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Radio Blog
Jun 2010
See you at the HSBC Arena Friday Oct 8! As of this posting
there are still tickets available...
May 2010
So you thought you might like to go to the show... Roger
Waters is touring "The Wall" this fall.
Sep 15 & 16 at the ACC in Toronto
Oct 8 at HSBC Arena in Buffalo
More info:
http://www.roger-waters.com/
Mar 2010
Congratulations to Vancouver for a great Olympic games; nice
job! But where is Cypress Mountain? I've skied Cypress Bowl
many times on both Strachan and Black Mountain, but despite
the resort's name, there is in fact no Cypress Mountain in
the area.
Jan 2010
The buzz about Conan and Jay is everywhere right now. Moving
Jay to 10pm seemed like a good way for NBC to save money
back in the fall, but they left the door wide open for the
other networks to make a killing in the ratings. Now Jay's
going back to "Tonight," Conan's out, and NBC is in hot
water.
Oct 2009
Hosting Classic Rock Thursday: Live from Casino Niagara has
been great so far. The staff and crew at the Casino are
excellent. Drop by one Thursday night and say hi.
July 2009
The moon landing 40th anniversary was this week. We took an
on-air poll Monday: was it all a hoax? 24 said hoax, 62 said
real. You can view pictures of the Apollo landing sites
taken from the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) at
http://www.nasa.gov.
June 2009
Hosted the morning show for a week; something I haven’t done
for a while now. The last morning show I hosted was on Pulse
107 FM in the 90’s. I used to say doing mornings is like
living on the dark side of the moon, but I was single then.
With kids and a family, it’s not so bad. I had a great time
on air; Rita and Peter were super.
May 2009
Niagara water rates are going up, apparently because we're
getting better at conserving water. The argument is that up
to 90% of production costs are fixed, so when we use less;
it costs more to produce it. It makes sense, but it feels like we’re being punished for
trying to preserve a natural resource.
May 2009
“Buffalo is a big gang town,” said a member of the FBI’s
Behavioral Analysis Unit. “The murder rate alone was over
700 people.” These lines aired on a new episode of
Criminal Minds this past week. I looked it up; the actual
number was 55 with only 22 murders within the city limits
during
2007. I suggest that the show apologize to Buffalo, and
supply a few of the palm trees that appeared in the episode
as reconciliation.
Apr 2009
Encouraging people to shop at local businesses whenever
possible. These difficult economic times should inspire us
to support our community in every way possible.
Mar 09
Talking about the state of the music industry, and how new
music makes younger people fans of classic rock. Although
there are very talented new artists around, they're missing
the passion and purpose of previous generations. Just as an
example, think of how many songs you can associate with
Vietnam... now how many about Iraq? Peace, love, war,
environment, society, politics, etc... Bruce Springsteen
can't do it all by himself. We need new artists to step up. |
General Blog
Jun 2010
The October 1, 2007 legislature that most Canadian adult
passport holders can act as guarantors is a great step
forward for democracy in Canada.
April 2010
Overseas phone support jobs should be brought back to Canada
and the USA. I'm tired of support people with little or no
knowledge of what they're talking about; plus we could
really use the jobs here even at minimum wage.
Dec 2009
Ontario is looking into what the province could get for
privatizing Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp, the Liquor
Control Board of Ontario, Hydro One Inc. and Ontario Power
Generation, perhaps they should read Aesop's The Goose That
Laid the Golden Egg before making any decisions.
Sept 2009
The tom-toms have it that the Canadian TV networks will be
asking for a new $10 fee to be added to our monthly bill. We
are already force fed Canadian network feeds on channels
that are supposed to be US networks, and now we'll have to
pay extra for that. I hate to say it, but perhaps it's time
for lawyers to get involved.
Aug 2009
Introduced Kim Mitchell over the weekend at Canal Days; also
Gov'nor Generals, Street Pharmacy, and the Half Ton Knights.
Our local Niagara bands were excellent.
May 2009
Our family doctor appeared on the cover of the newspaper this week.
In the photo, he is being arrested by police while
protesting the closure of Douglas Memorial Hospital in Fort
Erie. People burned a huge “H” on the lawn. Surely there's a
compromise to be found that would solve this ongoing issue.
Apr 2009
I had the honor of introducing Classic Albums Live: Pink
Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon at Brock University. I
spoke about the 1975 concert at Ivor Wynne, the passing of
Richard Wright in Sept. 2008, and how Floyd used some of
the money from DSOTM to fund the film Monty Python and the
Holy Grail. It was a great show; Rob Phillips was awesome as
usual. Thanks to Craig for introducing me.
Apr 2009
Several people have spoken up lately about poor service from
the banks. The banks treat us well when we bring in
business, but as time goes by the service wanes. I hope this isn't a trend.
Mar 09
Ran into Walter Ostanek again in St Catharines; congratulated
him on his Grammy nomination. He looks exactly like he did
25 years ago; amazing.
Feb 2009
Spent the week in LA doing a photo shoot with Mista DJ, an
excellent emerging rap star; he's the real deal. |
Music Blog
Jun 2010
It's about finding time. But there's a new concept for
recording the 50+ songs that stand up. We're going to start
with the political protest numbers. What do you think?
May 2010
Drummer Jamie S. dropped by and returned an old ES335 I gave
him 20 years ago. Jam sessions are in the works.
Feb 2010
Spent an evening at the Copacabana night club in Long Beach
checking out local acts; if you've seen "8 Mile," you've
seen the Copacabana.
Nov 2009
Working with several new songs now. A direction for the new
album is starting to take shape.
July 2009
Old family friend Les F. came by for a jam; he's been
working on some crazy new rhythm chops.
May 2009
Spent an hour jamming with keyboardist Brendan B. He's
playing guitar now, and getting quite good at it.
Mar 2009
Trying to find time to shoot the video
for Hockey Night. If all goes according to plan, we should
have it done soon. You'll see it here first.
Jan 2009
Working on new material to go
along with Hockey Night, and a collection of children's
songs with a hard rock edge.

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