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Santa My Santa

November 25, 2007 by Peter in Events | Leave a comment

So, here’s a scenario.  Head into Vancouver on a Saturday morning to check out MobileCamp and spend 6-7 hours geeking out on anything Mobile (oh you Symbiants, you’re everywhere ;)) and then head down to a hotel for a company Christmas Party – Holiday Party?  Seasonal Party?  Unaffiliated get-together?

All that’s fine, get up in the morning to head back to home and …what the… 400,000 people are between you and home, all waiting for the big fat guy.  OK fine, we’ll stay and watch the way-too-many pipe bands and the army of Rogers people handing out flyers and wait for the crowd to be distracted enough for us to get home:

The People Are Everywhere

Prime Seating For The Important Ones

Actually a good parade, as far as parades go. The iPhone is no road camera, though, but it held its own and tried to get the good angles when it mattered:

There He Is

Was it worth the 90 minute drive home afterwards? Well, if I complain I won’t get any presents, so I’ll say oh you bet it was.

Lucinda @ the Bowl

June 13, 2007 by Peter in Events, Music | Leave a comment

Great concert tonight (wait, this is becoming concertblog, I’ll have to stop that). Mare and I bought last-minute tix to see Lucinda Williams come to the Malkin Bowl and put on a show. Kelly Joe Phelps opened, playing some great acoustic guitar with solid blues vocals. The rain started to spray a bit, which didn’t help the outdoor venue, but by the time Lucinda came out it was pretty decent.

For the first couple of songs it looked like she might have maybe had a bit too much pre-concert juice, but she settled in pretty quick and started to get things going with Pineola and Drunken Angel back to back, two of my favourites. After that she invited people to come to the stage to dance which of course made things packed instantly. That got the crowd going even more, though, and Unsuffer Me really set things to a new level. She was definitely feeling more Texas Rock than Blues for most of the night and belted out some great gravelly vocals. Towards the end, though, she got back to Blues and played Joy, inviting Colin Linden on stage with Kelly Joe coming back to join the band as well. Great guitar-off between 3 solid players with an extended set of solos to close off the regular set.
One spectator that had an especially good blues-head going on was Colin James. He was sitting about 4 rows up, close to the aisle. Pretty discreet all around, definitely enjoying the show. I think it’s only fair that we include a picture of him enjoying Lucinda:

Try to imagine the head rocking back and forth, yup that’s Colin ;).

Lucinda came back for an encore and began to play a couple of standards, but that’s when the rain finally hit and her crew pulled the plug. Wish I had my Nikon with me for that as the shot of the band playing with the rain coming down was amazing. Oh well, had Mare’s little Pentax and at least got some memory pics. Not much to look at but this one does give a feel for the evening:

Another great show, hope this continues on into Rogers Waters next week!

Police Police Police

May 29, 2007 by Peter in Events, Music | 2 Comments

The Police kicked off their world tour tonight in Vancouver and I was one of the lucky 20,000 or so to be there. Thanks to John, we got preferred seats (row 10 floor!) and Chari and I went as our spouses just didn’t consider themselves big enough fans – their loss ;). What a show. Of course, it should be for the price:

But hey, by about halfway through the show it didn’t matter. Forget that, two songs into the show and it was worth it. Message In A Bottle to open, closing with Next To You (in the second encore). Here’s what they played:

  • Message in a Bottle
  • Synchronicity II
  • Spirits (In the Material World)
  • Voices Inside My Head/When the World is Running Down (Medley)
  • Don’t Stand So Close to Me
  • Driven to Tears
  • Walking on the Moon
  • Truth Hits Everybody
  • Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
  • Wrapped Around Your Finger
  • Bed’s Too Big Without You
  • Murder By Numbers
  • De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
  • Invisible Sun
  • Walking In Your Footsteps
  • Regatta de Blanc/Can’t Stand Losing You (Medley)
  • Roxanne

1ST ENCORE

  • King of Pain
  • So Lonely
  • Every Breath You Take

2ND ENCORE

  • Next to You


No, guys… Thank You!

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