012415 Preservation Hall, New Orleans, LA
Preservation Hall in New Orleans must be the most understated famous venue in America…
Tag: music
012100 Don Ross/Bob Wiseman, Ottawa, ON
This is ticket #1 from a show that I promoted my very own self, a scary and thrilling project that brought together the amazing Baba Wizemana and the incredible Don Ross for the very first (and only?) time along with hundreds of eager music fans in the Alumni Theatre…
011787 Triumph/Brighton Rock, Moncton, NB
On January 17th, 1987 I huddled in the cold with my back pressed up against the front door of the Moncton Coliseum. I arrived two, maybe three hours early for the show and was among the first in line to get in. Back then I was a rail-hugger…
011597 Tricky, Montreal, QC
On January 15th, 1997 I drove to Montreal to see Tricky at the Spectrum. A hard-grinding rap artist like Tricky would normally have been well off of my radar but I was dating a girl with a very good, eclectic musical foundation that she eagerly shared with me…
081609 Phish, Saratoga Springs, NY
I had seen Phish play thirty-one times without hearing them play Llama…
110696 Lyle Lovett, Ottawa, ON
My first experience with Lyle Lovett dropped my jaw…
Thrush Hermit Redux; an Interview With Joel Plaskett
My 2010 interview with Joel Plaskett as the former Thrush Hermit frontman set out tour yet another solo album, this time a three-record set.
(reprinted courtesy of Soundproofmagazine, May 31, 2010)
Bob Loblaw – Monkey Do
Back in the mid-’90’s I was part of a really interesting Ottawa freakrock band called Bob Loblaw. In 1996 we rented some recording equipment, set it up in the living room, and spent an intense week creating our only album – Monkey Do – which we released on cassette. For the record, Arrested Development didn’t start airing until 2003.
Pumpkin (My Cat’s On Crack) – The Tummies
This pending hit song is a tribute to Pumpkin, a rough-and-tumble tabby who died of feline AIDS long ago, and is performed by puppets.
011820 Pigs in Z’Hills BBQ & Blues Festival, Zephyrhills, FL
On January 18th, 2020 the biggest snowstorm to ever hit Newfoundland was just finishing up and I found myself holed up at my mother’s winter home in New Port Richey, Florida for a week longer than I intended to visit as the crews busily worked to reopen the St. John’s airport…
Todd Man Out 