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Opie, Richie, the Fonz and Will Ferrell...

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Neil Young rocks the free world and Death Cab For Cutie rocks no one...

I was wrong. See I am not afraid to admit it. Once or twice in a lifetime it happens. Whether I like it or not. Back when I was in the forest service, 1987, there was this guy. I think his name was David. I can't remember. I might have a pic of him around here somewhere. I will look for it. Okay yup I found a pic of him. Here he is circa 1987 after a softball tournament in Orofino Idaho. I have an embarassing photo of me to share from that same day I will share at the bottom.

Anyway, he was a huge Neil fan. In fact he was just in the process of discovery of Neil. Every time I would see him he would have a new cassette, you remember them don't ya? All that tape hiss and fast-forwarding to the song you want to hear? Cassettes sucked. Anyway, he would rant and rave about how great Neil Young's music was and how great the lyrics were. On and on and on.

I of course being the music supremist(did I just invent a word?) that I was, would make fun of him and tell him he should listen to something from this century. I was such a cool guy. I would not give him any credit. I just wanted him to put in LL Cool J or Run DMC and get off my back so I could Rock the Bells. Yup I was hip hop totally to the core.

Well, I should have listened to him back then and took the time to examine Neil's body of work. It truly is amazing. Oh, and he is Canadian. Not sure how that works in to the equation but he is.

Fast forward to 2008 and on last Saturday I had the extreme pleasure to attend a concert. It was Neil Young with Death Cab for Cutie opening up. There was some other band named Everest that played also. Which I might add had shirts at the merch table for $45. Now, who in their right mind is going to buy a shirt for a band they have NEVER heard of? That shit was crazy.

You all know that I truly enjoy listing and ranking things. In fact I did a whole post back in the day about my top 10 concerts EVER. Needless to say after Saturday night I think I may have to alter that list a bit.

I was right about one thing when I was giving David shit, Neil Young is old. He was old then and is older now. There I said it. He is ancient. In fact, his guitar tech is even older. Wilfred Brimley is what we were calling him. I will tell you though, all these new jacks out there can take a few notes from this old guy. Neil Young can wail. Wail he did on Saturday. He played a few new songs and lots of old stuff. It was cool to hear the man sing Hey Hey, My My, Rockin' in the free world, Old man, and my personal favorite Needle and the damage Done. Which he killed.

I also noticed that there were no cel phones being held up instead of lighters at this show. Mostly because most of the old dudes in the house had lighters so they could smoke their funny cigs. There was sooooo much pot in the house I thought I was high. And I have no idea what being high feels like.

I can't say enough how great this show was. After Rockin' he left the stage for the prerequisite 'break' before the encore. When he came back out he did A Day In The Life by the Beatles. Now you might think a guy who is as old as he is might just come out and kick an old hit just to satisfy, but you would be wrong thinking that. He tore this song up. At the end he broke all the strings on his guitar and was tapping them on the frets just making all this killer feedback. Then he just walked off the stage leaving us all there to wallow in that feedback. That my friends, is how you end a show. Just walk off and let us wallow in your awesomeness. He did come back out to take a bow but to just walk off that kinda says to me that Neil is telling us that it don't matter how many articles you get in FHM or Vibe magazine or what you are wearing all these new jacks ain't got shit on him. Rock on Neil. Oh and David, sorry for being a dick back in 1987. I was wrong.

The only thing I missed was I would have liked to have heard This Note's for You and Fuckin' Up, but he has so much material somethings are gonna be missed.

Now there was some bad at this show. That bad came in the form of Death Cab for Cutie. Man they sucked. I knew the show you are watching is bad when me and Trev started talking about movies and what was going on at work. They just sucked. No stage presence, no charisma, nothing. They have some good songs but they just did not transfer live. I was dissappointed because all of you fine Americans will get to see Wilco on your leg of the tour but we were forced to sit thru Mr. Sensitive and his pussy back-up band. You can tell they are sensitive because of their lighting. You suck. In fact at one point there was this stoned guy who started calling for Neil to take the stage. We all agreed so he got even braver and in the next break he yelled FUCK YOU to the boys on the stage really loud. I know they heard it because the people in the balcony were laughing. If they heard it the sensitive guys on the stage heard it. I hope it did not break their confidence too much. I didn't help much when I started yelling "Freebird". Yup, I'm that guy.

Okay so get to it moron, where does it rank? Okay I will remind you what the other shows are in order...

1. Run DMC/DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - Paramount Theater - Seattle, WA
2. Bikini Kill - Minot Punk Club - Minot ND
3. Pearl Jam - Rexall Place - Edmonton Alberta
4. Tragically Hip - Ryans Ballroom, Kimberly WI
5. TIE - Violent Femmes - Cowles Fieldhouse Des Moines IA/Neil Young - Brandt Centre, Regina Saskatchewan
6. Wilco Summerteeth Tour - Barrymoore Theater Madison WI
7. Blink 182 - Telus Field Edmonton Alberta
8. Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock/U Krew - Nez Pierce Fairgrounds, Lewiston Idaho
9. Foo Fighters - SummerFest Milwuakee WI
10. Gear Daddies - Minneapolis Zoo Amphitheater, Minneapolis Minesota
11. Soul Asylum/Tina and the B sides/TPOH - Detroit Lakes Freedom Fest

So this is a tough decision to make. I think I am going to cop-out and put them in as a tie for 5th place with the Violent Femmes. I know that sucks but it is my list. Deal with it. I am seeing Bob Dylan this month also so this could change again. Yup, seeing a lot of shows this month. I am also seeing Lenny Kravitz on the 30th so I am not sure what he is going to have to do to get on the list. Maybe crap out a guitar on stage and play it? Who knows. Oh I forgot I need to add the Gear Daddies to that list also. Man this is getting hard. You know what, Geardaddies take over number 10. I am going to keep Soul Asylum and Tina on the list. Spinal Tap can go to eleven so can I. Deal with it.

Okay here are my embarassing pics of the day. First up is a pic of me drinking a bit of beer at the softball tournament in Orofino. As you can see I have a shitty Twins hat, I am sure I got it free somewhere, and a huge mug in my hand. I have of course dubbed the mug the 'Magnum Mug'. I think at that time I was into calling everything Magnum. Yup I was a loser. Nice hair. One good thing is my location in relation to the keg. I sure knew where to sit. Not to hard to get a drink, just reach over and fill.


Next pic is me, again drinking, shortly after I got my ear pierced. Yes, a drunken pierce in an effort to impress the girl in the pic. She is the sister of the guy standing next to her. Not sure what her or his name is. I spent the evening in a drinking contest with her. I was really interested in some other kind of contest but did not have the guts to make a move. I know she was a bit disgusted with the fact that I was alone with her for around three hours and I did not make one move. I am such a loser. Of course that is Dave I have in a head lock. I am sure he suggested we listen to Neil and I said no, we will listen to the Fat Boys.

On that note I will let you go and enjoy your weekend.

Good day, EH.

Colin Powell drops knowledge...

Palin is a tool...

Just a few things on a Friday...

First thing I want to share with you is this. No we are not moving again and this isn't our new house. I wish. I know one guy who will recognize this house. Hauser, of the Green Bay Hauser's, spent a few days at the end of this house's driveway this summer. This is Number 4's house in Green Bay. Apparently it is for sale. In the article the author calls this house "simple". Uh yeah. Simple. My ass.

This house is amazing. I would love to live in this house. The house we sold in Edmonton was simple, this one is not. 4890 square feet of simpleton in the greatest city in the USA, Green Bay Wisconsin. Oh and did I mention that it used to house the family of the greatest QB ever to play in the NFL? The house that we had in Edmonton was around 1200 square feet. It did not have a formal dining room, had a modest kitchen, three bedrooms, and only one bathroom. That is simple. The only thing that is simple, and I guess it is because of all the economic problems that W has caused over the last 4 years, is the price, $475,000.

Now some of you are now screaming at your screen "Are you out of your beer and bratwurst filled mind?" "Hey Chris, how the hell are you considering that 475 g's simple?" I know it sounds crazy, but let me finish my thought. AND do the math. How do I base this? Well the house we had in Edmonton which I have brought up here a couple of times we bought it in 2001 for what I thought was way too much. Still nowhere near 475.

Now fast forward to 2007 when we decide to move to Saskatchewan. We managed to sell the house at more than what we paid for it, which is good investing right? What we got I will not get into because I do not want to seem to be bragging here on TundraTalk (which I never do). I will say it was more than what Favre is asking for his house. I of course would like to say that it was my shrewd investing sense that led us to purchase that home and that I knew that I would make serious coin on it and that if you want my financial advice to just give me a call and I can help you out. Oh and soon you will see my infomercial on late night TV shilling a CD on how to become wealthy overnight. But the real truth is that I could not balance a check book if you asked me to and we almost felt embarassed asking the price that we did. The market for houses in the area dictated the price of our home and we got what we wanted.

What I wish would have happened is that Favre would have called me and we could have come to some sort of deal for his house shortly after we sold ours. That would have been awesome. Move back to the holy land AND live in Number 4's house. Now Donna of course told me that neither one of us would have work in Green Bay. Details, details. I told her we could give tours of the house and charge 20 bucks a pop. Who would't want a tour of the house that Brett Favre lived in for 6 months out of the year? That's right No One. They would be lined up around the block.

Here is how it would go..."Okay, please do not touch my bobble head collection or my game ball signed by Brett. Thank you. Over there you will see an area of the house where Brett used to watch TV. Here is where Brett ate his TV dinner. Oh and out there in the living room, is where Brett slept when he came home drunk out of his mind." The tour group goes..."Ohhhhhhhhh."

Yup, it could have been great. You know what. I am going to buy this house. Right after I make my millions and put my Entourage together. This will be the house we stay in on game weekends in Green Bay. How great would that be? "Hey Chris you going to the game this weekend?" "Yup, flying out this friday, staying in Brett's house." I can see it now. Just gotta get that screenplay done.

NEXT: I would be remiss to not mention the passing of a legend. A guy who was the subject of one of the first "Just a little love on a Friday" emails. Way back in the early 2000's. Reg Dunlop, or Paul Newman, of Slapshot. Slapshot is the greatest sports movie of all times and Reg Dunlop was huge in it. Paul died on September 26th of lung cancer. I can not tell you how many times I have seen this movie. I do know that every hockey team I have know has ALWAYS had a copy of this movie on their bus, plane, or computer. It is mandatory. In fact I think I am going to break that one out this weekend, just for Paul.

Now I never got to meet the man, but it was not for lack of trying. I did once participate in a scrum interview with him at the Grand Prix of Edmonton. He was an onwer of a team so he was there every year. Of course you know me, the autograph hound that I am, I spent many an hour just haning out with a photo waiting for him to come by areas that I knew he should be near. I was seconds away from it once. Cory Blashill, of the Edmonton Blashill's, came by the paddock once whilst I was waiting and told me he was right around the corner. Well, he never came around the corner and I waited forever and did not get the auto. Too bad. I would have been a centerpiece of my collection. I had the picture of him on the bench, the one up above.

So here's to you Reg. I am foiling up in your honor. The next time I step on the ice I will play old time hockey. Oh, and the next time I hear the national anthem I will yell at someone that I am trying to listen to the song. Reg, you will be missed.



NEXT: I will leave you with this video of a fight at the Rider Stamp game last week in Calgary. Seems that someone has not learned that you do not mess with a cop, ever. Enjoy.

Now GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!!

Election Day!!!!

I voted today in my first Canadian Election. Democracy RULES!!! For all you Canadians out there GET R DUN. Vote. Do your duty as a citizen of this fine country.

As for me. ABC. Anybody But Conservative!!!

Up next, I need to send in my absentee ballot for the US election. This is sooo cool.

Sorry about the neglect...

Hey everyone, sorry about neglecting you for so long. I have been fighting pneumonia, or however you spell it, for about 3 or 4 weeks and it was rough. At first all I could do was sleep and not eat. I went around 10 days without eating. Literally. It sucked so I am sorry that I have not posted anything.

As you can see from the picture above it snowed last night. Snow on Canadian Thanksgiving. Yup, today is thanksgiving here in Canada. That's right I get two days of turkey and football. Jealous? Yes I know you are. We got dumped on last night, but the sun is out and it should be gone soon. I hope so I need to take the boat out to it's winter resting place. That might be hard to do in snow.

Not only do I get two Thanksgivings this year I get to vote twice. No, I am not voting twice in the US election. It get to vote in the Canadian election on Tuesday. I am geeked. I will of course have pictures for you to see tomorrow. Can't wait to vote against Harper. What a tool. This is the guy if you remember, that would not hug his kid when he dropped him off at school. Total tool.


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FIRST: So lets get back to it. I am still waiting for Tony to let me know when he can talk for the Podcast. I know this Entourage thing is taking a long time, but you know, something this important, you just can't go off half cocked. So since Tony is waiting for the right time to blow us away with his wit and charm I will give you a bit of Tony to tide you over. Back in the day in Bismarck Tony was an active member of my crew to make commercials for KXMB TV. He was very versatile, that is if playing himself makes him versatile. These ads are for a local movie theater. When was the last time you EVER saw a local theater advertise on TV. Yeah, never. It stars Yours Truly, Tony, and the guy you can't see in the shadows is Ross Lytle. Production wizard who now works, I have no idea where he works. Anyway, things to watch for in these ads are my bad acting, my bad hair, and Tony's quote "I don't get it". Enjoy.


NEXT: I went to see the savior of rock and roll the other night. Danko Jones played Regina at the Drink. Now whenever I have a chance to see Danko I do. This guy plays balls out rock and roll as you can see in the photo. If you are not Canadian I imagine you have not heard of him. If you haven't you should check him out. Amazing live. Great on CD. He has 4 records out and they are all good.

If he ever comes to your town, go and see him. This guy will knock your socks off. Really good. He has some cheesy videos that you can watch, but they do not do him justice live. Really.

Also check the dude with the camera phone in the picture. He recorded the whole show on that phone. What kind of memory card does he have? Holy crap. How do you shoot a whole two hours on a phone? I would like a copy of that video.


Okay, NEXT: The Pack have had a few bad weeks. Three in a row to be exact, but they put it back on the rails this last weekend with an ass whuppin of the seachickens. I think the queens could even beat them. Speaking of the queens, they really should thank the refs for their win this last weekend. Man that PI call was brutal. No way in hell that was even close to a PI. The Lions? Wow, you queens are an offensive juggernaut.

Meanwile Number four has 6 touchdowns in one game and a winning record. WTF? I am not really going to get into all that drama again. Really. Again the fine photo on the right was provided by PackerPalace Dot Com.






NEXT I would like to welcome back to the fold a guy who for some reason or another just fell off the face of the earth a while back. James Grandy, of the formerly Minnesota Babe Winkleman Grandy's, is now living in Minot. Which I hear is beautiful this time of year. I found an email to him recently, after searching forever, and he reconnected. Not sure why he dissappeared, maybe he was running from the CIA, or from a crazy rabid fish from one of those swamps in Minnesota. I don't know. I was worried that he had been dumped off the boat by Babe in some out of the way Minnesota swamp for insubordination. Nope, just decided to move to Minot and start his own biz. He has a crazy fishin' and huntin' show on outdoor channel that you can watch. That is the trailer up there. Have a look and let us all know what you think.

Welcome back James. Nice to see you again. Here's to you not going into the witness protection plan again.

Me thinks Me likes. I am a captain of a ship, we have lakes here in Saskatchewan with lots of fish, so you do the math. I think an episode should be shot here in Regina. Make sure you email (grandy@srt.com) the producers to let them know that this is an episode you want to see.




LAST - I will leave you today with this video. It is great. The partner of 'Maverick', you know the one. The one that is not qualified to be VP. Here she is at a Flyers game, again propping up the myth that she is a hockey mom, dropping the puck. She got her ass booed. It is awesome. I love Philly fans. They will boo anyone.

My favorite part is when she is getting the shit booed out of her she just ignores it, like she did every question in the debate, and waves like everyone is cheering. Completely oblivious. Good quality for someone running for VP.



Have a great weekend, and Happy Thanksgiving to you Canadians, Columbus day to all the Americans.
Now GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!