been awhile

what happened?

I went away to bird camp for a month and a half, then traveled back with a good friend, starting out with a week of Winnipeg, of swimming in rock quarries, drinking by mosquito-ridden riversides, sweaty bike rides to Garbage Hill, and getting a chance to check out some shows. Big thanks to Bean, Alden, Sissy and Sara for making Winnipeg ruling.

This is Garbage Hill, the biggest hill in Wpg.














BORN BAD,
Hardcore from Winnipeg


HEAD HITS CONCRETE,
Grindcore from Winnipeg


oh and in case you forgot about KURSK, here's an okay video of them playing at 453 Young in Winnipeg



East Coast tour with SURROGATE ACTIVITY. This video taken by Hari, sums up August.


We played with some awesome bands. Here are some EXAMPLES.

SURROGATE ACTIVITY
Pop-punk from St. John's, Newfoundland

WEAK LINK
Hardcore from St. John's, Newfoundland
http://www.myspace.com/weaklink709

HONKY HORN & BAD MOUTH
Brooklyn, NYC



(note: The alternative title for the posting could be "My Cat Fell Ten Stories While I was in Brooklyn and Now I'm Broke and In Debt to my Friends and Family.")

next time: Why Vancouver Rules

Oh, hi.

I'm taking this time now, 42 minutes before my final exam of my second semester, to update this. It's been awhile.

I quit Budgies in March to focus more on living off student loans and lying around my apartment, fantasizing about level building and the slowly dying plants that I could better position.

I also started playing in a band. We changed our name three times, played some shows, got a bass player and now we are going on tour with this band from Newfoundland, called SURROGATE ACTIVITY. This band is comprised of, my best friend/roommate circa 2006, Juls Generic, her partner Steve, and a bass player whom I have yet to meet.

There have been some good shows around Vancouver lately, none of which I have written about on here, alas.

In one week I am going away to volunteer at a bird observatory in Thunder Bay, Ontario. On May 3rd I will wake up an hour before sunrise, search desperately for something resembling coffee, put on jeans that are too hot or shorts that are too tattered, and climb a 20-metre ladder to an observation tower and sit there looking for migratory birds. I will do this every day for a month and 8 days, then I will go back to Vancouver and spend every day on the beach.





If you're in Vancouver this weekend, you should check out these shows:

first fridays december 4th

OCTOBER 7TH - OFF WITH THEIR HEADS/YOUTH BRIGADE/BOUNCING SOULS

NOVEMBER 15th

TYNFB

the month at a glance

UPCOMING SHOWS

///////////////////////////September///////////////////////

--TUESDAY 22nd--

Boosh Tuesdays w.
TIGHT SOLID
FINE MIST
WILD PALMS
@COBALT 9pm $5 No Minors

--FRIDAY 25th--

MASS GRAVE
99 PROBLEMS
NU SENSAE
UNFUN
@APC 8pm All Ages

MODE MODERNE
PETROLEUM BY-PRODUCTS
COSMETICS
@ 467 POWELL (above the Meat Shop) 11pm

--SATURDAY 26th--

DISTORT VANCOUVER w.
HELLSHOCK
DEATHRAID
NERVESKADE
RIPPER
SPECTRES
UNFUN
FEAR OF TOMORROW
@ RICKSHAW THEATRE 3pm $10 All Ages (Early Show!!!)

SUBHUMANS
@ COBALT 10pm No Minors

DEAD GHOSTS
MANIC ATTRACTS
THE SUSPICIONS
@ ASTORIA 10pm No Minors $5

--TUESDAY 29th--

Last Boosh Tuesday Ever!!! w.

B-LINES
NU SENSAE
TWO CABINS
@ COBALT 10PM $5 No Minors

--WEDNESDAY 30th--

B-LINES
HEALTHY STUDENTS
KEEP TIDY
@MEDIA CLUB 9pm No Minors


////////////////October/////////////


--WEDNESDAY 7th--

YOUTH BRIGADE
BOUNCING SOULS
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS
@ RICKSHAW THEATRE (All Ages?)

--THURSDAY Oct 8th--

TRANZMITORS
HARD FEELINGS
PLUS PERFECT
@ HONEY LOUNGE No Minors

CONGRESS
@ BOURBON (BlastRamp) 10pm No Minors

--FRIDAY 9th--

VAPID
QUIET KIDS
AK747S
@PATS PUB 9pm No Minors

--SATURDAY 17th--

DEFEKTORS
WHITE LUNG
RANDOM CUTS
@ASTORIA 9pm



know of anything else? please post comment.


xolegs

I would like to live here next year.

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i am going to try and keep this updated again. get into it.


UNFUN at the Alf House last night, the actual camera work is questionable, but its mostly the recording of the song I was going for. Or whatever.

first tab attempt

well, it kind of works.
the lyrics are a bit hard to determine in some parts of this song,
but i did my best.



FROM A TOWER - THORNS OF LIFE

CAPO on 7th fret

G F# Em
heaven just got your postcard
G F# Em
my dear veronica
G F# Em
we are blessed and powerless
F G C
wherever we turn we win
so this.....

(can't figure the lyrics out here)

C G F
.....wants to waste time beside you
F G C
if you storm this tower, bring your bells
G F# Em
i am that mad bastille
G F# Em
twelve residences to see your fires
G F# Em
we cheer inside
F G
cheer for you fire breather
F G
now i dont know you well
C G F
but i know enough to tell you that
F G C
you can storm this tower or just lay it down

G F# Em
and i do build you up preciptittously
G F# Em
two upward peaks
F G
you never claimed to be
F G
cause humans will fill
C G F
any void with their hopes and distortions
F G C
its not so bad just to sing from a tower
Em F
and i hope we don't change too much
Am
without checking in
Em
but if you should
F
theres that to look forward to
G
my veronica

(harmonica while strumming G F# Em)


G F# Em
and i found your black power earrings
exactly where you hid them
this too is a postcard
F G
for a bloodless revolution
F G
now i don't know you well
C G F
i know just enough to tell you that
G
when you get back
C
we can be how we want

some places

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R.I.P.

obsessed with street view

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