SolarGarlic Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 (edited) Hi all,For those of you who might not know (most of you on here) the famous Canmore Hotel has a sale pending on it that needs could be going through by Dec 15th. The 'Ho has been a gracious host to many of your favourite touring bands over the years is a favourite venue of those bands to play. Nobody really knows what this will lead to but I'm sure you can all make some assumptions. Anyhow, the only way its going to be kept the same is if it is designated as a historic landmark by the town...which has its own problems that I won't discuss. Anyhow, if you feel strongly about this, please visit the link below and vote in this poll (right side of page) and pass it on to anyone who might be of benefit...http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/q/index.html Edited December 16, 2005 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted December 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 As an aside...if you have any great stories about the 'Ho, post em!! Might be fun to read some of the great times we have had there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cully Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Wow, it would certainly be sad to lose such a legandary venue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 i spilled tequila rose on my pants at the 'ho. i think we were seeing BNB. not that i spend much time in canmore anymore (and not that i really ever did) but it would be a shame to see that place disappear. i have a sinking feeling canmore is going the way of banff... overpriced everything and tourists galore. bummer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Oh no. I have a dream.Stardate 11080902nero @ The Canmore Hotel, Canmore AlbertaWe stayed in Nelson until Wednesday, leaving voluntarily before we were asked to get the hell out. Drove through treacherous weather, arriving in Banff around midnight. We stayed the night with my depressed transvestite friend (focus man, you know the answers) and he and Chris and I hiked up Tunnel Mountain before we took off for Canmore, booking into our rooms a day early thus succeeding in our mission to survive a week off with a minimum of cost.The Canmore Hotel (aka the Ho) is a dive-ish tavern that’s about a hundred years old with an awesome staff, and wide cross section of clientele, and a dozen or so half-star hotel rooms upstairs. I was in room number ten: about seven feet by ten feet, with a sink, two mirrors, a cot, dresser, nightstand, no electrical outlets, and a window with a $400-a-night view of the mountains surrounding the village, constantly shrouded in a sublime mist and unrivalled by any mountains I have seen before. I want to live here for the next eighteen months, doing nothing but what I’ve been doing; playing guitar alone in room number ten trying to drown out the jukebox that pounds it’s music through the floor every day from 11am until 3am and eating Jerod subs from Subway. Off time restricted to nature hikes and laundry at “The Lost Sock†and the occasional movie in the common room with Shirley. I got it all figured out…Bach and ear training in the morning, a six-inch with no cheese or mayo, then jazz all afternoon. Foot-long for dinner and jazz ‘til I drop. Every six days I get a free sub (this one treated with sauce) and do my laundry with the money I save. If my fingers hurt I’ll walk up a mountain and look down on my sweet little heaven-in-the-valley, number ten, The Ho. All I need is $320 a month rent and $225 a month for subs, ($180 if I go veggie). I know it’s just a pipe dream, but I can honestly say I’ve been thinking about it every day.If I could get a sponser…Something about this place brings out the, um, shall we say the strengths and weaknesses in people, kinda like rock climbing, and casinos. There sure are some characters living upstairs: my new friend Darren, Shirley, the old guy that stares his beer glass empty, and the guy that holds his genitals. In the four days and five nights we (and my friend from Banff who came up for a few days) were in fine form. Without mentioning names, various feats we can claim are fainting three times, drinking a 26er of Jager to ones self between 5am and 11am, consistently sleeping until 6pm, one person nailing another in the head with a beer can, puking, turning down dinner and a hot tub with beautiful naturalists, discussing suicidal feelings, burning about an eighth a day personal, General Sloth and Private Mayhem. The people that come to the bar are weird too.The shows were good.Quote of the Day: “My stories are on.â€110802IWata Bug>Speed QueenOregano Mice>Whispy Mountain WonderMiko Mard401 ThemeIITear For Eddie>*Lemondust>Basheeba>LemondustCondorChocolate Monkey Machinee: Pumpkin Song110902IGordon’s Revenge>El VezzZedonkTonto’s Underwater Paradise>Basheeba>PeachesIIEffervescence>CentragnomeMiko Mard>Lemondust>3rd Stone>Lemonduste: Condor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted December 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Thanks Velvet...I was hoping you would post that one again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainhouse Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 (edited) This is a special place. I sure hope the almighty dollar does not foreclose on this gem. Edited December 7, 2005 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 New Year's Eve at the Ho last year with Recipe from a Small Planet rocked my world. But my best memories of that place will always be of the "Canmore Cup" with Burt Neilson Band. Burt Neilson please, please, PLEASE come back and play another show before the unthinkable happens!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheebs Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 soo many stories. recipe halloween show. todd dressed up as one of the two brothers taxi guys. hiliarious. IF the canmore hotel is lost I will be devasted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulagirl Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 yeah..soo many stories,could probably sit here all day bustin em out! but straight up when 'the circus is in town' banner went up for BNB..off the hook weekend,can't remember if it was 3 or 4 nights?but an amazing time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Definitley a special energy at the 'Ho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitidiot Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Burt Neilson on the stoop of the HO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 BNB at the Canmore:bnb2004-07-09bnb2004-07-10Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 These polls may seem redundant to some of you, but if there is a chance that it will help save the Ho, any help is great.The Hotel is losing this poll. Link Please Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Thanks, everyone.Any help is good help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Click on the poll everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dude Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Wow, no Canmore Hotel! Moses Mayes has played many, many packed shows in this place...so many memories from the 6 years of western trips there. Good memories of this place include: Summer 2004 & 05 were by far the hottest and sweatiest shows, the woman who lived upstairs that stuffed her pants with toilet paper, the countless bottles of rum they supplied us with, the first couple times we played there in 99 & 00 and the ensuring parties upstairs, and the generous people/friends of Canmore and the visitors that made us feel at home for a couple days to work off tour weariness....wow. Here are some Moses Mayes photos from the Ho from March 05: A Photo of the upstairs for those that have never been to the Hotel Hope to play here again one day! DJ RPG www.mosesmayes.com myspace.com/mosesmayes myspace.com/djrpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Nice pics Grant.I think we could squeeze you guys in the Ho before it ever closed. (if it did)vote people, even if you've never been, its a landmark for canadian jambands making their way across canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peipunk Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 (edited) Stardate 11080902 nero @ The Canmore Hotel, Canmore Alberta Without mentioning names, various feats we can claim are fainting three times Yes, I fell face first in this bathroom: (edit: first door on the right, I think) Edited December 8, 2005 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthejourney Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 I saw Grand Theft Bus there a few years back when I lived in Calgary. A girlfriend and I tripped out there and got a campsite down the road. The show was killer! Danced the night away and had way too much to drink. Met some guys that apparently grew up with the band...hung out with them later only to find out they were a little wierd to say the least. If only you could see us being followed by these guys back to our site, us drunk as can be, 007-ing and hiding...hilarious....but I think you would have had to be there to understand the hilarity!The food there is super good too and you can't beat the view while sitting on the patio all nestled in the mountains. (well i am sure it is beatable, but it is still very wonderful)I hope nothing happens to this place as I would look forward to returning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthejourney Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 hey just so ya know....you can vote again and again!!!! and again...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthejourney Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 oh shit...nevermind...they busted me...i think you can get away with 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitidiot Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 more potos of the Ho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Punk, the bathroom is first door on the left. My room (#10) is the first door on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthejourney Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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