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05/08/08:
August and Us:

THE WOOJA-WOOJA-WORST POP BAND EVER
The WPBE is back at the REX this month, every Tuesday at 6:30pm. It's an extra special residency as it features the miraculous temporary return of turntablist LEO37 to the lineup. Slow clap... clap... clap...
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PELEE ISLAND COMES TO TORONTO
Howie has been enlisted to provide imagery for Erin Brandenburg and Lauren Taylor's new play PELEE, which is premiering this week as part of the Toronto Summerworks Theatre Festival. Featuring music by Andrew Penner (of Sunparlour Players fame), the piece has a very limited 6 show run so get your tickets early!

The official press release (including show times) goes like this:
From the people who brought you last year's Fringe hit REESOR ('NNNN, critic's pick, Best Overall Production) comes a new play, PELEE at the Summerworks Festival.

Featuring images by Howie Shia, movement by Monica Dottor, live music by the Pelee Island Band and extraordinary instrumental and lighting creations by Iner Souster, Pelee tells of the mysteries of the past and the power of forgotten places.

A new play by Lauren Taylor and Erin Brandenburg.

Directed by Lauren Taylor
Musical Direction by Andrew Penner
Featuring Erin Brandenburg, Andrew Penner, Gord Bolan and Dave McEathron

Instruments and Design by Iner Souster
Images and Design by Howie Shia
Stage Management by Leah Simone Bowen

@ The Theatre Centre
1087 Queen Street W. (SE corner of Queen and Dovercourt) Toronto, ON

Tickets $10
Only six shows! get your tickets now!
www.totix.ca 1-800-222-6608
Absolutely no latecomers.

Friday August 8 - 9:00 pm
Sunday August 10 - 3:00 pm
Monday August 11 - 7:00 pm
Wednesday August 13 - 7:00 pm
Saturday August 16 - 5:00 pm
Sunday August 17 - 1:00 pm

http://thepeleeproject.blogspot.com
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RHONDA STAKICH AT THE REX
WPBE gunslingers Tim Shia and Dafydd Hughes will be playing with long-time PPF collaborator Rhonda Stakich Saturdays this month at the REX at 7pm. She sing purdy.
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PPF House: Always stretch before you run - unless you're running away - in which case, just run - quickly, if possible.

14/06/08:
Happy Summer, folks.

And now the news:

WPBE at NXNE
The Worst Pop Band Ever is playing as part of NXNE tonight (saturday, June 14) at Midnight (so technically, Sunday morning) with special guest Dave French (that's right, great grandson of the inventor of the famous kissing technique). Details:
WHERE: THE REX (Toronto)
WHEN: Saturday, June 14
TIME: Midnight
QUALITY: Two fist pumps and a high five.
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PPF BASEMENT SUITE ON iTUNES.
The PPF Basement Suite is now available on iTunes. In case you've forgotten, the CD, referred to by Exclaim! magazine as "one of the most original sounds in Canada" is a compilation of PPF artists and friends including WINE (LEO37 & Al Buddy Black), WPBE, Abyss, Soliva, and Sunclef.
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PPF House: nice shoes. seriously. we're not being sarcastic about that.

28/04/08:
Hello Giants!

It's been a long time since our last update. It's because we've been busy. So busy that this is also going to be a short notice, but rest assured, many projects are in the works including stuff for TV, theatre, continuous Asian touring and prep for new albums and exercise videos (we're doing it straight old school: leotards, leg warmers, head bands and VHS. We were going to go all the way to beta, but it turns out nobody cares about picture quality.)

Anywhoooo: How many of you have wondered to yourselves, late at night, by the fire, holding a loved one in your arms: "I wonder how much testosterone you can fit into a two octave keyboard?" Well ask no more, because tomorrow night (that's Tuesday, April 29, 2008) the MICRONAUTS return to the Tranzac Club in Toronto, performing man-sized hits from the 80s on toddler-sized instruments from where ever the guys could find them. The band features: Ali Berkok on (micro)keys, Mark Laver on (un petit)saxophone, Mike Smith on (fake)bass, and Tim on drums he bought for his 3 year old daughter. Here are the detes:

WHAT: The Micronauts Birthday Bash for Drummers
DATE: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
WHERE: The Tranzac Club (292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto)
TIME: 7PM

Be there because the world is more awesome if you believe in the power of tiny plastic things.

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PPF House: Blessed with the optimism of a rookie guidance councilor staring down a champion armpit farter.

18/01/08:
Greetings, Robots! 011011000!

Happy 2008 from everyone at PPF House! This year, we are going to elbow smash evil in the face - and it begins... NOW!

WPBE MINI TOUR W/ HAPPY APPLE
The Worst Pop Band Ever is playing with Happy Apple (a side project of the Bad Plus's drummer, Dave King).
22 Jan - Schuba's (Chicago, Illinois) with Jeff Parker
24 Jan - Kerrytown Concert House (Ann Arbor, Michigan) with Angry Ape
25 Jan - the Drake Hotel (Toronto, Ontario): 8PM

The Band is also playing a special show TONIGHT (Jan 18) at the Hart House Arbor Room (AKA Jazz at Oscar's) in Toronto. Show starts at 9pm.

Also, continuing is the band's 7pm sunday residency at the Rex.

So much WPBE you'll need to take it home for leftovers! But no need for microwaves 'cause that stuff is always hot! (zing!)
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FLUTTER MEETS PERSEPOLIS
Flutter will be playing in front of Golden Globe nominated film PERSEPOLIS in Montreal at the Cinema du Parc starting January 18 (tonight) for the duration of its run there. This is a great double bill for people who don't like colour!
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LEO37 TEARING UP ASIA
LEO37 is tearing up Asia again. Stay tuned for news on shows in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and more!
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And that's that. Other things to look out for in 2008: NEW WEBSITE; NEW MUSIC; and T-SHIRTS GALORE!

PPF HOUSE: We love, because you don't know how to.

08/11/07:
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, so on and so forth...

Howie just remembered that FLUTTER is making its world television premiere Friday night (November 9) at 7:30EST on BRAVO!. It will be part of a special all animation episode of BravoFact! Presents. Tune in!

FLUTTER will also be playing on the big screen on Thursday November 15 at Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Ave) at 6pm as part of the very awesome Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival . Howie will be on hand to elbow smash anybody foolish enough to ask questions.

Following the screening, Howie, John Poon, Sunclef (Matt Hedlin) and Abyss will be at SPIN Gallery on Queen West, fabricating music as accompaniment for the ultra-incroyable PIKA PIKA LIGHTNING DOODLE PROJECT from Japan. Bring anything you have that makes light (mobiles, ipods, uranium) and you can be a part of the movie making experience! This event is also being brought to you by the good folks at Reel Asian. Doors open at at 8:30. Show starts at 9. Love is a battlefield.

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PPF House: We are not so much above lying as we are beside it.

18/10/07:
Ni Hao, People!

In this week's episode:
1) PPF House Basement Suite in Exclaim!
2) LEO37 and Magnolius on tour in Asia
3) WPBE at the Rex
4) World Animation Day at the NFB

Here goes:
1) According to a very nice review of the PPF House Basement Suite in this month's Exclaim! Magazine , "PPF has one of the most original sounds in Canada." We will also keep fighting and never give up. Ever. Read the full review here.
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2) The DESTRJOY! Tour featuring Magnolius and LEO37 is burning through Asia this November. You think kimchi is hot? You're right. It is. But so are these guys. Dates are as follows:
9 Nov 22:00 @ Club Cixi Hong Kong
10 Nov 22:00 @ Play Den Singapore
12 Nov 22:00 @ Route 66 Bangkok
13 Nov 22:00 @ Club Glow Bangkok
15 Nov 22:00 @ The Wanch Hong Kong
16 Nov 22:00 @ Bliss Taipei
17 Nov 21:00 @ Underworld Taipei
17 Nov 23:00 @ Bliss Taipei
24 Nov 22:00 @ TBA Seoul
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3) The Worst Pop Band Ever is at the REX every Wednesday in October at 6:30. The last show was so good that for a moment, an unhappy man traded bodies with a happy man and remembered , for the first time since his childhood, what a half full glass looks like. Meanwhile, the happy man got really depressed.
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4) From October 22-28 Flutter and Ice Ages will be playing at NFB theatres across Canada as part of the NFB's World Animation Day celebration, GET ANIMATED!. It's a great program of recent films, as well as workshops and master classes, and a nice opportunity to meet filmmakers and discover animation in all its forms. Howie will be on hand on October 26 at the 7 and 9pm screenings at the NFB Mediatheque in Toronto, so come on by if you feel the need to point and laugh. For more details on the event across Canada, go here.
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PPF House: Don't call us PFF House.

10/09/07:
4/4 stars for Flutter
A 4 star review for Flutter at Critical Mass Film House.
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07/09/07:
Portraits on the TTC
For those of you into Toronto public transit, keep an eye out for selections from Portraits on a Blustery Day playing on the TTC monitors in the subway stations all day everyday from Sept 8 - 14 as part of the Toronto Urban Film Festival.
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Flutter Nominated
Flutter has been nominated in the "best anime" category at this year's California Int'l Animation Festival. Wish us luck, Marissa.
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09/08/07:
He's all growed up
Resident hip hopper and scrapper, Leo37 is a year older.
Raise your flags!

24/07/07:
Flutter Wins at Fantasia
Flutter was awarded the BEST SHORT FILM award last night at the 2007 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. So that's cool.
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