Aquafina vs. Dasani (title bout)

The thing about the Vancity music scene, more than any other city I've lived in, is that every show feels like a gamble. It's never really possible to determine if all of the friends and friends-of-friends-of-friends you invite to your performances are willing to give up the violent appeal of the Granville St. nightclub to come see music at it's source. Seeing a band live is like drinking from a glacial river, whereas the majority of people in the city seem intent on their filtered & purified bottled water (yes, by night I'm a poet). Which I am sure as hell not knocking (did I mention that we just finished a record to rival Evian?). So I've decided that the obvious way to combat this is to do a show at one of these aforemention Granville nightclubs, create a web of confusion in which you include options A(concert) and B (nightclub), and mix them up with the ridiculously familiar (S of S, anyone?) and such a potent kick (donkeys) that potential attendees are powerless to resist.

We played the Plaza last week to the most receptive crowd that we've had, strong proof that everything I wrote before this is utter, utter bullshit. We didn't play every song perfectly (as I always hope we'll do), but we played most of them pretty well. Josh didn't fall over, although his recovery from the one fall was the most rock'n'roll moment I've ever experienced. There were a mountain of our fans there, and a mountain of potential converts. Even considering that we had nothing in common with the other act, apart from possession of guitars, I think we had a fairly good success rate in that area. Either that or Josh brought 100 new friends that felt obligated to tell me they loved the set. (as we all know, this is entirely possible. I swear he breeds people like chia pets). Highlight of the night: a handfull of fans in the front rows singing with us for "intimate mistake". Probably doesn't hurt that most of them just did the same on our record.

By the way, the album is mixed, mastered and EPIC! And I'm usually a humble guy. We've decided to be horribly selfish and keep it to ourselves for the time being, but, as is always the case, I'm sure most of you will come into contact with it soon enough. We'll keep you posted on the various happenings, album-wise.

And thanks to Dan for coming to the show, standing front¢er and belting along to songs he's never heard. This man IS character.

~S