TimmyB

Tim's got a great sense of smell.

It's true, I often feel that my senses are heightened to the level of super hero's in comics. I am very blessed that way.

Except maybe for my hearing, too many loud shows over the years.

But then again, it could just be that I am stone cold sober when I'm at a show?

Tim

Hey Deeps,

What question did you ask Bruce Cockburn?

Tim

Hey can'o'phish,

I just got through the Folk Alarm album you gave me and it's great.

I was surprised to hear Kurt Swinghammer at the end of it. I've been a fan of Swinghammer for quite a few years now and it was nice to find that on the second disc.

Thanks,

Tim

Hey Deeps,

Fun isn't the word. As I said I have briefly met Bruce Cockburn once before (in Ottawa in 1997) and I have have seen him several times on the streets of Toronto when I lived in the city from 1998-1999. Yet I never got his autograph until yesterday.

In my eyes Cockburn is Canada's greatest hidden treasure! Unlike Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and the Band, who are all household names, Bruce is only known by those in the know.

Cockburns lyrics and music have gotten me through hard times and good times. And his songs are so prophetic that to me he is a modern day prophet. So spiritual and so true are his words that he should be honoured by all who come to know him and his music.

Tim

I'll be writing a review of the Sir Paul McCartney show later today or tomorrow.

I must point out now though that McCartney performed "Mull of Kintyre" in between "Please Please Me" and "Let It Be."

McCartney had the Peel Regional Pipers (PRP) come out to peform "Mull of Kintyre" with McCartney and his band. There were over thirty bagpipers on stage playing the song beautifully, what a sight!

In 2002 when McCartney toured he did the same thing with the PRP and it was the only time he performed "Mull of Kintyre" the entire tour.

This will likely be the same unique event in 2005, which gives the Toronto show a bit of a special twist not seen at other gigs during the "US Tour."

Tim

That's great can'o'phish thanks for that! Then I will definitely now have to make it by the Orbit Room after the Bob Weir show.

Tim

What a night! First and foremost Sir Paul McCartney at the ACC. Secondly, before the gig was some great thanksgiving dinner at my parents place. Thirdly, the Yankees get kicked out of the playoffs again! Fourthly, Kevin Breit and the Sisters Euclid at the Orbit Room and finally I meet Bruce Cockburn for the second time, first time at the Orbit Room!

It was also great to finally meet you can'o'phish and thanks again for the recent Folk Alarm show you gave me.

It was nice to also meet Phorbesie for the first time and if I didn't say it last night I too liked the bartender.

Finally it is always a pleasure to be in the presence of Velvet. And thanks for the words of encouragement on how I'm going to save tons of money not having to pay for my ex-girlfriend to go to concerts with me anymore. You're very much right about that fact.

Also I will say here how I talked to the great Bruce Cockburn, before Velvet and/or Phorbesie post it here. I saw Bruce from his back walking into the washroom and I turned to Velvet and said that was Bruce Cockburn. Velvet said he couldn't see his face, but that he trusts that I was right.

So I then get up and pass the band to wait in the hall of Orbit Room pretend to look interested in the pictures on the wall, so when Bruce gets out of the washroom, before he gets back to watching the Sisters Euclid I could just briefly say hello and get his autograph.

I wait for a bit and when I see that after Bruce washed his hands and was drying them on one of those hands free dryers (Just so everybody knows Bruce does wash his hands, which to me is very important) so I go in and say hi.

I tell Bruce how he is one of the most inspirational musicians I have ever heard in my life. Also how when I go to see Cream in New York City in a couple of Mondays that since my friend and I were flying in on the Saturday before we noticed that he (Cockburn) was playing that day in New York City.

Bruce said that sounded right and said thank you to the previous compliment. He then signed my memo pad "All the best!" and his name.

Again it was great night and I look forward to seeing Kevin Breit again after my next Monday night show which I believe is on Halloween after Ratdog. I wonder if I'll be able to get in that night? I guess I'll have to wait and see.

Tim

Hey can'o'phish,

Thanks for the heads up about Velvet and whoever he else he is going to the gig with. I'll keep my eyes open for him.

Also that is a great idea to head over to the Orbit Room to see Kevin Breit and Sisters Euclid after the Sir Paul McCartney show is finished at the ACC.

So anyone if anyone else will be at the Orbit Room tonight, I'll hopefully see you all there.

Tim

I first want to say happy thanksgiving to all Canadians today.

And I was just wondering what other Canadians (or santuary members from other countries) will be celebrating our thanksgiving today at the Air Canada Centre seeing Sir Paul McCartney?

This will be the second time I see Sir McCartney and the first on April 13, 2001 at the ACC is easily one of the greatest concerts that I have ever witnessed in my life.

Sir McCartney on that tour was performing thirty-seven shows a night on that tour that lasted over two and a half hours.

A special treat that only happened in Toronto was when he performed "Mull of Kintyre" with the Toronto International Tattoo pipers.

This tour Sir McCartney is performing only fourteen of the songs from his 2002 North American Tour and he is still playing thirty-seven songs a night.

It is going to be great to hear some of the greatest songs ever written for the first time tonight by one of the two men that wrote and performed them originally.

Tim

PAUL MCCARTNEY

THE US TOUR 2005

AIR CANADA CENTRE

MON OCT 10 2005 8:00PM

I'm thankful that I am seeing Sir Paul McCartney on Thanksgiving.

Tim

Oh yah, and friends and family as well

I agree, you guys do rock. You too Stoned Phillips and Basher.

I still can't believe how much wine I watched y'all drink last night?!

Tim

My bad, I thought I saw you two girls typing that thread out together?

Tim

I don't think you typed that, I believe it was Stoned Phillips using your name since you didn't log out.

Tim

No, thank you Tim.

Yes I would sell both or a single as well if it is nearing the event and no one has taken the pair.

Here's my email tim_batke@hotmail.com and you can give him the details.

Thanks a lot, I would love to go to both shows (and might if I can't sell both) but money's a little bit tight after I decided to fly to NYC and see Cream the weekend after.

Tim

The Jon Stewart ticket is now sold.

Thanks Deeps for saying you would ask around, I hope you still do for Paul McCartney.

BTW I'll definitely see you tomorrow in the Hammer.

Tim

I need to unload either both tickets I have to the Paul McCarntey Saturday October 15, 2005 at the Palace of Auburn Hills or just one so I have someone to go with.

My girlfriend and I just recently parted ways and I was to take her to her first McCartney show, that's not going to happen now.

So since I am already seeing McCartney in Toronto on October 10th I am either trying to unload both tickets or at least one so I have somebody to go with.

Here is the ticket information.

PAUL MCCARTNEY

THE PALACE-AUBURN HILLS

SAT OCT 15, 2005 8:00PM

SEC 227 ROW 19 SEATS 1 AND 2

TOTAL CHARGE FOR THE PAIR IS $210.90 USF

So if someone wants to come with me divide the $210.90 in half and do the exchange rate between USF and CDF and that's the ticket price.

As I already posted earlier I also have an extra ticket for Jon Stewart for Friday October 7 at Massey Hall if anyone is interested about either or all PM me or email me.

Tim

Oh. My. God.

For those that didn't see it, I can't remember exactly how Tobias(David Cross) said it, but he basically said he was an "analysist" and a "therapist" and then flashed to a picture of his business card:

Tobias Funke

Analrapist

That was hilarious!

I have an extra to see Jon Stewart (of the Daily Show). Here are the details:

MASSEY HALL

SHUTER ST & VICTORIA ST AT THE QUEEN SUBWAY

CLEAR CHANNEL ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

JON STEWART

FRI OCT 07, 2005 AT 7:00PM

LEFT FLOOR ROW N SEAT 17 or 16

PRICE $86.00

So if anyone is interested in going please PM here or email me at tim_batke@hotmail.com .

I've been looking forward to this since early July and the person that was supposed to go with me just recently bailed and so now that it is coming up I need to find someone else soon.

Tim

ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH

THE STEVE HACKETT TRIO

M & E PRODUCTIONS

HAMILTON PLACE/STUDIO

SUN OCT 2 2005 8:00PM

I have been a fan of Steve Hackett for over two-thirds of my life and I will finally be seeing the former Genesis guitarist for the first time and it's only a five minute walk from my place!

Anyone else here going?

Tim

That is great news Esau!

The minute after watching 'No Direction Home' last week, I thought to myself, it should just keep going. 207 minutes that's not enough!

I'm glad to read that the producer and Bob Dylan feel the same way.

Who cares if there isn't as much footage? Just make the timelength used run longer, have the next one span the rest of his career or something along those lines.

Tim

Glad to read you had a great time ollie.

I'll be seeing Steve Hackett tonight in Hamilton. I have been a huge fan of Genesis since I was 10 years old. And tonight after over twenty years being a fan I'll finally get to see Hackett live.

I saw Genesis, Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel all well over thirteen years ago back in the early nineties, but they were all big shows at the Skydome and I knew about them well in advance.

Hackett's last trip to Canada was over a decade ago and back then I had no idea when he was ever in the area?

Well now the wait ends tonight!

Tim

Happy 80th B.B. King,

May you have many more in health and happiness.

Tim

PS I wonder if U2 will play "When Love Comes to Town" tonight in tribute to B.B. King's 80th birthday?

On May 24, 2001 U2 played the ACC on Dylan's 60th birthday and they teased "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" and played "Forever Young" after wishing Bob a happy birthday.

From www.rollingstone.com

Farm Aid Turns Twenty

Nelson and Mellencamp look back at two decades of activism

Twenty years ago, Bob Dylan paused during his Live Aid performance at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium and made a casual suggestion: Maybe "a little bit" of the money raised for African famine relief could go to struggling American family farmers. At least one of the millions of people watching took Dylan's words to heart. "I started asking people about the farm problems," says Willie Nelson, who grew up in the farming community of Abbott, Texas. "And we decided to do a Farm Aid. We thought that one concert would be all that was necessary."

Instead, Nelson and co-founders John Mellencamp and Neil Young will celebrate twenty years of Farm Aid on September 18th with a concert in Tinley Park, Illinois, with Los Lonely Boys, Wilco, Emmylou Harris, John Mayer and Buddy Guy. As both an annual fund-raising show and a year-round charitable organization, Farm Aid has spent the past two decades fighting for family farmers in the face of government foreclosures, corporate megafarms and public indifference. "There was a time when we couldn't even get people to understand what we were doing," says Mellencamp. "We'd say, 'This is our fifth Farm Aid,' and they're going, 'You're still doing that?'"

Farm Aid has never had trouble recruiting musicians, though. In addition to Young, Nelson and Mellencamp, the first show, on September 22nd, 1985, in Champaign, Illinois, included John Fogerty's first solo performance and sets by Van Halen, Johnny Cash and Lou Reed. "We had just played Live Aid not long before that, and I always thought that Farm Aid was a much better show," says Tom Petty, whose Heartbreakers backed Bob Dylan that year. Iggy Pop and Guns n' Roses played in 1990. Numerous artists, including Steve Earle, Dave Matthews Band and Emmylou Harris, have become Farm Aid regulars.

Matthews, in particular, showed so much passion for the cause that Nelson -- who is president of Farm Aid -- invited him to join Mellencamp and Young on the organization's board of directors. "Farmers are the foundation of this country," says Matthews, who runs an organic farm in Scottsville, Virginia. "They're unsung heroes of the world, and I'm happy to sing on their behalf."

Farm Aid has given away around $17 million over the years, mostly via small grants to community groups whose work benefits family farms. It also steps in during emergencies: On September 1st, Farm Aid donated $30,000 to farmers whose properties were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. "We know how to put a little bit of money where it means a lot," says Farm Aid executive director Carolyn Mugar. "It's not always the big money that turns something around." Roger Allison and Rhonda Perry, who run a cattle farm in Armstrong, Missouri, received a $10,000 grant in 1985 to start an emergency food program for hungry farmers. "In the Eighties, farmers were feeling hopeless and marginalized," says Allison. "But Farm Aid was hope."

Farm Aid's fight hasn't been easy -- there are 400,000 fewer family farms today than there were in 1985. But skyrocketing consumer demand for organic food is a major opportunity for small farmers, and a growing market for biodiesel -- fuel made from vegetable oils -- offers a new revenue stream. "I was starting to think we were fighting a noble but useless battle until I heard about biodiesel," says Nelson, who uses the fuel for his tour bus.

Still, the musicians don't expect the struggle to end any time soon. "I'll be part of Farm Aid for as long as it's necessary," says Matthews. "And the way it seems right now, it's going to be necessary for a long time."

BRIAN HIATT

(Posted Sep 16, 2005)

Hey Deeps,

We are staying at the

Holiday Inn

Countryside, Il 60525

708-354-4200

The rooms will be under John Keast, so if you don't have a place yet maybe we will see you there?

If not I'm in SEC 104 ROW P SEATS 9-10 with Laurie as Rachael has a big math test Monday morning.

Tim