Episode 4: Brewing Up with the Burns
Saturday, September 30th, 2006 Posted in Podcasts | 1 Comment »It is 1984 and something approaching Bragg Mania exists in the UK as Billy tops the indie charts. He's rubbing shoulders with his heroes The Smiths as well as The Redskins, and he's had his face on the front of ...
29 September - Vancouver
Friday, September 29th, 2006 Posted in Road Blog | 8 Comments »Despite the inauspicious start, Ottawa turned out to be a cracking gig, a small club with a sold out, mostly stand-up audience. I somehow got on to regaling them with tales from my goat-herding days, specifically details of how the ...
26 September - Winnipeg
Thursday, September 28th, 2006 Posted in Road Blog | 2 Comments »How hard is it to start a show? Artist appears in the wings, gives nod to back-line tech who flashes his torch at the soundman who puts on the intro music from which the lighting man takes his cue to ...
23 September - Ottawa, Canada
Monday, September 25th, 2006 Posted in Road Blog | 15 Comments »The Chateau Fairmont is one of those grand turn of the century hotels that were built at railheads across the British Empire. Its opening in 1912 was delayed for several months after its owner, the general manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ...
