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Comment on Dancing with the stars: No fear for the underdog? by Chirpir News | Dancing with the stars: No fear for the underdog? | The Runner

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Comment on World Cup Fever begins to mount with Inside the 18 by World Cup fever gets early start at region pubs | World Cup 2010

World Cup fever gets early start at region pubs | World Cup 2010 — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:02:48 +0000

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Comment on Hungry in Tokyo by tokyo hot news » Hungry in Tokyo | The Runner

tokyo hot news » Hungry in Tokyo | The Runner — Sat, 22 May 2010 01:00:34 +0000

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Comment on Fake pot gives real high by coed

coed — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:35:19 +0000

@GetK2Cheap That would be great except K2 hasn’t really surfaced in Canada yet… so there really hasn’t been much news coverage. And it’s not house reps or senators that determine if a drug is legal or not… its the DEA and FDA.

Comment on Fake pot gives real high by @GetK2Cheap

@GetK2Cheap — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:03:23 +0000

This is another re-hash of the same ole sensationalized story. Are states that make K2 Incense and other herbal incense legal for the the traffic jam caused by extra case loads for the courts, ADDITIONAL inmates in already overcrowded jails? Of course all this came about because some house rep or senator dropped his gin & tonic, skipped a valium or xanax, climbed off his prostitue, and decided to put his name on some bill just to protect the people from bad things like drugs and alcohol.

Comment on The King Khan and BBQ Show: King-sized jerks by Kristi Alexandra

Kristi Alexandra — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:01:33 +0000

I think now would be a good time to clarify that I, the writer, wasn't the one who labeled them "jerks". Sometimes editors write our headlines. As for Khan and Sultan, while they weren't overly enthusiastic about answering some of my questions, they definitely weren't dicks. They were totally pleasant and talkative — when I didn't have my recorder on.

That said, and as I wrote in this article, I realize that they fuck around with wit and sarcasm in most of their interviews but as an amateur journalist (and I readily admit I'm amateur), it's hard not to take it personally.

This article is a result of my feelings about the interview, which I feel justified in relaying, since none of you were in the room when it actually took place. It was my experience, not yours.

Anyways, they played a fucking great show afterwards and I am still a huge fan of The King Khan and BBQ show.

Comment on The King Khan and BBQ Show: King-sized jerks by rat

rat — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:44:31 +0000

Trust me, people, Arish doesn't have a good memory at all. Mark says he has a bad memory but I think it's better than he says it is. I mentioned insider interviews and outsider ones and all that, and it occurred to me that the insiders would lead them to the answers through their knowledge of the time and scene in which they were. Mongrel for instance would ask Arish about the Maury Povich 3, which was his first band, and this would lead him to that time and to this band and he could give an answer. People who are not insiders and don't have the information might not be able to direct them to the answers. The nonsense interviews have become a running joke with them anyway, when they're together. Who is to say that they were not afraid to disappoint you had they not provided you with your very own nonsense interview?

Jerks, awesome people, why can't they be both? I'll lean towards "awesome people", especially in the case of Arish, who really is a better person than his image suggests.

Comment on The King Khan and BBQ Show: King-sized jerks by Klyam

Klyam — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:47:16 +0000

They're awesome people, not jerks. I asked King about this interview –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMIv6kiM9OA&fe... — probably about two weeks after it happened and it took King a while just to recall it. He's an awesome guy to chat with off the record, but it's expected for him to say crazy shit like in that interview and in others.

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Comment on The King Khan and BBQ Show: King-sized jerks by rat

rat — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:42:43 +0000

King Khan did not start the Spaceshits, and neither did Mark Sultan. They came in after it was started – they said it themselves in interviews posted on the internet. It would have been a good idea to research these people and the interviews they do particularly with outsiders. They tell the likes of Mongrel the truth as far as they remember it to be, and other insiders, but outsiders often get funny nonsense and/or a bit of condescension, unless they decide that that the situation requires a more serious approach. Research your subjects I say. That includes the subculture and the attitudes in that subculture. It becomes insular really.

As for King Khan and BBQ, they bleed like anyone else. I don't think they really stole nuns' robes. I mean wouldn't they have used them in performances by now?