Category Entertainment
CityFolk I – Opening Night
I’m not sure how this qualifies as folk music. The Tubes were the first act on the main stage at CityFolk 2015, the Ottawa Folk Festival with a new name and location. I have no emotional investment in The Tubes. I have never owned any of their records, never seen them live before and would […]
Spencerville Fair – April Wine
The first time I saw April Wine in concert there were 30,000 people who came out to see them. Or so their manger claimed in a series of advertisements he took out after the show to promote the band. The whole truth was a little different. Yes, there were 30,000 people there. However no more […]
The Tax Scam
By now there must be a warrant out for my arrest. And a subpoena. If this post ends in mid- sentence you know they came and took me away. It is all my fault of course. I am a procrastinator. If it can wait until tomorrow I usually let it. So when I came home […]
I have no idea how this wound up on my computer, where or when I downloaded it. I must have done so because I thought you would like it though, so here it is. I probably meant to send it to one person in particular, a friend who gave up meat (among other pleasurable foods) […]
Planning To Fail
There is an axiom that failing to plan means you are planning to fail. If you don’t have an idea how to accomplish your goals you are unlikely to do so. Today I’m going to be a little self-indulgent. It is a year since this blog started and that seems to be a suitable time […]
Go Set A Watchman
With all the controversy surrounding the “new” Harper Lee novel, I knew it was a “must read.” I also knew I didn’t want to buy it. I have a house full of books and am trying not to buy anything new, unless I am sure I will read it more than once. I didn’t think […]
The Debate
Thursday night is fireworks night in Old Orchard Beach. That meant I missed the first debate of American Republican presidential hopefuls. It was on television, but I was on the beach. The television coverage the next day and through the weekend was extensive. There are after all 17 people running (at this point) for the […]
Arena Security
My initial reaction was: who do they think they’re kidding? I received an email from the folks at the Canadian Tire Centre (formerly Scotiabank Place, formerly the Corel Centre and formerly the Palladium – the stadium name changes frequently) with news that their security policy has been upgraded “to provide our fans with the safest […]
Beach Reading
I don’t have anywhere near as much time to read for pleasure as I would like – except when I am at the beach. You can get through a lot of pages in those daily 12 hours. When I am on vacation I usually get to the beach (weather permitting) just after 6 a.m. I […]
More Random Thoughts From Bluesfest
The 2015 RBC Ottawa Bluesfest is now over. I promised some impressions, but it seemed like during the festival there was never time to do more than jot down a few notes. Time to get caught up, with some mini-reviews of the artists I had a chance to see (or at least hear) perform. Interpol: […]
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