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Report from the annual Ugly Club meeting

What happens in Ugly Club stays in Ugly Club.

Post-Bluesfest Blues

I usually time my holidays so they coincide with Bluesfest, but it didn’t work out that way this year. Instead I’m spending my holidays recuperating from Bluesfest.

I only booked two weeks holidays, but I should have gone for more. I get seven weeks annual leave, which is mostly theoretical since I can never take […]

The real reason I support the crack kit program

I used to be a drug addict on the streets of Ottawa.

That whole period of my life is a bit hazy, but it started in my teens and lasted a few years.

Amphetamines were relatively cheap and plentiful at the time, and they were my drug of choice.

I wasn’t in good shape. I […]

Bluesfest Day 11: The Umbrella Controversy

Bluesfest was a blast yesterday, despite the rain and a serious case of Bluesfest Fatigue. A lot of people I talked to are happy today’s the last day. We love Bluesfest, but we’re burning out.

The best performance of the day was Danny Michel. I’ve never seen him before, and he’s terrific, definitely worth standing […]

Bluesfest Day 9: The Chair Controversy

I ran into some of Stu’s BBQ Blues Crew on Day 9, but without Stu. They’ve staked out a nice little spot in the centre of the field between the Main Stage and the Rogers Stage.

It truly is a primo location. They’ve got beer and Porta-Potties and food nearby.

“And the First Aid Station,” said […]

Is City Council smoking crack?

What the hell is the matter with Ottawa City Council, eliminating the crack kit program? I have nothing to say about it beyond what I said in December. Except this: Council’s short-sighted, uninformed, pointlessly moralistic non-solution betrays a fundamental lack of understanding of the problem.

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Bluesfest Day 8: Henry

I met Henry eight years ago, five minutes after Bluesfest 99 started. I was sitting on the bleachers and he sat down beside me. A few minutes later, I pulled out my camera.

“You can’t take a picture of the band from here with that little pea-shooter,” said Henry.

“I’m not,” I said, “I’m taking a […]

Bluesfest Day 7: Noise

We were in recovery mode on Tuesday, so we wandered from stage to stage trying to find a comfortable place to sit and music that wasn’t too noisy. We couldn’t find either, so we left around 8:00. We did consider staying for Los Lobos, but we just didn’t have it in us. Too many days […]

Bluesfest Day Five: Porta Potty Mishap

Late last night I left the Flatlanders at the River Stage to go home, and decided to stop for a quick pee on my way out.

If you’ve ever been in a Porta Potty late at night, you know how dark they are. Since the P-Mate woman hadn’t had a chance to visit the blog […]

Bluesfest Day Four: The P-Mate

I saw Sarah Harmer at Bluesfest yesterday. She seems like a good musician and a lovely person, and I wanted to like her show but I was a little bored. The thing is, I can walk all day but I find standing for an hour and a half in a densely packed crowd pretty hard. […]