well i'm pretty sure the show sleepless nights played at the university of king's college on monday (in the wardroom no less) was one of the best, if not THE best, shows i have ever played.
it was immensely fun - the bar was full! (ok, it was moosehead monday), the beer taps went dry, there was dancing everywhere, i could go on for days. a lot of our friends made it down to, and helped us out in various songs like breathe deep tornado (i even gave deon my bass at one point). everyone seemed to have a genuinely good time. it was so much fun. i love that place.
in other band news, the establishment did not win for best YouTube Video in the Coast best of Music poll. We lost to a "real" music video (which i don't think is fair considering there is already a category for best local music video, who cares if it's on youtube or not, we made our thing specifically for youtube basically, but i'm not bitter).
you decide which one is better:
THIS Stolen Minks video or THIS Establishment YouTube exclusive. Just sayin...
Mar 29, 2007
Mar 24, 2007
fredericton!!!!
i think if i could live in any other place in the entire world, it wouldn't be russia, or montreal, or bc, or chile. it would be fredericton, new brunswick.
no matter what, everytime i go there i have a friggen blast - and this weekend was no different.
the sleepless nights played a show to a packed house friday night at our home away from home, the capital. we played with some friends of ours in a band called On Vinyl.
playing fredericton is so awesome, especially since we have a bunch of friends there. barb came and brought us cupcakes, sarah came and partied with us and derek and jeff were rocking the front, as always.
its ridiculous to think that a month ago we played in our own hometown to no one, and scornful looks - and then we can go to fredericton and get treated better than anywhere in the world. amazing.
this was a good show for us, especially since we're basically taking about a month off (matt will be on tour w/ superfantastics, andrew on tour with his solo project, share). monday night is our actual "last" show before these guys take off. we're playing at my old stomping grounds - the king's wardroom:
i can't wait.
no matter what, everytime i go there i have a friggen blast - and this weekend was no different.
the sleepless nights played a show to a packed house friday night at our home away from home, the capital. we played with some friends of ours in a band called On Vinyl.
playing fredericton is so awesome, especially since we have a bunch of friends there. barb came and brought us cupcakes, sarah came and partied with us and derek and jeff were rocking the front, as always.
its ridiculous to think that a month ago we played in our own hometown to no one, and scornful looks - and then we can go to fredericton and get treated better than anywhere in the world. amazing.
this was a good show for us, especially since we're basically taking about a month off (matt will be on tour w/ superfantastics, andrew on tour with his solo project, share). monday night is our actual "last" show before these guys take off. we're playing at my old stomping grounds - the king's wardroom:
i can't wait.
Mar 20, 2007
more photos!
GUELPH:
hanging out before the show, being artsy:
kogan & gut (of jon mckiel) playing some pool:
andrew practicing at kat's before his first set in 4 months:
washing some towels to we can take showers:
hitting up the open mic on an off day:
pineau doing some promo:
wilbert (kat's kitty):
WINDSOR:
Detroit!
HAMILTON
Hanging with my buddies:
House Party to the Max!:
Jon McKiel house party set = funnest time of the tour:
Gut and D'Eon playing the Hulk Hogan theme:
FUN IN THE VAN
hanging out before the show, being artsy:
kogan & gut (of jon mckiel) playing some pool:
andrew practicing at kat's before his first set in 4 months:
washing some towels to we can take showers:
hitting up the open mic on an off day:
pineau doing some promo:
wilbert (kat's kitty):
WINDSOR:
Detroit!
HAMILTON
Hanging with my buddies:
House Party to the Max!:
Jon McKiel house party set = funnest time of the tour:
Gut and D'Eon playing the Hulk Hogan theme:
FUN IN THE VAN
hamilton/home
our last show was sunday night in hamilton at a cool little bar called Absinthe. after we slept in all day in guelph and had some sweet omelettes, we made our way to hamilton to meet up with the jon mckiel gents and have some supper at a place close to the party house - then we went over to Absinthe and loaded in.
both sleepless nights and the establishment played a set, and we played with two bands from hamilton - Circuit Breaker, and one of my favorite bands of all time The Inflation Kills. It was a Sunday night, so we weren't sure how the crowd would be - but it was great. sure a lot of people didn't really come up front to rock out, but that's to be expected - it was only our 2nd time in the city, like every other city. but it was a lot of fun - the establishment set (i've been told) was very good.
after the show was done, we had to pack up the van and head back home. we were able to put a bunch of stuff in brucie (the jon mckiel van) so it made our trip home in our rentavan a bit more comfortable.
then came the inevitable - time for the goodbyes. it may sound kinda weird but it was pretty sad to think that this was the end of the tour. we all dilly dallied around, putting off leaving for a bit while we laughed it up with the jon mckiel boys, played soccer baseball with a tire, kicked some speakers around - you know, the usual. kat was there too, it was hard to leave her behind cuz she was with us for so much of the trip and took such good care of us, but she's coming to hali soon enough, so that's good. i can't wait.
we piled into the van and made our way to halifax. we left around 1:30am.
the drive wasn't terrible - quite comfortable after - just a series of 20 minute naps for those of us who weren't driving really. we got into halufax around 10:30 last night - i want to sleep for days.
what a fun time.
i like this.
i could get used to it.
both sleepless nights and the establishment played a set, and we played with two bands from hamilton - Circuit Breaker, and one of my favorite bands of all time The Inflation Kills. It was a Sunday night, so we weren't sure how the crowd would be - but it was great. sure a lot of people didn't really come up front to rock out, but that's to be expected - it was only our 2nd time in the city, like every other city. but it was a lot of fun - the establishment set (i've been told) was very good.
after the show was done, we had to pack up the van and head back home. we were able to put a bunch of stuff in brucie (the jon mckiel van) so it made our trip home in our rentavan a bit more comfortable.
then came the inevitable - time for the goodbyes. it may sound kinda weird but it was pretty sad to think that this was the end of the tour. we all dilly dallied around, putting off leaving for a bit while we laughed it up with the jon mckiel boys, played soccer baseball with a tire, kicked some speakers around - you know, the usual. kat was there too, it was hard to leave her behind cuz she was with us for so much of the trip and took such good care of us, but she's coming to hali soon enough, so that's good. i can't wait.
we piled into the van and made our way to halifax. we left around 1:30am.
the drive wasn't terrible - quite comfortable after - just a series of 20 minute naps for those of us who weren't driving really. we got into halufax around 10:30 last night - i want to sleep for days.
what a fun time.
i like this.
i could get used to it.
Mar 18, 2007
guelph/hamilton
the friday night show in guelph was pretty good. it started snowing, it's the only time it's snowed since we left actually, so i don't know if that had any effect on the crowd or not. we played at this place called jimmy jazz which was a neat little room.
because only us and jon mckiel were scheduled for the bill, we decided to throw in some surprises. andrew (aka Share) played an opening set. jon mckiel and I played a couple songs with him, including "the hill," which is one of my favorite Share songs, then he got all of the sleepless nights up to play a song called "everyone i know" which is usually a sleepless nights song. since andrew has been gone for 4 months, we haven't played it in a long time, so it was fun to break it out again.
the sleepless nights set went pretty well - pineau's bass amp kept screwing up so that was a downer - but other than that it was fine. i think we impressed some of katherine's friends who were there.
jon mckiel played after us, and got everyone up on stage from the sleepless nights for an awesome gang vocal part in this new song they play called "Almost Had It," and then we did the same thing for their version of Huey Lewis' "Power of Love." it was fun.
for some reason, everyone thought it would be a good idea if we also did and Establishment set - and i'm not one to argue with that, so we did. we basically just played all our new songs to practice up for the show in Hamilton on Sunday, and played a rousing rendition of "Medicine" with some extra help from josh, jon and cheval - like we've been doing all tour.
after the show was over, we came back to kat's and stayed up till six in the morning drinking 40s of old english malt liquor, laughing our faces off at gut and his stories and throwing things at josh (the bass player from jon mckiel). as you can see, it was pretty funny:
Despite going to bed at 6am, we got up at like 9am to head to ottawa for a show with
The Fussy Part. About 20 minutes after we leave, we had a band meeting (in the van of course) and decided that due to our kilometre cap on the rental van going to ottawa and then back to hamilton on sunday, then back home monday would have been too much of a giant zigzag, and cost us too much money. so as much as it sucked, we decided to pull out of the ottawa, and just head to hamilton.
we didn't really have anything to do in hamilton since our show was only sunday night, so we all went to the theatre to see 300 (which was visually cool, but not really my thing). we met up with nick from The Inflation Kills for a little bit, then we headed to this house party where jon mckiel was playing a set.
the party was definately one of the funnest things we've done on tour. there ended up being quite a few people there, and it being st. patty's day and all, we all consumed our fair share of le booze to celebrate (except for pineau, poor guy was our driver). jon's set was supposed to be more subdued and slow and quiet, but we all wanted him to rock the fuck, so cheval, pinky and i decided to get things going by playing extra percussion on their first song. then their first song turned into their second, then their whole set! by the end, they were given 'er pretty hard. somehow cheval and gut ended up playing their underwear, and pinky ended up playing drums for "the power of love." it was a ridiculously awesome time and a definate perfect end to a pretty fun tour.
some of us decided to drive back to guelph last night for the luxury of beds (cuz it's only like 25 minutes away) - and had a nice big sleep in this morning for probably the first time the whole tour. now we're going to buy some breakfast, and then we're going to clean kat's house cuz she's an amazing host and let's us stay at her place so much - then we head to hamilton for our final show of the tour. we're thinking about driving home after the show tonite. this is it. c'est presque fini.
because only us and jon mckiel were scheduled for the bill, we decided to throw in some surprises. andrew (aka Share) played an opening set. jon mckiel and I played a couple songs with him, including "the hill," which is one of my favorite Share songs, then he got all of the sleepless nights up to play a song called "everyone i know" which is usually a sleepless nights song. since andrew has been gone for 4 months, we haven't played it in a long time, so it was fun to break it out again.
the sleepless nights set went pretty well - pineau's bass amp kept screwing up so that was a downer - but other than that it was fine. i think we impressed some of katherine's friends who were there.
jon mckiel played after us, and got everyone up on stage from the sleepless nights for an awesome gang vocal part in this new song they play called "Almost Had It," and then we did the same thing for their version of Huey Lewis' "Power of Love." it was fun.
for some reason, everyone thought it would be a good idea if we also did and Establishment set - and i'm not one to argue with that, so we did. we basically just played all our new songs to practice up for the show in Hamilton on Sunday, and played a rousing rendition of "Medicine" with some extra help from josh, jon and cheval - like we've been doing all tour.
after the show was over, we came back to kat's and stayed up till six in the morning drinking 40s of old english malt liquor, laughing our faces off at gut and his stories and throwing things at josh (the bass player from jon mckiel). as you can see, it was pretty funny:
Despite going to bed at 6am, we got up at like 9am to head to ottawa for a show with
The Fussy Part. About 20 minutes after we leave, we had a band meeting (in the van of course) and decided that due to our kilometre cap on the rental van going to ottawa and then back to hamilton on sunday, then back home monday would have been too much of a giant zigzag, and cost us too much money. so as much as it sucked, we decided to pull out of the ottawa, and just head to hamilton.
we didn't really have anything to do in hamilton since our show was only sunday night, so we all went to the theatre to see 300 (which was visually cool, but not really my thing). we met up with nick from The Inflation Kills for a little bit, then we headed to this house party where jon mckiel was playing a set.
the party was definately one of the funnest things we've done on tour. there ended up being quite a few people there, and it being st. patty's day and all, we all consumed our fair share of le booze to celebrate (except for pineau, poor guy was our driver). jon's set was supposed to be more subdued and slow and quiet, but we all wanted him to rock the fuck, so cheval, pinky and i decided to get things going by playing extra percussion on their first song. then their first song turned into their second, then their whole set! by the end, they were given 'er pretty hard. somehow cheval and gut ended up playing their underwear, and pinky ended up playing drums for "the power of love." it was a ridiculously awesome time and a definate perfect end to a pretty fun tour.
some of us decided to drive back to guelph last night for the luxury of beds (cuz it's only like 25 minutes away) - and had a nice big sleep in this morning for probably the first time the whole tour. now we're going to buy some breakfast, and then we're going to clean kat's house cuz she's an amazing host and let's us stay at her place so much - then we head to hamilton for our final show of the tour. we're thinking about driving home after the show tonite. this is it. c'est presque fini.
Mar 16, 2007
guelph/windsor/guelph again
so after our arrival in guelph on tuesday, we decided wednesday was going to be st. patrick's wednesday - and we spent the entire day drinking. katherine (the doll that she is) made us all pancakes for breakfast - aaron was smart and had coffee flavoured beer. some of us went and explored, others stuck around the house, but by night's end - it felt like st patricks day.
after a great collectively-made pasta supper, we went over to the university (about a 5 minute walk from kat's) and aaron and pinky played the open mic. the open mic was the epitome of "college." in a sense, open mics make me sorry i ever went to college - because if that's the stereotype people see or think of when they hear "college," i didn't go to that school. anyways, they played a couple songs from the record, a bit subdued of course, and pineau spent the set handing out hand-written hand bills we had made for our show in guelph on friday. hopefully it gets some people out.
when we got home, andrew proceeded to convince us all that he was in fact THE Jager-Meister, and eventually we all went to sleep.
thursday there wasn't a gigantic rush to get to windsor, it's only 3 hrs from guelph. so we woke up late, cleaned up kat's place a bit, took showers, ate some lunch and then hit the road.
we got to windsor around supper time, and the jon mckiel guys were already there. we hit up this sweet schwarma place called The Hot Spot - where we go every time we're in windsor - for some eats then loaded into the venue - a small little place called Milk. It was really cool. It had a neat atmosphere, and there was an expo of paintings all around the place that were like goth-cartoon erotica. i thought they were awesome, but i don't think everyone agreed. i know allyson would have loved them.
speaking of art - because this show was a sleepless nights/jon mckiel/establishment/orphan choir show, the girl who is doing the art for the 7" establishment/orphan choir split came to the show and showed us what she had done so far. it looks friggen awesome. check out some of her previous work (including the orphan choir demo art) here.
the show was ok - it wasn't packed, but i think it went over well. the guys from what seas, what shores were out, and orphan choir were awesome as always.
by the time the establishment set was done, a bunch of the band-mates decided it would be best to suck it up and take the three hour drive back to guelph after the show because we all had beds there, and our next show was in guelph anyways, so we could all sleep in and just hang out for the whole day. so we did, and we are.
hopefully the show tonite goes over well - we're attempting to make this the biggest party of the tour. this is officially the last show that sleepless nights and jon mckiel are playing together (saturday we play in ottawa with the fussy part, sunday in hamilton with the inflation kills) so it should be lots of fun.
here's to tonite!
after a great collectively-made pasta supper, we went over to the university (about a 5 minute walk from kat's) and aaron and pinky played the open mic. the open mic was the epitome of "college." in a sense, open mics make me sorry i ever went to college - because if that's the stereotype people see or think of when they hear "college," i didn't go to that school. anyways, they played a couple songs from the record, a bit subdued of course, and pineau spent the set handing out hand-written hand bills we had made for our show in guelph on friday. hopefully it gets some people out.
when we got home, andrew proceeded to convince us all that he was in fact THE Jager-Meister, and eventually we all went to sleep.
thursday there wasn't a gigantic rush to get to windsor, it's only 3 hrs from guelph. so we woke up late, cleaned up kat's place a bit, took showers, ate some lunch and then hit the road.
we got to windsor around supper time, and the jon mckiel guys were already there. we hit up this sweet schwarma place called The Hot Spot - where we go every time we're in windsor - for some eats then loaded into the venue - a small little place called Milk. It was really cool. It had a neat atmosphere, and there was an expo of paintings all around the place that were like goth-cartoon erotica. i thought they were awesome, but i don't think everyone agreed. i know allyson would have loved them.
speaking of art - because this show was a sleepless nights/jon mckiel/establishment/orphan choir show, the girl who is doing the art for the 7" establishment/orphan choir split came to the show and showed us what she had done so far. it looks friggen awesome. check out some of her previous work (including the orphan choir demo art) here.
the show was ok - it wasn't packed, but i think it went over well. the guys from what seas, what shores were out, and orphan choir were awesome as always.
by the time the establishment set was done, a bunch of the band-mates decided it would be best to suck it up and take the three hour drive back to guelph after the show because we all had beds there, and our next show was in guelph anyways, so we could all sleep in and just hang out for the whole day. so we did, and we are.
hopefully the show tonite goes over well - we're attempting to make this the biggest party of the tour. this is officially the last show that sleepless nights and jon mckiel are playing together (saturday we play in ottawa with the fussy part, sunday in hamilton with the inflation kills) so it should be lots of fun.
here's to tonite!
Mar 15, 2007
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