My Laptop is fixed!!!

I’ve missed my wee laptop.  I used to think it a bit of a vice of mine.  Sort of my own oversized Crackberry, but since I’ve been without it for a number of weeks, I’ve come to realize that I use this machine for more than just Internet and Emails.  This has become my travel companion and my entertainment center. It serves as my mobile office and recording studio.  It is my travel journal.  I don’t write without it.

Anyway, thanks to the Vancouver-ish people who gave us two grand nights at the Casinos in Coquitlam and Richmond, BC.  I’m not a real dice roller or card shark, so I don’t spend much time in gaming houses, but I really enjoyed the Theatres in those facilities.  Great sound and lights, cool vibe. Everything you want in a gig.

We did the Uber-Rock and Roll move following the show in Richmond.  Immediately following the last notes of a cappella “Old Brown’s Daughter”, we dashed from the stage into an awaiting Limo and were whisked through security at Vancouver Airport where we ran onto the red-eye flight to Toronto.  I’m certain the crowd were still cheering when the wheels left the ground.  Very Rock and Roll.

Then we got stuck in Toronto as our much delayed connecting flight flew about a thousand feet from my house in St. John’s, only to turn around and fly back to Toronto as the winds in Newfoundland were too high to touch down.  Not very Rock and Roll.

Looking forward to a big night in Toronto on Saturday as there should be close to 8,000 revelers at the Grey Cup gig.  Spirit of the West is also on the bill, as are Lowest of the Low.  For those of you who don’t know about the Low, Ron Hawkins and his tribe were one of the most critically acclaimed indie bands on the college circuit about 15 years ago.  They must be reforming for this gig as I’ve not heard a peep from them in over a decade.  I saw them once at a multi-band bill and they blew everyone (including GBS) completely off the stage.  Their CD “Shakespeare My Butt” is one of the Top Ten Canadian Recordings of all time.

I’ve mentioned this play before, but for those of you in the Winnipeg area, Tempting Providence, a play about a missionary nurse on the pioneering west coast of Newfoundland, plays in Winnipeg at the Prairie Theatre Exchange for the next few weeks. It is about rural Newfoundland but it could be about India or South Africa or Australia, or any where in the colonies the British Empire sent doctors and nurses.

It is a clever four person show that uses only a table and cloth for a set and it will introduce you to a Lady that you’ll never forget. It may very well be the best play I’ve ever seen."

Check it out.  You won’t be disappointed.

The first few eager snowflakes have dusted my front step.  The icing on the Cake; Winter is here.

Cheers,
Alan