Comments on The Burd Report: Just a quick note to all

I was using "Mr." in the obnoxious sense...

2010-03-13T19:41:11.745-05:00

I was using "Mr." in the obnoxious sense.

My apologies, anonymous. I did not take the time t...

2010-03-13T17:12:30.409-05:00

My apologies, anonymous. I did not take the time to look at the sequence of posts. I'll be more careful in the future. As an aside, and even though the question of ballot box stuffing was not directed at me, I'll answer anyway: No, I think ballot box stuffing on any level is reprehensible and would not condone it in any way -even to promote an event I might happen to favour.

My thanks for your temperate comment.

The response to which you refer, Merklin, was aime...

2010-03-13T16:10:45.254-05:00

The response to which you refer, Merklin, was aimed at Martin, not you. Your post got wedged in between.

And to you Martin, you make a rather huge assumption in addressing 'anonymous' as Mr., and it is quite surprising at that.

I would have thought that any reasonably intellige...

2010-03-12T21:33:00.301-05:00

I would have thought that any reasonably intelligent reader of the post just north of your query might -ahem- reasonably conclude the answer to your question might be No.

It seems I'm wrong in that assumption.

Therefore, simply put, my answer to your question is No.

Now that the final result has been announced (Shel...

2010-03-12T20:12:24.966-05:00

Now that the final result has been announced (Shelter Valley lost to the Evolve festival in Antigonish N.S.) I must say that I agree with Mr. Anonymous -- those bastard coasters stuffed the ballot box!

P.S. I very much look forward to seeing Merklin (and maybe Mr. Anonymous) at this year's Shelter Valley Folk Festival, where everybody gets along with everybody. Weekend passes go on sale at a great discount on May 1.

And the Van Isle event is on my list of things to do before I die.

then, do you condone ballot-box stuffing, and acce...

2010-03-12T14:53:54.789-05:00

then, do you condone ballot-box stuffing, and accept that there is a meaningful result to be derived from such a voting method?

I certainly don't mean to take anything away f...

2010-03-12T11:48:14.101-05:00

I certainly don't mean to take anything away from The Shelter Valley MusicFest but last July I drove out to Courtney/Comox for the Vancouver Island Music Festival and was so floored by the experience I'm going again this year. Again, I'll be ensconced in a cabin on Forbidden Plateau hard by the banks of the raging Tsolem River where a wary eye for the cougars is well advised. Arlo Guthrie did not do Alice's Restaurant Masacree but made up for it with City Of New Orleans and how he came to meet Steve Goodman. Steven Page did the Main Stage with Kevin Fox on cello. And he did all kinds of workshops too with the likes of Los Lobos, Red Stick Ramblers, Del McCoury and his sons, Jane Bunnett, Leon Bibb and on and on. But I really went to see Jennifer Warnes who closed the show on Sunday night. Great Vancouver Island Brewery draught, dope everywhere and the whole thing policed by just two RCMP in casual uniform.

VanIsleFest is so big any comparisons to Shelter Valley are, obviously, unfair. It also isn't fair of me to even attempt comparison, let alone vote, because I haven't 'done' Shelter Valley. Yet. And that's an oversight I intend to correct this summer.

With multiple anonymous comments possible, how is ...

2010-03-11T09:24:39.004-05:00

With multiple anonymous comments possible, how is it a credible indication of meaningful thought?

with multiple votes, how is it a credible indicati...

2010-03-10T14:35:13.537-05:00

with multiple votes, how is it a credible indication of anything meaningful?

It's important to note that this competition i...

2010-03-09T19:30:15.234-05:00

It's important to note that this competition is for the best MUSIC festival in the country, not folk music festival. To illustrate, the top 40 have included the East Coast Music Awards, the Halifax Pop Explosion, the Harbourfront Summer Festival, the Harvest Jazz and Blues Fest in Fredericton, NxNE in Toronto, the Ottawa Blues Fest, and Pop Montreal. Our sold-out little festival is drawing acclaim from across the country, up against festivals drawing tens of thousands.

I have been advised that the voting may end tonigh...

2010-03-09T18:20:14.832-05:00

I have been advised that the voting may end tonight. Good luck, Shelter Valley!