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Fogerty More a Tribute Act to Himself Than CCRevisited  

Went to see John Fogerty in Toronto September 14. My reactions - though he is one awesome lead guitar player - were not too good.

Where do I start? I was quite excited to hear Fogerty would be playing full Creedence albums on this tour. I was hoping I would land on a night when Cosmos Factory would be up. It was! Great so far. But, my most anticipated moment: "Heard It Through The Grapevine" turned out to be around 8 minutes less long than I expected and wanted. I just love that CCR groove on that…Read more

Backbeat Beatles 

Went and saw Backbeat the play last night at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. Thought it was great!

I could quibble about a few things but, when I say that, it reminds me how much I find quibbles irritating when it comes to my own work, haha.

It didn't really remind me that much of the movie and I heard some lines out of a Hard Days Night and classic Beatle lore such as George talking about Geroge Martin's tie during a studio session. Speaking of George, I didn't find they leveraged his instrument…Read more

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year predictions of doom and gloom  

We say it outloud for those who celebrate Christmas: "Merry Christmas" (and especially to Reham, who argues we shouldn't get hung up about being too PC). For those who don't celebrate Santa or Christ or gift giving, or whatever ... happy all the rest!

The end of the year is mastering time with a big push over the next five days to finish up the Whiners and Losers album. The songs are sounding pretty good to us. The album should have some more legs than the first album, We say "should" since the songs are…Read more