Rhett Miller
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Re: Coachella Lineup
February 05, 2004 at 04:51 PM UTC
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Rednecks like Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney. Alt-country is the antithesis of that. Just like punk rock was the antithesis of bloated prog-rock back in the 70's.
John Edwards is from North Carolina. Is he a redneck? And I lived in the Triangle Area, which, save for DC, has the highest rate of PHD's in the country…way higher rate than Baltimore.
And Vansmack is a NASCAR fan, and he seems like the antithesis of a redneck to me.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
I think it's hilarious than Sonick would call me a redneck.
alt-country
north carolina
NASCAR
those are my reasons :)
ggw
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Re: Coachella Lineup
February 05, 2004 at 04:51 PM UTC
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
you know, thats funny you mention that. When i was young, i went to PEI with a friends family and it is beautiful. We had this house on the beach and everything. Except it was freakin 50 degrees every damn day in the middle of June!!!
sure, i want to go into that water. crazy assholes.
PEI has become a hot destination ever since they built a bridge connecting it to the mainland. Now they have like five different Anne of Green Gables conventions every year.
Venerable Bede
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Re: Coachella Lineup
February 05, 2004 at 05:10 PM UTC
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
PEI has become a hot destination ever since they built a bridge connecting it to the mainland. Now they have like five different Anne of Green Gables conventions every year.
i've contemplated doing a driving tour of the maritime provinces. . .and being able to drive to pei is really cool. course, going to st. john in newfoundland, and taking the ferry to nova scotia sounds really cool too.
Re: Coachella Lineup
February 05, 2004 at 05:41 PM UTC
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So where are the best & least US friendly places in the frozen north, eh???
Rhett Miller
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Re: Coachella Lineup
February 05, 2004 at 05:50 PM UTC
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Probably because they are Canadian rednecks, akin to American rednecks who don't take too kindly to fureners.
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
i've contemplated doing a driving tour of the maritime provinces. . .and being able to drive to pei is really cool. course, going to st. john in newfoundland, and taking the ferry to nova scotia sounds really cool too.
fly up there and rent a car. the less people that know you are American up there the better. they are not as "US friendly" at Ontario or BC.
:)
They don't like doodles! I'm shocked and awed…why ever not?
Rhett Miller
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Re: Coachella Lineup
February 05, 2004 at 06:21 PM UTC
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I dunno, I seem to recall the French Canadians as being more like French people than American rednecks…but then again I've only ever been to Montreal.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Coachella Lineup
February 05, 2004 at 06:40 PM UTC
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Funny, I was going to use the New YOrker comparison as well.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
I dunno, I seem to recall the French Canadians as being more like French people than American rednecks…but then again I've only ever been to Montreal.
yeah. french Canadians are not the rednecks at all. its the ones up north and in the prairie. yikes.
the french canadians (frogs) are more like New Yorkers i suppose than anything else down here.
ggw
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Re: Coachella Lineup
February 05, 2004 at 06:55 PM UTC
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
the french canadians (frogs) are more like New Yorkers i suppose than anything else down here.
In what sense?
ggw
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Re: Coachella Lineup
February 05, 2004 at 07:46 PM UTC
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
the french canadians (frogs) are more like New Yorkers i suppose than anything else down here.
In what sense?
Well, i think they have maybe a little bit of the "we're carrying the load of our country" kind of feel. Quebec wants to leave the country but it fears Canada wouldnt survive without it. (not that NYC wants to leave, but could we live without it?)
Also, worldwide, Montreal is the first place you think of when you think of Canada, same with NYC and believe me, people who live there know it.
they always tend to know whats "hip" before everyone else :)
take a look at the Stills….look NYC to you?
I see your point. New Yorkers do tend to be quite provincial. I guess I think of French-Canadians as haughty and arrogant (probably because of the French part), but in my experience, New Yorkers are quite friendly.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Coachella Lineup
February 05, 2004 at 08:00 PM UTC
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New Yorkers are friendly, unless you try to wear a Red Sox cap into Yankee Stadium, like I did when I was 11.
The obnoxious, rude New Yorkers sitting next to us the last time we were at Yankee Stadium turned out to be from Toronto.
skonster
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Re: Coachella Lineup
February 05, 2004 at 08:07 PM UTC
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I lived in Toronto for a couple of years and generally the francophone quebequois were always really friendly; the anglophone ones were the annoying pretentious ones ("Look at me! I'm from Quebec! I'm cultured!"). Same thing when I've been travelling - when I've been in Europe I've hung out randomly with Quebec people more than almost anybody else. It also helps that the French can't understand their accent or even just break out laughing. Quebec generally is an odd mix, though. It has a huge Hell's Angels contingent, for instance.