the todd harrison rock archive 1998 shows sometime in february battle of the bands st. mary’s secondary school, cobourg with the fakes players: me: acoustic guitar, vocals jill smith: vocals, percussion, alto sax, kazoo jesse hagedorn: keyboard, percussion set list: burn 4 a.m. | our lady peace act one just like rain wish you were here | pink floyd angel high school superstar american music | violent femmes this was the worst set i ever played. i organized this whole damn show (10 bands in total) and i had too much to do to really prepare. jesse's keyboard had to be put through a guitar amp and it sounded like crap, and my pickup shorted out during the first song and i had to play the whole set with my mic pointed at my acoustic (which i hate). but this show is significant for me because it's the first time i ever played in public with my acoustic guitar -- my folkie debut, if you will. also likely in february campbellford 30-hour famine st. john's united church, campbellford apparently this happened. i totally forgot about it, until i found a picture taken (likely by robyn) during my set. somebody, please: fill in the blanks. march 12 beautiful songs by beautiful songwriters beyond the bean cybercafe, cobourg players: me: acoustic guitar, vocals probable set list: just like rain without you future high school superstar tears angel castles made of sand | jimi hendrix hour and a lifetime american music | violent femmes this was the night i met and opened for ben sures and paul bellows, two songwriters i've come to deeply respect and whose music is very close to my heart. i remember it was a great show -- a bunch of my friends all showed up, and my mom was there. but ben and paul (obviously) stole the night. they were amazing. april 17 battle of the bands c.d.c.i. east, cobourg players: me: acoustic guitar, vocals probable set list: just like rain hour and a lifetime angel losing my religion | rem burn trying too hard no one else | weezer high school superstar this one's kinda hazy. i was the only non-punk act on the bill, and most of the crowd wasn't paying attention. but a coupla people came up to me after and said they really dug my stuff and thought it was a nice change. i think that's the one event that inspired me to keep going more than anything else, so you can thank or slap those folks as you see fit. spring spring coffee house st. mary's secondary school, cobourg same deal as the 30-hour famine show (above) -- somebody (probably jill) took a picture during my set. the photograph clearly shows mr. blainey's anger at my t-shirt, which subverted the calvin klein logo to read "fuck fashion." anybody remember anything else about this show? sometime in june beat poetry and acoustic punk beyond the bean cybercafe, cobourg players: me: acoustic guitar, vocals approximate set list: just like rain hour and a lifetime american pie | don mclean can’t move on angel wish you were here | pink floyd tripped and fell for believing in me american music | violent femmes this one's the cloudiest of 'em all. i remember that my girlfriend at the time was really pissed at me, so i dedicated this set to her and spread flowers all over the stage while i played and stuff. and i remember that i met this girl while i was busking a few days before the show and gave her a flyer and she came and brought three friends. at the end of the set, i jumped off the stage and ran to this strange girl -- and not my girlfriend -- which made the whole set a moot point and shoved me even further into the proverbial doghouse. more stuff coming soon! top :: home