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I bet if you stayed at the Six Shooter showcase on the black sheep stage all afternoon (and evening) you wouldn't be disappointed.

i had the pulled pork last year, and if it's the same vendors, don't bother ordering it. it was dry and tasteless. and expensive. coulda been a bad day or a bad cook or a replaced vendor though. who knows.

Jim James - Eddie Vedder seamless songs. Right?

everyone was welcome

what's the deal? are you bailing on bluesfest?

there is creemore inside the cancer-something-or-other tent at the west end of the site. and apparently there were no lines there last night. i'm not drinking on weeknights so i can't personally vouch for that though. creemore tallboys were $7. nice markup there. cheaper than at a hockey game though. some solace.

oops, The Ottawa Citizen has the report.

really? haven't seen any reports of that yet. haven't looked too hard though.

2+ months from training camp and you are already calling it a season? c'mon folks.

metal dude at my work: "are you going to see Fist tonight?" me: "it's Feist. she's a poppy girl singer" dude: "oh. if it was Fist I would have gone."

tonight is corb lund, feist, bidini and hopefully a bit of allen toussaint

Or it very well could have just been where I was standing, I think I was in a little depression, surrounded by drunk yelly frat boys, and right in line with the delay towers.

i was hoping you'd be reporting from bluesfest again this year!!

Denis Armstrong strikes again

Hip Setlist 01: In View 02: My Music At Work 03: Grace, Too 04: The Lonely End Of The Rink 05: It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken 06: Ahead By A Century 07: Gift Shop 08: Courage 09: Wheat Kings 10: Poets 11: Springtime In Vienna 12: Bobcaygeon 13: Fireworks 14: Fully Completely 15: Family Band 16: New Orleans Is Sinking Encore 17: Yer Not The Ocean (with Bob Rock on guitar) 18: Queen Bitch (Bowie) (with Bob Rock on guitar) i kinda like the new site, but that giant middle barricade in front of the Rogers stage is pretty poor - forces people to walk all the way around the end. But no issues last night so maybe it won't be an issue. Also, for the Roots Stage - why the fuck is there a giant Casino Tower blocking peoples' sightlines? Thought the Hip were VERY rough sounding, definitely not the best I've seen them play. Gord's voice was pretty bad (to my ears anyways). Good setlist, sound was muddy where I was standing. Gord's stage antics were hilarious as usual - the hidden microphone bit being the funniest. How many towels did he go through? But, The Hip playing a greatest hits show outdoors in great weather in Ottawa - hard to go wrong with that. Fiftymen were solid as usual, Jose Gonzalez was borrrrrring, and TV On The Radio were really cool. A few misses but once in a while some really cool songs. Liam from The Stills added some sax throughout the set. $7.75 for poutine? Jesus. Looking forward to tonight.

Perhaps some of the bigger bars on Elgin like Maclaren's or the new John A Pub or even that pit Hooley's will be 'hopping,' but who really knows.

or bi-input

i made a button and portobello mushroom soup last night. delicious. i love all kinds of legal mushrooms.

you're looking for a bar that's rocking in ottawa on a sunday night after 11? that sure is a tough one.

so who will you be seeing then?

Taj Mahal vs. The Hip tonight. Not much of a contest (I'll be at the Hip), but I still wanna see both. Lots of conflicts this year, yes.

My barber retired. The good way.