Ah yes, Jian Ghomeshi - he's always rubbed me a bit the wrong way for some reason, and once the camera was off it was like his personality was completely different. I would imagine the pressure of the interview would get to anyone, though... you're sitting in Leonard's living room - most of us would...

aw, you people are too quick for me - a friend sent the Salon piece to me, and I was just going to post it here. That Salon review was almost as wonderful as the show... it might have saved me from writing a review...hehe. I'm touched that so many people are touched by his concerts; I knew I'd have ...

great reviews - "Vladivostoc telephone book" line made me smile. We saw the Oakland show last night and I'll post a longer review (including impressions of the Women Tearing Blouses Off Blouse :D awesome). Suffice as to say, oh man, that was probably the best concert I've ever seen. Grante...

Aaron, I'll be anxiously awaiting a report by the good ol' CBC :) Didn't buy tickets for any Canadian venues, but curious as to what you find, so please post a link to the article online. Some interesting thoughts here about the industry: http://ask.metafilter.com/90142/The-TicketMonster-is-coming-t...

Yup, TicketBastard screws people again. Tried to get tickets for Oakland and they were seemingly sold out 15 minutes after they went onsale. Oh really... :roll: Honestly, 2009 and we're still dealing with this antiquated monopoly of a bullshit system?! I'm looking into alternatives (if there's anyth...