To a certain large concert venue:
The doors to Blue Rodeo were to open at 7pm. At ten to the hour there were about 15-20 of us huddled outside your doors in the blistering cold awaiting entry. Most of us were older, one was in a wheelchair and we were certainly not a rough or rowdy crowd. Yet you refused to open the damn doors even one minute early. Thank god for 92 FM for handing out free hot chocolate-that was fabulous by the way! That was just plain foolishness on your part and seemed to me just plain rude as four security people stared at us smugly in their warmth through the windows. —Popsicle Person
This article appears in Jan 24-30, 2013.
Sonic Youth wouldn’t play like that, or Gus’ Pub.
I don’t get it. Didn’t you have an assigned seat? If so, why go early? Oh well, guess you’ll know better next time
Lineups suck, what do these crap Halifax bars like dome or durty nellys think they’re some hollywood elite hotspot or somethin? It’s bloody embarrassing standing out there in a line while everyone is watching you from inside freezing your dillhole off. Get real Halifax, if you want patronage, let us the fuck in, I ain’t waiting in no freezing temperatures for your power hungry door-douches to OTFU! I’ll be going back over to the Darkside to the Rodeo – free cover, you say? No shite keltic fiddle music AND a cougar cage for dancin with the arms wailing out the bars – what could be better?
I see… rules don’t apply to OP.
Should have saved yourself the cold and what I can only describe as southern cats in heat warbling to acoustic guitar.
insurance doesnt kick in till 7 since the event is scheduled then. If you go in at 650 and get hurt they arent covered. End of story move on
two words ….. BLUE RODEO ….two more …… BLUE BALLS ……another two words….. who cares?
To each their own. On that note, I lost my virginity at a Blue Rodeo concert.
It was with your sister, wasn’t it?
That was at Bryan Adams you old drunk. Maybe you could share why you got kicked out of Aaron Carter’s concert?
Hey!
I’m not old….
That was uncalled for, sorry zZz. Your just a drunk.
That’s uncalled for too…
I’m not JUST a drunk.
I’m also a depressed sadomasochist, a scorned defeatist,
and come in handy when people need things off the top shelf.
Those have to count for something.
They’re doing their job. Jobs are hard to come by… So dress warm.
zZz, I still find it hard to dislike you. Maybe the abuse makes me feel that I’m needed.
I bet the OB waited in line for 12 hours when the new I-whatever came out. It says the doors open at 7, not 6:45 or 6, just like any other business. Boo hoo hoo, poor SET.
Really… I find it easy to dislike me.
One of my many talents.
You’re simply not trying hard enough.
I was merely making the association of Blue Rodeo to incestuous redneck behavior…
and would have regardless of whether you got caught in the crossfire or not.
It was merely wrong place, wrong time.
Speaking of concerts… as I was….
I was having a discussion yesterday with a friend who wanted to go to a stop on the ‘package’ tour. She was invariably ridiculed by myself (as she should have been) and tried to turn it on me… assuming I would attend a spice girls concert should one present itself.
I affirmed her that was certainly not the case and that cheap, shitty pop crap music is not worth my hard earned dollars…
What baffles me is that there is even an audience for this tour.
Talk about grasping at a fleeting 15 minutes of fame.
Women, as complex as they can be, can also be predictable, neolithic knuckle-draggers just as much as men.
Thats why the dislike fades so fast zZz. I remember almost getting arrested by the Hill during the first Backstreet Boys concert for simply assuming Nick Carter was thirsty and wanted a full water bottle from us as we walked by on the sidewalk. Boy was I wrong. Wonder if the Spice Girls will be outdoors as well? Wait no, Citadel Hill and the Commons have to great a capacity to fill. Gus’ Pub usually has great shows every weekend now, couple dollar cover as well.
Sonic I think you just lost all respect by admitting going to a Backstreet Boys concert. LOL.
Bro Tim; If only it were true. As we walked by on the sidewalk is what I said, if I had been in front of the stage I’m sure I would have hit him…… and actually been arrested.
Sonic, the respect is back. And if you had hit him, your street cred would be golden for life. LOL
The title gave me visions of concert goers chained to their seats with a blowtorch applied to the bottom of their feet. You guys got off easy if you ask me OP!!
Trood, that would be the only way you’d get me to a Backbench concert. (thank God I have a suicide pill for such occasions). LOL.
I bet the unsuspecting 13 year old girl, there to watch her favorite band, was super appreciative of the 1 pound projectile to the back of the head, Sonic. It’s comforting to know that everything that doesn’t measure up to your level of cool, deserves to be assaulted. Maybe when Raffi comes to the hill to play for the kiddies, you can beat him with his guitar for being lame.
Way to go, Tim. Glad you’re on the beat, protecting us all from thoughtless dicks with a drunken fratboy mentality of what “cool” is.
Op, I am sure that there is enough time for everyone to arrive once the doors open. I think the security guys smiled at you because you deserved it.
” I lost my virginity at a Blue Rodeo concert”
Shit. That was YOU?
“I was having a discussion yesterday with a friend who wanted to go to a stop on the ‘package’ tour. She was invariably ridiculed by myself (as she should have been)”
YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH.
NKOTB. September 18th, 2008. T-dot = ecstasy.
And I remember many-a awkward grade 6 and 7 slow dance to these sweet sweet tunes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpaIOO13tAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oqgTA6N-iw
And throwing rotten vegetables at 98 degrees would be *awesome*
Harper; You assume too many things about me. The 13 year old girl that looked like a fifty foot stage and had five grown men dancing on her, and her ears must have been the amp stand I hit. Yup, that 13 year old girl has bigger problems than we thought. I’m a professional, if there’s any chance of collateral damage I cannot take the shot. Now you said to me yesterday, Over!!!!!! at 1:11pm and 1:12pm. That childish warehouse of yours has to be overflowing for you to start it again today. Now go spend your time making up more laws in the world according to Harper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e50vqY7Szo
You gonna stick up for your boy Bieber now? I never figured you to be a closet fan of the Backstreet Boys, but hey, to each their own I guess.
Yes, I had my car wrapped in a Backstreet Boy’s number one fan decals. The fact that you would throw anything at anyone is justt plain disrespectful. As much as I dislike some performers, I would never throw anything at them, especially something as heavy as a full water bottle. Perhaps a loud “BOOOOO” would be in order. The fact that you find that humerous is just embarrassing. I actually don’t think this happened. I think you’re full of shit, and if not? Whatever! My opinion about stupidity like that is not up for debate. Noone ever has the right to to try and intentionally harm anyone else. Especially when it’s for something as cheap as a few laughs.
That conversation was over, same with the driveway thing. If you wanna keep rehashing it, I guess there is nothing I can do about it. Just because you found me to be wrong on something, doesn’t necessarily mean I will be wrong about everything.
“No more spelling corrections. No more grammar corrections. No more rude comments directed at each other.” You posted this less than 24 hours ago, lol. I also didn’t throw it at him. I thought he was thirsty on stage from the dancing and heat of the summer, so it was actually a kind gesture.
“Maybe when Raffi comes to the hill to play for the kiddies, you can beat him with his guitar for being lame.”
Oh Sonic – have you come to snuff the Raffster?
Ivan my friend; I actually like Raffi and my daughter is somewhat addicted to him still. He’s a very talented musician that composes his own work and holds the songwriting credits for the majority of his work. Now Harper’s Backstreet Boys do not have that distinction, hence the no respect. If Raffi did come, I would pay the extra for the VIP seating. Sonic only respects the creative talented minds, not the puppets that want money and 15 minutes of fame from adolescent minds that can be easily brainwashed (for lack of a better term) due to their age.
I love you father, thank you for raising me and sticking up for my man Raffi. Sorry its been awhile, I had to reset my password because of the shitty weed I’ve been smoking. I got a raise too, $14.25 an hour now.
Nukka, welcome back son. Don’t let your mother know, she’s still upset over your actions on the #14 all the time. We also have a fan now, he was the one that thought you were a teacher.
How is pointing out something I find to be morally reprehensible, a “rude comment”. How is it correcting spelling or grammar? I was merely pointing out that it is dangerous to throw heavy objects around, or in a crowd. If you don’t agree? Oh well, you don’t agree. Like the other conversation, this one is now over for me. I have expressed my opinion, and before this gets too lowbrow….I’m out.
Hmm – I could have sworn that someone whacked Raffi in a driveby during the infamous East Coast – West Coast feud. L.A.P.D. had a suspect that they liked for it:
http://languages.oberlin.edu/courses/2010/…
but he lawyered up pretty quick and there just wasn’t enough forensic evidence.
Yes Harper, lets talk “morally reprehensible”. Is that about the hundreds of sexist comments you have made? Or maybe, your opinion of everyone from Spryfield, Fairview or Dartmouth? How about your views on Cape Breton and Newfoundland? Or your continuous Quebec and frenchman comments that are racially insensitive? Or is “morally reprehensible” about the 4 out of 5 bitchs that you can call an “ass” or “assclown”? You only pointed out that I hit a 13 year old girl, which is just another idea from the world according to Harper. Yesterday it was “Over!!!!!” now its “I’m out”, guess we’ll continue this tomorrow morning when you wake up in yet another bad mood.
I still love the “picture making” Ivan. But sadly, the inspiration for Baby Beluga had passed away a number of months ago.
Wery sad. Fortunately CBC cast Adam Beach to act as his guide into the spirit world.
Besides everyone in the industry knows it was Sharon and Lois who popped Raffi . And Bram was the wheelman. But nobody talkin, cuz snitches gets stitches.
It had to be done… Eric nagler ordered the hit and that is one man you do not want to piss off.
He’ll make an instrument out of your fibula and thyroid gland and then play it at your funeral.