I had been looking forward to the Nickelback concert in
Saskatoon for over two months, so here’s my nutshell review:
I’ve seen Nickelback, at least, three times and their
performance on Friday night in Saskatoon was the best I’ve seen them
perform. The floating stage was very cool and Chad Kroeger’s voice was in
peak form. The song selection was excellent, which isn’t easy when you
have the hits they do. I believe they ended up playing 16 songs in all,
including the two encores. I’ve never understood the Nickelback haters
that are out there and I’m no closer to understanding it today. Is it
just cool to not like a popular rock band?
The sin of the night was that My Darkest Days only had
twenty minutes of stage time, which was enough to play four songs. They
have two albums and not a bad song on either album. I was fortunate to
see them open for Buckcherry over a year ago and they were fantastic.
They were excellent again on Friday, but they just didn’t have enough time.
Heck, I even missed two songs as I was still trying to get through the gate!
Now, I either had the worst seats ever for a concert or else
Bush and Seether had the worst lighting ever. I don’t think I laid eyes
on any of the band members from either of these two groups. They did
sound really good; but maybe it was a CD being blasted through the audio
system. Both acts played eight songs and were impressive. Seether,
like My Darkest Days, doesn’t have a bad song.
If you are in Saskatoon and need a pizza fix at the hotel, I
highly recommend Venice House. We ordered pizza, wings, and boneless ribs
on Friday night and I can say I haven’t had a meal like that in Saskatoon ever
before. Of course, when your judgement is slightly impaired, be careful not
to order more than you need. Four extra large pizzas, a double order of
wings and a double order of ribs is way too much for six adults and three
sleepy children. Ooops.
We spent the last two days of May Long Weekend at Canora
Beach as our family has a seasonal campsite there. I’ve only been a
camper for a couple of years, so I’m no expert on etiquette or anything like
that, but I do feel as though I’m qualified to hand out a couple of tidbits of
advise for those who don’t have a lot of experience. Number one, do not
park your vehicle in somebody else’s lot, especially directly in front of the
camper so that the people who stay at that site can’t really get into the area.
Should you fail to abide by this rule, make sure you do not leave your
campsite and become unreachable when the other folks arrive. If you do,
you may infuriate your neighbor and cause an unnecessary spike in his blood
pressure. Number two, do not rummage through the campsite you have
wrongly parked in. This is similar to going through one’s home or back
yard without their permission. And, if you fail to abide by number two,
please do not help yourself to any possessions that you discover are not under
lock and key. Many people would call this stealing, especially if you do
not return the items.
I read a lot when I’m at the lake. Last summer, I
started Ozzy Osbourne’s second book “Trust Me, I’m Dr. Ozzy” and got about
halfway through and didn’t pick it up again until Sunday. The juvenile in
me comes out when I read this stuff.
I really miss the Taste Of Yorkton that used to be a staple
with the Yorkton Film Festival; but as Karey Harris points out, “After
evaluations were done from the community and filmmakers we had to make
changes. We did the perogy paty and then we added Lobsterfest with the
Lions Club. We have now evolved to Yorkton Goes To The Oscars on Thursday
night, which will be history making with the first ever Jamie Awards. We
are always looking for new ideas and board members, let me know when you want
to come to a meeting, we would love to have you.” Love to have me?
She has no idea.
I’ve been hard on the Boston Red Sox so far this season; but
I guess I should cut them some slack. In a game where you only need three
outfielders and their top seven outfielders are all injured…well, that would
make a negative impact on any team. I do wish they would stop putting
Clay Buchholz out to pitch every fifth day. He’s so bad, I find that I’m
sick for three days afterward trying to digest his human Christmas Tree performance.
Are the NHL playoffs over yet?
A good quote from Twitter this week: “You have
enemies? Good, that means you have stood up for something sometime in
your life.”
Nice person mentions this week to Cheryl Kustra, Kevin
Mundt, Tim Smith, Sandra Nordin, and Ben Shewchuk.
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