Victoria & Duncan

Well, before we got to Victoria, everyone raved about how nice it was. They weren't kidding. It really is a beautiful spot. We got to Victoria around 11 and went downtown to find something to eat, then we went over the University of Victoria to play three songs live on CFUV and and to do an interview. It went pretty well. We were all shoved into one tiny room, it was pretty tight - but it was ok.

We spent the rest of the afternoon literally doing nothing. I think Pineau and I spent 3 hours at a Starbucks texting our lady friends, drinking hot chocolate and watching tv on our laptops.

While I'm keeping up to date on my favorite shows - The Office & 30 Rock - I am also watching both seasons of this show called Mad Men, and its so good. Great writing, great acting, amazing characters, so good. And it's set in 1960 - what more could you want?

We played at a bar in downtown Victoria called Lucky Bar with a band called The Shores and another band called Rugged Uncle, which features two members of our friends Immaculate Machine.

The show went well - the bar was cool, kind of reminded me of Elwood's in Saint John, NB - and I was surprised at how many people came out for a show on a Tuesday night. As always, the presence of friends from home made me feel better about being so far removed from Halifax. Yesterday was a day that I needed friends like that around. Fiona and her boyfriend came out, not to mention my old Superstore co-workers Derek & Rosalind. So great to see them.

After the show we stayed at our friend Luke's place (of Rugged Uncle and Immaculate Machine), and today he cooked us some sweet breakfast. Thanks Luke.

We got to Duncan, BC which is about 45 minutes from Victoria, and loaded into the Duncan Garage Showroom - a really cool venue. It was like a mini-theatre (50 person seating) that was run by this guy named, no kidding, Longevity John. This place was an experience in and of itself. Think small town movie theatre meets native trinket store meets hippie coffee house. This was by far the coolest place we've played on our tour. Never mind the fact that only two people showed up, and that we played a set of songs that we hadn't played in 6+ months - songs like Communication Barrier, Arabian Nights, Everybody's Dancing and Jeff's Guide to TV. It was fun though. I would definitely go back.

We had to get up mega early today (6am) to take the ferry back off Vancouver Island to get to our show in Kelowna, where we are right now, sitting in the bar, hanging out occasionally with our new friend Natalie (the waitress) and waiting to play. This is a nice town.

The trek towards the East continues....