Sunday, November 20, 2011

Insider report - what now?

For the first time in over 10 years, the band is not booked to play New Year's Eve (yeah, but I bet that could change in a day).

According to sources in the band, they are taking time to re-create their practice space, do some more recording (one day there maybe music for sale), and plan for touring (product development, dates in Winnipeg and TO maybe, plus various festivals next summer).

Re-arranging of songs, finalizing a trio of set-lists (a long one, a medium one, and a festival one), set design (hint, think angry rabbits on stage, video, and um, "other things we don't want to talk about").

Glad I saw them at 'The Northern' on Friday night.

:)

The Northern, November 18th, 2011

Imagine, if you would, walking into a darkly lit bar and seeing in the distance ... pink. Huge pink tubes floating in the air like .... giant spider bits maybe, or giant pink worms waving in the breeze.... Imagine the sight of pink boxes, drums, amps, instruments....

Imagine this is happening after you've spent two hours down the street drinking cheap beer....

Bamm, noise, smoke, lasers, strobe lights go off ... the pink tubes explode and the air is filled with balloons (pink), confetti (pink and yellow), and then all of a sudden, 3 people on stage all dressed in orange coveralls. The noise changes - it becomes music, it becomes a song, then two, then another one, then ....

Two and a-half hours later, its over.

10 kilograms of confetti on the floor (what floor? its all buried under confetti) smoke drifting ceiling-ward....

You, you've just heard driving rhythms and songs about zombies, mass-murderers, aliens, ... and "Like A Virgin" (Madonna cover with ukeleles and a baritone horn), a Black Sabbath cover ("Iron Man"), a TV show theme song ("Wonder Woman") morph into Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" at double speed.

Let's not forget the rabbits prancing around all night either. Giant, 1.5 m high drunken rabbits. Chasing each other. Dragging each other through the confetti on the floor.

Yeah, it was a good show.

And yeah, you wanted more.

Closing time, last call, encore,

lights go up,

c'mon... let's go people, bar is closing.....

With special thanks to the couple who stopped by for a meal and ended up getting a room so they could stay for the show. Thanks to the rabbits who ended their 4 week road trip around BC at 'The Northern' with Bubba Tres when all they stopped in for was a round of shooters before dinner.....

And thanks to everyone who filled the bar, and of course to the hard working bar staff who had to deal with the insanity... and the great 'sound man' (Kyle).

Glad I was there.