Sudbury

After an embarrassingly large combined-band purchase at one of Canada's best record stores, we trucked north to the city of nickel and wolves. There would be two shows that night, one bar and one AA. Upon arrival we had some trouble finding the first venue - it was not where it was supposed to be. Then we had a tremendous stroke of luck: as we waited on the side of the road trying to decide what to do, a truck drove by with a couple of young dudes inside and some easily visible music equipment. I decided that we should just follow then and the gig spot would turn up. And it did!

The venue was a very small art space in the middle of a blue-collar suburb. It was brightly decorated, as you will see when I have a chance to post pictures. Inside felt like the One World (minus food) trapped in a smaller version of the Pav's body. One of the bands I had hoped to see could not play due to a member's health issues, but the remaining members, in the spirit of many bands back home, put together a brief set of improv noise which was quite good.

We rocked a fairly tight set, but in a small venue sound (PA) can sometimes be an issue. It wasn't that bad though. We had just come off a spectacular show in a bar with a full-on professional set up, and were just coming down off of that awesome high. There were about 40 or so kids there, some of which really got into us. Merch has been selling well.

The bar show was not too bad, but the hectic grind and show earlier that evening had left us in a sort of negative mood - and we had to drive all night to get to the next town. I was both worried and exhausted. But then...