“edited” by AL SOUTH
M Katacombes is closing, for what? More CONDOS? We really need more condos? That’s what I heard the owner is going to do, tear it down and sell it for condos. Didn’t Katacombes bring in money and people to the city, to see the shows, the festivals? I don’t get it, I don’t understand what makes something a so-called cultural institution, that the city will pay to keep afloat, even though it burns through money—taxpayer money—and even though it sucks and only a few people like it. But eh city spends money on it. Lots of people went to Katacombes over the years. It was a whole scene, it was unique in this city. Where is Valerie Plante and the Project Montreal people, aren’t they supposed to be enlightened and progressive, aren’t they supposed to be down with the people? Why aren’t they coming to the rescue of Katacombes? It was a co-op for fuck’s sake. Maybe they don’t like metal? But no sorry, Valerie Plante is busy cancelling Halloween because some mother in NDG tweeted that she doesn’t want her daughter’s costume to get WET. Divan Orange closed, in Toronto the Silver Dollar closed, pretty soon there will be nothing left, just condos. Ah anyway, fuck that part of downtown. To the Katacombes people—you’re a co-op, move it somewhere else, where the rent is cheaper. Maybe it won’t be the same, but you know, maybe it could be better. All you need is a good big space and some black paint, right? [BLEEP!]
M Hello Rant Line™, I just wanted to say that BANNING WEED for people under 21—like me, I just turned 18—has got to be the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Do they think we are not going to be able to buy weed wherever we want? I’ve been buying weed since, I don’t know, I was 12? I never had any problems. But now, I can vote, I can buy cigarettes, I can buy all the booze in the world. I could join the ARMY and go get killed. I’ve been driving for two years! But I can’t buy weed—and weed is legal in Canada—without breaking the law? Who came up with this? Who thought this was a good idea? Finally I was able to do something legal that I used to do illegally, and now it is going to be illegal again. It’s hard to keep up. But I guess all my OLD WEED DEALERS are happy. [BLEEP!]
M Jesus Christ—oh sorry, hello Rant Line™, good morning—Jesus Christ, just leave the fucking CLOCKS alone. So yeah, I don’t mind getting an hour more sleep today, it’s like 11 o’clock, new time, noon my time, so sure, nice to sleep in but be up early, I guess, but for those of us who are, let’s say, LATE RISERS, because we work late or have things to do at night, it is no fun, it is fucking depressing, to have the sun go down so early. Keep the fucking sun up as late as possible—that is my opinion! I don’t care what the sun is doing at six or seven in the morning! I don’t think anybody should care! If you get up that early, that is your problem! But everyone should be able to enjoy a longer day. Nobody wants it to be dark in the afternoon when you are wide awake. In the morning who fucking cares, if you are up that early in the morning you are half asleep anyway, and if you had any brains, you would still be asleep. So yeah, stop fucking with the clocks, leave them at the time it was. Or if you have to move it, move it fucking FORWARD. Have a good day. [BLEEP!]
F Yes, I just gotta say that I am a federalist right to my core, but I’ve been watching this Yves-Francoise Blanchet, man, he can fucking GET IT. I’m sorry, I know that’s superficial of me, but I mean, I was watching the French debate—the guy is MEAN and BOSSY and SEXY. I don’t know, he just looks like he would be a lot of FUN. That’s all. [BLEEP!]
M In reference to the critique of Justin Trudeau as being a kind of an actor who once made the scandalous blackface-brownface routine, I don’t know of anyone in their youth who did not indulge in certain ESCAPADES. Besides, I’d like to paraphrase Robin Williams, the great American comic, who said poli-tics—many blood suckers—POLY-TICKS. So whatever and whoever you voted for, remember that everyone is an actor. The postman is an actor, the businessman is an actor, the milkman. Everyone has to get along with the world, and they all act their way through it. So that’s my defence of Justin Trudeau—for god’s sake give him a break. Everybody loves him, especially around the world. [BLEEP!]
M I would like to respond to the SMART ALEC who called our prime minister Justin Trudeau a FRUITCAKE and a CLOWN in his rant. He goes on to say that JT used to be a drama teacher who likes to dress up due to his mother’s urging and approval. Well, now that Justin Trudeau has won the election and will be our prime minister for another term—who’s the clown now? Who’s the fruitcake now? I hope you like to eat CROW. Doesn’t taste very good, does it? Also, people who like to call others derogatory names are pretty classless. [BLEEP!]
M The artist is a fox, and the world is a pack of hounds. [BLEEP!]
M This whole postponed Halloween thing is completely out of control. It’s ALL SAINTS DAY not Halloween and I have my blinds closed and they are still knocking on the door looking for a handout? And this is after last night, when some of them came, even though it was practically AGAINST THE LAW. So this is two days in a row! Did nobody ever teach them that no pumpkin and no decorations means NO CANDY? [BLEEP!]
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