Rockin In The Free World

Watch Buffalo Springfield Play 'Rockin' In The Free World,' 'I Am A Child'

Earlier this week Buffalo Springfield launched their first tour since splitting up in 1968. (Read David Fricke's review of opening night here ). As was inevitable, fan-shot videos from the shows have slowly been trickling onto YouTube. The quality varies from terrible to surprisingly great. Check out the group's performance of "I Am A Child":

after the show. "I gave Jackson Browne my guitar the first night because I wasn't even sure of the chords. Then I went home that night and got my computer and checked out the song to make sure I could play it. On the second night I didn't give my guitar away."

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Buffalo Springfield are playing four more California dates over the next week before heading over to Bonnaroo next weekend. They have no other dates announced, but a fall tour is almost certainly in the works.

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A fan very high up in the balcony at the second Oakland show captured the encores of "Broken Arrow" and "For What It's Worth." The sound is pretty perfect, but you can barely see the stage.

Keep on rockin' in the free world

On the schedule were BumpTop and Blogoscope which eventually became Sysomos . Both of which were acquired approximately 3.5 years after their inital DemoCamp presentations.

I often get asked why I continue to do this: DemoCamp , StartupNorth , Founders & Funders . I’ve tried to write about my motivations about this community of crazy, under-appreciated technologists, designers, entrepreneurs. I think that this is a special place. I’ve met a lot of good friends. I’ve learned a lot about great people. I hope that I’ve been able to make Toronto a better place. And I wonder what my role should be going forward. This is my hobby. This is my passion. This is my distraction. I do it because it makes me feel better.  It’s just too bad that this isn’t a real gig. I tried at Microsoft. Mark Relph and John Oxley really understood the power of a strong Canadian emerging technology and startup community. It was time to move on. Others think they can manipulate, own and harness the power of loosely connected pieces where the only benefit is in providing a space for the collisions to happen. I like to think of my role as conductor. How do I get the right people to collide so sparks happen.

I’m left thinking I’m very proud of all of the entrepreneurs that I’ve met in the past 5 years. I’m thankful for how much each of you has helped me. And if you feel like I’ve been dishonest or untruthful, please let me try to rectify that. If I’ve ignored you, it’s because your message wasn’t what I wanted to hear. Help me hear you. And to everyone who has become a friend. My table, my bourbon bottle and my office is always open. Please keep on making Canada a place that I am proud to be a citizen.

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