seeing double at the triple rock

after winnipeg we headed to minneapolis. something that everyone who ever visits MPLS should do is hang out at the triple rock social club, and that we did. i have to admit that i was a little peeved upon arriving right around midnight expecting to be served a mock duck poboy, only to have them tell me (contradicting the information on their website) that the kitchen closes at midnight.

the guys really got into 2 for 1 beer night, and we enjoyed some laughs and jukebox spins.

breakfast with beeps

the van tour brought us into winnipeg late the night before the festival, which meant plenty of time the morning of to make some breakfast with vegan edge champion beeps!. he made vegan french toast, crusted with corn flakes, and topped with caramelized peaches and fresh raspberry cream cheese.
nom nom nom!


the edge is strong in the peg!


later on we rolled down to the royal albert for lunch with nasty nate and fat mat.


view the other side of that camera over at the internet's favourite site!

we ended up having more van troubles, stranding us in winnipeg for a few more days. i wasn't quite on top of taking photos of each meal, but you can trust me that many meals were had.

no one's listening to the sound of breaking down

i've finally found some time to get around to go through a bunch more photos from the summer, so expect a few updates to roll in real soon.

earlier this summer we piled back into the van for a short run of shows in southern ontario and through the states, taking us out to winnipeg for a festival, and back through the states. one thing that is an absolute must when touring in a van, aside from sleeping on the floor and waking up with cramps, is breaking down. we got a stones throw from the "welcome to windsor" sign (windsor being where the show was that day) to realize that our alternator wasn't charging our battery while driving. we ended up getting picked up by the sinners, making the show, and having the van fixed before the show was done so we didn't have to be stuck in windsor for the night.

here are some roadside photos, click on em to make em bigger.

A Nice Day to Staaaaaaaaart Agaaaaaaainnnnnn

I had a great weekend in Nashville celebrating my good friend Kyle Sloan's wedding.
Here's a pic of Kyle and I in the photobooth.

and a great shot with Nana Sloan (my favourite new lady of the weekend, so friendly and Scottish!)

It was great to make it down for the weekend and see Kyle, Ben & Aileen Fretz, Ben Reynolds, Aaron Mason and Pete and many others! Thanks so much to Kyle, Mandy & the entire Sloan family for putting me up / putting up with me! And of course to PMR for filling in for me slappin' da bass.
More photos to come!

Hang The DJ!

Thanks to Scott for this!

no surprises in the record collection

today i spent the day finishing up the grueling task of completing the inventory of my record collection. over the year i have bought a bunch of new records, and let them pile up on top of my shelf, or even worse, put them away without making note of them in my spreadsheet.

i have 1630 records, and if you'd like to see the list you can just click right there, and here are a few photos.



and i thought this looked cool too.





i look forward to taking photos of my dan yemin related collection once i get the seemingly mythical package of rare paint it black records from andy.

PAT & WADE

here're some shots of pat and scott from the apartment many months ago.





scott's tshirt reminds me that he's djing next thursday night at the drake with andy rourke.