5th of november

last night we met up at the studio. the intention was to do an inpromtu/stripped down live off the floor video performance of the 5th of november to celebrate guy fawkes day.

our video recorder - my digital camera - which has provided us with 95% of the picture/video we post is almost dead. the lens sputters and coughs when i turn it on, fully charged batteries are 'drained' and wonky mechanical noises are frequent. it's been a good run, but i fear my canon powershot is headed for the giant electronics landfill in China. where the mercury in the circuit board will poison the groundwater for generations to come. Hello disposable everything. Chuck Norris would approve. Have you ever seen how every piece of military hardware he uses is completely disposable? when it runs out of bullets or grenades - just throw it away.

so instead we were only able to record the audio. afterwards, we were like... hmm, it kinda sounds like an outake from the record, but here it is:

The 5th of November (live off the floor nov 05.09).mp3

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5th of november

devil's night in waterloo

Friday night Rob and I played through a few renditions of some of the songs we are working on these days. My inexperience with the tightening of floor tom legs, a laptop crash and the worst mic clip in history were working against us. All said and done, it was a fun time. After our set, good friends Sex Dwarf brought down the house. Where were you?

This week we will begin rehearsal for our show at Maxwells (in Waterloo on November 12th). My well loved camera is in its death thralls, but I'll try to capture some of the moments that ensue.

Next year - Devil's Night in Detroit.

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devil's night in waterloo