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Fiddler's Green, by The Tragically Hip September Seventeen For a girl I know, it's Mother's Day Her son has gone alee And that's where he will stay Wind on the weathervane Tearing blue eyes sailor-mean As Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain For a boy in Fiddler's Green His tiny knotted heart Well I guess it never worked to good The timber tore apart And the water gorged the wood You can hear the whispered prayer For men at masts that always lean That the same wind that moves her hair Moves her boy through Fiddler's Green He doesn't know a soul And there's nowhere that he's really been But he won't travel long alone No, not in Fiddler's Green Balloons all filled with rain As children's eyes turn sleepy-mean And Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain For a boy in Fiddler's Green

Norway is the herring capital of the world, I don't know about Sweden.

I ordered some stuff from Dry Goods and it just arrived today...from Sweden. Why is it that Dry Goods is shipping their products from Sweden? That's weird, innit?

The spectacle of this show will be extreme. The stage looks like it would be a show in and of itself.

I can't believe I missed this. When I was in grade three this guy was my Superman. Any idea if he has any more Ottawa appearances lined up?

I suspect the amount of fees are less in relation to the cost of supplying the service and more to do with what the market will bear.

This fall, the University of Maine at Presque Isle will take a look back at the three Phish events hosted at the former Loring Air Force Base in nearby Limestone. The Great Went (1997), Lemonwheel (1998) and IT (2003) all took place at this facility and will be represented at the Phish Retrospective, which is set for the Reed Fine Art Gallery in the Campus Center from October 4 through November 21. Photos and memorabilia will be exhibited while the "IT men" will be "unveiled" on Friday, September 18 at 3:45 P.M., during Homecoming weekend. http://www.umpi.edu/app/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2782

Win an oppourtunity to buy - it's marketing the ebay way.

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Wickedcool. Have a great, great time!

At $80 for the cheap seats - I'm undecided. Where you at?

Aretha Franklin makes her Ottawa debut November 8th at the NAC. Presale is Wednesday at noon, password: Queen

From Wiki: "In 2003, the popular jam band String Cheese Incident and its associated booking group, SCI Ticketing sued Ticketmaster arguing that Ticketmaster's exclusive use contracts and most US venues was a breach of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. This lawsuit was settled in 2004 with no publicity of the settlement terms[24]" I'd never heard that before. Is it true?

Still mulling this over but I'm leaning towards being broke.

It's a profit thing.

"The orchestra, conducted by Asher Fisch..."

I'm sorry I missed that!

I see. Damn!

And to be fair, when we saw CR at the Black Sheep he closed with Door By The River and then Kevin Breit played Fraser River!

Wait a second. It says there that it's a two-part series. I saw two parts already so was last night a rerun?

Pardon me if this has been posted before, but I think it's quite funny. http://www.spike.com/blog/top-9-bands-with/74145 Here's the spoiler: 2. Phish I’m gonna have to start out by saying that this band is one of the most overrated acts in the history of music. The fact that people follow this band all around the world so they can catch every single note Phish creates is simply unbelievable. On of my biggest problems with their fans is the fact that they’re mostly rich white kids from New England trying to grow dreadlocks and live the so-called "hippie lifestyle." Do me a favor and take a count of all the Range Rovers in the parking lot the next time you catch one of their shows. On second thought, skip the show. The other thing that drives me insane is the way the fans act like Phish is the only important/relevant band on the planet. They are literally some of the most close-minded people when it comes to music. All they do is completely dedicate themselves to Phish and no one else. How many more times do you really need to listen to “Bounce Around the Room?†Answer: Zero. They also act like they care about the well-being of the world, when all they really do is eat mushrooms, smoke weed, and drive around the U.S. following Phish. Way to start the revolution, f***ers.

Rats bananas! Missed last night's episode.

The dude is an enthralling performer. When it's time for a singalong I'm busting at the seams for my part to come up, and that is verrrrry unlike me. The guy obviously works very hard at his craft, and despite the obvious references to Tom Waits he has developed something utterly unique. I guess he's a hip-hop folksinger. Whatever he is, I can't get enough. He ended the show with a first-time performance of a song called Read Over My Shoulder or something similar, and, well let's just say it's a potential tearjerker. He said the solo tour is to pay for his upcoming album featuring himself, a 45-piece orchestra and a twenty-voice choir. Hope he tours it.

Now how am I gonna remember that?

CBC News The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia recently sold three utility trailers that had been used as marijuana grow-ops — with many of the illegal modifications still in place, a CBC News investigation has revealed. Photographs of the trailers show they were offered for sale with their walls still sealed in foil, irrigation pipes still in place, grow-lights hanging from the ceilings and portable fans still sitting on the floor. The photographs were removed from the insurance corporation (ICBC) website after the corporation learned of the CBC investigation. At least one of the trailers was sold in the Lower Mainland last week for just over $3,000, the investigation found. The corporation insures drivers and vehicles in B.C. The trailers had been reported stolen by the original owners, who received insurance payouts from ICBC. After the trailers were recovered by the RCMP in a May drug raid, ICBC was deemed to be the legal owner. "We shouldn't have a crown corporation reselling marijuana grow operation equipment," criminologist Darryl Plecas of the University College of the Fraser Valley told CBC News. "Dumb. Just plain dumb," Plecas said. The RCMP said it is not responsible for taking the grow-op equipment out of the trailers prior returning them to ICBC. "It is just impossible to seize all of the equipment," said Cpl. Richard De Jong. "We ensure that the equipment that is needed for the prosecution is taken out," De Jong said. "We just cannot take everything." An ICBC spokesperson said the corporation has learned from the experience. "We share the concern people have about this material being used for illegal purposes and we'll be working with the police going forward to ensure this doesn't happen again," said media relations manager Mark Jan Vrem. Jan Vrem said ICBC has offered to buy back the trailers from the new owners. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/09/10/bc-icbc-growop-trailers.html