upcoming show. wheeee!!!!
here's a couple pics i actually took with my own camera. Didn't steal them from anyone!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
DAREDEVILS OF NIAGARA FALLS
This comes from the previous posting regarding stories that are told in song. So you have to read the previous post to understand, and especially watch the video by Primus called "over the Falls". Then, it will all make sense.....
October 24th 1901
Annie Taylor was the first person to conquer the falls in a barrel. After climbing inside her airtight wooden barrel, the air pressure was compressed to 30 p.s.i. with a bicycle pump. Though bruised and battered Annie made it, she expected fame and fortune. Annie died in poverty
July 25th 1911
The infamous Bobby Leach plunged over the Falls in a steel barrel. Bobby broke both kneecaps and his jaw during his daring event. Years later while touring in New Zealand, Bobby slipped on an orange peel and died from complications due to gangrene !
July 11th 1920
Englishman Charles G. Stephens equipped his wooden barrel with an anvil for ballast. Charles tied himself to the anvil for security. After the plunge, Chucks right arm was the only item left in the barrel.
July 4th 1928
"Smiling Jean" Lussier survived the trip over the brink in a large rubber ball
July 5th 1930
A Greek waiter named George L. Statakis suffocated to death after his barrel was trapped behind the falls for more than 14 hours.
June 30th 1961
Nathan Boya drops off the brink in a ball-like contraption.
July 3rd 1984
The first Canadian to conquer the Falls was Karel Soucek. Karel survived the plunge, but later that year Karel was killed while recreating the drop from a platform inside the Houston Astrodome. (Karel's barrel hit the edge of the water tank)
August 18th 1985
A Rhode Island bartender named Steven Trotter made the trip in a barrel wrapped in inner tubes. Steven was fined a total of $5,503.00
October 5th 1985
A Canadian mechanic John "Super Dave" Munday made a successful trip in his barrel. Dave could not get enough! He made a second successful trip on September 26th 1993.
September 28th 1989
Niagara Falls Ontario residents
Peter De Bernardi and Jeffery
James Petkovich accomplished
the first duo descent of the Falls.
October 1st 1995
Robert Overcracker rides a jetski over the brink of the Horseshoe Falls to help promote awareness for the homeless. His parachute did not open and Robert ended up promoting better parachutes. He plunged to his death and his body was never recovered. An Egyptian tourist captured this amazing image.
June 18th 1995
Steve Trotter returns to the Falls again to make his second attempt. This time with a partner, Lori Martin a caterer from Georgia. They were the first male and female to make the big drop together !
October 22nd 2003
Kirk Jones from Canton Michigan becomes first stunter in the history of Niagara Falls to survive the plunge wearing only the clothes on his back. Kirk's idea had been in the works for a number of years. While here on a visit with a friend, Kirk made the decision. They purchased a used video camera to record this historical event and went to the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of the river. Kirk entered the water about one hundred yards upstream and began swimming out into the swift current. Eight seconds later Kirk made the 175 foot (53.3m) drop and swam to shore while passing up a free ride with the "maid of the mist" tour boat. Kirk was treated for minor bumps and bruises at local a hospital and released only after promising to return for court. For his stunt Kirk was fined a total of $2,300.00 dollars and banned from entering Canada for life. Unfortunately Kirk and his friend had been imbibing in alcohol before the stunt and Kirks friend couldn't figure out how to work the camcorder and the entire stunt went unrecorded!
October 24th 1901
Annie Taylor was the first person to conquer the falls in a barrel. After climbing inside her airtight wooden barrel, the air pressure was compressed to 30 p.s.i. with a bicycle pump. Though bruised and battered Annie made it, she expected fame and fortune. Annie died in poverty
July 25th 1911
The infamous Bobby Leach plunged over the Falls in a steel barrel. Bobby broke both kneecaps and his jaw during his daring event. Years later while touring in New Zealand, Bobby slipped on an orange peel and died from complications due to gangrene !
July 11th 1920
Englishman Charles G. Stephens equipped his wooden barrel with an anvil for ballast. Charles tied himself to the anvil for security. After the plunge, Chucks right arm was the only item left in the barrel.
July 4th 1928
"Smiling Jean" Lussier survived the trip over the brink in a large rubber ball
July 5th 1930
A Greek waiter named George L. Statakis suffocated to death after his barrel was trapped behind the falls for more than 14 hours.
June 30th 1961
Nathan Boya drops off the brink in a ball-like contraption.
July 3rd 1984
The first Canadian to conquer the Falls was Karel Soucek. Karel survived the plunge, but later that year Karel was killed while recreating the drop from a platform inside the Houston Astrodome. (Karel's barrel hit the edge of the water tank)
August 18th 1985
A Rhode Island bartender named Steven Trotter made the trip in a barrel wrapped in inner tubes. Steven was fined a total of $5,503.00
October 5th 1985
A Canadian mechanic John "Super Dave" Munday made a successful trip in his barrel. Dave could not get enough! He made a second successful trip on September 26th 1993.
September 28th 1989
Niagara Falls Ontario residents
Peter De Bernardi and Jeffery
James Petkovich accomplished
the first duo descent of the Falls.
October 1st 1995
Robert Overcracker rides a jetski over the brink of the Horseshoe Falls to help promote awareness for the homeless. His parachute did not open and Robert ended up promoting better parachutes. He plunged to his death and his body was never recovered. An Egyptian tourist captured this amazing image.
June 18th 1995
Steve Trotter returns to the Falls again to make his second attempt. This time with a partner, Lori Martin a caterer from Georgia. They were the first male and female to make the big drop together !
October 22nd 2003
Kirk Jones from Canton Michigan becomes first stunter in the history of Niagara Falls to survive the plunge wearing only the clothes on his back. Kirk's idea had been in the works for a number of years. While here on a visit with a friend, Kirk made the decision. They purchased a used video camera to record this historical event and went to the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of the river. Kirk entered the water about one hundred yards upstream and began swimming out into the swift current. Eight seconds later Kirk made the 175 foot (53.3m) drop and swam to shore while passing up a free ride with the "maid of the mist" tour boat. Kirk was treated for minor bumps and bruises at local a hospital and released only after promising to return for court. For his stunt Kirk was fined a total of $2,300.00 dollars and banned from entering Canada for life. Unfortunately Kirk and his friend had been imbibing in alcohol before the stunt and Kirks friend couldn't figure out how to work the camcorder and the entire stunt went unrecorded!
tales of truth and music to behold.
I love music that tells stories. be it Gordon lightfoot, Stompin' Tom, or Les Claypool. I especially dig the ones that tell a real true it happened story. Such as Stompin Tom's "the bridge came tumbling down". It's about the collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge. I couldn't find the song to post so i went over to the Wicki page and ripped out a part of that.
On June 17, 1958, as a crane stretched from the north side of the new bridge to join the two chords of the unfinished arch, several spans collapsed. Seventy-nine workers plunged 30 metres (100 ft) into the water. Eighteen were killed either instantly or shortly thereafter, possibly drowned by their heavy tool belts. A diver searching for bodies drowned later, bringing the total fatalities for the collapse to 19. In a subsequent Royal Commission inquiry, the bridge collapse was attributed to miscalculation by bridge engineers. A temporary arm, holding the fifth anchor span, was deemed too light to bear the weight.[2]
However, i did find another by Jimmy Dean, called "Steel Men". so here it is.
Here are 3 more stories. The first 2 have that sorta "Canadian sound". i can't really define it, Maybe it's just because they are from a bygone era.
Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald.
On November 10, 1975, while traveling on Lake Superior during a gale, the Fitzgerald sank suddenly in Canadian waters approximately 17 miles (15 nmi; 27 km) from the entrance of Whitefish Bay at a depth of 530 feet (160 m). Although she had reported having some difficulties prior to the accident, the Fitzgerald sank without sending any distress signals. Her crew of 29 perished in the sinking with no bodies being recovered. When the wreck was found, it was discovered that the Fitzgerald had broken in two.
Big Joe Mufferaw, Stompin Tom Connors
Big Joe Mufferaw was a French Canadian folk hero from the Ottawa Valley, perhaps best known today as the hero of a song by Stompin' Tom Connors. Like Paul Bunyan, he made his living chopping down trees. The name is also sometimes spelled Muffero, Muffera, and Montferrand. The last spelling is more common among francophones; anglophones who had trouble with it used one of the other spellings.
In addition to being the subject of many Paul Bunyan-esque tall tales, Mufferaw is sometimes enlisted as a defender of oppressed French Canadian loggers in the days when their bosses were English and their rivals for work were Irish. In one story, Big Joe was in a Montreal bar, where a British army major named Jones was freely insulting French Canadians. After Big Joe beat the major, he bellowed, "Any more insults for the Canadians?"
Over The Falls. Primus.
There has been many attempts over the years to successfully go over the Niagra Falls in various types of contraptions. these stories are cool and therefore I am left with no other alternative but to create a second post dedicated to such lunacy and brilliance as has never been demonstrated either here nor there nor anywhere. i do not like green eggs and ham.....
On June 17, 1958, as a crane stretched from the north side of the new bridge to join the two chords of the unfinished arch, several spans collapsed. Seventy-nine workers plunged 30 metres (100 ft) into the water. Eighteen were killed either instantly or shortly thereafter, possibly drowned by their heavy tool belts. A diver searching for bodies drowned later, bringing the total fatalities for the collapse to 19. In a subsequent Royal Commission inquiry, the bridge collapse was attributed to miscalculation by bridge engineers. A temporary arm, holding the fifth anchor span, was deemed too light to bear the weight.[2]
However, i did find another by Jimmy Dean, called "Steel Men". so here it is.
Here are 3 more stories. The first 2 have that sorta "Canadian sound". i can't really define it, Maybe it's just because they are from a bygone era.
Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald.
On November 10, 1975, while traveling on Lake Superior during a gale, the Fitzgerald sank suddenly in Canadian waters approximately 17 miles (15 nmi; 27 km) from the entrance of Whitefish Bay at a depth of 530 feet (160 m). Although she had reported having some difficulties prior to the accident, the Fitzgerald sank without sending any distress signals. Her crew of 29 perished in the sinking with no bodies being recovered. When the wreck was found, it was discovered that the Fitzgerald had broken in two.
Big Joe Mufferaw, Stompin Tom Connors
Big Joe Mufferaw was a French Canadian folk hero from the Ottawa Valley, perhaps best known today as the hero of a song by Stompin' Tom Connors. Like Paul Bunyan, he made his living chopping down trees. The name is also sometimes spelled Muffero, Muffera, and Montferrand. The last spelling is more common among francophones; anglophones who had trouble with it used one of the other spellings.
In addition to being the subject of many Paul Bunyan-esque tall tales, Mufferaw is sometimes enlisted as a defender of oppressed French Canadian loggers in the days when their bosses were English and their rivals for work were Irish. In one story, Big Joe was in a Montreal bar, where a British army major named Jones was freely insulting French Canadians. After Big Joe beat the major, he bellowed, "Any more insults for the Canadians?"
Over The Falls. Primus.
There has been many attempts over the years to successfully go over the Niagra Falls in various types of contraptions. these stories are cool and therefore I am left with no other alternative but to create a second post dedicated to such lunacy and brilliance as has never been demonstrated either here nor there nor anywhere. i do not like green eggs and ham.....
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
I can't wait!
Good weekend coming up. on saturday there is a buncha bands playing a free show at neptune records over on main st.
Then on sunday it's the vintage motorcycle swap meet in tsswwassenn(spelling anyone)?
Which is by far the BEST motorcycle gathering aside from disasterdaze that the lower mainland has to offer.
I can't wait!
Then on sunday it's the vintage motorcycle swap meet in tsswwassenn(spelling anyone)?
Which is by far the BEST motorcycle gathering aside from disasterdaze that the lower mainland has to offer.
I can't wait!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
a new name.
for awhile i've been toying with the idea of a name change for this ol' blog. something that wasn't corny or lame and still reflected how corny and lame i actually am. then through the ridicule of a co worker, i have become enlightened.
It seems as though I'm the type of person who likes to bite off more than I can chew. This is characteristic reveals itself in so many areas of my life, from work to play, to social to everywhere. And more than one friend has pointed this out to me. I have this theory that if someone else has done it, then why can't I? hmmmm. can you see where this is going? Here are a couple examples to entertain you. If you know me personally then you are already chuckling to yourself, you've seen the devastation i can cause.
5 bikes. all in various orders of repair.
3 motorcycles. 1 mx, 2 road bikes. one is mine, the other a friends..
"sure I can repair the carbs and fix the seat latch".... meanwhile mine is in a
thousand pieces on the floor in the basement.
I 've been playing guitar for 25 years, i still suck, so what do I do, i start collecting
instruments..and actually believe i can learn to play them all!
-vantage 6 string guitar. (my first, sounds better everyday, and i love it).
-a stand up bass
-a banjo
-a piano
-a ukulele
I will learn them all.
Speaking of instruments, i have a rad 2nd job at the world famous Panther Case Company building guitar cases. And soon i will be building guitars at the world famous Sparrow Guitar Company. In the meantime i've taken it upon myself to try building some guitars of my own. the first was a dobro style resonator guitar, made with an old 3/4 classical. The action is set real high so i can play slide. this was a huge embarrassing failure.
The next is an Appalachian dulcimer. They are easy instruments, three strings, open tuning. It was going easy until i decided to turn the non-hollow body Appalachian dulcimer into a hollow body Appalachian dulcimer. It's now sitting in a pile beside the other guitar project that i have just recently embarked on, an oil can guitar. Which i gotta admit is the one i'm most excited about. And will be finished ....whatevah...Did i mention that these projects are not the progressive pursuits of a guy with too much time on his hands? these are all happening simultaneously! hahahahahahahaha......sighhhhh...
I have a vw van that blew a motor all to hell so i gave it to a friend to fix up. It's coming back as a deisel powered brute. This is really his project, but the fact is that i'm getting it back soon and it's about %80 percent done. However, i've recently really been thinking ab getting an old car. i've began the search and have came across two options, a 67 lincoln continental, and a 65 plymouth valient. I've found both these cars for a cheap income tax return price and they are local. I'm pretty sure i'll have one of them soon....both need work, but i don't care. As well I need to get my current ride working properly. It drives fine but needs some work so i can sell it . the funny thing is, i'm too lazy to fix it..
Looking back at this, i can see why my buddy at work (day job-equipment operator) calls me "project"... i'm not bragging, i'm actually a bit embarassed by all this. It's not like i'm actually capable of pulling this all off. I just think i can.
In the meantime, i have found a new name that I can build around which will reflect upon you all some of my silliness.
maybe this blog should be called a.d.d.o.c.d.a.d.h.d........
It seems as though I'm the type of person who likes to bite off more than I can chew. This is characteristic reveals itself in so many areas of my life, from work to play, to social to everywhere. And more than one friend has pointed this out to me. I have this theory that if someone else has done it, then why can't I? hmmmm. can you see where this is going? Here are a couple examples to entertain you. If you know me personally then you are already chuckling to yourself, you've seen the devastation i can cause.
5 bikes. all in various orders of repair.
3 motorcycles. 1 mx, 2 road bikes. one is mine, the other a friends..
"sure I can repair the carbs and fix the seat latch".... meanwhile mine is in a
thousand pieces on the floor in the basement.
I 've been playing guitar for 25 years, i still suck, so what do I do, i start collecting
instruments..and actually believe i can learn to play them all!
-vantage 6 string guitar. (my first, sounds better everyday, and i love it).
-a stand up bass
-a banjo
-a piano
-a ukulele
I will learn them all.
Speaking of instruments, i have a rad 2nd job at the world famous Panther Case Company building guitar cases. And soon i will be building guitars at the world famous Sparrow Guitar Company. In the meantime i've taken it upon myself to try building some guitars of my own. the first was a dobro style resonator guitar, made with an old 3/4 classical. The action is set real high so i can play slide. this was a huge embarrassing failure.
The next is an Appalachian dulcimer. They are easy instruments, three strings, open tuning. It was going easy until i decided to turn the non-hollow body Appalachian dulcimer into a hollow body Appalachian dulcimer. It's now sitting in a pile beside the other guitar project that i have just recently embarked on, an oil can guitar. Which i gotta admit is the one i'm most excited about. And will be finished ....whatevah...Did i mention that these projects are not the progressive pursuits of a guy with too much time on his hands? these are all happening simultaneously! hahahahahahahaha......sighhhhh...
I have a vw van that blew a motor all to hell so i gave it to a friend to fix up. It's coming back as a deisel powered brute. This is really his project, but the fact is that i'm getting it back soon and it's about %80 percent done. However, i've recently really been thinking ab getting an old car. i've began the search and have came across two options, a 67 lincoln continental, and a 65 plymouth valient. I've found both these cars for a cheap income tax return price and they are local. I'm pretty sure i'll have one of them soon....both need work, but i don't care. As well I need to get my current ride working properly. It drives fine but needs some work so i can sell it . the funny thing is, i'm too lazy to fix it..
Looking back at this, i can see why my buddy at work (day job-equipment operator) calls me "project"... i'm not bragging, i'm actually a bit embarassed by all this. It's not like i'm actually capable of pulling this all off. I just think i can.
In the meantime, i have found a new name that I can build around which will reflect upon you all some of my silliness.
maybe this blog should be called a.d.d.o.c.d.a.d.h.d........
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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