June 02, 2013

Wild Weather

I am a weather nerd. 

When I was in elementary school, on library day, I always checked out the same book on tornadoes. I can still picture the cover to this day, and if I walked into that library, I could go right to the exact shelf it rested on. It showed the typical photos of twisters small and wide, and the devastation they leave behind. One photo that I remember vividly was of a tree with a piece of wood going right through it. Being a book for children, it didn't get too far into the science of the weather, but I would learn much about that later in life. In high school I did a large project on the tornado that devastated Edmonton in 1987. I don't remember what grade I got on the project, but I remember being fascinated about it, and enjoying my homework for a change!

Another storm memory that stays in my mind happened on May 31, 1985, the day that the city of Barrie was  devastated by tornadoes. The anniversary of this day was just the other day, and was this memory that triggered the idea to write this, along with the heartbreaking devastation that Oklahoma has gone through in the last two weeks. More on that later.

I remember the storms of May 31 well, as even in this area we had some pretty wild weather. My parents and I were visiting friends, and stayed in the basement, partly because that was where they had their living room, and partly because of the weather. I remember staring wild-eyed out the window watching the trees swirling around as the lightning and thunder persisted on throughout the late afternoon. There was no significant damage in my area, luckily. I can remember us kids would call a particularly harsh thunderstorm "catching the tail end of a tornado". I have no idea where the saying came from, maybe country kids that came before us, who knows... 

I have always had a love/hate relationship with storms. When I was a wee one, I always wanted to become a TV weathergirl because I wanted advance notice of when the thunderstorms were coming!! I can remember intently trying to catch the weather forecast before I went to bed during spring and summer, and if the forecast said anything other than 'clear skies' I definitely didn't sleep well. I grew up in the country, when its dark, it's SUPER dark. So when the lighting lights up the sky, it was extra startling to me. I slept on the top floor of our house, and my parents slept on the main floor. I was already a timid kid that was afraid of the dark, so when the storms rolled in during the night, I was extra terrified. I would creep down the stairs with my heart pounding, gripping my way along the walls, because my eyes were squeezed shut to keep out the flashes. I felt much safer even sleeping on the same floor as them, so I headed for the couch. Almost always, I got busted, and sent back up to my room. 

Even now, as an adult, when a storm rolls in after dark, my heart pounds, blinking is rare, and sleep- fuggetaboutit! The scariest thing that has ever happened to me in my life was a storm in July 2006. It was a derecho that blew into town just after 11pm. I had no idea it was on the way, as I had likely been preoccupied chatting on MSN messenger instead of checking the weather LOL! the winds blew up, so I ran around the house closing the windows, then the power went out. EEK! As I closed the window at the top of the stairs, I looked out to see my neighbour's tree fall over, then I knew it was a serious situation. I had to get my cats, and head for the basement. I thought that was going to be a challenge, trying to round up two black cats in a pitch black 2 storey house, but as luck would have it, they both ran scared into my bedroom as I was charging about the house. Leashes went on them, and to the basement we went. I sat in the basement under the stairs waiting for my house to crash down on me, and it was the most scared I have ever been in my whole life, to this day. I was so terrified, my mouth went dry. I don't remember crying, which is strange for me, I'm usually pretty emotional. I sat on a milk crate beside the dryer, wishing I was skinny enough to hide in the dryer!! When the storm subsided after about half an hour (but felt like half a day), I felt brave enough to go back upstairs, I even had enough courage to go outside to my neighbour's house where they were checking out the tree that fell. Luckily, it just took out the gutters on their back porch. No damage in my yard, which I was grateful for, as there were several large trees around. I spent the rest of that night with my cats on their leashes tied to my leg in case we had to make another run for the basement. I remember going to the window about a million times, looking up at the sky hoping to see some stars, because I knew I would never relax until I did. It was a pretty long night, I ended up waiting until the sun came up before I would go to bed and relax enough to sleep. It was definitely not an experience I wanted to repeat, and yet, 3 weeks later, there was another line of storms headed our way! This time, I knew it was coming, and there was no way I was going to be home alone during another storm! The last one was still too fresh in my mind, and those feelings of terror were still pretty raw. I grabbed my cats, hailed a cab, and hightailed it to my grandma's apartment building to ride it out. It was a pretty crazy storm, but nowhere near the severity of the last. Thank goodness!  

On the other side of the coin, if a storm approaches during the day, it doesn't terrify me to the point of dry mouth...it just makes me a little uneasy, especially if the storm is of the severe variety. If I'm at home, I can be found online, checking the radar, plotting it's arrival, and dashing back and forth to the window to watch for developments. I live on the 4th floor, so the view of the skies isn't too bad, although there are a lot of buildings and trees around. My camera is always at the ready, in case anything interesting happens.

One thing I can't get enough of, is watching footage of storms, or any other natural disaster, for that matter. Shows on TV like Wonders Of Weather, and countless documentaries from National Geographic and Discovery Channel fascinate me, and I watch every second of these types of shows I can get my hands on. I have DVDs and even VHS compilations of storm footage. And not surprisingly, my favourite movie is Twister! (corny as it is...) Then, Discovery Channel in the US started airing a reality-type show called Storm Chasers, following different teams of storm chasers through Tornado Alley in the US. The teams had different goals and reasons for the chases they did, some for filming a movie, some for the science of learning more about the storms to help save lives, some to make a living selling their footage to the TV networks, and all for the thrill of the chase. Unfortunately it's since been cancelled, but thanks to Netflix, I'm still watching re-runs. As a person who generally loathes reality TV, I made an exception for this one. I always wanted more tornadoes on the screen instead of bickering storm chasers, but thus is the world of reality TV, so I stuck it out.

This is where I discovered Reed Timmer. He's a pretty intense storm chaser, sometimes to the point of being irritating, but some of that is played up in the series, being that it's a reality show. I was given a copy of his book, read it cover to cover, then went right back to page 1 and read it again. He describes a lot about the world of meteorologists, and a lot about tornadoes, very interesting stuff. I also began following him on Facebook and Twitter, and his website, www.tvnweather.com where I stumbled on a whole new world of storm chasing for me- live streaming!! 

Now, thanks to the internet and social media, I have become a hard-core couch storm chaser. I get weather updates during tornado season from Reed and many other storm chasers, so I know when to go to the site for some live streaming. I've seen many tornadoes live, I've seen a chase team have a car wreck from inside the vehicle, and even learned a lot about the geography of Oklahoma and other states in the area of Tornado Alley. Unfortunately I have also witnessed a lot of heartbreaking devastation, such as the storms that went through Oklahoma these past couple of weeks, which I watched for about 9 hours live streaming one day. Yikes to that internet bill next month...

My days of wanting to be a weathergirl have passed, but my fascination with storms has not dwindled, despite the night-time ones driving me to bed with earplugs in and a pillow over my head! It's a sad thing to be interested in sometimes, but with each storm that passes, the meteorologists learn more and more about how to predict them sooner, and to build structures that can better withstand them. And from my couch, I'll be right there along with them, gaping at the storms on my computer screen.

April 06, 2013

Long time no see!! Oopsy...

Yeah, I know, I haven't been around much. I wish I could say it was because I have so much awesome stuff going on that I couldn't even sit down to write, but unfortunately that isn't the case. But, it could be worse! When it comes to certain aspects of life, no news is good news.

I've been working a lot on my crafts lately, making jewelry like crazy. I'm working on the website, erasing stuff, adding new stuff, erasing that, adding different stuff...it's never ending. I've tried different ways of promoting my work on Facebook, having a business page isn't always the best way to reach everyone I want to reach, but it's the best I can do on there. Of course, I can pay money to them to have better reach. I don't think so! So, I continue to plug away trying to get more Facebook fans. Plug time!! www.facebook.com/beadness There it is! :)

I've also joined up my jewelry business to Twitter, not sure if it's going to help much, but time will tell.

I made up a Pinterest account to promote my work too, in the hopes that getting some photos out there might direct some traffic back to me, and hopefully some sales!

I've also been looking into more local craft shows. I've got an application in to a local art school's new show this summer, so I'm hoping that works out. I have also looked into setting up a table at a twice-weekly free concert put on in my city, lots of people show up there for the free show, partly because its free, and partly because they get some great acts, and partly because there isn't much else to do here. One good thing about vending here is that I can walk there, and I don't have to rely on someone to drive me. I hate asking people to drive me places.

I've been wrestling with the idea of keeping a stockpile of jewelry on hand at all times. In the past, every single thing I have made has gone into my booth space in the store Craftworks. I pay a monthly fee to exhibit my work there, and for the past 9 years, it's been the only place my work has been on display. Besides that, the past 2 years I have participated in a local weekend long craft show that's been in operation for over 35 years, so there's a good turnout there.. If there's one thing about Peterborough, people sure like their traditions.

 Anyway...off track a little. My struggle has been with having it in my head that it can't sell if its just sitting on a shelf in my room. It needs to be on display!! It can't sell if nobody can see it. So, every item has gone into the store. Being that the store is out of town, if a craft show came up at a local church or something, it was too much hassle to get someone to drive me out there, pick up my stuff, then after the show, get them to drive me back out there, wait 2 hours while I put it all back on the shelf, then drive me back home. All for a 4 hour show in a local church? No thanks. Further to that, working in a retail environment means that my weekends are never my own, so I had to turn down offers for shows because I was always working. Now, I'm doing a new job, which has a little bit of flexibility on weekends, so I can actually book some days off here and there, and actually get approved for them!! One more hurdle cleared in the quest for more shows. I have also 95% convinced myself that it's OK to have stock on hand, just sitting on a shelf. I post every item I make on my personal Facebook page, my business Facebook page, and my website. None of these have a direct option to buy right from the page, but I'm getting there.  This helps me feel better about having my work "on display" and "sitting on a shelf" at the same time!!!

So, with this in mind, everything I have made since November is still here at home with me. For one thing, my space in the store is pretty full, and I don't want too much stuff in there, nobody likes clutter. Even though I have been working like crazy for months, all of my stock could likely fit into a shoebox. It's funny when I see it all in one space like that, I'm like, "That's it??" But in truth, some of my things are so small, I could pile up the whole item on a dime, and not have any of it fall off the sides!

My first cool thing I am doing in Operation Sell-More-Work-in-2013 is an open house jewelry sale in my home. I'm simply setting up tables, and people can stop by at any time during the day to have a look, and see if they want to buy. It isn't costing me any money, just my time, and it's fun for me, so I don't mind spending time on it! If it's a success, I might do it monthly.

On that note, I still have some last-minute things to prepare for the sale, so I'm off for now!! Toodles!!

Ness

January 14, 2013

Concert Craaaaaaaazy!!!


I love concerts. Yes. This post is a compilation of all of the shows I have been to over the years. They're not in chronological order until around 2006, when I first made up this list.

The band that appears the most times is The Tragically Hip- 14 shows. Three Days Grace is there 10 times. Big Sugar, Finger Eleven, Thornley/Big Wreck, and The Trews are there 8 times.Wide Mouth Mason 7 times. Disturbed, 54-40, Keane, and Theory Of A Deadman are there 6 times. Barenaked Ladies, Default, I Mother Earth, Our Lady Peace, and The Tea Party are there 5 times. Those are the ones I have seen the most. 

I've often wished I had written reviews of each show, but alas...

My criteria of a 'concert' consists of actually seeing the band performing onstage.  For example, The Commodores are on the list because we saw them doing soundcheck for a concert to be held that evening. but we didn't go to the concert itself. If I could hear the band onstage in the distance, but didn't see them, that doesn't count. In the case of the festivals, this happened a lot. Also included are shopping mall autograph signings with a few songs being performed. As well as local bands playing in bars. I haven't included the 2 times where I was present for filming of music videos- even though the band was filming performance scenes. (And yes, as an extra, I did get screen time in the video of Three Days Grace "I Hate Everything About You" heehee) But, no screen time in their "Just Like You" video... :(


The Big Concert List
 updated dec 13 2012

1. Frozen Ghost                                                              PCVS  Peterborough Dec 1988
2. Richard Marx                                                              Peterborough Memorial Centre
    Wilson Phillips
3. Kish                                                                             Trentwinds  Peterborough
    Acosta/Russell
    World On Edge
4. World On Edge                                                          Lansdowne Place Peterborough
5. Barenaked Ladies                                                      TASS Peterborough 1993
    Joel Varty
6. Barenaked Ladies                                                       Peterborough Memorial Centre
    Bob Wiseman
7. Alannah Myles                                                            Peterborough Festival of Lights
8. Blue Rodeo                                                                 Peterborough Festival of Lights
9. Crazy Like John                                                         Rockwells
    Pipe Layer
10. 54-40                                                                       Shakers
       Rusty
11. 54-40                                                                       Sin City
      Coco
12. Jeff Healey Band                                                    Peterborough Festival of Lights
13. Colin James                                                             Peterborough Festival of Lights
14. Colin James                                                             Peterborough Festival of Lights
15. Colin James                                                             The Pines
      Colin Linden
16. The Tragically Hip                                                   Ottawa Civic Centre Feb 1995
      Odds
      Change Of Heart
17. Odds                                                                      Rideau Centre Feb 1995
18. Colin James                                                            The Pines
      Big Rude Jake
19. The Tragically Hip                                                  Air Canada Centre Feb 1999
      By Divine Right
20.13 Engines                                                              The Pines
      Number One World
21. The Pursuit Of Happines                                       The Pines
      Crazy Like John
22. Prairie Oyster                                                        Peterborough Exhibition
23. Big Sugar                                                               Market Hall  March 1997
      Flux
24. Big Sugar                                                               Peterborough Festival Of Lights
25. Big Sugar                                                               Sin City
      Hennessey
26. Big Sugar                                                              Trent University
      Staggered Crossing
27. Big Sugar                                                              Club Vibe
      Staggered Crossing
28. Spin Doctors                                                         Canada’s Wonderland
      Soul Asylum
      Screaming Trees
29. Moxy Fruvous                                                      Peterborough Square
30. Moxy Fruvous                                                      Market Hall
31. The Waltons                                                        Market Hall
      Pigfarm    
32. The Waltons                                                        Market Hall
      Weeping Tile
33. Coney Hatch                                                       Amnesia
      Robin Hawkins
34. Lennie Gallant                                                     Peterborough Festival Of Lights
35. Liona Boyd                                                          Peterborough Festival Of Lights
36. April Wine                                                           Peterborough Festival Of Lights
37. Outhere Brothers                                               Amnesia
38. Frank Mills                                                           Lansdowne Place
39. Robin Hawkins                                                    Copperfields
40. Robin Hawkins                                                    Steele Centre
41. I Mother Earth                                                    Steele Centre
      Glueleg
42. I Mother Earth                                                   Club Vibe
      See Spot Run
      Tryke Stunts
43. Ashley MacIsaac                                                Peterborough Festival Of Lights
44. Great Big Sea                                                     Peterborough Festival Of Lights
45. Great Big Sea                                                     Peterborough Memorial Centre
      Melanie Doane
46. Wide Mouth Mason                                            Sin City
      This Minor Tremble
47. Matthew Good Band                                          Sin City
48. Big Wreck                                                           Sin City
      Emm Gryner
49. Big Wreck                                                           Sin City
      Magic Delphi
50. David Wilcox                                                      Peterborough Festival of Lights
51. Northern Pikes                                                   Sin City
      Shannon Lyon
52. Leahy                                                                 Peterborough Exhibition
53. Edgefest 1996                                                   Molson Park Barrie
                Big Sugar                               
                13 Engines
                54-40
                Ashley MacIsaac
                I Mother Earth
                Our Lady Peace
                The Tea Party
                The Killjoys
54. Edgefest 1997                                                     Molson Park
                Our Lady Peace                           
                The Tea Party
                 I Mother Earth
                Collective Soul
                Glueleg
                The Killjoys
                The Mahones
                Mollies Revenge
                Sara Craig
                Zuckerbaby
                Finger Eleven
                Age of Electric
                Rusty
55. Edgefest 1998                                                     Molson Park
                Bif Naked                                   
                Econoline Crush
                Foo Fighters
                Green Day
                Sloan
                Moist
                The Tea Party
                Creed
56. Edgefest 1999                                                    Molson Park
                Hole                                       
                Moist
                Big Wreck
                Silverchair
                Matthew Good Band
                Edwin
                Wide Mouth Mason
                Rascalz
57. Edgefest 2000                                                    Molson Park
                Goldfinger                             
                Limblifter
                Serial Joe
                Headstones
                Filter
                Matthew Good Band
                The Tea Party
                3 Doors Down
58. Another Roadside Attraction 1995                   Ottawa
                The Tragically Hip                 
                Ziggy Marley
                Matthew Sweet
                Blues Traveler feat Dan Aykroyd
                Spirit of the West
                Rheostatics
                Eric’s Trip
                Inbreds
59. Peterpalooza 1993                                             Shakers
                13 Engines                             
                Spleen Bishops
                Bobs Yer Uncle
                Fishtales
60. Duran Duran                                                      Molson Amphitheatre
      Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra
61. The Tragically Hip Millennium Shows                  Air Canada Centre
                The Tragically Hip 1999        
                The Tragically Hip 2000
                The Watchmen
                Rheostatics
                Headstones
                Hayden
                Skydiggers
                Sharkskin
                Starling
                Chris Brown/Kate Fenner
                Blurtonia
                Cash Brothers
                Julie Doiron and Wooden Stars
                Sarah Harmer
63. Wide Mouth Mason                                           Sin City
      DJ Serious
64. The Tragically Hip                                             Air Canada Centre
65. Snow                                                                Sin City
66. 54-40                                                               Vibe
      Paloma
67. The Northern Pikes                                          Sin City
68. U2                                                                    Air Canada Centre
      PJ Harvey
69. *NSYNC                                                           Skydome
      3LW
      Eden’s Crush
      Tonya Mitchell
      Meredith Edwards
70. Edgefest 2001                                                Molson Park Barrie
                Mudmen
                Staggered Crossing
                Sevendust
                Bif Naked
                Gob
                Project Wyze
                Finger Eleven
                3 Doors Down
                Big Wreck
                The Tea Party
                Tool 
71. Barenaked Ladies                                          Molson Amphithteatre
      Sarah Harmer
72. Ozzfest 2001                                                The Docks Toronto
                Zakk Wylde’s BLS
                Disturbed
                Linkin Park
                Crazy Town
                Papa Roach
                Slipknot
                Marilyn Manson
                Black Sabbath
73. Econoline Crush                                           Sin City Sept 11, 2001
       Tuuli
74. Big Sugar                                                     Vibe
75. Wide Mouth Mason                                      FOL
76. Sloan                                                           Vibe
      The Dears
77. Dave Matthews Band                                  Air Canada Centre
      Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
78.The Watchmen                                             Sin City
      Mysterio
79. Natalie Merchant                                         University of Toronto Convocation Hall
80. Edgefest 2002                                             Molson Park Barrie
                Nickelback
                Cake
                Finger Eleven
                Default
                Goldfinger
                Mudmen
                Sevendust  
81.The Tragically Hip                                          Molson Amphitheatre
     The Watchmen
     The Dears
82.54-40                                                             FOL
83. Theory of a Deadman                                  Sin City
      Three Days Grace 
84. Finger Eleven                                                Vibe
      The Video Dead
85. Staggered Crossing                                       Sin City
      The Populars
86. Three Days Grace                                          Sin City
      FeFe Dobson
87. Finger Eleven                                                 Vibe
      Jersey
88. 40 Foot Echo                                                 Sin City
      Three Days Grace
      Theory of a Deadman     
89. Hometown Bash 2003                                    London, ON
                Nickelback
                Korn
                Simple Plan
                American Hi-Fi
                Three Days Grace
90. Three Days Grace Album Release Party       Sin City
91. Edgefest 2003                                              Molson Park Barrie
                Jersey
                Thornley
                FeFe Dobson
                Sloan
                Stereophonics
                Finger Eleven
                Our Lady Peace
                The Tragically Hip
92. Three Days Grace                                           Club 279 Hard Rock Café Toronto
      The Trews
93. The Northern Pikes                                        The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto
94. Minus Two                                                      Trasheteria
95. Minus Two                                                      The Market Hall
96. Nickelback                                                      Peterborough Memorial Centre
      Three Days Grace
      The Trews
97. Default                                                          Club Vibe
      High Holy Days
98. Adam & Cale Gontier                                     The Market Hall
      Travis Berlenbach
      Travis Good
99. The Trews                                                      Sin City
      Marble Index
100. The Tragically Hip                                        Air Canada Centre
        Joel Plaskett Emergency
101. Mudmen                                                       Trashteria
        Distort The Pleasure
102. Shaye                                                          Nathan Phillips Square
103. The Trews                                                   Sin City
        Bedouin Soundclash
104. Wide Mouth Mason                                     Peterborough Festival of Lights
105. Audio Playground High & Wide                   Trasheteria
        Forgery
106. Keane                                                         Massey Hall
        Brendan Benson
107. The Killers                                                   Molson Amphitheatre
        Tegan & Sara  
        Louis XIV
108. Oasis                                                           Molson Amphitheatre
        Jet
        Nic Armstrong & the Thieves
109. Kalan Porter                                               Peterborough Festival of Lights
        Amanda Stott
110. Tom Cochrane                                            Peterborough Festival of Lights
        Da’la
111. Live8                                                          Park Place Barrie
                Tom Cochrane
                Sam Roberts
                Bryan Adams
                Dobracaracol/K’naan
                Simple Plan
                Bruce Cockburn
                Les Trois Accords
                Randy Bachman
                Deep Purple
                African Guitar Summit
                Great Big Sea
                Blue Rodeo
                Gordon Lightfoot
                Our Lady Peace
                Jet
                Jann Arden
                Motley Crue
                DMC & Friends
                The Tragically Hip
                Neil Young
112. Thornley                                                     Club Vibe
        Hurst
113. Staind                                                         Edge 102 studios
114. Staind                                                         Kool Haus
        Default             
115. The Trews                                                  Club Vibe
        Rocketface
116. Theory of A Deadman                                Opera House
        Hurst
        Idle Sons
117. Rob Thomas                                                Roy Thomson Hall
        Anna Nalick
118. Westpoint                                                   Underdog
        Holding Sky
119. Default                                                        Club Vibe
        Oliver Black
        Inward Eye
120.Jet Set Satellite                                            Underdog
        Kobe
        Mackenzie
121. Money Money                                             Trasheteria
        The Daftnees
        Sweet Homewreckers
122. The Trews                                                   Club Vibe
123. Korn                                                            Ricoh Coliseum
        Mudvayne
        10 Years
124. Minus Two                                                   Red Dog
125. Pearl Jam                                                    Air Canada Centre
        My Morning Jacket
126. The Tragically Hip                                       Fort York
        The Weakerthans
        The Sadies
127. Keane                                                          The Mod Club
128. Edgefest 2006                                            Molson Amphitheatre
                Illuminati
                Evans Blue
                Mobile
                Hot Hot Heat
                Neverending White Lights
                Keane
                Our Lady Peace
129. Blue October                                                The Mod Club
130. Ozzfest 2006                                               Molson Amphitheatre
Hatebreed
Avenged Sevenfold
Disturbed
                System of a Down
131. The Trews                                                    Peterborough Festival of Lights
        Rocketface
132. Family Values Tour 2006                              Molson Amphitheatre
                10 Years
                Dir En Grey
                Flyleaf
                Stone Sour
                Deftones
                Korn
133. Idle Sons                                                       Sin City   Oct 11 2006
        My Darkest Days
        Rides Again
134. Three Days Grace                                          Kool Haus Nov 10 2006
        Theory of A Deadman
        Idle Sons                                        
        Mobile
135. INXS                                                               General Motors Place Oshawa Nov 14 2006
        Brian Byrne
        Juice
136. Idle Sons                                                        Reverb Toronto Dec 8 2006
        Marianas Trench
        Rides Again
        Socialight
137. The Tragically Hip                                           Peterborough Memorial Centre Jan 29 2007
        The Constantines
138. Blue October                                                  Kool Haus              Jan 30 2007
139. Mobile                                                             Nathan Phillips Square Feb 2 2007
140. Peterborough Symphony Orchestra              Showplace Peterborough Feb 10 2007
141. Barenaked Ladies                                          Air Canada Centre  Feb 16 2007
        Tomi Swick
142. Copius Foster                                                 Trasheteria            
        Recovery Child
        Givenstone
143. Chevelle                                                        Opera House Toronto April 11 2007
        Strata
144. Arctic Monkeys                                              Kool Haus              May 11 2007
        Be Your Own Pet
145. Keane                                                            Kool Haus  May 20 2007
        Rocco DeLuca & the Burden
146. NHL Awards 2007                                         Elgin Theatre June 14 2007
                Finger Eleven
                The Trews
147. Nickelback                                                      Molson Amphitheatre July 4 2007
        Daughtry
148. Muse                                                              Arrow Hall Toronto Int’l Centre Aug 1 2007
        Cold War Kids
149. Incubus                                                          Molson  Amphitheatre Aug 2 2007
        The Bravery
        Simon Dawes
150. Projekt Revolution 2007                                Molson Amphitheatre Aug 21 2007
                Linkin Park
                My Chemical Romance
                Taking Back Sunday
                Placebo
                Mindless Self Indulgence
                Saosin
                HIM
                Julien K
151. Colin James and Craig Northey                     Showplace Peterborough  Oct 10 2007
152. Three Days Grace                                         Kool Haus Jan 18 2008
        Seether
        Econoline Crush
153. Big Music Fest 2008                                       Zwick’s Park Belleville, ON June 21 2008
                The Tragically Hip
                Sam Roberts Band
154. Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2008                   Downsview Park Aug 8 2008
                Machinehead         
                Dragonforce          
                Disturbed              
155. Glass Tiger                                                    Peterborough Festival of Lights Jul 26 2008
        Cure Gravity
156. New Kids On The Block                                 Air Canada Centre  Sept 21 2008
        Natasha Bedingfield
157. Duran Duran                                                Air Canada Centre   Dec 9 2008
158. Theory of A Deadman                                 Kool Haus Toronto  Jan 16 2009
        Rev Theory
        Ten Second Epic
159. Buckcherry                                                   Sound Academy Toronto Mar 14 2009
        Papa Roach 
        Rev Theory
        Age of Daze
160. Staind                                                           Casino Rama Apr 30 2009
161. Keane                                                           Sound Academy Toronto May 2009
        Mat Kearney
        Helio Sequence
162. Disturbed                                                     Sound Academy Toronto May 2009
        All That Remains
        Skindred
        Art of Dying
163. David Cassidy                                              Peterborough Festival Of Lights 2009
164. The Proclaimers                                            Peterborough Festival of Lights 2009
165. 54-40                                                           Peterborough Festival of Lights 2009
166. Default                                                         Red Dog Dec 11 2009
        Counterfit Fifty
167. Wide Mouth Mason                                       Montreal House Jan 23 2010
         Counterfit Fifty
168. Thornley                                                       Red Dog Feb 9 2010
        Mini Mansions
        Rikers
169. Counterfit Fifty                                            The Montreal House Feb 12 2010
        Bodge
170. a-ha                                                             Massey Hall Toronto May 10, 2010
171. Disco Lemonade 2010                                  Molson Canadian Amphitheatre Toronto July 30, 2010
                Keane
                Robyn
                Fran Healy
                Ingrid Michaelson
                Dan Black
                Hannah Georges
                Far East Movement
172. Tears For Fears                                            Casino Rama Aug 14, Aug 14, 2010
        Michael Wainwright
173. Rockstar UPROAR Festival                          Molson Canadian Amphitheatre Aug 25, 2010
                Disturbed
                Avenged Sevenfold
                Stone Sour
                Hail The Villain
                Halestorm
174. Finger Eleven                                              The Venue Peterborough Jan 14, 2011
        The Envy
175. Headstones                                                The Venue Peterborough Jan 29, 2011
        Gentleman Husbands
176. Music As A Weapon 2011                           Air Canada Centre Toronto Mar 31, 2011
                Disturbed
                Korn
                Stillwell
177. Thornley                                                    The Venue Peterborough April 7, 2011
178. Death Cab for Cutie                                  The Phoenix Concert Hall Toronto May 18, 2011
        The Lonely Forest
179. The Tragically Hip                                      Showplace Peterborough June 24, 2011
180. The Tea Party                                           The Venue Peterborough July 5, 2011
        Birthday Boys
181. Econoline Crush                                        The Red Dog Peterborough, July 9, 2011
        Union City
        Citizen Hollow
182. Big Sugar                                                   The Venue Peterborough Dec 7, 2011
        Wide Mouth Mason
183. The Headstones                                        The Venue Peterborough Dec 15, 2011
        Spitfist
184. The Black Keys                                          Air Canada Centre Toronto Mar 14, 2012
        Arctic Monkeys
185. Theory Of a Deadman                               The Venue Peterborough June 6/2012
        Teenage Kicks
186. Kim Mitchell                                                Little Lake Musicfest 2012
        Courage My Love
187. Wolfstock 2012                                          Beavermead Park Aug 25 2012
                I Mother Earth
                Monster Truck
                Die Mannequin
188. The Commodores                                       Coney Island Aug 15 2012
189. Three Days Grace                                      The Venue Dec 13, 2012
        My Darkest Days
190. Sloan                                                           Little Lake Musicfest July 21, 2013
191. Spirit Of The West                                       Little Lake Musicfest Aug 14, 2013
192. Honeymoon Suite                                        Little Lake Musicfest Aug 24, 2013
193. Matchbox Twenty                                      Casino Rama Aug 26, 2013
        Goo Goo Dolls
194. 54-40                                                          Showplace Peterborough Nov 11, 2013
        Jeff Martin
195. Tony Silvestri Band                                     Taste of Downtown 2014
196. Skydiggers                                                  Musicfest June 28, 2014
197. Goo Goo Dolls                                             Molson Amphitheatre July3, 2014
         Daughtry

198. Wide Mouth Mason                                     Musicfest July 5, 2014