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watching colourbook last night I got a little wolf parade feeling in my belly. like, actually this is huge, really this is so good, does anyone REALIZE how good this is? why is not everyone just exploding from how good this is. perhaps it is the fact that colourbook is often pretty loose and laid back and joking around in their performances that pulls wool over ears and makes people not completely notice just how incredible every song is and keeps everyone from just fainting from awesome.
last night at the old chemainus firehall (remind me to tell you how utopian this venue is. . . free food!) colourbook's drummer couldn't make it and brock, everyone's favourite ukuleleleleleleist, filled in for a whimsical and magical show.
the evening started off with the bike's mine, who played a bike's mine set, yes, the mics are working, we just don't really sing into them.
then old phoebe played, for which most people sat on the floor and looked pretty comfy. it was like playing to a school gym of attentive children as we banged on the bike and jamie let loose on a radiator and the walls. she's getting wild, that girl. my parents also came to see us play for the first time, because they live in chemainus. they said we were unique.
ghosts couldn't make the show, but one of their members performed his side-project mousetrap instead, singing along to recorded beats and stuff. it would have been great with the addition of maybe adam gold on mini-korg or something.
fury and the mouse are old phoebe's new friends. fury and the mouse! they fucking rocked. I kind of regret that I was eating chili and salad in the band lounge (band lounge!) for the first part of their set. it was delicious though. because I really got into them and rocked out just a little bit when I did go stand in front of them and got hit in the face with it. I told tanner that the guy on the korg is a really great guy, based on the way he moved about as he played, and then found it to be quite true when I talked to him after the show. soon or eventually we will go to victoria to play with them again.
the old firehall in chemainus is a community centre and a very nice place to play a show. they cook food for the bands. there is a band lounge and a room downstairs with computers and pool tables and things. and everyone gets paid! and they were so nice! they apologized so much to us for the low turnout and low pay because usually there is a very good turnout and bands get paid much more. we don't even get paid for half the shows we play, so it was nice to have gas and slurpee costs covered.
we also had a very nice time stopping for slurpees with colourbook on the way home. and jordan assured me that their recording is going well (recorded in their house, the way indie rock should be!) and we should see a colourbook album pretty soon. good news for rock and roll!
the bike's mine is playing in port mcneil today. I almost went with them, but you can't do everything. sometimes I try. rock and roll is alot of work and you just have to take care of yourself sometimes. you can't let your roommate do ALL the dishes ALL the time.
which reminds me, I guess I have been too busy crying all week to mention the breakup of dustin and garret. garret seems to be finding the expenses and time demands of being in the band conflicting with survival. it's not easy, even when you're AWESOME. they played their final show in vancouver last night, which I almost canceled on our show to attend, but I decided instead to be even more determined to make my band my highest priority and not let ANYTHING get in the way of it. I hope they had a great rocking party of a sendoff.
I was also sorry to miss harry and the potters yesterday in vancouver, but wore my brand new voldemort can't stop the rock! t-shirt, which l'ren wisely and lovingly picked out for me when she saw them in new york last week. if you haven't heard harry and the potters, I like to describe them as if harry potter were conor oberst, however, they're actually alot more posi-core than that.
so the lineup on july 28th at the artspace has shrunk to just old phoebe and the bike's mine with d&g never to return, but don't worry, we have some special guests up our sleeves and will be adding to that lineup so please join us!
also next saturday (july 22nd) head down the china steps for the CHLY street party happening outside the station all day long with 1, 2, 3, 4. . . 10, 11, 12. . . . lots of bands.
now playing: colourbook - theme song
last night at the old chemainus firehall (remind me to tell you how utopian this venue is. . . free food!) colourbook's drummer couldn't make it and brock, everyone's favourite ukuleleleleleleist, filled in for a whimsical and magical show.
the evening started off with the bike's mine, who played a bike's mine set, yes, the mics are working, we just don't really sing into them.
then old phoebe played, for which most people sat on the floor and looked pretty comfy. it was like playing to a school gym of attentive children as we banged on the bike and jamie let loose on a radiator and the walls. she's getting wild, that girl. my parents also came to see us play for the first time, because they live in chemainus. they said we were unique.
ghosts couldn't make the show, but one of their members performed his side-project mousetrap instead, singing along to recorded beats and stuff. it would have been great with the addition of maybe adam gold on mini-korg or something.
fury and the mouse are old phoebe's new friends. fury and the mouse! they fucking rocked. I kind of regret that I was eating chili and salad in the band lounge (band lounge!) for the first part of their set. it was delicious though. because I really got into them and rocked out just a little bit when I did go stand in front of them and got hit in the face with it. I told tanner that the guy on the korg is a really great guy, based on the way he moved about as he played, and then found it to be quite true when I talked to him after the show. soon or eventually we will go to victoria to play with them again.
the old firehall in chemainus is a community centre and a very nice place to play a show. they cook food for the bands. there is a band lounge and a room downstairs with computers and pool tables and things. and everyone gets paid! and they were so nice! they apologized so much to us for the low turnout and low pay because usually there is a very good turnout and bands get paid much more. we don't even get paid for half the shows we play, so it was nice to have gas and slurpee costs covered.
we also had a very nice time stopping for slurpees with colourbook on the way home. and jordan assured me that their recording is going well (recorded in their house, the way indie rock should be!) and we should see a colourbook album pretty soon. good news for rock and roll!
the bike's mine is playing in port mcneil today. I almost went with them, but you can't do everything. sometimes I try. rock and roll is alot of work and you just have to take care of yourself sometimes. you can't let your roommate do ALL the dishes ALL the time.
which reminds me, I guess I have been too busy crying all week to mention the breakup of dustin and garret. garret seems to be finding the expenses and time demands of being in the band conflicting with survival. it's not easy, even when you're AWESOME. they played their final show in vancouver last night, which I almost canceled on our show to attend, but I decided instead to be even more determined to make my band my highest priority and not let ANYTHING get in the way of it. I hope they had a great rocking party of a sendoff.
I was also sorry to miss harry and the potters yesterday in vancouver, but wore my brand new voldemort can't stop the rock! t-shirt, which l'ren wisely and lovingly picked out for me when she saw them in new york last week. if you haven't heard harry and the potters, I like to describe them as if harry potter were conor oberst, however, they're actually alot more posi-core than that.
so the lineup on july 28th at the artspace has shrunk to just old phoebe and the bike's mine with d&g never to return, but don't worry, we have some special guests up our sleeves and will be adding to that lineup so please join us!
also next saturday (july 22nd) head down the china steps for the CHLY street party happening outside the station all day long with 1, 2, 3, 4. . . 10, 11, 12. . . . lots of bands.
now playing: colourbook - theme song
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