A great night out and a great night for Paul's family

Please buy tix now at http://www.themusicafamily.ca -- it's easy!!

Guitar Found

Well, what do you know?  Someone hunted down the guitar I just posted about...probably not through any efforts of mine but more likely because of Global TV's extensive coverage.  This guitar has been through a lot since Brian "Too Loud" passed away years ago...it's been to Vancouver Island, Kelowna, and has been tracked to it's current owner in Calgary.

He turns out to be a guitar player himself and a great guy.  I'll add his name when I find out so you can see him for yourself.  He was apparently excited to hear that Brian's guitar will have a special place in the concert this weekend.  He's kindly sending it out West where it will be appreciated and remembered along with Too Loud's great chops....

Come to the concert!

Have You Seen "Too Loud" MacLeod's Guitar?

I’m helping my Dad look for Brian "Too Loud" MacLeod's signature guitar....Bill Henderson and Chilliwack are celebrating 40 years of music at the River    Rock Show Theatre Friday May 21st and Saturday May 22nd and Bill would like to have the guitar onstage as a tribute to Brian, who was such an important part of the Chilliwack sound, songs and spirit during some of their most exciting years.  If you know who owns Brian's guitar, please ask them to contact Margo Bates Publicity    Inc. at 604-536-9501, mobile: 604-788-9501or http://www.margobatespr.com  They'll be given tickets to the show and a signed CD as a token of thanks.  Please help us shine the spotlight on Brian’s guitar!

“It’s a Cherry Sunburst Fender Stratocaster, with a Floyd Rose bridge and locking nut,” says Henderson. “It was getting pretty old by the time Brian passed away in 1992, and there are some marks on it that I will recognize.”

Thanks for reading and please post or pass this on!

 http://www.ticketmaster.ca/Chilliwack-tickets/artist/743958
Chilliwack’s 40th Anniversary Show—with members of the Collectors—from psychadelic to crunchy rock and several years in between...

  

Chilliwack's 40th Anniversary!

Woo Hoo!   That's my Dad's band that's been rocking for forty years!!  They're celebrating it with a big concert at the River Rock Show Theatre Friday May 21 and Saturday May 22nd.

WIN a couple tickets over here!

It will be full of special guests and moments, from the psychadelic to some sparkly pop all the way to good old crunchy rock...
Get your tickets now and let's Rock the River Rock!

(over roaring crowd) "Thank You, Vancouver!"

Blast From the (Way) Past!

OMG!  20 years later, a Friday the 13th fan named Kurt...hi, Kurt!....has sent me a picture that I had to smile at.  And share with you.  It brings back memories of playing JJ the rocker, 2nd body of the film (whose title I shall not impart....if you're that much of a horror fan you probably already know), which we shot in Brittania Beach and Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver.

The picture is sweet because it's pre guitar-in-the-head wound.  Yes, she dies when Jason whacks her in the head with a (pink!) Flying V.   The death wasn't so quick in real life 'cause it took a few days to shoot.  I remember Dad patiently trying to teach me how to play air guitar to the piece they used in the film (no, I am not actually a playah, I can't even keep it in tune!), sitting in the trailer for HOURS getting my hair crimped, LMAO with Martin Cummins, and laying on the bottom of that cold, wet, gritty barge playing dead from my little wax head wound, and dreaming of a warm bath.  Sigh....it's good to be alive.  Thanks for the memories, Kurt and all of you who write about the Very Important Part I played!

Bad Diabetic!

Ugh.  I don't even want to post about this.  Because I'm that bad.  But maybe someone out there will understand and have some magic healing wisdom type thing to leave as a comment?  Talking about one's diabetes is worse than talking about one's dental work, I swear.  Mind you, if you've been all but ignoring your Type 1 Juvenile Onset Diabetes for the last couple of years.....it just can't be a comfortable topic.

Diabetes (Type 1, 2,whatever you have) is all about management.  It's also about compliance.  In order to run a healthy diabetic body, one needs to test blood sugar 4-8 times per day, either count carbohydrates or portions, and REMEMBER (good lawd) to take insulin or medications in a timely manner, and for many of us, moment to moment, hour to hour, throughout the day.  And exercise regularly.  And examine one's feet daily like a grooming monkey.   And blah blah blah blah.

A healthy diabetic is a REALLY healthy person.  It's like having a full time job.  Luckily, I work freelance and it's rare that I'm full on full time with my 'real' job.  It's just a hell of a lot of work and their truly is no 'vacation' from it,  not one that any of us could afford.  I've managed to balance all of this before during my 34 yrs of insulin. So where did I go wrong?

Well, it was after the second baby.....so tired, so busy, Daddy went on the road,  8 weeks of root canal appointments, a few family tragedies....and I just could not get interested in my blood sugar.  I just wanted to sleep.  Three years later I test begrudgingly, and not often enough. I eat because I am hungry and often can't remember exactly how much I ate as I belatedly estimate the carbs.  I don't exercise nearly enough.  Sigh.  I want to be a good diabetic,  I really do.  I'm just a little Crusty!  Thanks for lettting me vent... Anyone out there who wants to share...you've got the floor!

Seriously Radiant Health to you all this New Year.  In the words of my wise friend K,
Keep it Zen in Twenty-Ten.