FUCKING rules. And so does Montreal, it's like France but with hot dogs, how great is that?
OUI!
(except they say it like "WAY!", but really quick so it sounds like a small dog sneezing...)
i did a blog post about montreal hot dogs and the music of georges thurston (r.i.p.) here:
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i can't really speak on canada outside quebec, although my brother lives in toronto and seems to like it...
i was in montreal during mutek once and went to the opening reception and drank some free beer... however, nobody would give me passes to see anything else and so i did not bother to expose myself to the cutting edge (or AVANT GARDE AS THEY SAY) of electronic music...
i did however drink alot of beer and smoke alot of weed...
yes, beer is more expensive at the store than in the US... however, in general outside the US, the price difference between drinking at home and in bars is less... i remember being shocked in London that there were no cheap deals (outside of pee pee cider) to be found at the off license...
i would say in general, beer is cheaper in bars in montreal than in NYC... and it is MUCH MUCH better... the stuff they consider swill like LaBatts, Molson, and Carling is still WAY better than Bud, Coors, et all... you need to change your pitch up and either drink in bars or just buy a 40oz (or liter or whatever they use up there) of Carling's Big 10. (they sell Carling in like 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10% alcohol.. CONTROL YR BUZZ) and i guarentee you will be tipsy by the end, even if you are a boozehound, for 5 bucks, ok?
i don't think i have had a bad beer up there... Boreale is a solid standard at every bar... their blonde has a Hoegarden-type vibe...
Fin De Monde is a great beer... it is made by Unibrou (HAHAHA!) a company that was(?) owned by the singer Robert Charlebois... it's named after one of his songs... actually, every beer Unibrou makes is really fucking good...
incidentally, everyone should own this record:
lastly, combustables...
while i remember people complaining bitterly about the price of smokes, say ten years ago, when it cost like 2.50 for a pack of Marlboros in the NE USA, now it seems to me that prices are almost exactly the same in NYC and Montreal,...
and the weed up there just outclasses NYC... basically about half the price... like 40 bucks CA gets you almost double what a 50 is in NYC... and, in general, it's better quality...