What Used To Be New In 2001?
December 30, 2001
- Got some new posters from Dallas Diamond, and so I spun off a separate Posters Page.
- Dallas also sent on an early "Musical Menu". It's a great idea. Check it out.
December 29, 2001
December 27, 2001
- Added information on the film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
"I Know A Guy Named Larry" is being used in the film's TV commercials. Thanks to J.P. and Michelle for letting me know about this!
- Added more details on the S Men's appearances on The Kids In The Hall. Thanks Sean!
- While I was there, I did some general clean-up on the Soundtracks Page in general.
December 21, 2001
December 18, 2001
- For the first time, a Crash Kills Five song is on CD. The A-side of their EP, "What Do You Do At Night?",
has been relased on the new compilation called Teen Line #7: Powerpop & Poprock 45s: B & C.
Details on the release are on the Crash Kills Five compilations page.
December 11, 2001
- Added a new FAQ about the similarity between "Having An Average Weekend"
and an older Johnny Thunders song called "It's Not Enough". Thanks Andrew.
- Updated the Medleys with more information on "The Chicken Dance". I know, you
can relax now ... this is the update you've all been waiting for.
December 2, 2001
November 29, 2001
- I've updated the Covers Page with a new tribute
to Shadowy Men. A band called Yesterday's Kids does a song called "Ode To The Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet"
It's not a Shadowy Men cover, but it's obviously a tribute to the guys.
November 15, 2001
November 6, 2001
October 30, 2001
October 18, 2001
- Got news of a new book with references to Shadowy Men. Details on the newly reformatted Written Word page. Thanks Patrick!
October 8, 2001
October 4, 2001
- Sean noticed that there are two different rear covers for the vinyl Savvy Show Stoppers,
one with the picture in B&W and one tinted blue. Updated the info page, and I'll add scans when I can.
September 28, 2001
September 24, 2001
- Added track listings for the Law Of Enclosures soundtrack.
- Canadian trio Huevos Rancheros thanks the S Men on a couple of their CDs (The S Men were a big influence on 'em).
Thanks to Patrick Michalishyn for passing these on. Details and scans on the Etc. page.
- Added a complete track list for the Comic Book Confidential soundtrack.
September 17, 2001
- Got answers to a bunch of questions from Don Pyle! Changes are sprinkled around the Shadowy Web, covering:
- Added information on the film Dogma. "Run Chicken Run" was used
in the film's trailer.
September 7, 2001
September 5, 2001
- Updated information on the film Pitch.
- Updated information on Fresh Gasoline. There's two different colors of
CDs for this album. Thanks for the info, Sean.
- Updated the Awards page to note the Blizzard Award won for the Law Of Enclosures soundtrack.
August 29, 2001
August 28, 2001
August 23, 2001
August 22, 2001
August 21, 2001
- Added information on the film Pitch. According to several
web sources, Shadowy Men and Phono-Comb songs are on the movie's
soundtrack.
August 20, 2001
- Updated the track information for the elusive Brave New Waves
compilation thanks to Patrick (who's found me a copy). Many, many thanks! Oh, and as a result, I've also updated the want list
on the Webmaster page.
August 17, 2001
- Small touch-up to the FAQ.
August 10, 2001
August 8, 2001
- You can now order the Take Outs single on the Shopping page.
July 25, 2001
- Grant Diamond passed on a wonderful fake biography of Shadowy Men called
The Songs All Sound The Same. Thanks Grant!
- Also added a picture of Crash Kills Five that I got from Leeanne Betzler. Thanks Leeanne!
- As long as I was adding that picture, I also did a little work on the various bands' main pages.
July 19, 2001
- Grant Diamond passed on some more details about Buick McKane for me. Thanks Grant!
July 11, 2001
- Got some new pictures for the page. They were taken by David Gary Fisher at a show in Waterloo in 1989.
Check out the Pictures page for the new stuff. Thanks for finding these, Sean!
July 6, 2001
- Added a scan of the pink vinyl version of Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham to the
Dim The Lights cover page. Thanks for finding this for me Sean!
July 5, 2001
- I added a new Awards page to note the S Men's two Juno nominations (with one win!).
- I also added a new article (new to me, it's from '97) to The Written Word.
- And finally, I added a writeup of the Tribute CD Release Party, complete
with bad pictures!
June 29, 2001
- A real minor update, just to prove I'm still here. :-) I've updated the
Buyer's Guide a bit. I've finally seen some of the rarer S Men singles
on eBay, so I changed the "rarity" codes for those releases.
June 5, 2001
- Added scans of pictures of the front and back of the two Shadowy Men t-shirts I've
got on the Etc page.
May 22, 2001
- Added some new promo pictures to the Pictures page and the
poster for the tribute CD release party to the Etc page. Thanks Ted!
- Added a note to the Albums page to note that Dim The Lights,
Chill The Ham was also pressed on pink vinyl. Thanks Sean.
May 16, 2001
- Added a Webmaster page to tell you a little bit about me.
Read if you're having trouble sleeping.
May 15, 2001
May 12, 2001
May 9, 2001
May 4, 2001
- My copy of Explosion Of Taste (aka "the popcorn single") arrived yesterday. I knew I wanted to
get some pictures up, so I took the opportunity to change how I've been showing alternate single/album sleeves.
Each entry on the main pages show the main CD or single and there's a link to a separate page that shows
the cover variations, unusual packaging, etc. You'll find some of these on the Shadowy Men
Singles and Albums pages.
- I updated the Buyer's Guide a bit.
- Got a definitive read on apostrophes and pluralizing abbreviations. Thank's Sean.
May 1, 2001
- Couple o' small Sadies-related updates. Found out that The Sadies' bass player Sean Dean was the original bassist in
Atomic 7, but didn't have the time to devote to Atomic 7. Also found out that Reid Diamond
played on all three songs on The Sadies debut single, Dying Ain't No Way To Make A
Living.
April 30, 2001
- Added the ability to order the three Shadowy Men albums (on CD) and the
Tired Of Waking Up Tired split single to the Shopping page.
April 23, 2001
April 20, 2001
- Picked up a new Shadowy Men-related album on eBay. However, I don't know a thing
about the act involved! The Shadowy Men play on two tracks on
The Al And George Story by "Al And George" (oddly enough).
Can you shed some light on this one for me? If so, drop me
a note. I'd really appreciate it!
April 18, 2001
April 13, 2001
April 12, 2001
- Wow: it's been a whole year since I installed the counter, and the Shadowy Web's had 7370 hits,
or about 20 a day. You like me ... <sniff> you really like me. Thanks for stoppin' by!
April 9, 2001
- Don Vigeant sent on a scan of the cover of the Chixdiggit! single "Shadowy Bangers
From A Shadowy Duplex", and I've updated the Covers Page
with the info. It's not really a cover, but it's an obvious tribute to the band. Go
take a look, you'll see what I mean.
April 1, 2001
March 26, 2001
- Added the official release date (April 1, 2001) for the tribute album.
- Updated the Buick McKane page thanks to an update from one of the band's founders. Thanks Bob!
- Updated a bunch of Greek Buck information, including details on their most recent CD,
Bucquiem and a slew of film scores.
March 14, 2001
March 12, 2001
- Got a bunch of wonderful new stuff for the page from Shawn Nagy. Check out the Etc
and Pictures for the new stuff. Thanks Shawn!!
March 9, 2001
March 7, 2001
- Added news about the new Greek Buck CD, Bucquiem,
and a link to the new official Greek Buck web site.
- Added a section on another pre-Shadowy band, Buick McKane as well
as Reid's post-Phono-Comb band, Danny And Reid's Motion Machine. I don't
have a lot of info on either, but I thought I'd add sections for 'em anyway.
- Additions to The Written Word page:
March 5, 2001
- Just a small grammatical change. Back when the Shadowy Web was launched, it was a single page with a plain HTML
discography. Sean pointed out (quite correctly) that now that we're over 100 HTML pages, it's hard to really call this
a web page anymore. It's a web site. Changing the graphics was easier than I thought (plus it let me
finally correct the centering problem in the main logo), so it's all up-to-date now. Thanks Sean.
- Got some info on Crash Kills Five from Leeanne. "Alex" is Alex Koch, whose brother Steven was in The Viletones.
Thanks for the update Leeanne!
March 1, 2001
- Just some small touch-ups: corrected the songwriting credit for "Autumn Leaves" and corrected the listing for "16 Encores".
February 21, 2001
February 12, 2001
- Small update. Just found out that some of the copies of Sport Fishin' have the yellow lettering that my
CD sleeve does. My vinyl sleeve has green lettering. Thanks Sean!
January 31, 2001
- Another tribute update. Work is still in progress, but we're probably looking at a late February release at this point.
January 30, 2001
- Finally uploaded some overall organizational changes I've wanted to do for ages. There's now a main page
for each band. The logos on the main page will take you to those main pages. You can still go straight to the
lower pages from the main page by using the neato pulldown ... Thanks for the java code Ted!
- I also cleaned up the FAQ a bit.
January 29, 2001
- Added a new Shopping page. You can buy CDs and tapes on Deep Eddy Records
through the Shadowy Web. When the tribute is released, you'll be able to buy that here as well.
- Reid Diamond played an early Sadies single. Details on the Guest Appearances page.
- Added a link to Gearhead magazine's "Top 100 Albums Of The 90's list" to The Written Word.
January 26, 2001
- Added a link to Gearhead magazine's "Top 100 Albums Of The 90's list" to The Written Word.
- Added a link to the Kids In The Hall Audio Archive to the Links page. They've got a page with Shadowy Men Wave and RealAudio files.
- Updated the Shadowy Men Unreleased Music page. The S-Men did a Peel Session back in '93. No details, I'm afraid.
January 25, 2001
- Tiny update ... Just added the handy little pull-down menu on the main page so you can jump straight to the
section for the band you want info on.
January 22, 2001
- Added a "Soundtracks" for both Shadowy Men and Greek Buck
to list the TV shows and movies to which they contributed music.
January 19, 2001
- Internal reorganization ... renamed most of the pages to get
myself a better system for the pages on the Shadowy Web. Sorry if
this broke any direct links -- I wanted to add some new stuff, and
it's been a pain to figure out which file was which.
January 17, 2001
January 16, 2001
- Added a new clip to the video page. It's actually two videos, one for
"Musical Interlude" and one for "Shadowy Countdown", but they're back to back in one MPG file. The size is a little
big, so you probably ought to download it first and then play it.
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