I once saw Fat Mike from NOFX offer $10 to the first person who pinched a guy who  had thrown a shoe or bottle or something onstage (gleefully shouting "That's the guy! Get him! Pinch him!") then dutifully paying out when the dude had been sufficiently pinched.

I once saw Fat Mike from NOFX offer $10 to the first person who pinched a guy who  had thrown a shoe or bottle or something onstage (gleefully shouting "That's the guy! Get him! Pinch him!") then dutifully paying out when the dude had been sufficiently pinched.

Yeah, I just came back to post a retraction… I looked it up too and you were right. I guess I just remembered that there was a lot more enthusiasm for Sloan and assumed that they had played last.

Yeah, I just came back to post a retraction… I looked it up too and you were right. I guess I just remembered that there was a lot more enthusiasm for Sloan and assumed that they had played last.

No, it was definitely early '00s and Oasis were no longer a particularly big deal in North America.

No, it was definitely early '00s and Oasis were no longer a particularly big deal in North America.

The town I live in hosts an annual free music festival that usually brings in one or two past-their-prime-but-nationally-known bands to pad out the mostly local roster.

The town I live in hosts an annual free music festival that usually brings in one or two past-their-prime-but-nationally-known bands to pad out the mostly local roster.

Surprised not to see any mentions of Oasis yet – I saw them in 2001 or 2002 (opening for Sloan if that gives you an idea of where their fortunes were at that point) and early in the set, Liam was hit with a shoe and threw a bit of a tantrum and claimed the show was over and stormed offstage. The rest of the band…

Surprised not to see any mentions of Oasis yet – I saw them in 2001 or 2002 (opening for Sloan if that gives you an idea of where their fortunes were at that point) and early in the set, Liam was hit with a shoe and threw a bit of a tantrum and claimed the show was over and stormed offstage. The rest of the band…

I was at a Good Riddance/AFI/Ten Foot Pole/possibly a few others show at the Opera House in Toronto in the mid-'90s and during AFI''s set the singer took exception to the way bouncers were roughing up some of the kids trying to stage dive and encouraged the crowd to fight back. This set off a bit of a brawl that was…

I was at a Good Riddance/AFI/Ten Foot Pole/possibly a few others show at the Opera House in Toronto in the mid-'90s and during AFI''s set the singer took exception to the way bouncers were roughing up some of the kids trying to stage dive and encouraged the crowd to fight back. This set off a bit of a brawl that was…

It's actually CBC reporter Chris Brown:

It's actually CBC reporter Chris Brown:

I still maintain that the ability to make someone shit their pants on command would be the greatest superhero power. Think of the arguments you could win!

I still maintain that the ability to make someone shit their pants on command would be the greatest superhero power. Think of the arguments you could win!

I don't know if anyone's mentioned it above or if it's just common knowledge but somewhere along the way I discovered that the secret is to grate the potatoes into a bowl of water and then drain them before cooking – that way, a lot of the excess starch gets washed off and they cook much more evenly. Usually works for…

I don't know if anyone's mentioned it above or if it's just common knowledge but somewhere along the way I discovered that the secret is to grate the potatoes into a bowl of water and then drain them before cooking – that way, a lot of the excess starch gets washed off and they cook much more evenly. Usually works for…

I might be adding more confusion to this, but I think when @avclub-a452630477eb936fd36fc9a9542d4598:disqus said "it came out a little tart" she meant "sour", not that it somehow morphed into a tart.

I might be adding more confusion to this, but I think when @avclub-a452630477eb936fd36fc9a9542d4598:disqus said "it came out a little tart" she meant "sour", not that it somehow morphed into a tart.