Lorne Elliott

Amanda and I went to see Lorne Elliott's live show tonight, and it was amazing. My parents (particularly my dad) got me onto Lorne's stuff around the time they went to see him live a half-dozen years back, and I still laugh at some of his older songs like "The New National Anthem" and "We're Gonna Get Granny Plastered".

So when Amanda and I were at the live theatre a few weekends ago, I happened to see the ad for Lorne's then-upcoming show and got excited. I convinced Amanda to accompany me (aided by the hilarity of the above songs), and bought the tickets during my lunch break two weeks ago.

The show started at 7:30, ended at 10:00, and the wasn't a single bit of bad material the whole evening. Lorne even managed a joke about all the guitar tuning he had to perform mid-set. So to Lorne, thanks for the amazing show in Grande Prairie, and come back soon!

To everyone else, nyahhhhhhhhhh! I got to see Lorne Elliott live tonight and you didn't! :-P

At the Thee-a-tah

Amanda and I went to the Grande Prairie Live Theatre tonight. The show was really good, though the first half hour was a little slow. The show was very British, which makes sense because it was set in London, but the style of humour was also from that area of the world. Lots of madcap hijinks, and a few very good performances by the actors.

While there, we saw something that got me really excited. Lorne Elliott will be performing at the theatre in a week and a half! For anyone who doesn't know, Lorne is a Canadian musician/comedian who sings the funniest song about Canada ever written. It includes a line that states "If you're Canadian, you're from... Canadia." Anyway, Amanda and I will be trying to get tickets for his show. It should be great!