the final leg of our tour was probably the most fun i've had on the road.
before the saint john gig, we did an interview on campus radio on a show called Prog as Balls. it was pretty hilarious.
the saint john show was a ripper. it was matt's birthday, and our friend barb's birthday - so there was plenty of drinking going on. it was also our second show with our friends The Peter Parkers. the crowd was great, it was fantastic to see so many people dancing and singing and enjoying our set. despite the booze, i think we played great - maybe one of our best sets of the entire tour.
that night we spent the night at barb's watching clone high, and in the morning we headed to pei for our final two shows of the tour.
the first was at a small record store in charlottetown called Back Alley Music. It was quite literally like playing in someone's rec room for about 20 people. we got to play four songs. it was pretty fun, all things considered. it was a treat just to see the peter parkers in a setting like that. there was also a really cool all-girl trio from pei called The Barnkats who played with us, and whom I quite enjoyed.
the bar show got underway a little late because of the hockey game (we decided to wait until the game was over to start). by the end of the night the bar was pretty full, and we ended the tour with a bang i think - not really a saint john bang, but a bang nonetheless.
the tour also ended on a sad note as this pei show was mary's last show with us. she's moving to toronto, and i know personally, i am very sad to see her go. we made sure she had a good night though, we got some rowdy applause from the crowd in her favour, and bought her a plethora of coronas as a send off.
after the show we went back to the motel where we were staying and stayed up partying till about 530 in the morning - well at least i did. some packed in earlier, some later.
this morning we went to pineau's parent's house for some sweet breakfast and then made our way back to nova scotia via the ferry. it was gorgeous.
now we're home safe and sound, the van held up, we have a couple bucks in our pockets, and a bunch of shows to play this month.
c'est beau ca.
Jun 3, 2007
Jun 1, 2007
hamilton/moncton/fredericton
the show in hamilton was kind of a bust. there was maybe 20-30 people there, and we didn't really sell anything. kind of a shitty way to end our ontario leg. there were some perks though. we got to hang out with maria a whole bunch in hamilton and her mom made us supper, we got to see donnie the soundguy, who used to play in don vail and is a big establishment fan, and - out of the blue - joe and nikki showed up. that was super cool.
after our set, we packed up the van and started the drive to fredericton. somehwere around toronto we realized we forgot pinky's cymbals, had to call maria, and get kyle cunjak to bring them home when petunia is done their tour - what a rigamarore.
anyways - we drove straight through the night to get to new brunswick. i stayed up all night with matt and pineau who took turns driving, but then i slept through the majority of quebec and new brunswick in the back of the van. mmm sleep.
we got to fredericton around 8 or so i guess on tuesday, and stayed at Nick Cobham's place - you might remember him from The Fussy Part. we got a bunch of beers, hung out, then pinky, matt and i went down to the capital to see what was shaking. we ran into some pals like Zach and Dennis and Jeff. that's why i like fredericton, because even though we're not from here - we can go out and see friends. love it.
oh - yeah! we finally found an extra seat for the van! turns out, Zach's dad had like 3 of them just kicking around. how lucky is that!!! woo! everyone gets a seat!
wednesday's show was in moncton with The Peter Parkers, who, thankfully for us, are also playing our Saint John, PEI and Halifax shows. this was only our second show in moncton (technically our third i guess) so we were kind of ancy about the crowd-size. having the Parkers on the bill deifnately helped. the crowd was great, and very receptive. moncton is definately a city we have to play more often.
we stayed at Stephane's (the parker's bass player) house that night, a really nice place in downtown moncton. mary and i watched a really crappy sean connery movie before bed. he's a weird guy.
yesterday we came back to fredericton for a show at the capital with The Trick. Again, I was kind of worried about the crowd because we have kind of a big ego to flaunt in fredericton. all of our shows here have been packed, and everyone seems to love us. having said that however, we have never played fredericton as the headliner, we have never played on a weeknight, and we have only played here once when university wasn't going on and that was when nobody really knew us. so last night was definately the test - how "cool" are we in fredericton, really?
answer: very
there was a lot of people there, engaging in sing-a-longs, dance-a-longs, clap-a-longs. we sold a boat-load of tshirts and cds and played an awesome set.
tonite we play in saint john (it's matty matt's birthday!!!), then tomorrow we do an all ages show in pei then a bar show. I think Nick Cobham is coming with us. that will be hilarious. i need to get more batteries for my camera.
i love the maritimes.
after our set, we packed up the van and started the drive to fredericton. somehwere around toronto we realized we forgot pinky's cymbals, had to call maria, and get kyle cunjak to bring them home when petunia is done their tour - what a rigamarore.
anyways - we drove straight through the night to get to new brunswick. i stayed up all night with matt and pineau who took turns driving, but then i slept through the majority of quebec and new brunswick in the back of the van. mmm sleep.
we got to fredericton around 8 or so i guess on tuesday, and stayed at Nick Cobham's place - you might remember him from The Fussy Part. we got a bunch of beers, hung out, then pinky, matt and i went down to the capital to see what was shaking. we ran into some pals like Zach and Dennis and Jeff. that's why i like fredericton, because even though we're not from here - we can go out and see friends. love it.
oh - yeah! we finally found an extra seat for the van! turns out, Zach's dad had like 3 of them just kicking around. how lucky is that!!! woo! everyone gets a seat!
wednesday's show was in moncton with The Peter Parkers, who, thankfully for us, are also playing our Saint John, PEI and Halifax shows. this was only our second show in moncton (technically our third i guess) so we were kind of ancy about the crowd-size. having the Parkers on the bill deifnately helped. the crowd was great, and very receptive. moncton is definately a city we have to play more often.
we stayed at Stephane's (the parker's bass player) house that night, a really nice place in downtown moncton. mary and i watched a really crappy sean connery movie before bed. he's a weird guy.
yesterday we came back to fredericton for a show at the capital with The Trick. Again, I was kind of worried about the crowd because we have kind of a big ego to flaunt in fredericton. all of our shows here have been packed, and everyone seems to love us. having said that however, we have never played fredericton as the headliner, we have never played on a weeknight, and we have only played here once when university wasn't going on and that was when nobody really knew us. so last night was definately the test - how "cool" are we in fredericton, really?
answer: very
there was a lot of people there, engaging in sing-a-longs, dance-a-longs, clap-a-longs. we sold a boat-load of tshirts and cds and played an awesome set.
tonite we play in saint john (it's matty matt's birthday!!!), then tomorrow we do an all ages show in pei then a bar show. I think Nick Cobham is coming with us. that will be hilarious. i need to get more batteries for my camera.
i love the maritimes.
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