make here tonight?

“Less money than in the short term.”

9:15 pm

Capacity. It is early and I have only

seven shots left. I will save them

for anything truly savage. This blond at the end of the bar is all boobs and peroxide. She works for some record company whose name I cannot read in my notes and says she can “ definitely” get me work editing content on their website. | wish Sherri were here.

Slowcoaster doing ”Groove is in the Heart” almost redeems

Campbell. Almost.

Campbell was nice to me, even

polite. Spectacularly (His cellular

phone voice mail says, “You’ve reached my _ cell phone... Spectacularly”).

Dave Carmichael changes his answer to number three. “No,” he says, “there is no soul.”

9:20 pm I am two-thirds drunk.

(Section deleted because it is too vile to even repeat.)

The Cadre that I put on the wall in the bathroom has been ripped down. Ugliness is in the air. I am going to try and get on the deck again. I am thinking about pizza.

| am now on the deck. The wind is pounding the plastic windows out here, like a pimp with a second- class whore who has come up short. lam more than a little afraid. There is an artificial roof: Baba’s has gone to great expense to accommo- date Much Music.

Coping, MadHat, Eyes for Telescopes, and Flush are what Stephan MacLeod has in common with Mike Campbell. And only that.

It is an effort to even stay here. I wish I were watching a Cape Breton band with my girlfriend. I think I will get myself thrown out of here. It seems the only noble thing to do

What local bands do you like?

“Flush, Rudes, and Eyes.”

Mickey Acorn just walked in..I |

should ask him for his five tips to

_ECMA safety. And if he knows the

Fear.

Campbell smokes Matinee Slims: His answers:

1) Massive amounts of music all the time. ©

4). Weather,

3) Qualified yes.

Why did you host the show here ?

“Anywhere else would have been an insult to Baba’s.”

Button on Mike | Campbell’s jacket: “When you are really cool, you don’t need — | to hear it.”

Does Much Music | represent east coast “| music sufficiently?

“Over-represented.”

Are there any other

music scenes that compare to Charlottetown s ? 1 “St: John’s, NF; | Moncton, NB.”

What is the status of the Charlottetown

music scene?

“Better than it ever was.”

It’s surprising he doesn’t have fur. I was freezing the entire time. He

didn’t look the least bit cold.

I am now at JR’s having a slice. I have lied to Christian, telling him I needed film. What I needed was to - sort things out in my head and have some pizza.

Al Tuck.

1) I don’t think there is one. 2) Arseholes.

3) There isn’t one.

Do you like Mike Campbell?

“Always liked him, but not tonight because he didn’t book: a larger room... I don’t know... Charging bands to be here... Musicians have to pay to get in here”

(first I ve heard of this).

“Ridiculous. Its a Toronto thing— pay to play.”

Heavy Blinkers—Double Guitars. “I’m Happy You’re Happy.”

Ruth Minniken from the Guthries and the Heavy Blinkers:

1) PEL

2) People with passes.

3) Yes.

One of the Guthries: “Campbell’s a tool... But if you want to get your name out there (smirk)...”

As I am writing this Campbell falls off the amplifier that he is sitting on, does not laugh, and tries des- perately to regain cool.

What is your response to the east coast music scene?

“A lot more than my employer’s responsibility is, putting on events like this one, which is way beyond my job description. Being a cheer- leader for the whole region.”

The Warner Music guy talking to

~ ‘The Cadre a