The Order of Canada - Takin' Care Of Business The Governor General of Canada announced the latest round of recipients for the Order of Canada, Canada's highest award, yesterday to much controversy (you can read Raphael's take on that issue here).  I disagree with Raphael (but I love his writing) and think it's unfortunate for the other recipients to have had their appointments overshadowed by such a controversial figure.  A quick look at the appointment list bears this out, after all how many Canadians heard that Randolph C. Bachman.Bachman / Cummings tickets.

Happy Canada Day! tickets, How will you celebrate Canada Day? The time-honoured sleeping in followed by lazing around followed by wavering over whether or not to get off the couch for fireworks? Or perhaps you are made of more patriotic stuff, and will .follow the injunctions of the afore-linked Canadian Heritage website and .".rejoice in the discoveries of our scientific researchers, in the success of our entrepreneurs.".This is how we will celebrate it on Radio 2 - with a day of programming that focuses on the fine musi.

Randy Bachman I was disappointed to hear that Randy Bachman isn't coming to Saint John in July. I would love to see him play - especially if his performance was full of stories like an episode of Vinyl Tap. I was going to try to hold a grudge but then I listened to his CBC show this evening and heard him refer to himself, Burton Cummings Fred Turner and Neil Young as the .".Four Horsemen.".of Canadian rock. He went on to explain and play songs that featured this artists that shaped Canadian rock in 1960's Winni. Bachman / Cummings.

Edmund Goulding In the 30's 6/17/1933 HCN Elizabeth Yeaman Jesse Lasky, whose pictures for Fox are winning both critical raves and customers at the box office, believes that true art can best be served by economy. That's a pretty radical idea to express in Hollywood! Every time the bankers command Hollywood to cut down expenses Hollywood shrieks back that quality will have to be sacrificed. If I had not, on frequent occasions, been invited to studios to witness the filming of spectacular scenes, and then looked in vain. tickets.

Summer music festivals: Rockin' & rollin' in the Southeast Bachman / Cummings, Yesterday's article about the .".world's strangest festivals.".inspired me to write about festivals and concerts within a tankful's driving distance that I might visit this summer. If rock and roll is in your blood, and Tennessee and north Georgia are on your mind, you might want to check out these coming events.Bonnaroo Music .&.Arts Festival, Manchester, Tennessee, June 12-15 ? This music, comedy, cinema and art festival is known for music and mud. Rolling Stone magazine called the first Bonnaroo.

In Memoriam: U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq & Afghanistan as of May 22, 2008 [A - D] tickets, [Ed Note: Had to break the list up over four different postings, since the blog software would not allow an item even half the size of the entire list. - BF] U.S. troops killed in Iraq .&.Afghanistan, since the beginning of both wars, confirmed by the U.S. Dept. of Defense as of 5/22/08 [from A to D]. Abad, Roberto ? Acevedo, Joseph ? Acevedoaponte, Ramon A. Acklin II, Michael D. Acosta, Genaro ? Acosta, Steven ? Adair, James L. Adamkavicius, Clayton Lee ? Adamouski, James Francis.

The Boys Are Back in Town tickets, Last night from the Associated press.".Syesha Mercado was voted.rican Idol Wednesday night, paving the way for the expected showdown between David Archuleta and David Cook.".We stated on the record that David Archulata would win American Idol when the Top 12 were announced. We also said that we were rooting for David Cook. On a comment on Trav's Thoughts yesterday that we stated that we thought we'd never like a rocker as much as Chris Daughtry on American Idol. We actually like Cook.

Ringo Starr - Biography: Life With & After The Beatles? tickets,             Biography URL Sources:  drummersrepublic/drummers/ringo-starr-biography-the-beatles-drummer/ home.att.net/~chuckayoub/ringo_starr_biography.htmlimately what's most impressive about Ringo Starr isn't what he's been, but rather who he is? wrote Rolling Stone rock critic David Wild.  ?The man's great heart and soul, his wit and wisdom.  ?When I was thirteen.

No Time tickets, (Bachman-Cummings) No time left for you On my way to better things No time left for you I'll find myself some wings No time left for you Distant roads are calling me No time left for you. No time for a summer friend No time for the love you send Seasons change and so did I You need not wonder why You need not wonder why There's no time left for you No time left for you. No time left for you On my way to better things No time left for you I'll find myself some wings No time left.

This Date In Music History- May 9 tickets, This Date In Music History- May 9 Birthday wishes to Lou Reed, who was born in 1945. Grand Ole Opry member and Country Music Hall of Famer Hank Snow turns 83. Chuck Berry started his first U.K. tour in London in 1964, supported by the Animals, Carl Perkins and the Nashville Teens. (would have loved to be there!) Billy Joel was born in Hicksville, Long Island, N.Y. in 1949. He receives a Grammy Legends Award in 1990. His three No. 1 hits are .".We Didn't Start the Fire.".in 1990.".It's Still .