I’m alive, and ain’t it good. I’ve felt that extreme sports exhilaration just like in that old Edwin music video. You know the one I’m talking about. This was the slower, more trudging side of extreme sports, really the only one I am suited to, I think. And yes, we survived and we did it! Hiked the 167 kilometers of the Peninsula section of the Bruce Trail in 6 days, carrying lots of pounds on our backs the whole way, facing rain and wind and cold. And here we are. If you want all the details, and some lovely photographic records, they are now available for perusal.
And as one excitement soon gives way to another, I got home only to find out about the Lollapalooza festival this summer at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto and that tons of awesome bands that I quite like will all be playing there. Most unfortunate is that PJ Harvey is playing many of the dates on the tour, but not in Toronto. Those responsible will be punished. But in the meantime, the line-up is still monumentally kick-ass and I already have my tickets ordered. And they ain’t shabby either: Lowest seated bowl, my dudes, square in section 2-0-3
| DAY ONE: | ||
| Main Stage | Second Stage | Solar Stage |
| Morrissey Sonic Youth Modest Mouse Le Tigre Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Von Bondies |
Broken Social Scene The Walkmen Wolf Eyes Danger Mouse Datsuns Sparta |
Mike Watt The Dresden Dolls Bumblebeez 81 Carina Round The Living Things Peretz |
| DAY TWO: | ||
| Main Stage | Second Stage | Solar Stage |
| String Cheese Incident Flaming Lips Wilco Gomez Polyphonic Spree TV on the Radio |
The Thrills The Coup Sound Tribe Sector 9 Elbow Wheat |
Mike Watt The Dresden Dolls Bumblebeez 81 Carina Round Ross Golan and Molehead Peretz |
So that will cover my going to Toronto to see concerts for the summer. I’m cut off after this baby, so if I start exhibiting tendencies that suggest I am in the early planning stages for an additional trip to Toronto, kick me square in the nads or politely suggest that I cease and desist.