Comments on: Working On The Commission, Hotel Patricia Receives a Visit, and The “Alien Fifth Column” http://jamesdanderfer.com/2009/12/east-hastings-visit/ jazz musician James Danderfer recordings, images, and media Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:51:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: John Doheny http://jamesdanderfer.com/2009/12/east-hastings-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-68 John Doheny Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:48:16 +0000 http://jamesdanderfer.com/?p=447#comment-68 When I brought my New Orleans band up to play jazzfest in Vancouver in 2008, we were put up at the Landmark on Robson, and the guys (who with one exception, had never visited Vancouver before) were amazed (and slightly weirded out) at the squeaky-clean post-modern multi-cultural cleanliness of it all. (as one remarked "wow! It looks like everything was just uncrated the day before we got here"). The gig, however, was at the Ironworks. Great venue, but sketchy neighborhood. As we cruised past Hastings and Main, everybody remarked that we were now leaving the alternative universe of Pomo Vancouver and entering something that looked at bit more familiar. They were pretty surprised when I told them what the annual murder rate was though. New Orleans clocks that many about every two months, and with half the population. Must be the gun laws. Too much work killing someone by beating them to death with a bottle of maple syrup.:-P BTW, I played the Patricia a couple of times back in the early 80s with a western swing band. What I remember most is the smell; disinfectant, vomit and hair tonic. When I brought my New Orleans band up to play jazzfest in Vancouver in 2008, we were put up at the Landmark on Robson, and the guys (who with one exception, had never visited Vancouver before) were amazed (and slightly weirded out) at the squeaky-clean post-modern multi-cultural cleanliness of it all. (as one remarked “wow! It looks like everything was just uncrated the day before we got here”).

The gig, however, was at the Ironworks. Great venue, but sketchy neighborhood. As we cruised past Hastings and Main, everybody remarked that we were now leaving the alternative universe of Pomo Vancouver and entering something that looked at bit more familiar.

They were pretty surprised when I told them what the annual murder rate was though. New Orleans clocks that many about every two months, and with half the population. Must be the gun laws.

Too much work killing someone by beating them to death with a bottle of maple syrup.:-P

BTW, I played the Patricia a couple of times back in the early 80s with a western swing band. What I remember most is the smell; disinfectant, vomit and hair tonic.

]]> By: james http://jamesdanderfer.com/2009/12/east-hastings-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-61 james Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:51:44 +0000 http://jamesdanderfer.com/?p=447#comment-61 Hey! At least I slowed down, didn't I? What do you expect from us Kerrisdale boys? That's a loooong ways from home, you dig? Hey! At least I slowed down, didn’t I? What do you expect from us Kerrisdale boys? That’s a loooong ways from home, you dig?

]]> By: Steve http://jamesdanderfer.com/2009/12/east-hastings-visit/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Steve Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:58:15 +0000 http://jamesdanderfer.com/?p=447#comment-60 And I notice that that photo was taken out of a moving car! Didn't want to get out and walk on the sidewalk? And I notice that that photo was taken out of a moving car! Didn’t want to get out and walk on the sidewalk?

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