Toronto (day 2) and Hamilton

Our Sunday in Toronto was a lazy hazy grey day.

I woke up at Kerri's and went downtown for a mother's day brunch with my newly discovered extended cousin Amanda and her family (which, I guess, is also my family). It was nice. They had a barbecue and I got to meet some more of my Dad's cousins. It's cool to know that there's family "out there," especially when they treat you like they've known you for 20 years although they've only met you yesterday. I love it.

After the barbecue, Amanda and I went downtown for a drink at a bar that reminded me a lot of Gus' Pub, and then I walked up to Bloor Street to meet the rest of my bandmates at our friend Keith Hamilton's place (Keith plays in many bands including Hamilton Trading Co. and The Postage Stamps). Basically, aside from a trip to Pizza Pizza, we didn't do anything all day except kindle a romance with the BBC series Planet Earth.

Monday morning we got up early to do a session on the CIUT (UToronto) Radio Program Take 5 which would have aired today. We recorded three tracks, two new ones (Coup d'Etat & Information) as well as our single (Got Caught). The mixes turned out really good, and hopefully we will throw one up on our MySpace.

After the Session, we hit the road and headed to Hamilton where we met up with our new friends The Details for some drinks. They were playing in the same club, right next door. Luckily, because of our four-band bill, we were able to sneak out and see them play a wicked set. We also got to play with a really cool band from Guelph called Cursed Arrows which is actually Ryan Stanley's (ex Vermicious Knid) new band with his wife. Really cool stuff.

The show at the Casbah was probably the best one we've ever had. Our shows there before have been pretty desolate, but for a Monday night the crowd was excellent. We had lots of old friends show up, like Maria, Matt, Nick, Jill, etc, and we made some new friends - who thankfully were kind enough to let us stay at their place.

Right now we're in Oshawa at our friend Maria's place watching even more episodes of Planet Earth and having a BBQ.

Tonight we will play in Peterborough to probably 30 people max. Meanwhile my girlfriend and pretty much everyone I know will be watching Queens of the Stone Age in Halifax. Fuck.

Next Stop: Montreal