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I've heard them play the BOTM outside of the designated month... usually for just a few months after though. Remember when Whitey Houston was band of the month? They got play through February as well, maybe that was just to annoy me though :)

I believe Ben also made a comment that Sonic doesn't play the Band of the Month outside its designated month. (I'm not sure how true this is, but I haven't heard the previous ones since their month.) The Journal did play it up a bit, though. They talked about how Our Mercury was unceremoniously dropped as BOTM. Of course, they wrote this article in the first week of March; Our Mercury was spotlit in February. But, you know, who needs accuracy?

I usually park on 103rd Street just north of 100 Ave, near the meters, and you can walk across the lot to the Starlite.

Actually this is what I heard off the Edmonton Journal when they were interviewing Our Mercury a while back (the not wanting to be on the same playlist as Sound Garden and other "mainstream" bands).

Sonic was giving them plenty of airplay. Our Mercury though Sonic was too mainstream. They didn't want to be on the same playlist with bands like Sound Garden or, well come to think of it none of the bands on Sonic's playlist are that mainstream, well you know when you are pretentious you want certain things. You actually have to submit a demo to the station to be considered for band of the month. So if Our Mercury really didn't want to be on the same playlist as those other "mainstream" bands they shouldn't of submited a demo.

yeah, Happy B-Day Leo!

yes, Eric, gas is still 99.9, it's just that the station by my house was posting 96.4 as their price... (part of the whole 3.5 cent discount at the pump) I just figured that it meant the whole city had gone back down. and thus was engulfed in even greater bitterness at petrochemical companies. and... I got gas the day after it changed to 99.9.

So, two questions for people:
1. is there parking conveniently located in the proximity of the Starlite Room downtown? if you know...

2. how do you stop a muscle from twitching? my eyebrow has been twitching for three days straight now, and it actually is starting to hurt. I've never had that experience before, and I really don't want to continue having it. sure, I've had muscle twitches before, but they've all stopped on their own... not this one. I smile or squint, and it starts all over again. so, outside of immobilizing my face, I don't know what I can do.

oh, and bonus question:
the 68 Comeback Special (cjsr 3-5pm on Wednesdays) mentioned that Our Mercury had some, uh, trouble with Sonic... were Sonic being jerks and not giving them any airplay even though they were band of the month? is that it? or was there more? just curious.

I think I saw a tumble weed going across this messageboard.

I knew it was someone's birthday today! Happy B-day Leo!

I'm not sure if Leo's still reading, but if so, Happy Birthday, Leo.

Good riddance.