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  1. The annual Come Together Music Fest Labour Day Weekend is fast approaching. Info about the festival can be found here: Come Together Music Fest web site If you are going and need tickets, I've got a pair that I am willing to part with at a reduced rate ... buy one, get one free. $75 for the pair. The only catch is that you have to be able to get them from me in the Kitchener area in the next few days. If you want the tickets, send me a message and we'll figure out how to hook up. Peace, Mark
  2. Hillside was very enjoyable for me this year! My musical highlights were Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, The Sheepdogs acoustic, The Woodshed Orchestra, and Ozjam (once it got rolling). I also really enjoyed the spoken word stuff that I heard on Sunday. I personally thought that the festival was too crowded on Saturday. Having said that, Hillside is an excellent festival and it is extremely well organized. That's why it is so crowded ... lots of people want to go because it is an excellent event. I'm glad I made the journey to Hillside this year. Peace, Mark
  3. From what I know, the main beach is located just south of the map you posted. Camper's beach is a different beach. Here is a link to another map that shows the main beach location. Guelph Lake map In any event, it's hot and I wanna swim!!!
  4. I'm not sure what they mean by the Guelph Lake Pit area, but I am hoping and planning to swim off of the island. The main beach is actually located a fair distance from the island. It often gets closed mid-summer because of contamination. I can remember at least one previous Hillside where the main beach was closed but where testing indicated it was safe to swim off the island. Looking forward to taking in some sweet live music, eating some tasty food, and running into some skanks over the course of the weekend! Peace, Mark
  5. In for Saturday and Sunday for sure ... looking forward to it! Peace, Mark
  6. Some last minute plans fell into place so that Liana and I were able to make it to Gratefulfest for the Friday & Saturday. We had a blast! It was particularly enjoyable for me to share this event with Liana, as her last Grateful Dead experience was in the summer of 1993. Musical highlights for me include the sets by Cornmeal and Railroad Earth, and the Saturday night set by DSO - they played a killer show from '77. Dancing on the beach in the summer with a few thousand deadheads ... sweet!!! Other highlights include the hours spent swimming and floating in the quarry, and time spent with many Canadian friends who made it to the festival. Captainsunshine, you and Baj were missed! I heard that your vehicle broke down - what a drag that you couldn't make it! We couldn't stay for Sunday as we had to get back to Ontario for a family visit and to get Liana to work on Monday, but the two days spent at Gratefulfest 2011 were fabulous! Peace, Mark
  7. ROTFL ... freakin' hilarious!
  8. I'm still a definite maybe for this weekend. I likely won't know until the last minute whether I can swing it, but fingers crossed that all of the stars will align themselves. Peace, Mark
  9. I see that they are playing at the Waterloo Jazz Festival on Saturday July 16th. If I am in town I know where I will be that night!
  10. Very exciting news Blair! Let us know how things unfold. And when the new disc is out! Peace, Mark
  11. Congrats Mike! Let us know when you get it up on line. Or better yet, hope to get a copy from you at some point in person when you play a show in the KW area. Peace, Mark
  12. It's not looking likely that I'll make it this weekend. Wishing all those who are going a fabulous (and dry) weekend! Once again, it looks like a solid lineup! The Dirk Quinn Band blew my socks off the last time I saw them at Ghost Town! Killer band! Peace, Mark
  13. Congrats Sharon ... hope to hear you sing again at some point in the future! Peace, Mark
  14. I went last year for the first time and loved it! It is well-organized, and I remember thinking that the sound was top-shelf. Peace, Mark
  15. Wishing these guys all the best as they head off in separate directions. I remember two great JSB shows at Come Together Music Festivals. One was at Ghost Town, May 2002 (I think) as part of the "East Coast Invasion." The other was at a Come Together Fest at Izzy's where it was raining so hard that the band turned around and played for all of us standing and dancing behind the stage so that we could stay out of the rain. Good times! Peace, Mark
  16. Nice to read that this gig was a good one Dave! Rock on my friend! Peace, Mark
  17. Stopped at Encore Records this morning on my way to the Kitchener Market and bought weekend passes. Peace, Mark
  18. Great work putting this show together Blurry! I wish I hadn't missed the Schwipping Prost set but heard lots of good things about it from people who were there from the start. I am still astounded at how far The Blurry Pickers have come in such a short amount of time! I really enjoyed your set ... great work guys! The Diesel Pussy set was a lot of fun! It was a treat to see members of two of my favourite bands sharing the stage. Lots of friendly faces all around, including some that I haven't seen in a while. Once again I was reminded how lucky I am to have connected with such an amazing group of friends over the years! Peace, Mark
  19. I like it when you talk that way.
  20. I remember reading about this a while ago. It looks like it may happen fairly soon, if it hasn't already. Has anybody seen this in action yet? ------------------------- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/business/19pricing.html Ticketmaster Plans to Use a Variable Pricing Policy By BEN SISARIO Published: April 18, 2011 Buying concert tickets may soon be more like booking an airline flight: what you pay could be determined by when you order. The concert giant Ticketmaster announced a partnership Monday with MarketShare, a data analyst, that will look at ways to introduce what is known as dynamic pricing, which allows promoters to adjust prices according to demand. In theory, this would allow promoters to sell the most sought-after tickets at a higher price, while filling up the least desirable seats by charging less. Not every event would be sold that way. But it would also allow the company to compete more effectively against scalpers like StubHub.com. “Efficient pricing is one of the most important and untapped opportunities to unlock value for fans, clients, artists and teams,†Nathan Hubbard, chief executive of Ticketmaster, said in a statement. Ticketmaster, a division of Live Nation Entertainment, sold about 140 million tickets last year. But as more ticketing companies enter the fray, the company is under pressure to develop more competitive technology. Fred Rosen, Ticketmaster’s chief executive in the 1980s and ’90s, recently began a new ticketing company, Outbox, a joint venture with Cirque du Soleil and the promoter A.E.G. Live, Live Nation’s biggest competitor. Ticketmaster said it would begin to introduce its new pricing policy for concerts and sporting events this year. Notably, the announcement said it would be introduced at Live Nation’s amphitheaters, where low attendance contributed to the company’s $228.4 million loss last year. Some sports teams, like the San Francisco Giants, have been experimenting with dynamic pricing for years, but the music industry has been slow to adopt it. Concert promoters and theater owners tend to favor it as a way to sell more tickets and squeeze out scalpers, but artists often worry that they would appear to be exploiting their fans’ loyalty by maximizing price. In the announcement, Mr. Hubbard said that Ticketmaster was “relentlessly focused on improving the fan experience and giving our clients amazing tools to sell more tickets.†Some critics of the industry say fans play little part in the deal. “The people who run dynamic pricing want to pitch it as a benefit to fans for lower-priced tickets to some events,†said Joris Drayer, an assistant professor of sport and recreation management at Temple University, who studies the ticketing industry. “The reality is that this is a purely revenue-driven concept.†Despite last year’s losses, pay for Live Nation’s top executives rose last year, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The total compensation for Michael Rapino, its president and chief executive, was $15.9 million, more than double his 2009 pay of $6.7 million. Irving Azoff, the executive chairman, made $22.8 million, and Mr. Hubbard earned $5.7 million.
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