TomFoolery

Yay for oriental studies!

The May 3 set list was identical to night 1. We'll have to see if they mix it up at all for nights 3 (not yet published), four and five.

I once read a bunch of great drunk quotes - my favourite came from a Winston Churchill party performance:

Woman to W.C.: "Winston, you're drunk!"

W.C. to Woman: "Yes, madam, but in the morning I'll be sober. You will still be ugly."

Funny thing.

I could never stand Toronto until about three years ago. I've always preferred the wilderness to urban centres, so Toronto was never appealing. Coming from the Ottawa Valley and going to school in Waterloo, the commute across Toronto for holidays really solidified my stand-point.

One day, I was visiting a buddy on west Dundas and we took a cab downtown. We started cruising through all these really old, funky, uber-urban neighbourhoods. The one store that stands out in my mind is a mom'n'pop vacuum cleaner store. A small independent vacuum cleaner store?!?

That got me thinking a bit more about the nature of the box store and where they thrive. Its all in mid-size cities with easy single family car transportation systems. In a metropolis like Toronto, box stores can't get the space they need to do their thing and the neighbourhoods are VERY cellular.

All in all, a city of that size gets wicked-cool neighbourhoods with all sorts of independent stores that have a very specific focus and there's enough people around that you can focus on really strange things, so there's great diversity too.

Anyhow, I now love VISITING Toronto (you'd have to nail my feet to a tree to get me to stay there). But I find it disappointing that all the mid-sized cities grow in a pattern that seems to remove any character that they developed over the last century.

Apologies for the digression, but ya got me musing...

Check out this link. I can't say I'm familiar with any of the spots, but I'm sure there are some that are quite nice...

http://www.ottawakiosk.com/camping2.html

Ugh x 2

Hey Brad,

Check yer pm.

TF

The reviews sound like the show was a bit on the mellow side, but fvck - ITS CREAM!

There's not much I wouldn't drop to go see'em.

Kayte and I were looking into going for a couple of shows and spending a few days in London.

Like Mr. Mtn. - it just didn't happen :-(

Fingers crossed for some N.A. dates!

Happy b-day dude. Lookin' forward to the next time our paths cross in this grand city :-)

That is hilarious.

That just triggered a memory of my eight yr old hallowe'en costume - Peter Chris' KISS make-up and outfit (somewhat less leathery albeit) from the Destroyer album cover. The make up design was done with the Dynasty album cover for the model, though.

I think Dynasty was the second album I got - that or Rock & Roll All Over.

All the kids in my neighbourhood were about five to eight years older than me. They were all hitting thier teens when KISS was raging. They were the coolest people in the world so I had to love KISS too.

So, for my sixth birthday I got...

KISS - Destroyer

Or UM at Mavericks?

Sh!t. They way this country is currently run, the good people of this board could do a better job with the assistance of a few well picked monkeys.

Payne Stewart party down!

One of the things I'm most impressed about is the low number of conflicts compared to years past. There are certainly some choices to be made, but some of the compromises in the past have been grevious.

Every day you learn something new...

Brad - I just had to look up JEOMK - now I'm LMAOROTF

Thank you

The parents must be super proud :-)

http://gprime.net/video.php/thatsmyboy

On top of all the other previously stated insanity...

Two David Lindley sets.

Two Harry Manx sets.

This is definitely the best line-up I've seen for an Ottawa Bluesfest.

Nuthin' new, but I've been fully digging Stevie Wonder's Innervision lately. Its my go-to album of late.

Harper's job is to be flabergasted. He has to be upset at this. Coupled with the fact that he's a complete a$$hole and that's what you get...

Fantastic night all around!

Great show - fabulous musicians and a great stage presence by Sharon Jones.

Good meeting a bunch of you folks from the board - or at least putting names and faces together.

HUGE thanks to Will and Leanne for the great times at Napier Estates!

PS - Will, that was either me or you said it a lot that night ;-)

If you want to have a good discussion with your boss, I would remove some of the couched complaints and just stick to statements that offer positive options.

I.e. "I know I could have a job in a large factory feeling even more isolated and ineffectual" - you are telling your boss you feel isolated and ineffectual. True though that may be, it isn't going to make your boss see the opportunity.

"We are a group of smart people who could achieve something bigger if we were assigned to work together once in a while. " - now you are giving your boss a positive option on which he/she can act.

If your boss chooses to address your letter by meeting with you, prepare a bunch of your complaints and your suggestions. Walk him/her through your complaints orally, and emphasise to him/her know where you think things could go.

Good luck!

Enjoy the hell outta yer trip dude.

"We are proud to announce the Zooma Tour! The inaugural multi-stage tour will

feature headliners Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals and Trey Anastasio."

Basher will be so happy...