The Cure

Went to see The Cure at GM Place in Vancouver last night.

This was the fifth time I'd seen them and was by far the worst of the five.

I've listened to The Cure for almost 30 years. My first album was The Head on the Door and I bought it in the 70's.

For me the Cure have always been a 5 piece band, and for this tour they are a 4 piece, maybe it's just me, but you can't remove an instrument from a band and expect no-one to notice, or expect to replace the sound with a guitar. They removed the keyboards (I'm not a huge fan of keyboards) and they tried to back fill some of the keyboard sound with a guitar, which just sounded trashy.

The guitarist Porl came out with a shaved and tattooed head (I don't believe the tattoos were real personally) and dressed in tight PVC with huge platform boots on that were purple and lit up. Didn't fit with The Cure's overall look at all.

The sound was lousy at time I couldn't hear the lyrics or Smith's guitar at all.

It was a lousy show in my opinion. Will I go and see them again? Sure, but I won't look forward to it nearly as much next time. They have a new album due out at the end of the year, but without keyboards, it might be good, but it won't be The Cure.

Sorry Cure fans everywhere, but you should have seen then ten years ago.

More soon.

Well Birthday week is gone for another year

A big thanks to all my friends who took me out and paid for everything as a part of my Birthday celebration.

I had a great time. We went to the Yaletown Brewpub and it was a good night.

Now on with the rest of Birthday month!

More to come.

Birthday week is finally here!

If you know me, then you also know that my birthday is right around the corner.

So I mark today as the official start of birthday week. May 1 was the official start of birthday month. People often ask why I remind my friends so much that my birthday is approaching. I tell them that I do it for them. It's a completely selfless act. If they forgot I'd be mad at them and they would not get the benefit of my wit and humour, so by reminding them, they don't forget and I don't get mad or disappointed. So it's a win for them really. Simple.

In other news. I now have a ticket for the Oasis show at GM Place in late August. We also have a baby due in very early September. So I hope that the two don't conflict, because you just know which event I'll be at, right?

More news, I'm going to Pemberton Festival in late July. It's a three day outdoor festival in, you guessed it, Pemberton British Columbia. Which is just a bit north of Whistler. Check out the site for all the details but three days, dozens of bands including The Tragically Hip, Nine Inch Nails, Coldplay and lots more. We'll be camping for the whole thing and it should be a riot. Jay Z is headlining too, and apparently he puts on a really good show, so although I'm not a fan at all, I'm looking forward to seeing him/them, whatever.

With the layoffs at work, particularly on the floor I'm on, it's like a ghost town. Someone said that on the east side of the floor they saw a tumbleweed! While I can't confirm or deny that sighting, I wouldn't be surprised. No idea what, if anything is happening with the team that I'm on, but time will tell I supposed.

More later.