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Old school Record Show was a blast!

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After coming back from this Record Show I thought what a great show it was. I only had about 45-50 minutes to check out was there and I must say that I had a lot of fun.

There must of been 25 – 30 vendors selling their wares. Some were showing off albums, some concert pictures that they took themselves from some past shows and some who had collectible items like toys, old concert programs etc.There was a fair amount of DVD’s and VHS shows.

Some of the more bizarre things I saw was a bunch of KISS action figures, some Top of the Charts posters from the past and a few Partridge Family albums.

I didn’t pick anything up, I just had fun sorting through items on tables and chatting with collectors. Does anyone out there go to any of these types of shows on a regular basis?

Keep on Jammin’





Off to see Bruce Cockburn, Neil Peart & Jeff Tweedy

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My beautiful wife Tricia, just got us some tickets to see Bruce Cockburn, Neil Peart and Jeff Tweedy being interviewed by George Stroumboulopoulos today! The show will be in the CBC building in downtown Toronto and I would not miss this for the world.

(side note: I wish I thought about telling you earlier Dom and Julian because I would of at attempted to get each of you guys tickets, at least to see the drumming god Neil Peart of RUSH.)

I believe that Bruce will be on to promote his 31st studio album Small Source of Comfort on True North Records.

I’ve seen Bruce before in Chicago and Mississauga but this will be a nice setting. Just him and George chattin’ together in a small studio. I’m bring my Larrivee in the hopes that he’ll sign it.

So wish me luck on getting to meet him after the show and get his signature!

Keep on Jammin’

Selinger’s Music in listowel Rocks

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Through good old Face Book I ran into an old guitar playing buddy of mine who now runs a music store called Selinger’s Music in Listowel (pronounced Lis-Twoll) Ontario. I’ve never been there before but if my buddy Al is the same kind of stand up guy he was when we were kidz then his store must truly rock.

Looking at a few pic’s from Selinger’s Music site, I spy some nice vintage axes hanging around the shop. He has a nice collection of Taylor acoustic guitars in all sizes. He also looks like he has a decent selection of amps and pedals as well. And speaking of pedals, the other part of the store he has that I like is his tech department that is dedicated to rebuilding vintage guitar pedals. It’s nice to see all those old school pedal(s) are there, still alive and kicking around!

If you check out this link you’ll see a picture of a very old pedal called the Silencer by Electro Harmonix that they are working on. I use to own one when I first started playing electric guitar and it brought back some painful memories. For the life of me I can’t remember what this pedal sounded like but I thought it looked real cool.

There’s an area in Selinger’s that highlights their drum section, which appears to be quite big. I’m not a drummer but what they had I was impressed with.

Last but not least you have to see this sign they have offering lessons to anyone purchasing any instrument, best ad I’ve seen in years.

Keep on Jammin’ Selinger Music in Listowel!

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