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Author: Todd Snelgrove

I've been having a lot of fun these past fifty-odd years. I've busked and bicycled through more places I can count, taught music and caught dengue fever, managed a band that toured all over North America and worked with Canada's National Orchestra for two decades. I've traveled countless miles to see a thousand concerts, played hundreds of gigs, won in Vegas and lost in Estonia, worked as a concert promoter, university instructor, janitor, and entertainment writer, seen the Grateful Dead and hiked the Dogon Valley, ran the stairs of the CN Tower and pedalled across Scandinavia once and Newfoundland twice. I've visited the graves of Alexander the Great and the great Robert Johnson, drunk excessively with some of the best and worst people you can imagine, and I've slept in some very, very weird places. Several years ago I started writing some of it down, and much of it is collected here for your perusal.
November 2, 2026 Neil Young / Ticket Stories

110296 Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Ottawa, ON

These guys make a huge sound when they play together…

November 1, 2026 Garaj Mahal / The Murder Plans / Ticket Stories

110108 Garaj Mahal/The Murder Plans, Ottawa, ON

On November 1st, 2008 an American jamband with the punny moniker Garaj Mahal pulled into Ottawa for a stop at a downtown live dive bar that I considered my 2nd home…

October 31, 2026 The Flaps / Ticket Stories

103108 The Flaps, Ottawa, ON

I spent Hallowe’en of 2008 at the Royal Canadian Legion on Kent Street seeing a local band called The Flaps…

October 30, 2026 David Byrne / Ticket Stories

103008 David Byrne, Montreal, QC

I very much regret never seeing the Talking Heads live…

October 29, 2026 Green Day / Ticket Stories

102995 Green Day, Ottawa, ON

On October 29th, 1995 I went to see Green Day, a band I had little knowledge of…

October 28, 2026 Travel Logs

Namibialog II: On the Road

We sped past stops with names that have been forever etched in my mind; Gloucester, Baker Street, King’s Cross, Hyde Park…

October 27, 2026 theatre / Ticket Stories

102793 A Hell of a Mess (et al), Ottawa, ON

On October 27th, 1993 I attended a play entitled A Hell of a Mess, which was staged by my future alma mater’s campus acting troupe Sock ‘n’ Buskin…

October 26, 2026 Ticket Stories / Ween

102607 Ween, Toronto, ON

On October 26th, 2007 I saw one of my favourite live acts at The Docks in Toronto…

October 25, 2026 Buzz Feiten / The Dave Weckl Band / Ticket Stories / Wayne Eagles

102599 The Dave Weckl Band (featuring Buzz Feiten), Ottawa, ON

The Buzz Feiten Tuning System was enough to get me interested in this concert…

October 24, 2026 sports / Ticket Stories

102409 Senators vs Bruins, Ottawa, ON

By hook or by crook I always try to make it out to at least one Ottawa Senators game per season…

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