January 2010
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January 28th, 2010.
Sunday morning we made our way down to a district in Pittsburgh filled with all sorts of little eateries and food markets. Most were closed on Sunday but we got breakfast at a place Heather had been to called Pamela’s Diner which has the BEST breakfast freakin’ EVER. Go there. Someone out there is a…
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January 25th, 2010.
Heather and Kristen warming up at Howler’s Coyote Cafe in Pittsburgh, PA. Saturday morning at around 3am we were finally leaving Club Octane. We retreated to an actual HOTEL in Star City, WV and quickly crashed, only to have to get up again five hours later for our 11am checkout. That was far more painful…
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January 23rd, 2010.
It’s sunshiney, it’s beautiful. We’re in wild and wooly West Virginia, we’re well-fed and racing, headed north to Pittsburgh. Inside the restroom at the Blue Moose, this creature stares at me. If it had started talking to me, I’d have laughed a LOT but only after having been scared shitless – which under the circumstances…
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January 22nd, 2010.
Before our show at Club Octane in Morgantown, WV we dropped by a place I’d also looked at playing at for some free internet and much-needed coffee. Above is the view outside the restroom in the Blue Moose. I approved. Yup, I was coming down with something. I spent all night coughing and I fear…
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January 21st, 2010.
After so much sunshine in California – it was a huge shock to pass out of Maryland and then slam into the fog just short of California, PA. I’ve got a headache. It’s sprung from nowhere to abuse my brain. Not enough sleep, too much coffee, and quite possibly the edges of a cold all…
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January 20th, 2010.
Our last night in California we suddenly started hearing explosions outside – and Kristen and I rushed to the balcony to watch Disneyland’s amazing fireworks display! We caught the whole thing and I t was one of the most impressive displays I’ve ever seen. I’m really freaking tired, so I’m going to keep this short.…
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January 16th, 2010.
Certainly one of the cooler aspects of NAMM was the presence of all the big artists either shopping for themselves, or representing companies or being sponsored by companies. Above is Bootsy Collins. In case you couldn’t tel Every morning is in adventure. Wednesday night we’d ended up eating pretty generically, an IHOP across the street…
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January 14th, 2010.
We arrived in Anaheim, CA Wednesday night and engaged in battle with the luggage carousel, a cabbie and finally our hotel door, but eventually we DID make it to bed. The hotel’s divided into two halves with the “Skyway” joining them. I guess every hotel around here’s got to have a gimmick, even the cheap…
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January 13, 2010.
Getting more snow than I ever remember getting means getting more snowmen than I’ve ever seen. I forget that there are lots of children in our neighbourhood – but they built totems to their existence this winter. Enter metaphor about how these monuments to youth are as passing as youth itself, but back out swiftly…
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January 8th, 2010.
Monday night I got to go in and record some guitar and ebow tracks on Ash’s new album (meep! I don’t get to call it a “disc” because he won’t be pressing them!). Seano did vocals and I was newly impressed by just how beautifully pure that man’s voice is. The holy imagery above is…