F Ted from Jerk Appeal, grow up. We don't need your pointless DIRTY LAUNDRY. You must be pretty petty to be using the Rant Line™ to justify the fact that you kicked out your drummer on the night you played at the Alex Soria tribute show. You were playing a benefit to help Portage and it's a tribute to someone who's dead and you're dissing one of your band members in front of a crowd of bereaved people by calling him a junkie?! I think POUF is still one of the best drummers on the scene and it's too bad that you can't respect your friends. [BLEEP!]

M The music scene is shit - unless you're French and then you have a chance. [BLEEP!]

F I was at a kick ass show at Metropolis with Guttermouth and the Planet Smashers and it was great. Until the end of the show, when I went to buy a bottle of water - $3 and fucking 25 cents. Whatever, I had the money. But I had it in CHANGE and the asshole at the bar told me they don't take change. He could break a $10 bill but he wouldn't take my money in quarters and dimes and nickels? It's all money, bitch. [BLEEP!]

M Hey, I'd like to give a shout out to all the people at the Toots show last week. The vibes were great, the crowd was KIND and Toots and the Maytals were in top form. I'd also like to give some props to the bartenders, who ventured out in to the middle of the packed crowd with a tray full of beers balanced on one hand. There were people dancing and bumping into you and it didn't even faze you. All you guys are amazingly talented! [BLEEP!]

F I just want to rant about BAR OWNERS in this city. I've worked in a lot of different bars and I don't understand what is up with these owners who treat their employees like absolute crap and can't see the wonderful staff that they have. We have to work 12-hour shifts, without eating, on our feet, without being able to sit down or stop and smoke a cigarette and then we're told by all these greasy male customers to SMILE? I don't understand why it can't be a more fair industry, because it's one of the only places you can work while you're in school to be able to pay your rent and not have to go into super debt with student loans. Thanks very much. [BLEEP!]

M Typical CAPITALIST CONFORMIST CONSUMERS ranting against the student protesters. Have you ever stopped to think that maybe we don't have the lowest tuition in all of North America, but that the rest of North America has tuition fees that are astronomically high? [BLEEP!]

M Good lord, nobody wants Montreal to become so-called MONEY. Montreal is one of the few places in Canada, yes, the world, where you can actually pick up chicks if you're not rich or full of money. Where they actually like you for who you are. Like, holy shit, I like to be able to pick up a chick because she likes me and doesn't care that I don't make $150,000 a year. I can actually pick up a nice looking girl and not some UGLY CHICK. Leave Montreal low money and people happy with the low money. People who want big money, move to Toronto and the States. [BLEEP!]

M You know how when people go out they like chillin'? Some people smoke pot, some smoke an extra cigarette, do meth or coke or whatever. But if we can send PROBES to Mars - even further - it's about time they came up with a new drug that's not going to hurt us. A feel-good drug or something. My goodness, it's the 21st century and this is all we can do? Just smoke and drink and do hard drugs that fuck us up? [BLEEP!]

M Hi. To the guy wondering about the increase in psychic activity. Dude, you are not alone, man. This shit is going on all over the place, I kid you not. I met this girl about a month ago and the amount of ridiculous coincidences that we've gone through? It's insane, I can't even begin to describe. The energy's in the air, dude. If you play rock and roll, now's the time to just... full immersion, you know what I'm saying? Because the power is there, dude. Follow that shit. [BLEEP!]

F To the Psychic Activity Guy. Is it when you get off the drugs and you ask your friends "Have I seen you before?" Is that what you think is psychic? [BLEEP!]

M For the Psychic Activity Guy. I too have been having a lot of déjà vus lately - particularly today. This is the first time I called the Rant Line™ because it's really strange that I just read this. I was painting a lot of BOWLER HATS today, in homage to Magritte, and I went and got on the bus and this guy got on beside me and he was wearing a bowler hat. I don't know if it's some type of DREAM PANDEMIC REALITY OVERLAP, you got me, but whatever. Good luck. [BLEEP!]

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