We Have Returned

Howdy friends. We should apologize for not checking in sooner, but in truth, we had little to say. Little to say, that is, until last night. After our one and only live performance we took a bit of a breather, to regroup and recharge. But woe to anyone who mistook this brief hiatus for any sort of loss of steam on our part. Far from! Last night we finally got back together, chatted a bit, ate some pizza, and then got down to the business at hand...

We have begun a new album. And it's going to be rather crazy (no surprise there, right?). Last night we recorded the better part of the first song and it's shaping up verrrrry nicely. No word yet on the theme - of course there will be one - or anything else, but you can be sure that you'll love it.

In other news, we finally did some Touching Money Made Of Accounting last night and reconciled the books. This was extremely funny. We've had a wad of cash sitting in a mug at my place for years now and we at last got around to paying ourselves back for various expenses from the last two records and running our fingers through our massive profits. This exercise reinforced the fact that we are possibly the worst businessmen on earth, and if you have ever entertained any worry that maybe we're just in it for the money we can conclusively disprove this idea. Yes, after paying for printing, CD manufacturing, bribes for our session players, hush money for groupies, et cetera we hit upon the total.

Our last two albums have netted us total profits of... $37. There aren't a lot of bands who can move a couple hundred albums and make 37 bucks, but we managed it. Take that music industry!

My plan to quit my job and move to Fiji has been conclusively dashed. For now.

24 hours to go...

So I just got back from Andy's basement. Practice. With the fellows. But not just any practice: the last practice before the show tomorrow.

So what is the mood in the room like? One might expect a torrent of nerves, anxiety, and fear. But it was in fact quite the opposite. We played through the whole set, screwed up some things, had a laugh, played through a couple of songs again, and packed it in. We spent some time trying to coax Brian into making a solo album about wizards and magic. He's starting to cave. Merlin is a big source of inspiration for him. So the crew is feeling loose. Ready. Eager, even.

On the way home I stopped by the venue: Raw Sugar Cafe. Talked to Nadia. She's ready. She's even going to have some lemon poppyseed cake ready for me, which is very important.

Upon arriving at home I took in the splendour that is the costumes, and the set decor, created by Katie Dutton. We'll surely post some pictures here, but you're going to dig it, to be sure.

All of this is to say: we are ready. This one will go down in Ottawa lore, one way or another...

And don't forget! There will be all sorts of CDs available for sale, so bring some MONEY. Can't wait! Hope to see you there.