Kanada Kev

As long as Pete Rose ain't eligible for a gambling issue, then the pill-poppin' juicers/cheaters like Bonds, McGuire, Sosa, etc. shouldn't get in IMHO. Seriously, THIS is not in the HoF? Rose, a switch hitter, is the all-time Major League leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053) and outs (10,328).[1] He won three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves, the Rookie of the Year Award, and made 17 All-Star appearances at an unequaled five different positions (2B, LF, RF, 3B & 1B).

Anyone? Know anyone who might want them? Bueller?

Hey, I have three FRONT ROW tickets to this show on Friday night. I'm looking to stay local that night and go see Sisters Euclid. Was wondering if anyone out there interested in these tix for themselves or loved ones Molly Johnson FRONT ROW FLOORS Massey Hall - $50 National treasure Molly Johnson returns to Massey Hall with a selection of songs from her impressive catalogue of jazz and soul, neatly wrapped up in her recent greatest hits album, The Molly Johnson Songbook. A longtime activist and philanthropist, Johnson also strongly believes in mentoring and supporting her fellow artists. For this concert, she has invited vocalists Denzal Sinclaire and Elizabeth Shepherd to share the stage, plus special guest Andrew Craig on vocals and piano and the Regent Park Childrens Choir. Below Face value ...

Living in Quebec and speaking English? Still speaking an OFFICIAL LANGUAGE of the country Hardly a B U R N

It's the Final FORD COUNTDOWN: http://fordcountdown.com/

fantastic!

While lop-sided wins don't make for the best games, i don't think it was due to Calgary not being ready. The Argos were simply dominating in the first half on D and O. Good teams make other teams look not ready. Glenn's passing was brutal in the first. He could barely toss a tight spiral. I say Calgary should just blame it on the Bieber Effect

AAAAARRRRRGGGGGOOOOOSSSSSS Kickass win for the 100th Cup. The better team won that game handily.

holy shit ... niice!

:bonghit: :chug: mind was wandering ... i knew Velvet was over there ... got it all mixed up ... contact high :chug: :bonghit:

http://bit.ly/Ufx2tN Grateful Dead - Dave’s Picks Vol. 4 (1976-09-24 Williamsburg, VA) The Dead had played a pair of fine shows at William & Mary—located in the history-rich town of Williamsburg, Virginia (raise your hand if you own a three-cornered hat from your visit to Colonial Williamsburg when you were 10)—three years earlier (9/11-12/73), and obviously dug the vibe enough to warrant a return during one of their “comeback†tours following their hiatus. The concert at William & Mary Hall was the second show of the Dead’s brief fall East and Midwest swing, and it stands as one of the strongest outings from this period—its best moments up to the level of the following 9/25 and 9/28 shows that made up the superb Dick’s Picks Vol. 20 (released in 2001) and the October 9 and 10 Oakland Stadium shows that became Dicks Picks Vol. 33 (2004). The first set is packed with goodies. The bouncy “Sugaree†stretches to about 10 minutes, and “Looks Like Rain†is a true thing of beauty. “Cassidy†finds Bob and Donna in lovely harmony, while “Big River†has plenty of kick. But the real gold in this first set is to be found in the 21-minute closing sequence of “Playing in the Band†> “Supplication†> “Playing†reprise. This was one of only two times in the Dead’s history that the full, sung “Supplication†appeared without its usual partner, “Lazy Lightning,†and it’s a wonderful version. It emerges quite naturally out of one of those drifty but intense “Playing†jams so characteristic of ’76, builds nicely, and then goes full-throttle for a couple of minutes, before floating back to the “Playing.†Niiiiice! Following one of Bob’s more humorous exhortations to “take a step back†(in which he urges folks to give each other a sharp jab with their elbows) the band kicks into the still-new “Might As Well,†followed by another ’76 introduction, “Samson and Delilah.†A couple of songs later, they roll into “Help on the Way†> “Slipknot!†and the latter finds the whole band conversing at a very high level as they negotiate that piece’s many strange turns. Bill and Mickey take over for a spell before the whole ensemble reconvenes for a breakneck return to “Slipknot!†and then a loping entrance into “Franklin’s Tower.†“The Music Never Stopped†surprises coming out of “Franklin’s†and then Jerry pilots an emotional “Stella Blueâ€; another highlight. A couple of rockers bring the show to satisfying end. - BJ mp3@320 Track List: Disc 1 1 Promised Land [4:41] 2 Deal [5:07] 3 Cassidy [4:34] 4 Sugaree [10:25] 5 Looks Like Rain [7:53] 6 Row Jimmy [9:48] 7 Big River [5:33] 8 Tennessee Jed [8:55] Disc 2 1 Playing In The Band> [11:53] 2 Supplication> [4:55] 3 Playing In The Band [4:43] 4 Might As Well [7:36] 5 Samson and Delilah [7:02] 6 Loser [8:06] 7 New Minglewood Blues [4:30] Disc 3 1 Help On The Way> [5:06] 2 Slipknot!> [5:07] 3 Drums> [5:36] 4 Slipknot!> [5:28] 5 Franklin’s Tower> [8:12] 6 The Music Never Stopped> [5:49] 7 Stella Blue [7:35] 8 Around and Around [6:54] 9 U.S. Blues [5:56] http://bit.ly/Ufx2tN

Always lLove reading of your adventures Velvet mung. Keep 'em comin'. Black Peter may be nice to the kiddies, but he's a bit of an asshole to the seniors

Didn't see Brasil ... will look up highlights, thanks. Yeah, my son plays AAA Ball in Mississauga. He's been at it 3 years now. Second Baseman and he loves it. My daughter's a goalie, but that didn't stop her playing catch with her trapper before practice started last night: This is the domed soccer field they'll be at through April. That's wicked that you got indoor facilities set-up. No need to forget about baseball just because it's winter in Canada, eh? Play Ball!

I'd like to take credit, but they weren't my vids You asked about set times. Well, I was too busy pre-showin' and only was their for Neil. He came on just after 9pm. Edger mentioned an early start for the Sadies pre 7:30, and Los Lobos around 8pm i'd guess.

Well, we genuinely have promise and hope for next season as Jays fans. I'm psyched. And I get my baseball fill every week with winter training (well, it is 10-year-olds) so it's always on the mind. Go Jays Go

Glad you got home safe. Yes, I thought the sound was really good last night, at least where we were situated. I'd love to hit Kitchener tonight and do it all over again ... but I won't

Second most wins as a Jays manager though. Maybe we'll see more with a new set of tools in the chest. He's got at least 4 killer runners on the team to execute steals and hit&runs. Whatever the case, the Jays success is on the players' shoulders. I like the players that we've got now (in terms of potential) than we had a couple of weeks ago

G&M review: November 20, 2012 Neil Young: A still hungry man rocking fiercely By Brad Wheeler Potent and tall – at times a one-man perfect storm of grunge guitar In his review of 1991 live Crazy Horse album Weld, Robert Christgau, the so-called "dean of rock critics," warned that we dare not forget that there was no "live-er rock and roller than Mr. Time Fades Away." His reference was to Neil Percival Young. It is 2012. There is still no live-er rock and roller than Mr. Time Fades Away, no disrespect to Jack White, Pearl Jam, Dave Grohl, Arcade Fire or anyone else. At Air Canada Centre, well into the Canadian leg of his current Alchemy Tour to support the new album Psychedelic Pill, Young was potent and tall – at times a one-man perfect storm of grunge guitar. He rocked fiercely, thoughtfully and with a locked and loaded black Les Paul. He rode horses that were not crazy, but just untamed enough. The concert did not have the sense of occasion that accompanied his Massey Hall shows (in 2007 and 2011), but the reunion with the workman plod-and-groove rhythm team of Crazy Horse (bassist Billy Talbot, drummer Ralph Molina and guitarist Frank "Poncho" Sampedro ) was the event of the week, if not the season. I say the event of week because when Young performed Twisted Road solo on his acoustic guitar, he referenced Bob Dylan, the troubadour who played the same venue five days prior: "First time I heard Like A Rolling Stone, I felt that magic and took it home, gave it a twist and made it mine." But where Dylan's concert was self-indulgent anti-show, Young's two-hour performance was staged with big props and quirky flair. Giant video screens were done up as vintage portable TVs. Phony Fender amplifier cabinets were humungous and the majestic microphone stand in front was totem-like. Flustered lab-coated scientists were a hoot, directing the roadies and such with no precision but much animation. And Young can still play his instrument. And sing. Dylan croaked about how it felt to be alone; Young had with him a simpatico posse. Dylan mumbled something about a last meal; Young still looks hungry. Dylan gave his audience his weird "this," when they'd paid for "that." The night had begun with local group the Sadies, whose tidy set of purple-hazed Americana included a walk-on appearance from former Guess Who guitarist Randy Bachman, who helped out on the classic No Time. Los Lobos followed with heavy East L.A. swing. The Crazy Horse set began with a tape of the Beatles' Day in a Life, an epic which Young memorably performed on his last visit to the venue. "Somebody spoke and I went into a dream" was a suitable introduction, because the shambolic, sprawling Psychedelic Pill (an album better on stage than on the stereo), often finds Young looking back in Sixties-soaked reverie. First song proper (after a well-received, flag-unfurling O Canada) was Love and Only Love, an elongated anthem from 1990's Ragged Glory, with lines such as "tomorrow is a long, long time if you're a memory trying to find peace of mind." The new Walk Like a Giant was a grungy lament to something not quite achieved, with Young wishing to tread big with the desire and vision of on idealistic era long passed. It ended with a long storm of feedback – the dying, huge groans of an electric elephant. The Needle and the Damage Done, part of the show's acoustic middle, saw Young's spot-lit shadow set against an amplifier cabinet, ala Jimi Hendrix. The needle that "took another man" referred to former Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten (1943-72). The knockdown finale (before the encore, Helpless) was the "hey-hey, my-my" story of Johnny Rotten and a rust that never sleeps. "The king is gone," Young sang. There are many who would disagree. THE GOODS Hits: The opening O Canada, the unreleased, harmony-sung country-piano ballad Singer Without a Song (complete with a song-less, guitar-case-carrying young woman wandering on stage) and an extended workout of a Ragged Gloryrocker from 1990 about "keys left in a swinging door" and screwing up habitually. Misses: The encore, Helpless, was refashioned as choogling rural-rock, awkwardly. Crowd: Concert T-shirt wearing veterans and first-timer Neil newbies, and plaid-shirt grunge monkeys and thunder-storm guitar junkies. Overheard: "Omemee!" One of the 18,000 in attendance yelled out the name of the town in central Ontario in which Neil Young was raised, and where he still finds "dream comfort to spare." In a word: Like a "hurricane." Neil Young and Crazy Horse play Kitchener, Ont., Nov. 20; Montreal, Nov. 23; Ottawa, Nov. 24.

Born In Ontario

Got me my Neil + Crazy Horse fix last night. Oh how I love Shakey. Nobody like him and he still rocks the balls off of anyone out there. The four Horsemen on stage just jamming, rocking out. Walked in as they were singing O Canada but couldn't get to the floor since the ACC not having enough bracelets!!! They made us wait 15mins bringing out a couple of handfuls of them at a time (and finish the beers that we weren't allowed to take on the floor). I was pissed. Forgot all about it once in and saw the white boat comin' up the river and settled in up front of the sbd Great running into some familiar SKANK faces right there too. Walk Like A Giant was a MONSTER. Born In Ontario and Helpless (electric) having local references added a little somethin' special. I really like the electric Helpless and it was a fun upbeat sing-a-long to end the night. Oh the interwebs ... here it is!!! Long Live NEIL YOUNG

Finalized ... FINALLY! Oh, and welcome back Mr. Gibbons

Went to grab a coffee just after 3pm and looks like I had just missed Neil getting on his tour busses (it must have been him). Three big tour buses pulling away from the Ritz and then heading south towards the ACC. Must've been soundcheck time?

Having too much fun to think about pics until the encore. Here's the only, barely passable, one:

If anyone has ONE extra for tonight, I know of a worthy individual who'd like it.

LOL ... i just finished reading that and included it in my DSO post. Great read for sure. Much you may already know, but there's lots in there that one may not. I enjoy how it was written too by not using many of the tired descriptors for the GD history.