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Any Ottawa musicians that get a chance to play with Terry on drums should jump at the chance.

That first show was sooooo right.

yes ouch

The only time I've seen KISS before was the Lick It Up tour.

Thanks everyone! I can't tell you how much your positive input means to me! By the way, negative input is welcome as well. Phorbesie is right though, the one thing I don't have is time! This is actually my busiest time of the year.

I'm surprised KISS isn't doing casino tours.

Gowan is one seriously talented motherfuckerface.

Gotta check out at least a little Silent Disco before KISS.

Looks like a Jack 'o' lantern.

Xavier Rudd, Blacksheep Stage, City Hall.

yep Six states gone.

Hey OC, what style of reggae is Toots?

Pretty signicant schedule shuffling going on. I've heard Mick Taylor has cancelled his whole Canadian tour and Les Claypool is now playing two sets, Thursday and Saturday.

I'd like to take this opourtunity to forever alter Spock's words for the better: "Live Long and Proper."

When?

I am in full agrement with NW. I was shocked to see the amount of people there last night.

This was weird: At 3am I went to the phish page and there was no music and no text (ie, "save the date" and "october 30..." were gone), and there was only the map. And y'know how when you put the mouse over a state it sort of moves a little? Well, all the states would do that except California. I refreshed and it was the same, I checked and the same thing was happening re Cali wouldn't move and the other states all would, then I refreshed again and it was back to balloon-away CA.

Happy, happy day!

Congratulations. Hard work pays off. Good on ya.

Are you just telling us this now mattm or did I miss it before?

That would be fun, but I'll be at Phish too.

Fans of metal mockers Spinal Tap will be thrilled to hear the band members visited the ancient site of Stonehenge recently after performing at Britain's Glastonbury music festival. News of the surreal visit comes courtesy of Canadian band Metric. Singer Emily Haines posted news and photos of the art-meets-life-meets-art happening on Metric's blog. In the 1984 mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, band members — played by actors Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer and Michael McKean — create a bizarre tribute to Stonehenge in their act, complete with a tiny reproduction of the prehistoric site along with dancing dwarves. The film has since become global cult hit and resulted in a reunification of the mock band for a real tour this year. Haines says she and her band wanted to see the monument but were disappointed when they discovered the entrance was closed. "We were staring at the stones through the fence and halfheartedly watching various generic families wander toward their cars when [drummer Joules Scott-Key] said the words we will remember forever: 'Um, guys, that's … Spinal Tap!" wrote the singer. "We descended upon them immediately." Band members only managed to catch up with Shearer, who obliged for a photo op. "The best part is, it was Spinal Tap's first trip to Stonehenge as well," Haines notes. "According to Shearer, they were just making their way back to London when they spotted the source of their most memorable joke in in the distance and decided, 'This would be the time to see the full-scale version." http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2009/07/12/spinaltap-stonehenge-visit.html

That's double what it was when I saw it yesterday.

From the mailing list: Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest Byward - July 9 schedule adjustment Ottawa, July 9 - Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest Byward organizers today announced a slight change in the Bluesfest ByWard schedule. Sergent Garcia will follow up on last night’s brilliant Bluesfest performance at the LeBreton Flats site, with a free performance tonight at 7:15 p.m. on the Bluesfest ByWard York Street stage. Rjd2 has been re-scheduled to perform at the Whiskey Bar, 110 York Street at midnight, tonight. Check all the details online at www.bluesfestbyward.com

Thanks everyone! Damn, I was running all the song spellings by Bradm and somehow we ended up with an extra 'a'. I try really hard not to screw things like that up and I very much appreciate it being pointed out, thanks for that. I heard very little Black Keys and that was my first time hearing them, but no, I wouldn't call them blues (aside from the fact that many, many non-blues things can be argued to be blues).