TONIGHT

Hey wow, it's all happening tonight. Did you know that Ben made a wicked facebook invite page for the thing tonight? Well it's right HERE and he'd appreciate it if you "RSVP"-ed.

Anyways, hope to see you all (264 of you [and counting {ben is}]) tonight. If you don't live in Toronto or are an extremem penny-pincher, there is another exciting and confusing way for you to take part in tonights festivities. Maybe you have noticed all the marketing stuff our record label Matador has been doing over the last few weeks/months? Well it all culminates tonight with their "virtual popup store" which is like such an insane confluence of hyper-modern current realities that I kind of don't even want to go into it. I got sent a few emails explaining what is going to happen tonight but I could barely understand any of it, and trust me, I'm pretty smart. The long and the short of it though, for you the fan (ie the "consumer") is for a few brief moments (literally) in (real) time tonight you will have a chance to get DCTL cheap, in the deal of the epoch sale. Maybe you should just read more about it right HERE. For the first 2 minutes of June 7th, you will be able to get DCTL for $3.99, which is a pretty good deal, providing that their powerful servers don't crumble under the weight of your desire for the record (although lets face it, I think that's what every one is not-so-secretly will happen; them, so that they have an excuse not to dole out so many records at such a bonus but also have an alibi to place the blame; us, so that you will have to buy a hard copy at our store instead and pay us full price (a price at which we make maybe $1.21 profit on each $18 record) (and also because the profit margin on a $4 album doesn't really do anything to help our recoupables ;)); and lastly you, so you will feel part of something greater than all this commerce, for that rare glimpse into the collective hysteria that can rip through and crumble the established bricks and morter (virtual or not) safe houses of reified value and art? Isn't that what this is all about in the first place? The horrible yet fascinating full frontal social nudity, the bodies trapped and trampled in Walmart vestibules, or fiber optic cables, dimished dollar signs floating around our dazed heads?

Anyways, so that's something to think about for those two minutes tonight. Rush in, giddy and bright, wait up for it, stay up. We'll all be there clinking our glasses together, laughing, playing. The price will start to soar after those minutes are up, as they always do! Good luck.

OH ALSO - here is some more info on NXNE:

The schedule for the Wrongbar show that night is (in reverse order):

Jennifer Castle 9PM
Tanika Charles & The Wonderfuls 10PM
Allie Hughes 11PM
Anagram 12AM
Fucked Up 1AM
Light Fires 2AM
Lucie Tic 3AM

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.