Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Happy 50th Birthday Jim Carrey! I remember when...

I saw on the news this morning that today is Jim Carrey's birthday. He's 50 today. This is the perfect time to reflect back on my first memory Jim Carrey when I saw him as a child. My deceased Uncle Ron was a manager of bands, owner of a restaurant and much more in his long successful career. He had a restaurant in the70's called Cafe on the Park on Eglington Avenue West close to Yonge street. He used to book entertainment there as well. This is were my stories comes in. Jim Carrey performed to a small house of people in that restaurant back then. I barely remember the show as I was very young. For some reason I hung onto a little piece of paper he signed for me that day. Little did we know then that he was to become the huge success he is today. I've always enjoyed his art of comedy. He's accomplished so much and has a great talent. I feel very luck to have been able to see him do stand-up to an audience that was most likely around 100 people. I was hooked from then and have been following his career since. Happy Birthday Jim Carrey!   

Jim Carrey's official site

Jim Carrey's autograph. Stuck it on this Ace Ventura book a while back.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

So I'm finally going to see Kasabian

March 29th I will be marking off another band on my music bucket list. The band is Kasabian and they will be playing at The Phoenix Concert Theatre. We are very lucky here in Toronto as we get to see them in a small venue, while they play stadium venues in other places in the world. They streamed a New Years Eve show Dec 31st 2011 from London's O2 arena which was brilliant and are featured in the British music news quite a bit. They have a new album out called Velociraptor. I've loved this band for many many years but never had the chance to see them when they've played here before. I'm psyched!


NME Kasabian news
Xfm Radio Kasabian news

Photo from Kasabian's official site