092807 The Idea of North: Songs Inspired by Glenn Gould, Gatineau, QC
Glenn Gould was a prodigious piano playing freak of nature who is sometimes referred to as the greatest musician of the twentieth century…
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.
092709 The Tragically Hip, Ottawa, ON
On September 27th, 2009 I walked to the National Arts Centre to see the second night of a three-night Tragically Hip run…
092516 Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy
One of the responsibilities one undertakes when galavanting around the planet is exposing one’s self to the local history and culture…
092492 NACO plays Rossini, Brahms and Dvořák, Ottawa, ON
I suspect that this ticket from September 24th, 1992 marks the first time ever I saw the NAC Orchestra perform…
092300 ’69 Duster/Neil Leyton/Declan Nine, Toronto, ON
On September 23rd, 2000 I joined a gaggle of great friends on a musical boat cruise featuring a trio of acts…
092189 Steve Stevens, Ottawa, ON
This ticket represents a very important night in my life…
092008 Senators vs Rangers, Ottawa, ON
On days when our local NHL team was playing I would always make a point of wearing one of my Senators t-shirts to work…
091907 Beastie Boys, Montreal, QC
I was super-excited for the somewhat unique chance to see the Beastie Boys in a cool venue like Metropolis…
091801 John Cougar Mellencamp/The Wallflowers, Ottawa, ON
Mellencamp stood at the edge of the stage with nothing but a microphone and great band behind him and belted out a lifetime of great, no-BS rock and roll…
091788 Bruce Springsteen/Sting/Peter Gabriel/Tracy Chapman/Youssou N’Dour/k. d. lang/Michel Rivard/Daniel Lavoie, Montreal, QC
Amnesty International Human Rights Now! was an all-day concert featuring sets by Sting, Peter Gabriel and several others at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal..
