Mike Devlin sent me a follow up to yesterday’s post regarding the classic Alice in Chains/Pearl Jam show in Victoria back during the first ice age.
Holy shit! That show was on my birthday!
Archive for the ‘history 101’ Category
follow up
Posted in history 101, music, tagged 1990, Alice in Chains, Harpo's, Mookie Blaylock, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Victoria on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EmailzZz – band reviews, vintage Victoria Rock history and the fuzzies
Posted in history 101, music, tagged Alice in Chains, Capital Rock City, Harpo's, Mathew Good, Mother Mother, Sunday Buckets, Visqueen on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Its been awhile since I shared some emails and today I got a couple nice ones.
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The first email is from Jessica talking about the Matt Good/Mother Mother concert last week.
Hey Jeremy!
The concert on Saturday was really good! It was my second time seeing Mother Mother and I was sad they only did [...]
a Byzantinian Ordeal
Posted in history 101, tagged Canadian History, Podcast on November 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Christmas 2002, my folks got me a book about Canadian history from the CBC. The People’s History I think its called. Its a fairly complete history of Canadian told with a series of first person accounts of important events in Canadian History. At the time, I worked at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver and jocked [...]
bridges
Posted in history 101, tagged Johnson Street Bridge, Ross Crockford, Victoria on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last night the city of Victoria unveiled its plans for replace Victoria’s iconic Johnson Street Bridge (The Blue Bridge).
Times Colonist: Victoria Council Seeks Public Opinion on Three Bridge Options
Most people I talk to around the Zone radio station don’t seem to care for the old Blue Bridge and are excited to have something new go [...]
Wayback Guy Revisited
Posted in history 101, music, tagged modern rock countdown, The Zone @ 91-3, Wayback Guy on September 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This fall, the Wayback Guy returns to The Modern Rock Countdown on The Zone @ 91-3.
Have a Listen: The Wayback Goes to The Zone Music Vault
Go with yourself.
Happy 142nd Canada Day!
Posted in history 101, tagged Canada on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An Exploding Whale of a Time
Posted in history 101, neat-O gang, politics, tagged Beached Cow, Beached Whale, Exploding Whale, Government, Oregon, Six-Gilled Shark, Victoria on June 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Over the weekend a cow washed up on the shores of Victoria and typical, it took no less than three levels of government to deal with the situation,
Cow Washes Up on Victoria Beach
My favourite line from the story:
“It was originally thought to be a dead horse, but once the officers got there they were able [...]
One Minute Of Magic
Posted in WWJD?, history 101, neat-O gang, tagged Dance Party, Santigold, Sasquatch, Sasquatch Music Festival, The Gorge on June 3, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Give this dude one magical minute, and you’ll have a dance party on your hands! (thank you Zoner Rick for sending this in)
I remember being down on the floor for Santigold in the 80 plus degree heat and looking back up the hill at The Gorge and smiling at this moment [...]
A Little Bit of Country, A Little Bit of Rock n’ Roll (with a dab of Break Beat)
Posted in history 101, music on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
whoa, Marie Osmond was sorta cute back in the olden days.
