It's summertime, bitches! Time for travel! Food! Music! Video games! Theatre! Lazing about! Trying to avoid yard work! Beer! Reflection!

Yes, reflection... I'm thinking I've got a stand-up routine that's building itself. It started with my Swiss Chalet revelation a post or two ago. Then I was thinking... can fetal alcohol syndrome also apply to men? Like... they start drinking more when they find out their special lady's preggers? Also, how having a child is a joint decision between a man and a woman. I figure that must mean marijuana... like, you'd have to be stoned to plan having one. Or, one person could be convinced to have one if they're having a j. I wonder how this will keep unfurling...

Summer = music! I went to a "special-pass-only" warm-up gig put on by Molson last Saturday. It featured Chris Colepaugh and The Cosmic Crew, of which I am now a fan. He rocks pretty hard with that double-neck Gibson. I had 'em figgered as more of a psych-rock jam outfit. I'm happy to say I was wrong. The Trews played about 7-8 songs or somethings like that. I swear... of all the shows I've ever seen, it was top three in terms of volume for sure. It was a good show, but uncomfortable for the ears. That night, I went to see the main show, kicking off the Festival of Lights in town. State of Shock were blah and instantly forgettable. Like, right in the middle of the show. The Trews came on next and were great. With their growing catalog of songs, it gets less important that their sound isn't too diverse. They did a great mucho-rockin' cover of "These Arms of Mine". To close the night was Billy Talent. They were F'n A. They did a new song called "Turn Your Back" which almost has a "Run, Run Away" or Irish drinking song beat. It had even the skeptics going, "This is pretty friggin' awesome." Have a listen down there.



I am enjoying Matt Mays & El Torpedo's new song "Tall Trees" entirely too much. It's on repeat. I think you can hear it here. I think our similar age and shared eastern-ness makes me "get him" or something. Whatever. I'm totally stoked to get the new CD next week, esp. since "Building A Boat" is on it, too. I just pre-ordered it today from his site in hopes of getting a signed copy.

There's a local site that I just heard of a week or so ago. I've shared it with a couple of you already, and posted it on Facebook. You really should check it out. I've only seen about 2.5 of the whole set of videos, but they're pretty friggin' funny. "The Streets" is a great parody, and I'm currently loading ( for hours now... dial-up, remember) "The Littlest Jeremy". Frickin' hilarious. Check out some of our Island humour, akin to Sketch 22.

(That's our place with the green sign.)

We've also started booking our trip to Quebec. While in QC, we're going to stay at an old place within the walls of vieux Quebec. The funny thing is that the woman the place is named after... her husband had ties to Catherine de Medici... while in Italy last March, we learned meatballs' worth of info on the Medici family, and saw so much of their influence and mark on the country.
I'm a little disappointed in that a couple of days before we land there, Paul McCartney is putting on a free show on the Plains of Abraham (a the French having a Brit help to celebrate their 400 years there on that battlefield? priceless). Ah well. I can't linger on it. I'll get depressed. The plan is to be in QC for 2-3 days and come back via the Gaspe peninsula over about 3-4 days.
Should be fun! Any travelling tips for la belle province?