i didn't want to distort the image sizes, so i will just post the links:
Lines 1
Lines 2
Circles 1
Circles 2
Jungle
Forest
Sep 14, 2007
guelph/brantford + photos
alas, the illustrious days off. after a rousing game of tips and learning how to slack line at the university of guelph yesterday with amber, katherine and mel, we went over to their place to cook supper and begin an evening of debauchery. we cooked a big stir fry with rice, drank lots of beer, wine and whisky, then went downtown to the jimmy jazz (where, ps, we usually play when we're in guelph) for music trivia. needless to say, between all of us, we nearly cleaned up the prizes - which was, lucky for us, beer. in the first round aaron one first place, and in the second round aaron won second place, while pineau and i won third. we had clever team names like "We're A Real Band" and "Warehorse."
this was probably the first time on tour that all six of us ended up drinking, what a night...
today after mustering ourselves to get up, we trucked on through to brantford for another day off where we are staying with our pal jon grimes. he took us to the desolate downtown area - and i mean that in every sense of the word - and jon took some promo photos for us - which turned out AMAZING. they're probably the best photos of us to date. he's still working on touching them up, but i will upload them as soon as i get a chance.
tonight, we spent about 5 hours watching the office - we're almost on season 3.
here are some photos from the past couple days:
in waterloo with good ol' joe:
one more photo from joe's party:
our show at the Trepid House:
tips at the University of Guelph:
learning how to slack-line:
and the evening hits in guelph, as always:
the dynamic duo, bass players unite!
tomorrow, it's off to bayfield for our last show then we drive home right after, making a short stop in montreal.
see ya when i see ya.
this was probably the first time on tour that all six of us ended up drinking, what a night...
today after mustering ourselves to get up, we trucked on through to brantford for another day off where we are staying with our pal jon grimes. he took us to the desolate downtown area - and i mean that in every sense of the word - and jon took some promo photos for us - which turned out AMAZING. they're probably the best photos of us to date. he's still working on touching them up, but i will upload them as soon as i get a chance.
tonight, we spent about 5 hours watching the office - we're almost on season 3.
here are some photos from the past couple days:
in waterloo with good ol' joe:
one more photo from joe's party:
our show at the Trepid House:
tips at the University of Guelph:
learning how to slack-line:
and the evening hits in guelph, as always:
the dynamic duo, bass players unite!
tomorrow, it's off to bayfield for our last show then we drive home right after, making a short stop in montreal.
see ya when i see ya.
Sep 12, 2007
hamilton/guelph
after our last night of staying at joe's place, we packed up the van and headed to hamilton.
our last few shows in hamilton haven't been spectacular so i was really unsure of how the turn out would be. on top of that, it was a tuesday night and it started down pouring and lightning(ing) the second we unloaded.
whatever.
the show was actually quite great. it was definitely the biggest crowd we've ever played to in hamilton, and i think we played a really good set. chris bell from chore/alive & living did our sound, so i know it sounded good.
some of our good friends came out to the show, like jon grimes and kristen. i also got the chance to meet some relatives of mine whom i had never met before. they would be my dad's cousins i guess. they came out just to meet me and to watch our set. that is why i like our family, people like that are awesome. they were very nice, and very interesting. i hope the next time i'm in hamilton we can meet up again.
we stayed at one of andrew's friends places for the night, and this morning they left us eggs, pancake batter and fruit salad, which was awesome.
this afternoon we drove to guelph and met up with our new friends amber and katherine at the university of guelph (where we are currently accessing their free internet). we taught them how to play tips, which was probably the most physical activity we've gotten as a band other than loading gear. so it was good. them amber tried to teach us all how to walk a "slack line" - which is essentially like tight rope walking on a seat belt. it was crazy. there are some pics and videos to come.
tomorrow, maybe brantford?
home soon.
our last few shows in hamilton haven't been spectacular so i was really unsure of how the turn out would be. on top of that, it was a tuesday night and it started down pouring and lightning(ing) the second we unloaded.
whatever.
the show was actually quite great. it was definitely the biggest crowd we've ever played to in hamilton, and i think we played a really good set. chris bell from chore/alive & living did our sound, so i know it sounded good.
some of our good friends came out to the show, like jon grimes and kristen. i also got the chance to meet some relatives of mine whom i had never met before. they would be my dad's cousins i guess. they came out just to meet me and to watch our set. that is why i like our family, people like that are awesome. they were very nice, and very interesting. i hope the next time i'm in hamilton we can meet up again.
we stayed at one of andrew's friends places for the night, and this morning they left us eggs, pancake batter and fruit salad, which was awesome.
this afternoon we drove to guelph and met up with our new friends amber and katherine at the university of guelph (where we are currently accessing their free internet). we taught them how to play tips, which was probably the most physical activity we've gotten as a band other than loading gear. so it was good. them amber tried to teach us all how to walk a "slack line" - which is essentially like tight rope walking on a seat belt. it was crazy. there are some pics and videos to come.
tomorrow, maybe brantford?
home soon.
Sep 11, 2007
waterloo (again) & more photos
sunday, we also spent the day kicking around waterloo. we all had to take some time to re-coup from joe's fun-filled party the night before, so we just lounged around and we were eventually able to download the episodes of Big Brother we had missed (pinky, matt and I are all hooked!).
we actually did have a show to play in waterloo on sunday night, but before that, we made huge pizzas with joe and his parents:
after dinner, we went about five minutes down the street to play a house show at the Trepid House where we always have a good time. All six of us crammed into the stage area in the living room where we played a 40-minute set to a really receptive groups of people, which included, but was not limited to, some of our new friends and some of our old friends from the party at joe's the night before. we played with a band from Montreal called Ghetto Pony and an amazing band from Hamilton called Tell The Divers. it was a really eclectic show. the cops even showed up (after our set) with a noise complaint. woo hoo rock n roll!
after the show we came back to joe's and watched Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back before we all hit the hay.
then monday comes. monday was an "official" day off as we had no shows. we did, however, have a radio interview on the University of Waterloo radio station, CKMS on a show called The Culture Vulture with our new friend Cole.
It was a pretty relaxed show, she played about four tracks from our EP, and we tried to get some new tracks off an mp3 player, but we couldn't figure it out. she basically let us DJ her whole show, and she got us each to pick a song and talk about it etc. it was a lot of fun. pineau picked a kittens song, pinky picked a radio free vestibule song, aaron picked a b'elle song, andrew picked a new yeah yeah yeahs song, matt picked a burdocks song, and i picked a contrived song. again, lots of fun.
so much to choose from:
this is cole, our wonderful host:
matt and pineau and cole trying to figure out how/if we can get new tracks off an mp3 player:
radio, radio:
after the radio interview, we hit up downtown waterloo and went to the music store and record store. i bought nothing.
as always, joe is a good time:
my friend kerri came over later in the evening, and we hung out by ourself upstairs for a while. she brought her guitar, and i played a couple of my new songs for her, she also did the same for me. just like old times. the boys spent the rest of the evening just lounging around, playing pool and prince of persia.
today, we head to hamilton for one of our two last shows. we have no shows on wednesday or thursday, so we're kind of screwed as we have no way of making any more money until friday, and not really anywhere to stay. after all the good times, now comes the shitty part about touring....
we actually did have a show to play in waterloo on sunday night, but before that, we made huge pizzas with joe and his parents:
after dinner, we went about five minutes down the street to play a house show at the Trepid House where we always have a good time. All six of us crammed into the stage area in the living room where we played a 40-minute set to a really receptive groups of people, which included, but was not limited to, some of our new friends and some of our old friends from the party at joe's the night before. we played with a band from Montreal called Ghetto Pony and an amazing band from Hamilton called Tell The Divers. it was a really eclectic show. the cops even showed up (after our set) with a noise complaint. woo hoo rock n roll!
after the show we came back to joe's and watched Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back before we all hit the hay.
then monday comes. monday was an "official" day off as we had no shows. we did, however, have a radio interview on the University of Waterloo radio station, CKMS on a show called The Culture Vulture with our new friend Cole.
It was a pretty relaxed show, she played about four tracks from our EP, and we tried to get some new tracks off an mp3 player, but we couldn't figure it out. she basically let us DJ her whole show, and she got us each to pick a song and talk about it etc. it was a lot of fun. pineau picked a kittens song, pinky picked a radio free vestibule song, aaron picked a b'elle song, andrew picked a new yeah yeah yeahs song, matt picked a burdocks song, and i picked a contrived song. again, lots of fun.
so much to choose from:
this is cole, our wonderful host:
matt and pineau and cole trying to figure out how/if we can get new tracks off an mp3 player:
radio, radio:
after the radio interview, we hit up downtown waterloo and went to the music store and record store. i bought nothing.
as always, joe is a good time:
my friend kerri came over later in the evening, and we hung out by ourself upstairs for a while. she brought her guitar, and i played a couple of my new songs for her, she also did the same for me. just like old times. the boys spent the rest of the evening just lounging around, playing pool and prince of persia.
today, we head to hamilton for one of our two last shows. we have no shows on wednesday or thursday, so we're kind of screwed as we have no way of making any more money until friday, and not really anywhere to stay. after all the good times, now comes the shitty part about touring....
Sep 9, 2007
waterloo + photos
so we got to joe's yesterday, and basically just hung out. some of us swam, some of us ate, all of us drank. gradually people started showing up for a party, we set up our gear in the basement, and once our friend Nikki (aka the Show Saver) hooked us up with a microphone, we rocked the Manorwood Court mansion for some of our new friends.
anyways, not much to say - tonite we have another houseshow in waterloo with a couple other bands. here are some pictures!!
traveling between montreal and toronto was hot as balls.
we had to buy a couple fans for bettie white:
so once we got to waterloo, swimming was serious priority:
we taught joe's mom and dad how to play drums:
and then we rocked the basement show:
after the set, pinky was first to jump in the pool:
our buddy nikki, the show saver:
party time:
if this isn't rock n roll, i don't know what is:
anyways, not much to say - tonite we have another houseshow in waterloo with a couple other bands. here are some pictures!!
traveling between montreal and toronto was hot as balls.
we had to buy a couple fans for bettie white:
so once we got to waterloo, swimming was serious priority:
we taught joe's mom and dad how to play drums:
and then we rocked the basement show:
after the set, pinky was first to jump in the pool:
our buddy nikki, the show saver:
party time:
if this isn't rock n roll, i don't know what is:
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