020119 Gryphon Trio with Nordic Voices/Roddy Elias Trio, Ottawa, ON
Considering I had awoken that morning with no live music planned for the day it turned out to be a pretty darn fine evening…
Category: Ticket Stories
012615 Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, New Orleans, LA
On January 26th, 2015 I went to see Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen at the Maple Leaf Bar. It was my first experience with both the band and the bar and I can report that both are exceptional and neither should be missed…
012112 NACO plays Bond and Beyond, Ottawa, ON
Spy music just blatantly sounds like spy music…
011819 Scott H. Biram/Durwood, Lafayette, LA
I was pretty happy with the perks that came with booking a room at the Blue Moon Saloon…
011716 Phish, Riviera Maya, Mexico
The show opened with a song that everyone had been expecting all weekend…
011516 Phish, Riviera Maya, Mexico
The concept of seeing one of my favourite bands in a beachfront setting was mouthwateringly attractive to me…
011117 Cirque du Soleil: Joyã, Riviera Maya, Mexico
I want to tell you, those Cirque du Soleil people really know how to entertain…
011020 Jamcruise IV
Somehow it took until day four of Jamcruise for me to find the inevitable omelet station among the ship’s large and varied 24-hour buffet. I knew they had to have one but it was tucked way back in the corner of the cafeteria, well past the piles of croissants and cheese that would generally take all of my morning attention and appetite. Ironically, though I found the omelet station…
010920 Jamcruise III
January 9th, 2020 was Day III of that most legendary floating music festival: Jamcruise. I awoke at 9am and, figuring I had enough sleep under my belt for the night I got up and went to the gym for a half-hour of sweaty exercise, which felt great. Any calories lost were immediately regained…
010720 Jamcruise I
By the time 2019 rolled around Jamcruise had been going on for seventeen years…
Todd Man Out 