I’m seeing double…….. 4 Krusty’s!
A quote from one of Holy Fuck’s favorite eposides of The Simpson’s. This is what your life becomes when you’re at home with a Television. Shouldn’t I be writing some music or something? But there’s another episode of The Simpson’s on soon, and another 2 on later tonight. Remind me why I want to buy the box sets again?
Anywho.. a lot has happend since our last post. We finished up our glorious summer of non-stop touring, came home to relax, the world all went to hell, and we’ve started working on our new record! Fantastic!
It’s great to be home and indoors in the winter. Especially after the last year we just had. We ended up spending a week here at our friend’s converted barn to record most of our record. It was cosy, and very productive. The work continues at our respective houses, as we spend hours sifting through the mass of material we gathered.
The only thing getting us out of the house these days (other than Punchy chopping wood, and Brian touring his solo record) is the idea of setting out and tracking down the summer. So, on Sunday December 7th, we all get on a plane and head for Australia and New Zealand. We’ll be playing 6 shows in 6 days, and spending almost as much time flying there and back. I hope to see a koala bear, a kangaroo, and go swimming in the ocean. Unfortunately, there aren’t any days off on this tour, so I’ll probably have to postpone my trip to the Steve Irwin Zoo (it was Steve Irwin Day on November 15th just in case you were wondering).
Updates to follow………hopefully!
tour, new zealand, krusty, Uncategorized | Comment (0)Homeless……..for now.
Being on tour is a lot like going to camp. Day 1, you’re a little nervous, and you meet a bunch of new people. These new people, you’ll be spending a lot of time with over the coming weeks. Gradually as the days go on, you get closer. You bond maybe, and your friendships grow. You find out who’s really nice (those who like being on tour), and who’s grumpy (those who don’t like being on tour). Finally, at the end, you don’t want to go home!
Last night was our 1st show on this, our latest tour of North America. This leg of the tour has us opening for the Super Furry Animals. Show number one was at Maxwells’ in Hoboken, NJ. In case you’ve never heard of the venue (or just haven’t seen it), the place holds about 150 people MAX, and has a killer sound system. The staff are great, and unlike most rock venues, they’ll feed the bands a great meal! Seeing the Super Furry Animals at a venue like that is a real treat. Definately one of the smallest and most intimate venue you’ll see that band in. I remember seeing them at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto (cap. 1500) a few years ago. An amazing show.
Our set last night was pretty good. We’ve managed to fine tune a set list that we’re happy with, and thanks to Craig, the sound guy, our sound on stage was really great. Despite some gear malfunctions on stage, I think we managed to pull it all off. It also didn’t help our nerves when we found out that Yo La Tengo, and Steve Shelly (drummer from Sonic Youth), were there. SonicBoom (from Spaceman3) was there too (he was selling merch at one point)!
Uncategorized | Comments (2)First Post = Time off
Just got back from a whirlwind weekend of crazyness, and now have a week or so to chill before we leave yet again…. this time to Europe. Just to put it all in perspective, we left Toronto last Tuesday and drove 8.5 hours to NYC for the CMJ Marathon. We played 3 shows in 2 days. Had about 10 interviews, 2 photo shoots, and 1 video interview, ate many free meals, drank many free beers, and looked very stylish in the many free clothing items we made off with! Needless to say, we were exhausted.
Our “record release party” was on Friday in Manhattan at a bar called Home Sweet Home. Holy Fuck didn’t perform, but we did DJ some tunes, and had a BLAST, for a while. At 11pm that night, we had to split back to Toronto. We drove for an hour or so (into New Jersey) and were stopped by the cops as we were pulling into the motel we decided to stay at. Turns out, the right hand turn we made from the left lane wasn’t cool, but we got off with a warning! The next morining, we got up at 7am , drove the remaining 7 hours home, and played a homecoming show at the Kool Haus.
Anyways…. that’s pretty much it for now.
I’ll leave you with some footage I shot from the Victoria BC ferry boat. After driving 3 straight days to Seattle, we took the ferry to Victoria BC to start a tour. On the way, we were greeted by two beautiful whales who decided to hang out with the boat for a minute or two.
HOLY FUCK CMJ NYC
Holy Fuck Record Release Party ! Oct 19th 8-10pm. DJ set by Brian and Graham. 131 Broome Street. Home Sweet Home.
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