Well then.
Christian-rock legends Petra were in Ottawa last night(noticeably not promoted much by us here at sd.com, but whatever) as part of their farewell tour after - get this - thirty-three years in the business. The band, over time, has gradually come down to original guitarist Bob Hartman and longtime singer John Schlitt(who joined sometime around the early '80s), along with fairly recent additions on bass and drums. So. The opening bands play last night, everything is remarkably on schedule, and yours truly is up in the balcony with sd.com correspondent Rachelle, chilling large, you know, and one of my boys comes up and says quietly, "Hartman isn't here. He's caught in New York City without a flight." After recovering from the initial shock/fury, it became apparent that the truth was being told. So the show became Schlitt being the consummate professional, setting up an impromptu session whereby anyone who wanted to hear a particular song from the band's vast back catalogue could simply holler, and further, that anyone who could PLAY any particular song could roll on up to the stage and grab a guitar. So fun was had, even under extraneous circumstances. For proof of how much fun it was, check out this picture, and then this one over here. On the left is yours truly, sweetdisaster Big Cheese himself, accompanied by CHRI DJ Lisa Morgan and John Schlitt himself. Looks good for fifty, don't he?
Anyway.
Some other news to report.
No Innocent Victim has posted another new track of the upcoming To Burn Again(November 8th) called 'Your Freedom' - right over here. As well, a ton of the Facedown Records bands are on tour, so hit up the website to see if they're coming to your town.
LA Symphony have made a video for their new single 'Timeless'(from the masterful new album Disappear Here, featuring Evidence(Dilated Peoples) and DJ Rhettmatic; the link from their email doesn't work(nice job, fellas!), but check out the vid over here.
Posted by mike at October 13, 2005 08:19 PM