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SInce it was brought up in another topic that there are actually other x-file fans on the board i was just wondering what season you thought was the best and why. Also did you spend all the cash to get the whole series or just piece together (or dwnload) your fav's?

I've going back through all the series for the first time since actually watching them 10 years ago and i still think it was one of the best series ever!

Also x-files the movies PART 2 will start filming soon for those who care

it still amazes me how people can be so stupid cratch:

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...Hardly worth the wait, though. 8)

I'M FINISHED UNIVERSITY!!! FOREVER!!! KALOO KALAY!!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

I can't believe it finally happened. I was so excited I couldn't study for my last exam, so it took me half as long to write as it should have which means after one thousand two hundred and six days, I got out an hour early. So much for time off for good behaviour!

But now, to the tune of a great thrashing rock record (Southern Rock Opera - the Truckers), I am officially have my best day in four and a half years!!!

I have departed from the perfectly understandable realm of the directionless student to being *OFFICIALLY* directionless in life! :?

I need a drink...

after reading the kids in the hall thread, i thought i'd start a thread about the group that inspired them..Cleese would have to be my fave,and although most people nowadays know them mainly for the movies, Flying Circus was a brilliant tv show...the stream of conciousness is mind boggling, and wayyyy ahead of its time...George Harrison stated that the spirit of the beatles moved into Python...python started the same year the beatles ended...favorite sketch? hard to say..there's so many...Upper Class Twit of the year stands out, dead parrot sketch....one of my faves would have to be a sketch that probably only lasts 20 seconds..a man walks up to a cop and tells him his wallet's been stolen...cop tells him he can't help him..some awkward silence...man says to cop..."wanna come back to my place?" cop looks around (played so well by cleese)..."yeah..all right.."..
classic

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the ‘Base,
Not a creature was stirring, not even Brazle’s dread-locked face.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with ease,
In hopes that Chris would soon fill them with new DVD’s.

The Base was nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of mic-stand rodeo’s danced in their heads.
With Groveless in his toque and PRZ in his Bono cap,
They all settled down for a post-tour, holiday nap.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
Beanmedic sprang from his bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window he flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and kicked aside Gibby’s stash.

The Inviolet light on the breast of new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of stage lights to objects below,
When, what to his wondering eyes should appear,
But Billy Ray, a stage, and a ‘99 Tour Chandelier.

With a tall and lanky lead, whose energy soared,
He knew in a moment it must be our Gord.

More rapid than Killer Whales his bandmates then came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Johnny! now, Bobby! now, Paul and now Gord!
We must play till we drop, ‘till even Rory is floored!

To the top of the porch, where they set up the stage!
While Wendy and Casey sold T-shirts, mostly beige.
As pot leaves swirled as the wild hurricanes fly,
Hugh and Carolyn partied with Chancellor and High.

So down to the lawn all the Hipbaser’s flew,
Shannon was sure it was by far the best view.
And then, with bass thumping, Cfern’s wishes rang true,
He and his baby heard the beginnings of “Grace, Too”

As K-Town threw up her hands and was turning around,
Opiated came first over the top, and then crashing down.
Jenna was dressed in her school teacher best,
While Esthete had to keep Highway Girl 28 from flashing her breasts.

A bundle of songs Sinclair had prepared on his list
Canuck Courage shouted “Get Back Again!” and just shook his fist.
Senschic, her eyes -- how they twinkled! How merry!
Violet Light Heron danced around like a fairy.

Gord’s droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
But the edge of his chin dripped with sweat in a flow.
With the stump of a smoke, Paul sang through his teeth,
And Bauer kept asking where he could score some more reef.

Skippy played drums on Drez 7’s little round belly,
Douglas had the munchies and ate a whole bowlful of jelly.
Akaso laughed as Tarokun spun around and did tricks,
And Hawks77 asked, but Johnny wouldn’t give him a stick.

Bobby winked his eye and Gord twisted his head,
lilbones screamed: “Rock will never be Dead!”
sfissel spoke not a word, but nodded in rhythm.
The Darkest Canuck was glad he brought a camera with‘em.

Down in the pit, Kim asked Gord for his sig,
While Lofty and o78 danced a bona-fide jig.
Ambitionless sprang to her feet, and gave a big scream,
Heron Outside kept asking if this was all just a dream.

Hours they passed, as Gord sang all his prose.
With a nod of thanks, he brought the show to a close.
They all sprang to the bus, and invited everyone in,
Ron, Hairbird and Jamie couldn't even begin.

There were thanks a plenty and drinks all around,
Most of the Hipbasers simply kissed the ground.
The boys said their goodbyes, they had another gig,
But in the annals of Hipdom, this one was BIG.

All the Hipbaser’s heard them exclaim, as the bus drove out of sight,
"A Hip Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."


Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! Sorry I couldn't get everybody in, blame CC Moore. I'm heading home for Christmas now, I'll look for everybody in Hamilton! I'll be wearing a beige shirt with blue sleeves, and hanging around Shannon, her brother, and a big goofy weight-lifter lookin' friend of mine. We'll certainly be the "it" crowd on the floor. Come by and say Hi!

Have a good one everybody.

I was just checking the setlist archive, and found no mention of this show. Of course, I cannot remember the date, but I remember it as my first Hip Show Ever™! It was at the Halifax Forum (not the Metro Centre) and it was beer garden style, with long tables running perpendicular to the stage. I vaugely remembering Gord saying how it reminded him of a funeral parlour....

It was for the Road Apples tour, so I'm thinking maybe somtime in '91?

Anyone else remember this?

Sad to say, I used to know this guy, Bronson Penasse..I used to go to school with him, maybe 2 months before the murder...

This was taken from thestar.com today..


Barbarism in an Orangeville field
Mom hears how son pleaded for his life


On April 18, 2002, in a field outside Orangeville, 16-year-old Robbie McLennan was sexually assaulted, punched, kicked, burned with cigarettes and struck with stones until he died.

A hushed Brampton courtroom heard these awful details yesterday as the prosecutor read out an agreed statement of facts — part of a guilty plea by one of three charged in the Orangeville teen's 2002 death.

The youth, who cannot be identified, was 16 at the time, the same age as Robbie.

Robbie pleaded for his life, the court heard, throughout the three hours of torture in a Caledon field that started on the evening of April 18 and ended about 1 a.m. the next morning. The reason for the attack, according to the statement: He laughed at a 20-year-old acquaintance who had had too much to drink.

Robbie's mother, Kathy Bradley, sat through yesterday's gut-wrenching hearing, she said, for her son's sake.

She and her family know there are many more days of similar testimony ahead. Two others charged with Robbie's death are still before the courts.

"I did it for Robbie," said Bradley, fighting back tears as she stood in the hallway outside courtroom 211. "There are some sick people in this world."

Moments earlier, Bradley and other family members listened as a 19-year-old Orangeville teen pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Superior Court of Justice for his role in the grisly killing.

Robbie's battered body was found on the afternoon of April 19, 2002 in a field in Caledon. Three people were arrested the same day and have remained in custody since then.

The teen who pleaded guilty yesterday was 16 at the time of the crime, so his identity remains protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He will be sentenced Feb. 11 as a youth by Mr. Justice Bruce Durno, who convicted him yesterday after he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder but guilty to second-degree murder.

"No matter what justice is given, it will never be enough," said Larry Rule, McLennan's stepfather. "It's been very tough. Robbie's 5 1/2-year-old brother can't understand why he's not coming home."

Two other accused, Bronson Penasse, 22, of Scarborough, and a girl, who was 16 at the time and is now 18, are still before the courts, charged with first-degree murder.

McLennan had laughed at Penasse after he vomited from too much alcohol.

The boy was sexually assaulted, punched, kicked and stoned with rocks, some as heavy as 12.7 kilograms, during the attack that lasted three hours, according to the agreed statement of facts read into the record yesterday by crown prosecutor Richard Schwarzl.

A pathologist determined McLennan died from blunt force head trauma but that the young man, who was known to friends as a "gentle giant" could have died from the kicks to his head or the stoning alone.

More than 40 distinct areas of injury were found on the body, and death ensued over a matter of hours, the court heard.

The convicted teen admitted in the agreed statement of facts that he held McLennan while the other two beat him and admitted he stood on McLennan's arms, preventing him from protecting himself, court heard. He also admitted to sexually assaulting him with a stick, and participating in the beating.

McLennan knew the convicted teen from school but had met the other two accused only about a week earlier.

McLennan was a student at Orangeville District Secondary School when he met Penasse and the girl on April 10, according to the statement. McLennan had been in an argument with his mother and decided to spend the night at the Out of The Cold youth shelter.

He returned home the next day but by then had struck up a friendship with Penasse and the girl, the court heard. The three of them worked as volunteers at the Orangeville campaign office of Josh Matlow, the Liberal candidate in the provincial election.

The court heard that McLennan was with the two on the afternoon of April 18 when they broke a gumball machine and stole money. The three then went to Smilin' Jacks bar, where Penasse consumed three beers and three shooters.

The convicted teen met McLennan and the two other accused at another bar later in the afternoon where Penasse again consumed alcohol, the court heard.

Penasse then purchased more alcohol from an LCBO store and the four of them went into a forested area in Caledon, just metres south of the Orangeville town limits.

The court heard that in the late evening of April 18, Penasse began to feel sick and asked the convicted teen to stick his fingers down his throat so he could vomit. When he did, McLennan laughed.

"Robbie laughing at Penasse angered him so much that Penasse began punching and kicking him," Schwarzl said. Penasse sexually abused Robbie repeatedly and forced him to perform sex acts on others.

"Robbie attempted to run away from the attacks," Schwarzl read. "(D)uring the attacks, Robbie pleaded for his life. He offered to say that he was hit by a car, and offered up his jacket but the attacks continued."

The court heard the female accused kicked McLennan so hard in the groin that she ruptured a testicle. She also stomped on his face with such force that it left a clear shoe impression on his forehead.

The court also heard that there were five distinct cigarette burns on McLennan's body, two on the right side of his neck, one on his right jaw line, one on his upper left back of his shoulder and one on the back of his left mid calf.

Two rocks with McLennan's blood on them, weighing nine and 12.7 kilograms, were found next to his body when Orangeville Police discovered him on April 19 after they received a tip.

McLennan's blood was also found on the convicted teen's shorts as well on his right shoe. Amylase, found in saliva, from McLennan was also discovered on the convicted teen's underwear, including one area which was mixed with the convicted teen's semen, the court heard.

Today at the entrance to Dragonfly Park in Orangeville stands a memorial for McLennan, where flowers encircle a pole marked with the murdered teen's name.

Okay,

So which Kid is your favorite? Mine is definitely Bruce McCullough. Scott Thompson and Mark McKinney close seconds. Kevin MacDonald is alright. Really don't care that much for David Foley.

Best skit is the "Eradicator!!!"

Kevin MacDonald is pretty good as "Buddy Holly" too.

Mick

Who has the best uni's?? It's a close race, but here's how I rank em':

1). Blackhawks. Maybe the best uni in all of prof/college sports. Representing the proud people that we massacred, exploited, raped and manifest-destinied to agricultural hot spots like the Oklahoma pan-handle. But, really, respectfully done portrait of the native strikes fear into the hearts of the opposing teams; at least in the 1960's, thanks Mr. Wirtz. Oh yeah, I'm still waiting for my tip from that pizza I delivered you in 1999.

2). Leafs: The white home jersey with the blue leaf. Nationalistic symbol of your proud "out doorsy" (as Buddy Cole once said) nation.

3). Canadiens: The Yankees of Hockey. Classic CH logo. All that you guys up there have since the 'Spos are gone. Oh wait, the Alouettes.

4). Wings: Classic, wheel representing all that was once good about the town of my birth, Detroit

- The top four are clearly above the last two.

5). Boston; cool, simple, but doesn't seem to stand for anything. Big ass "B"; Sweet Boston. Brought into the mainstream by Adam Sadler in "Happy Gilmore" Unknown Bruin Factoid: Cam Nealy plays the "SeaBass" character in the original Dumb and Dumber


6). Rangers; bland, leaves me wanting more. Even the retro lace-ups were milk-toast. Still wish Vancouver had won in 94.

-Requiem in Pace: Quebec Nordiques 1993-94. Best jersey of all time. Flur de Lies (Sp?) showcased in white and blue. Kick ass. Now transformed into the colorado avalanche who have the worst uni's since the early 1980's LA kings!!!

Sorry for rambling. Just read 135 essays on the roman empire from 509 BC to 476 AD. Needed to do this.

Mick

what the hell is with all the bands who are now charging $40 a year to join their fan club, just got an email from u2 stating just that $40 bucks gets me chat with the band , premium tickets, yeah right

also some bands are going the way of say KISS charging $500 for package deals for concerts Motley crue is doing it also

with the $500 you get tickets two in the first 5 rows, t-shirt , picture , tour poster, pre show backstage


these bands are all rich as fuck i want to know who the hell the money is going to


hope the hip don't resort to this bribery