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Dayna Manning at Uncommon Ground in Chicago

Traveling with Dayna Manning, is like traveling with a rock star, cause she is one. She’s had a record deal, several albums and can finger pick like no other person I know.

A couple weeks before we took off for Chicago for Drupalcon, Dayna reconnected with an old friend and tried to setup a gig while here in Chicago. Sure enough it happened, pretty much. Dayna got on the list to for an open mic night at a very hip(?) little restaurant called Uncommon Ground.

She was up against 10 or so other performers, but was by far the best taking home have the pot of tips. With her strong voice and amazing guitar playing she captivated the crowd as soon as she started. As the passion in her song was let out, the crowd was silent, not a word was spoken. When she finished the crowd roared and the compliments from the other performers continued throughout the night.

The restaurant was heavy with culture and showed it off throughout the whole place. Colours were everywhere, which made these photo below turn out so amazing. So thanks to Andrew for taking them for me as he was in a better spot.

Dayna Manning in Chicago

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Break a Guitar, Get a Song Writen About You

Singer-songwriter Dave Carrol flew on a United Airlines flight from Halifax to Nebraska March of last year and upon arriving found his $3200.00 guitar broken. After giving him the run around for more than a year United finally refused to pay him compensation. Dave rejected the $1200 flight voucher but vowed that he would write 3 songs about his experience and offer them as free downloads.

So now, here for your viewing is song #1: United Breaks Guitars.

If you want to show your support send a tweet to @unitedairlines or Retweet the above video.

Maybe I am an Old Man

Maybe I am an old man, I sure do sound it sometimes.

I recently received a text message saying there was going to be a party for someone tonight and then I got it forwarded to me another 2 times. This is not going to be just an ordinary birthday party. This is going to be a topical “young persons” party. There will be excessive drinking, loud music, rough housing, hoot and hollering, a over sized fire and possibly vandalism. Now normally I don’t have a problem with this and occasionally I would even go but that was before things escalated to where they are now and I don’t want to be a part of it.

Like I said I didn’t have a problem with this and by that I mean we use to party out hidden in the bush where we wouldn’t be disturbing anyone and all the stupid stunts were kept to a minimum. Most people were generally calm and nothing was disturbed. Well now I think it has gone to far. Instead of hidden in a bush the party has been moved to a public area where people are passing frequently and someone even lives. Question for you? How would you feel if a group of people were causing a ruckus out in front of your house, probably not happy.

Well these parties that have been happening almost weekly now for the last month were finally noticed by a passer by who called up the RCMP and reported them. So they came and broke up the party and found that thing were being blown up in the fire, in a public place I have to add. Now I’m not just taking lighters or 1 or 2 cans of axe spray I’m talking about something that could rip through the side of a truck and make a big bang.  Potentially hurting hurting someone (that’s not to say lighters and axe cans can’t either). But I guess no one learned as it seems they will be up to there old tricks again this weekend. I mean the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about this is, “okay should we still party there, the cops might be more inclined to checking the spot as they know people have started partying their again” but then again we don’t all think that far ahead.

It is just to much kids play for me and I don’t want anything to do with it. If I have lost a couple of friends writing about this so be it. There is no excuse for it.

What Would You Do, to Do it?

I was on The Hour TV show website browsing around the forum when I came across this post about a 27 year old guy who wants to not only meet George Stroumboulopoulus but be on his show as well. That is all fine and dandy but the guy doen’t have anything to offer.

If you have ever watched the show you would know that Stombo is intense and always has interesting guests on the show. From politicians to rockers to authors, anyone with a interesting story to tell.

That being said this guy wants to go onto the show. What has he done, well nothing. He is just an everyday average joe except his name is David. There is nothing wrong with that but when the magority of viewers of The Hour are average people like him, why would they want to see some one just like themselves. It wouldn’t be very interesting in my opinion. When you read why the guy wants on to the show all he tells you is he is a big fan the show and has a rabbit, recycles and isn’t all that special. He believes it would be a good idea for a show, if just him and Strombo talked about “killer music” and “hockey” while shooting the breeze. Ummmm No. Maybe a radio show but I don’t think that would fly on The Hour. I think he needs a reality check. Check.