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Caught the tail end of a great show last night. Wish I made it earlier. The town drunks played their part all too well.

Dat-Head?

Had tapers come out, they would have had to bolt down the micstands to keep them standing. [color:red]Condor

[color:red]HOLY FAACK! That show was off the charts, through the roof, and then some! About 15 minutes into Dave's first set, the crowd pushed the chairs and tables aside. The music got very intense. The dancing was borderline mosh-pit crazy at times. There was praying and worship going on?! - pretty funkin freaky. Drinks spilling and glass breaking didnt stop long-haired barefoot freaks from tearing up the floor till well after last call. Even the freaks in normal people disguise were letting loose. Awesome energy all around! Questions: Was that the first time Dave played Condor in solo performance? When is the next Dave show in Collingwood? Where were the freakin tapers?!? Fools. Condor! Great show Dave! Honored to be there for it!

Extra space in the car if anyone's needs a lift up from T.O.

Last Dave show in Collingwood was great. Sweet venue too!

Is Toronto still happening?

Concert tonight featuring David Hickey Canadian born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, David Hickey has long had a love for music and crystals. After being introduced to his first Crystal Bowl in 2002 he began to assemble his own set which now includes over 30 different crystal tones. He plays these bowls in combination with vocals, Tibetan bowls, Oriental Wind Gongs, Paiste Gongs, Chimes and various drums to create beautiful meditative and healing music. David has played the bowls accompanied by various vocalists as well as instruments such as the harp, piano, keyboard, guitar, mandolin, flute, didgeridoo, orchestra bells, drums and chanting. The Crystal Journey Our Mission Statement Our role in this life is to create peace, harmony, and connectivity between humanity, Mother Earth and all of its inhabitants. Our intention on this tour across the globe is to bring the healing sound and vibrational energy of the quartz crystal bowls to help open, clear and balance the energy of the entire planet. Our goal on this tour is to perform in as many places as possible and reach as many souls as we can, bringing with us the energies and intentions of all in order to make this a reality. David

From www.crystaljourney.ca website: Concert for a Planet in Crisis 7-7-07 at Unity Church, 21 Rosedene Ave, in Hamilton... On July- 7 here in Hamilton, there will be a performance to mark the 7-7-07 Global Day of music across the globe to raise awareness to our pending environmental situation. From 2-7pm there will be a community drum circle and the performance to send energy to our great Planet. Drum circle 2-4pm, concert 5-7pm. If you are at all concerned with our environment I encourage you to spend a few minutes this day and connect with the www.watch7-7-07.com and www.liveearth.org websites and all the performers worldwide. Together we can make a difference.

It aint cheap running a racecar with a big logo on the hood. Who is funding this C.P. race car publicity stunt? Let me guess: The David Suzuki Foundation, The Clean Air Alliance, Greenpeace?

Yeah-hoo happy birthday to you!

The original opening credits for the show.

World turned upside-down? Fear not, the good doctor is coming back in a new TV series and Feature Film to Snugglize the World!

Free Chameleon Project show. Sweeet night for it too!

Moose, The Valley Bluegrass Festival would be my recommendation if you had to pick just one Ontario fester. Great venue and the lineup is looking pretty effin sweet. The Emory Lester Set plays on Sunday night! Emory is one of Chris Thile's main mandolin influences. A must see Ontario Bluegrass Band for sure!

Had dinner at Fressen on the weekend. I take back what I said about it being expensive earlier. Everything I said about taste sticks and then some! recap: Peppery rocket arugula dressed in a cranberry vinaigrette with pears, pumpkin seeds and seared tempeh in a poppadum canoe Sliced shiitake and crimini mushrooms mixed with shredded spinach in cashew cream wrapped in a filo pastry puff. Steamed bundled asparagus on a warm bed of tahini creamed quinoa with miso hemp butter. No room for dessert. 3 items was plenty of food for 2 herbivores. 4 items would have been too much. yum YUM!

Peter's Cajun Creole Pizza @ Queen and Parliament. Everything on the menu rocks!

No cover in Brantford!? Sweet music by the people, for the people.

Bake them biscuits baby, Bake 'em good and brown, When you get those biscuits baked, We're Alabama bound... Pickin and grinnin - from Ontario thru the Maritimes, 2007: June 22-24 The Tottenham Bluegrass Festival Tottenham, ON June 28 - July 1 Fox Mountain Bluegrass Festival Aylesford Road, NS July 6-8 River Valley Country & Bluegrass Gathering Temagami River, ON July 13-15 Valley Bluegrass Festival Renfrew, ON July 20-22 Millpond Bluegrass Festival Maitland, N S July 20, 21 Sand Road Roots, Folk and Bluegrass Festival Moose Creek, ON July 26-29 Palmer Rapids Twin Music Festival Palmer Rapids, ON July 27-29 Ormstown Branches and Roots Music Festival Ormstown, PQ Aug. 1-5 River Valley Bluegrass Jamboree River Valley, ON Aug.10-11 Bass Cove Country Jamboree (email only/ no website) Napanee, ON Aug. 10-12 Willow Park Bluegrass Jamboree Hagersville, ON Aug. 17-19 Sand Road Bluegrass Festival Moose Creek, ON Aug. 18-20 Red Clay Bluegrass Festival Tignish, PEI Aug. 17-19 Kempt Shore Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival Hants Co., NS Aug. 24-27 Rogersville Homecoming Bluegrass Festival Rogersville, NB Aug. 30 - Sept. 2 Traditional Days Bluegrass Festival New Richmond, PQ

Bible-based museum uses dinosaurs to tell Earth's history on theme-park scale Published: Saturday, May 26, 2007 | 5:29 AM ET Canadian Press: DYLAN T. LOVAN Adam and Eve fall from grace and Noah survives an epic flood at a new museum that tells the Bible's version of history on a theme-park scale. But the scene near the front lobby might stop a puzzled paleontologist in his tracks: a pair of ancient children frolic just a few feet away from a group of friendly dinosaurs. That exhibit, among others, has earned the Creation Museum notoriety among skeptics and anticipation from believers who are expected to pack its halls when it opens on Monday. "We wanted to show people there's no mystery with dinosaurs, we can explain them," said Ken Ham, founder of the nonprofit ministry Answers in Genesis that built the $27 million facility near Cincinnati, Ohio, which is near the Kentucky border. Scientists say there is a gulf of millions of years between man and the giant lizards, but according to the Creation Museum, they lived in harmony just a few thousand years ago. It is part of the literal interpretation of the Bible adopted by Ham and other creationists. "People are just fascinated by dinosaurs, but they've sort of become synonymous with millions of years and evolution," he said. Evolution is derided at the 5,600-square-metre facility, packed with high-tech exhibits designed by an acclaimed theme-park artist, animatronic dinos and a huge wooden ark. In this Old Testament version of history, dinosaurs appeared on the same day God created other land animals. The museum also contains fossils, hung in large glass cases in a room visitors spill into after taking a tour of Old Testament history. Ham said most fossils were created by the massive flood detailed in the book of Genesis. "The Bible doesn't talk about fossils, but it gives you a basis for understanding why there are fossils around the world," he said. Ham said the stories of the Bible are supported by science, a notion that has drawn the ire of science educators around the country. "They make such a point of trying to make it appear scientific," said Lawrence Krauss, a physics professor, author and critic of the museum. "Instead of shying away from those things that clearly disprove what they're trying to say, they use those things for deception." Krauss, a professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, said the exhibits rival those of a "very fancy natural history museum," making them enticing to young visitors. Fancy might best describe the facility's multimedia rooms, where no expense is spared. After a stop at its digital planetarium, museum guides steer visitors into a 200-seat special-effects theatre with seats that quiver as the sound system rumbles. Up on the screen, two angelic characters proclaim to the audience that "God loves science!" But the creation story found in Genesis is the centrepiece of the museum. Patrons walk through a lush recreation of the Garden of Eden, see life-sized models of Adam and Eve frolic and then get banished. Then it's on to the era of the Great Flood, where animatronic workers are busy building Noah's giant ark, which rises two or three stories inside the museum. Ham enlisted Patrick Marsh, designer of the animatronic "Jaws" monster at Universal Studios in Florida, to oversee the exhibits. When fully staffed, the building will house about 160 museum workers, along with an additional 140 employees at the Answers in Genesis headquarters attached to the Creation Museum. Ham started the ministry in his native Australia, and came to northern Kentucky in the early 1990s with the idea of building a museum that could stand as a beachhead for creationist study. He had plenty of supporters, who helped fund the museum, allowing it to open free of debt. Ham said the museum received three gifts topping $1 million. "Christians across this nation see this place as a rallying point," Ham said. They "recognize that we live in a culture that no longer believes the Bible is true."

What I remember of the interview loosely paraphrased: Q: So, the dinosaurs were also on Noah's Ark? A: Yes. Q: So, just how big was this Ark exactly?

This ABC news bit talks about a foiled bomb plot at Falwell's funeral.

Robert J Sawer, Canadian Sci-Fi Writer. In his brilliant book, "Hominids", he speculates on a parallel universe Earth, where Homo Sapiens lost the evolutionary race against Neanderthal Man. In their high tech society, every conversation and action is recorded by a computer system linked into every individual, and as a result there are basically never any crimes committed. This works in part, because it is impossible to escape the consequences, in part, because of the Neanderthal Man's higher state of evolution than Homo Sapiens today. (enough of a book plug- yeah, its good, consider a read) Mass installation of CCTV will not do the same thing in our universe. Case and point. CCTV and 9/11 With all of the intelligence warnings and clear indications of an impending attack, on 9/11, the people who should have stopped it, let the 9/11 attack happen. It wasn't a lack of Big Brother's eyes and ears, it was the unchecked corruption. There were CCTV cameras in the aeroports. We were shown pictures of the hijackers and told who masterminded the plan within hours of the attack. Quite speedy, impressive, did I say fast? conclusion reaching. If budgets and police eyes are busy watching CCTV feeds, then the true criminals have nothing to fear. The CCTV footage we have seen fits "the script" perfectly.

I thought Friday's show was great, but hey, it was only my 2nd Slip show, so what do I know? With eyes closed, I danced through portals and across dimensions during some heavy jams, I was quite suprised to open my eyes and realize that I was just about the only person moving. Empty room. Too many competing shows for the Jambands crowd that night I guess. I hope Hamilton turnout was better?