This One's For The Moms!

It's been a while since an update mostly because we haven't had internet access since we left Quebec.
Well, that's kind of a lie. Obviously we had internet access when we were in Halifax, but we were all so happy to be home (well, at least I was) that I wasn't even thinking about using the internet.

So anyways,that being said a lot has happened - so here's a quick run down:

Montreal - scary. Played at a sketchy bar (someone told us it was the bar fight capital of Montreal), got to see a few friends like Karley, Anne and Jen McDonald (Matt's big sis) who informed me that Matt's mom constantly reads this very blog so - Hi Matt's Mom! - and we played a lackluster show to about 25 people (one of whom was Julie Doiron who hung out with us for a while after the show). We were all real tired, and real annoyed about playing a few shows in a row to tiny to non-existent crowds. There was a girl from the Montreal blog Midnight Poutine was there. Unfortunately she didn't really like the show, though her devotion to the band remains.

Quebec City - weird. We played at a bar called L'Agitee and met a few new friends like Jane and Sam who were nice enough to have us over and cook us supper. There wasn't a huge crowd at this show either, but the people who were there were very enthusiastic - sometimes even cheering for the parts in our songs when we hit the solos. Some guy bought us all vodka shots. That was cool.

After the Quebec City show, we went for a 1:00am quick band-visit to Chateau Frotenac and started the 10+ hour drive back to Halifax. We drove through the night, taking shifts and making it back to Halifax safe and sound around noon on Friday.

After several shows and naps, we all met up at the Seahorse for load-in around nine, and then played a show to a great hometown crowd. Lots of dancing, and singing along, and heat, and fun. It was definitely good to be home.

Saturday we headed to Cape Breton around 3:00, where we played at a bar called the Upstairs in Sydney with one of our favorite people Carmen Townsend. Carmen is like watching a female version of Kyuss, Zeppelin, and Queens of the Stone Age all wrapped in one. To paraphrase a scene from Wayne's World, "She can wail."

After an interesting night at Pirate House and some fun adventures with their new kitty, we headed towards the ferry to begin our first trip to Newfoundland.

The ferry ride was kind of rocky, especially as we approached "The Rock." It was long. I spent most of the time reading, sleeping and playing Crib with Pinky (I bought a crib board before I left!). I suck at crib. To date , He's up 8 games to my 1. But its fun.

As soon as we got off the ferry we drove to Cornerbrook for our first show of five here in Newfoundland. We weren't expecting a whole heck of a lot since it was a Sunday night, but the show was amazing. There was about 150 people there, and we played with a couple other touring bands, dd/mm/yy and Video Hippos who were both on their way back through the maritimes. It was a pretty crazy show. On top of it, our usual Cape Breton counterparts Megan Macs and Nicole just happened to be in Cornerbrook so it ended up being quite the party.

The next day was pretty lazy, we hung out with the Cape Breton counterparts and drank new and exciting beers and pops and spent the night at our new friend Neil's house.

Today, we drove the 7 hour boring drive to Saint John's. This city is about exactly what I pictured it to be. It definitely screams Newfoundland. It's really cool and distinct. I'm excited to explore it in the next couple days. Aaron and I played a surreal show at a vegan restaurant with an electric guitar and no microphone. Weird. On the bonus side, we got paid and added some more bling to the till.

Both my mom and Matt's mom were talking about how they missed the blogging, so hopefully this sustains their cravings.

We don't have another show till Thursday here in Saint John's, so tomorrow is an exploration day. Woo!

Bonsoir.