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So we’re stretching and lounging around after the nine day tour
through Quebec and Ontario, petting the cats and dogs, kissing our
lovers, sleeping in our beds and catching up on work at our day jobs.
We have so many fun things to share, but for now we’ll stick to word
associations about the different cities we’ve played in. Some
more reviews from some of these places can be found on the Press page.
Pointe Claire: Line Spectra, You & Me, Clydes,
memories of shad flies and adolescence, kids drinking in the side
streets, pre-show soundman lectures, “the stage is a temple”
Montreal: family galore, friends galore, Postcards,
Vincat, ordering food in order to drink, CD launch, trying on our new
dresses and wedding tie, good sound, awesome crowd, our favorite
hecklers ever!
Quebec City: German tourists, a bunch of camera
flashes,QC poutine!, Erin spooning Amber, JC’s cabin-like apartment on
loan, stage under the stairs, a cyclone of reverb, rapt on-lookers,
general good vibe, twisty streets and pretty buildings! No one else on
the bill.
Ottawa: Zaphods, Creature from the Black Lagoon
pinball, drinking Black Velvet, surprise visit from our biggest “fans”,
D & C’s generous apartment lending and candy-buying, beer +
earplugs = Grampa Eric ; ), Michael Munnik, Shannon Rose & The
Thorns
Peterborough: Awesome city!, might lose Eric and
Laurel to it one day, stopped by a really old cemetery to smell the
lilac bushes and read the stones, Fire Flower Revue, Ryver Road, The
Only Cafe, The Spill, serious band talks over red wine, Eric dancing on
a table, Amber lecturing about “good metal”, trying to eat dinner while
listening to your own record, sleeping above the venue, “exploring” at
night and incidentally stumbling in on a sleeping neighbor, rough
morning the next day
St. Catharines: Strega, amazing food! Pasta with
shrimp!, playing to the staff but then they called their friends and we
played again, discussions about zines, touring and unicorns, Harper was
in town the same day
Toronto: Rancho Relaxo, Tomboyfriend, The Books
Elusive, being called “red wine over there” and then having red wine
tongue when sticking it out during devil sign-throwing (see below),
movies like Godzilla + RoboCop playing above the bar (silently),
messy/sexy performance (we hope), real good people, Kensington market,
discussions about CD reviews, Mexican wrestling masks, cheese shops,
random post-midnight pit stop at the cemetery to keep things real?
London: Call the Office, a really rock night with
Stations (the London-based band) and My Shaky Jane, tattooed sleeves,
majorly tight rockin’ boys, sister-in-laws and friends!, spitting beer
on My Shaky Jane (a favor), discussing “gear” and Erin’s Dean, stories
about the third floor and how it’s now a different era, the most
desolate shopping mall ever, Amber getting out of loading the car two
nights in a row and being stuck in the “penalty box” (i.e. cramped back
seat), amazing breakfast of crepes and bacon and more by Lake Erie
thankyousomuch!!!
Hamilton: Casbah Lounge, parents, old friends and
the baby Dylan who stole our hearts! Sarah Good, one-way streets,
broken guitar strings and a shortened set, Eric walks out of the venue
after throwing his sticks but he wasn’t mad, The Muppets projected onto
a wall, Eric’s mum imitating Amber’s shimmy!
Various locations: Super8 camera, tunes, map
reading, feelings-sharing, gassing up, being gassy, budgeting on the
go, packed lunches, rock locks, sunglasses-hunting, newspaper-hunting,
arguing, laughing like crazy, singing along to music, being asked NOT
to sing to all the music, discussions about recording + pedals +
producing, and a whole. lot. more.