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blog post WoK: The Sappyfest Breakfast Club! With R3 Listeners! Destroyer! Clues! Snailhouse! Calvin Johnson! Julie Doiron! Baby Eagle! + More!

posted by Vish Khanna on Aug 06, 2009

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First of all, that is not a goatee up there; it's just the most substantial part of a travel beard I was/am cultivating. I am not a fan of goatees or the Singles Soundtrack for that matter. Secondly, this show marks the conclusion of my report from Sappyfest, which took place last weekend in Sackville, NB and today I bring you the thoughts and wisdom of many guests.

As you may know, Thursdays are traditionally my Breakfast Club shows, where I go and share a meal with someone while I'm interviewing them. Well, I feel very lucky because R3 listeners Vanessa and Kim Blackier organized a big group pancake breakfast last Saturday, inviting friends and fellow listeners to drop by Vanessa's house. Pictured above from left to right: MikeV, Kim, Vanessa, Kim Thayil, fumblebee, and Martin Cathrae.

So you'll be hearing a bit about our breakfast, not to mention some other people's ideas about early morning food. To be specific, stay tuned (or skip ahead) for:

New Sackville resident Steven Lambke of Baby Eagle/Constantines telling us about his move;

The origins of the first annual meeting of the east coast chapter of the R3 Breakfast Club;

The menu items and participants at said meeting;

After their great Calm Down It's Monday set, Julie Doiron and Fred Squire pontificating about why Sackville is A#1;

Indie-rock icon/K Records founder Calvin Johnson suggesting why Sappyfest works so well;

The George's Roadhouse Breakfast Situation (oh, you'll see) with fellow frustrated patron Rachel from Brantford;

New Brunswick-bred Snailhouse spilling some beans about his mostly new-song set;

Lisa Gamble from Clues talking about electrocution at the Hillside Festival and the importance of a good breakfast on the road ;

Destroyer refusing (refusing!) to tell me what he had for breakfast;

Okay, that's it. Please enjoy the show. At your leisure even...

posted by Vish Khanna on Aug 06, 2009

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#1 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

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#2 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

I always find myself having a less that spectacular breakfast during these shows, but for the first time I get to be jealous of my own breakfast?!! However, it is nice to relive this morning as it was definitely a great time.

You look worried in that photo Vish? But if I were that close to Kris I would be worried too. He likes to steal wallets.

#3 posted by
suckamc
on Aug 06, 2009

Good morning all, I'm looking forward to reliving this breakfast as well, it was a doozie!

Martin

#4 posted by
suckamc
on Aug 06, 2009

yeah, I'm sporting a pretty spectacular goatee... don't worry, it'll be changing as soon as it gets longer.

Martin

#5 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

You still going for the Cat Pontoon/Snailhouse look?

#6 posted by
enerie
on Aug 06, 2009

It is way too early in the morning for me to be this excited about anything... except for maybe Christmas...

#7 posted by
suckamc
on Aug 06, 2009

oh yeah, I'm on the hunt for mustache wax!

Martin

#8 posted by
fumblebee
on Aug 06, 2009

yeah, do you need your drivers license that terribly? I didn't know you were so poor.

@Martin

You should also get one of those mustache protectors.

#9 posted by
Vish Khanna
on Aug 06, 2009

Not sure why your posts didn't show up today Mike. Weird one.

#10 posted by
tb3
on Aug 06, 2009

Add a comment = disappearing act.

#11 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

Everything shows up as long you put in your own comment title. It happens every once in awhile .

#12 posted by
tb3
on Aug 06, 2009

So Martin, you've set an appearance record on The Breakfast Club! Well done, well done indeed! (what's with the Canon neck strap? thought you had a Nikon)

And I am swirling in wonderment trying to figure out what the letter banner on the wall says. Can one of you spill it?

(MikeV, is this post works, it means you can't post without a comment title)

#13 posted by
tb3
on Aug 06, 2009

OMG now I am really a re-tard for not being there!

#14 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

The rice pudding was really good.

#15 posted by
suckamc
on Aug 06, 2009

The Rice pudding was almost a highlight of the trip... and I have a Canon.

hehe I forgot how much fun that host break was. :)

Martin

#16 posted by
fumblebee
on Aug 06, 2009

So yeah, i ended up somehow eating awesome breakfasts for free two days in a row. First was the awesome sappy breakfast club breakfast I. The second was from George's Roadhouse after waiting two and a half hours (and drinking like ten cups of coffee(not as good as Kim and Vanessa's coffee(I need to get a french press))) the waitress realized that she has not in fact written down our breakfast order. It was ok, it was crazy that day so we tipped her anyway because the breakfast was tasty and we (Me and my non R3 going friend Adam) had drunk at least half of our weight in coffee. It didn't really seem in the sappy spirit to punish someone for making a simple mistake.

I wish all my breakfasts were free though.

#17 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

You have no idea how hard it is being a mountain man in NB as we really don't have any mountains.

#18 posted by
TheRadioHead
on Aug 06, 2009

What's with not telling us your first name?

Got a warrant out?

#19 posted by
enerie
on Aug 06, 2009

"Hang Loose"

You have to remember we're in student housing. At one point we had decorations up from every holiday and every birthday we ever celebrated.

#20 posted by
fumblebee
on Aug 06, 2009

It was tasty but I think the highlight of that breakfast was the fantastic fruit salad. I think I ate at least half that bowl.

#21 posted by
enerie
on Aug 06, 2009

George's breakfasts are the best! The surly waitresses, the slightly stale coffee, the option of having beer at 11 am on Sunday... what could be better? It all adds to the theme of George's

#22 posted by
enerie
on Aug 06, 2009

... and they actually are surly.... I once asked for more coffee and got an actual scowl! A scowl! I think it's part of their tipping scheme- They make you feel like you're inconveniencing them so much that you have to compensate by tipping them. I love it there. I heard they were in high spirits for Sappy.

#23 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

Sadly I never made it to George's. Next year I hope.

#24 posted by
fumblebee
on Aug 06, 2009

We went looking for you but I suppose that you were in your fancy dorm room.

#25 posted by
fumblebee
on Aug 06, 2009

My real name is Kris. I told everyone several times. I guess my name has the same effect on others and as every other name in the history of everything has.

#26 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

It was fancy it had a mirror and a chair!!

#27 posted by
suckamc
on Aug 06, 2009

Technically so did fumblebee's car...

Martin

#28 posted by
fumblebee
on Aug 06, 2009

My room got 40 mpg.

#29 posted by
enerie
on Aug 06, 2009

Well, I'm off to work. It was nice reliving Sappy with you folks! Actually, one thing I have to do today is finish editing all my Sappy recording. Ah memories and marantzes

#30 posted by
suckamc
on Aug 06, 2009

My room was surrounded by broken down 20mpg rooms...

Martin

#31 posted by
tb3
on Aug 06, 2009

Facebook stalking fumblebee?

#32 posted by
fumblebee
on Aug 06, 2009

had air conditioning

#33 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

You guys should have bought a ticket and booked a room before you had the money to do these things like me. That way you could fret the whole summer on how the hell are you going to pay for all of this.

That is how it is done.

#34 posted by
fumblebee
on Aug 06, 2009

You should have slummed it like us poor folks instead of retreating to your ivory tower.

#35 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

Next year I will sleep under the highway overpass just to make you guys happy.

#36 posted by
fumblebee
on Aug 06, 2009

I was thinking of setting up a tiny room under the mainstage.

#37 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

How long did it take to get your food?

#38 posted by
littleO
on Aug 06, 2009

Mad respect for playing that Jean Leloup song. Big tune.

#39 posted by
dawn.h
on Aug 06, 2009

Sounds like it was a great breakfast, gang. I loooove rice pudding.

Vish: If one had a QandHopefullyA question/comment, where might one send it?

#40 posted by
sarahnh
on Aug 06, 2009

this was one of the most tasty meals i have ever eaten. thank you kim and vanessa for providing a wonderful hangover cure in the form of pancakes and other edibles!

#41 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

I think it is safe to say that if you were not a Clues fan before the show you were after. It was an incredible set!

#42 posted by
fumblebee
on Aug 06, 2009

It was awesome though I think there were several bands that almost broke it.

#43 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

1.5 hours!! That is insane. I hope it was worth it?

#44 posted by
tb3
on Aug 06, 2009

A non breakfast club aside…

So, you and I both embroiled in the playoffs – you in floor hackey, me in its expensive and much hotter cousin, roller hackey.

I am happy to report that we won our first game Monday night in a shootout. And last night again in a one goal game despite only finding out about our game Tuesday night, and able to get half the team (and not the good half).

We're poised to do what we've done a couple other seasons: Lose all regular season and somehow win in the playoffs to contend for first place.

I call it veteran savvy. Cause it sounds better than saying I'm old ;)

And if you have a Q&hopefullyA query, email feedback@cbcradio3 with Q&A for Vish in the subject line. And if you don't know, in the message area is where you typerwrite your question. Hit send.

#45 posted by
MikeV
on Aug 06, 2009

Now I want ice cream and popcorn for breakfast.

#46 posted by
fumblebee
on Aug 06, 2009

You can eat whatever you want! That's the best part of getting older. Having Bacon and Beer (good album name) for lunch if you want. Or making a whole pizza and then eating it for weeks. Or having cereal and a rum and coke for breakfast!

#47 posted by
dawn.h
on Aug 06, 2009

Glad to hear about the playoffs. We're pre-seeded going into ours I think. And it's only two weeks. So we were bound for the bottom from the start of playoffs. It's fine though. We're a beer league team for sure. But we did step it up for the last playoff game even though we were half a team. Something about that pressure makes you play tighter. Good luck next week.

And thanks for the how-to, good buddy. But last time I emailed Vish that way on a non-Monday he didn't get back to me. I think I'll hold onto my question until Monday and hope I don't forget.

#48 posted by
tb3
on Aug 06, 2009

He's bombarded of late, and doesn't always respond to emails. But I am pretty sure he gets them, to later forget about.

But you might want to try what I do? Standing outside of his house, looking in windows into the wee hours of the night.

#49 posted by
Vish Khanna
on Aug 06, 2009

Hi Dawn,

Sorry, busy morning!
You can post your Q here or maybe FB me!

thanks!
vk

#50 posted by
Vish Khanna
on Aug 06, 2009

Well, I have to say, you've got a pretty good goatee going there...

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