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Dave, you're actually going to the show? I thought you spent all your concert funds on Edgefest - I think you were the guy that pelted Cake's lead singer in the face with a rockand then yelled: " Get off the stage! I want Nickeleback "!!

I don't want to get into a Ratdog vs Phil war, but Phil's musical directions interest me far more than do Ratdog's post-Dead roots rock. Forget 20 minutes. I want to hear a 40 minute " Cumberland " next Tuesday.

Al Nish and family has touched down in Kingston. He came in last night. I'm heading to Kingston in 1 hour. What are your plans? I'm there for the weekend, however I may be at his cottage Saturday. By-the-by, Al's in Kingston until early August - so is Wij.

I agree with you Doc. Phil's vocals are an " aquired " taste to say the least. At least there's always the vocally gifted Warren Haynes to pick up the vocal-strained slack.

The reality of Phil's would-be lack of advanced ticket sales for the upcoming Toronto concert is that the majority of the people at the last Phil/Dylan show were there to see Dylan. With that, look for around 3-4 thousand to show up for next Tuesday. When Phil hit the stage 2 years ago, non-Phil fans were curious at first, then the majority headed to the exits - looking forward to their office job in the morning. I was as pissed at the so-called real music lovers then as I am now. Dyaln was good, but Phil was the best.

Hey Giggles, buy the new Lenny Breau & Richard Cotten cd: " Pickin' Cotten ". Killer stuff.

Hey Catfish. It's good that you're going. It is one of the best shows one can see and hear. It was an honour to be in the audience last night, listening to great music and performances . You'll never forget the show. If Emilou doesn't bring a tear to your eye, then I'll be surprised. She did it for me. No wonder Graham Parsons fell for her. Ralph Stanley's " Oh Death " will scare you sober.

I heard that the tunes will be Planet Drum arrangements.

What a concert! This was even better than the DFTM show at the ACC last winter. Alison Krauss and The Union Station, Emilou and Patty Loveless were delights, often giving me chills with their beautiful singing voices and emotinal songs. Chris Thomas King kicked out the delta blues. As announcer and country great Rodney Crowell said, " Chris is bringing the delta blues into the next millenium ".

There was some real hardcore bluegrass standouts last night. Del McCoury smoked, but for my money, Ricky Skaggs made me laugh/cheer at his sheer skill on the mandolin. When Ralph Stanley walked out and started to sing " Oh Death ", the last performer to hit the stage, there was no doubt to me that there is no one more hardcore in their genre of music than Ralph Stanley.

All in all, this was a great concert. The sound was exceptional, and I was sitting in the 400s.

Note: A special mention must go to dobro master Jerry Douglas. He played a great instrumental solo number to start the 2nd set and he accompanied almost every act last night, adding dazzling lead and rhythm fills.

I saw the fight. It was between Treyter and around 40 Scofield fans. I couldn't hear very well, but I think I overheard Treyter yelling: " Trey is TOOOOO better that Scofield "!

Hey Phishy, I agree that the Canucks are going to have a good year, maybe even a banner year. There are problems however: the Sedin twins have to start to contribute - they are still a couple of really soft sweethearts; losing Andrew Castles will hurt Line 1's chemistry; will their defense pick-up where they left off last year ( I think they will ), although losing Studwick will hurt the defense, especially in the playoffs; stop sending Harold Druken to the minors - without Castles, they'll need to find some more scoring up the middle; sign Morrison immediately.

Bertuzzi, Jovo and Naslund will have good if not great years next year. I'm not totally sold on Skudra and Cloutier. Anyway, the Canucks, if most of the pieces are put in place properly, should be a team to reckon with in the powerful west.

" Ahhhhh!! There's that stalker guy Treyter again. Call the cops ".

I'm all over the Nero show. Hopefully Pablo Sanchez will play his semi-hollow ASAT Classic.

Give me a call around 1. I'm phoning in sick that day.

Dave, when are you heading to toronto for the show?

Actually Dave, it was my Rayne Maida, Our Lady Peace t-shirt that was torn off my back by you, at Bubba's. And you said you were reaching for my poutine!

I'll be wearing my red Canada Nike t-shirt. I'm in the 400s. See you there. Look for me at one of the beer stands before 7.

No worries with Belfour in Toronto this year. It's the rest of the Leafs' team that should have Toronto fans worried.

Anyone going to this show? I'll be there. I went to DFTM's last show at the ACC in the winter and I'm sure looking forward to this one. In addition to the performers from the soundtrack cd, Alison Krauss will be making an appearance this time, along with Ricky Skaggs ( boy can that guy play ). I'll give a review of the show tomorrow.

Groove Messiah

Soul Shaker

I'll do some thinking on this one. Who the hell are STS9? Sometimes I'm not able to figure out the short forms for bands.

The Brazilian and especially the Portuguese population(s) in Toronto are huge - as seen on the CBC following the game. I'm happy for Ronaldo, who plays soccer like a Canadian-born hockey power-forward. I'm glad that, that diving disgrace to soccer Rivaldo didn't score. Brazil played solid soccer throughout the tournament and deserved the Cup. Anyway, here's to the only team that I can cheer for in 2006 - Canada!

What a show Scofileld put on last night at Nathan Phillip's Square, with new City Hall and Old City Hall providing the acoustic backdrop. Sco and his rather young band was in fine form for this 2 hour free show. I'd say the majority of the 3 thousand(ish) were grooving, thanks in part to hundreds of dance-enthusiastic Phish, Dead and Peach-heads.

Scofield's set consisted of mainly stuff from his new cd Uberjam, thus the night's music was funky, played expertly by his backing band. At times, Scofield got really progressive too, especially during one of the encore songs: Uberjam. All and all, I loved this show. People in Toronto are really lucky to have a free show from a guitar master. Just ask Passed Out Guy how the show was. He was swillin' smuggled vodka and dancing all night.

The show is actually Aug 24th, and the tickets are already on sale - I checked their website.

Anyone going? They play Aug. 26th. I may be lured to Ottawa to catch these disturbed geniuses.