Guitar Licks and Tips

I just got off the phone with a buddy of mine, and he said he just picked up some Montreal Canadiens Tickets and wanted to know if I wanted to go with him. Ha, ha. He knows that I’m an avid Toronto Maple Leafs fan and they will not be playing the leafs that night to boot! Oh, those crazy Les Canadiens de Montréal fans.

As he babbled on endlessly about the history of these guys, I just sat there and had to bit my tongue, or as the French say peu ma langue. He went on about his many visits to promised land and how beautiful their new Bell Centre stadium - he loves it.

As the conversation went on, a little bit more then one sided in my mind, I had to ask him where he got the tickets. Then after hearing the clicking of his mouse he said 2tickets.ca. He said he was searching this afternoon and happened to stumble upon their site. He asked if we had a computer on nearby, he is more then well aware that we are always on line, and wanted me to check out the site.

As luck would have it, my wife was on the notebook and our little puppy had to go outside to … you know … do her thing. This allowed me to check it out and it is a very interesting site.

On their main page you see easy to use tabs so that you can easily search for tickets for concerts, shows and sports. I’ve been to a couple of sites this guy has sent me to and they are often too flashy, hard to navigate and leaving you frustrated after a while. Not this one.

I noticed Madonna Montreal tickets and a bit lower down I saw Celine Dion Montreal tickets. I brought it up, but there was one of those pregnant pauses in the conversation. I thought my mother would love to check both of them out. She is more hip then you think.

I went to see how easy it was to sell tickets and it was really straight forward and with no distractions going on this page. I guess I’m just one of those people who like things simple.

The Sports tab was easy. If in Montreal, I’d love to see the Alouettes de Montréal (Montreal Alouettes) at their new stadium. This site has simple seat viewing that even my dad could figure out, nice.

Looking for a neat and inexpensive way to buy concert tickets, then check out Viagogo.

I came across this site after responding to an e-mailing from my cousin in Waterford Ireland last week. These guys have a surprising amount of concert listings and tickets on their site. If your reading this blog in Europe, then check it out. Viagogo would be helpful to you or even if your planning a trip to the UK if you’re interested in going to a sporting event, concert or the theater while you’re there.

Now my cousin John and his wife like the beat of Janet Jackson tunes and wanted to buy some Janet Jackson Tickets for her live show in the UK this summer. He said that he was asking around so I thought I’d look into it for him, two mouses are better then one, ha, ha!

Where they live, they have to pay for all time spent on-line and that seems like a bit of a pain. No wonder they don’t write too often. I told him I love being exposed to different styles of music because as a musician, you can always find nice little hidden gems in songs that you can use once in a while to change the feel of a tune. It good to keep you ear open to impress other types of music lovers while playing live!

While on the Viagogo site, I came across some other shows that I’d love to see! The one that honestly caught my eye was for Stevie Wonder Tickets! I’ve love every aspect of his song writing technique since I was a little kid. The chord progressions are out of this world and some of his horn work just makes me wanna get up and dance (even though I’m pathetic at it!). I’d love to see and hear the song Duke live before I die, honestly how about you?

As for a festival, hands down would be Leeds! Leeds Festival Tickets will not last for long that’s for sure, check out the line up for the main stage alone! New Yorks Mindless Self Indulgence (yes I do like techno), Pete and the Pirates’ for my love of tasteful pop related music, TIGER ARMY (oh those crazy psyschobillies) just to name a few. If we had a few extra bucks kicking around or won a small lottery we’d be there!

I also found some other venues that I’d love to see in England while visiting the relatives in Ireland. Like going to the Globe would be a big one in my eye. They have tickets for events at the Globe on the Viagogo site so that’s great! The Globe, BTW, is the theatre that Shakespeare held some of his plays in and it was recently rebuilt just like the original one. I love the look of it, I’m a bit of a lover of architecture. There isn’t a bad seat in the house according to my brother who went there after my father, brother and I went off together to Ireland a couple of years ago. Go to the site and check out the seating there, it’s fabulous!

Viagogo looks like the leading place to go for ticket and shows in Europe these days. If you also have some tickets to unload because you can’t make it to a concert, sporting event or the theater for one reason or another then this site allows you to sell your tickets. This is one of the many useful features that I’ve found while checking out Viagogo! It’s great if you’re in a bind.

So my cousin in Ireland got back to me and said that he hadn’t been aware of Viagogo, so I told him you learn a new thing everyday! I sent him a link to the Stevie Wonder show and I hope that he goes to that one. Besides, if he does go, I wanna get him to scoop me up a concert “T” and a program to boot. Wish me, I mean him, luck!

Keep on Jammin’

Just a little hats off to the boys from my home town of Brantford! They just won the Allen Cup!!! It is the 100th playing of the Cup!

And here is the latest news about the boys from Brantford!

I heard the other day from my dad, that the Bentley Generals were challenging the Brantford Blast to contest Allan Cup final, and that it was set be to begin and end at the Brantford Civic center, and I was just pumped! Just like every other Brantford citizen, I just couldn’t wait for the final outcome of the game. And boy we were not disappointed.

This game had everything that you wanted in a Allen cup Final. Brent Gretzky, the younger brother of Wayne, was more than likely playing his last professional game of his career. The captain of the Brantford Blast was in the same shoes. The end result was playing for bragging rights of winning the Allen cup.

Don Cherry of “CBC’s Coaches Corner, Hockey Night in Canada” had a lovely little ditty about the 2008 Allen Cup and it’s winner the Brantford Blast.

So let’s hear it for the boys from Brantford and the 2008 Allen cup championship winners!

Keep on Jammin’ Boys

To all Tour de France purists everywhere, this is not a joke! It’s called Ride the Lobster and when I first came across this article I thought it was a joke for sure. I guess this is our version of the Holy Grail of cycling.

It is a international unicycle race held in Nova Scotia Canada. The event will take place Monday, June 16 to Friday, June 20 2008. There will be 25 teams entered, consisting of 3 riders per team. It will take only the most dedicated unicyclist’s from all over the world to finish this event. The winning team, of this grueling 5 day 800 km. event, will go home with a rock lobster of a prize totaling $10,000.00 (Cdn).

I thought that only Shriners and guys in the circus drove these contraptions. So for all you die hard unicyclist’s out there, forgive my ignorance!

So if your team thinks it’s got what it takes to cycle with the big boys/girls, hats off to ya.

Keep on Jammin’(or cycling?)

Well we won. What else can we say.

It was billed here in Canada as a follow up to the historic 1972 Canada Cup, but it was not even close. Out of a 8 game series we won 7 and tied 1. Four games were played in Russia having to travel through multiple cities and stadiums and four in Canada.

I watched the whole series at home and loved every minute of it. I just wished that I put the last game that was held in Vancouver B.C. on September 9th on a DVD to send to my brother and his sons in Chicago. The game was a clinic on how to play hockey, pure and simple!

So let’s here it for our boys on blades!

Keep on Jammin’