Here we go again

SR is back so we need to review 3 shows:

August 10th:

"Our first live show in two years went off like slightly damp firecrackers in a rented paper bag, and for a much shorter time than anticipated. The performance itself was great, the venue staff great, the sound was great, fun people came, and there were no electrocutions. However, we had a series of gear failures that prevented us from starting on time.

I am one of these people that does not own his or her own guitar amp. Super Robertson kindly lent me the Fender amp he keeps at the Railway for people like me. I'm guessing it's never used, as one jack proved to be mangled, and the non-mangled jack crackled like hell. So I rented one from our local instrument mecca. It also didn't work, but I didn't find that out until five minutes before showtime.

Lucky for us drummer Ciaran is in a very musical family that has offices stuffed with piano amps all over downtown. His father furnished me with a small Roland amp, and we cut our set by six songs. Some sort of private grip-n-grin function ushered us out at the end.

Nothing caught fire. I think we played quite well. Audience had maybe 30-35 people? Thanks, Super! Thanks, Johnny! Thanks, Jan (that's Ciaran's dad)!"

-Jean H

Hank Languish happened to catch the Classical Revolution show on August 17th:

"I heard the word revolution and i was in the mood for blood so i went down to the Super Robertson Supper Show, but there was no blood at all just some beautiful people riffing on some classical classics. So i put my grenades away and got me a pulled pork with salad and a hophead and settled into a wonderful evening."

And Fire-Man recounts the August 24th show:

A most fun set last night at the Super Robertson Supper Show. My thanks to King Dinosaur who ripped out a killer opening set. For the rest of you who played and sang along, if that was the height of my achievement, I will be content.

At the same time Fire-Man could get shot on stage and as the paramedics wheel him out of the venue he would be saying "still buzzing from that great show"... good to have positive people around.

On that night in Toronto this happened:



There is no SRSS this week as we have the International Pop Overthrow Festival. A festival that amazingly has all of the same headlining bands on all of the same nights as they did last year... great bands for sure, but what do they do look at last years schedule find out who wants to come back and then fill the new spaces from the glut of bands that paid $10 plus the cost of a sonicbids membership to "apply". Ultimately they should all be good nights of entertainment and I'm happy to have the night off, but it bothers me when festivals charge money for people to apply... you are essentially selling an aspiring artist hope so i think there should be at least a bit of hope there. That's what i think anyway . Camille Miller will play on August 31 and she is most excellent and she is new to the festival and Captain A will be there tending the bar and the fine selection of great beers are waiting... I think I'm better at criticising myself.. i have no guilt after it.