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posted on 2003-5-22 at 19:05
Concert Reviews
I wanna what shows everyone's recently been and what you thought of it. I go to at least a show a week so I thought this would be fun.
Gonna see Johnny Marr and the Healers tonight at the Opera House. Saw them this January with Mellowdrone. Actually I went specifically to see
Mellowdrone even though they were only opening. Stayed for Marr and was amazed. He truly is a living legend. Mellowdrone was supposed to open again
but for some unknown reason Mr Bates cancelled all his dates. Boo urns
I'll have a review when I get back.
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posted on 2003-5-23 at 04:46
Johnny Marr and the Healers with Paolo Alto
Interesting, not very many concert-goers in here. Ah well, I guess go to enough to cover everybody.
Quick review of Johnny Marr and the Healers tonight at the Opera House: Quarter to 8 and only about a dozen people in line. Very strange because in
January a crapload of us waiting in sub-zero temperatures outside Lee's Palace hours before the show.
8:15 they take us in, confiscate everyone's cameras. Bastards!! Paolo Alto (So-cal rock band) take the stage at 9:15. Great set full of energy,
9 songs. The place is still empty.
Hanging around for a while during the changes on stage. The place finally starts to get full. Johnny Marr comes out to a huge ovations. Plays almost
everything off the album and a couple of new tracks.
This man makes guitar look so easy. He plays so non-chalant, posing and holding the guitar in every which way. Absolute crowd pleaser. Great set,
about 12 songs and 2 encore songs.
Thumbs up for the whole show.
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posted on 2003-5-23 at 05:18
I'm going to see Silverchair Tonight and Tomorrow night. I'll let you guys know what I think of em.
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posted on 2003-5-23 at 14:49
Never been a fan, but did enjoy a few tracks. Anxiously awaiting your review(s).
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posted on 2003-5-26 at 01:36
Still waiting Jeff....
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posted on 2003-6-6 at 03:47
6th Annual White Ribbon
K, here's my reivew of the White Ribbon Benefit Concert from June 3rd at the Phoenix.
It was a totally packed house and for good reason. We had Gord Downie, Gordie Johnson, Edwin, Holly McNarland, Todd Kerns, the Watchmen and the Tea
Party perform. (oh yea, snow was there too, *cough*)
Three hours of jams and covers including some Bob Marley and Led Zeppelin. Another thumbs up show, lots of energy from the performers and a really
excited crowd. Check out a whole whackload of pictures at
http://www.brethart.ca/concerts/whiteribbon
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posted on 2003-6-8 at 10:01
Zed (and Colorblind)
I went and saw Zed a couple nights ago, had to set up for them actually. Personally i didn't like it, a lot their songs sound the same and the
crowd was too small (pub gig) because the only song people know is Renegade Fighter. They should really have toured AFTER the new album is released
but oh well.
Colorblind were good though, they're an Aussie band so none of you would have heard of them (not even sure if you've heard of Zed
actually), but they sounded good.
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posted on 2003-6-8 at 13:50
never heard of them... what style of music?
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posted on 2003-6-8 at 19:11
Wow, I miss going to weekly concerts. Finger Eleven is playing in Thunder Bay tomorrow but I can't afford to take the day off work to drive all
the way to the city for the show.
Fortunately I was able to get my fill of live music this weekend at my town's annual music festival. It was a classic rock-themed weekend so I
saw CCR, Rolling Stones and ABBA cover bands as well as the headliners, Trooper. The mullets were out in full force and I came to the realization that
I live in the biggest hick town ever. Good times!
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posted on 2003-6-9 at 01:39
Zed are, for lack of a better genre, pop rock.
Colorblind are rock, kinda like Evanescence only with a less operatic singing style.
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posted on 2003-6-9 at 02:08
If you're ever dressed up downtown Toronto and got nowhere to go, be sure to check out the Reservoir Lounge at 44 Wellington. I've only
been there once, but I love it. It's a semi-upscale jazz club. I had the privilage of seeing Danny B perform some blues tunes with the
lounge's terrific house band. There's absolutely nothing like it.
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posted on 2003-6-9 at 02:54
That sounds wicked... do u have to be 19 to get in tho?
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posted on 2003-6-9 at 02:58
That's a good question. I'd probably say yes though because it is a bar.
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Thanks
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posted on 2003-6-9 at 03:50
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i just recently saw smile empty soul, seether, and trapt. smile empty sould is a killer up and coming band... might want to check them out. i got to
meet them and they were cool too. the single is bottom of a bottle. not a big fan of seether, so i dont have much to say about them. trapt was really
good though. their cd is awesome, and headstrong definately is not the best. they definately put on a good show.
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i can imagine... bottom of a bottle is really good... maybe i should buy a new CD
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posted on 2003-6-12 at 06:18
Ozzy Osbourne at the ACC
I'd really like to give this show a thumbs between but since it's not available, thumbs up will do.
First off, I forgot my camera at home so I don't have any photos. Sorry folks. The show started with Voidvod. Now everyone says these guys are
thrash metal veterans, but they look and sound more like Fubar rejects. Just a horrible way to start out the night, a totally dead crowd for them.
Things should probably pick up when Finger Eleven come out to play. But another disappointment. The crowd is dead again, and if I wasn't so
courteous to the people behind me, I would've been the only person standing up for them. They opened with Above, a couple of new tracks
including the one from Daredevil. They then played Good Times, a couple more new tracks and then closed with First Time. I think they lost the crowd
because of all the new material. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but when you're an opener, I don't care if you have a new
album coming out, you should play the crowd-pleasers otherwise you lose everybody.
Finally Ozzy comes out. These old goofs behind me tap me on the back and say they can't see because they're sitting down. At this point I
feel like flipping them off, but instead I'm just nice and pointed to every other section that was standing up and simply ignored them. Who the
f*ck sits down at an Ozzy show?! Jeebus!!
Ozzy's energy suprised me. He played for well over 2 hours. He had more energy than half the crowd. They couldn't keep an Oz-zy Oz-zy
chant going for more than 15 seconds and didn't make enough noise when Ozzy said he couldn't f*cking hear us.
He didn't mess up a single line or stutter once during the between-song banter. He managed to crank out all the hits from War Pigs, to NIB,
Crazy Train, No More Tears and Mama I'm Coming Home. The only song I didn't hear that I wanted to was Over the Mountain.
The Ozzman proved he's got what it takes to keep on rocking in the free world. He even had some choice words to say to the bands that cancelled
because of the SARS scare.
Overall, the performances I went to see were great, the experience itself wasn't the best.
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posted on 2003-6-12 at 13:42
I wouldn't have thought that Ozzy had the rights to NIB and War Pigs, considering Iommi wrote the music.
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posted on 2003-6-12 at 22:57
I think they could've put their silly squandering aside about issues like that. It wouldn't make sense for anybody else to be singing
Sabbath stuff unless they're covering it.
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posted on 2003-6-13 at 16:49
Sorry, I just don't like Ozzy and I really don't like the fact that people associate him as being Black Sabbath (not saying you are), when
Ronnie James Dio was so much better than he was in terms of singing.
Anyway, enough of my whinging.
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Crap, I almost forgot about this thread!! Not much time for reviews, so I'll basically list a few shows I've seen since Ozzy and give a
quick review.
The Swallows and Zeppelinesque at Lee's Palace June 20th: Kick ass by both bands. Doesn't get much more fun than seeing people of all ages
(19+) boppin to Zepp.
Saucepan Heroes June 30th at the Horseshoe. Fun power-pop-rock band. Young group, full of energy, nice tunes, cool Hives cover.
Mission Press and the Illuminati at the Horseshoe July 2nd. Hmm... I can't even remember this one. Probably wasn't too good.
Forty Foot Echo and Three Days Grace opening for Theory of a Who What? Who gives a rats ass about Theory. I paid my $15 to see 3DG and got my
money's worth out of Forty Foot Echo alone. Helluva stage presence by both bands. Has anyone noticed that the lead guitarist for FFE looks alot
like Anthony Kiedis? And has anyone seen that freaky stare that Brad of 3DG has on his face.
Helluva show, the guitar smashing didn't go over too well with the stage floor though. It gave before the guitar did.
Summer Sanitarium July 5th at the Skydome. Only a few words are needed for that... lots of pain, lots of enjoyable pain!
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posted on 2003-7-13 at 02:19
Meetings at the IFS Show
Saw New Brunswick's own In Flight Safety open for the Royals and Sticky Rice (didn't get to stick around to see either of the two) at the
Rivoli on Friday night.
I originally met the guys from IFS at the Cameron House during Jonny James' first solo set for NXNE and picked up their EP Vacation Land.
Maritime folk are cool Jonny came by to see them to play on Friday and so did (now) local artist Andrew Spice. He said I was the first person that
has ever recognized him in public.
Back to IFS... if anybody is into Coldplay at all, or even if you're not and just simply can't get the Clocks tune out of your head, be
sure to check out In Flight Safety. They're more experiemental melodic rhythm than complex songwriting. Vacation Land is very soothing but live
its just unbelievable. They showcased a lot of new material from their forthcoming album.
Be sure to check them out at inflightsafety.ca. And in case you're wondering, I don't get paid for
saying any of this.
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posted on 2003-7-25 at 02:32
Beaches International Jazzfest
If anyone gets a chance over the next couple of days, be sure to hit the Beaches (Queen St East of Woodbine) after 7pm for loads of live Jazz on the
street. Very relaxing atmosphere, and everyone can have a good time.
I saw the Samba Sqaud, who are a group of talented drummers, Down with Webster and a bunch of others. Anyone who was at the Livid's Reverb show
on April 16th would remember Down with Webster. They're a jazz/blues/hip hop act and are just a thrill to see live. They're such a
refreshing change from the ordinary and the crowd was definately pleased.
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posted on 2003-7-26 at 17:20
Ooooh, 3DG pictures?! Thanks Ish! I can't wait to see those guys live!
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