Rob Not Bob

BOOTSY!

awesome!

"What's the name of this town?" OTTAWA! OTTAWA!" " And Who is gonna turn this mother out?" "BOOTSY! BOOTSY!"

Mark Kozelek is one of my all time favorite musicians and when he played Blluesfest before he played an acoustic set and was getting drowned out by Big Jeezus Truck playing on another stage. Hopefully this time it will be in a bit more sympathetic setting, especially now that I am more familiar with his Sun Kil Moon material. Am I the only one getting asked for a password on the Bluesfest website?

The Cars are a notoriously bad live act. Is this the Ric Ocasek Cars or the Todd Rundgren New Cars?

Don't know if anyone besides me will care about this, but Poly Styrene, lead singer of UK Punk band X-Ray Spex, recently passed away from cancer. A great loss, she was an awesome songwriter, everyone should check out the song Germ Free Adolescents. RIP

Sorry if already rumored - The Hip are doing shows in the neighborhood at that time with more announcements this week. Safe bet I'd say.

Thus once again the Hip give me my much needed night off from BluesFest to rest and recuperate (barring something interesting on a side stage).

Crepe, you will be playing literally down the street from where I live, but on a night when I will be in Montreal seeing Marillion

Love Silver Creek, Anders Drerup is a fine guitar player.

Let me be the first to start the annual completely unfounded Tom Petty rumour.

It always bugged me how Joan Rivers relentlessly mocked Elizabeth Taylor for her weight long after she had slimmed back down . RIP Dame Elizabeth Taylor, you were one of the greats.

Thank GOD that Two and a Half Men is cancelled. Why that show got a million seasons and Arrested Development got only 2.5 is a fucking travesty.

FWIW, the show hasn't been cancelled, they have just shut down production for this season. Theoretically it's possible for it to come back for another season if things change. Unlikely, and I hope not because I don't like it any more than you do, but the option is still open.

I was one of the ones who bailed on my reservation for the full version. you are welcome!

Well, thanks!

What's the difference between a Bob Seger fan and a Jimmy Buffett fan?

A Hawaiian shirt?

Seriously, Bob Segar fans just seem to be fans of him as part of the pantheon of "Classic Rock" and dig his songs. Whereas I gather Jimmy Buffett fans are Deadhead level fanatics, and I just don't get it.

Awesome! I was too late to get in on the first run, but reserved a copy of the Just The Music version ... then, just in time for my bonus at work, they e-mailed me that some people had bailed on their reservations for the full version and I could pre-order it if I got in on time. The Big box will be mine! Anyone else get in on this?

I recently got a Hunters & Collectors boxed set that includes as a bonus 2 DVDs, but as it was printed in Australia they are in PAL format. I can play them on my computer, but would love to have a copy I could watch on my TV. I have seen a couple of places in Ottawa advertising converting DVDs from PAL format to NTSC, can anyone reccommend a place that is reliable and not too expensive?

The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads

I recall that the first time the spinning songbook on it, it included "Knowing Me, Knowing You" by ABBA, and when it came up, he bloody well played it.

Some of these actually disappoint me that people didn't realize they were covers ... I mean, "Hey Joe" was covered by a bunch of bands before Jimi hendrix got to it (then again, I remember breaking my cousin's heart by telling him Hendrix didn't write it).

And the woman whose version Soft Cell learned it from a) toured with Jerry Garcia Band, and killed Marc Bolan.

Although my favorite Jayhawks album is actually the first one they did after Olson left, Sound Of Lies ... I did meet Mark Olson, though, very nice guy.

One of my favorite drummers and an all time great . RIP

Errr, some of the people responding might want to check the source of the article.

What in the world? Garcia's guitar was there?

Fuck that was an amazing show.

I was next to this gentleman for much of the show, it is a replica sculpture of Jerry's guitar that he made (non-playable).

One of my all time favorite albums.

Errrr, this is news? Listen to Taurus by Spirit and tell me it's not the intro to Stairway To Heaven.

"Weird" and "boring" are mutually incompatible terms.