I have a damaged hand and a lot of things to do this week... so let's get through this dog.
Last week (February 18) there were 3 performers... first off was a man named Adam from the Bob Dylan Society... Super Steve thought it was great and King Dinosaur noted that it was early Bob Dylan. You can never really go wrong with a Bob Dylan song and Adam did the songs justice... Then up came Robert Thomas Murphy and Adam moved to a supporting role with an electric guitar. Robert Thomas Murphy played some original songs that used Dylan'esque chord patterns with more modern rock vocals... it was all good. Last up was our hero S Robertson who once again was treated to a surprisingly attentive audience. The plan was to play with passion... whatever the hell that means... i guess what i found out that it means that a lot of people read the SRSS blog, as people kept referring to the words they read in the blog. How did old SR do? that's a good question and since i opted not to tape the show we will never truly know, which i wished after wards that i did tape the show, but if i had a recorder going... it would it have changed the balance of the universe enough. I remember being a kid playing hockey by myself in the driveway before a Toronto Maple Leaf playoff game... i would make up these scenarios whereby if i could perform a task at a certain lever for a prolonged period of time then the Leafs would win the game... one of those superstitious things... another example would be a few years ago when the Canucks were in the playoffs and i was doing my mail route and i came across a group of native people having a celebration under a giant tree and as i walked by we smiled at each other and they asked me if i wanted to hug the tree... SR's is always game for a little tree hugging so i gave the tree a hug... and the Canucks won that key game. now what do you think i did on the next game day... of course i had to hug the tree.
I don't think we will ever know how old SR did as he was among a room full of friends, and they always say nice things. There were a few folks rooting for a return of 21 tandem repeats... i guess it's good to be missed.
Next week we have Andorra and The Legion of Flying Monkeys Horn Orchestra and old SR trying to make it all work.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
25 random facts about the Super Robertson supper show
1) Monday April 1st 2005 was the first show
2)It was originally called the Super Robertson King Show
3)Last week the most beautiful Jacqui Brown played a scintillating set to a packed house to open the show.
4)Last week Simian Special put on a clinic following Jacqui Brown and did a cover of ROADBED'S Hey Rock took the Bait
5) Every April there is an awards ceremony where the regulars receive GOLD MEDALS for their prowess.
6) Many people get "nick named" if they come out to the show.. Like Super Steve and the latest Gino... who's last name is Mallen, but was mistaken as Malkin.
7) The most coveted awards the SRSS award show are "Best hockey mind" and "best facial hair"
8) Most common sound man over the years would be JLS
9) S Robertson has exposed himself 2x during the show's tenure... the firs time being a Burlesque parody and the 2nd time a joke gone wrong.
10) Next week... or tomorrow the guests will be from Main Belt Entertainment... Bob Dylan Society and Robert Thomas Murphy
11) Super Robertson will play tomorrow with a focus on Passion... playing with passion.
12) the show is free
13) Despite the fact that the local media is constantly complaining about the lack of venues, nobody has seemed to notice the fact that the supper show is a classic case of smart recycling... use what is there but at a different time.
14) From time to time the supper show has a segment called "poem moment" where the audience writes a poem (a few lines each) and the performers perform the poem.
15) S Robertson once did a puppet show using exact dialogue from a conversation he had with the bank manager in an episode that defines "mind numbing stupidity"
16) There is a SRSS live album coming out for good or ill.
17) Simian Special played drums on the best version of Hey Rock's living room
18) One time we had a sprint out on the street outside the railway club and Dave Parchumchuck won.
19) There has been a few aerobics classes
20) One time i led a routine called Beer Yoga
21) Some crazy dude honked a horn that wasn't in key with anything on a regular basis for 2 years every time there was a whiff of improvisation.
22) Carl Fatman has never been to the SRSS
23) On Feb 25 we have a band Andorra and The Legion of Flying Monkeys Horn Orchestra
24) a guy can drink a lot of beers writing a supper show blog
25) I wrote a song about the supper show the other day
2)It was originally called the Super Robertson King Show
3)Last week the most beautiful Jacqui Brown played a scintillating set to a packed house to open the show.
4)Last week Simian Special put on a clinic following Jacqui Brown and did a cover of ROADBED'S Hey Rock took the Bait
5) Every April there is an awards ceremony where the regulars receive GOLD MEDALS for their prowess.
6) Many people get "nick named" if they come out to the show.. Like Super Steve and the latest Gino... who's last name is Mallen, but was mistaken as Malkin.
7) The most coveted awards the SRSS award show are "Best hockey mind" and "best facial hair"
8) Most common sound man over the years would be JLS
9) S Robertson has exposed himself 2x during the show's tenure... the firs time being a Burlesque parody and the 2nd time a joke gone wrong.
10) Next week... or tomorrow the guests will be from Main Belt Entertainment... Bob Dylan Society and Robert Thomas Murphy
11) Super Robertson will play tomorrow with a focus on Passion... playing with passion.
12) the show is free
13) Despite the fact that the local media is constantly complaining about the lack of venues, nobody has seemed to notice the fact that the supper show is a classic case of smart recycling... use what is there but at a different time.
14) From time to time the supper show has a segment called "poem moment" where the audience writes a poem (a few lines each) and the performers perform the poem.
15) S Robertson once did a puppet show using exact dialogue from a conversation he had with the bank manager in an episode that defines "mind numbing stupidity"
16) There is a SRSS live album coming out for good or ill.
17) Simian Special played drums on the best version of Hey Rock's living room
18) One time we had a sprint out on the street outside the railway club and Dave Parchumchuck won.
19) There has been a few aerobics classes
20) One time i led a routine called Beer Yoga
21) Some crazy dude honked a horn that wasn't in key with anything on a regular basis for 2 years every time there was a whiff of improvisation.
22) Carl Fatman has never been to the SRSS
23) On Feb 25 we have a band Andorra and The Legion of Flying Monkeys Horn Orchestra
24) a guy can drink a lot of beers writing a supper show blog
25) I wrote a song about the supper show the other day
Monday, February 09, 2009
Hi Ho to all of those out there in Blogland... may i suggest you now do something productive like go for a walk. I am home alone with the kids and i have watched all of the hockey highlites (only 2 games today). Where was i?
Did i mention that the class "A" Hammerhead Cam Dilworth kept referring to the show and myself as "Robinson" and not "Robertson" for like the 18th million time... you would think that all of the posters on the club wall that announce "The Super Robertson Supper Show" might help, but it's probably like that gig we did in Nanaimo back in November and we had that huge Banner behind us that said "21 Tandem Repeats" and of course some dude comes up after the show to tell us we were really good and "What was the name of our band" and so WB tells him "21 Tandem Repeats" and he says "OH like the Banner that was behind you when you were playing"... "Yea like that". Kind of funny when ever i write his name in the blog i become paranoid.. "are there 2 l's or just one" and i look it up. But then again one of the members of the Super Robertson Supper show Facebook group came to the show and his last name is Mallin and i came up to him and barked "Malkin what's going on!"... i corrected myself looked up on stage and was called "Robinson" again.
It was of course the 2nd episode of the Cameron Dilworth and Jesse Matheson Supper show... 2 great guys with excellent talent who are learning the supper show ropes doing one show per month. They brought out C.S. Rippin, Jeremy Todd, Super robinson... i mean Robertson and Caleb Stull to play some songs and they had a neat twist on the guest vibe. They just stayed up on stage drinking while the guest played a song... Cam just took off his guitar and passed it to the guest. This can actually be better than trying to orchestrate a massive curtain pull and lineup change that the supper show has seen in the past. It created a nice open feeling of people sharing songs. After the show the leaders were suffering from post Supper show Stress disorder where they thought that the failed to put on a good show. For the record it was a fine show totally worth the price of admission. I just know the feeling.
Next week on February 11 we have Simian Special and Jacqui Brown.
Did i mention that the class "A" Hammerhead Cam Dilworth kept referring to the show and myself as "Robinson" and not "Robertson" for like the 18th million time... you would think that all of the posters on the club wall that announce "The Super Robertson Supper Show" might help, but it's probably like that gig we did in Nanaimo back in November and we had that huge Banner behind us that said "21 Tandem Repeats" and of course some dude comes up after the show to tell us we were really good and "What was the name of our band" and so WB tells him "21 Tandem Repeats" and he says "OH like the Banner that was behind you when you were playing"... "Yea like that". Kind of funny when ever i write his name in the blog i become paranoid.. "are there 2 l's or just one" and i look it up. But then again one of the members of the Super Robertson Supper show Facebook group came to the show and his last name is Mallin and i came up to him and barked "Malkin what's going on!"... i corrected myself looked up on stage and was called "Robinson" again.
It was of course the 2nd episode of the Cameron Dilworth and Jesse Matheson Supper show... 2 great guys with excellent talent who are learning the supper show ropes doing one show per month. They brought out C.S. Rippin, Jeremy Todd, Super robinson... i mean Robertson and Caleb Stull to play some songs and they had a neat twist on the guest vibe. They just stayed up on stage drinking while the guest played a song... Cam just took off his guitar and passed it to the guest. This can actually be better than trying to orchestrate a massive curtain pull and lineup change that the supper show has seen in the past. It created a nice open feeling of people sharing songs. After the show the leaders were suffering from post Supper show Stress disorder where they thought that the failed to put on a good show. For the record it was a fine show totally worth the price of admission. I just know the feeling.
Next week on February 11 we have Simian Special and Jacqui Brown.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Dustun Rilcof, Ben Mahony and S Robertson
On this night a lot of the "regulars" who frequent the Supper Show were absent, but two large conglomerants of forein exchange students completed january for a string of "sold out" shows.
First up Dustin Rilcof showed his sensitive side, and played some songs that bordered on... love songs. the Canucks were up 2-1 at this time. Rilcof's set demonstraited some excelent finger picking and some fine melodies... but like the exchange students i missed a lot of the words. It was a great set and i'll give him 4 stars.
Next up was Ben Mahony, a man who has lived all over this fine Country and played a geographical set with songs written in all different provinces at various times in his life. He seemed like a king hell fellow and he brought some guy he met at an open stage in Toronto a month back. His songs had good energy and drove like an old school Buick down a mountain road... which reminded me about this time i hitchhiked back from 100 mile house.
Last up with the rapid turnover was our hero, the Kingpin of the Supper Show... Super Robertson. The crowd was incredibly good to him... people listened to the songs applauded and then sat in silence for the next song... this definatly caught SR off guard but like a veteran soilder he adapded. He played a fine version of the littles which earned him a few CD sales. Go tiger go!
After the show we got to catch the patented Vancouver Canuck collapse as they turned a 3-1 lead into a 5-3 loss. You could tell that Super Steve had seen this type of thing happen before and smartly made a quick exit after the 2nd period.
On Wednesday February 4 2009 we have the 2nd edition of the Jesse Matheson and Cameron Dilworth Supper Show... and they have invited S Robertson, CS Rippin, and a few others to come and play a song. Lets fire it up boys.
First up Dustin Rilcof showed his sensitive side, and played some songs that bordered on... love songs. the Canucks were up 2-1 at this time. Rilcof's set demonstraited some excelent finger picking and some fine melodies... but like the exchange students i missed a lot of the words. It was a great set and i'll give him 4 stars.
Next up was Ben Mahony, a man who has lived all over this fine Country and played a geographical set with songs written in all different provinces at various times in his life. He seemed like a king hell fellow and he brought some guy he met at an open stage in Toronto a month back. His songs had good energy and drove like an old school Buick down a mountain road... which reminded me about this time i hitchhiked back from 100 mile house.
Last up with the rapid turnover was our hero, the Kingpin of the Supper Show... Super Robertson. The crowd was incredibly good to him... people listened to the songs applauded and then sat in silence for the next song... this definatly caught SR off guard but like a veteran soilder he adapded. He played a fine version of the littles which earned him a few CD sales. Go tiger go!
After the show we got to catch the patented Vancouver Canuck collapse as they turned a 3-1 lead into a 5-3 loss. You could tell that Super Steve had seen this type of thing happen before and smartly made a quick exit after the 2nd period.
On Wednesday February 4 2009 we have the 2nd edition of the Jesse Matheson and Cameron Dilworth Supper Show... and they have invited S Robertson, CS Rippin, and a few others to come and play a song. Lets fire it up boys.
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