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Ottawa Citizen's live coverage of the KISS show at Bluesfest

The Ottawa Citizen is doing live coverage of the KISS show at Bluesfest tonight

  • and doing a pretty good job of conveying the atomsphere down there. They’ve got a kind of crowd-sourced-stream-of-consciousness thing going.

It’s just like being there, but way quieter and a lot textier. And nobody’s wearing facepaint.

Two Citizen reporters - Peter Simpson and Peter Hum - are using Twitter to send updates about the show. Their coverage is being integrated with other Twitter posts from people at the show, using Cover It Live . ** ** And readers are also invited to send their comments and questions ** ** as the night progresses.

It make for some interesting reading (and some pretty banal stuff too). A sample from a ten-minute period earlier tonight:

   9:42
[ ![Twitter](/legacy/00233.gif)
      ](http://twitter.com/peterhum)
** peterhum ** :
       Checking out band with textures - organ, acoustic guitar, vocal harmonies - but dudes, you forgot YOUR COSTUMES

    9:43
[ ![Twitter](/legacy/00234.gif)
       ](http://twitter.com/peterhum)
** peterhum ** :
        Dull roar of KISS and music from Subway stage heard between  Skydigger tunes

    9:44
[ ![Twitter](/legacy/00235.gif)
       ](http://twitter.com/bigbeatottawa)
** bigbeatottawa ** :
        I've seen concerts shorter than this drum solo

    9:46
[ ![Twitter](/legacy/00236.gif)
       ](http://twitter.com/bigbeatottawa)
** bigbeatottawa ** :
        "It's like a war zone out there" says a customer, who looks like he could use a beer

    9:46
[ ![Twitter](/legacy/00237.gif)
       ](http://twitter.com/peterhum)
** peterhum ** :
        Think nerdy Skydigger lead singer would b lynched if he got up on the KISS stage

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     9:47
[ ![Twitter](/legacy/00238.gif)
        ](http://twitter.com/bigbeatottawa)
** bigbeatottawa: **
         That beer has a bug in it. Maybe I can drink that one?

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     9:48
[ ![Twitter](/legacy/00239.gif)
        ](http://twitter.com/bigbeatottawa)
** bigbeatottawa: **
         It's raining again

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     9:48
[ ![Twitter](/legacy/00240.gif)
        ](http://twitter.com/peterhum)
** peterhum: **
         Thinking of venturing back 2 KISS sea of humanity, wish rain would let up though

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     9:49
[Comment From Mree ]
     how's the rain over there?

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     9:49
[Comment From ottawasteph ]
     peterhum, I don't understand why you bother blogging, now that you have left the KISS show.

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     9:49
[ ![Twitter](/legacy/00241.gif)
        ](http://twitter.com/jaywest)
** jaywest: **
         Paul Stanleys stage patter is pretty screechy and stale. And now his wig is getting soaked with rain. #
         [
          bluesfest
         ](http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22bluesfest%22)
         #fb

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     9:49
[ ![Twitter](/legacy/00242.gif)
        ](http://twitter.com/C0RNERSH0P)
** C0RNERSH0P: **
         K'NANN is getting his groove on @ Ottawa
         [
          bluesfest
         ](http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22bluesfest%22)
         ....

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     9:52
** Lois Kirkup ** :
     Posted a photo gallery of KISS from the concert. Just scroll down this page to the Multimedia section. Will post more pics as they come in.

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     9:52
[Comment From royale ]
     I can hear the rumble clear across to Alta Vista!!!!  :-)

   9:52
[ ![Twitter](/legacy/00243.gif)
      ](http://twitter.com/bigbeatottawa)
** bigbeatottawa: **
       Here's a tip. Don't wear Kiss makeup in the rain. It runs. It's starting to look like a sad clown convention
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Related: ** Ottawa Bluesfest Guide