To HELL with City Council!

Hosting the final night of Thrifstock was The Great Orbax who was not so great at all. In fact his entire show consisted of a combination of crass jokes and rather unamusingly putting things into his nose. (By the way, due to the backlighting we could see the translucent holes in your supposed blindfold during the chainsaw bit.) His "co-host" was The People of Canada who, despite the name, is simply one man playing (thankfully) short and quick ditties on a ukelele that ranged from pointless, to silly, all the way to downright dumb. The first act they introduced was Scott Nightingale who's simple strumming and plucking acoustic set was slightly better than his awful whale joke that he led off with. When he wasn't tuning his guitar, his vocals surprisingly covered a dynamic range of styles. Wax Mannequin played next and was able to stop the chatter in the audience, or at least cover it up with prerecorded samples and drum-machine loops that he played his mega-distorted acoustic guitar over. A couple covers were sprinkled in but mostly he stuck to originals including Animals Jump and The Price. Taking in the night was a who's who of the Guelph music scene, with many musicians, and promoters in attendance, not to mention the dancing lady from Franks!

(More to come.. including the final set ever at the Family Thriftstock featuring The Burning Hell)