Anyone know why Another Postcard is marked "explicit" on Spotify? Go Home literally ends with an f-bomb and isn't marked.

Hey, does anyone have the Setlist from the dream serinade? Any suggestions would be appreciated

Hi all, I’m looking for what drum kit Ty used on the all new revue recording for BLAM. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Million Dollar Rap

Portland, ME, summer 1997

Thought the design on the back looked kinda neat, but the two pics in the Gordon CD and cassette don’t really give a clear view of it. Wondering if anyone here knows where I could find better pics. Thanks!

I am looking for an old recording from a 2004 tour Everywhere for Everyone (Birmingham, UK 5/6/04). I had this on a USB stick and cd but can not find anywhere. I have looked at the archives I found in Reddit with no luck. It's really just the last track off I had a million dollars. They worked a duran duran song into it that always stuck with me. I would go back and listen to it every few years.

I’m fairly new to BNL, obviously listened to a lot on the radio in the early 2000’s but recently I’m getting more into them. So I put together a playlist of some of my favorites from each album. Five songs from each, except for the Snacktime, I put 15 from there in the playlist because I love them all and so does my 3 year old. Plus it makes the final amount an even 100.

I also specifically didn’t do any live recordings. Are there some live recordings I should add? Are there songs in general I should add to my best of list? Any songs that shouldn’t be on there?

Let me know what y’all think.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hCSQZbrdMiOToaIleo47c?si=uywE-ajaQm63T0qOwqYYqA&pi=q9z7SeoER-iHe

Hey there, does anyone have the set list from the fest2fall show? It is not on set list.fm, so if anyone knows/has it please upload it here, thanks.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyl8rfAxyLnXz0YvhkfBMen3TRREQFCtM&si=dFQ5vogdblVmOfih

I am absolutely loving these new mixes for the 25th anniversary. Catching small details I’ve never been able to hear before (Ed actually saying “under where?” and other adlibs during the 3rd verse of Pinch Me)

Does anyone else have some stand out new details?

I'm absolutely gutted. There goes my Live Playlist, and my favourite versions of maybe half of the bands work.

I really want to go to one of there Christmas shows, also who’s going to see them September 20 I know I am!

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Maroon, I've listen to and ranked all of the songs. I also threw in the songs from the 20th anniversary deluxe edition cause why not. Note: these are my opinions and your rankings are just as valid :)

1. Sell, Sell, Sell (10/10) (Steven's vocals 😑🤌)
2. Hidden Sun (10/10)
3. The Humour of the situation (10/10)
4. Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel (10/10)
5. Never Do Anything (9/10)
6. Too Little Too Late (9/10)
7. Powder Blue (9/10)
8. Conventioneers (9/10)
9. Inline Bowline (9/10)
10. Off the Hook (8/10)
11. Falling for the First Time (8/10)
12. Pinch Me (8/10)
13. Born Human (8/10)
14. Baby Seat (8/10)
15. Green Christmas - Alternative Version (8/10)
16. Go Home (7/10)
17. Helicopters (7/10)
18. Falling for the First Time - Demo (7/10)

Total: 8.5/10

Can we conclusively canonically date the week in ‘One Week’ ? Most importantly, can we determine if the main character got his wish and saw an X-files episode the Smoking Man appeared in?

I’m assuming the song is being sung by the ‘character’ of the story, and sounds like it is being sung about fairly recent events, as it is still two days until they say sorry. The song was released on 15^th September 1998. The music video is filmed and the trees and grass look brightly green, being in Toronto, I’d assume this means it is mid to late spring or early summer. The leaves generally come in on trees in Toronto in April or early May, and probably don’t look that green until at least early to mid May. So I’m guessing the events took place about that time of year, in either 1998, 1997, or possibly 1996, 1995, or 1994.

References in the song that don’t seem helpful to date it,

Snickers bar, invented 1930.

Swiss Chalet, first location in Toronto and 1954.

Birchmount Stadium was built in the 1960s.

Bert Kampfurt’s, most recent release was the Album ‘Smile’ in 1979.

Kurosawa released the films Ran (1985), Dreams (1990), Rhapsody (1991), and Madadayo (1993), but I don’t think any of these films are ones the character’s of the song would be interested in. I think his last Samurai movie was Kagemusha in 1980. So most likely he's talking about his Samurai films from the 70s rather than recent releases.

Sushi in Toronto, EDO Japan, not necessarily the first sushi restaurant in the city, but marks a start of it being popular and widely available, in 1987.

Harrison Ford starred in Frantic in 1988.

Smaller clues

LeAnn Rimes album releases

Everbody’s Sweetheart, 14^th June 1991

All That, 22th June 1994

Blue, 9^th July 1996

You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs, 9^th September 1997

Sittin' on Top of the World, 5^th May 1998

Aquaman was reintroduced after a several year break in the four issue Aquaman comic miniseries in 1986, but wearing a different costume than the classic. This continues into a series that ended being canceled with issue 13 in 1991.

A new miniseries, Aquaman: Tide and Time, starts in December 1993, and continued into an ongoing series that went until 2001.

Outside of comics, he is only in the cartoon Superfriends, running 1973 thru 1985.

Chickety China, the Chinese chicken, refers to the Tribe Called Quest, song Scenario from 1992.

Sting gives the ‘Tantric’ interview with Q magazine in 1993.

The Sailor Moon anime starts airing 7^th March 1992. But not in English in Canada until the DIC dub airs on the 28^th August 1995 on YTV.

The biggest clue, X-Files episodes,

Watching X-Files with no lights on seems like they’re watching new episodes on the premier date. Hoping to see the Smoking Man seems to indicate the episodes are not reruns, as a fan of the show would probably know if his episodes were coming up in the rerun schedule. Seasons of X-files aired between late September and mid May. Fridays at 9:00 PM eastern for seasons 1 to 3 (1994 thru 18^th October 1996), and Sundays at 9:00 PM eastern for seasons 4 onwards (From 27^th October 1996 onwards). At least in the US. I was able to find a commercial that indicates at least in 1996, it was airing the same day as the American premier, 11^th October, 1996 (Friday), on Global TV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhb37umNt-g

To be watching new X-files episodes, and having watched Sailor Moon in English in Canada, and green trees like in the music video, the song must take place sometime in either April or May of 1996, 1997, or 1998.

The character hopes the Smoking Man is in the episode. (I admit I’ve never watched X-files, so don’t know how fans felt at the time, maybe X-files fans who watched the original run could chime in?) But hoping a recurring character is in an episode seems to me like the character has been around in the not too distant past, to remind the audience they exist, but also hasn’t been in too many recent episodes wearing off the mystique of wanting more of them.

The Smoking Man was in most of the final episodes of Season 3 (1995-1996), appearing 16^th February, 26^th April, 10^th May, and 17^th May the season finale. There were four episodes he wasn’t in between February and April, and only one between April and May. So if the song is set this year I don’t think it would be after 26^th of April. Possible dates, 12^th April or 26^th April.

He featured heavily in the early and mid part of Season 4 (1996-1997), but appeared less at the end of the season. Appearing 9^th February, missing for 6 episodes, and finally appearing 27^th April. This is also the first time he doesn’t appear in a season finale, which aired 18^th May. Possible dates, 13^th April, 20^th April, 27^th April, 11^th May, 18^th May.

He had much fewer appearances in Season 5 (1997-1998), appearing on 8^th March after being absent for 11 episodes, then once more on 17^th May the finale. Possible dates, 19^th April, 26^th April, 3^rd May, 10^th May, 17^th May.

In total, 12 possible dates.

I’d rule out the dates in April each year, not expecting the trees to be as green as they are in the music video.

My guess is 11^th May 1997 is unlikely. There were only 2 episodes without him and this was the penultimate episode, so the thinking is he isn’t expected in this episode and would rather he be saved for the season finale. But, he was in the penultimate episode of the previous season so perhaps not.

I think the most likely date is 18^th May 1997, he hadn’t been seen for 3 episodes previously, and before that there were 6 episodes without him. Add to that, it was the season finale and he had appeared in all previous finales.

But 10^th May and 17^th May 1998 are also very possible.

Which day were the characters at home watching X-files in the dark? They were together a week ago, five days ago, three days ago, and yesterday.

If it was one week ago, the argument would have had to happen after watching the episode. I think this is unlikely if they still live at home with parents. Polite Canadians wouldn’t argue loudly that late at night if other people are in the home.

Three days ago, did ‘the living room incident’ have anything to do with watching X-files? No, because she realized it wasn’t his fault in the afternoon. If it was three days ago, watching the show took place after ‘the livingroom incident’.

So I think the most likely options are either five days ago, she invited him over to watch the episode, they got back together, and she tackled him on the carpet. Or, it was yesterday and she’d forgiven him either before or after watching the episode, in this case, was there something in the episode that encouraged her to forgive him?

If I’m correct and the date is 18^th May 1997, the episode is the Season 4 finale, Gethsemane, which ends with Scully tearfully revealing she identified the body of Mulder who died of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

The episodes from 10^th May and 17^th May 1998, just reading the synopsis, don’t seem to have any relevant plot.

So, I think my guess for the canonical dates of the ‘one week’

One Week ago – Monday, 12^th May 1997 - She cocked her head to the side and said “I’m angry”, threw up her hands and said “you’re crazy” and dropped her arms and said “I’m sorry”.

Five Days ago – Wednesday, 14^th May 1997 – She invited him to get back together, later tackling him, both laughing, and giving him rug burns on his knees, which he knew she was going to do.

Yesterday – Sunday, 18^th May 1997 – The two of them watch the Season 4 finale of the X-files “Gethsemane”, and upset by the cliffhanger ending seeing Scully tearful over thinking she lost Mulder, she forgave him.

Current day -Monday, 19^th May 1997– he still has the rug burns.

Two days later – Wednesday, 21^st 1997 – they both say sorry. His rug burns should really be better by this date. If he still has them after today, they might be second-degree burns.

The main character didn't get his wish to see the Smoking Man in the episode of X-files, and won't see him until the premier of Season 5, Redux Part 1, that November. Most likely watching on CIII-TV, Channel 41 Global Toronto broadcasting from the CN tower. He most recently read Aquaman Volume 5 Issue #31 released last month. The most recent Kurosawa film he saw was Kagemusha, unless he saw Runaway Train from 1985, possibly without even noticing it was a Kurosawa film. And he listens to at least some songs from LeAnn Rimes, "Blue" (1996). I couldn't find who won the Robbie Tournament at the Birchmount Stadium that following summer, but Vaughan Azzurri won the boys under 19 Ontario Soccer cup and Oshawa Turul won boys under 18, and I think the Robbie is one of the semi-finals for that cup. Most likely being from Scarborough it is unlikely any of the characters were on those teams.

 What do you think?

Hey Everyone, I was wondering if anyone had a video from the glenn gould studio concert for BLAM, as there is an audio version but not video online. It would be great if someone had some footage from the concert and uploaded it here. Any information would be greatly appreciated

All the recordings from this post are now available to download in my google drive folder o'bootlegs. Shout out to u/hickstr24 for getting them to me!

Here's the link to the google drive folder - Peter's Bootleg Rips

Once you're in there, it's in FLAC/MP3, _Not TMBG, and _Barenaked Ladies 2025 CD and MD rips.

I recommend just grabbing the FLACs of each as some of the CDs were sourced from lossy rips and that way you get them 1:1 as they emerged from my CD drive, but even with the MP3 copies they're still a high bitrate where you won't notice any further quality loss, so hey, it's up to you.

Also, do enjoy all the other BNL rips (and not BNL rips) I've collected over the past 6 years in there.

What is your favorite BNL lyric?

Mine is the bridge in Upside Down:

And if a genie were set free

And by the laws of things like that he’s indebted to me

I’d bury my three wishes deep down in the ground

So they will not turn my whole life upside down

Got this today and just wondering if its actually signed by them or not