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  2. Gary Louris(Jayhawks)-Mod Club March 30th

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    I got tickets to see Gary Louris the day it went on sale. I haven't missed Louris in any form in Toronto since 1998 and the only reason that streak isn't longer is because I was in Ottawa from 1994-1997.

    Gary's debut solo album 'Vagabonds' is a fantastic album and an early favorite of mine for album of the year.

    I look forward to hearing material from all his previous material, the Jayhawks, Golden Smog, solo and hopefully some choice covers thrown in.

    Peace,

    Tim

  3. Leonard Cohen to tour

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    I got the cheapest tickets for Leonard Cohen on Friday June 6, I'll be sitting in the last row of the venue BALC11 ROW ZZ SEATS 77-78.

    Since I go to 60 plus shows a year all around North America and now across the Atlantic Ocean, when I'm able I often get the cheaper tickets for artists so I am able to go to more shows.

    I'm looking forward to seeing Cohen for the first time, after seeing Stevie Wonder last year Cohen became the number one person on my wish list of who I haven't seen yet live.

    Peace,

    Tim

  4. Fallsview Casino

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    Booourns!

    Ticketbastard says no tix are available. I called the casino and yes, I have a card, but it turns out I haven't picked it up yet so there is zero play on the card. They only issue comps to people with play on the cards.

    Now what?!?!?

    I have a friend that gambles a lot of money at the Fallsview Casino and that person is usually able to get me free tickets to nearly every show at the Avalon Ballroom Theatre.

    Unfortunately for Ringo Starr opening his 2008 All-Star Band Tour, there were no free/comp tickets for even Platinum Card Holders at the Fallsview Casino.

    The Onsale to the General Public was this past Friday March 14 at 12PM EDT. I went on right at noon and was lucky enough to get a pair of tickets for the opening night of the tour.

    The venue only seats 1008 people so I believe both shows for Ringo Starr sold out in a matter of minutes.

    Since you will not get any tickets from the casino being a card holder, I would just daily go back and try for tickets on ticketmaster.ca and hopefully something will come up.

    As Ringo would say,

    Peace and Love,

    Tim

  7. Springsteen @ Copps on Monday

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    !!!!!! Kitty's Back !!!!!!

    WOW! Show highlight for me for sure. What a performance. This one really highlighted how good these guys can perform and how well the Boss's early material holds up. What a treat/surprise! Much like hearing Thundercrack back at the ACC, I was surprised at how many fans out there were clueless about this song. Then they go nuts for Dancin' In The Dark (which by comparison is such fluff to Kitty's Back, IMHO).

    I had a blast at the show. I felt that it was a much tighter performance that the one at the ACC last year and it was also kinda nice not having to have a Bruce song replaced by a Patti song in the setlist (she has stayed home with the kids). As Bruce said, "you've got 3 teenagers, somebody's gotta stay back to make sure the house doesn't burn down"

    We were able to get a friend into the show well before the start time for $40. I'm sure you could have gotten in even cheaper. Anyone who was on the fence for this one should be kicking themselves for not going ... or making plans to get down to Buffalo for the Friday night gig :)

    TimmyB, good seeing you again at the show. Got your text message after the show too. I totally agree with you on the other highlights (The River, Thunder Road and Because The Night). I'll hopefully see you at Steve Earle tonight :)

    It was good to see you as well, even if it was brief. Hopefully we will see each other again tonight at Steve Earle.

    "Kitty's Back" was by far the best part of the gig for me last night. It was my only personal debut at Copps and I've always loved Springteen's second album and I'm so happy that I've been hearing songs off it at recent performances.

    It was a greatest hits type show at Copps and I often complain about that when I have seen an artist as many times as I have seen the Boss, but when it comes to that Jersey Boy it's all good.

    I'm seriously debating on going to see him again in Buffalo on Friday night at HSBC Arena which is never sold out.

    Peace,

    Tim

  9. Springsteen @ Copps on Monday

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    I'm GA tonight' date=' anybody else on the floor that won't have time to get the front section because they have to work?[/quote']

    Hey Tim, we'll be down in the GAs as well. Most likely we'll be hanging out close by the soundboard. I'll keep my eyes out for ya. I've got your cell number, so maybe I'll give you a call when we get in there.

    B R U U U U U U U U U U U C E

    Sweet,

    I'll text or call you when I get there. I guess you also can't get there before 5PM to try for the front section on the floor.

    Tim

  14. Just got my tickets for yet another bonnaroo

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    I wouldn't pull anything, each bonnaroo has had something different for everyone that might make that specific year the best for them personally.

    Personally my favorite bonnaroo that I have attended thus far happened in 2004 and my least favorite was 2005.

    I had tickets to see bonnaroo in 2006 but was unable to attend as my mother died on June 16, 2006 so you can see why I was unable to attend.

    Peace,

    Tim

  16. Aerosmith or AC/DC?

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    "Any band that can go from 'Don't Want to Miss A Thing' (Aerosmith's #1 smash hit) to the ass-kicking 'Sweet Emotion' to the cheekiness of 'Love in an Elevator' date='' to the classic ballad 'Dream On' shows why Activision chose us to headline this game based on the diversity of the Aerosmith catalog. Not only is songwriting a bitch, but then it goes and has puppies."[/quote']

    So I guess we have a winner!

    "Don't Want to Miss a Thing" was the reason I stopped listening to Aerosmith. As I grow older I try and live and let live and not put down artists for what they decide to do. That said when a hard rock band like Aerosmith turn to Diane Warren for the aforementioned song, that was the final nail in the coffin for me and Aerosmith.

    I agree with Jaimoe that the first four Aerosmith albums are essential albums to own and I was a fan enough to go to see them live three times from 1993-1998, but after I heard them perform "Don't Want to Miss a Thing" at Copps Coliseum in 1998 that was the straw that broke the camels back.

    Now sometimes I regret not seeing Aerosmith on their tour for 'Honk on Bobo' in which they do blues classics like "Eyesight to the Blind," "You Gotta Move" and "I'm Ready," but in the end I'll have regrets that far supercede that one.

    As for AC/DC I too have been a fan and I have seen them a couple of times live. But whether or not their last few albums interested me or many others is up for serious debate. And I have passed AC/DC by twice as many times as the times that I have actually seen them live.

    I look at AC/DC and Aerosmith and I think of my youth, much the way I think of other bands like Kiss and Van Halen.

    I saw Kiss in 1998 with the original line-up and the makeup and that was enough for me. I saw Van Halen with Sammy Hagar and went back to see them with Gary Cherone and then again with Sammy Hagar and was drawn back to seeing Eddie and the boys when they brought back David Lee Roth. Lineup changes are what brought be back to Van Halen, though all of the aforementioned bands remind me of my youth and do not grab me the way they once did.

    Now another band from my youth like Led Zeppelin still move me today as they once did because they are the class of hard rock that all others are judged by and for good reason, because they are the best.

    So would I pay to see either AC/DC or Aerosmith again, not likely. Would I buy their latest albums if they came out, not likely. Though I will never say never as there was a time when both of these bands, were often on my rotation of bands to play.

    Peace,

    Tim

  20. "Song to Bobby" Cat Power won me over last Saturday night

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    I saw Cat Power perform at the Kool Haus in Toronto on Saturday February 9, 2007. I was there with the hope to hear one of the many Bob Dylan songs that she covers, either "Paths of Victory," "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" or her latest Dylan cover "I Believe in You."

    I picked up her newest covers album 'Jukebox' which has 'I Believe in You" on it and I took a double take after my first listen of the Chan Marshall (who is Cat Power) original "Song to Bobby" which the title reminded me immediately of Dylan's tribute "Song to Woody" back on his debut on Columbia Records. "Song to Bobby" is a passionate song of Chan Marshall's love for Bob Dylan.

    I unfortunately did not get a cover of Dylan at the Kool Haus gig, though I did get a powerful performance of "Song to Bobby." The gig completely won me over and I look forward to Cat Power's future efforts and who knows maybe next time I will get a Dylan cover, if not I'll still be happy to see her perform live again.

    Peace,

    Tim

    Here's the lyrics to:

    Song to Bobby (by Chan Marshall):

    I wanna tell you

    I’ve always wanted to tell you

    What I never had the chance to say

    What I feel in my heart from the beginning to my time today

    I was fifteen, sixteen maybe

    In the park I was waving my arms

    You were there I could swear

    And you sang the song that I was screaming

    I wanted to

    Another time was in South Carolina

    It’s always been the third encore

    And this wind came blowin’ in

    Can you tell me who were you singing for?

    Oh my God, can you tell me who you were singin’ to?

    Phone call from in New York city office

    You were supposedly asking to see me

    Oh how I wanted to tell you

    That I was only just 400 miles away

    Who could believe that you were calling?

    I was in deceit, I was 400 miles behind

    Backstage pass in my hand

    Givin’ you my heart was my plan

    I wish I could tell you

    My chance

    In the middle of the stadium in Paris, France

    Can I finally tell you

    Can I finally tell you

    To be my man

    April, Paris, can I see you?

    Can you please be my man?

  21. Gary Louris of the Jayhawks, Golden Smog @ the Mod Club SUN MAR 30, 2008

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    Gary Louris is touring in support of his debut solo album 'Vagabonds.' The co-founder of influential alt-country rock bands such as the Jayhawks & Golden Smog, Gary has also recently produced the Sadies latest effort 'New Season.'

    I have seen Gary on numerous occasions and I am very much looking forward to seeing as a solo artist for the first time.

    Peace,

    Tim

    GENERAL ADMISSION

    CA $20.00

    Internet Onsale Info

    Onsale to General Public:

    Tue, 02/05/08 10:00 AM EST

    JEFF COHEN & ATG CONCERTS

    GARY LOURIS

    LEGAL AGE 19+ YRS

    MOD CLUB THEATRE

    722 COLLEGE ST WEST

    SUN MAR 30, 2008 DRS 8PM

  22. Bonnaroo line up...

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    I will see you all there for yet another bonnaroo.

    I'm excited to see Solomon Burke, Sigor Ros, Rilo Kiley and M.I.A. for the first time. As well as Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, though I have seen them both multiple times not as a duo.

    I'm also happy to see Pearl Jam, Metallica, the Allman Brothers Band, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, My Morning Jacket, the Raconteurs and Levon Helm again.

    Peace,

    Tim

  24. Most Anicipated Albums of 2008

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    Gary Louris 'Vagabonds' due out February 19th

    Steve Winwood '9 Lives' due out February 26th

    The Black Crowes 'Warpaint' due out March 4th

    Van Morrison 'Keep it Simple' due out March 11th

    Daniel Lanois 'Here is What is' due out March 18th

    R.E.M. 'Accelerate' due out April Fool's Day

    Billy Bragg 'Mr. Love & Justice' due out April 22nd

    Weezer 'the Pure Sound of Weezer' due out April 22nd

    My Morning Jacket 'Evil Urges' due out June 10

    Ryan Adams (title unknown) I'm just guessing he'll release something this year

    Peter Gabriel (title unknown) due out tba

    Guns N' Roses 'Chinese Democracy' due out April 1st

    The Killers (titile unknown) due out tba (fall)

    Queen + Paul Rodgers (title unknown) due out tba

    The Raconteurs (title unknown) due out tba

    Roxy Music (original lineup including Brian Eno) (title unknown) due out tba

    U2 (title unknown) due out tba

    Stevie Wonder 'The Gospel Inspired by Lula' due out tba

    Neil Young 'Archives' due out April 1st

    Jordan Zevon 'Inside Out' due out tba

    I'm sure before the year is through more albums will be added to this list.

    Peace,

    Tim

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