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Woo Hoo! Happy Birthday, Cap'n.

Awesome free show on the waterfront last night. Made it there a little late after finishing work at five in Lake Placid (two hour drive), but what we saw was well worth it. Reid Genauer is a killer songwriter IMO, and Adam Terrell was ripping it up on lead. Add into that a beautiful warm summer night and a crowd that was pretty fired up (dancers up front and lawn-chair-sitters at the back = total harmony) and you have a pretty quality show. Highlights included a rousing cover of Neil Young's "Walk On" (complete with rippin' southern guitar work and an ABB tease) and a beautiful Reid solo version of "Speculator", which he wrote while living in Burlington. Two thumbs way up.

#252. Songs by Bands Whose Band Names Were Inspired by the Titles of Other Songs* *Obviously, you can't use the same band on this list twice. That would just be stupid. 1. The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket ("The Great Pretender") 2. moe. - Shoot First ("Five Guys Named Moe" by Louis Jordan And His Timpany 5) 3. Eric's Trip - Universal Dawn ("Eric's Trip" by Sonic Youth) 4. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees ("Radio Head" by Talking Heads) 5. Judas Priest - ("The Ballad Of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" by Bob Dylan) 6. Deep Purple - Bird Has Flown ("Deep Purple" by Bing Crosby) 7. The Wallflowers "Empire of my Mind" - (Wallflower - Dylan) 8. The Rolling Stones - Loving Cup - ("Like A Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan) 9. Dixie Chicks - Traveling Soldier ("Dixie Chicken" by Little Feat) 10. 11. 12

I've spoken at a handful of weddings, and I've found that the best course of action to take is to be as specific as possible when talking about the bride and/or groom, whether you do it in describing them or telling anecdotes. The ol' "Matt's been a great friend and he and Heather are really in love, so here's to them" routine is fine, but things that could be said about any couple on the face of the planet aren't all that memorable.

The Lizards

It would be heady.

I have kind of a hard time sympathizing here. If you're looking for a "family friendly" event, you should maybe avoid booking bands who had a big-time rock radio hit whose refrain went "I love the cocaine/I love the cocaine".

Happy Birthday, brah! Hopefully our paths will cross when I move back out to the island in August. Hope it's a great one for you.

The lack of a picture in the first post is incredibly disappointing.

Glad you dig it, and I agree the choices are limited. That's why I specified non-motorized bikes, as I foresaw it quickly descending into "Songs About Motorcycles", which would be much easier and not what I was going for, damnit.

Alright, in honour of what I'm about to go outside and do: 243. Songs about bicycles and/or riding them. (No motorcycle content, please, we're talking two-wheeled [or three, perhaps] human-powered machines here). 1. Queen - Bicycle Race 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

242 Songs about Suicide 1. Marillion - The Great Escape/Last Of You/Falling From The Moon 2. Oysterhead - Pseudo Suicide 3. Drive-By Truckers - Lookout Mountain 4. Blues Brothers - Shotgun Blues 5. Grateful Dead - China Doll 6. Ozzy Osbourne - Suicide Solution 7. Joan Baez - Railroad Boy (trad.) 8. Johnny Mandel Lyrics by Mike Altman - Suicide is Painless (M*A*S*H* theme song) 9. Blind Melon - St Andrew's Hall/Fall 10. INXS - Suicide Blond 11. Alice In Chains - Dirt 12. Johnny Cash - The Wall

#241 Summertime Songs 1. The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA 2. Blotto - Lifeguard 3. The Who - Summertime Blues 4. Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime 5. Otis Redding-Sittin on the Dock of The Bay 6. The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun 7. Bob Dylan - Summer days 8. Garth Brooks - That Summer 9. 10. 11. 12.

My first few choices have been taken, but "Down in the Boondocks" as performed by New Riders of the Purple Sage has some pretty rippin' pedal steel in it, courtesy of some dude named Garcia.

I saw them in Victoria this past year and was really uninspired, although from what I've read and heard, I figure I saw them on an off night.

Happy belated, brother.

#238 Favourite Hip-Hop Songs 1. Rosa Parks-Outkast 2. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message 3. De La Soul - Me, Myself and I 4. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

I couldn't swing the whole weekend, but my lady and I will be there for Sunday and are really looking forward to it. I'm intrigued to see how Warren Haynes and John Scofield play off each other.

And look where the band gets them...

Yeah, it lies with the ratings. Way more people will be watching Miss Universe and Medium than would ever watch hockey, especially a game involving a small-market Canadian team. No, this is not just like high school. That building wouldn't exist were it not for the Senators, and their making the finals is perhaps a once-a-generation occurrence. Roger Waters will be playing nearby, and perhaps will still be playing at Scotiabank Place, so it's not as though people won't have a chance to see him. For all intents and purposes, it's the Senators' building, so I see no problem with him having to step aside, even though this has disappointed some people. It's not as though the Senators are trying to play in Roger Waters Stadium. As for your "rich football team v. impoverished high school band analogy", I'm pretty sure that Roger Waters could buy and sell every member of the Senators and their management multiple times over, so I don't really think that works.

228 - Theme: The Frist song you can remember because your parents owned the Album and played it when you were a kid. 1. CCR - Who'll Stop the Rain 2. The Band - Up On Cripple Creek 3. The Who - Boris the Spider 4. Pink Floyd - Time (i LOVE my mom!) 5. Hair (the musical) - Age of Aquarius (only non-50's album in my house as a kid... great song/album/movie) 6. Kenny Rogers - Through The Years 7. Peter and the wolf - Theme 8. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA 9. 10. 11. 12.

#227 - In honour of the day that is almost over, and to not interfere with theme #65 (songs about mothers), let's make this "Songs about Parents." Doesn't have to be the title, but the theme of the song, lyrically. 1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Papa Won't Leave You, Henry 2. Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers Pt 1 3. Nomeansno - Dad 4. Whitfield&Strong (for Temptations) - Papa was a Rolling Stone 5. Drive-By Truckers - Outfit 6. CSNY - Teach Your Children 7. Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention - Mom and Dad 8. Blind Melon - Dear Old Dad 9. 10. 11. 12.

#226 "Songs that mention other bands/artists" 1. Eric Burdon & the Animals- Monterey- (Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, The Who, Ravi Shankar, Jimi Hendrix, Hugh Masekela) 2. Tragically Hip - Don't Wake Daddy (Kurt Cobain) 3. Bob Dylan - Highlands (Neil Young) 4. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (Zappa & the Mothers) 5. Don McLean - American Pie (Bob Dylan ["The Jester"], Elvis Presley ["The King"]) 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

#226 "Songs that mention other bands/artists" 1. Monterey- San Franciscan Nights (Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, The Who, Ravi Shankar, Jimi Hendrix, Hugh Masekela) 2. Tragically Hip - Don't Wake Daddy (Kurt Cobain) 3. Bob Dylan - Highlands (Neil Young) 4. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (Zappa & the Mothers) 5. Don McLean - American Pie (Bob Dylan ["The Jester"], Elvis Presley ["The King]) 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.