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February 15th 2010 | 1
Injecting the LIST with character
When applying for the position of Listings Co-ordinator at The Uniter I had grand plans to make it the best, most informative events list in Winnipeg. First off, I decided to list all music events by the day of the week, rather than by venue, genre or highlights, as some other papers do.
So far I’m not sure if anyone else looks to The Uniter for what’s up, but I look back on my own section for a reminder of which events to attend. When I read over the list, I find it lacks character, just such-and-such a band playing at this-or-that venue.
So I’m gonna make a list below of connecting verbs to add sporadically throughout, so in the future, I don’t have to think too much. Please, please make some more suggestions that I can pilfer without giving due credit.
Here goes…
Such-and-such a band/DJ/Performer:
Takes the stage, Whoops it up, Makes you sweat, Rrrocks the party, Heats things up, Have a hootenanny, Fill your ears, Spin tracks, Bring goodness to, assault your aural receptors, Appear, Hold a shin-dig, Is shaking it, Explode onto the stage, Jam the club, Make beautiful music, Freak out, Sing ditties, Start a riot, On the ones and twos (DJ’s only), Play a live concert, Wow the crowd, Share the love, Entertain, Pack themselves onto the stage, Fly through a set of tunes, Get you shimmy-shaking, Pack the room, Invite you to, Rock and or roll, Change the world with music (only slightly), Show you who’s boss, etc. etc.
at this-or-that venue.
Yeah, you get the idea. Let’s hear your suggestions—the sillier, the better.
Discussion
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Woodhands will be synthing the Lo Pub to smithereens on Wed, Feb. 27.
– Samuel Swanson in Winnipeg | February 15th 2010 at 9:21pm | Link
