WORDS FROM THE WIZARD WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF TARG - WE’VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU… THANKS FOR JOINING US!!– We’ve got a great month of events, games and delicious food planned - we pride ourselves on providing you with the city’s best selection of classic arcade/gaming action, served up with a refreshing beverage and paired with an order of our world-famous handmade perogies!! Check out our monthly PEROGRAM for info on all of our upcoming events and be sure to check out all of the entertaining columns and information in this month’s zine - we hope you enjoy all the hard work that goes into this monthly publication, collect em all! We’ll be out in our community fundraising and entertaining quite a bit over the next month - stop by our TARG booth at your local fest/event to sign our 73’ VW Beetle, play a couple classic games, grab a Perogi Wizard Box and say hi - we are always glad to see you, let’s have some fun!!

- YOGI WORD OUT ABOUT THIS UNIQUE AND AMAZING STORE CAUSE I HAVE A HUNCH THAT YOU & ME AREN’T THE ONLY POTATO CHIP AFICIONADOS OUT THERE. I HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A GREAT VACATION & THAT CHIPS ARE AVAILABLE WHEREVER YOU ARE Sincerely – your #1 fan – CHIPNUT

HELLO CHIPNUT: you have just violated THE restraining order. HOLA SLO’: I HAVE BEEN You will be hearing from my TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF lawyer. YOU BUT YOUR ANSWERING MACHINE SAYS THAT YOU ARE ON VACATION. HOPEFULLY YOU ARE EDITORS NOTE- CHECKING YOUR MESSAGES SLO’ TOM is currently on WHILE YOU ARE AWAY vacation. We hope you can BECAUSE I JUST MADE make it through August AN AMAZING DISCOVERY. without his helpful insight. He SO THERE IS THIS PLACE will be back next month to CALLED SUBWAY, I THINK answer all of your questions. - THEY MAKE BREAD OR until then our advice is to eat SOMETHING BUT GUESS perogies, play pinball, change WHAT THEY ALSO SELL? your underwear at least once YA MAN - CHIPS… LIKE I’M a week & most importantly - TALKING THE SHANGRI LA OF remember to remove your giant SNACKS, THE BUCKINGHAM back pack before boarding the PALACE OF POTATOES, THE Loser Cruiser (OC Transpo). MECCA OF MUNCHIES. IT IS REALLY QUITE SOMETHING TO BEHOLD - EVERY IMAGINABLE FLAVOUR IS AVAILABLE. I REALLY HOPE YOU CAN HELP GET THE YOU KNOW WHEN THEY SAY THAT “CELEBRITIES” ARE PEOPLE TOO. IT’S TRUE, THEY ARE. THEY CAN BE AWESOME, RANDOM AND DOWNRIGHT BIZARRE IF THEY WANT TO BE, JUST LIKE THE REST OF US. I’VE NEVER BEEN ONE FOR CELEBRITY FANDOM, BUT ODDLY ENOUGH I HAVE HAD TEN ENCOUNTERS. THEY’VE ALL BEEN PRETTY SWEET. HERE THEY ARE: 1. : him come out of a trailer. We looked at One of my fav interviewers & music each other, and I said “Hey you’re Ducky encyclopedia. A friend & I went to see from Pretty In Pink!”, he replied “Why yes, his band, perform a I was!”. I replied “Right on, cheers!” and doubleheader at The Dom. Between biked off . sets we ended up at Sasha’s Chip Truck eating and chatting music and touring. Ran home to grab a copy 6. WOODY HARRELSON: of my bands demo tape before the Woody is a vegan second gig & he ended up playing environmentalist. My dad works the whole tape on his radio show & in the pulp and paper industry. sent an email to tell us! They ended up working on a project together, & hung out in NYC for a 2. LESLIE NEILSEN: weekend. Got to listen in on one of their convo’s at my Dad’s work. Close In Grade 11 I did my co-op at enough to a celebrity encounter? Amberwood Entertainment. Leslie Neilsen owned a share of the company & did voices on Zeroman, 7. ED ROBERTSON: Katie & Orbie and other of their You know him from the Barenaked cartoons. He came in one day to Ladies. Ed rules. Super friendly, & hang. I busted out a Naked Gun big pinball head. He comes into Targ quote, screwed it up, & he patted whenever he’s in town to catch up & me on the shoulder & said “You’ve play some games. got good taste, kid.” 8. GLENN HUMPLIK & 3. MATTHEW PERRY: PHIL GIROUX: If you didn’t know, Perry spent his If you’re around my age, you childhood growing up in Ottawa. A few probably grew up watching months ago he came into my other Glenn and Phil on The Tom job (gift shop in an offi ce building) & Green Show on Rogers 22. grabbed a soda. Turns out the owner They’re regular’s at Targ. of the building’s childhood friend is Friendly & funny guys. Matthew Perry. We chatted briefl y about Ottawa. Nice dude. 9. LARS FREDERIKSEN: 16 year old me was stoked 4. OMRI KATZ: to meet Lars at the old Capital You might remember Omri from Music Hall after Rancid played. Eerie Indiana & Hocus Pocus. I We ended up getting Subway saw him on a plane with his Dad together, and talked Ottawa punk, going from Switzerland to Spain when I & exchanged emails, where I sent was 10. To nervous to say anything, my aunt him a bunch of Ottawa tunes. After a few went over, and asked if it was him. Ended up email exchanged we lost touch. shaking his hand and getting a signature. 10. SPARTICAT: 5. JON CRYER: I know his secret identity, but will never Better known as Ducky from Pretty In Pink reveal! Met Sparticat many times over the or Alan from Two & A Half Men. Was biking years. One of the best mascots in sports! through the Glebe a few years ago & saw WELCOME TO THE SECRET UNIVERSES OF MY TOY COLLECTION. BAND doors@8pm ***EARLY START/ THUR AUG 17 - House of TARG and EARLY FINISH*** Whitewater Brewing present: THE SICK THINGS w/sg HUNDRED PACER + REX FRI AUG 25 - House of TARG, Birling and HECK - check out his wicked show Beaus All Natural present: NEEDLES// featuring MTL power/pop newcomers PINS w/sg STEVE ADAMYK BAND + A GUIDE TO ALL THE CONCERTS TAKING PLACE AT SICK THINGS, currently in the studio AUDIO VISCERAL + NECK - let’s stoke with our good friend and legendary the kids, raise some dough for FOR HOUSE OF TARG THIS AUGUST. Canadian producer SIR IAN BLURTON PIVOTS SAKE & ramp up the excitement joined by local heavyweights HUNDRED for the BEAU’S OKTOBERFEST BLACK PACER and REX HECK, let’s get FOREST stage with this mega punk show Doors@8pm ***EARLY START/EARLY nuts!! Doors@8pm ***ROCK n ROLL ***FUNDRAISER*** FRI AUG 4 - House of TARG and Beaus FINISH*** EXPLOSION*** All Natural present: ZAUM w/sg FLYING SAT AUG 26 - House of TARG, Ottawa FORTRESS + MUFFLER CRUNCH + FRI AUG 11 - House of TARG and Beaus FRI AUG 18 - House of TARG, Val Ska Syndicate and Ashton Brewing MONOBROW - We love to get HEAVY at All Natural present: PUBLIC ANIMAL w/ Halla Holdings and Beau’s All Natural present: VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Ska Nite House of TARG and it shows!! This bill is sg THüNDERKOK + WORLD WAR 4 - present: SCREAMER w/sg WARSENAL w/sg NILE GOOVE + DJ’s LONGSHOT stacked with some of the thickest sounds Sir IAN BLURTON, Canada’s Sub-Zero + BLACK TOWER - another night of and SNAPPY - The monthly Ska and you will ever experience - super pumped Guitar Hero is back with his incredible killer metal brought to you by TARG Reggae night at House of TARG!!! for the return of our pals ZAUM as part band. Prepare to be amazed by top wizard VAL - the best in true metal all Featuring Dj’s and live bands playing the of their cross country tour, don’t miss notch musicianship & swollen, fuzzy hard the way from Sweden, SCREAMER best Ska and Reggae music to make you this night of doom/stoner/metal/rawk!!! hitting riff action. Joining this killer bill are make their House of TARG debut joined move ***DANCE PARTY ALERT*** ***SERIOUS HEAVIOSITY*** sweet hometown thrash masters WW4 by MTL thrash/speed metal masters and metal maniacs THüNDERKOK - WARSENAL and Ottawa punk/metal SAT AUG 5 - House of TARG and Ashton things are gonna get messy!! ***LOUD*** wizards BLACK TOWER - get stoked!! WED AUG 30 - House of TARG and PBR Brewing present: PSYCH NITE: w/ THE ***METAL MADNESS*** present: CHRIS CORNELL TRIBUTE ORANGE ALABASTER MUSHROOM + SAT AUG 12 - House of TARG, BENEFIT FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION BLVE HILLS + EXPANDA FUZZ - Join us Ashton Brewing and Shade Nyx’s SAT AUG 19 - House of TARG, CHORD - 100% of this show’s proceeds will go for the 3rd edition of PSYCH NITE as we Theatre Macabre Burlesque present: Productions and Ashton Brewing to the OTTAWA DISTRESS CENTRE welcome Kingston Psych/Garage legends CELEBRATE PRIDE! TAKE 2! It’s that present: ANCIIENTS w/sg DEAD to help train volunteers with SAFEtalk THE ORANGE ALABASTER MUSHROOM time of year again - Shade Nyx and her QUIET + LONGHOUSE + CLAVIUS - and ASIST (applied suicide intervention - get ready for a night of sweet tunes Theatre Macabre are celebrating their Somewhere between sheer, apocalyptic training) so they can help anyone with plus wicked visuals brought to you by the 2nd year anniversary of outstanding heaviness and precise riffi ng, lays suicidal ideation and help prevent suicide genius mind of PHIL OSBORNE, things events at House of TARG and what otherworldly ANCIIENTS, a - attempts. Musicians participating in this are gonna get weird!! ***PSYCHEDELIC*** better way to celebrate than with PRIDE based rock juggernaut forging crushing event and covering songs by CHRIS during PRIDE month?! Settle in for a heavy metal evocative of veterans CORNELL are members of: RED RAILS, A WED AUG 9 - House of TARG, CKCU night of amazing performances and HIGH ON FIRE and contemporary sonic DARKER DAY, DEFINED, MERDARAHTA, and PBR present: WHATEVER’S COOL unmatched talent - Ottawa’s favourite craftsmen OPETH. ***MIND ALTERING RYDELL, OLD RULES, WILD LOVE, WITH ME 20th Anniversary Party w/ Burlesque event!! ***ADULT CONTENT*** RIFFAGE*** WICKED MERCY AND STUART KALLE MATTSON - Help community radio HOOPFER, with visuals by HARD host RYAN BRESEE celebrate 20 years SUN AUG 13 - House of TARG, Black WED AUG 23 - House of TARG, SCIENCE ***FUNDRAISER*** on CKCU FM 93.1. Ryan is a POLARIS Squirrel Books and TOUGHEN UP! Ottawa Punk Pinball League and PBR MUSIC PRIZE JUROR & has been present: EARLY/ALL AGES SUNDAY present: FREE PINBALL TOURNAMENT THURS AUG 31 - House of TARG sprinkling the airwaves with indie rock, SHOW at BLACK SQUIRREL BOOKS (AUGUST EDITION) - Tournament and Whitewater Brewing present: NO hip hop, electronic, jazz, blues, classical, featuring new wave/power pop/’77punk Format - ’Strikes’ Knockout Style. MISTAKES IN SPACE(EP RELEASE) w/sg reggae, folk and world music since powerhouse bands FASHIONISM Players will be randomly assigned an DOUSE + THE HAIG + SPARKLESAURUS August 1997. You can tune into his show (Vancouver) w/sg TOMMY & THE opponent and a pinball machine to play - join us for this sweet mixed bill of every Thursday from 9:30 AM to 12:00 COMMIES (Sudbury) and NEW CALLING a match. Losing a match will get you friends/bands in celebration of a new PM. Doors@8pm ***EARLY START/EARLY (Ottawa) Doors@7pm for this sweet a Strike - 3 STRIKES YER OUT!! Last EP from NO MISTAKES IN SPACE FINISH!!!*** show next door!! ***BONUS*** comes player standing will be crowned the Doors@8pm ***EARLY START/EARLY with free admission to TOUGEN UP! winner. FREE/NO COVER OR ENTRY FINISH*** THUR AUG 10 - House of TARG and Free-Play night at TARG featuring guest FEE - just pay for your games as you Whitewater Brewing present: POSITIVE DJ sets from the bands!! ***POP/PUNK go, all ages and skill levels welcome!! EVERY SUNDAY - House of TARG CHARGE Album Release Party!! w/sg OVERLOAD*** ***NEVER GIVE UP*** & Collective Arts Brewing present: DEAD WEIGHTS + THE TENENBAUMS TOUGHEN UP! w/DJ KJMaxx DJ + CKNY - The band formerly know as TUES AUG 15 - House of TARG and THUR AUG 24 - House of TARG and KJMAXX & Guests, spinning 100% vinyl PISTOLS AT DAWN have have picked Spectrasonic present: SURFER BLOOD Whitewater Brewing present: THE LUKE arcade jamz. Sleaze rock, Punk, Metal & up where they left off and are now w/sg KATIE VON SCHLEICHER - check AUSTIN BAND w/sg LEMON CASH Synth to provide the soundtrack to your releasing a full length debut album under out this wicked night of alt/rock/warped/ + DAN TAYLOR BAND - join us for a highscore pursuits. All pins & vids are set their new name. For fans of NOFX, pop brought to you by our friends at special night of live music featuring to FREEPLAY mode from 9pm-2am for THE FLATLINERS & melodic punk. SPECTRASONIC - doors@8pm ***EARLY Toronto Alt/Rockers THE LUKE AUSTIN your unlimited arcade pleasure. START/EARLY FINISH***

for the artists. He’s easy to work with and is very good at drawing your best performance out of you. You’re not just getting an engineer out of Mike, you’re getting a producer.

WOLF LAKE STUDIOS is an audio recording facility located in the woods of Lac-des-Loups, Québec. Owned and Operated by Producer / Engineer / Musician Mike Bond & local Drummer J-P Sadek (Loviatar, Tokyo Sex Whale). J-P took some time to fi ll us in on what’s going down in the middle of nowhere. omelettes and BBQ for bands that choose to spend some time with us, because, after all, it’s a not just a WHO ARE THE ENGINEERS? studio, it’s my home. Mike Bond is the chief engineer at Wolf Lake. I’m the assistant engineer The location allows artists to escape distractions and really focus on their and drum tech. We’ve also had some WHAT IS THE MOST CHERISHED PIECE OF art, but Mike is the one who provides engineers/producers rent the studio, GEAR AT THE STUDIO? but that’s the house staff . a comfortable atmosphere. He has over a decade’s worth of recording We’ve lucked into some really experience with a variety of styles of exceptional gear in our short time: WHO HAS RECORDED THERE? music and methods of tracking and outboard pre amps by Neve, API, We’ve worked on a variety of creates a very low stress environment and Universal Audio, a great mic projects, in a wide range of styles, park, and an incredible monitoring from punk to R&B, metal to folk pop. set up featuring Meyer HD-1’s and Among others, and in no particular classic Yamaha NS-10’s powered by order, we’ve recorded Ape City, a Bryston 4B. We’ve even got a great Crusades, Monobrow, Species at I’ve always thought that, once I bought Yamaha broadcast board with a lot Risk, Longhouse, Creeps, Warp a house, the fi rst thing I would do of history behind it. In fact, there’s so Lines, Humanities, Arms of the Girl, would be to build a recording space in much Yamaha gear at the studio and Steve Adamyk, Norilsk, Sunsetter, it. But when I saw this space in Lac- in my house that I think we should No Mistakes in Space, Dead Culture des-loups, the basement called for endorse them offi cially (do they read Society, Kong Swan and, of course, a full-on recording studio. We were the Targ zine?). Loviatar. working from a blank canvas, dirt fl oors, 12-15 feet high ceilings, and But all that great gear aside, our most IS THERE A PARTICULAR GENRE YOU most importantly: no walls. So we cherished piece has to be our Retro GUYS SPECIALIZE IN? were able to do a lot that you couldn’t Duo game system and our collection With Mike and me both being in the if you were working from an existing of NES and SNES classic cartridges. heavier scene, we get a lot of interest structure. The area also cries out for Relaxing between takes or before from friends and bands we’ve played it. You’re in the middle of the woods, and after sessions is very important, with. But we’ve built the studio to be completely isolated, naturally you just and classic video games are the really versatile. The live room was want to be as loud as you can be. best mindless stress relief! Just don’t built to be a drum amplifi er, and we’ve expect to speed run Ninja Gaiden found that it allows us to get the tones WHAT SETS YOU APART FROM OTHER between drum takes. we’re looking for, be it for metal or RECORDING STUDIOS? folk or rock, etc. Good sound is good Have I mentioned that we’re in the WWW.WOLFLAKESTUDIOS.COM sound, regardless of the genre. middle of nowhere? Obviously, location is one thing, but we also give artists FOR RATES OR ANY OTHER INFO CONTACT WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO CREATE THIS the option to stay at the house while [email protected]. STUDIO? we record. I’ll usually make some killer STOKE THE KIDS Our fave off -site event of the year is Beau’s Oktoberfest because TARG is a presenting partner of the BLACK FOREST STAGE - an area dedicated to , skateboarding & raising funds for a cool charity called FOR PIVOTS SAKE. FPS is a non-profi t organization that was established in 2012 to engage and mentor youth in the Ottawa community. FPS refurbishes skateboards with used equipment donated by individuals across the city and gives them to communities in need of recreational opportunities across Ottawa.

JOIN US on Fri Aug 25 at TARG for this BLACK FOREST Ramp-up Show - amazing line-up of Punk Rock & hang out with the folks from the BIRLING SkateTeam - All in support of www.forpivotssake.ca.