?I grew up on the 8-track??
Big Sugar and Nearly Getting Kicked Out
Ross and I headed to St. Catherine?s on Friday for the Event in the Tent. Friday night was Big Sugar with the Trews. Big Sugar is parting ways and we wanted to be there to see Mojah one last time. We let him know we?d be there so he could see us in our customary spot, down in the front. He saw us in the crowd and blew me kisses. I?m such a groupie. He?s possibly the sweetest man in the world. One dude in the front was shoving me pretty hard and there was no way I was giving up my front row spot and being farther away from Mojah! Ross traded spots with me and that was much better. The dude however, didn?t think so and disappeared. Within a few minutes, a security guard came to pull Ross out of the crowd! I was a little freaked out and didn?t know what to expect. He had all the money and I had no phone. The girl next to me was holding my hand for moral support. I finally saw Ross?s head making his way down to me in the front. Relief! ?Apparently I?m a bully.? A bully for shielding his wife? Cool.
Chicks Kick Ass
Big Sugar finished for the night and Ross and I had a quick potty break before going to see Mojah. Some guys thought it would be funny (I guess) to harass the chick in the port-a-potty. The guys were beating on my door. You?re pretty much trapped in there. I lost my cool. Screaming profanities ? yes I was pretty upset. When they had the door open about 2 inches and I could see people out there, I really freaked out. I screamed Ross?s name as loud as I could. Then I could hear, ?Take it easy man. Relax man. ?.Have another beer, dude?? ? Now I?m hurrying to get the hell out of there because I?m afraid for Ross. I ripped the door open screaming, ?What the &*%&^ is your problem?? The four dudes looked like deer caught in the headlights. Their eyes were bugging out of their heads.
Guys: Take it easy, lady. Just relax. This dude came out and totally lost it. He was just freaking on us.
Diva
Crowd
My Dreamy Husband
Later I hear from my hero- tough-guy-husband that the guys were all laughing and giggling when he came out of the port-a-potty. He threw one of the guys headfirst into a potty door.
Big Sugar Is All Over Me
Meanwhile, back at the fence? We, with a bunch of BS groupies waited for the band to come out. Ross bought me a BS shirt which I had on. Mojah came out, giving us love. He signed my shirt and had the band sign it. The only one who didn?t was ?Speedstick? (Ross pointed out the dude is named after a deodorant). A security guard came to kick us all out ?cause it was time to shut it all down and Mojah gave me a kiss through the fence. All I could hear was a gasp and ?how does SHE know him?!? I just smiled and walked haughtily out of the tent as any good groupie would do ;)
Party Weekend: Day 2
So I awoke a little hung over. Golden Griddle serves breakfast for lunch. Literally. I?m sure Ross will have a few comments about that. We went shopping and got some clothes (because I forgot to pack his ? oops!) We went into a record store downtown and they had 8 tracks for sale.
Danny Michel was opening that night for Sam Roberts. We saw Danny at Beach Fest 2003 and really liked his stuff. I love his song ?Two Hearts? which starts out ?I grew up on the 8 track and any day now it?ll come back?? I thought it would be cool to take an 8 track for Danny to sign at the concert. I thought he?d think it was cool. Ross found Zeppelin?s ?House of the Holy?. We get to the concert, go through the turnstile, dude rips the ticket stubs off, I take two steps into the tent and am looking into the face of Danny Michel.
8 Track Diva: ?Heeey-ayyy!?
Danny: ?Heeey-ayyy!?
Diva: ?What are you doing out here??
Danny: ?Just walking around checking it out.?
Diva: ?Cool. Hey, I brought an 8 track for you to sign.?
Danny: ?You did not!?
Diva: ?Yeah, I did!?
Diva takes out the 8 track and hands it to Danny.
Danny: ?Zeppelin! Cool! You can?t wreck a Zeppelin 8 track! I?ll just sign the back.?
Diva: ?It?s ok, really, sign it!?
Danny: ?Should I sign her butt??
Diva: ?Yeah! Sign her butt! Go for it!?
Danny: ?Cool.?
Diva: ?Have a great show.?
Ross: ?Good luck, man.?
Danny: ?Cool. Thanks.?
Oh yeah, who?s cool now? But it gets better?.. Really?.
8 Track Diva: The Front Row Babe
I should be in his next video. I?d have a blast being in that video. Maybe he?ll read this and call me.
Danny starts into ?Two Hearts? and starts singing, ?I grew up on the 8 track and any day now it?ll come back?? I?ve got Zeppelin out and I?m waving that in the air and singing along?he stops playing and singing and points down at me and says ?Hey, she?s got an 8 track.? I screamed ?AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH? and jumped up and down with my 8 track waving proudly. You always dream of moments like that - of being the groupie in the front row that is singled out. Not bad for an ?old lady?, eh? I had one of those ??nobody move, this is perfect?? moments! Thanks Danny!
She Just Keeps Rocking On
Sam Roberts comes out and all the kids are freaking. There was a lot of body surfing and a lot of body dropping. All in all it was a nice crowd. I caught a t-shirt from the radio station girls (big boobs, that?s all I?m saying) and gave it to the girl next to me. Later, she caught one for me. (That?s what being Canadian is all about.)
Ross caught the drummer?s drumstick for me. Yesterday I called Amber to tell her about it and she tells me the drummer?s name is Corey Zadorozny a.k.a. Cuddy Dawson. Turns out her friend Jordan is Corey?s brother. Corey?s from Pembroke! (K, ya know I'm from Pembroke, right?) I told Amber to tell Jordan that her sister has his brother?s drumstick?. ;)
So there you have it. A sore throat, ringing ears, a raspy voice and tons of loot (and a slight headache) and a load of great memories. So next time we invite you to join us to take in a concert, will you join us? ha ha ha Could you keep up?
"...set your phasers on stun....someone take me baaa-aaa-aaackkkk..."
"...uh huh oh yeah come on...."
pics coming....