What a weekend! Everything that I blogged about being excited for last friday, turned out to be way better than I ever imagined. I will have lots of updates, and a couple of interviews to post later this week, but what a rockin' weekend! To start things off, my wife Karlie and I joined her Mom, Dad and Sister to do the Farm Sanctuary Walk For Farm Animals. It was a really special event that made me feel a real sense of community along with other people who feel the same desire to inform the public on the cruelty of mass factory farming. It was inspirational to walk side by side with people who aren't afraid to stand up for something we believe in. I shot some video of it, and will post it shortly.
After the walk, we headed into Hamilton where Karlie's sister Natasha and her boyfriend live, where we were greeted with open arms, a few bottles of wine and a delicious meal. We were in town to see Women open for Liars. I had to duck out from dinner to go meet the band for an interview at the venue, which turned out to be one of the smallest clubs I've ever been to, and I loved it. Picture seeing one of your fav bands play in someone's living room. So intimate and cool. I interview 3 of the guys from Women in their tour van, and they were super friendly and funny, and made me feel very welcome. That audio interview is coming this week too. Lot's to do!
After waking up Sunday with a little bit of a "headache," I had to drive back to Courtice to drop Karlie off, and then head back downtown Toronto with my friend Brian, as we had yet another interview to tackle with Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu. They were in town with Deerhoof, and I was really excited to meet with him to discuss their latest album. The cool thing about this interview was that it's the first video interview I've ever done, and as it turns out, Brian and I are going to continue working together, and we're starting another video blog very soon, featuring local musicians, and of course, bands that we dig. Starting with an interview from Xiu Xiu is a pretty rad start if you ask me. Things are really starting to cook creatively, and it feels good to put my own band to rest, and start on something new to support other artists. We still have lots to figure out, but we'll have an official announcement soon!
Wrapping up the weekend, and after watching an amazing show at Lee's Palace, I got home and hopped on my Macbook to check out what was happening in the land of P4K. How could I forget? One of the finest labels on the planet, Matador Records, was streaming live video of their 21st Anniversary Bash in Vegas, and my favorite band of all time, Guided By Voices were headlining! Now, there's a two hour time difference from there to here, and what was supposed to be 11:30 Vegas time, turned out being about 3:30 am our time by the time they took the stage. I tried to keep up as best I could, but as you can imagine, I had a pretty busy weekend, and I ended up falling asleep after 4am. The entire festival featured Matador's finest, including Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, Belle and Sebastian, Pavement, and so many more. I was really excited to see what GBV sounded like after getting back together for this tour, but more importantly because Kar and I are heading to see them in New York City next month for the final show on their reunion tour. They were a little rusty, and they look a few years older, but it sure is fun to know every single song in a 30 plus song setlist. That and the fact that NYC is the coolest place I've ever travelled has me very excited. Expect huge posts and reviews after that one!
In closing, I'll get my interviews up here as soon as I can, but I'm just thankful that I have such an amazing team around me who support all of this fantastic art. I love autumn, but weekends like the one I just had, make it that much better.
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