081518 Curveball I, Watkins Glen, NY
August 15th, 2018 was a very big day for m’lady and I…
Category: Ticket Stories
081408 Don Ross and Andy McKee/Vieux Farke Touré/Finest Kind/D Rangers, Ottawa, ON
I saw lots of great music over the course of the 2008 Ottawa Folk Festival, including a veritable festival unto itself on August 14th, 2008, the first night of the festivities…
081113 Willie Nelson/Red Hot Chili Peppers/The Foals/Kurt Vile and the Violators/Dawes/Fishbone, San Francisco, CA
The third and final day of the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco was packed with stuff I wanted to see…
081009 ACDC, Ottawa, ON
On August 10th, 2009 I drove out to the Corel Centre (or whatever) to see AC/DC. This was my second time seeing the Scottish/Australian rockers and with the blissful electrifying joy of that first AC/DC experience still ringing in my ears more than a decade later I was super-excited to have the band elevate me to a rock and roll pinnacle once again…
080915 Delhi 2 Dublin, Ottawa, ON
One of the great things about living in Ottawa are all the festivals and celebrations that happen all summer long. One of my annual favourites is the Festival of India…
080513 Phish, Los Angeles, CA
This was my first visit to the Hollywood Bowl and I had been wanting to see a show there since I first saw that famous Bugs Bunny cartoon…
080312 Blue Skies Music Festival, Clarendon, ON
Do you believe in magic?
080213 Phish, San Francisco, CA
When I woke up on August 2nd, 2013 I wiped the magical pixie dust of live musical bliss from my eyes and found myself in a dingy motel room on the outskirts of the outskirts of San Francisco…
073116 Radiohead/Leon Bridges/Nathaniel Rateliff, Montreal, QC
After years of skipping out on what had been widely reported as a fantastic festival, on July 31st, 2016 I drove to Montreal for the Osheaga Festival. Though it had been pulling in big-name acts since its inception the Osheaga Festival had always just missed the mark for me, and to be honest if it was up to me I wouldn’t have gone this time around either…
072805 Renaissance exhibit, Ottawa, ON
When I first met m’lady I immediately took the plunge and invited her to join me for a Renaissance exhibit that was currently running at the National Gallery…
