Yesterday Was Definitely a Gift of Spring
Spring was in full effect yesterday. I had so much fun seeing the fete take shape, and take flight. And performing at the end of the evening was bloody fantastic! The smoke machine was a bit much at times - haha - I felt like I was in science fiction tv show or something, but it was a new experience! I am so grateful for all the help from friends and family, and for all those who supported from afar and for those who came. I am not sure whether I should chill out for a couple days or start planning a tour or another album...
Spring Fete Accompli Today!It has been a blast getting ready for this show, I feel theres is this wicked energy created by everyone together helping out. There is a great converging of talent today, So Much Fun!!!  Spring Fete Today  I have a bunch of great crafters sharing their work along with the art show this afternoon. Come by Ukrainian Hall (805 East Pender). There will be some open yoga practice to some dub music as well as an amazing thai yoga practitioner delivering some bliss. Organic and Vegtarian Food, and Bar will be open, too. 4:30-7:30pm is the pre-show free community get totgether!  Playing in English Bay My God, what a Sunday this was. One of the best of all time for me. I am so grateful for these little moments of heaven, little refuges from everything unnecessary. Lemming DynastyLemming Dynasty is a band well aware of their surroundings. Tim, Joel, and Adam Parent, along with Bruno Dominelli consciously reflect the climate in which they became – or are becoming – adults, in their music and lyrics. Slick grooves sauced in social outrage beget haunting melodies, peppered with a sly irony reminiscent of times when leaving a little to the imagination was as classy as it is classic. Intrinsic to the Dynasty's sound is a strong sense of soulful defiance; that unwavering purpose develops throughout the emerging band's repertoire as the young ensemble is engulfed in the creative thralls of self-discovery. One hears elements of grimy 70s funk, dirty grunge, electro punk and proggy jazz; but always in the context of a song, and always in the context of Lemming Dynasty. So in an era where retro is getting old again and your creepy uncle's dusty track suit graces the covers of sarcastic new wave magazine covers, Lemming Dynasty isn't afraid to punctuate their craft with tight arrangements, searing harmonies and riff-heavy bottom grooves. They are out to create the very object that seduced them into the arms of mistress music in the first place – a good f**kn rock and roll song. Lemming Dynasty will bring a bit of edge to the Spring Fete!!!  Boxes and Elephants Geoff K has this vision of the Spring Fete so I have been out collecting the biggest boxes I could find - bike boxes are the best! I've rediscovered the joy of drawing having prepared a piece for screenprint - 108 elephants. A few of us are creating an art & screenprinting collective called ideo savante. With the help of Andrea and Siobhan we now have several bags of vintage clothes (read used!) to recreate with 3 or 4 images from Geoff Thierman, Geoff Keong, Eva Dominelli, and myself.  Steph MacPherson - VerdictI first heard Steph at a singer-songwriter show at Trees that John Pippus puts on. She sings with me on Give Up the Fright on Latest Waking. On that track I feel her voice really adds a haunting feeling. Be sure to catch her set at the Spring Fete at 7:30pm. You can check out more from her on myspace.  Flee With Me (feat. Marnie Mains)Marnie Mains is one of the solo artists featured at the Spring Fete, over the weekend I will post some of her songs up, too.  
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