These are our cds. yumrob
Friday, March 7, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
canadian winter
Rob 360'd off the road in the van the other night after rehearsal. While we were trying to get out another driver stopped and offered us his shovel.
Then another guy came running out of his house with 2 shovels.
Then a guy stopped and told us he was a paramedic and offered his help.
Nice people are out there.
Of maybe it's karma - if you're into that kinda thing.
A few weeks ago my girlfriend and I were returning from a home cooked meal courtesy of my mum. A hill we had to drive up on the way home was so icy that cars were sliding backwards down it. The two of us jumped out and pushed the car in front of us up. Then I proceeded to push our car up. Meanwhile, below us, the bottom of the hill was quickly become a chaos zone. As various people tried to go around each other, a city bus sat spinning it's tires endlessly. I thought, you know... if everyone just pushed the car in front of them up, this would be like clockwork.
Anyways. Winter sucks. Helpful people rule.
Become a helpful person.
G
Then another guy came running out of his house with 2 shovels.
Then a guy stopped and told us he was a paramedic and offered his help.
Nice people are out there.
Of maybe it's karma - if you're into that kinda thing.
A few weeks ago my girlfriend and I were returning from a home cooked meal courtesy of my mum. A hill we had to drive up on the way home was so icy that cars were sliding backwards down it. The two of us jumped out and pushed the car in front of us up. Then I proceeded to push our car up. Meanwhile, below us, the bottom of the hill was quickly become a chaos zone. As various people tried to go around each other, a city bus sat spinning it's tires endlessly. I thought, you know... if everyone just pushed the car in front of them up, this would be like clockwork.
Anyways. Winter sucks. Helpful people rule.
Become a helpful person.
G
Monday, February 25, 2008
screaming underwater
thank you all for a wonderful night at the legendary horseshoe tavern. i don't think i'm alone or being a disgustingly optimistic mutual smokeblower when i say that all the bands killed that night. So go check out These Electric Lives, In Transit and Stirling.
I also want to again thank Jamie for contributing to the set visually. Man's got some serious talent and we're happy to have him share it with us.
Check out more of his work here: JAU
greg
Monday, February 18, 2008
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Our CD Release show at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern is fast approaching. We've been sticking to a rigid and intense rehearsal schedule in order to fine tune our set. Our good friend Jamie (whom I mentioned earlier) is getting quite organized and involved in contributing to the set visually. It's actually starting to feel like we're rehearsing a show - what a concept! (PS - we're idiots).
Friends, Family and Loved Ones have been super supportive and helpful over the last few months. Helping us to keep our heads on. A certain amount of invisible hype is happening - which is strange and wonderful as we haven't even released this record yet. Thank you all. If you think you can help us, you probably can.
We've got some new shirts on the way, courtesy of design guru Cassie Scowcroft. You will be able to buy these at The Horseshoe.
I leave you with a clip from a discussion we had online a few nights ago.
emeri says: wait, we should rock paper scissors for who gets kicked out of the band this month.
greg says: Until then brainstorm.
greg says: I volunteer.
greg says: vote me off!
rob says: can it be me... please
emeri says: no man... thats why we rock paper scissors
greg says: hahaha
greg says: you win exile!
emeri says: its not fair... i would vote too.
Paul says: i'm already gone.....
See you Friday!
Greg
Monday, February 11, 2008
White Out.
Another week gone. Zip. Zap. Zilch. SLC was cancelled… apparently we have snow storms in this part of the world.. go figure. The Ebar made up for it though… what a wicked place. So now we are getting together our set for the Horseshoe on Feb 22nd. It should be a blast. 11 days… How cool is that? Enough time to rehearse projected video imagery and whatnot? I am just full of questions.. hoping for answers but not really coming up with them. Will the CDs be back from their pressing?... I am going to maintain my hopeful status... the kind of hoping that keeps my nails short in choppy little chew marks.
Tomorrow we are starting some new songs. It has been a while.. should be interesting. Other than that.. yeah. Just kind of babbling like people do.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Postpartum
The year Two Thousand Eight has started off as a whirlwind. My brain only grudgingly accepts the fact that we vacated our humble home on Victoria Street 5 months ago. Timelines are a blur. We are now in the interesting slice of time between the record being complete and it being released. A doldrum of sorts. There are moments of excitement and anticipation and tunnel moments where all light vanishes and only darkness remains. Will anyone like it? Does it matter? Does that matter? I can say only for sure that we're happy with it and are ready to let it exit the womb, enter the world and begin it's own life.
We've got 2 shows this week. One at the University of Waterloo, in the Student Life Center. We've played there before and it was pretty cool. Big open room, high ceilings, comfortable chairs. University aged people unintentionally making me feel old. "Who's that geezer playing guitar?" Who're you calling a geezer? I'm 52, and dyslexic. The other show is at eBar in Guelph. The eBar is a sweet venue so if you're able, come on out and see the show.
All the details are on our... Myspace.
Last Friday the lovely KLP had us on her show at CKMS. We played some acoustic adaptations of songs and spoke with her about what we're up to. Bill the soundman was most excellent. I will post some of the audio once we get a copy of it.
We've also been doing some obscure (and very cool) rehearsals with a friend of ours named Jamie. Maybe you'll see some of it at The Horseshoe CD release? It's very cool stuff. I find him to be one of those people that you just hit it off with instantly. Same vibes, same page, same ideas when it comes to quality.
I'd like to thank everyone who attended our Listening Party at The Children's Museum this past Saturday. I'd also like to thank our friends, families and loved ones for helping us with food, decorations, etc. You know who you are and we love you.
Big thanks to the Children's Museum for having us too. It is inarguably a very cool place. If you've never been, you should check it out.
Over and out.
Greg
We've got 2 shows this week. One at the University of Waterloo, in the Student Life Center. We've played there before and it was pretty cool. Big open room, high ceilings, comfortable chairs. University aged people unintentionally making me feel old. "Who's that geezer playing guitar?" Who're you calling a geezer? I'm 52, and dyslexic. The other show is at eBar in Guelph. The eBar is a sweet venue so if you're able, come on out and see the show.
All the details are on our... Myspace.
Last Friday the lovely KLP had us on her show at CKMS. We played some acoustic adaptations of songs and spoke with her about what we're up to. Bill the soundman was most excellent. I will post some of the audio once we get a copy of it.
We've also been doing some obscure (and very cool) rehearsals with a friend of ours named Jamie. Maybe you'll see some of it at The Horseshoe CD release? It's very cool stuff. I find him to be one of those people that you just hit it off with instantly. Same vibes, same page, same ideas when it comes to quality.
I'd like to thank everyone who attended our Listening Party at The Children's Museum this past Saturday. I'd also like to thank our friends, families and loved ones for helping us with food, decorations, etc. You know who you are and we love you.
Big thanks to the Children's Museum for having us too. It is inarguably a very cool place. If you've never been, you should check it out.
Over and out.
Greg
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
glock-ccordian
Time has wings. What do I have to talk about? Our Listening Party at the Children’s Museum is approaching even faster (Feb 2nd). We are going to be on CKMS 100.3 at 11:00 am, on Friday the 1st, (KLP’s Sideshow Continuum). Doing an interview and some acoustic adaptations of songs off our new CD (At the Command of the Blanket Sky). All kinds of shakers, tambourines, glockenspiels and what not. There are also 2 shows coming up. Feb 6th at the SLC and the 7th at eBar in
Thursday, January 24, 2008
What the hell is a Listening Party?
Interesting events are unfolding beneath us. Yesterday we were given the ‘low down’ and ‘walk through’ of the Children’s Museum. This is where we are having our Listening Party for, you guessed it ‘At the Command of the Blanket Sky’. It is February 2nd, Cash bar (that’s right). Pretty much a party so we can talk about ourselves. Blah, blah, blah. Do a lot of name dropping, try to look cool (but not quite pull it off). Talk and yammer and …. You get the picture.. smiles, nods. Sniff some butts. Have our butts sniffed (if we are lucky) and drink. But no.. really I do hope a lot of people show, and we can have a good time. Listen and wonder with fear and amazement what it all means. I am not really sure myself. A large finished product is a strange animal. It would be nice to celebrate it’s birth, whether it’s a beautiful bird, or a reproachable monster.. either way, it is ours, and we will let you look in the cage.. maybe give it a pat on the head. All I ask is that you will drink several beverages, eat some finger foods, and discuss what kind of shots it might need. Veterinary care, perches, scratching posts…you get the idea.
Babble, babble, babble.
rob
Friday, January 18, 2008
Picture Pcirute Erutcip Miscellaneous Crapsimus
These are a bunch of pictures from August and September. We drove to South Carolina to pick up a vehicle, and went to Ottawa and Montreal for some shows. Miscellaneous images result.
In case any of you don't know, Best Buy has a great GPS Rental Policy.
(Keep the receipt)
Dunkin' Donuts Rejuvenates & Refreshes After 25 Hours of Driving... No seriously.
THOR gots booty.
THOR in pursuit
The big peach. Strange things happen in South Carolina.
Divine intervention.
Last minute tune ups before the inspection. (Notice Paul's legs protruding from beneath THOR the behemoth.)
Garage Band - From our brief hiatus between spaces.
Garage band part 2
Garage band part 3
The reading nook
We-haul
Vankleek tower
Vankleek Music
Sidewalk parker
Olympic stadium
Gypsy caravan
Good friends let rock and roll freaks stay at their parent's when close to Ottawa.
Five star service. Ten star beer burgers.
The invincible Bowser
Mixing Things
K dub il you - ducks
rah pictures.
rob
Monday, January 14, 2008
anvil no more
So I didn’t post at all during recording. Perhaps I am a deadbeat. Perhaps my head has been other places. Perhaps this is me making excuses. It is pretty much done. A somewhat life changing event. What will I do with myself? No longer bobbing my head to the unending rhythm of Emeri’s drum edits. No longer squeezing my eyes shut and cursing the compressors wondering… what is making it sound like that? Does it sound how I think it sounds? Am I imagining this? Where are my pants? Is this how it will sound everywhere else? No, no, no, surely not. Tomorrow we do the final tweaks. It will then be as done as it can get before I hold a pressed copy in my hands. Touching isn’t it? Sniff, sniff, honk.
We have a show coming up with a K/W group called Lucky Stabb. This show is at The Blue Moon in
Verbal diarrhea
Rob
At the Command of the Blanket Sky
Well we've finished the new album ("At the Command of the Blanket Sky"), and started posting a new song from it every 2 days on the internet (myspace or facebook: pick your poison).
Honestly, I thought it would be a breath of fresh air after we were done mixing... and now I'm realizing that I'll have to hold my breath for a little longer because there's still work to be done!
Artwork for the cd, promotion, blah blah blah (don't want to sound whiny).
But I can say that I am excited to start playing shows again and getting back into the groove of the live band.
We have some shows coming up in the near future, and would love to see anyone and everyone attend. (see link to preferred poison up top ^ )
This is Henry... signing off.
Honestly, I thought it would be a breath of fresh air after we were done mixing... and now I'm realizing that I'll have to hold my breath for a little longer because there's still work to be done!
Artwork for the cd, promotion, blah blah blah (don't want to sound whiny).
But I can say that I am excited to start playing shows again and getting back into the groove of the live band.
We have some shows coming up in the near future, and would love to see anyone and everyone attend. (see link to preferred poison up top ^ )
This is Henry... signing off.
Monday, January 7, 2008
dd-wrt
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
and happy new year
trying not to lose focus in the final moments of this project.
after spending a year on and off on this beast i tend to have good and bad days with it. in the end there is only neutral. it is what it is. i think we all want to hasten the recording process next time around. Of course without damaging the quality of the final product. Every record so far has been a huge and increasingly intense learning experience. Next time around I feel like we probably could start and finish the next project within a smaller window.
the saving grace is that now we get to go out and perform these songs, and hopefully for people who want to see them performed. that is one of the truly exciting parts of music. the collective experience. a chance to breathe new life into the songs and start writing again.
we're aiming to have it all ready for packaging by the 7th. that should put it in our hands for the end of the month. deadlines seem to be pretty publicly pointless with us, but they must serve some psychological purpose within the band or else we'd likely just terminate the use of them.
hey and by the way. we've been mixing in Qatalyst magazine's basement for the last month. check them out.
www.qatalystmedia.com
they've got a blog here too:
www.qatalust.blogspot.com
after spending a year on and off on this beast i tend to have good and bad days with it. in the end there is only neutral. it is what it is. i think we all want to hasten the recording process next time around. Of course without damaging the quality of the final product. Every record so far has been a huge and increasingly intense learning experience. Next time around I feel like we probably could start and finish the next project within a smaller window.
the saving grace is that now we get to go out and perform these songs, and hopefully for people who want to see them performed. that is one of the truly exciting parts of music. the collective experience. a chance to breathe new life into the songs and start writing again.
we're aiming to have it all ready for packaging by the 7th. that should put it in our hands for the end of the month. deadlines seem to be pretty publicly pointless with us, but they must serve some psychological purpose within the band or else we'd likely just terminate the use of them.
hey and by the way. we've been mixing in Qatalyst magazine's basement for the last month. check them out.
www.qatalystmedia.com
they've got a blog here too:
www.qatalust.blogspot.com
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