Oh yes folks...the post you have been waiting for. The one where I keep track of all shows I see at Bluesfest and determine the bargain/value for going ( Read more... )

...that's right! It's BLUESFEST!!!!!

I again bought the full festival pass. I missed the first 2 days but I have now been Thursday, Friday and today. So far I have seen the following acts:

Ukrainia
Infected Mushroom
The Sheepdogs
Sierra Maestra
Three Times Lucky
Harper and Midwest Kind
Cavaliers
Red Baraat (the most amazing Indian/Bollywood ( Read more... )

Back in December 2010, Lamb, my favouritest band ever announced that they were working on a new album. In order to help fund it, they were selling pre-orders for a special Limited Deluxe Edition. I ponied up the money (cost me $30) because I would pay anything to hear new music from this group. Their last new music release was back in November 2003 ( Read more... )

I've done it! I have finally submitted my application to Algonquin for the Culinary Skills - Chef Training Diploma. My first choice is the online program, where all the theory courses will be done online from January to May. The first 3 weeks of May will be on-campus to finish those first courses and then the last 12 weeks of the program will be on ( Read more... )

Let me start off today's post by saying I really need to find a job. Any job...I am so bored. So, to that end, I am going to create some posters to put up in my apartment building and my grandma's building, advertising my services for housework, grocery shopping and any odd jobs like that. I will charge $15/hour for housework (since I will need ( Read more... )

I bought lottery tickets for 2 draws that will happen tonight: the 6/49, with a current jackpot of $16 million and Lottario, with a jackpot of $250 thousand. I'm not greedy...I'll be happy with $250k...that would allow me to live quite nicely on Barbados for a number of years. :D ( Read more... )

So that Royal Wood song that brings me to tears is actually called "Lady In Blue" and it's available on the CBC.ca website as part of a concert on demand...

Everyone needs to go listen to it:

Royal Wood at the Mod Club in Toronto

Turns out that Royal Wood is playing in Ottawa again...he's taking part in a Six Shooters evening at Capital Music Hall on October 16th. I've already bought my ticket ( Read more... )

Megan and Ian and I went and saw Royal Wood and Emm Gryner at the Harold Shenkmann Hall in Orleans. Emm Gryner was excellent...I bought her newest CD, Goddess, and had her sign it for me ( Read more... )

That would have to be the time I flew from Ottawa to Paris to see Lamb in concert (December 2003). Jon Thorne (one of the band members) put me on his personal guest list, I got a personal shout out in the middle of the concert, and a month after the show I received a package in the mail that contained a t-shirt that had been signed by everyone in ( Read more... )