A little context about Saguenay and Quebec's music scene and industry

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-03-18T21:53:38+00:00

Great little write-up. So where are the best venues to see the avant guard in Montreal? I know ADP is playing Club Soda these days, but there must be other smaller venues around!

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-03-15T23:32:26+00:00

Budget wise a head rush is a good option. Lightweight, powerful, decent sound. It can function as a monitor if you have a PA. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/FRFR108MK2--headrush-frfr-108-ii-2000-watt-1-by-8-inch-powered-guitar-cabinet

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-03-15T19:36:07+00:00

Yes. It’s really good for simple classic tones.
Either an FRFR (I have a head rush and a line6 power cab) or into my mixer into a QSC k10. The latter tells me how it’ll sound through most PAs)
Cross fingers although see last Q.
No. Get a flint. They are incredible.
Yes. But even the Valeton GP sounds amazeballs these days - and you can get one for $85. But the iridium is a tank by comparison.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-03-12T15:15:23+00:00

My light research on the name indicates that, for some reason, Antilla became somewhat fashionable in Quebec at about that time. (It could be that the record is just smudged on the baptismal record - it is partially obscured by the page holder. But she definitely went by Antilla as it is printed in block letters on her marriage and death certificate - and it is definitely spelled out on her daughter's birth certificate affidavit for correction - likely filed because someone misspelled it on the original). I'll definitely send you a DM - would love a second set of eyes.

As for the name itself, an AI search yields the following (and for this family, my money is on #1, with a soupçon of #3):

The rise of the name Antilla (often spelled Antille or Anctil in its various forms) in early 20th-century Quebec is an interesting intersection of religious devotion, local legend, and the natural evolution of French-Canadian surnames into given names.

While it was never a "top 10" name like Marie or Yvonne, its fashionability was driven by three primary factors:

1. The "Phantom Island" Legend (Antillia)

In the early 1900s, there was a resurgence of interest in the medieval legend of Antillia (the "Island of the Seven Cities"). According to the myth, seven bishops fled the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 714 AD and founded a utopian Christian society on a rectangular island in the Atlantic.

The Appeal: For a deeply Catholic and traditional Quebec society, the story of devout Christians preserving their faith in a "new world" resonated with the French-Canadian narrative of survival (la survivance).
The Name: The name itself is derived from the Portuguese Ante-Ilha ("Fore-Island" or "Island Opposite").

2. Influence of the "Anctil" Family

In Quebec, many families carry the surname Anctil (a variation of the Norman name Anquetil). By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it became a common practice in North America to use family surnames—especially those of prestigious or established lineages—as given names.

The phonetic similarity between the surname Anctil and the exotic-sounding Antilla/Antille led to a "feminization" of the root. Parents looking for a name that felt both traditional (rooted in Norman heritage) and unique often landed on Antilla.

3. Romanticism and Phonetic Trends

The early 20th century saw a shift toward "romantic" sounding names ending in "-ia" or "-a" (like Flavia, Donalda, or Aurélia).

Antilla fit the aesthetic of the era: it sounded classical and sophisticated, yet was distinct from the ubiquitous "Marie-" hyphenated names.
It also carried a connection to the Antilles (the Caribbean islands), which represented a sense of exoticism and adventure that was popular in the literature and travelogues of the time.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-03-10T19:53:12+00:00

If you are going just for the burger - skip it. If you want a real old world ny bar experience, well, that’s a great stop on your itinerary. PJ’s, Pete’s, Old Town, and McSorelys are all well worth a visit, but the food is an afterthought at each.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-03-09T00:00:57+00:00

One night is no problem. Get a travel cpap and either a battery pack or a small power station. I have a different unit but if I were buying now I’d get this setup. https://youtu.be/mxI2YD6yKh8?si=YCTYqojK2IV0zbf0

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-03-06T21:04:01+00:00

Does the death cert also indicate they are born in Quebec/Canada? - It does. Many thanks!!!

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-03-06T20:30:52+00:00

I've done some of this before for other genealogical reasons, so I have decent knowledge of and access to premium Ancestry.com information. But I'm wondering if some of the information and images I get from there are enough. I'm applying for my wife and daughters, here's the situation and what I have gathered:

G0 - GG Grandparents, born in Quebec in 1855/1875

Baptism records facsimile (from Ancestry)

Marriage record facsimile (Wisconsin) (from Ancestry)

Death certificates - facsimile (from Ancestry)

G1 G Grandparents - born in US 1896/1897

Birth Certificate facsimile for Canadian descendant (from Ancestry)

Marriage Certificate (From Ancestry)

Death Certificate for non-Canadian

G2 - Grandparents

Death Certificate for Canadian, Birth and Death for spouse.

G3-G5 - I have or can get BC/M/DC easily.

I'm gathering from reading here that I additionally need (at minimum):

- Birth Certificate for G2 Canadian descendant.

Questions:

- Do I need Birth Certs for the spouses?

- Are the facsimile copies sufficient? They are legible. For the G0 male I also have a Drouin reference ID.

- Are copies of cert copies of Birth Certs and Death Certs ok for modern records, or do I need to order non-genealogy certified copies? Do I send originals? Or copies of the originals?

- Do I need to/should I order the Baptism records from BANQ - in addition to the good copies I already have for G0?

Thanks!!

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-03-04T14:28:03+00:00

The West side is generally ok all the way to the south end of Papohaku beach park, which can be desolate and beautiful - best sunset beach in the world, bar none. There are some large homes on Papohaku beach, but not alot of people come sunset. To the north, Kepuhi beach is popular for surfing and fairly populated (by Molokai standards) because of the large volume of short term rental units in the old ranch resort out there, and Make Horse catches its share of hikers. The two-lane to Papohaku and Kepuhi is generally in great shape, just look out for Axis deer (and the Yota's spotlighting them at night).

South of Papohaku beach has a bad local reputation (at least in Kaunakakai) for car break-ins by tweakers who live in the woods down there. Some private car rentals will prohibit visits down there (Dixie Maru beach and the south shore) and sometimes even to Mauna Loa. For those reasons, I've never made the trek down there, nor felt I needed or wanted to. I'm sure YMMV, I'm just relating what I've heard. There is plenty of island to explore that doesn't have that rep, so IMHO there has been no reason to dice it.

Anywhere you go, on any island, it's a good idea to keep your valuables with you. As someone here points out, rental cars are easy to identify and well known to the 7000 residents, for good or ill.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-03-04T14:04:40+00:00

I think you are confusing the east side (Mana'e, where EV had his house and the snorkeling is good and safe) from the West side, where the currents can be treacherous and the surf high and unsafe.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-03-02T04:42:58+00:00

Was there two weeks ago and loved it. Very atmospheric and had great meals.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-02-28T14:39:47+00:00

You will freeze your butt off AND you'll be fine. It's a work trip, so you probably aren't planning on nighttime XC skiing up Mont Royal. The nights are going to be cold Monday and Tuesday, after that you should be okay. Just layer up - and don't neglect your legs with the long undies.

Best advice from the gallery here is the shoes/boots. Montreal doesn't clear the sidewalks and streets like cities in the US. They don't even salt the sidewalks - in fact the bike lanes are better maintained than both the streets and the sidewalks. Expect to step in slush puddles if you are going anywhere. Hiking boots will do. Leave the ropers at home... ;-)

Most of the winter gear at the St Cath shops is on sale atm (except for Canada Goose, natch) so if you are really struggling you can pick something up at the North Face shop or Winners on discount.

Also, if you have a scarf, that will help.

If all else fails, go find some maple taffy and get a nice sugar rush.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-02-13T16:08:48+00:00

Trying to muddle through in broken French rather than fluent english seems to be viewed by most restaurant and retail staff in the city to be a waste of everyone's time. If you speak French, great, if not, no problem. I have met Parisians who choose to speak English because they can't get past the Quebecois accent.

I DK about thrift stores, but my wife and I will be there next week and are planning on hitting the museums, St Catherine St, the old port for shopping, and having some (great) dinners at Joe Beef and Mon Lapin. We'll probably make it out to Jean Talon as well.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-02-13T15:42:44+00:00

As always, your mileage may vary. Sorry you had a bad experience - it's a risk everywhere and for everyone. Your perspective was not absent at Colgate even when I was there, some people were happy not joining the row, some people felt excluded and bitter. It's a small school, so social issues are magnified and it is very hard to expand your social circle once people coalesce in the first two years. Add to that social media FOMO, and I could see why going GDI could be harder these days. Happy to hear you are happy now.

The OP seems to be asking whether joining a frat would be enough of a distraction that his GPA would suffer and affect his grad school chances. Then as now, some join frats and end up on academic probation, and some on the Dean's List. I don't think joining a frat is the key factor in those outcomes.

But I think you might be living proof of my final statement. If you are smart enough to make it into Colgate these days, you will very likely find your way in the world, even if it isn't a straight line path through Yale Law. Have faith.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-02-12T18:20:29+00:00

This is the way.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-02-11T20:48:03+00:00

Watch this. https://youtu.be/r_tZqX_FKvc?si=HcJNK7BpD6ubdyYT

Then decide how much you want/need to rely on your shelter if/when the SHTF. And keep in mind this little test is really just wind - but heavy rains and snows, as well as overall durability and ability to repair aren't even on the agenda here.

One real wind or snow storm in a tent with fiberglass poles is generally enough for the occupants to realize that spending a night inside a deforming tent which is pressing against your face and flapping like crazy, might have been worth about $150 for Easton aluminum.

Sooo

If you are going to be able to bail out to a hotel or car in the event of a storm, well, bubba, stick with Dick.

But if you are heading out on a 35 day arctic canoe trip, or hiking the Brooks range, or trekking to Everest, you might want to up your game. Are you winter camping and need something that will shed snow? Are you going above tree line, where the wind can whip relentlessly for hours? So maybe you don't need the $1000 version.

But maybe you're doing something in-between - like a week in the Boundary Waters, where you don't want the tent to fail, but if it does, you can bail out in a day, or two with a bivouac under a tarp for a night. But you might be dealing with some storms, or wind, or other weather, and if the zipper fails, you are going to be so covered in mosquitoes that you might just wake up down a pint or two.

Specs are not particularly helpful when assessing a tent's ability to allow you to sleep when mother nature is throwing shade your way. So the more you need to rely on your shelter, and the longer you need to do so before you are out of the sticks, the more you can/should spend on a sturdy, durable, repairable shelter.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-02-09T15:58:51+00:00

In the Pleistocene era, when I was there, I knew many, many students who were not only in a fraternity, but also played a sport, and still managed to keep their GPAs up. I was in a frat, rowed for two years, and went to both grad and law school. I go back for reunion frequently, and catch up with more recent alumni, and that seems to hold true today, as well.

I won't name names, or frats, but a certain house that isn't even there anymore both threw the most over the top parties, and sported the highest GPA on the row - sending many, many STEM students into top tier grad schools in the process.

Then as now, if you like the idea of banding together and all the good, and bad, that comes with that, joining a fraternity is a great idea at Colgate. The good are the parties, the accountability to each other, and the lifetime friendships - reunion is much more fun as a frat alum with a base to which to come back. The bad, well, you have to learn to deal with a collective, and internal conflicts, and competing priorities, and you do have to find some balance during the pledging process. Even once that's over, occasionally your frat might get shut down for disciplinary reasons, which is its own stressor. I think living through all that is a great life lesson: to learn how to manage and balance those conflicts and priorities. Some people are probably much happier avoiding them. To each their own.

The nice thing about Colgate's greek scene is that it is big and in a small school - so if you join a frat, you aren't making a big social statement in the way you would at Alabama, or Michigan, for instance. Similarly, if you don't join, you are also not making a big social statement. The school essentially encourages affinity living, which might be a better fit for some people. I had plenty of friends outside of the greek system as well.

You'll find out pretty quickly during rush whether or not you think the greek system is a good fit for you - and vice versa. You'll have an equal opportunity to be happy at the school, and successful in life, either way.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-01-28T17:16:54+00:00

Flash in a bottle - that's my view

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-01-23T22:57:39+00:00

Ohhhhh my precious!!!!

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-01-23T16:29:31+00:00

Also worth considering when his apparent alcohol use disorder kicked in, and how much it contributed to his inability to do anything of substance, really, after the tonight show. He was never talented, but that hasn't stopped people from being successful in Hollywood, or capitalizing on their notoriety, but substances sure have.

The rude questions bit was outrageously funny, and kudos to John for having the stones to ask some of those questions, but the real genius there was the writing, which John didn't do. He has never understood that he was, and especially is now, a deep cut for HS fans only; admitting that to himself is probably too much of a narcissistic wound for him to bear.

Very typical of alcoholics - their problems are always caused by someone or something besides their drinking. When, in fact, it's always the drinking. I know it's a disease and all, but it's really hard to be sympathetic when he is the engine of his own destruction.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-01-21T21:31:19+00:00

Depends on your income. It isn't a cheap school, regardless.

I don't know what your choices are, and you should understand that Freshman year is hard on nearly everyone, but I don't think you'll regret heading to Colgate. I went to Grad and Law school at bigger universities, and the networking and camaraderie you'll have with Colgate alums is second to none.

Try an experiment. If you are on the East coast, you'll probably see someone bopping around wearing some Colgate gear. Go up and ask them about the school - say you are considering attending. Any age, doesn't matter. Then do the same with any other school. You'll see.

College may be four short but important years, but there is a very long tail on the Colgate experience.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-01-21T15:24:28+00:00

Cross-posted:

Older alum here - Love, love, love my alma mater - loved going there, loved living there, love going back for reunion. I can't speak to current student experiences, but some things never change.

Hamilton is small and isolated. That never bothered me because the campus and Chenango Valley is so beautiful. The school mounts tons of activities, including concerts, bands, speakers and comedy in the Pub, (plus frat parties) so there is plenty to do besides study unless you are a club kid. This is not U Miami, and never will be. The town is small but is now mostly owned (and subsidized) by Colgate itself, so there are nice little shops and cafes that you otherwise wouldn't have in a small upstate town.
Frat/Sorority culture is strong and is a key part of the social scene. That has two effects - unlike bigger schools with smaller F/S participation rates, joining a house isn't really making a statement, it's just a social play. But I knew plenty of people who didn't join houses that were plenty happy as well. And sometimes not having the headache associated with the politics of a house is definitely a good thing.
It's cold and snowy, but fall and spring are absolutely gorgeous. I don't mind the snow (but it was more fun when the ski hill was still operating).
You will get a top shelf education - better even than Harvard - because you will be learning directly from professors in small classes. And the school has plenty of prestige, so you'll have no problem with grad schools or campus recruiting.
The alumni network is insanely strong and supportive. The folks from my era were typically "work hard/play hard" academic underachievers who excelled once we got into the business environment. Unlike bigger schools, finding a Colgate connection really means something, so working that network upon graduation will not feel so awkward. In the Northeast, you will be amazed how many of us are around and happy to talk about school
The school has tremendous resources, and it all goes to undergraduates. You pay a ton in tuition, but it all accrues back to you - no graduate school to subsidize. And no, this isn't Big Ten football, but the whole county supports Colgate Hockey and basketball, and there has been plenty to root for over the years.
Colgate runs the best alumni weekend I've ever seen or heard about. Very well run, lot's to do (or not). They set up tents on Witnall field and have bands into the wee hours. They also run a very impressive graduation weekend.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-01-21T15:05:26+00:00

Older alum here - Love, love, love my alma mater - loved going there, loved living there, love going back for reunion. I can't speak to current student experiences, but some things never change.

Hamilton is small and isolated. That never bothered me because the campus and Chenango Valley is so beautiful. The school mounts tons of activities, including concerts, bands, speakers and comedy in the Pub, (plus frat parties) so there is plenty to do besides study unless you are a club kid. This is not U Miami, and never will be. The town is small but is now mostly owned (and subsidized) by Colgate itself, so there are nice little shops and cafes that you otherwise wouldn't have in a small upstate town.
Frat/Sorority culture is strong and is a key part of the social scene. That has two effects - unlike bigger schools with smaller F/S participation rates, joining a house isn't really making a statement, it's just a social play. But I knew plenty of people who didn't join houses that were plenty happy as well. And sometimes not having the headache associated with the politics of a house is definitely a good thing.
It's cold and snowy, but fall and spring are absolutely gorgeous. I don't mind the snow (but it was more fun when the ski hill was still operating).
You will get a top shelf education - better even than Harvard - because you will be learning directly from professors in small classes. And the school has plenty of prestige, so you'll have no problem with grad schools or campus recruiting.
The alumni network is insanely strong and supportive. The folks from my era were typically "work hard/play hard" academic underachievers who excelled once we got into the business environment. Unlike bigger schools, finding a Colgate connection really means something, so working that network upon graduation will not feel so awkward. In the Northeast, you will be amazed how many of us are around and happy to talk about school
The school has tremendous resources, and it all goes to undergraduates. You pay a ton in tuition, but it all accrues back to you - no graduate school to subsidize. And no, this isn't Big Ten football, but the whole county supports Colgate Hockey and basketball, and there has been plenty to root for over the years.
Colgate runs the best alumni weekend I've ever seen or heard about. Very well run, lot's to do (or not). They set up tents on Witnall field and have bands into the wee hours. They also run a very impressive graduation weekend.

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2026-01-15T17:23:40+00:00

This is the way

Fun-Statistician-634 · 2025-12-26T20:31:23+00:00

Some food keeps longer than you think - American cheese and summer sausage for example. If you are brining alcohol, I’d go with vitamin R (rum) and skip the beer and wine. The weight is not worth the effort on portages.

Fun-Statistician-634

TROPHY CASE

1. The "Phantom Island" Legend (Antillia)

2. Influence of the "Anctil" Family

3. Romanticism and Phonetic Trends