As you may or may not recall, the NXNE event I was looking forward to the most was seeing Julie Doiron perform at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern. Well, let me tell you, that day was working very hard against me. I was having some accommodation issues so I was lugging around all of my equipment with me in a backpack. It then proceeded to totally down pour — thunder and lighting and cats and dogs and all that.
So here’s me, running in 6 inches of water from venue to venue in flip flops with a bag full of electronics while the rain just absolutely pours down on me. Doug got absolutely stopped up by the rain on his way into Toronto, so I was trying to hit as many venues I could and check out as many bands that night as I could. Around 10:45pm I decided to make a run for it (in what seemed to be the heaviest part of the down pour) from the Velvet Underground down the street to The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern.
Finally made it to the Horseshoe at 11pm on the nose only to find the place completely packed! I managed to find a place to stand about eight rows back which completely sucks for my poor lil’ five-foot-nothing self. Finally, a very nice gentleman sitting behind me saw me struggling to see and offered me his chair to stand on! It was great, albeit dangerous with all kinds of people dancing and drinking at my feet. But at least I got to see Julie — and man, did she put on a fantastic show! She played all the songs I wanted to hear and visually totally rocked out. I’m so glad I finally got to see this talented lady perform!
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