Please tell me someone got video or pics of the Streaker last night.  Yes, I’m serious, full frontal classic streaking.  For those of you who were not at the gig in Thunder Bay last night, I am referring to the dude who, during the last few choruses of “Consequence Free” (quite appropriate choice for streaking, I figure) bolted from somewhere to Stage Murray, whipped across to Stage Sean, paused for a moment to wiggle his dangly bits, then disappeared in to the theater and out the back doors.  I am told by the building staff that he escaped all security efforts to detain him by making it to the back of the theatre where he grabbed a cardboard box from a dumpster, slid his feet through the bottom and dashed to the neighboring woods. 

He came into our lives like a child in his birthday suit, then Poof, like a fleck of goose down on a windy day, he was gone. Total and perfect execution of textbook shock entertainment. I never got to meet this wonderfully silly bastard, but he will live in my heart and giggles forever.

Rock on, Streaker Dude, Rock On.

Here’s a couple of plugs, if you don’t mind.   Myself and Murray went to see a play called “Festen” in Toronto last weekend.  It stars our friend Allan Hawco, who many of you would recognize as the pouty dude in the Clearest Indication video, along with an All Star cast of Canadian talent.  Eric Peterson, from Corner Gas, and Nicholas Campbell, from DaVinci’s Inquest are just two of the folks who’ll most likely bring you to your feet if you check out the show.  It’s a cool and different theatre experience where the house lights stay up for the whole show and the staging very cleverly takes you from room to room, and night to day with no physical changes to note. 

Really heavy subject matter, but a moving show that you won’t soon forget.  It runs at the Berkeley Street Theatre till December 13th.  All the info is available at CompanyTheatre.ca.

And congrats to our Mr. Foster on the launch of his new green business venture Platypus’.  He and his co-horts offer specialized e-cards for Christmas and other occasions that send well wishes, but more importantly explain that the sender has made a donation to Carbon Offsetting companies by purchasing this greeting.  Happy folks get a card from a friend, which is cool, and companies that re-plant forests, research green fuels and the like, get a donation, which is very cool.  Check it out at Platypus-Cards.com.

Good Luck with the whole deal Mr. Foster.  May the world will be greener for your efforts.

Big gig tonight.  Back into the land of Rink Rock.    Here’s what the MTC in Winnipeg looks like at 9am on a show day.

That’s a lot of seats.  Plus hundreds more go on the floor.  And they are all sold. 

Let’s not suck tonight.

Cheers,
Alan