Pa’lante
Even though I moved to this neighbourhood a year ago — almost exactly a year ago, actually — I hadn’t been back to The Opera House to see a gig. […]
Category Archives: Concerts
Old Old Fashioned
Yesterday might be one of my very favourite days. Lindsay got home very late the night before, so we slept in a bit. Eventually we got up and had brunch […]
Tonight under the harsh white lights
For the second time in a week I was back at the Danforth Music Hall last Thursday, this time for the Rural Alberta Advantage. Like Mogwai earlier in the week, […]
Battered at a Scramble
I first saw Mogwai 15 years ago. It was the loudest…uh…just, the loudest. Also one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, but a venue like Lee’s Palace just isn’t […]
VII. The Grand Finale
When I was a teenager I was obsessed with Rush. I was a drummer, so of course I was obsessed with them, but their lyrics and challenging song structures also appealed to […]
We’ll go too
Last Thursday, about 20 minutes after we got home from New Orleans, we took off out the door to meet up with our friends CBGB at C’est What. They were in […]
Turn the oscillator
There are concerts you go to because you’re hoping the live show transcends the recorded material. There are concerts you go to because you want to see a band or […]
