It was a bit of a relief to hear that Canadian Stage had needed to cancel on Tues. (and then they did again on Wed. though they probably could have risked it and I don't think it actually did rain). I mean of course I'm sorry that everyone was inconvenienced, but that is always the risk with outdoor theatre. I guess that was really what I was driving at when talking to the jerk at the box office, that it makes more sense to just rip the band-aid off and cancel early rather than having everyone travel out (generally far out of their way) and wait and see about a "game-time decision," and I was simply trying to understand when they were going to make that call. Anyway, because Tues. and Wed. shows were cancelled, I was able to rebook to Thurs. (with a different staffer), which was what I had wanted from the beginning. Obviously, I hope the weather cooperates (and next week as well when I am hoping to see Tiff'ny of Athens in Withrow Park). I had initially imagined taking the TTC over, but it's only a couple of blocks further than the Revue, and there are definitely some advantages to having the bike to get around High Park, so I am now thinking I will bike it and see how that goes.
The additional exercise would be good. I actually am now able to fit in a relaxed cut jeans with 36 inch waist (probably more like a 38+ inch waist in a standard cut), but still some progress, and it means I have a decent pair of jeans I can wear! If I really crack down (and improve my eating habits!), I might squeeze into a size 34 before the summer is over. Something to strive for, I suppose.
A few weeks back I was writing about going down various musical rabbit holes. Well, it has happened again, though I haven't let it completely take over my life. I recently found out that most, but unfortunately not all, jazz recordings on the Venus label are on iTunes. I then had to run down the list of all the various Venus recordings I had tried to pick up in the past (mostly Archie Shepp and Barney Wilen, though there are quite a lot of great Eddie Higgins albums and even one or two by Eric Alexander). Most of them are indeed are on iTunes (and are currently in my queue), but then I was trying to figure out what was missing. It looks like a couple of tracks from Archie Shepp's True Ballads #2 and Lonnie Smith's Afro Blue and a few by Eddie Higgins, including Bewitched and Haunted Heart. Fortunately, Haunted Heart is available at Bandcamp, but the others do not appear to be unfortunately. I was pretty interested in this double album that paired Bewitched and Dear Old Stockholm, but this doesn't appear to be available any longer, even in Japan. And virtually everything by the New York Trio is available except the album Stairway to the Stars. Still, I am trying to focus on having access to the bulk of the Venus catalog, which is quite nice overall.
I'm also missing some bonus tracks from Vee-Jay albums by Eddie Higgins and Benny Green. There does not appear to be any way of tracking these down, which is always a bit upsetting. Maybe they will surface one day, as I believe this material fell out of copyright, at least in Europe.
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