CBC LIVE - Kickoff to Culture Days in Vancouver!

On Friday, September 30th (tomorrow!), CBC will be kicking off Culture Days, an annual 3 day-long celebration of arts and culture that takes place all across Canada, with CBC LIVE in Vancouver.

To celebrate, CBC is having a free festival at CBC Vancouver on Hamilton street between Robson and Georgia! All day starting at 10:45am, there will be interviews, games and contests as well as plenty of opportunities to meet CBC stars such as the Dragons from Dragons' Den and George Stroumboulopoulos! For a full schedule of CBC LIVE click here.

The night will end with Midnight Music: A Concert for Culture Days starting at 8:00pm with Stars, The New Pornographers and The Midway State!

Over the weekend, there will also be plenty of free activities for people of all ages in and around Vancouver. For a list of activities in British Columbia check out: bc.culturedays.ca/en!

Learn To Run Music Video

You all must watch the newest music video for one of my favourite songs from David Vertesi. Just like the song, this beautiful, emotionally-charged video for "Learn to Run" is so touching. Click here to watch it on YouTube.

Ps. Maybe it's just me...but does the other guy in the video look a lot like Justin Chatwin?

Michael Pedicone Leaves My Chemical Romance

Only two days after seeing My Chemical Romance perform live, the MCRmy has been shocked by news of drummer Michael Pedicone's departure from the band. Michael confessed to stealing from the band but they are keeping details to themselves. However Pedicone has tweeted the following messages on the subject:

@Shredicone: What happened is more complicated than it sounds but I did make a mistake. It was never my intention to hurt this band or all of you.


@Shredicone: It was an error in judgement based on a whole other situation that's way deeper but this does not define me.

The band's disappointment is displayed clearly by guitarist Frank Iero as he unfollowed Pedicone on Twitter, deleted pictures of him off other media sites, and explains his disgust at Michael's betrayal of their "family". For more information in Frank's words please visit Frank's blog post on the matter. They are hoping to find a new drummer soon who will be able to perform with them for all remaining scheduled shows.

BLINK 182 & MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE with Rancid and Against Me!

On August 31st, 2011, Blink 182 and My Chemical Romance co-headlined a show at Rogers Arena with opening bands Rancid and Against Me! Technically, this show isn't part of the Honda Civic Tour, but it doesn't really matter because all the bands played anyway :)

Against Me!:

Against Me! is a punk rock band from Florida, made up of Tom Gabel (lead vocals, guitar), James Bowman (vocals, guitar), Andrew Seward (vocals, bass) and Jay Weinberg (drums).

For more information about Against Me! check out their website: againstme.net.

Rancid:

Rancid is a punk rock band from California made up of members Tim Armstrong (lead vocals, guitar), Matt Freeman (vocals, bass), Lars Frederiksen (vocals, guitar) and Branden Steineckert (drums).

For more information about Rancid check out their website: rancidrancid.com

My Chemical Romance:

My Chemical Romance is an alternative rock band from New Jersey made up of members Gerard Way (lead vocals), Ray Toro (vocals, guitar), Frank Iero (vocals, guitar), Mikey Way (bass) and Michael Pedicone (drums). 

We've seen My Chemical Romance live before on their World Contamination Tour and photos are available here.

For more information about My Chemical Romance visit their website: mychemicalromance.com

Blink 182:

Blink 182 is a pop punk band from California made up of members Mark Hoppus (vocals, bass), Tom DeLonge (vocals, guitar) and Travis Barker (drums). 

For more information about Blink 182 check out their website: blink182.com

I just thought I'd add, for the sake of a possible love connection, the link for an "I Saw You" from the Georgia Straight. I'm the romantic, meant-to-be type, so if this guy happens to visit this blog instead of the Georgia Straight website maybe it's worth a shot because someone wants to find him. So here goes.. Someone saw you!