The New Pornographers in Edmonton

As the title says

The New Pornographers w/ Novillero & Immaculate Machine
Tuesday October 17 @ The Venue (ex-Red's)
Ticket info here

another good show hittin' e-town

Girl Talk

I know I'm a bit late on this one. Finally catching a ride I gotta agree. This shit is crazy. Go listen to Girl Talk to hear for yourself.

more ING

The ING Edmonton Marathon along with The Running Room have posted pics from the event. I have 5 pics available for purchase at the site. Kinda cool. Who knows if I'll be saying that after I see the price?

Amy Millan in Edmonton

I'm not sure if this is old news or not

Amy Millan (from Stars & Broken Social Scene)
Friday September 22 @ The Sidetrack Cafe

Ticket info to come

Spoon

Spoon, originally uploaded by shook_one.

July 30 @ Pitchfork Music Festival

Devendra Banhart Band

Devendra Banhart Band, originally uploaded by shook_one.

July 30 @ Pitchfork Music Festival

Half-Marathon Round-Up

On Sunday I took part in the Energy Capital Half-Marathon (21km). It was my first try at this distance. I felt pretty good for most of the race. With around 4km left I really started to feel it and it turned in a test of wills to keep moving. My left calf really was hampering my efforts. I only had enough gas left to muster a little bit of a sprint in the last 100m. All in all it was a great experience and I look forward to doing the distance again...probably not until next year. Made it in at a chip time of 1:43:19. The goals were a) to finish & b) finish in 1:45 or less. Both of those were achieved. Although I am a bit sore that I finished behind a prof from Augustana who I had handily beat on the Canada Day run. I feel that my youth should of overcame in the run, but you can't always get what you want. I have been limping around since the run with aches in my legs. Lack of stretching is probably to blame. I am not registered in any other runs this year. I have spent the last 48 hours scouting out some potential runs and have made some progress. For some pics from the race go here and results here.

Lolla Numbers

Big Success according to yahoo

Tomorrow

In about ten and a half hours I will start my first half-marathon. The Energy Capital 1/2 Marathon to be exact. My training has tampered off quite a bit lately. It's a concern along with the gimpiness displayed in my knees since I returned from Chicago. Outside of that I feel relatively fine. I haven't came to terms with what I'm about to undertake tomorrow morning. I think it'd be healthy to be a bit nervous or excited. I'm not really feeling either right now. My stomach is going through some strange motions after taking in some Gatorade but outside of that I don't feel a whole lot. It's strange. I have printed out a course map, course description, and an elevation profile. I'll study them a little for the rest of the evening and gather my gear for the morning. Weather looks decent. 1000+ will be in the race. Last half of the race looks pretty flat. The 15km on Canada Day was a blast. The last 5km in that run felt magical. If I even experience a fraction of that feeling tomorrow it will be amazing. From a practical stand point I am concerned that anything after the 15km marker may bring some trouble physically & mentally, a wall so to speak. I hope to fight on and if I have anything left after that 20km marker I am going to try and give every ounce of energy that my body has left into the home stretch. Finish strong. Results tomorrow, cheers

Swan Lake

When I got back, I stumbled across the first released song from Canada's next supergroup, Swan Lake, entitled All Fires. The song has been on heavy rotation on my headphones ever since. Something about Spencers voice. Scary Good.

upcoming shows

I guess concerts are still goinig down at Red's aka The Venue.

Frank Black
Thursday November 9 @ 8pm
The Venue (Red's)
ticket info here

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead & The Blood Brothers (leaked tracks here & here)
Tuesday December 12
The Venue (Red's)
no place for tickets yet
source

My trip to Chicago has sucked my concert fund dry, so I will most likely will not be attending either of these shows. Don't let my brokeness stop you from enjoying, what should be, two amazing shows.

Listen to Cold War Kids!

One of the many highlights of the trip was seeing Cold War Kids, not once, but twice. This fearsome foursome from outsid LA are phenomenal. Carl from the New Pornographers gave them a shout-out during his set. I think these guys are one of the best things out there right now.

reflection

i don't know where to start. the whole experience was a whole lot of wonderful. so many brilliant bands. this trip basically condensed a whole year of concerts into five days of festival goodness. i hope to break the trip into little sections and share it on this forum. who knows how that'll work out? i've begun sorting through the various photos and touching up the usable ones and trashing the shitty ones. i will return shortly with hopefully a lot more. until then, cheers

back

at home after the amazing trip
so much to share
sleep first
look forward to reliving the experience

i'm at lolla!!!

live from lolla
i'm in the at&t blue room at day 2 of lolla
it's been awesome