Dreamin'

Judy, that really wasn't a hint! Although, if you must, I have tiny hands, so put me down for a size small.

We're waist-deep in 2010 merch up here. It's as though it breeds on it's own.

Also: the red mittens are back-ordered on the website. Can you set aside a pair for me when the next shipment comes in?

They will definitely be included in my welcome pkg for you and Trish. For me, the best part of the Olympics will be playing host and tour guide for so many of my favourite people.

Things I'm also excited about:

Wilco

My husband somehow managed to get tix to the men's and women's gold medal hockey games, plus a few other cool events. (I rarely admit this in public, since I would be strung up by most everyone I know.)

Stephen Colbert!!!! Love. Him.

I've always wanted to travel to Quebec City in the winter. Jealous!

This is a very fine Canadian tour! Now they just have to add a date in Newfoundland to save the baby seals, like Sir Paul.

Kelly Hogan has many credits to her name, aside from the Jody Grind also. Sadly she no longer lives in Chicago, but she was a fixture with every band that played the Hideout for many years. It is really nice to know she now has a more than steady (and one that must more than pay the bills) with Neko.

Love, love, love Kelly Hogan! I've seen Neko several times over the last 10 yrs, and the shows with Kelly were the best, by far.

Glad the West is feeling the love - but as I stated before - noone ever goes to Newfoundland... sad really... Still not a full Trans-Canada tour in my eyes...

True. As far as I can remember, the White Stripes are the only band to visit every Province and Territory on a single tour. Still, you've got to give Wilco credit for crossing the country in February. Brrr.

OMG THEY ADDED VICTORIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Feb 12th!

 

Happily eating my words earlier in the thread....

Sometimes it's nice to be wrong.

I'm so glad to see "Mile 0" is finally getting some love. Now that's a real Trans Canada tour.

I the CBC. I really do.

I have no idea who anyone is anymore.

Not recommended for people who are sick with the flu, unless you enjoy indulging your paranoid fantasies as much as I do.

Beautiful is hard to argue with. And on a real island! If you can have the roadies drive across Canada, I think they can make it over to Victoria. I'd love that because then I could take the Clipper over.

Greater Victoria is about the same size as Halifax, I think. And as you point out, it's only a short ferry trip from both Seattle and Vancouver.

No offense, but do you really think it is feasible for Wilco to play anywhere in BC but Vancouver? It's not like there's gigantic population centers dotted around the province, and it's pretty spread out. I'm not sure why they should feel ashamed of themselves.

Victoria, a beautiful city with a major university, attracts artists like Leonard Cohen, etc. Neil Young played a benefit concert in Duncan, BC (also on the Island) in 2004.

Huge props to Wilco for crossing Canada in the dead of winter - this is a right of passge for all Canadian bands. I imagine the Sadies have done it a hundred times.

This reminded me of Hard Core Logo.

Well this is nice! We have tickets for two Olympic events (nothing major) on Feb 14 and Feb 15th! And my nurse recently relocated to downtown Vancouver, so I have a place to stay! Woo hoo!

That's awesome, Judy! Can't wait.

If you're staying downtown, you can probably walk to David Lam Park.

Hmmm... And we were planning on arriving on the 15th...

Time to revise those travel plans. I must admit, I did not see this one coming. Pack your rain pants and wellies!

A Canadian tour in February is pretty hardcore.

I've been waiting forever for a Victoria show... Coincidentally, I'll also be out of the country for the first half of 2010, so it'll probably happen.

If they're going to do a real Trans-Canada tour, Victoria is "Mile 0." You never know.

It would also be cool if Wilco could contribute to the Neil Young Project during the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. It would be a good fit, I think.

Wilco may not visit those of us on the wet coast much anymore, but we still have the music. Ashes of American Flags is coming to the big screen in October.

http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/

Vancouver seems to have a 2-3 yr gap between shows. I accept it. I don't even check the tour dates anymore.

I forgot to mention that Pegi Young and Ben Keith joined Neil 5 songs into his set.

I overheard the following conversation, just before Neil's set:

Guy smoking pot: "NEIL YOUNG, man!!!

Cop: Yeah, I'm so stoked!

Goin' Back

Powderfinger

Pocahontas

Birds

Sail Away

King

Long May You Run

Light a Candle

Human Hwy

Hold Back The Tears

Sarah McLaughlan was on after Neil (!) so I decided to call it a night. Don't know if he joined Sarah and Sheryl Crow on stage at the end (I'm guessing he did).

Link.....

 

http://www.thrasherswheat.org/wheatfield.html

I saw him on that tour in a smallish amphitheater near Salem, OR. 17 yrs ago? Wow, I am old!

Greatest performance artist of our time.

Crashing the Kurt Loder & Madonna interview was her best work.

I think it's cool when little girls carry their dolls in a sling and pretend to BF. No need for fake breasts, though.

Guitar Player magazine interview - by way of Thrasher's Wheat:

Cool. I'm going to pick that up.

A little off topic, but this is a great quote:

Listening to Young play guitar is the aural equivalent of watching a man wrestle an alligator, with all the chaos and drama that the image implies. No matter how sweet the melody he wrings from his legendary black 1953 Les Paul or weathered Gretsch, it has serrated edges that glisten dangerously, like tiny shards of broken glass. When it comes to guitar playing, we've always admired Eric Clapton's elegance, Jimi Hendrix's psychedelic daring and Joe Satriani's precise shredding. But it's the raw, craggy, "fucked-up-ness" of Neil Young's guitar work that satisfies our most primal musical sensibilities.

I've got tix to see Neil play acoustic on the beach (at Ambleside Park, that is) in September. I'm even willing to put up with Sheryl Crow and Sarah McLachlan for the privilege. Now that's true love.

Anyone get the Archives yet?

 

Don't Be Denied

 

American Masters - PBS:

Thanks for the heads up.

I don't want to buy a Blu-ray player, so it looks like the DVD set for me. I wanted to buy it from my local indie shop, but they quoted me a price of $400+ Cdn. Crazy. Amazon.ca it is.