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Hey folks! PLEASE HELP!!!!! I have to sell tickets to move on in this competition. I am selling tickets for less then the set price of $12 in advance and $15 at the door. I am only asking $10. These tickets are for the Saturday November 22, 2008 Randy River/Supernova concert headlined by Rebel Emergency. The show is at the Barrie Legion. This is an all ages event is likely to be a pretty packed venue. I will also be performing at this show and need to sell a minimum of 17 tickets to move on in the competition. Please, Please help support my music by purchasing the tickets from me instead of someone else. I have a bunch of extra tickets to sell and am flexible in the price if you buy more then four. Email me with with any questions. If you have not seen me rock it out then now is your chance. This will likely be the last show for me this year and I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. If it is anything like my last show then it is bound to be really good. COME ON OUT NEXT SATURDAY AND WATCH ME ROCK IT OUT! PLEASE HELP SUPPORT MY MUSIC BY GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO MOVE ON IN THE COMPETITION. Email me at contactme@kitcairns.com for tickets or just give me a call!!!! Free Jam session in my studio after the show for all those who purchase tickets from me and need a place to crash.

OK so I have been hinting for awhile now that I had a major announcement to share. Well, I’m ready to spill the beans (whatever that is suppose to mean). Do you ever wonder where these little expressions come from? I mean, they have to refer to something and probably came from some weird and unusual human action at some point in history. I guess if I was an English teacher I would probably know the correct term to describe this type of literary reference but I am a science teacher and well we’re not known for our English skills. Anyway, I guess I am ready to let the cat out of the bag? Again, I don’t really know what that is suppose to mean. Who put the cat in the bag and why would you do such a thing? A cat in a bag is not very humane, especially if it was zipped up. I’m a cat lover and if I saw someone let a cat out of a zipped bag I would be pretty distraught. For heaven’s sake, they make cat carriers to transport cats and there would be no need to put a cat in a bag. (And while I’m at it, what the hell does ‘for heaven’s sake’ mean anyway? I am not really a religious person in the traditional sense although I am very spiritual and I do listen almost entirely to Christian Radio Stations in my car and my Grandfather was a Minister but what does ‘for heavens sake mean?’ If heaven is a place how can a place have reference to ‘sake’. I know you can make reference to a person using the word ‘sake’ I mean many people use the phrase: ‘for the sake of our children....’ but ‘for heaven’s sake’ just does not make any sense. The dictionary definition of ‘sake’ reveals that the term is used to please or honour a person. Again, I am not an expert on Religion but I am pretty sure that Heaven is not a person. And as you may have noticed I used the phrase ‘what the hell’ in that last blurb. What in the heck is that suppose to mean. ‘What the hell’ is not even a complete thought or statement. And ‘Hell’ is a place and you would not reference any other place in the world in the same way would you? ‘What the country’ or ‘what the Canada’ certainly does not make any sense so how can ‘what the hell’ make any sense? What can it possibly mean?? Well, according to the dictionary ‘hell’ is place of punishment for the wicked after death also described as a place or state of supreme misery. According to that definition the phrase ‘what the hell’ does not make any sense at all! I am sorry I am going on this little stint but I listen to people talking all day, especially when I am walking through the halls at my school, and I hear them make these phrases and statements and I think to myself how unusual they must sound to someone who would be unfamiliar with the Canadian slang type of communication. Half of the time they probably would not even be able to decipher what someone is taking about. One of the most common phrases I hear in the halls is “that is soooooo gay.” First of all, that is not appropriate ‘in school’ language and really should not be used in the way that it is. The kids use this phrase to describe something that is ‘crappy’ or not good. Kind of like if I assign homework over the weekend, the kids probably think that ‘it sucks’ and may even tell their buddy sitting beside them that it’s ‘sooooo gay to have to have homework for the weekend’ OK, I can understand that it may be unfortunate to have to spend some time on the weekend studying or completing an assignment but it certainly has nothing to do with being gay. The dictionary definition of ‘gay’ actually means the complete opposite. ‘Happy and full of fun’ is what ‘being gay’ actually means unless of course you are referring to the term ‘homosexual’ of which has nothing to do with being happy or sad or fortunate or unfortunate. I just wish people would listen to what they are saying for a change and try to actually make sense of the thoughts they wish to put into words. For somebody who does not speak English it would be next to impossible to understand what today’s young people are actually saying).
All right then, the big news that I have kept secret for so long now is that Laura, Walden, Sister, Blue and Myself are going to be having a new addition to our family. We have told most of our family and friends but I wanted to wait until around the three month mark just in case their were early complications and until we knew what we were going to have. Well we now know beacuse on Thursday we had the ultrasound and although there are no guarantees it looks as though we will be having another boy. Walden will likely be having a little brother to play with. We are very excited about this news. I guess we were kind of hoping we might have a girl but now that we know it’s going to be a boy I think we are a little relieved. It just seems that it will be a lot easier to have two of the same in the sense that they will be able to share clothes and bunkbeds. We were not sure how it was going to work. We thought we might need to dismantle the music studio and move our bedrooms into the upstairs but now we can just put a set of bunk beds in the nursery and everything else will be able to stay the same. When it comes to the point of bunk beds (3-4 years down the road) Laura and I might decide to move our bedroom upstairs.
Because we thought it might be a girl, due mostly to the fact that Laura’s pregnancy has felt much different that the last one, we had really only picked out girl names. Willow was our first choice for a girl along with Dorri-Antha but now that we know it’s a boy we are thinking along the lines of Clifton James Robert Cairns. We are not 100% sure yet but that is where we are at for the now.
The due date was April 1st but I think according to the most recent ultrasound that the date is closer to March 29, 2009. I would be happy with that date because it kind of has some flow to it like April 27, 2007 which is Walden’s birthday. I sure hope Walden will be gentle with the new baby. He has seemed to develop a unique relationship with Blue our cat and he does like to play with his Teddy, Bun Bun and a few dolls that we have. He loves to cuddle and play gently with Blue but then he also likes to chase him around, pull his tail and bite him. I really wonder where he gets that from???? Lol!!
Anyway, Laura is doing quite well although she is exhausted most of the time as am I. Walden has started getting up again in the middle of the night and it is really taking a toll on us both. Finally, things have slowed down a little for me except at work where I am busier then I have ever been in my five years as a teacher. It seems like I am just barely staying a float at work and with report cards and a Tree Top Trekking Outbound adventure happening this coming week I am sure I will be pulling some late nights. I am really looking forward to our vacation over the Christmas holidays where we will be going south to catch some rays and spend some much needed extended family time. Thank you to Lorryn for making this a possibility for us. We sure have been lucky with everyone’s support!! I wanted to take the time to thank my Mom and Dad also for helping us out recently, it was much appreciated and muchly needed.
Well I guess that is it for now!! I do have a lot more to say but I will have to write again later. Remember that Laura and I are having our wedding ceremony on Saturday July 25th, 2009 in Tobermory, Ontario and so all of our family and friends need to keep that date free for next year. We are planing a really fun, adventurous and casual time so please make sure to leave that weekend open as you will need to plan to spend Saturday night in Tobermory in order to experience the whole occasion. I can tell you now it won’t be a typical wedding ceremony so plan to HAVE FUN!!!
In more recent news, I have a gig coming up on November 22, 2008 at the Royal Canadian Legion in Barrie, Ontario. This is going to be a very big gig but it is mostly for the younger generation. I will likely be one of the oldest musicians performing at this event. This will be really good exposure for me and although I am nervous I think it will be a great opportunity for both my music and my music business. There are about eight bands competing in the Supernova, Randy River ‘The Last Cut’ music competition that is currently touring Canada. The headlining band is called Rebel Emergency which is a pretty heavy rock band out of Toronto who is not competing in the event but is basically touring and have a contract with Randy River and Supernova and so well it will be a big event. The funny thing is that I have to sell a minimum of thirty tickets to even stand a chance of moving on to the finals in the competition. The tickets are like $12.00 each so that is highly unlikely. It would be neat if I could sell them to some of my students because this is really more of an event for highschoolers and young bands just starting out but that is totally against policy and just can’t be done. It is an all ages event and I would love to be able to sell the thirty tickets to at least have a chance of moving on. Are there any sponsors out there that would like to purchase some tickets that I can give away for free just so I can have a chance of moving on??? It does not really matter I guess as my main goal for this show is to promote No Boundaries Music Entertainment as an Indie Label looking for business opportunities and young talent wishing to make a demo and swing through the ropes that I have so strategically hung in the right places. Hopefully I will get a few bands who want to make a demo so that I can start to make some money from my newly developed music business. I have just purchased a new computer and my recording, mixing, producing, printing and distributing capabilities have just grown by leaps and bounds???? What is that suppose to mean anyway? Lol.
Well I guess that is it for now, I hope to hear from some of you soon. I am in the process of working on my Live Video DVD that will hopefully be completed before the end of the year. If you have any music video footage of me performing please send an email to contactme@kitcairns.com and let me know when and where the footage was from and I may consider using it in my Live Music DVD. On a downer note, I am no longer heading to LA in Novemeber as I had hoped. Although the momentum has been good, it’s not financially possible for me right now to attend this years Taxi Road Rally. I really need to find a sponsor that can help me continue to move forward with my music, as it has just gotten sooooo costly. Hopefully my business will start to take off soon. Check out the contact me section on my website too read all about No Boundaries Music Entertainment. Bye for now, drop me a line in my guestbook at www.kitcairns.com. It means so much to go back and read the entries from time to time.
Thanks
KIT

I was also at this concert. What a different vibe. Very classy crowd and sort of posh. No one even stood up and barely anybody went up front for the encore. It was a very quiet crowd and they seemed a little stiff. I was in row 5 for this one but I waited untill about the third song and decided to move to the front row where there were two empty seets. The guy that I sat beside was not friendly and decided he was going to 'tell' on me for 'sneaking up.' I tried to explain how I waited for awhile to see if the owners of the seats were going to show up. He said he bought all three tickets and was some radio station guy and paid big bucks, blah, blah, blah. Whatever!!! I went back to my seat as to not interupt alanis anymore but not before dropping off my demo on the stage. I hope alanis gets my demo. I wont be seeing her for awhile now I am sure. Anyway, I must say this concert was quite a different experience. Very nice venue. The National Arts Center is very fancy. So here is the review. I warn you this was the worst of the three concert reviews I have posted. Not much media support for Alanis these days. UPDATE: I found a review by the Ottawa Citizen and have poisted that one first cause it is really good!! Here it is


Enough about them, the Hollywood ex and his new squeeze. Sunday night at the National Arts Centre was a chance to reacquaint ourselves with the real Alanis Morissette, rock star, Ottawa gal and the queen of the emotional rollercoaster.

After the sun set on a sunny Thanksgiving Day, the Grammy-winning, zillion-selling artist wasted no time demonstrating her rock-star chops in front of a hometown audience. First, her disembodied voice came through the speakers, and when she finally strode purposefully on stage, one arm raised in greeting, her nimble band was fully cranked.

In a haze of purple lights, the song Univited unfolded with a Zep-like display of majesty; hard on its heels was the equally heavy Versions of Violence, one of the few songs on Morissette's latest disc, Flavors of Entanglement, not directly associated with a break-up.


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Alanis Morissette and her band in concert in Southam Hall at the NAC in Ottawa, October 12, 2008.
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Font:****As the guitars blazed, bass thundered and drums rolled, Morissette carried an air of rock 'n' roll elegance, sporting an outfit that featured tall boots and something dark and sparkly on top. Her long brown hair trailed to her elbows, and neatly trimmed bangs framed her smiling face.

Although she said few words to the audience, the 34-year-old looked to be at ease with her place in the music-industry food chain, no longer stadium material but happy to be connecting with a couple thousand fans each night along the tour. She thanked the crowd, introduced the band members and slipped in a few hometown references.

"I'd like to dedicate this to all Ottawa girls," she said with a smile, because the song in question was the not-entirely-flattering Everything, "and all the people who love them."

The emotional peak of the well-paced concert was Flinch, the stark confessional from Flavors, in which our heroine's voice appeared to tear a vein and let the guts spill. Morissette's voice oozed with such pain and heartache that even Scarlett would shed a tear.

From there, the recovery process clicked into gear with the mystical beat of Moratorium. Her voice as sweet as honey, Morissette began the song with her hands clasped at her neck. As the band rocked, her body language followed, jumping, twirling, spinning around and around until everyone on stage ended up playing Morissette's 1995 breakthrough hit, You Oughta Know. The crowd leaped to its feet, and went nuts as Morissette snarled the lyrics, making no effort to blur the f-word.

By the time Alanis wailed out Tapes, a creepy-crawly song from the new disc, she could do no wrong in the eyes of the audience. Their spirit became even more generous with the sit-down segment of the concert. Morissette perched on a stool, and the rest of the band, in chairs, formed a tight circle around her, a seating arrangement that pulled in the audience, too. It was Alanis' job not to cave to the love-in.

She succeeded. Her laidback demeanour made everyone comfortable, and as the band settled into a hot campfire jam, we were one big happy family, singing along to some of the biggest hits of the 90s, the likes of One Hand In My Pocket, You Learn and Ironic. The playing was terrific, though it would have been nice to hear a bit more from Morissette between songs, maybe a joke or anecdote about growing up in Ottawa.

For opening act Alexi Murdoch, who's from Scotland, it was his first visit to Ottawa. The young, scruffy singer-songwriter bore a musical resemblance to Ottawa son Bruce Cockburn, with the same oaky drone of a voice and a similar resonance to his guitar sound. The effect was hypnotic. Unfortunately, on top of a big turkey dinner, it seemed to come with a built-in snooze factor.



OTTAWA SUN ARTICLE REVIEW OCTOBER 13, 2008

Being Thanksgiving, it made perfect sense that Alanis Morissette should throw a gig at the National Arts Centre last night.
Thanksgiving, after all, is a holiday you go home for, and for Ottawa's favourite daughter, this homecoming was a long time coming, given the recent emotional turbulence of her personal life, including her split from fiance Ryan Reynolds and the death of her grandmother.
POSITIVE ZEN
But for the spiritually voracious Morissette, all events, even bad ones, have a certain positive zen about them, and as she's proven in the past with Jagged Little Pill -- an album that featured the breakup song You Oughta Know and sold nearly 30 million copies -- the 34-year-old songwriter can turn salt into something very sweet indeed.
In fact, as breakup albums go, Flavors of Entanglement begs comparison to the all-time classic heartbreak album, Joni Mitchell's Blue.
Last night's show, however, didn't live up to the hype.
The concert began with Morissette's band of five men playing in the dark strobe lighting while Morissette's prerecorded vocals played over the speakers.
Ironically, that was the only time that Morissette's vocals were not buried below the band in the sound mix.

Unlike Mitchell's odes to grief, Morissette's songs show she is also comfortable with a little rage. And so the night went, heartbreaking ballads countered by post-industrial rock.
After that short intro, Morissette stomped out on stage, looking sullen in black but still attacking her microphone with ear-ringing vocal power on The Couch and Uninvited.
Yet, all the while, Morissette looked out of sorts and vaguely uncomfortable, as if she was singing a sexy song in front of her family. On the sweet, single-piano ballads such as Not As We, she stood quietly in a half-embrace and sang with strong heartfelt emotion.
Then, with a flick of her long black hair, she threw herself into heavy industrial rockers such as Versions of Violence, Flinch, Moratorium, Hand In Pocket, Citizen of the Planet and You Oughta Know, jumping spasmodically as if doing cathartic calisthenics.
Morissette is not the most polished or rhythmic physical presence I've seen, and I found all of her physical antics distracting.
But there aren't many singers around who can turn up the vocals the way she can.
HALF-HEARTED
Alas, horrible sound issues rendered much of Morissette's energetic performance moot.
After all, if you can't hear her, what's the point?
The acoustic dead zone picked up marginally after Morissette and her band formed a song circle to play Ironic for her encore.
In the end, I thought it was a terribly uneven concert, only half-hearted, as if she was keeping the best part of her show for later.
All the elements were there for a successful performance. Her band was terrific and the hall was full.
Yet for some reason, it all kind of fell apart.
But Ottawa still loves Alanis Morissette.
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Alanis Morissette
NAC
Sun Rating: 2 1/2 out of 5




ANOTHER ARTICLE BY LYNN SAXBERG - OTTAWA CITIZEN OCTOBER 6th, 2008

One would understand if Alanis Morissette felt a tad insecure about facing the world on her extensive North American tour. This is her first headlining excursion since her break-up with actor Ryan Reynolds, a split that inspired many of the songs on her latest disc, Flavors of Entanglement. As celebrity gossip goes, what made it even more juicy was the speed at which Reynolds moved on, to none other than Hollywood babe Scarlett Johannson. They were married last week.

While Alanis never names names in either songs or interviews, fans know she writes openly about her relationships and are tickled to assume that songs like Moratorium, Not As We and the venom-filled Straitjacket have a connection to one of Hollywood's hottest couples.

But it must be noted that the wound is not fresh. Morissette's breakup happened two years ago, the songs were written and recorded last year and the Ottawa-born rock superstar is not one to waste her life moping. During a recent conference call interview, there was no hint of lingering heartache. It sounded like she has kept herself busy.


Alanis Morissette performs in Washington, D.C., an early stop in the North Americn tour that brings her to Ottawa's National Arts Centre Oct. 12.

The first half of the year was spent preparing for the disc's release. A band was assembled, and Morissette made sure they were roadworthy by taking them on a spring tour as the opening act for matchbox 20. After the album came out in June, there was a summer of television appearances and select concert dates.

No matter what the scrutiny entails, by the way, Flavors of Entanglement stands up as an excellent album, sure to be included on a few year-end lists. The first single, the bittersweet, breezy Underneath, was one of the summer's most ubiquitous songs, a lilting staple on top-40 radio stations. The next single is the quiet, vulnerable Not As We, a poetic number about starting over.

As you will recall, it's not the first time fans have played name-the-dude in an Alanis song. The identity of the ex-lover in her 1995 breakthrough hit, You Oughta Know, is still the subject of speculation, despite comedian Dave Coulier's recent comments about recognizing himself in the song. He dated Alanis in 1993.

When asked about Coulier's assumption, Morissette reiterated her policy.

"Well, I've never talked about who my songs were about and I won't because when I write them, they're written for the sake of personal expression," she says. "So with all due respect to whomever may see themselves in my songs, and it happens all the time, I never really comment on it because I write these songs for myself. I don't write them for other people."

The fall tour started in Charlottesville, Virginia, last month and ends in Oakland, California, on Nov. 17. Along the way are stops in five Canadian cities, including hometown Ottawa on Oct. 12.

It's her first big tour in years, and Morissette felt it called for a renewed perspective and a fresh round of rehearsals.

"I wanted to start from scratch and throw the entire setlist out and start over, because ... I don't like to repeat myself," she said in a pre-tour interview. "During rehearsals, there's a lot of heavy lifting but (it's) really worth it for me, because now I'm teeming with excitement and that helps for me.

"It is, I think, hands down, my favourite setlist, a combination of wonderful self-indulgence that keeps me and everyone on stage really happy, and then the songs that I want to make sure that I communicate with people because it will be like a familiar kind of home to some people."

In addition to the heavy lifting required to fine-tune the band is the necessity for Morissette to be at the top of her game on tour. She says it's a far more "physical" setlist, and she has been running and bicycling to train.

Physically, that was a bit more difficult this time, as Morissette was recovering from a bum heel that had sidelined her from her usual workout routine.

"I was kind of disabled in a way, so I couldn't work out for about almost eight months, and that was torture for me because that's how I get a lot of things out of my system," she said. "My heel is kind of back in action, still in pain, but I can operate, so I'm very happy to be back in the saddle in that way."

Morissette's last concert in Ottawa was an NAC appearance in 2004, though she did pop in to sing the national anthem at a Senators game during the 2007 playoffs. After the death of her grandmother last year, "I've been staying away from Ottawa a little bit out of fear of the immense grief that I would be reminded of, so this will be my way of coming back through music."

She says she was determined to return this time. "My touring agent and I and my manager talked at great length trying to figure out logistically how to make it happen, and I wouldn't stop until we did, so I'm excited," Morissette said. "We're playing a lot of Canadian dates this time around, so I'm really excited to get back home."

Alanis Morissette plays the National Arts Centre Oct. 12. Tickets & times:

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I was at this concert and of the three shows I went too I much prefered this concert. I had front row and managed to get back stage after the show. I also FINALLY got two alanis autographs but still did not get to meet her (her tour manager got my items signed for me). What a bummer!! Anyway this review does not do justice but I thought I would post it anyway. Check out my facebook for tons of alanis photos from all three concerts. Here is the review from the local hamilton newspaper.


On the surface of her songs, Alanis Morissette projects herself as somebody lost in self-contemplation, wracked with inner turmoil and, frankly, flying off the rails.
In concert, however, the Ottawa-born singer songwriter certainly is in complete control, a master of the elements. On Saturday night, Morissette took the near-capacity crowd at Hamilton Place on an emotional roller coaster, plunging her adoring fans into an abyss of despair -- bitter, angry and helpless -- before lifting them back into the driver's seat, self confident and ready to take on the world. Morissette's 1995 blockbuster Jagged Little Pill helped a generation of young women survive the agony of adolescence and brutality of unbridled love.
The album and its unplugged followup still sell well, counting sales of well over 30 million and picking up a new generation of fans facing the same growing pains in life as their mothers.
Back in the Jagged days, Morissette was barely out of her teens herself. On Saturday, Morissette, at the age of 34, let her fans know the trials never really stop and perseverance always pays off.
Mixing songs from the classic Jagged Little Pill with her most recent CD, Flavors Of Entanglement and, to a lesser extent, 1998's Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, presented a cohesive psycho-drama of songs, wringing out hyper-emotion into a cup from which her fans drank deeply. With a high-grade four-piece rock band backing her up, Morissette opened in command with Univited and then stated her needs with All I Really Want, before the uncomfortable self-analysis of The Couch and Not The Doctor.
Not As We, chronicling her recent breakup with former fiance, actor Ryan Reynolds, ached with insecurity and Head Over Feet gave way to surrender.
At the halfway point, Morissette brought us to the bottom, spinning out into the Indo-electric psychedelic nightmare of Sympathetic Character. It's a horrifying song of near-suicidal devotion. With her arms outstretched, Morissette performed her dervish dance, using the strobe lights to full effect, only to retreat at the song's climax to a crouched fetal position.
She found new power in the get-back-at-you singalong of You Ought To Know, perhaps the angriest pop song ever written. The crowd was eating it up as she tossed out lyrical barbs at every guy who has ever betrayed a woman.
Life is not all bad, however. For the final acoustic set Morissette sat centre stage, legs crossed, smiling and self-confident to sing the feel-good anthem One Hand In My Pocket, eventually spilling into the opening encore of You Learn.
It just goes to show how ironic life can be -- how everything can seem so bad, but be so good. And, yes, she did include Ironic in the encore.
grockingham@thespec.com
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To be a singer who's commercially and often critically successful is a rare feat, but to say that when you're only 34 years old would put you in extremely select company.

And sure, she might want to forget that Too Hot phase which put her on the map, but singer Alanis Morissette has crafted a lot of strong albums based on an array of different musical flavours.

It's that same flavouring which the singer, touring behind her new studio album Flavors of Entanglement, brought to the stage last night at Massey Hall.

But it appeared as if she really had to catch a plane or was in some rush to finish.

Following an introduction which had the band onstage but Morissette's voice recorded, the singer, dressed in tight fitting jeans and a purple top, started the proceedings with Uninvited, a track containing plenty of drama and weight in its lyrics.

She also began the first of many dances when not singing, head-banging like she was listening to Pantera with her waist-length hair swinging round and round.

From there, she began slowly but surely dipping into the new material such as the decent Versions of Violence. However this paled compared to Tapes which was performed near the homestretch, a gentle, quasi-power ballad track with Morissette belting out the closing lines.

It was at this point though that things seemed to be overtly sped up. After completing her vocals, the five-piece band fleshed out the song as several roadies began constructing a smaller, "unplugged" acoustic setup in front of them. Often done after a song's conclusion, team Morissette decided to get it done as soon as possible.

Regardless of how seamless and smooth the 90-minute show was, Morissette, pacing the stage constantly and occasionally holding out her microphone to the near capacity audience, shone on the punchy All I Really Want from her mega-selling album Jagged Little Pill and on the catchy, mid-tempo Not the Doctor.

The song that came off the best, aside from her warhorses that have taken her around the world, was Sympathetic Character. Despite starting like it was going to fall flat, Morissette and crew slowly built the tune up as she once again danced on the spot.

As for the one which might have been best avoided, the aptly titled Moratorium with its somewhat airy feel went nowhere quickly. In fact, a moratorium should be placed on the song for future gigs.

After a rather stilted few moments to You Oughta Know, Morissette managed to still infuse a lot of bite into the song. The same was also true for the encore when You Learn and Thank U brought many fans finally out of their seats.

But a short acoustic segment which wrapped up the main set seemed oddly placed given the power of the tunes performed. Hand in My Pocket came off as a slow, country affair while So Pure, a song which talks about loving watching people dance, had the singer content to shake a leg from the comforts of her stool.

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ALANIS MORISSETTE

Massey Hall

Last night

Sun Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Hello everyone!! I just thought I would send out an update as to what’s been going on in “My World” the last little while. I have been so extremely busy lately so I have lots of interesting things to mention. First of all, I had two really great gigs this past weekend and wanted to thank Kenzington Deli and Bar for letting me perform at their venue on Friday night. I am thankful they were able to squeeze me in irregardless of the Barrie New Music Fest cancellations. Hopefully now that Brandon has heard me play he will hire me back as an opener again sometime soon. I would also like to thank Tiffs Restaurant and Bar for allowing me to gig there on Saturday night as part of The Barrie New Music Fest.
The Friday show was OK but was nothing compared to the Saturday night NMF show. On Friday at Kenzington I must admit I was a little surprised by the lack of attendees. This was probably mostly due to the fact that the Barrie Examiner had advertised the gig beginning at 10:00PM for two weeks in their events section and then it got changed the night before. It could have also been due to the fact that they were like the only venue not associated with the Festival going on and I am sure lots of people were at other venues enjoying the First Annual Barrie New Music Festival. However, I had a good sized group come into to the venue to catch the last fifteen minutes or so of my show and it really made me warm to see some familiar faces. Thank you to the baseball team, Linda, Jessie, Lorryn, Walden and Laura for coming out and supporting my show.
On Saturday night at Tiffs I honestly felt like it might have been one of my best gigs ever. I was pumped to be there, was so comfortable, there were plenty of people there, it was being filmed by professionals, and all of this was great fuel for my energy resulting in a very rockn’ show. There were only a handful of people I knew but the place was pretty packed with lots of newbies and the crowd reaction proved to be positive and just fuelled my energy even more. It’s funny because during my first song I broke a string and had to take a one-minute-thirty second break to change the string. My next 10 songs were rocking and performed with great confidence, energy and accuracy. I witnessed many feet tapping and good crowd response at the end of each song. However, during my second last song I broke another string, this time it was my B string but it did not matter because my last song was going to be ‘Go Away’ and I don’t use that string for the song anyway. My last song turned out to be absolutely wicked and I wanted to thank John and Family, Doreen and Laura for supporting my music and coming to watch me play. It was good to meet your wife John and I hope we can go biking someday soon. What a show!! It was also very exciting to meet some of the other musicians and thanks to the dude who bought me a drink during my set. I met some really neat people and for a night the world seemed like such a small place. Anyway, look for some awesome video and pictures (Myspace, Youtube, Facebook, Supernova, CBC, etcetera) from these two awesome gigs. I wanted to also thank Doreen the promoter for the Barrie New Music fest for all the last minute bookings in getting me into the festival. I hope I have a guaranteed spot for next year’s festival. This is also a good time to remind people of my next gig at the Barrie Royal Canadian Legion on November 22, 2008 as a competitor in the Supernova / Randy River Last Cut 2008 music competition headlined by Rebel Emergency. PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND HELP ME MOVE ONTO THE NATIONAL FINALS BY COMING OUT TO THIS IMPORTANT GIG!!

Oh ya!! You might have heard that I played my first ever cover song at Friday’s gig. Well you heard right. I sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Laura as it was her birthday and I just couldn’t resist trying to make her feel special and share some of the light. We had a cute little family birthday party before the evening started and it was great to have Lorryn join us. I hope you had a perfect day Laura and enjoy your gifts for years to follow.

Stay tuned for some Alanis Morissete Concert Reviews in My Next Blog!!

Hey everyone here is some important news! Pleae note that there is a schedule change with reagrd to the Barrie New Music Fest itinerary for this weekend which has affected Kit's performance schedule. As of yesterday the promoter for the Barrie New Music Fest was informed that Kenzington Deli and Bar was pulling out of the festival. There were eight musicians/bands scheduled to perform at this venue over the next three days as part of the festival. One of these performers was Kit Cairns. Due to the short notice and large scale of this new music fest there was not another venue in Barrie available to host these eight musicians/bands which meant that the corresponding concerts would all be cancelled. No Boundaries Music Entertainment had put in a lot of effort into promoting this event for Kit Cairns, including, flyers, posters, newspaper articles radio etcetera and had received word that there was a fair number of people attending this Friday night show so Noboundaries Music Entertainment took it upon themselves to contact the venue and discuss this issue personally with the venu manager/owner. To make a long story short Kit Cairns will still be performing on Friday at the Kenzington Deli and Bar downtown but not as part of the Barrie New Music Fest and not at 10:00PM. The venue had already scheduled a new band in to replace the four other bands scheduled for that night. Kit Cairns will now be performing at 8:30 as the opening act for the band and much thanks goes out to the staff of Kenzington for allowing Kit to still perform his highly anticipated show. Kit will be performing from 8:30 untill 10:00PM on Friday night October 3rd at Kenzington Deli and Bar - 40 Dunlop Street West Downtown Barrie Ontario.

Guess what happened next........The promoter from the Barrie New Music Fest notified Kit that she had found him a replacement spot for the festival. Kit will now be performing at Tiffs Restaurant and Bar which is located at 130 Dunlop Street East downtown Barrie, Ontario on Saturday night at 8:00PM untill 9:00PM. This was one of the other venues associated with the festival and was willing to accomodate some of the displacements as a result of the sudden and unfortunate last minute changes. To make another long story short Kit Cairns is still part of the 1st Annual Barrie New Music Fest just at a different venue and a different time. Thank you to the promoter and Tiffs. check out www.newmusicfest.ca for the complete list of changes, times and info.

No Boundaries Music Entertainment is also very excited to announce that Kit Cairns will be competing in the Randy River Last Cut 2008 cross Canada music competition at the Barrie Royal Canadian Legion on November 22, 2008. Rebel Emergency is headlining this event and it is hosted by Supernova.com. Tickets are $12.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door. There will be one winner from each city along with one wild card who will then move on to the city/national finals. Tons of really cool prizes and promotion as part of this event. This will also be Kit Cairns' second music competition of the year.

That is it for now folks. Kit hopes you will join him this weekend for some rock'n electric acoustic original music. Kit will be performing songs off of both of his independent CD releases "This Is Me" and "My World." Kit will also be breaking the rules as he will be perming his first ever cover song at Friday's show. Come on out to see which one it will be!!!

Cheers!!

No Boundaries Music Entertainment

Just confirmed: Kit Cairns is performing as part of the 1st Annual Barrie New Music Fest. Kit's gig is at 10:00PM Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at Kenzington Deli and Bar downtown Barrie (40 Dunlop St.). Kit is one of 75 artists to be performing this event while there were over 300 submissions: See details below:

FESTIVAL

The Barrie New Music Fest is a three-day live music-venue festival in Barrie ON, scheduled for October 2, 3, and 4, 2008. The festival will feature over 50 live artists performing a series of concerts/showcases at Barrie's finest live music venues.

One wristband will get you into all participating New Music Fest showcases!

Participating venues include:
- The Foundation Night Club (34 Dunlop St. East, Barrie)
- The Last Class - Georgian College (1 Georgian Dr, Barrie)
- Tiff's Restaurant & Bar (130 Dunlop St. East, Barrie)
- Kenzington Deli & Bar (40 Dunlop St. East, Barrie)
- Dine-esty Restaurant Lounge (28 Dunlop St. East, Barrie)
- Fitzy's Crabshack (143 Dunlop St. East, Barrie)
- Second Cup (74 Dunlop St. East, Barrie)

MUSIC WORKSHOPS

The festival will also include music industry panels on Saturday, October 4th at the Travelodge (300 Bayfield St. Barrie, ON).

Panel topics will include:
- New Music Marketing
- New Record Industry Trends



For more information please visit: www.newmusicfest.ca


Associated Charity

A portion of the proceeds are going to the ‘Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund’, a bold non-profit initiative, designed to integrate, educate, celebrate and promote all facets of music therapy in Canada. Music Therapy is a method of treatment which uses music to help people cope more effectively with their lives and their challenges. Music therapists can encourage non-speaking children to communicate, youngsters who are emotionally upset to trust and people in hospices to find some respite from their loneliness and pain. Elderly men and women eagerly respond to music in their lives. "Music can heal. It can do more than that. It can throw a lifeline to kids who can't be reached in any other way" Paul McCartney.

Hello local friends and family. This ones for you! I am very pleased to announce that I will be performing a set at Collingwood's Great Northern Exhibition (GNE). This is a major fair with tons of great stuff to do besides music. Lots of agricultural exhibits, rides, games, food, and entertainments. I may even be entering some vegetable growing contests if all goes well with the zuccini's between now and then. I will be playing the Songwriters stage on Saturday September 20th, 2008 at 12:30 PM (thank you to Samantha Jones for the second chance and great opportunity. Your awesome and independent musicians like myself appreciate all of your hard work and volunteering). In the past the songwriters stage was near the food concessions and due to the fact that my set is over the lunch hour I am hoping there will be a fair number of new spectators. I am planing to play about 7 songs or so. I was able to get a spot only at the last minute so althought it will be short I will try to make sure it is still very sweet. Laura, Walden and I are going to make a day of it so let us know if you are going to be at the GNE also and maybe we can meet up for a visit.
On another note, if you have a facebook account please add my musicians account. Rare music and videos are available now. Just search my name and add the music account to help grow my music. Hope all is well with everyone and the new school year has started off smooth. I look forward to some family visits over the harvest season. Stay tuned for some wicked announcements comming soon!!
Cheers
KIT

Hey everyone I am pleased to announce I will be partaking in a little live stage action at Shipwrecks bistro tonight in Tobermory, Ontario around 8:00PM. This is pirate night with an open stage hosted by Trent Welsh and I hope to play atleast 9 songs. Hope you come out and enjoy the show. I am not able to get out and play much these days so I am excited about tonights gig. Stay tuned for some major announcements comming soon!
Peace