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Bluesfest Day 8: TURN IT UP!
I haven’t written anything the past few days because I’ve been low on time, and low on enthusiasm – not much has really blown me away – I will write days 6 and 7 up later, but for now let me talk about tonight. Tonight is a big night. I have a lot of stuff…
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Bluesfest Day 5: Girl Talk!
I am mighty pissed off about one thing from yesterday – as I walked onto the grounds and grabbed a daily schedule, I was informed of a schedule change – that Land of Talk would be switched with Jenn Grant and would play at 6:15 instead of 4:45. So we just kinda wandered around and…
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recently on twitter.com/dsamojlenko
WWIII propaganda posters: http://is.gd/1oVUQ # may have a spare ticket for opening night of Bluesfest tomorrow (wed) evening – The Black Keys, Jeff Beck, among others… takers? # Boooo lawnchairs and boooo umbrellas – Amos the Transparent is kickin it tho # The Black Keys ROCKED! # great night at Bluesfest – Sergent Garcia had…
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Bluesfest Day 4: Matisyahu!
Just a quick video post today – no time to write anything up. Yesterday was Hey Rosetta! and Matisyahu, both great performances, Matisyahu being one of two shows I’ve most been looking forward to this week (the other being Girl Talk tonight). Speaking of tonight, the list is as follows: Land of Talk, King Khan…
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Bluesfest Day 3: Arrested!
What a day of music! Started at 6:00 at the main festival grounds for The Stills from Montreal. I’ve only recently gotten into these guys, but really enjoyed their showing here. Then we trekked across town to York Street for The Proclaimers who were great, but really I only know 2 songs of theirs, and…
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Bluesfest Day 2: Relentless!
Ben Harper blew us all away last night, and that’s just about all there is to say about Day 2. Oh, except that Metric FUCKING ROCKED, proving that they deserved the upgrade to the bigger stage this year, and Holy Fuck was just, well, holy fuck they were good – I loved the garage sale…
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My Infinite Summer: Week 2 and a bit
I was so proud of myself – for TWO WEEKS, I was right on schedule with my reading! I was able to follow along on the Infinte Summer website, peruse the forums, I was doing JUST FINE. Until this week. I’m now 25 pages behind, and falling back quickly. I know we’re only into the…
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Bluesfest Day 1: Aftermath
What a great kickoff to an amazing festival! Had a blast last night. Started out with Amanda Rheaume, a festival favourite, who kicked it off in style on the Rogers Stage, just as the sky cleared after a very short torential rain pour that threatened to dampen Day 1 (and caused some pretty nasty little…
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Bluesfest 2009: Day 1
Gonna be scrambling to see everything again this year (did you see my possibly impossible list?), and getting right to it on the first day! Here’s the rundown of day 1 for me: 6:00pm – Amanda Rheaume 7:00pm – Amos the Transparent 8:00pm – The Black Keys 9:30pm – Jeff Beck So I’ll just be…
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Bluesfest: The Scourge of Lawnchairs
On this first day of Bluesfest 2009, which also happens to be the kickoff to the annual Bluesfest Lawn Chair debate, let’s get things started with Peter Simpson of The Big Beat’s take on the issue: “The Official Big Beat Position is that lawn chairs should be banned from Bluesfest. They are a menace. They’re…