Day: July 13, 2009

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Day 5 – Bluesfest 2009 – Stone Temple Pilots

A strange day for Bluesfest…only one stage open and three acts on it.  I wish the organizers would give us a notion of what happened in this case?  Either way, we were here to see one of the great alternative acts of the 90s…Stone Temple Pilots!

Unfortunately we could not find Matt and Karilee in the crowd….Matt being the biggest STP fan I know, I was disappointed not to be with him during this event.

I have seen Scott Weiland perform with Velvet Revolver in the past and he is quite the showman.  He can move around the stage with gusto.

Unfortunately tonight, he was not that man.  Standing with legs spread apart in a stance, that’s about as much as we got from the guy tonight.  He didn’t even really chat with the audience all that much (except for a story about how the fishing here in Canada is amazing as he caught a fish ‘this big’).

This doesn’t mean that the show wasn’t great.  They had an excellent video backdrop which was a welcome sight to Bluesfest.  The band was killer as well.  I have never seen STP live before so it was a welcome addition to my repertoire.  They played all the hits and announced they were working on a new album.

STP remains one of the core alternative bands that I have not had the chance to fully digest but judging from the what I heard tonight, I’m sure I won’t be disappointed when I finally set myself down to listen to what they have to offer as a discography.

As for the performance…great songs, and if Scott Weiland was the usual frontman he usually is, it would have been close to the best performance of Bluesfest.

Have I mentioned that I’m starting to hit the wall of the Bluesfest Gauntlet?  These new Puma sneakers are not worthy of standing in for three hours straight.

Setlist:

  • Silvergun Superman
  • Wicked Garden
  • Vasoline
  • Big Empty
  • Lounge Fly
  • Army Ants
  • Sour Girl
  • Creep
  • Crackerman
  • Plush
  • Interstate Love Song
  • Seven Caged Tigers
  • Down
  • Sex Type Thing
  • Sin
  • Unglued
  • Piece Of Pie
  • Dead And Bloated
  • Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart
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How Close to the Hydrant Officer?

It has been a few years that I’ve wondered how close I am allowed to park close to a fire hydrant in Ottawa.  There have been a few times going to school where I didn’t block the hydrant, but it was pretty darn close.  Here is some by-law information from Ottawa!  Here’s some interesting notes…

http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/bylaw/a_z/traffic/part_a_en.html

PARKING PROHIBITED WITH SIGNS
6.When official signs have been erected, no person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on any highway:

in front of or within eight (8) metres of a lot on which there is a fire hall, on the side of the highway on which the fire hall is located;
on the opposite side of a highway from that on which a fire hall is located and within thirty (30) metres of the projected lot lines of the lot on which such firehall is located;
within fifteen (15) metres of an intersection;
within thirty (30) metres of an intersection controlled by a traffic control signal;
in front of the main entrance to, or any emergency exit from, any hotel, hospital, nursing home, theatre, auditorium or other building or enclosed space in which persons may be expected to congregate in large numbers;
within thirty (30) metres of the approach side of a crosswalk that is controlled by a traffic control signal and not located at an intersection;
within fifteen (15) metres of the leaving side of a crosswalk that is controlled by a traffic control signal and not located at an intersection;
so as to interfere with the formation of a funeral procession; or
within fifteen (15) metres of the end of the roadway on a dead end highway.

PARKING PROHIBITED WITHOUT SIGNS
7.           No person shall park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked on any highway:

within nine (9) metres of an intersection;
within three (3) metres of a point on the curb or edge of roadway opposite a fire hydrant;
in front of or within one and one-half (1.5) metres of a laneway or driveway;
so as to obstruct a vehicle in the use of any laneway or driveway;
in such a position that will prevent the convenient removal of any other vehicle previously parked or standing;
so as to prevent or impede the ingress to or egress from a metered parking space despite its use for any other purpose;
for the purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale;
for the purpose of greasing, or repairing the vehicle except for such repairs as have been necessitated by an emergency;
for the purpose of stripping or partially stripping the vehicle except for such stripping as has been necessitated by an emergency;
on the roadway where the roadway width is six (6) metres or less;
subject to paragraph (l) hereof, on an inner boulevard; or
on a driveway within one half (0.5) metre of a sidewalk, or if there is no sidewalk, within one and one half (1.5) metres of the roadway.

Three metres…I’ve definitely been closer than that, that’s a fer sure.  I will have to bring out the handy metre stick the next time I’m around town!

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Queen to Visit Canada

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/queen-confirms-visit-to-canada/article1215602/

Is it bad that when I first read the headline I was more excited when I thought the rock band Queen was coming?