The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 45

Ml ARTS-'M CI THE GAZETTE I MONTREAL I THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 I EDITORS: ARTS, BASEM BOSHRA LIFE, EVANGELINE SADLER 514 987 2560 artslifemontrealgazette.com C2 New Music C2 The Big Picture C5 Camilli C6 Television CIO Puzzles C11 Comics POP MONTREAL A reunion, by any name ASEXUALS, the seminal local '80s punks, dust off their teenage songbook ing with drummer Paul Remington, and once Kastner was back in touch with bassist Collins "whom I hadn't seen in 20 years" there likely wasn't a single viable reason not to reunite the seminal Montreal '80s punk band. "I gotta tell you, it's pretty daunting," Kastner says. "I haven't sung those songs in 25 years. I was listening to them, and I had to write the lyrics down, and I just put my head in my They were 15, in Beacons-field High. The first gig, in '85, was at Memorial Beach in the West Island.

"It was mostly prog-rock bands. I went to city hall and begged them to let us play." This was after the originally scheduled first gig the high school dance was cancelled when school administrators saw the band's official photo, in which "it looked like Paul was smoking a cigarette." And so a rage was born although Kastner had been on a collision course with rock 'n' roll since he'd presented his Grade 5 science project: dry ice. Please see ASEXUALS, Page C4 More Pop Montreal, Page C4 Profane, yes, but as funny as a performer's acceptance speech at the aforementioned gala. Otto George have gone on to perform on Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen, Penn Teller specials, HBO, Opie Anthony, the Just for Laughs fest's Nasty Show series and even David Letterman's Late Show. Please see BROWNSTEIN, Page C5 4 mouthed mannequin ever to be unleashed on stage.

He makes even the most potty-mouthed wits cringe with his non-stop barrage of barbs. His handler. Otto Petersen, pleads the usual ventriloquist case, stating that even he has no control of the toxic emissions emerging from George. That chunk of wood has a mind and a mouth all his own. How tasteless is this tandem? Well, they were told they i it 1" Jrv.

MARK LEPACE SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE Asexuals. The folks must have loved that band "No, dude, the names before that were way worse," says John Kastner from Los Angeles. "First we were called Commonwealth. Then we were called Dead Dog. Then we were called Johnny Jew and the Holocaust Good thing the High Holidays are over.

"I was always scared that my parents were gonna be pied off by the band name. And then one night I heard them telling their friends over dinner and laughing their heads off." "I can't believe my parents let me do that" is a recurring theme in conversation with Kastner, whose Asexuals reunion show (tomorrow night at Cabaret Juste pour rire, with the 222s and Holler-ado) is the Montreal event of Pop Montreal. "It's been 25 years since we played a show together. I can't wrap my head around that." Kastner and guitarist Sean Friesen, who'd remained in touch when both lived in L.A., had been talk tended this award show for book and newspaper purposes, really -1, too, am aghast as this sanctimoniousness, especially after observing one winning actress utter these memorable words: "Buttman, you gave me a chance when no one else would The next thing I knew, I was the subject of a 10-person (orgy). I just want to thank my mom and Otto George have sur Asexuals today: John Kastner (left), Sean Friesen, Paul Remington and TJ Collins got their ALLEN MclNNIS THE GAZETTE start when they were 15.

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FilmAwards-theporno-world equivalent to the Academy Awards in Las Vegas. Otto George had twice served as hosts, but weren't asked back by the insulted and suddenly squeamish organizers. "They kept on correcting me offstage," Otto recalls. "I kept calling it the Porno Awards, and they kept on telling me it was the Adult Film Awards. They actually said they didn't like the word can be tricky and can easily result in someone other than the dummy looking like the real dummy.

Mercifully, no such woes with Otto George, who bring their act to the Comedyworks tonight through Saturday Puppet George allows the man pulling his levers, Otto, to do the talking. Just as well, since there would be next to nothing remotely printable in a family newspaper if George THIS WEEKEND, ENJOY THE CREME DE LA CREME. Each weekend, the Mount Stephen Club presents the gourmet cuisine of Jean-Benott Courcoul in a refined atmosphere, rich with history. ty'H mm a SATURDAY EVENING Gastronomic Feast 7-course menu Starts at 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY Musical Brunch Buffet and a la carte dishes Starts at 10:30 a.m.

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