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Random Thoughts from Buesfest I
I tend to graze at music festivals, nibble a bit of this act or that performer and move on after a couple of songs. I’ll only stay longer if they manage to grab my attention. The 2015 edition of RBC Ottawa Bluesfest started Wednesday night and I have been grazing the music on offer. Here […]
Welcome to Bluesfest – No Blues Required
Ottawa’s biggest annual music festival, the RBC Ottawa Bluesfest started last night. Each year I waffle: is buying a festival pass worth the expense? There are 11 day of music, but a lot of artists I don’t care for. Would I be better off just buying a day pass for the shows I really want […]
Music Month Begins
July is for me usually the busiest month of the year in terms of seeing live music. Ottawa has a number festivals, including the RBC Bluesfest, which features hundreds of acts (and where you have to try really hard to find a blues performer). So you can expect a lot of thoughts on the music […]
Lost Luggage III – Good Customer Service
I had my post for today already written, then the phone rang. It was 3 p.m. Friday. Air Transat was finally returning my call. My wife’s bag in transit since last Saturday had been delivered to her and she and my daughter would be upgraded to “club class” for her return flight. I still have […]
In-Flight Movies
I love movies, but never seem to find the time to go to the theatre. So I get caught up on the occasions when I have long flights. I don’t miss the days when everyone on a plane had to watch the same film, which inevitably was shown on a screen as far as possible […]
A Monday Morning Mini Rant
I was waffling between a couple of posts for today, one a serious commentary, the other a travel piece. I couldn’t make up my mind. Then I saw this quote and decided it was appropriate for a Monday morning. Yes, I know it is a generalization, but there is a lot of truth in it […]
Taking Centre Stage
She took the evening off from her day job with the geriatric geezers who don’t rock every night anymore. On this night, at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival she was centre stage, not 20 feet from stardom. Immediately after the show she flew to Pittsburg to rejoin the Rolling Stones, who she has toured with […]
A New World Record
It’s only money. I have to repeat that to myself from time to time. Because money in itself is valueless – it is what you buy with the money that has value, to you anyway. A few years back, when I was a church youth group leader, I would talk with the teens about money […]
Warped in Montreal – The Daycare
It was a decade ago, and I was much too old for it, but I took in a stop on the annual Vans Warped Tour when it came to Montreal. It was part of being a good dad. My teenaged son had some bands he wanted to see. My wife and daughter were away; I […]
LeRoux II – Toiling In Obscurity
“Rock and roll is not pretty, but somebody’s gotta do it.” – Bobby Campo. I only met him once, but that statement has been stuck in my head for more than 30 years. Bobby Campo was then (and for most of the past four decades) percussionist, horn player and violinist for LeRoux (or Louisiana’s LeRoux […]
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