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Thursday, November 23, 2006





Well Folk Me
:
It seems I won myself an Ottawa Xpress award in the folk category!! Looksie HERE!

Over,

Wednesday, November 22, 2006



iJon Means War:

General Early Morning Musings:

* Paul Galipeau took this and I am sorry to borrow it here, but it is soooo good!
iJon at the iPod War last Friday in Ottawa during his presentation of "The Ace of Spades" with Kelp duo partner C.V.

* I cannot sleep. I did for a while but now it is 5:30am and here I am going through blogs that I read regularily and snagging photos' of JB from the iPod war. In addition, I am going through and catching up on accidentally missed tasks I had meant to accomplish over the past few days. Having general poor thought and task retention skills requires extra work in hindsight from time to time.

* Being up like this reminds me of last Christmas at my parent house when I could not sleep and I got up at 5:30am and starting posting from out there "where the bungalos' roam".

* Three days ago, I filled out the online Anansi Press questionnaire and will receive as my reward a book on grammar (my choice) any moment now. Perhaps there is hope yet for me!

* Tonight Jake and I rehearse for our "super duo" show this weekend (see below post).

* Well, that is all from here. I am going back to bed...


jim,

Monday, November 20, 2006

This week in View:

This weekend was a funny one. A bunch of us (Kathleen included) headed to the iPod Warz at Barrymore's on Friday night. Team Kelp was having a good run until Bartlett got carried out by four bouncers for climbing around. Some people just do not know how to let the Big B have some fun.

Saturday I was all set to stay in, but ended up leaving the house at 11:30 and met up with AV to ring in his birthday.

Ok. Now Regarding Sherbrooke:

Jake and I are heading out to Sherbrooke on Saturday to play at Cafe Bla Bla. If you are from that area, come on out.

Cafe Bla Bla
2 Wellington St. South
Sherbrooke, PQ
info: Phillippe Custeau
steve_chiro@hotmail.com


Here in Ottawa, the sun just keep on hiding,


jim,

Monday, November 13, 2006



New Week:


Still up here late on Sunday evening after being at the home of commander Bartletts.

I will have more new shows and all that jazz to announce as well as a more concrete plan as to how this recording will see the light of day in the not too distant future. There is a vinyl plan in the works for this release as well.

Did I mention that Andrew Vincent is opening the Friday show at the Black Sheep? He is. Solo and with the promise of mucho guitar heroics I am hoping. He had some sweet axe going on at The Manx this past Sunday.
I only put this picture to show off the lovely Andrew Farrell painting in the back. The mic is nothing to write home about, but the painting is.

Smiles

*Bonnie Prince Billy: The Letting Go
*Chester Brown: Louis Riel
*Playing and recording around the house again
*The return of jogging to my week
*Grant Lawrence this weekend with Nardwuar on CBC Radio 3

Frowns


*My broken Ebay Bang and Olufsen Turntable damaged during shipping. What was I thinking?
*Listening to people complain about hockey in this city
*My fear about tomorrows' Ottawa Mayoral election (please, please, please go and vote for Alex Munter!!!).



jim,

Monday, November 06, 2006



Things Around Here:

Well, Here I be, being the lone one sitting around home and not in Montreal for Califone this evening. I should be there, but chose last minute to stay home and out of it all for tonight. "Sometimes you just gotta stay in, stay in, stay in........"

What Is happening?:

Funny you should ask. There are a lot of little things brewing at the .org these days. We have absolutely completed all things musically related on the new record but still have not set any sort of release date as of yet. I was thinking of maybe having them at the Black Sheep in December, but that is of no certain promise or real plan. Right now though, Jake Bryce is working on making all things that need looking at, look as they should. Close we are, but no cigarettes yet!

At last, some shows!


Well, it has for certain been a while since we Occasionals played shows. So here below lists a list of details of things coming up before the holiday bells go ring and slightly after.
As well, there is talk of Kathleen stuff in the last week of January and then the solo me will be traveling to play the Dead of Winter Festival in Halifax. If you live east in our fair Canada land and have great venue suggestions for additional shows, let me know, it always good to find new places to go.


But for now, here is what is:

Saturday Nov. 25th: Cafe Bla Bla, Sherbrooke, PQ (duo w/ Jake).
Friday Dec. 8th: Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield, PQ (w/ Andrew Vincent).
Saturday Dec. 9th: Black Sheep Inn (Jon Bartlett solo Rhumefieldmain).
Thursday Jan. 18th: The Rivoli, Toronto

Good Night Friends,


jim,


PS: Sorry about the self-love silkscreen tour poster in my kitchen in the photo above.




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