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Pool Safety is Important: A completely unrelated topic to what I normally post, but what the hell. If you have kids, and they are going to be in a situation where there is a pool involved, make sure it is fully staffed, especially with lifeguards. Very good friend of mine had the ‘joy’ of having her kid (a decent swimmer for her age, but age 4) pulled from a pool today because apparently the non-lifeguard staff lost sight of her and didn’t notice that she was struggling and in danger. Luckily, the lifeguards did their job and all is well. All’s...; posted @ Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:33 PM | Feedback (0)

Concrete Blonde, 6/12/2010, Vic Theater, Chicago, IL: I’ve never been what I would call the ‘target market’ for Concrete Blonde. I don’t care about vampire songs, the recurrent anti-religious and “be true to yourself” lyrical themes have never done much for me, and I’m pretty sure I’m not a young single woman looking for a role model (let me check….nope), or whatever other demographic trends towards them. But they’ve always been one of my favorite bands and for a number of reasons. The guitarist John Mankey has always been solid, there’s the “don’t mind the details” nostalgic reasons why their songs have resonated for...; posted @ Sunday, June 13, 2010 12:38 AM | Feedback (0)

Congrats to the Hawks: I thought they should have won in five, but there you go. It was one of the worst goaltending Cup Finals ever (so Fleury would have fit in), but the better team won. The Hawks face massive salary cap issues, but like the Pens, the core that they have is tied up for a bit, so they will be in the running for years to come. A Pens-Hawks final would be interesting. It was fun to head to Clark Street to watch the celebrations for a while. Since comments are disabled: Oot aboot round...; posted @ Friday, June 11, 2010 9:33 PM | Feedback (0)

Postmortem of Pens-Habs series: Halak good, Fleury bad. The end.; posted @ Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:29 PM | Feedback (1)

Porcupine Tree, 05/01/2010, Bogart’s, Cincinnati, OH: Bogart’s is one of those clubs that has a large open-space in front of the stage that extends two-thirds of the way back in the building to where the mixing desk is, behind which is another smaller space, and the all important bar. There’s also a second-level above the bar and mixing desk. The sound quality in the place was highly dependent on where you were standing. The music was notably muddy, especially if you were towards the back. Anyway, I was probably in the first third of the open space when I overheard some guys behind me...; posted @ Monday, May 03, 2010 7:50 PM | Feedback (0)

Jane Siberry – Love is Everything (Live): Jane Siberry follows in a long line of Canadian singer-songwriters, and here is a beautiful live rendition of one of her best songs. The title of the song is ‘Love is Everything’ which means, of course, that it is about love ending. Huh, go figure.; posted @ Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:36 PM | Feedback (0)

Porcupine Tree – The Sound of Musak (Live): One of their best songs, with some of SW’s most cynical (yet accurate) lyrics. The music of rebellion Makes you wanna rage But it's made by millionaires Who are nearly twice your age; posted @ Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:14 PM | Feedback (0)

Loquat – Swingset Chain (live): A really beautiful song I’ve mentioned before about the loss of friendship and other stuff (like alcoholism if you listen to the entire lyric…LOL). It’s also misnamed. You’re a dandelion seed That files through the air And lands randomly Then disappears Check it out.; posted @ Thursday, March 25, 2010 5:56 PM | Feedback (0)

O Canada: It was like rooting for the Penguins last year. They couldn’t make it easy. They stumbled out of the qualifying round, barely beating the Swiss and losing to the US, putting them into a potential run against Russia, Sweden and the US again. After a somewhat surprisingly easy victory against the Russians, they ended up with a lucky break when Slovakia knocked off Sweden. And then they nearly blew a three goal lead, winning only with a late second save in the final seconds. Up by one against the US going into the third period,...; posted @ Sunday, February 28, 2010 8:38 PM | Feedback (1)

Melissa McClelland – Brake (live): A snippet of this song was played on Hockey Night in Canada, related to the death of Maple Leafs’ GM Brian Burke’s son. Obviously, I don’t know Mr. Burke at all, but condolences and prayers to him and his family. I’ve never understood how people recover from the death of a child. It’s something I wish on no one. Anyway, here’s a beautiful rendition of a beautiful (albeit depressing) song. Resolution kind of sucks, but there you go.; posted @ Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:17 PM | Feedback (0)

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