortle). My conclusion is that at least two of the band members have really rich dads who are wasting a lot of money and don’t know it yet.
8 amazing things I have done that you should be jealous of because you are essentially inadequate in every conceivable way!
Yes, you heard me correctly, earth-meat. While you have been eating hot dogs and watching Friends reruns, I have accomplished the following, which I shall present as braggartly as I feel is necessary:
1. Played frisbee with a drunk goat, and won.
2. Found a banana that was remarkably reminiscent of Ted Bundy’s penis, and auctioned it on ebay for a hefty sum, despite the banana having aids.
3. Been arrested for juggling wine bottles in downtown Vancouver (i’m really bad at juggling, and had been warned multiple times); I then seduced the guard in order to escape my jail cell, and managed to get arrested again for doing essentially the same thing as before.
4. Jacked off in between two peices of bread and fed it to a homeless person. There’s nothing sluttier than a hungry homeless man.
5. Met the original Lassie (in a dream).
6. Took an 87 year old man’s virginity (also in a dream).
7. Individually married and divorced each of the Olsen twins without them ever knowing it.
8. Constructed a life sized model of the Starship Enterprise entirely out of quack grass and guinea pigs I’d murdered with a hammer, then promoted myself to captain and fought with the Klingons in my mind.
For further re-education, I urge you to order the imagination pills from our online store, and to order my book, Making Love to a Wet Sponge While Operating Heavy Machinery.
Goths are weenies

Maybe I should just start critiquing every social cliche in existence. I’m a bit of an asshole that way. Perhaps I could get away with it.
Loud electronic music, flashing lasers, cheap booze, introverts. Everything to make any other club scene minus the socializing is there at goth night. Somebody’s wearing goggles like they think they’re in anime. Another person has so much metal in their face they’re a microchip away from being a cyborg. Then again, aren’t we all.
Nobody’s really here to party. They all just want to mope around on the dance floor and fester over how misunderstood and complex they are, going by such monikers as “Bam” and “Steve”. I actually tried to have an intelligent conversation with a “Steve” only to find out he didn’t really want to talk. He just wanted to be the loudest. Former candy kid would be my guess. Another 5 years and the drugs might wear off. I don’t feel the need to wait around ’til then.
The coat check lady is a whore. The first time I ever went she pointed at the tip jar and I asked, “What for?” She responded by emphasizing her already apparent cleavage. I gave her a buck. I wonder if she’d be offended or turned on if I simply put in a penny. Really good whores like it when you treat them appropriately. It’s like a commission to them.
Highlight of the evening: there was free candy. Goths love candy. It rekindles the ever-lasting angsty, malnourished teenager that lives deep inside them and fills their otherwise meaningless life with vitality and zest. They then use that energy to go back on the dance floor and mope. Woe is them.
This Week’s Personals

Hello. My name is Georin, and I would like to cut to the chase about this whole dating ad; you see, I am a man with very specific needs, and I need a partner who can accommodate this. Basically, I want you to take me to the beach and turn me into a sand-woman, like in the photo. Then, you can do whatever you want to me. Play with my sand-nipples, finger my sand twat, or just jack it in my face; I’m pretty much open to any possibility. I know that you’re out there Mr. Right, so now it is up to you to strike while the iron is hot. I’ll be waiting… patiently… like a spider… ready to catch you in my finely crafted web of homoeroticism…
PS – No fatties.

ACTUAL testimonials from people who made friends with me!!
I met Gavin in a hardware store while searching for pliars. He took me out for fondue, where he recounted to me all the various hilarious instances of the Seinfeld reruns he’d been watching. I had to pay for both of us, but I didn’t mind since I was just so happy that he didn’t stare at my lazy eye or make light of my weight problem. Would I go out with him again? Well, it does beat goiing to the trouble of watching the reruns myself, and plus he’s got a sweet ass.”
- Lana Munson

“Gavin and I went out to a children’s baseball because he said his nephew was in the playoffs or something. He bought me a hot-dog and didn’t pull any gay shit, so he’s ok in my books, although i did find out later that he doesn’t really have a nephew. But it’s ok, he’s such a cool guy. If I were a girl I’d totally date him!”
- Gerald Geiger

“I was going through a tough time as I was being charged with mail fraud. Gavin took me out for drinks to talk about it. He was very attentive, and offered general advice about mail. He didn’t hit on me, but I was afraid he was going to.”
-Jenna Libsworth

“I remember meeting Gavin for the first time on a bus on main street. He spent most of the ride explaining to me the various uses he had discovered for fishing line, vaseline, and cast-iron cookware. Nobody cooks like Gavin, that’s for sure.”
-Chris Sivak

Reggie woke up in a groggy haze to the hip hop stylings of 50 Cent playing from his tinny alarm radio. Saturday. 10:30 am. His mouth tasted like a monkey had shat in it, and in his drowsy state, he stopped and considered the possibility that one had.


