Beat the drum till I'm insane Give the next dance craze a name - Junkhouse

Indie Dance Night April 27th, 2005. Fun, fun and more fun!

Living in castles a bit at a time The King started laughing and talking in rhyme - Neil Young

Last night I went to the "first annual furniture free party (and maybe last)" at Julia's. That was all a lie though as there was still a cot in the living room. Still I had a good time. Enjoyed a bottle of wine. I found out more faces to people who post on the halifaxlocals messageboard, discussed machines that could manufacture beds or your favourite pair of pants which led to a discussion on Star Trak replicators (could you get it to replicate cooked human flesh or would it be programmed to prohibit cannabalism and would it truly be cannabalism if it was replicated?), and had other wacky conversations. Julia's leaving but we all know she'll be back soon enough.

Before the party I went to the second Shock This practice for the year. I think we're going to have a pretty solid Ultimate team by the time the season starts up. Beardo's tip of the day: When people start yelling "FENCE!" stop running. My arm is still pretty sore today.

We should shine a light on A light on And the book I write on Write on It was Right On - Joanna Newsom

Friday night my brother Kevin was in town with his girlfriend so my brother Steve an I went to the Shoe Shop for a couple of drinks with them. Had some good laughs. Went home and had a relaxed evening.

Saturday night I first went to the One World Cafe (formerly The Blue Bird which was formerly Salvation) to see Shapes and Cymbals and How Memory Works. Played some speed Scrabble before the bands started. It was a fun time. Almost everyone there I knew to some degree, including the band members. They both played great sets. Check 'em out if you get the chance. Next Alfred and I took off to the Seahorse to catch Wax Mannequin. After getting through some technical difficulties he did his stuff to a loving crowd. This guy is seriously crazy. He is very serious, never cracking a smile or anything. But his songs are quite insane (and fun). Again, check him out if you get the chance. After Wax finished his set Alfred and I grabbed our coats and headed to North St after a quick stop at my place. We were catching the tail end of the party at Rachel's place so there wasn't a lot of people left. Hung out for a while but was a bit to tired and too sober to really enjoy myself so I took off for home.

Today I played the season opener for field ball in the commons. We had eight people out despite the fog and drizzle and had a couple of really fun games. It feels great to get out and run around for a couple of hours. Sundays at 3:00pm if you're interested in playing.

I think I might drop by the NSCAD graduation tonight for the Sharp Like Knives performance and IDN DJ's.

...and wherever they go There is light all around It's a beautiful sound...it's a brilliant sound - Rheostatics

Went to the Rheostatics show at Reflections last night. It was a really terrible turnout. I hope that doesn't dissuade them from returning to the east coast. Although Dave Bidini mentioned they may be back for Stan Rogers Festival in Canso. Fingers crossed.
Rheostatics played an excellent set though. Plenty of songs from the new album (unfortunately not Polar Bears and Trees which I was really hoping to hear) lots of the old greats like Saskatchewan, Aliens, Self Serve Gas Station, Feed Yourself, A Midwinter Night's Dream (dedicated to Bob Switzer) and Stolen Car (I love this song so much).
If I had the money I would be seeing them in Fredericton tonight. I could definitely watch these guys night after night for several shows. Maybe I should make plans to save up and go to the Fall Nationals at the Horseshoe in Toronto this year.

Talking with my friends Around a bottle of red wine - Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

The first annual Feast of Beardo was a success. Even the famous Dale Fahey thought so. "This is probably the second best Feast of Beardo I've ever been to," said Dale. We had party mix, lentil and vegetable soup, biscuits, potato salad, mini spanokopitas, veggie tacos and chocolate cake. All very yummy. There were 10 empty bottles of wine this morning. Eight of those were from the happy wine that Fudge and I made. So good! I woke up without the slightest trace of a hangover. I love this wine!

I was told to put this quote from me on the blog. "I'm double fisting, cup of soup, glass of wine!" So there it is.

Pink Floyd: at Pompeii was watched. My stereo was well excercised with many cds and high volumes. Wednesday got lots of fallen scraps. We listened to an mp3 of my doppleganger Paul Cargnello. Everyone seemed to have a good time. I certainly had a blast. Thanks to everyone who came, brought food and wine, and made my first real party here really fun.

Red wine is fast At the lip of your glass And I’m gonna ruin Everything, everything - Neko Case

Birthday wrap up:

Danica showed up at my place and we headed over to Cafe Vienna to have breakfast. Falafel for breakky is so good! We then headed downtown. Danica wanted to go to CD Plus so we went and browsed music for a while. The find of the day is my doppleganger Paul Cargnello. I think I might write and ask him to give my face back. We then dropped by Jared's place for a while and hung out with hampsters, mice, a snake and a rabbit. We recorded a song onto his computer with Danica and me playing shaker/percussion and kept changing our rhythm. Pretty bad, but funny. Danica and I then went hunting for Rachael Nevers. No answer at her apartment. Not taking a smoke break outside the hospital. So we went and picked up some food at Superstore and had lunch at my place. Danica then left to continue the hunt for Rachael. I eventually started to clean up my place for the wine and cake party. Fudge showed up while I was finishing the dishes and soon Danica, Dave and Alf showed up. Cake was had. Wine was drunk. We got silly. The wine led to me forgetting all grammar rules, sing alongs to The New Pornographers, The Who and Rheostatics, reminiscing about last years birthday shenanigans, and leg wrestling on my bed. I was right leg champion. Dave was left leg champion.
Fudge had to take off as he had some plans with other friends. Dave is between jobs and low on cash so he decided to head home instead of continuing the night at Reflections with us. The bar was pretty empty. Porcelain Gods were good. Sean was doing sound and between sets had his palm pilot mp3s on random. Greg MacPherson's Company Store came on and I had to find all the Capers in the bar I knew. That turned out to be Alf, Sean and me so we sang along loudly together. Two Hours Traffic were alright. I was just feeling good from the wine and hanging out with friends. The bar was still not very populated by the time the High Dials played. They were enjoyable though. Even pulled out a sitar for the final song. Jessica White bought a round of two dollar drinks although I think she expects a two dollar drink in return at some other time.
Afterwards Alfred suggested dropping by a party of his coworkers. Sorta lame, but got a free beer out of it. We didn't stay long and headed to our respective beds for sleep.

I definitely love my wine!

As far as I remember You were dropping hints And hoping that somehow that we might find them - The Lighthouse Choir

A quarter century has now passed since I've started breathing air. Having chocolate birthday cake tonight. My mom rules. Didn't even have to ask. Chocolate cake. Chocolate frosting. Probably open a couple of bottles of wine as well. The wine will be in full effect on Sunday evening for the Feast of Beardo. It'll actually be the first party I've had at my flat. Should be fun.

Anyone pull any good pranks this morning? I attempted one but it was pretty terrible. Its hard to pull someones leg when you basically tell each other BS most of the time anyway.


Thanks to Jared for the pic and thanks to the Lighthouse Choir for making "happy birthday" (as sung by a choir of fishing boat skeletons) and the rest of their very fine album