StoneMtn

How disappointing. When I read the title to this post I thought it was merely a description of Velvet!

Welcome aboard.

Which Court was this? What jurisdiction? If you let me know, I will obtain the judgment and provide some comments. (I suspect that it was an American Court, though.)

You gotta love the description:

"I found it on the side of the road and wanted to do my part in the cleanup effort so I took this bad boy home."

... and then cash in by selling it to some moron!

I must have seen him 20 times, and I vaguely know him personally. He is AWESOME and a very cool guy. He will come out after his show to shake hands with whomever wants to meet him. This is a show not to be missed, especially if you're a guitarist or just a guitar-nerd.

Presumably Velvet would be the best source. He would, at least, know whether any recordings have yet been made by anyone of this brand new band. Mr. Velvet, any comments?

So let me see if I've got this right: I can cure insomnia by whacking off to a Nero album, watching crocodile hunter and getting high?

Makes sense. mmm...sense.

Of course it makes sense; under the circumstances. Look who he's asking!

Although I am sure you would make a very pretty Hendrix, Morrison, Cobain, Buddy Holly, or Richie Valens; how about someone a little more effeminate?

Patsy Cline died at age 28.

tickets are all sold out, and aer impossible to find extras.

if you have a ticket, consier yourself the luckiest person on earth.

I write to announce that I am, officially, the luckiest person on Earth.

[color:"green"] Anyone else going to this show? If so, maybe a bunch of us can hang out afterward...

Big names headline small town benefit concert

CH News

Monday, July 05, 2004

CREDIT: CH News

Randy Bachman called up his friends Neil Young and the Barenaked Ladies for help pulling together a fundraising concert for a Cowichan Valley community group resisting a proposal by the local pulp mill that they believe will add to air pollution.

Some big names in Canada's music scene are heading to a tiny Vancouver Island town to help raise money for a community group that's gearing up for an environmental battle with the local mill.

Neil Young, The Barenaked Ladies and Randy Bachman are headlining the unlikely concert, which will be held in Duncan this fall. The show will benefit the Crofton Airshed Citizens Group's efforts to focus attention on toxic emissions from Norske Canada's Crofton pulp mill.

Bachman, a Saltspring Island resident, became engaged in the issue late last year when Norske submitted a proposal to burn what the company calls alternative fuels - including coal, tires, and creosote-laden railway ties - in order to reduce fuel costs. At a packed public meeting, Crofton residents railed against the proposal, and aired concerns about the existing pollution from the mill. It was then that Bachman decided to become personally involved.

"I called some friends of mine, went to visit Neil Young, called Barenaked Ladies. They said, 'We're there!'" Bachman says. "I think it's probably going to be the biggest concert ever on Vancouver Island. Just to get Neil Young alone on the Island is really great!"

Within hours of the concert announcement, the Cowichan Centre received a flood of ticket inquiries. Tickets for the September 17 concert go on sale Friday and will cost up to $200. Proceeds will support an independent study of the health and environmental impacts of the mill.

Cowichan Theatre Manager Tracy Hamilton says the 2,500-seat venue will deter scalpers by placing a cap on the number of tickets each person may purchase.

The Crofton Airshed Citizens Group says mills such as the one in their town are "B.C.'s dirty secret." Federal government data shows the province is the largest source of toxic emissions such as dioxins and furans in the country.

In a news release, the Citizens Group says data from Canada's National Pollution Release Inventory shows that approximately 24 million cubic metres of exhaust gases leave the Crofton mill every day, carrying a tonne of fine particulate matter, a tonne of volatile organic compounds, two tonnes of hydrochloric acid, three and a half tonnes of sulphur dioxide, one and a half tonnes of methanol, dioxins and furans, chlorine dioxide, formaldehyde, PCBs and hexavalent chromium.

"The current emissions are significant and dangerous," says Michael Ableman of the Citizens Group. "To switch fuels is really switching poisons that are coming out of the stacks."

Norske Canada spokesperson Don McKendrick says the company is trying to be respectful of community feeling.

While many people are quick to criticize the mill's activities, others in Crofton are supportive of Norske Canada's efforts to reach out to the community. They say the mill is trying to find a balance between protecting the environment and running a viable business.

"We had a lot of people gather in the community centre there in Crofton, voicing their objection to the concept of burning alternative fuels. And at that point in time I saw it quite clearly, we didn't do a good enough job of informing the community," McKendrick says.

The company had heard concerns before, but the public meeting was the first time that so many people stepped forward at once.

Norske Canada commissioned its own independent analysis of health risks associated with the mill, and is now looking for feedback from the commnity.

"We've come to an understanding. We've used too much science, and not enough listening in engaging the community," McKendrick says. "We need to listen better, be respectful of the feelings of the people in the community, and give them the facts as to what we are doing and what we propose to do."

The company will establish a peer group to evaluate the study of risks and liaise with the mill to keep everyone informed.

"We're all for the same thing. We're after clean air for the community and the neighbours we live and work with. And if they want to do a concert for clean air, we certainly have no objection," McKendrick says.

© CH News 2004

To state the obvious ... nugs?

Personally, I dislike liver..

Okay, now THAT'S funny.

Nice! He is soooooo good live. Entertaining musician and funny as hell. I've only seen him once, but I should definitely see him a lot more. (He has only toured sporadically, though, in recent years.) Any whisper of West Coast dates? Please? Please?

Okay, call me dense, but I have no clue what is funny here. I just see a photo of a living room. I am obviously missing something, so please fill me in!

So I guess G.G. Allin didn't make the list because he's dead? I mean, really. The guy's a shoe-in for #1!

The Victoria show was freakin' awesome. I had a great time, and, they played Man in the Hills for an encore!!

We weren't given an encore! I think the bar wouldn't allow it, because the band's manager was on stage riling up the crowd to cheer loudly, "if you want to hear some more". Then, after consulting with someone he said, "Well, if you want to hear some more, you'd better buy a CD or DVD on your way out. Good night!" ::

Tom

>Waits performs live at the Orpheum Theatre on Friday, October 15th.

Woo hoo!

BradM: I love your signature!

last year it said it was his "last tour". pretty long tour.

He was asked by a local Whistler reporter if he is planning to pack it in after this tour, as he is turning 60 this year. He said that he will "definitely be playing Canada again". He also said that when he eventually does stop touring he plans to keep recording indefinitely.

I saw Burning Spear last night at a tiny venue in Whistler. (I was so close to the stage that I could have reached out and touched him while he sang, and he had to jostle his way past me through the crowd to get on and off stage.) I think I only recognized a single song last night, but as always he blew me away. I hear he has two more North American dates before he heads home. I don't know where he's playing, but if he comes anywhere near any of you, you HAVE to go!) The word "legend" is thrown around a lot and very loosely. When I say that Winston Rodney a.k.a. the Burning Spear is a reggae legend, I really mean, the guy is a LEGEND.

Gordon Lightfoot ROCKS HARD live. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration, considering few folkies really, 'rock hard', but I highly encourage anyone who has the chance to see him. He used to do long runs at Massey Hall in Toronto every 18 months, and if he does that again all of you should try to get there. I think Lightfoot summed it up best when he said:

"I've been referred to as the 'Bob Dylan of Canada'. I don't know how true that is, but it was Bob Dylan who said it."

I'm so bored with the U.S.A.

I'm so bored with the U.S.A.

I'm so bored with the U.S.A.

But what can I do?

I just hope they wake up, soon!

Bob Loblaw was arguably the best Ottawa band ever, with Freeway Band and nero arguably tied to argue about who might be second, ... If anybody wants to hear them, I understand StoneMtn has a copy of their tape in cd format. He can probably upload it somewhere or something.

Okay, well I have never made a bit.torrent before, however, through the assistance of a family-member, I present to you "Monkey Do" by Bob Loblaw:

It is located at Phoenix Torrents at: http://www.phoenix-torrents.com/index.php?act=ST&f=42&t=88069