From The Ticket Stub Vault: Paul McCartney

October 10, 2005–Air Canada Centre, Toronto
In stores today, Good Evening New York City, is a cd/dvd chronicle of McCartney’s July 2009 performance at Citi Field in NYC. The release of this album got me thinking back to a night just over four years ago when Mrs. B and I saw McCartney live in T.O as [...]

The Who to play 2010 Super Bowl?

In 2005, it was Paul McCartney. Then came the Stones, followed by Prince (in the rain, natch) Tom Petty and last year’s great performance by Bruce Springsteen. I have to admit, I’m not a big football fan (I prefer hockey and basketball), but like millions of others I usually jump on the Super Bowl bandwagon [...]

The “Sleep. My kingdom for some more sleep.” shuffle report

The Shuffle Report: 10 songs I listened to, in order, on my iPod in shuffle mode at a given point in time. No editing, no skipping. It is what it is.
It was one of those nights. Everyone has one of those nights. You go to bed at a decent hour, manage to fall asleep relatively [...]

New albums a-comin’…

The Fall is always a busy time of year for new album releases, and this year is no exception. Today I thought I’d highlight three upcoming releases that you may find of interest.
“Natural Forces”–Lyle Lovett (October 20th)
Two of my favourites, Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, will be starting a co-headling tour tomorrow night in the [...]

The “Hey, it’s warm out. Time for some ice cream!” shuffle report

Since it was warm out, decided to take a stroll up to the neighbourhood B&R for some ice cream. Had something called Nutcracker Sweet–”Nut ice cream swirled with a sweet caramel ribbon and packed with macadamias, pistachios, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, walnuts and almonds.” Suffice it to say, it was goooooooood. And of course, what’s a [...]

Paul McCartney on Letterman

Tomorrow, Wednesday July 15th, Paul McCartney will be making his first-ever appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. Sure to be a must-watch as McCartney is also scheduled to perform. Of course, the legendary Ed Sullivan Theatre where the Late Show is taped is where The Beatles made their live U.S. television debut back [...]

The “It’s !#@%!**! 5:00 a.m. and the batteries have died in the smoke alarm” Shuffle Report

Having a decent night’s sleep, when the Bargainista (love the shades, BTW) wakes me up to tell me the smoke alarm is going off. The first natural reaction is that it’s due to (heaven forbid) a fire, but as soon as I heard it I knew instantly what it was. That incessant beep can only [...]

The Morning Commute Shuffle Report

Here just for fun are the 10 songs I had listened to on my iPod on the way into work this morning. Click on the song titles to have a listen:
1. Baba O’Riley—The Who (Live At Royal Albert Hall)
2. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) —R.E.M.—(Reckoning)
3. Take Five—Dave Brubeck Quartet—(Time Out)
4. Stay Up Late—Talking Heads (Little [...]