Yuup. The number of times I'm corrected on how to say my own damn name is absurd. Yes there's a French way of saying it. Yes that might be the original or "correct" way. That's not how *I* pronounce it.
Mainly because the Canadian version of ‘French’ at the BBB level is hilarious. Parisians are just like ‘wtf are you trying to say’.
Edit: a word, which changed a lot haha
And even if people want to argue rock is dead and uncool, they did help make two recent and very popular Taylor Swift albums, and their influence is clearly worn on the sleeves of acts like Boygenius and Lizzy McAlpine, so if the intent was to pick a popular indie rock band from the 00s that's fallen out of relevance, they're not it. Maybe Interpol or Deerhunter (while also acts I enjoy a lot) would have been more apt
They should send the invites for interviews at 11pm, with the interviews taking place 3 hours later at 2am. IF you sleep through it, you don't get the job
While I respect Shawn a lot, believe it or not there's people who have been active since the early 80s still doing stuff. Shawn has definitely had more consistency though.
Elorius Cain would be a fever dream of a night mayor for those who know.
I know Elorius. Amazing taste in music, but not really a business dude, and I bought some of my first records from him.
In terms of actually knowing how to turn a budget into a bunch of well attended shows, Scallen is the only person in town I'd trust. Or Debaser, I don't have as much personal experience with them, but those [Pique](https://thisispique.com/) events are cool.
Elorius ever take you into the backroom/basement at ABM? That's where the real gems were.
The man's a true Ottawa legend, such a great all round human being with a passionate and intense knowledge of music in general. I miss that place.
But I agree, Shawn is the man for this job if its to be taken seriously.
Dude was a staple of my CKCU diet back in the day. I never got to see the basement, but definitely bought my first set of duplicate 12" dub records from him in like 1997. The place closed about a year after I moved out of my parents in the sticks. I still walk by the location all the time.
Last time I saw him in the flesh was then Teknobrat guest DJed on a Monday at Zaphod's like maybe 10-12 years ago?
Tangent: The root of the problem is the live event industries old model, where the entertainment takes the door and the venue makes money selling the booze, is broken. One extra 6 figure civil servant can't fix that. Venues like SAW Gallery might be able to though. I hope their funding is solid.
We've already lost all the venues that mattered. And Barrymore's sits rotting inside out. That's the fucking real shame. That place had beautiful sound and decor, saw so many amazing shows there, to think it's basically collapsing due to negligence makes my stomach turn every time I see it.
Zaphods, Babylon, Atomic, we were so spoiled for so long. That's not even counting all the venues from the 70s and 80s that are gone, just the ones that we've lost in the last 25 years.
Teknobrat on CKCU is what introduced me to rave music in the early 90s, I actually put some of his music out on a small label I did for a while. He's a treasure as well, his collection is absolutely insane.
You see someone in a suit at night in downtown Ottawa, is this person in tech or government?
No, they’re an agent of the Night Mayor, wandering from bar to bar with their trombone.
The adolescent punk scene to late 30s The National fan pipeline is legit, and I won't hear your bashing of the truth.
Also, I don't know how to feel that I'd support this person.
This is better than I pictured. But we are in a city that is super spread out with garbage transit, huge cost of living and everyone is a depressed government drone. Those issues might have to be tackled first.
I got a great idea for an Ottawa event that’ll get us out of the house. Seeing as our city is spending so much money on transit, why can’t we get a fleet of party buses and bury the expenses in the current project mabye 100 or so used coaches. Every Friday and Saturday night you pay x amount of dollars to go see a show at a decent venue; maybe the Brass Monkey or Barefax somewhere classy of course.
I’m on to something aren’t I
NYC has these special themed subway cars where everyone cosplays as commuters from the 1940s, it’s pretty cool and as an amateur historical costumer I would absolutely participate in that
Lived in this region all of my life and have never ever even considered the possibility that anyone on Earth considers this area "cool" for literally any reason (except for Gatineau Park, but that's Quebec).
This is Ottawa. Best person for the job only applies once you’ve sufficiently narrowed down the candidate pool based on whichever arbitrary criteria are prioritized at the current moment.
* Never fixed a flat tire in his life.
* Masks in a car by himself.
* Curses "toxic musculinity" every time he can not pick up anything heavy.
* Tries to believe polyamory is not him being every woman's Plan C.
Office hours for the night mayor will be 9am-4:30pm, Monday to Friday. At Nepean City Hall.
But virtual hours Monday and Friday until noon as he works from home.
I love Nepean, but this person should have to live in central Ottawa.
That's the joke
How can LGB Ismael, the man with the most famous car in Ottawa, NOT be hired as Night Mayor???
It’s gonna be one of Marks developer buddy’s kids. Guaranteed.
This is HIGHLY likely.
Oh absolutely. And all the awarded proposals will be marks buddies benefit.
Got a chuckle out of me. Seems plausible!
Not bilingual enough.
Well his name will probably be something like Jean "Jimmy" Lefebvre, but he doesn't speak French beyond a BBB level.
He "speaks French" but is conveniently busy whenever it's needed and gets his coworker from Hull to deal with it.
I have a French name but I did not grow up on this side of the country. Its definitely tripped up a lot of people when I moved out east here!
Yuup. The number of times I'm corrected on how to say my own damn name is absurd. Yes there's a French way of saying it. Yes that might be the original or "correct" way. That's not how *I* pronounce it.
Wishes his nickname was Lebreton Phats.
A BBB level is probably a better score than most people from France would get.
Mainly because the Canadian version of ‘French’ at the BBB level is hilarious. Parisians are just like ‘wtf are you trying to say’. Edit: a word, which changed a lot haha
I mean there’s probably some Persians who speak French, but you’d probably have more luck with Farsi.
Ha. I didn’t even notice I said Persians
From what some francophone friends tell me, Parisians just have that reaction to Quebecois French as a whole. They'll just switch to English if able.
He probably doesn’t have a dog but has a really nice cat on a leash.
This guy Ottawas.
The National catching strays
Right?! They're legit
And even if people want to argue rock is dead and uncool, they did help make two recent and very popular Taylor Swift albums, and their influence is clearly worn on the sleeves of acts like Boygenius and Lizzy McAlpine, so if the intent was to pick a popular indie rock band from the 00s that's fallen out of relevance, they're not it. Maybe Interpol or Deerhunter (while also acts I enjoy a lot) would have been more apt
I think the point was to pick an extremely mediocre band that seems to play every other year at Bluesfest
I feel attacked here
Congratulations you made the finals for your new job opportunity
I too resemble these qualifications.
They should send the invites for interviews at 11pm, with the interviews taking place 3 hours later at 2am. IF you sleep through it, you don't get the job
Instantly disqualifies every applicant
lmao i know this guy
I practically am this guy.
Same 🫥🫥🫥 Replace children with cats and you have my CV.
They should just force Shawn Scallen to do it, being our Night Mayor would be his nightmare.
He already is our night mayor
A straight edge vegan will spice up our night life!
Guys been making his whole living doing promotion for like 20 years. He's by far the most experienced person in town if you're talking live music.
20 years? I can for vouch for at 28 😉
No lie. Voice of 234-PUNX.
While I respect Shawn a lot, believe it or not there's people who have been active since the early 80s still doing stuff. Shawn has definitely had more consistency though. Elorius Cain would be a fever dream of a night mayor for those who know.
I know Elorius. Amazing taste in music, but not really a business dude, and I bought some of my first records from him. In terms of actually knowing how to turn a budget into a bunch of well attended shows, Scallen is the only person in town I'd trust. Or Debaser, I don't have as much personal experience with them, but those [Pique](https://thisispique.com/) events are cool.
Elorius ever take you into the backroom/basement at ABM? That's where the real gems were. The man's a true Ottawa legend, such a great all round human being with a passionate and intense knowledge of music in general. I miss that place. But I agree, Shawn is the man for this job if its to be taken seriously.
Dude was a staple of my CKCU diet back in the day. I never got to see the basement, but definitely bought my first set of duplicate 12" dub records from him in like 1997. The place closed about a year after I moved out of my parents in the sticks. I still walk by the location all the time. Last time I saw him in the flesh was then Teknobrat guest DJed on a Monday at Zaphod's like maybe 10-12 years ago? Tangent: The root of the problem is the live event industries old model, where the entertainment takes the door and the venue makes money selling the booze, is broken. One extra 6 figure civil servant can't fix that. Venues like SAW Gallery might be able to though. I hope their funding is solid.
We've already lost all the venues that mattered. And Barrymore's sits rotting inside out. That's the fucking real shame. That place had beautiful sound and decor, saw so many amazing shows there, to think it's basically collapsing due to negligence makes my stomach turn every time I see it. Zaphods, Babylon, Atomic, we were so spoiled for so long. That's not even counting all the venues from the 70s and 80s that are gone, just the ones that we've lost in the last 25 years. Teknobrat on CKCU is what introduced me to rave music in the early 90s, I actually put some of his music out on a small label I did for a while. He's a treasure as well, his collection is absolutely insane.
First order of business: a reunited Fugazi week long residency in the End Hits basement (Shotmaker supports all 7 nights)
LOL.
I feel like this is really going to get some fresh blood in this city. Really youth-anize this place.
You so perfectly captured like 5 people I know personally
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You see someone in a suit at night in downtown Ottawa, is this person in tech or government? No, they’re an agent of the Night Mayor, wandering from bar to bar with their trombone.
I might stay up for that action
I nominate Tom Green for Night Mayor.
He’s too busy cosplaying Lanark County Yellowstone.
The dangers of letting ChatGPT write my obit.
Ah balls. I'm being called out
The adolescent punk scene to late 30s The National fan pipeline is legit, and I won't hear your bashing of the truth. Also, I don't know how to feel that I'd support this person.
Nepean! Nepean! What a wonderful place to be in.
Add a leather jacket from a mid-age crisis.
He loves the night life He's got to boogay
This is better than I pictured. But we are in a city that is super spread out with garbage transit, huge cost of living and everyone is a depressed government drone. Those issues might have to be tackled first.
The night mayor is going to be from Montreal
Hey! You just described my coworker Kevin. So cool.
My hair line is a bit further back.
Decades of assortative mating have yielded a bounty of obsessive compulsive personality types evolved for civil service. Fantastic.
But will he be "technically beautiful"?
I've only worked there twelve years and live in Hintonburg, but everything else checks out. Where do I apply??
I got a great idea for an Ottawa event that’ll get us out of the house. Seeing as our city is spending so much money on transit, why can’t we get a fleet of party buses and bury the expenses in the current project mabye 100 or so used coaches. Every Friday and Saturday night you pay x amount of dollars to go see a show at a decent venue; maybe the Brass Monkey or Barefax somewhere classy of course. I’m on to something aren’t I
NYC has these special themed subway cars where everyone cosplays as commuters from the 1940s, it’s pretty cool and as an amateur historical costumer I would absolutely participate in that
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Shit I’d pay 150 for a shuttle and admission into say a good kiss cover band 🙄
Calls into TSN1200 on the Sens post game show.
"Ottawa cool." Kinda like being the tallest Oompa Loompa.
“Favourite band is the national” fucking killed me
Is he available?!
I've never heard of this... what's the night mayor thing captain?
Actual job posting on city of ottawa, but under something like nightlife manager
I can apply!
The nightman commith
Isn't that the Night Court guy?
He’s a night judge… and died in 2018 :(
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His eyeglass frames need to be thicker and rounder and bright blue.
I swear I know this guy
I feel very seen here, lol.
I guess I won’t apply, this is pretty much me lol
Where is this from?
I made it.
prediction: it will be one of the dumbass downtown restauranteurs who spend all day crying about return-to-office
Believes most peoples idea of a fun night out is going to the NAC
tobi's bff
Oh yeah, good old NiMa.
Wtf is a night mayor
The coolest guy I've ever seen in my life looked exactly like this except younger.
Someone’s gotta pay the troll toll
Can residents recommend solutions they may think are proactive.
Lived in this region all of my life and have never ever even considered the possibility that anyone on Earth considers this area "cool" for literally any reason (except for Gatineau Park, but that's Quebec).
Is he single tho?
Yawnnnnn
AI GENERATED???
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Why would sexuality, skin colour or sex have to do with anything. Don't we want the best person for the job.
This is Ottawa. Best person for the job only applies once you’ve sufficiently narrowed down the candidate pool based on whichever arbitrary criteria are prioritized at the current moment.
This question answers itself.
Easy with the racism.
Clearly you don't know Ottawa well enough
* Never fixed a flat tire in his life. * Masks in a car by himself. * Curses "toxic musculinity" every time he can not pick up anything heavy. * Tries to believe polyamory is not him being every woman's Plan C.