HAPPY CANADA DAY!!
Isn't it great to live here? It is, or maybe more, it was. The 51st state, where our flags are made in China,
and our factory jobs are traded for ones in Walmart. There is a reason for protest, there is a reason for revolution.
Over a billion on security, that's worth using at least! The Sun (garbage) the other day had a picture of the Police Chief of Toronto, wading through a crowd of angry people, on his way to answer for Police action during the G20 Summit. He's smiling, while all these Torontonians are screaming. Please tell me you can see it now. They work against what we have (and have decimated what we had). They work for the Rockefellers of the world!
Anyway, a little positiveness before more stupid reality. Thank you very much to those of you who supported this year's Joe Strummer tribute. We raised $2,000 to help the Tivoli get back on its feet. The free Art Crawl shows at This Ain't Hollywood, will now have a $2 cover charge. The money will go to "Toonies for Tivoli" to help aid its revival. And, unfortunately, your humble narrator is the only one trying to help. Except those directly involved.
I was pleasantly surprised at seeing the Diodes play live, as I was not a fan of their studio records (too polished/commercial wannabe). But the live performance gave a better perspective of what the band was like way back when, before iPods, or Intelevision even.
But even better (and older) was the New York Dolls' performance in Burlington at the Sound of Music Festival. Normally I wouldn't go to Burlington to see a show, but I had never seen any version of the Dolls before, and they made it worth it. Better than most reunion-type bands, their newer material is almost as enjoyable as the old classics that everyone was so eager to hear.
Lou Molinaro, who booked them into the festival, should have explained the playing field a little better to the band. Three songs in, singer- David Johansen, asked the crowd "How many of you people here are from Burlington!?!". He expected an easy cheer from the crowd. He was greeted with boos and jeers and shouts of Noooo! Despite being confused where his audience came from, it was a very entertaining experience. Oh, and Hamilton should seize Burlington. They've had a free ride on our backs for way too long!
So back to the depression of nonmusic related happenstance. While everyone started to get a jump on their Canada Day revelry I was at work, helping to produce tonnage of steel. At 12:50 am, Canada Day morning, I saw for the first time a blast furnace "blow out".
This is an excersice in pushing excessive force through the smokestack of a blast furnace, in order to expel accumulated debris (garbage!). The 100-foot tall flames, spewing of coke embers, thunderous rumble (that was heard ten minutes away at Wentworth and Main), and ensuing black cloud, were hardly noticed by the sleepy citizenry in the early hours of this, our Canada Day! Happy Canada Day to Hamilton, from the friendly face of Dofasco Arcelor Mittal!
Breathe easy my friends. In twenty years it won't be so easy.
Politicians aren't worth fighting, it's the companies!
Your pal and sentinel.
The Hamilton Kid
Isn't it great to live here? It is, or maybe more, it was. The 51st state, where our flags are made in China,
and our factory jobs are traded for ones in Walmart. There is a reason for protest, there is a reason for revolution.
Over a billion on security, that's worth using at least! The Sun (garbage) the other day had a picture of the Police Chief of Toronto, wading through a crowd of angry people, on his way to answer for Police action during the G20 Summit. He's smiling, while all these Torontonians are screaming. Please tell me you can see it now. They work against what we have (and have decimated what we had). They work for the Rockefellers of the world!
Anyway, a little positiveness before more stupid reality. Thank you very much to those of you who supported this year's Joe Strummer tribute. We raised $2,000 to help the Tivoli get back on its feet. The free Art Crawl shows at This Ain't Hollywood, will now have a $2 cover charge. The money will go to "Toonies for Tivoli" to help aid its revival. And, unfortunately, your humble narrator is the only one trying to help. Except those directly involved.
I was pleasantly surprised at seeing the Diodes play live, as I was not a fan of their studio records (too polished/commercial wannabe). But the live performance gave a better perspective of what the band was like way back when, before iPods, or Intelevision even.
But even better (and older) was the New York Dolls' performance in Burlington at the Sound of Music Festival. Normally I wouldn't go to Burlington to see a show, but I had never seen any version of the Dolls before, and they made it worth it. Better than most reunion-type bands, their newer material is almost as enjoyable as the old classics that everyone was so eager to hear.
Lou Molinaro, who booked them into the festival, should have explained the playing field a little better to the band. Three songs in, singer- David Johansen, asked the crowd "How many of you people here are from Burlington!?!". He expected an easy cheer from the crowd. He was greeted with boos and jeers and shouts of Noooo! Despite being confused where his audience came from, it was a very entertaining experience. Oh, and Hamilton should seize Burlington. They've had a free ride on our backs for way too long!
So back to the depression of nonmusic related happenstance. While everyone started to get a jump on their Canada Day revelry I was at work, helping to produce tonnage of steel. At 12:50 am, Canada Day morning, I saw for the first time a blast furnace "blow out".
Breathe easy my friends. In twenty years it won't be so easy.
Politicians aren't worth fighting, it's the companies!
Your pal and sentinel.
The Hamilton Kid
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