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The Photic Sneeze

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May 28, 2003

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Another casualty of SARS
flaming colon

There's this talented fella named Richard Thompson who comes to Hogtown every once in a while. He comes alone or with his band. He plays acoustic guitar and he plays electric guitar. He does both extremely well. And his songwriting is terrific, nay, stupendous! Okay, you get the idea.

Not enough people in the world know about RT which is too bad because he's a great musician with a dry wit. Those who do know him love him and flock to his concerts with the enthusiasm of those screaming girls who used to follow the Beatles around. Um, okay, not quite like that, but darn near close to it!

RT was to play a little club in Hogtown this week, a solo show to about 300 people. Pigdump's music critic was one of the lucky ones who got a ticket and man she was excited! You see, Mr. Thompson is coming to Hogtown later in the summer, but she was going to miss him because he's playing the same night as another fav, John Hiatt. Go figure those Toronto Bluesfest programming weasels!

Well.

Word came through 24 hours before the concert that RT had cancelled. Because of SARS. What do his handlers think? That he's going to be playing in a quarantined hospital on the outskirts of North York? Puleease! These assholes clowns should have done their research. In fact, the whole world should stop listening to and reading the frickin' SARS panic machine that is the Canadian media.

You have more chance of being mugged and murdered in your hometown of Los Angeles, Mr. Thompson, than you have of getting SARS or meeting someone who might have a distant cousin who was slightly affected by SARS because her aunt worked in Toronto on the 10th floor of a place where the 19th floor was evacuated for possible SARS exposure. If you know what I'm saying!

So, RT, I will be boycotting your July return to Hogtown and will enjoy Mr. Hiatt's show instead. That is all.

Thanks and good luck.

And thanks to my sister for the user of her colon.
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