AdamH Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 No drama from last night. about 100 people backstage for the hip but nothing too wild and crazy. Jose Gonzalez was a real gentleman.TV on the Radio and Wintersleep were partying together last night and they were planning to go to either Barrymore's or Zaphod's after the festival was closing down - anyone confirm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 i was hoping you'd be reporting from bluesfest again this year!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 i was hoping you'd be reporting from bluesfest again this year!!+ 1. Keep the dirt coming Adam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I can't wait for the snoop dog and his ho's stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I can't wait for the snoop dog and his ho's stories.bokonon already told me she can't make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Nothing to offer from last night (simply too much professionalism in general) - Uhh..Feist is short and looks bad without makeup on?I do want to say "How about that Dave Bidini?". Great musician and really great guy to talk to. I think you may see him at the six shooter showcase today (which comes highly recommended so try and check some of it out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Zimmy Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I was chatting with Bidini last night....love that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Just read this in the Citizen. Typical Steely Dan dry humour I think.Artists can be quirky people, but ahead of last night's Steely Dan show, the group's manager e-mailed Bluesfest artistic director Mark Monahan to request a police escort for Walter Becker and Donald Fagen."We've had all kinds of strange requests," said Mr. Monahan, "but this was a new one. They said it was never a problem in U.S. cities. I said it would probably be a problem here, but I'd ask."Becker and Fagen, the legendary creative core of Steely Dan, arrived by private jet from Montreal and apparently wanted the royal escort so they could avoid red lights and other inconveniences of modern day motoring -- though on a Saturday afternoon in Ottawa, those inconveniences would be minimal.Mr. Monahan contacted the Ottawa police who even for a fee turned down the request as "an inappropriate use of police time." Mr. Becker and Mr. Fagen, who asked for separate SUVs to carry them from the airport, settled for a Bluesfest van to guide them into the downtown.http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/features/blues/story.html?id=ad87f708-301d-453b-911b-e15c511e88ab&p=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 did they at least get a manicure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 from that same Citizen article:And speaking of quirks, fans at Friday night's Feist show were justifiably upset that the big video screens were black for her entire performance. This was her demand and not some technical issue. If Feist had been standing several hundred rows back, she might have an inkling about why people enjoy watching the screens and why, indeed, her refusal to allow them was selfish and caused a flood of early departures. For an artist with a professed egalitarian view of life, her demand that she remain a dot in the distance for many thousands of her fans was thoughtless.Why doesn't that surprise me? I really don't get that chick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 well, one of the two screens was working, so great reporting Citizen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 I'd rather no screen at all than a screen with innane text messages scrolling across the bottom 25%. Good on her for eliminating that frustration Friday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Backstage last night, Donald Fagen was overheard saying: "No police escort, no Reeling in the Years!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 I'd rather no screen at all than a screen with innane text messages scrolling across the bottom 25%. Good on her for eliminating that frustration Friday night. gotta agree that those test messages are really annoying. did they have that last year as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I can't wait for the snoop dog and his ho's stories.Well not that it's a big surprise but after his show he went into the trailer with two chicks, shut the door and turned the lights out. D Oh Double Gee-z!Regarding the Steely Dan comments I met them both in the morning, they were nice but very quiet. They didn't give off much of an ego but who knows.The Weakerthans put on a great show but those guys were all fucking assholes (Jim Bryson excepted). If you want an example of a band that no longer gels, and takes their frustration out on the people around them, I direct you to this band. All arrived and departed in different periods, all asking for things that don't IMO fit their stature (ex. "good champagne, a silver bucket and ice") and just generally acting like two-year olds. They nearly took off in Mark Monahan's golf cart for fuck sakes. Did anyone see Rashid Taha last night? Wow! What a surprisingly great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 adam, i think i saw you walking your bike through the museum on maybe saturday night after it was all over. i was going to say hi but then realised the only time i've met you i was drunk, and then on saturday night I was drunk as well. so i thought better of it. good story eh?that weakerthans story surprises me. but i believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 A good friend worked beside JKS in Winnipeg at the CBC and that story does not surprise me at all. I guess he is just as much a dick in normal life too.....Sook Yin Lee on the other hand was a wonderful companion to my friend while she was there.S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 "good champagne, a silver bucket and ice"where do you get a silver bucket? WHy do you need a silver bucket? Wouldn't any cooler do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 From Perez:What 'licious singer arrived in the Ottawa airport yesterday completely smashed???She was so drunk that she needed assistance from her bodyguard to exit the plane and make her way through customs.At least she didn't pee herself (again)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I bet it was the dude from Stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 At least she didn't pee herself (again)!Fergie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 it was probably Hunter Pipes in town with the Spearhead crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted July 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I had very little to go on this year, though Donna Summer did ask to have her entire trailer covered floor to ceiling with white sheets. She's some kind of germophobe evidently. Let's pray for some real crazies next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I heard they're lining up Ozzie Osbourne for next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Anyone catch TV on the Radio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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