Borden House does Free Concerts!
FRIDAY, JUNE 23rdThis weekend, Gord "One Encore" Downie and his Tragically Hip rocked historic Fort York in the shadow of the Gardner Expressway. Fans of all ages poured into the fort asking themselves "Will he play Ahead by a Century?" But I ask you, where were the real fans? The few, the proud, the cheap...
That's right, in the free-seats. Just outside the fences held together by twist-ties, our heroes made their stand, rockin' to the aryan twang and kabitzing with security guards. It was a similar scene the next day...
SATURDAY, JUNE 24th
The Borden House Concert Series continues, as Borden House does The Islands! Feist, Bloc Party, and Broken Social Scene as enjoyed from across the river on Centre Island. A $50 value for the price of a $6 ferry ticket. As the random fellow with his LCBO bag full of Pabst Blue Ribbon beside us points out: "Yeah, it's cheaper AND you get free beer!" I'm sure he meant you can bring your own, but who was I to tell him otherwise.
In amoungst all the mind blowing performances and thrill of virtual piracy, this reporter learned one thing...people at concerts can get very desperate for a place to urinate. And when they do, it's our job as reporters to take pictures of them from across the water and shout things like "I C.U.P.!!"
Why? Because, my friend, they'd do it to you...
posted by n8 at
12:23 PM
4 Comments:
why do we look so serious in the first pic?! i'm scared.
i believe we had the best seats in the house (or field, if you will) on centre island... just replace seeing bands, with seeing people pee in the bushes.
10:21 PM
that first picture looks like a promo shot for some wannabe indie band.
I think I hear our future calling.
9:16 AM
Deleted comment? This gives me an idea...
This SUMMER! The Borden House Blog shows you the comments you didn't see! These comments were too hot to show you here, now they can be yours in this Notepad document onto which I carefully cut and pasted them! If you like it hot, which some do, this is a must have!
1:59 PM
I just deleted a bunch of pictures of black and nothingness, which after the buzz died down, I can only assume were pictures of strangers stealing a moment from the concert to relieve themselves, facing bushes and a river with strangers on the other bank, perched on a rock jetty, snapping images in the dark of frustrated people, simply looking for relief, finding flashes and laughture instead.
And they would do it to me in a heartbeat,
As I did it to them that night...
11:44 PM
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