ARTSzENTERTAINMENT Pour Me Up preenetas Amy Millan at Richard’s on Richards (Sept. 20) Sara Anne Yuristy, OP Contributor Breaking away from widely known Canadian indie-rock bands Stars a Social Scene (BSS) can’t be an easy task to undertake. But an apprehe Millan has done just that. She’s recently released her solo album Hone Tombs and is now touring North America with her own six-member Prior to the show, Millan’s solo album was a mystery to me, as I h chance to listen to Honey yet. | wasn’t sure what to expect from her Ic solo act, so I took a chance on her. After all, ] am a devout fan of St and had heard that her solo album was promising. Also having heard was a little unsure of her abilities as a soloist, I wanted the opportunt for myself if she has what it takes to make it on her own To my surprise, Millan delivered a solid show. Her musical style is unexpectedly delightful. She has steered away indie-rock that made her famous and has turned to a more mellow st country. With her soft, steady voice and sensuous twang, Millan remi modern day Tammy Wynette. Her touching songs “Losin You,” “Balt “Pour Me Up Another” are all an ideal companion for the broken-he lyrics like “Baby Pll tell you something that’ll never be true / Baby, I you,” plague her music and left her crowd aching for more. Throughout her 90-minute set Millan was able to keep the attenti audience. During the show when the band left Millan on stage alone tar, the audience was silent. She serenaded the crowd with her intens« lyrics, and the only background noise was the bartenders counting uf Having been to numerous concerts in my time, I’ve come to realize t a crowd isn’t a simple undertaking for a musician, but for Millan it w: Maybe it was the fact that she looked fantastic in her black-patent pu white fringe jacket. But I’m inclined to believe that it’s because of he nary talent as a solo artist that she was able to capture the undivided her Vancouver audience. Of course Millan hasn’t completely abandoned her indie-rock roc such as “Headsfull,”’ Wayward and Parliament,” and “Skinny Boy” are nizable as the tunes that made Millan a celebrated Canadian artist. Bu pleased that her repertoire of solo pieces includes a balance between breaking classic country songs and the indie-rock we all know her so Midway through the show Millan surprised the audience by singir her fellow colleague Torquil Campbell — lead vocalist of Stars. It we that there is a lot of support for Millan in her pursuit of a solo care« staying power as a soloist, and I for one can’t wait to get my hands o album by Millan. is one of those site. You’re the Man Now D If there is one thing the internet is painfully good at, it’s giv- | Some of them are downright offensive; some of th ing weirdo niche subgenres a place to frolic and play. It allows _ones are also funny. It’s a hard site to get into, and | small groups of people who find some little hunk of culture stand the humour too, but if you spend any time tk to be the bee’s knees to come together, regardless of where soon find yourself trapped by its hilarious simplicit they are in the world, and enjoy it. Some sites have come to focus on finding, creating, and facilitating these little hunks of rated ones, and then go searching on your own. Tyy insider culture, and You're the Man Now Dog (YTMND.com) names of celebrities, comic book characters, video’ It’s good to start with some of the most viewed random concepts and chances are you'll be laughin, 1 2 THE OTHER PRESS OCTOBER 5 2006 This is a site that is incredibly hard to describe. It is basi- - cally a series of user-created screens, single ones or animated, _ which simultaneously play music. This can include anything from dancing Alex Trebek, to Conan O’Brien shooting light- ning from his hands, to long elaborate storylines. Most of them are meant to be aan and some of them are funny. Just be prepared to see some crap to get to the gol you may want to try typing in “mega bush.” If you soon see a YTMND created using a cartoon by the own J.J. McCullough. No piece of culture is safe fr madness that is YTMND, now even the humble O)