Toronto's actually pretty sweet

I've been in Toronto for the last two weeks judging on an OAC jury for the popular music program. The government flew me down here, along with some other musicians, to listen to submissions and decide whether they were any good.

As I am extremely judgmental, I have thoroughly enjoyed the last two weeks.

One of the jurors, Morgan Doctor, used to play drums in this band called the Cliks. She is super nice and invited all of the other jury members back to her place last night to play Wii and jam. Her house was recently featured on MTV Cribs.

On Wednesday night, I went down to Sneaky Dee's to catch Ancestors, and lo and behold City Sweethearts were playing. City Sweethearts are a band with some members who recently moved away from Sudbury.

This evening, I went down to Yonge Street and tagged along with Morgan to the Deerhoof concert. I got to go backstage and shake the drummer's hand from Deerhoof. It felt pretty awesome to walk out of a crowd of about 300 people and stroll backstage.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that Toronto's not so bad, you guys.

This Saturday

Last Saturday at Adanac was totally awesome! Malentendu, Ancestors, Lunchmeat and Bot all rocked Adanac with furious abandon. We had a great turnout, and I bonked my head off some other kid in the mosh pit. I was wearing my sunglasses at the time and I thought that the arm had broken in half and that it was sticking out through my ear, but as it turned out it was just the plastic tab from my earplugs. Why would I think that?

The after-show at the Millards' garage went really well too. Sadly, I missed Bunnies in Berlin's set because Carter and I went for coffee. By the way, check out their myspace; they finally have some songs recorded! (Just click on their name: it is hyper-linked with the HTML!)

However, I am glad that Carter got a coffee because he delivered the pumpinest drum performance I've ever seen him give!

I took Ancestors for Big Drippers at Sub City afterwards (a sandwich they won't soon forget, I'm sure), and I attempted and failed to eat an entire large vegetarian pizza. Annabelle showed up randomly, ate a slice, and then subsequently vanished into the night only to apparently fall over a fence into waist-deep snow while trying to take a shortcut home. (I offered her a ride but she wouldn't take it)

This Saturday, my seven-piece rock band Meadowlark Five and my band the Birthday Cakes will be playing a show at Adanac with the awesome band Oh No Forest Fires from Toronto. Also performing will be Life Size Dream and Lightmares.

Here is the poster I designed for the show. See if you can decipher the hidden meaning in it:










Just kidding, there's no hidden meaning.

Also, the Birthday Cakes were ranked at number 7 this past week on the CFOU campus radio charts for Trois Rivieres. We were also ranked number 8 on the CFBX campus radio chart for Kamloops, BC! So, good for us.

Ancestors Interview in the Sudbury Star

The Sudbury Star conducted an interview with Jordan Richie from the band Ancestors. Read it here.

Come to the show! And, come to the after-show show at the Millards' garage!

I've been

I've been very busy lately.

Looking at bringing Buckets of up here again in the New Year as well as Ancestors and Lunchmeat.

Show's on Saturday at 6 at Myths & Mirrors. Looks like we're going to have a presentation about the neuroscience group, prizes, food, and during the Birthday Cakes' set, someone will be hooked up to an EEG machine and their brainwaves projected onto a nearby screen.

I have to design a poster for the Meadowlark CD release next month.