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.