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The Donut Ride

chris — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:36:02 +0000

Weird.

chris — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:35:53 +0000

I Love The Muppets

chris — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:49:52 +0000

Introducing Ewan!

chris — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:38:39 +0000

Leah and I are pleased to introduce Ewan to the world! Born at 12:20am on July 8, 2009.

7lbs, 5oz. 20.5″ long (or for the metric fans…. 3330 grams and 52 cm)

Mother and baby are both doing well.

The Hangover

chris — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:30:41 +0000

Very funny movie.

More funny was the crowd at the Cineplex for the 5pm show. There was a fairly even split between thirtysomething’s and septuagenarians. It was very strange. Leah and I speculated that they were in the wrong theatre and that once the previews were complete and the movie started they’d all leave. But they didn’t. They stayed, and appeared to enjoy themselves. For those who have seen the movie you’ll understand our surprise. For those who haven’t seen it, it’s just what you think it’s going to be.

Mississauga Waterfront Festival

chris — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:59:35 +0000

On Friday evening Leah and I headed out to Port Credit to enjoy a night of music at the Mississauga Waterfront Festival. Tickets for the entire weekend were just $25, and if it weren’t for the rain on Saturday we would have been able to see Kathleen Edwards, Sam Roberts, Skydiggers and 54-40… among many other acts. A great deal for sure!

I recorded Kathleen Edwards and Sam Roberts. If you’re interested in hearing what you missed, check out the links below:

2009-06-19
Kathleen Edwards
Mississauga Waterfront Festival
Port Credit, ON

Recorded with Church Audio CA-11 Cardiods > CA-9100 Preamp > Tascam DR-1
Lineage: DR-1 > iMac > Amadeus > Fission > xACT (FLAC)

Setlist
01: Six O’Clock News
02: Asking For Flowers
03: Oil Man’s War
04: Run
05: I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory
06: Hockey Skates
07: In State
08: The Alphabet Song (TVO version)
09: The Cheapest Key
10: Goodnight, California
11: Back To Me

Torrent

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2009-06-19
Sam Roberts Band
Mississauga Waterfront Festival
Port Credit, ON

Recorded with Church Audio CA-11 Cardiods > CA-9100 Preamp > Tascam DR-1
Lineage: DR-1 > iMac > Amadeus > Fission > xACT (FLAC)

Setlist
01: Love At The End Of The World
02: With A Bullet
03: Where Have All The Good People Gone?
04: Lions Of The Kalahari
05: Fixed To Ruin
06: Dead End
07: Hard Road
08: Up Sister
09: Bridge To Nowhere
10: Uprising Down Under
11: The Resistance
12: Brother Down
13: Them Kids

Encore
14: Detroit ’67
15: Don’t Walk Away Eileen
16: Mind Flood

Torrent
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These are not the best recordings I’ve made – but they are very listenable. The constant chatter of the tweens in front of me, the rustling of my gear bag, and other sounds are annoying, but not distracting. There is also a busy set of train tracks right behind the stage, and a number of commuter trains roared by during the performance.

It was a great event, just not for a taper.

Enjoy!

Matt Nathanson – Live in Niagara Falls, NY

chris — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:27:51 +0000

On Thursday night Leah and I made the trek down the QEW to Niagara Falls. New York. It’s a different world on the US side of the Niagara River. More on this later…

The concert took place at the Hard Rock Café, and much to our surprise, the restaurant was closed during the afternoon to prepare for the show. This meant that our plan of eating dinner at the Café before the show was bust. Into “Little Italy” we went and settled on McDonald’s. (Was it just the location we went to, or do they not have McChicken’s in the US?)

After dinner we returned to the Hard Rock to take in the musical extravaganza that was The Hutch and Matty Nay.

Matt Nathanson – setlist
t01 – To The Beat Of Our Noisy Hearts
t02 – Car Crash
t03 – Still
t04 – Princess > Jessie’s Girl
t05 – Lost Myself In Search Of You
t06 – Starfish & Coffee > Stayin’Alive > Miss Lucy Had A Steamboat > Starfish *& Coffee
t07 – Laid
t08 – Falling Apart
t09 – Church Clothes
t10 – Wedding Dress
t11 – Come On Get Higher
t12 – Livin’ On A Prayer > Heaven Is A Place On Earth (with Eric Hutchinson)

Aside from the FACT that we had the dumbest human being standing next to us, the event was a lot of fun. And I got to try out my new recording gear!!

Here’s my recording of Eric Hutchinson. Nathanson is coming…

Word of the day – bloviators

leah — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:34:19 +0000

Bloviators – people who speak pompously and excessively or expound ridiculously. Apparently it’s used to describe those to hold forth on subjects in an arrogant, tiresome way.

I was introduced to this rather useful word in a communications association email, and it gave me a giggle!

175 reasons to love Toronto

leah — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:03:37 +0000

From today’s Toronto Star article “175 reasons to love Toronto,” here are my favourites:

14. There’s a perfect, tiny old church in the courtyard of the Eaton Centre.

27. Those streetcar drivers who assert themselves over the automated voice system with their own personal shout-outs for various intersections and attractions along their routes.

31. The inspirational messages on the Inglis billboard keep Gardiner Expressway commuters uplifted.

44. From the Humber Bay butterfly habitat, the city looks almost beautiful. (I’d say it DOES look beautiful)

82. The united nations of Baldwin Street.

126. Reading a book on the bizarre slab of granite on Yorkville Ave.

129. …Shakespeare in the Park: keeping green space interesting.

Find your favs in the full article http://www.thestar.com/article/596779

Release The Goo

chris — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:23:05 +0000

Cadbury has placed an “interactive” billboard at Yonge-Dundas Square. The billboard features a giant Cadbury Creme Egg, a lever and fulcrum, a catch basin and a giant fan. The idea is that as rain and snow accumulate in the catch basin it will raise the egg into the spinning fan blades – thereby releasing the goo within onto the street below.

Check out the live webcam at CadburyCremeEgg.ca!