If you're wondering where I've been the last little while, the writing and recording process for the above album was a real bitch. Not to mention the album cover art. To get such small cattle in the background was arduous and tedious at the same time.
However I am back after much work and busy days. And onto different musings:
Lady Gaga is charging $175 (okay that's top price) for her July concert at the Air Canada Centre. To put that into perspective, that is more than Springsteen's three-hour concert ticket price and more than Tom Petty's top ticket price. To put Lady Gaga in the same price range as the Eagles and Simon & Garfunkel is insane. Well maybe not in the case of Art Garfunkel, but still....
Canadian Music Week took place where I was covering Steel Panther, who rhymed South Korea with an STD, indeed a turn of phrase not seen since Dylan Thomas or Wilde. However waiting for three hours outside the main performance area was insane as no media list was reportedly ready until 10 pm. Note to self: getting there at 7:30 to see the opening acts is not a good idea if you are not allowed in until 10 pm. And the fact it was at such a remote venue from the downtown core made it almost unbearable. But I did get paid.
CMW in previous years did not accept my media accreditation form for Billboard.com, stating that Billboard was not a Canadian based magazine. After all, the idea behind music festivals is to not promote your artists or talent to the world, but to make sure that every magazine on Bloor Street (and Bloor Street only) has VIP access to everything.
Tom Petty's tour will visit Toronto's ACC in late August as previously mentioned. The new single doesn't quite have the same oomph as perhaps that from Highway Companion, but it's a slow bluesy stoner ditty which probably works well in concert.
I promise not to be so long between posts next time. But it is my blog after all. But I will post more.
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