Posted by Chris on 28 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News from the Road
A day off! And not one of those ridiculous drive days off (which really shouldn’t be called days off at all). It’s less than three hours drive from Edmonton to Calgary. We were at the Marriott again, and this time we didn’t have to worry about parking as Rebecca spent the night at her cousin’s […]
Posted by Chris on 24 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News from the Road
Relatively easy drive up to Edmonton. Didn’t even leave Saskatoon till noon. Good times out here in the Canadian prairies.
The show was okay. Hadn’t been to Edmonton in a long time, and when we were here previously we played a venue that is now defunct. So this was a new spot. It’s a cool place, […]
Posted by Chris on 24 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News from the Road
Left Calgary earlier than originally planned for a couple reasons. Firstly, though it was only about 350 miles to Saskatoon, it was all on two-lane roads. So we didn’t really know what kind of time we could make. Secondly, and truly the real reason, was we couldn’t find any parking downtown Calgary that didn’t expire […]
Posted by Chris on 17 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News from the Road
Depending on your location and your interest in geography, you may or may not have an idea where Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is. In case you don’t, I’ll put it to you this way. When we tell people who do know where both Saskatoon and Seattle are, and then we tell them that after our show in […]
Posted by Chris on 17 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News from the Road
A departure from our usual Seattle routine. The Tractor Tavern is one of our all-time favorite places to play so it was odd to be playing a different Seattle venue. We’ll be back at the Tractor again in June, but it was decided to see what would happen if we went up to […]
Posted by Chris on 17 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News from the Road
We don’t get to play benefits very often. We do fairly regularly take a significantly reduced pay check to support a worthy cause, but the full-on benefit, play for little or nothing gig is not a regular occurrence. It’s just logistics. Road expenses are a lot more than you might imagine and the profit margin […]
Posted by Chris on 06 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News from the Road
Had been looking forward to this show since it was first booked. We haven’t played Moscow Mardi Gras in at least five years, but played it probably three times back in the day. They were great shows for us, at a time when we didn’t have near the percentage of great shows that we have […]
Posted by Chris on 06 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News from the Road
Bellingham is always fun. My first gig ever in the big ol’ U S of A was in Bellingham, and it must be at least in the top ten or so of towns we have played the most often. Of course, it’s a pretty big factor that it’s less than half an hour from the […]