On December 19 2007 we did the last SR supper show of the year. The sound man came late but that allowed John Altamount to race across town at high speed to retrieve a distortion pedal for the show. Super Robertson opened the show dedicating it to his father who was in the house and played a song called "Robertson's dream orchard". Next up was a man named Ken Beattie who put on a soulful clinic with a brief 5 song set. Known to some as Canada's premier independent publicist he went back to his roots as a singer songwriter for this night, and it was indeed a treat. After that 21 tandem Repeats played with their full lineup for the first time in months, and played rather well. Which makes me think about the whole idea of rehearsal... a smart person could tell the difference between people learning songs and rehearsal... they don't have to be the same thing.
During the set Robertson cut some cake and as he was doing it some hammerhead lost his fucking mind and jumped on stage and began uttering gibberish... luckily somebody drew the curtain to stop that nonsense. Complaints... probably should have skipped Mr. Greenie and gone for Dish pig but hey hindsight is always 20/20... and sometimes even better.
The week before a great band played but an atomic bomb went off during their first half of the set blasting all of the tympanic membranes in the house... the tympanic membrane is of course the ear drum. The during the second half a jet engine fell into the club and destroyed more ears...
And the week before that there was no supper show.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
the white Prince and the Land of JLS
Some of my ideas are good... others could use some more thought.
Interestingly on the morning of this supper show (november 21 2007), i received what one might call a "setback email" at around 6:15 am... which is unfortunately the time i had to get up to go to work as a pizza, drugstore and school advertisement flyer boy... i mean mailman. Word to the wise would be to always take your time to digest things because what you think might happen may in fact not happen at all.
About an hour before the show i had a good idea of who was going to be there and there was a chance that some of them were going to be on time, but then at home we had a baby malfunction and he twins needed a nap so as CT put one down i held the other while Kaiya entertained. That setback put me a few minutes behind and i thought i would take the bus to the sky-train to save some time. There was a lunatic in the bushes yelling at something and two women talking about why the bus is so late... i began to waffle about trying to walk towards the sky-train but then surly the bus would come right. In the end it was me who was late as i walked into the club to see JLS lounging with everything ready.
The good news was we had 2 ace drummers in the house and 2 sound-men one of them being an expert bass player. All we needed was for someone to think ahead and have a bass guitar... this is where one of my good ideas came through... you see as part of my deal for doing the supper show the club has given me a fair sized titanium locker with a galvanized thompson bank lock that is big enough for a few things like a Bass guitar i call "the white prince". The white prince was my original ROADBED bass that constantly turned heads with it's booming tone and full fret-board. Now all i had to do was put on my white gloves, work the combination, submit to an eye-scan, get the bass to JLS and presto we were ready to rock.
21 tandem Repeats opened the show and with Simian Special on drums we hit some songs from the Supersimian disk "how the tiger got lionized" to get going. We also hit "dishpig" (that saw a total WB guitar clinic), "4 feathers", "sun rises" and then called up Deborah to sing "Blue skies" from our cd "never wanted to be anyone" which went very well if i don't say so myself. Then i left the stage drummers changed (Shawn Killaly for Simian Special) and The Land of Deborah played a wonderful set of original music with shawn, Willingdon Black and JLS. Powered by her strong voice she stayed on guitar and played some LOD hits including one called "Optimistic Death Song" one she wrote for a movie a while back. She plays the Railway on November 29 if you are looking for something to do... nudge nudge. A few audience member came up to me during her set to ask who she is and "is she from here", which i always take as a good sign for various reasons.
At the conclusion of the land of Deborah set we did a version of Mr. Greenie with Shawn Killaly on the drums and JLS leading the band on a song he played once before... which of course is why we had to do it.
Interestingly on the morning of this supper show (november 21 2007), i received what one might call a "setback email" at around 6:15 am... which is unfortunately the time i had to get up to go to work as a pizza, drugstore and school advertisement flyer boy... i mean mailman. Word to the wise would be to always take your time to digest things because what you think might happen may in fact not happen at all.
About an hour before the show i had a good idea of who was going to be there and there was a chance that some of them were going to be on time, but then at home we had a baby malfunction and he twins needed a nap so as CT put one down i held the other while Kaiya entertained. That setback put me a few minutes behind and i thought i would take the bus to the sky-train to save some time. There was a lunatic in the bushes yelling at something and two women talking about why the bus is so late... i began to waffle about trying to walk towards the sky-train but then surly the bus would come right. In the end it was me who was late as i walked into the club to see JLS lounging with everything ready.
The good news was we had 2 ace drummers in the house and 2 sound-men one of them being an expert bass player. All we needed was for someone to think ahead and have a bass guitar... this is where one of my good ideas came through... you see as part of my deal for doing the supper show the club has given me a fair sized titanium locker with a galvanized thompson bank lock that is big enough for a few things like a Bass guitar i call "the white prince". The white prince was my original ROADBED bass that constantly turned heads with it's booming tone and full fret-board. Now all i had to do was put on my white gloves, work the combination, submit to an eye-scan, get the bass to JLS and presto we were ready to rock.
21 tandem Repeats opened the show and with Simian Special on drums we hit some songs from the Supersimian disk "how the tiger got lionized" to get going. We also hit "dishpig" (that saw a total WB guitar clinic), "4 feathers", "sun rises" and then called up Deborah to sing "Blue skies" from our cd "never wanted to be anyone" which went very well if i don't say so myself. Then i left the stage drummers changed (Shawn Killaly for Simian Special) and The Land of Deborah played a wonderful set of original music with shawn, Willingdon Black and JLS. Powered by her strong voice she stayed on guitar and played some LOD hits including one called "Optimistic Death Song" one she wrote for a movie a while back. She plays the Railway on November 29 if you are looking for something to do... nudge nudge. A few audience member came up to me during her set to ask who she is and "is she from here", which i always take as a good sign for various reasons.
At the conclusion of the land of Deborah set we did a version of Mr. Greenie with Shawn Killaly on the drums and JLS leading the band on a song he played once before... which of course is why we had to do it.
Monday, November 19, 2007
November 14th re-cap
Ween played this night in town with their show starting at 8pm... some sceensters were warming up at the Railway. There was also a Canucks game, so i pity any fool that drove downtown on this night. Come to think of it i got a ride down with one of those fools... i even got let off at the front door while Parker went to rustle with the parking dilemma... Never Mind.
Don Alder was up first and he gave a packed house a guitar clinic with some fine warp speed finger-picking. there was also a song called , i believe "the Wall" or "wall" that was written on the great wall of China some time ago. Don also played a harp guitar, which put my faith back in "double guitars" that i lost a long time ago during my time in the band Knockin' dog.
21 Tandem Repeats followed with a fine set that included "Blue skies", "wishing Machine", "Saskatchewan" (nothing to do with football), "bay city Kitty" (with Simian Special on Vox) and a version of the Key of 5 that ended up Robertson preaching about the Devil and the Holy Ghost in the vain of some movie i saw years ago about a preacher who is on the run from the law because he killed somebody with a baseball bat... you probably know the movie... i did a search but you know... i can't spend what time i have left in the day looking for a clip on you tube that i was going to embed.
The Canucks went into a shootout and lost to Edmonton... it was good to watch some hockey with the boys.
Don Alder was up first and he gave a packed house a guitar clinic with some fine warp speed finger-picking. there was also a song called , i believe "the Wall" or "wall" that was written on the great wall of China some time ago. Don also played a harp guitar, which put my faith back in "double guitars" that i lost a long time ago during my time in the band Knockin' dog.
21 Tandem Repeats followed with a fine set that included "Blue skies", "wishing Machine", "Saskatchewan" (nothing to do with football), "bay city Kitty" (with Simian Special on Vox) and a version of the Key of 5 that ended up Robertson preaching about the Devil and the Holy Ghost in the vain of some movie i saw years ago about a preacher who is on the run from the law because he killed somebody with a baseball bat... you probably know the movie... i did a search but you know... i can't spend what time i have left in the day looking for a clip on you tube that i was going to embed.
The Canucks went into a shootout and lost to Edmonton... it was good to watch some hockey with the boys.
Friday, November 09, 2007
bloggerson strikes again... Nov 7 re-cap
I opened the show by playing a few new numbers "Robertson's dream orchard", about a fantasy of mine to move to the country and run an apple orchard, and "the littles", another snapshot of life with a nod to the two newest Robertson's in the spirit of "Blue skies"... a song from the disk "Never Wanted to Be Anyone". That was a bit scary, which i guess proves it was a worthy exercise. When you are finger-picking and you sing the wrong line and you back off there is nothing there. I think i did OK. My hosting was decent as well for like the first time ever... I found 10 weird english laws to read in the transition from me to the next act..
Next up Genny Trigo put on an absolute clinic. So much so that a well known music critic flagged me down with crazy eyes and said "WHO IS THIS... SHE IS AMAZING... WHERE DID YOU FIND HER!!!". I tried to play it cool "She is a scientist i know through my wife... yea we have made some changes" and then i caught myself and shut the fuck up.
Genny plays music like music should be played. Singing in spanish she covered some classic songs of revolution... i couldn't understand what the words meant but it didn't matter.. i was fulfilled.
After Genny's set a packed house had full attention to the stage... as 21tr set up i gave out some Super Robertson Supper Show buttons to those who could answer some Bird Trivia correctly. One of the good things about being me is that i have these bizarre banks of information in my head... I never would have thought when i was in grade school that my obsession with ornithology would come in handy as a 37 year old hosting a free show in a bar in Vancouver (that would be the Railway Club every wednesday from 7:30-8:30).
21 tandem Repeats started out with a mellow version of "Mr. Greenie"... my subtle comedy in that one was the standing wall push-ups... you either get that or you don't. Let's move on.
Fine improv moment was when... in a prelude to "Fragile Day" i explained why Tiny Marsh is called Tiny Marsh in an effort to lure a certain "lyric forgetting delinquent" to the stage and then we made up a song about the marsh hawk and people were digging it.
By around 8:30 we were in the breakdown of the song Wastelands, so i did what any normal person would do and stood on my head, thanked people for coming, barked out the names of those involved and my main man Walkinshaw pulled the curtain. Done.
Next up Genny Trigo put on an absolute clinic. So much so that a well known music critic flagged me down with crazy eyes and said "WHO IS THIS... SHE IS AMAZING... WHERE DID YOU FIND HER!!!". I tried to play it cool "She is a scientist i know through my wife... yea we have made some changes" and then i caught myself and shut the fuck up.
Genny plays music like music should be played. Singing in spanish she covered some classic songs of revolution... i couldn't understand what the words meant but it didn't matter.. i was fulfilled.
After Genny's set a packed house had full attention to the stage... as 21tr set up i gave out some Super Robertson Supper Show buttons to those who could answer some Bird Trivia correctly. One of the good things about being me is that i have these bizarre banks of information in my head... I never would have thought when i was in grade school that my obsession with ornithology would come in handy as a 37 year old hosting a free show in a bar in Vancouver (that would be the Railway Club every wednesday from 7:30-8:30).
21 tandem Repeats started out with a mellow version of "Mr. Greenie"... my subtle comedy in that one was the standing wall push-ups... you either get that or you don't. Let's move on.
Fine improv moment was when... in a prelude to "Fragile Day" i explained why Tiny Marsh is called Tiny Marsh in an effort to lure a certain "lyric forgetting delinquent" to the stage and then we made up a song about the marsh hawk and people were digging it.
By around 8:30 we were in the breakdown of the song Wastelands, so i did what any normal person would do and stood on my head, thanked people for coming, barked out the names of those involved and my main man Walkinshaw pulled the curtain. Done.
Saturday, November 03, 2007
It was Halloween
Me, being a man with many children, well, i was out trick or treating with my young daughter. And for the record i did not pick my kid up and run her from door to door in an effort to get more candy... my wife was strongly against that and even went so far as to disrupt our training run the day before.
As it turned out 3 year olds want to go home after a few blocks so it turned out i was at home at 7:45... just in time for a mad dash down to the supper show in my best fangs and formal attire. I brought a few of the supper show regulars down with me as my house seemed to be the hotspot. So of course i was delighted to finally be able to go and see a supper show... what a great idea. i got over the mild regret that i didn't change Super Robertson to Spooker Robertson on the chalkboard and walked up into the club... but no music on the way in... how can this be?
Rather a beautiful woman with an erotic puppet dressed as a scientist... i believe she was giving a lecture on the erotic art of puppet-erring. All good in my books... I am a big fan of lectures.
Unfortunately i missed D. Trevlon who had Simian Special (the man) sit in on drums. When it comes to music D Trevlon is a winner... you can never go wrong.
Then it was Simian Special the band, Sim's latest and greatest working project. A fine trio that gets the most out of minimalism powered by Sim's golden voice, melodic bass and the rock steady guitar work of a stella drinking man named Marty. I noticed that the Mule had a Simian Special demo in his mitt.
In the end i left feeling honored that 2 great musical acts came and played a stage that had my name on it.
Speaking of that.. i had this idea. Bring out the old sony reel to reel 4 track to the supper show... record the shows and call it the "I got 4 tracks supper show" 2 mic's on the band 1 on the room and one on a "theme" table... a clapping table
ideas like that always hit a snag once you write them down
As it turned out 3 year olds want to go home after a few blocks so it turned out i was at home at 7:45... just in time for a mad dash down to the supper show in my best fangs and formal attire. I brought a few of the supper show regulars down with me as my house seemed to be the hotspot. So of course i was delighted to finally be able to go and see a supper show... what a great idea. i got over the mild regret that i didn't change Super Robertson to Spooker Robertson on the chalkboard and walked up into the club... but no music on the way in... how can this be?
Rather a beautiful woman with an erotic puppet dressed as a scientist... i believe she was giving a lecture on the erotic art of puppet-erring. All good in my books... I am a big fan of lectures.
Unfortunately i missed D. Trevlon who had Simian Special (the man) sit in on drums. When it comes to music D Trevlon is a winner... you can never go wrong.
Then it was Simian Special the band, Sim's latest and greatest working project. A fine trio that gets the most out of minimalism powered by Sim's golden voice, melodic bass and the rock steady guitar work of a stella drinking man named Marty. I noticed that the Mule had a Simian Special demo in his mitt.
In the end i left feeling honored that 2 great musical acts came and played a stage that had my name on it.
Speaking of that.. i had this idea. Bring out the old sony reel to reel 4 track to the supper show... record the shows and call it the "I got 4 tracks supper show" 2 mic's on the band 1 on the room and one on a "theme" table... a clapping table
ideas like that always hit a snag once you write them down
Friday, October 26, 2007
the Supper Show
when i was pacing around the room thinking about this post, er i mean blogaroo, i think the first line was "I love the Supper Show...". Now sitting down with a more sane perspective i see that as a harder line to put a finish on.
Kind of like juggling with chain-saws, sooner or later you are going to do yourself in... just don't whatever you do start blogging about it...
I remember Rodney writing some words for a song that never went anywhere. The opening line was "it's like 1000 miles of space, between what i've done and what i meant to do".
A man i talked to tonight... I told him that I might stay home with the kids for a few years until the twins go to school... and he came back with i should go and do an MBA at UBC during that time to keep myself occupied. I was kind of thinking hang with the kids and make some music somehow, but now i see that what i really need is a Masters of Business Administration.
Now just for laughs let's imagine me Super Robertson, sitting in a first year business administration class... savour that thought and think of it on those days when you are down, enjoy. When i do it i only get a few seconds into the dream-sequence because it always starts with a pan shot of the classroom coming in from the right, and as soon as i see myself in the second row i burst out laughing and remember that i am sitting at at a table and the dishwasher is on.
Last week I had sent out an email about the possibility of "audience show and tell", but we managed to miss courting that disaster. Any number of snakes could come out of that bag, but the on i spent the day preparing for was an audience member with a horn. In my head i had some good shit worked out... i was going to keep asking questions about the horn so that the horn couldn't get honked... it was all in fun of course and we were all laughing... gotta stop having these dream sequences... but it's the only way to insulate myself from the incessant insanity.
In any rate Dustin Rilcof played a fine little set amusing Super Steve with his smart song concepts. and Two Sticks Hobbs made his first appearance back at the Supper Show since having one baby to power the 21 tandem repeats through the song MAIDEN and a few others.
Next week is Halloween
the Spooker Robertson Supper Show
Kind of like juggling with chain-saws, sooner or later you are going to do yourself in... just don't whatever you do start blogging about it...
I remember Rodney writing some words for a song that never went anywhere. The opening line was "it's like 1000 miles of space, between what i've done and what i meant to do".
A man i talked to tonight... I told him that I might stay home with the kids for a few years until the twins go to school... and he came back with i should go and do an MBA at UBC during that time to keep myself occupied. I was kind of thinking hang with the kids and make some music somehow, but now i see that what i really need is a Masters of Business Administration.
Now just for laughs let's imagine me Super Robertson, sitting in a first year business administration class... savour that thought and think of it on those days when you are down, enjoy. When i do it i only get a few seconds into the dream-sequence because it always starts with a pan shot of the classroom coming in from the right, and as soon as i see myself in the second row i burst out laughing and remember that i am sitting at at a table and the dishwasher is on.
Last week I had sent out an email about the possibility of "audience show and tell", but we managed to miss courting that disaster. Any number of snakes could come out of that bag, but the on i spent the day preparing for was an audience member with a horn. In my head i had some good shit worked out... i was going to keep asking questions about the horn so that the horn couldn't get honked... it was all in fun of course and we were all laughing... gotta stop having these dream sequences... but it's the only way to insulate myself from the incessant insanity.
In any rate Dustin Rilcof played a fine little set amusing Super Steve with his smart song concepts. and Two Sticks Hobbs made his first appearance back at the Supper Show since having one baby to power the 21 tandem repeats through the song MAIDEN and a few others.
Next week is Halloween
the Spooker Robertson Supper Show
Thursday, October 18, 2007
To create a "scene" i guess one needs something "sceeneworthy", but mostly one needs to hammer away with various means of propaganda. There was an article in a band related site about how to attract people to your band website... i think there were about 19 easy steps and the jist was to immerse yourself into the world of blogs on your topic and spend your time posting and commenting and engaging... and i stopped watching TV years ago so that i could focus on music.
So
The Supper Show has had some solid shows as of late... Dave Gonko, Alvaro Rojas, Shockk and Jeff Younger put on one heck of a feat doing an all improvised show a few weeks back, and then last week a woman named Genny Trigo sang some South American revolution songs and a room full of Brazilian exchange students joined in, and then Alvaro Rojas and Robertson put on a two man clinic with Rojas providing brilliant solo axemanship during a poem the audience wrote that Robertson performed.. Last night Emily Milliken played some beautiful music with her voice and bass yukelle to open up for 21 Tandem Repeats who turned in a solid set and then we gave away Canada Lynx records and S/N ratio Buttons.
the new poster for the show was designed by the best... Mr Simian Special of S/N ratio
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Mule Hughes the hero
Well a fine Supper Show last night down at the Railway.
We Dragons- Mule Hughes, Smash, Willingdon Black and Snow Leopard laid down a fine clinic... Super Steve's head swiveled at one point when Snow Leopard went into a solo. He studied the show hard and declared "Now there is a good drummer".
Sonneteers- Playing their first show ever the band sounded fine after some unfortunate delays due to a bad patch cable. Super Steve gave his blessing again to this act.
21 tandem Repeats- pooched Mule Hughes for drumming at the last possible second and then forced him into a drum solo.
A good night was had by all.
Rumor has it that Interior Design will play next week.
We Dragons- Mule Hughes, Smash, Willingdon Black and Snow Leopard laid down a fine clinic... Super Steve's head swiveled at one point when Snow Leopard went into a solo. He studied the show hard and declared "Now there is a good drummer".
Sonneteers- Playing their first show ever the band sounded fine after some unfortunate delays due to a bad patch cable. Super Steve gave his blessing again to this act.
21 tandem Repeats- pooched Mule Hughes for drumming at the last possible second and then forced him into a drum solo.
A good night was had by all.
Rumor has it that Interior Design will play next week.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Carl Fatman set to come out of retirement
This report just in...
It appears that distinguished Journalist Carl FATMAN is set to come out of his semi-retirement. Carl Fatman, who was last seen years ago at a Mongoose Show around August 18 2004, believes that a pod-cast could be the format for him. "it's true" said a jovial Carl, "perhaps i was just a bit ahead of my time, in terms of technology and ground breaking pulse following journalism".
"Carl looks good, sounds good and seems to have a new direction" said Robertson, Canada Lynx records CEO... we can only hope that this time his experience with Rock &Roll lifestyle will help him negotiate his way.
Here is Carl Fatman years ago:
It appears that distinguished Journalist Carl FATMAN is set to come out of his semi-retirement. Carl Fatman, who was last seen years ago at a Mongoose Show around August 18 2004, believes that a pod-cast could be the format for him. "it's true" said a jovial Carl, "perhaps i was just a bit ahead of my time, in terms of technology and ground breaking pulse following journalism".
"Carl looks good, sounds good and seems to have a new direction" said Robertson, Canada Lynx records CEO... we can only hope that this time his experience with Rock &Roll lifestyle will help him negotiate his way.
Here is Carl Fatman years ago:
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
touring guest
All around ace Shockk has some friends from southern Ontario on tour and Jen Militia are set to play the supper show.
Also i wanted to make a point about why Super robertson does sit-up's during the song Mr. Greenie. I guess there are 2 reasons... number one would go under the heading of multitasking (performing and doing back exercises), but more importantly it is to emphasize the idea that being "green" (the years buzzword), actually takes work. This idea that humans should have it easy is what is getting us into the mess (along with corrupt world leaders cow-tailing to economic powers).
There is a garbage strike in vancouver so lets try to make less garbage. Don't buy things that have excess waste associated with them.
Buy your meat from a butcher so your waste is paper that can be composted rather than having a styrofoam plate and plastic.
any other ideas?
Also i wanted to make a point about why Super robertson does sit-up's during the song Mr. Greenie. I guess there are 2 reasons... number one would go under the heading of multitasking (performing and doing back exercises), but more importantly it is to emphasize the idea that being "green" (the years buzzword), actually takes work. This idea that humans should have it easy is what is getting us into the mess (along with corrupt world leaders cow-tailing to economic powers).
There is a garbage strike in vancouver so lets try to make less garbage. Don't buy things that have excess waste associated with them.
Buy your meat from a butcher so your waste is paper that can be composted rather than having a styrofoam plate and plastic.
any other ideas?
Friday, July 13, 2007
New 21TR Signing Imminent?
Reports out of Vancouver indicate that 21 Tandem Repeats are on the verge of hiring former Philadelphia Flyer general manager Bob Clarke as a managerial associate.
A source close to 21TR's parent company, International Amusement Corporation, confirmed that an announcement regarding Clarke's hiring would be made in the next few days.
International Amusement CEO John Altamont was apparently considering Mike Keenan for the role of 21TR mentor/disciplinarian, but Keenan's signing with the Calgary Flames last week led to renewed speculation on who Altamont would tap for the position.
Aside from Clarke, Altamont was apparently also considering former New Westminster Bruin coach Ernie 'Punch' McLean for the role. Contacted yesterday, McLean confirmed that he was approached by one of Altamont's associates.
"I think he's trying to get the franchise to the next level," said McLean. "But I'm not sure I want that challenge at my age."
A source close to 21TR's parent company, International Amusement Corporation, confirmed that an announcement regarding Clarke's hiring would be made in the next few days.
International Amusement CEO John Altamont was apparently considering Mike Keenan for the role of 21TR mentor/disciplinarian, but Keenan's signing with the Calgary Flames last week led to renewed speculation on who Altamont would tap for the position.
Aside from Clarke, Altamont was apparently also considering former New Westminster Bruin coach Ernie 'Punch' McLean for the role. Contacted yesterday, McLean confirmed that he was approached by one of Altamont's associates.
"I think he's trying to get the franchise to the next level," said McLean. "But I'm not sure I want that challenge at my age."
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
I just want to state for the record that I regret telling Kevin Smith that he is 'easily amused' after he confessed to enjoying a 21tr rendition of the local cult hit Bengal Tiger a few weeks back.
Mr. Smith is one of the most discerning musical minds around. A Gulliver among Lilliputians.
As for Bengal Tiger, at this point it's more like a zoo cat than anything genuinely wild.
Mr. Smith is one of the most discerning musical minds around. A Gulliver among Lilliputians.
As for Bengal Tiger, at this point it's more like a zoo cat than anything genuinely wild.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
2nd Anniversary re-cap
Beyond a shadow of a doubt the 3 stars were Willingdon Black, Alvaro Rojas and 2 Sticks Hobbs, everything else was just dressing. Like i mean never mind "Jam band" or "pop group" or any of those fool labels, these guys were sharp, tight and smart pulling out appropriate covers and new grooves in perfect sequence. Considering it was all fly by the seat of your pants much respect must be given. OK.
Super Robertson and Shockk took turns giving out Gold Medals to the worthy. Clearly the highlight was best mustache won by Cory Curtis (who i might add won best beard last year) and his stash named Kevin.
And on the third plane... lets call the band plane 1, Robertson/Shockk plane 2 and then the puppets plane 3. The 2 puppets run by Pockets and Fire-Man added witty dialogue and did some presentations themselves.
All in all it was a fine night... the best yet was what some said, when we get some photographs in we will get them up.
Super Robertson and Shockk took turns giving out Gold Medals to the worthy. Clearly the highlight was best mustache won by Cory Curtis (who i might add won best beard last year) and his stash named Kevin.
And on the third plane... lets call the band plane 1, Robertson/Shockk plane 2 and then the puppets plane 3. The 2 puppets run by Pockets and Fire-Man added witty dialogue and did some presentations themselves.
All in all it was a fine night... the best yet was what some said, when we get some photographs in we will get them up.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Are you a Winner?
A preview of the Super Robertson Supper Show GOLD Medals made from Reel Gold* to be awarded @ the supper show on Wednesday April 18 2007.
* may only contain paper
Monday, April 09, 2007
VANCOUVER CANUCKS AND THE SUPER ROBERTSON SUPPER SHOW
It should be noted at this time the Super Robertson Supper Show will run into conflict with the Vancouver Canucks playoff hockey in which event Hockey will take president, as it should.
Therefore if it's Wednesday and there is a Vancouver playoff game that will be happening between the hours of 7:30-8:30pm then the Railway Club will be showing the game on the big screen.
There has been talk of some intermission music but we are not sure of this at this time. It could be possible to make sets and then monitor how the Canucks played in the period after that set to see if those songs provided the proper "Omen factors" in an attempt to build a bulletproof set for game 7... but you know sports fans and their looney ideas.
Therefore if it's Wednesday and there is a Vancouver playoff game that will be happening between the hours of 7:30-8:30pm then the Railway Club will be showing the game on the big screen.
There has been talk of some intermission music but we are not sure of this at this time. It could be possible to make sets and then monitor how the Canucks played in the period after that set to see if those songs provided the proper "Omen factors" in an attempt to build a bulletproof set for game 7... but you know sports fans and their looney ideas.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
What is a blog? March 28 2007
Ruth Minnikin and Reels came to play the Supper Show on Wednesday March 28th. Only Robertson and Fire-Man were representing from the usual crew... the show was packed and everybody went home a winner... what follows is some jibberish written by Robertson after he got home
I guess the reality is that on the way home i remembered how a certain individual, we shall call "FMan", helped put the drum kit away and in doing so knocked the "deodorizer" off the wall smashing fluid over everything. i have yet to recover from that event. It's always hard to hold down a conversation when you smell like a quebec hospital after a "super-bug" scare!
Then there was the usual post show dismantling
"Robertson Failed aggressively as a host somehow getting everybody on stage for the intro and then going into one of the one of the more difficult songs known. This is a fool's error that won't be forgotten. You see i had it in my head that i was going to play 2-3 songs and they were going to be set numbers, thus closing my mind to the grand possibility of what could be possible, which of course was the nature of the show... But after that unfortunate incident with that band "Dog foothill" i was leaning on not being involved. could have just played "Sun rises" or "on frozen pond" as we had a woman with a golden voice and some great players... but no i had to have my head up my ass.
I did help on one song and i took care of a drunk who wanted to play one song on our guests guitar. An interesting conversation.... he was sarcastically asking me that if i thought he missed the "Market trends", to which i told him that it wasn't about that, he insisted, i refuted, he insisted, i refuted... i told him it was about me telling them they could play and letting them play. I should have given him a fine chokingl
and then..
What about the part where i biked back to the club to clean up the fluid after i got home... this is the kind of sanity I'm running on!
The bast entertainment that S Robertson provided was to Ed, andrew, francis and friend outside the club explaining the walk home and the ride back dealing with thurst issues... perhaps another blogaroo sometine
I guess the reality is that on the way home i remembered how a certain individual, we shall call "FMan", helped put the drum kit away and in doing so knocked the "deodorizer" off the wall smashing fluid over everything. i have yet to recover from that event. It's always hard to hold down a conversation when you smell like a quebec hospital after a "super-bug" scare!
Then there was the usual post show dismantling
"Robertson Failed aggressively as a host somehow getting everybody on stage for the intro and then going into one of the one of the more difficult songs known. This is a fool's error that won't be forgotten. You see i had it in my head that i was going to play 2-3 songs and they were going to be set numbers, thus closing my mind to the grand possibility of what could be possible, which of course was the nature of the show... But after that unfortunate incident with that band "Dog foothill" i was leaning on not being involved. could have just played "Sun rises" or "on frozen pond" as we had a woman with a golden voice and some great players... but no i had to have my head up my ass.
I did help on one song and i took care of a drunk who wanted to play one song on our guests guitar. An interesting conversation.... he was sarcastically asking me that if i thought he missed the "Market trends", to which i told him that it wasn't about that, he insisted, i refuted, he insisted, i refuted... i told him it was about me telling them they could play and letting them play. I should have given him a fine chokingl
and then..
What about the part where i biked back to the club to clean up the fluid after i got home... this is the kind of sanity I'm running on!
The bast entertainment that S Robertson provided was to Ed, andrew, francis and friend outside the club explaining the walk home and the ride back dealing with thurst issues... perhaps another blogaroo sometine
Saturday, March 24, 2007
MotorTravolta
A small tribute to the Motorcycle Man, who rocked a packed Railway last Wednesday.
Str8 Outta Dee-troyt!
Str8 Outta Dee-troyt!
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Feb 28 rehash
A good version of "Blue skies" was preformed sung by Deborah of the land of deborah, sim special showed and we did a few numbers including the Roadbed classid "Bent". Great crowd, good show, people danced and then some jackass tried to get on the mic and wouldn't give up... He was on Fire-Man's mic making loud annoying sounds, can you believe that shit? As for tension, it was all there. 21 Tandem Repeats when into a fine groove and Robertson literally stood on his head... that jam got honked out.
A few new songs and a few classics. Super Steve was upset Willingdon Black slipped off after the show as he seemed to have a mind to talk hockey.
A few new songs and a few classics. Super Steve was upset Willingdon Black slipped off after the show as he seemed to have a mind to talk hockey.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Feb. 21/06 Recap
Those who have followed British politics over the past few years will be familiar with the term 'Scottish Raj,' which refers to the fact that many leading politicians and public figures in the U.K. these days are from Scotland. I think there may also be something like a 'Burnaby Raj' in the local music scene, or at least in my little circle of it.
The Supper Show's guest last this week was Kirsten Bole, who apparently lives in Burnaby. I've noticed that Supper Show guests are often of the accoustic balladeer variety, which is great…there've been some superb performers. Having said that, my own preferences are generally more electric and rock, so I thought her stuff was a nice shift of gears. A four-song set of genuinely cool songs, played with instrumental panache on bass (no accompaniment, except a rhythm sample on one), and adorned with some very good singing. The songs were atmospheric, even a bit exotic, but still substantial and well-constructed.
What else happened? Sim has returned to the Supper Show lineup over the past few weeks. Perhaps he got wind of the fact that we had been giving a few Supersimian songs a bit of a workout in his absence. Anyway, he was his usual engaging, well-voiced self. His presence tends to push things in a certain direction song-choice wise, and I was happy to head in that direction myself.
21TR started with some spartan groove/Mr. Greenie variation, and I think the only other thing we did, aside from the 45-minute opening/closing theme, was an ill-advised makeshift number about bears delivered over a Motown riff. Oh yeah, there was also 'Wastelands.' Maybe not one of the better versions.
The Supper Show's guest last this week was Kirsten Bole, who apparently lives in Burnaby. I've noticed that Supper Show guests are often of the accoustic balladeer variety, which is great…there've been some superb performers. Having said that, my own preferences are generally more electric and rock, so I thought her stuff was a nice shift of gears. A four-song set of genuinely cool songs, played with instrumental panache on bass (no accompaniment, except a rhythm sample on one), and adorned with some very good singing. The songs were atmospheric, even a bit exotic, but still substantial and well-constructed.
What else happened? Sim has returned to the Supper Show lineup over the past few weeks. Perhaps he got wind of the fact that we had been giving a few Supersimian songs a bit of a workout in his absence. Anyway, he was his usual engaging, well-voiced self. His presence tends to push things in a certain direction song-choice wise, and I was happy to head in that direction myself.
21TR started with some spartan groove/Mr. Greenie variation, and I think the only other thing we did, aside from the 45-minute opening/closing theme, was an ill-advised makeshift number about bears delivered over a Motown riff. Oh yeah, there was also 'Wastelands.' Maybe not one of the better versions.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
The new Deal
As the ever changing world and supper show evolves here is the new rule. If you want to play the supper show as a guest you must cover the experience for this blog.
"Fucking Rites" as Scotty, a great hockey player, would say.
also i had to lock antlers with the new blogger over this account so if you need the new login info (provided you were given access to the old one) let me know. others can sent there stories in for posting, or better yet post them elsewhere and we shall link. Yes i realize this is insanity, but insanity is the new reality ain't it.
"Fucking Rites" as Scotty, a great hockey player, would say.
also i had to lock antlers with the new blogger over this account so if you need the new login info (provided you were given access to the old one) let me know. others can sent there stories in for posting, or better yet post them elsewhere and we shall link. Yes i realize this is insanity, but insanity is the new reality ain't it.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Valentine's Day 2007
A new journalist has emerged... crows to burnaby, which saves us the trouble of trying to hash together something that sounded interesting. Moreover it looks like we have a guest for next weeks show.
After the show many people mentioned that you couldn't see the chocolate come flying off the stage... The idea that it was dangerous, and then I remembered how Mule Hughes moved seats after being struck with a "9th inning world series 3-2 pitch fastball truffle".
Geez I wish I could go to a free show early enough for me to get a nights sleep and see a great insane maniac drummer hijack a show and then be attacked with fine sweets.
After the show many people mentioned that you couldn't see the chocolate come flying off the stage... The idea that it was dangerous, and then I remembered how Mule Hughes moved seats after being struck with a "9th inning world series 3-2 pitch fastball truffle".
Geez I wish I could go to a free show early enough for me to get a nights sleep and see a great insane maniac drummer hijack a show and then be attacked with fine sweets.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
February 7 Re-cap
To recapitulate, Super Robertson wore a purple velour evening gown, and made up words to "Pretty Woman" as the band played said song behind him. I tried not to choke on my Boxcar Burger, caught in the act of trying to eat and laugh at the same time. "Is this how I want to go?" I asked myself. "With gunk lodged in my windpipe at the Super Robertson Supper Show?" No—I put the burger down and chose life.
Behind closed curtains, Super changed into garb more suited to the frontman of 21 Tandem Repeats. The curtains opened again, and the Supper Show carried on with a full hour of 21 TR. King Dinosaur brought a hula hoop for everyone to try. All those middle-aged hips could not make the thing go for long. Fireman told a story about a clash of artistic sensibilities and Robertson spoke about his attempts to contact the Canada Post, um, "employee resources" line. [Never blog about work, especially not someone else's work.] Sim Special came up to sing "Bill Von Bacon Tell" and a wee bit on "Failure." "Bengal Tiger" was threatened, but not played, and "Enter Sandman" was touched upon. The Supper Show has stumbled upon the perfect combination of improv comedy and musical showmanship, and it seems like whatever random night I decide to check it out there's damn fine entertainment to be had.
Behind closed curtains, Super changed into garb more suited to the frontman of 21 Tandem Repeats. The curtains opened again, and the Supper Show carried on with a full hour of 21 TR. King Dinosaur brought a hula hoop for everyone to try. All those middle-aged hips could not make the thing go for long. Fireman told a story about a clash of artistic sensibilities and Robertson spoke about his attempts to contact the Canada Post, um, "employee resources" line. [Never blog about work, especially not someone else's work.] Sim Special came up to sing "Bill Von Bacon Tell" and a wee bit on "Failure." "Bengal Tiger" was threatened, but not played, and "Enter Sandman" was touched upon. The Supper Show has stumbled upon the perfect combination of improv comedy and musical showmanship, and it seems like whatever random night I decide to check it out there's damn fine entertainment to be had.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
UPDATE
Well Snapshot gave me a disk with thousands of of pictures... Here are a few from some previous supper show's in leiu of a written update.
D TREVLON
CARLY RAY JEPSEN
SHOCKK
SR
ROBYN CARRIGAN
SR AND ALVARO ROJAS
WILLINGDON BLACK
2 STICKS HOBBS
THE LAND OF DEBORAH
Incredibly there were no photographs of Fire-Man on this disk
D TREVLON
CARLY RAY JEPSEN
SHOCKK
SR
ROBYN CARRIGAN
SR AND ALVARO ROJAS
WILLINGDON BLACK
2 STICKS HOBBS
THE LAND OF DEBORAH
Incredibly there were no photographs of Fire-Man on this disk
Thursday, January 11, 2007
The next re-cap series Mid Dec-Jan
It was all good times, the band 21 Tandem Repeats just keeps getting better and better, it's really amazing how they have grown even more comfortable on that stage. The shows for the most part were go up and play the music kind of shows... Perhaps the calm before the storm. I hear the band was going over a "drunk" version of "The Sun Rises" the other night.
I would suggest a puppet show to come soon as the push up/sit up thing is getting stale.
I guess the shows have been great... People have been coming the food has been good, and the shows have been musical and entertaining... It's just this nuisance of a blog that is gumming up the works.
That post that was here before that made reference to an Elephant's body part was a joke.
I would suggest a puppet show to come soon as the push up/sit up thing is getting stale.
I guess the shows have been great... People have been coming the food has been good, and the shows have been musical and entertaining... It's just this nuisance of a blog that is gumming up the works.
That post that was here before that made reference to an Elephant's body part was a joke.
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