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insober-yes, the rodeo used to be behind mexi's, but is now in the same building as sweetwaters. the owner combined the two. an odd place for a rock concert all the same. lol -troy-

he played here in fredericton back in may. he said something about for the past two shows he had played in a place called the rockin rodeo or a place attached to a rockin rodeo and would regret not playing it in the morning if he didn't. pretty funny actually.

I wanted to play high school football just so I could be like Al. lol -Troy-

I think Ray won eight grammy's. Not much of a show over all. Some of the performances were really good though. The Southern tribute was pretty cool with the Skynard and Allman borther tunes featuring the different artists. It was cool seeing Keith Urban playing guitar along side those guys, even though Keith is way better.lol. But the stand out point was the Melissa Ethridge/Joss Stone tribute to Joplin. Holy mother of God was Melissa Ethridge ever on fire. She owned the entire night with that performance. Very moving moment indeed. -Troy-

I missed that performance, but I've been noticing this huge trail of suck that the late night shows have been producing over the past few weeks. I know that when bands perform on tv, they lose a lot of the sound quality, but it's been really weak lately. Singers being out of key, instruments out of tune, ect...It's getting bad when the only stand out performance I can recently recall that I really thought was good (and I can't believe I'm saying this) was Kelly Clarkson's performance on SNL last weekend. Like her or not, she sounded great. Her voice was spot on aside from a few notes here and there, and her band ripped. I'll probably never buy an album, but her and the band definitely have live chops. -Troy-

I happen to think that this record is pretty stellar. Right from the get go, it rocks, plain and simple. For the most part, it's just snappy rock tunes, but then there's a few songs that are completely different then anything else on the record. I say kudos on a great piece of work. Appreciate it for what it is, which is a really good rock record. Something that's really hard to find these days. And stop whinning for another BM or AOB. It ain't going to happen. Move on. Apparently Matt has. -Troy-

The siger reminds me of early David Usher, just without range or the ability to sing in key. -Troy-

I'm so miffed that the shows are being run in the states. The guide on my tv says we're supposed to be getting it, but they are still running dawsons creek for the 100th time. I rarely watch tv, but absolutely adored Ed. It was smart, witty and charming. I cried when it was over. lol. Anyways, just wanted to say I love Ed and here's to hoping the Canadian stations wise up. Cheers -Troy- 10$ if you only say "burger me" when the waitress comes over to take your order! 10$ bets were friggin genius. haha!

The Junos used to be semi respectable, but have since gone the way of American award shows. The "artists" in the award catergories aren't a representation of the best that is out there, but rather the best of what's hot right now and who has racked up the most $$. It's laughable really. I love how they round out the catergories with really great artists, but the award goes to some douche who definitely doesn't deserve it. Here's my favorite example. The song writers catergory. Please explain to me how Avril Lavigne gets nominated for song writer of the year? I like her music, but I wouldn't say the song writing on her record is "song writer of the year" quality. It was nice to see Ron Sexsmith in there though. Hopefully someone on the committee can pull their head out their asses for five minutes and recognize a true talent. I was disappointed by the video nominee's as well. I thought for sure Sarah Mcglaughin would get a nod for "world on fire", but apparently unless you have naked girls draped over bouncing cars and dudes smoking pot, then I guess your video isn't quite up to par with the other artistic genius'. Who's performing this year? Anyone worth while? I've only heard neil young and the hip so far. -Troy-

Sweet Christmas! What is with the poor use of grammer and the English language? For the love of Mike, it takes 30 seconds to preview your message before you post it. I wanted to post a comment here, but the topic is beyond idiocy, so that's all I have to say about that. LOL. Play nice in the sandbox kiddies. -Troy-

Excellent point moe. There are a million other issues throughout the world that need the same amount of attention as same sex marriage. Hopefully people will soon realize this and focus their energies on something that might actually do some good instead of trying to disrupt the rights and freedoms of two people who love each. It is nice to see that some states in the U.S. are starting to take the steps, but when your President is dead set on stopping the progression of love and hell bent on promoting intolerence and indifference amongst the citizens of the country, then that seems like a long, scary road to travel down. -Troy-

I think it just depends on the artists ability to produce quality music. It takes some years to make a really good record, and it takes others a year to do three. Ryan broke his wrist early last year and didn't tour/play at all, so I'm assuming the three albums are a result of sitting around re-cooping the wrist. I'm a fan, so I'm biased in the way of saying these records will be great. There's certain artists in my opinion that cannot write a bad song. Ryan being one of them. -Troy-

Agreed. What a frickin debut album though. I'm really looking forward to the new albums this year. I thought R'N'R was a great record, even though it was just about as far away from his previous work as he could possibly get. But I think that's what makes him such an amazing songwriter. Anyone who has the guts to do something that far from the norm should be applauded, wheter you like the piece of work or not. Too many artists are so afraid of trying something new that they get stuck playing it safe and eventually die out as something new pops up. Not keeping up with the times is a career killer. That's why U2 has been around for 20+ years. Like them or not, you gotta respect it. -Troy-

I think I'd get pretty pissed too if at every show I did, someone was yelling out "play summer of 69" I read that article and laughed, especially since he gave the guy his ticket money back, then threw him out. But if you read the whole story, the guy wasn't just tossed for that. He was drunk and interupting the entire show and disturbing everyone around him. If I was there I would have applauded. Personally I think Ryan is a complete original. His writing style may be compared to Dylan, but the difference there is Ryan can sing. LOL. Heartbreaker is a genius album in my opinion. My only question is what the fuck is a winding wheel? lol. -Troy-

Thanks Pinto. It's always nice to see that there are more people concerned with enjoying the music instead of a couple of beers. I think when you look at the majority of Matt's fans, this sentiment is of general consensus. If people want to drink and act out, then that's fine. They should just be confined to one area in the venue. Here's your space if you want to get loaded. Drink up butter cup. LOL. -Troy-