tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63722442011-06-08T02:15:24.268-04:00Thoughts and musings by members of the Arrogant WormsJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698101458879397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger1051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1166042472309756792006-12-13T15:36:00.000-05:002006-12-13T15:41:12.310-05:00

Maplemusic.com has bundled Beige with a toque for your Christmas shopping pleasure. Check it out here.2007 tour dates are coming together and the confirmed dates are posted at www.arrogant-worms.comSee you in oh seven.

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1154540889389653642006-08-02T13:36:00.000-04:002006-08-05T16:52:26.113-04:00

Maybe the security cameras in the Ottawa hotel where a computer was stolen last summer are better than we thought. We imagine that the computer has been pawned by now but at least they were able to get a good look at the person who stole it. That's a start. We'll see what happens.Anyway, we hope everyone is having a good summer. We haven't been really busy but the gigs have been really fun.

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1152564597269396802006-07-10T16:45:00.000-04:002006-07-10T16:49:57.270-04:00

www.arrogant-worms.com is now renovated and online. We'll be getting rid of our Myspace now since it was mostly just used as a tour schedule in the interim. Enjoy the new site and have a nice day.The Arrogant Worms

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1142446014246358332006-03-15T13:03:00.000-05:002006-03-15T13:06:54.246-05:00

So the real quandry when packing and touring is when to do laundry. I was faced with a decision. 3 days left, I was down to 2 shirts and 1 underwear - but after that I'll be home with my own laundry machine. Laziness won out and I rinsed out a couple of things and hung them on a chair outside my hotel room.ROCK and ROll!To the person who sits beside me on the plane ride home; I apologize. I will

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1142375435947544612006-03-14T17:24:00.000-05:002006-03-15T13:03:04.080-05:00

Okay, so I've fallen behind Chris in the blogation sweepstakes. At least we're equal when it comes to roll up the rims.So yesterday was a stupid day. As the official travel booker, I feel badly. We drove from Surrey to the CBC studios at 4:30 am to be on "Sounds Like Canada". Then we dropped off some CDs at our distributor hoping to rid ourselves of them. We over packed or as Chris has been

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1141665916248123012006-03-06T12:16:00.000-05:002006-03-06T12:26:03.383-05:00

Courtney, BCSo it was a show on Oscar night which meant a lot of people had to remember how to use their VCRs or risk missing either our show or the Oscars and who could forgive themselves that? We're talking Oscars on stage just after we had sang our "conjoined Twins" song and think that given the success of a gay cowboy movie, the next will be a conjoined cowboy movie and this would be the

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1141403299244756752006-03-03T11:26:00.000-05:002006-03-03T11:28:19.256-05:00

Squamish, BCFirst time stopping in Squamish which is on the way from Vancouver to Whistler. Trevor described it as the site of the "Olympic Drive By Competition." Funny.Off and Limping. Not the show of course, it was pretty good. By limping I refer to our injury list. Chris has a mysterious pain in his foot which was diagnosed by by our crack team of musicians and teachers as either "faciatis", "

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1140046718658176142006-02-15T18:31:00.000-05:002006-02-17T22:34:45.616-05:00

We were saddened to learn that our friend Urban Carmichael passed away earlier this week. We met Urban when we did the Stan Rogers Folk Festival for the first time many years ago. We had heard about Urban and how funny he was but nothing could prepare us for the person we met. We must have laughed for three days while we there and still laugh remembering his classic lines. In the backstage area,

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1139360721086736202006-02-07T20:05:00.000-05:002006-02-07T20:05:21.086-05:00

The drive to Regina was actually pretty easy and it ended at the Hotel Saskatchewan. It’s quite posh. Every once in a while we get to stay in a really nice hotel and the timing was perfect for our tired, sick and lazy bones. The mattress had a remote control so you could figure out your sleep number. I fell asleep trying to work it out. Tim stayed behind in the hotel while Trevor and I took part

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1139360598259835302006-02-07T20:02:00.000-05:002006-02-07T20:03:18.260-05:00

With Great Big Sea playing in town the same night, we were a bit worried about the crowd size at the Broadway Theatre for Sunday night. We needn’t have been concerned as our fantastic promoter Robert packed a very vocal crowd in and we had a fun show. Tim is getting ever more comfortable with the material so he’s getting a little more lippy on stage. Well done, Tim.Since the show was at 7pm,

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1139360554319402612006-02-07T20:01:00.000-05:002006-02-07T20:02:34.336-05:00

It is so cool to play in a new theatre. Everything is shiny and new and smells nice. The Dow Centre in Fort Sask is such a place. We had two nights here and both shows were heaps of fun. We did bunch more rehearsing on Friday before the show. Tim is rocking along nicely and even speaking during the show. He’s from Northern England so he speaks a little differently than we do. Entertaining

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1139325053135004192006-02-07T10:07:00.000-05:002006-02-07T10:10:53.146-05:00

After the Calgary show, Mike had to fly back home for a family emergency so our friend Tim Readman from Vancouver has been filling in on guitar. Tim had a bit of warning but not a whole lot. We picked him up at the Edmonton airport at 2pm on Thursday and motored up to Spruce Grove to our hotel to rehearse. We did that for a couple of hours and then went over to Horizon Stage for our sound check.

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The Paint the Town Beige Tour started in Calgary on Wednesday night and it couldn’t have started better. The crowd was hyped and large. Almost 1300 people made it a record for us. Thank you, Calgary. The Polyjesters did a fantastic opening set and really got the crowd going. I’m pretty sure we did alright too because the crowd seemed to continue to rock. This stupid cold of mine won’t go

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1138652865502448182006-01-30T15:19:00.000-05:002006-01-30T15:27:45.516-05:00

I just wanted to add to Mike's post that the show in Oakville was a lot of fun. I was sick and barely had a voice which meant that I slapped my butt a lot more than usual. Trevor pointed out the correlation. Thanks, Trevor. This was our third and final show with The Great Canadian Comedy Company and they did another fine job. We'll miss them as we travel the land on our own. Mike could have used

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1138481015399541802006-01-28T15:29:00.000-05:002006-01-28T15:43:35.416-05:00

So it’s 6 am and I’m driving from Renfrew to Oakville. For those of you who are blissfully unaware of Ontario geography; the road is not direct. The early part of the drive is also unpopulated. My car stops. It doesn’t seem to want to start again. It’s 6 am and minus 21 degrees and cell phones don’t work and I’m out of coffee and life suddenly sucks a great deal. Fortunately, someone is just

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1138466345192936072006-01-28T11:29:00.000-05:002006-01-28T11:39:05.203-05:00

We need to get Oprah to be mad at us. Maybe she can become indignant that there are factual geographical errors in The Last Saskatchewan Pirate.

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1137950259619724122006-01-22T12:01:00.000-05:002006-01-22T12:17:39.666-05:00

Life as an Arrogant Worm is pretty great. We get to travel around the world and sing dorky songs and get paid. If that's not cool enough, every once in a while an extra special gig comes up. One of those gigs was on Thursday. We played at a curling bonspiel. Last summer we played at gig in Ontario's cottage country and played in a golf tournament called the Peter Gzowski Invitational. Mr. Gzowski

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1137942260734291892006-01-22T09:56:00.000-05:002006-01-22T10:04:20.770-05:00

A Belleville homecoming for Trevor and whenever there were lulls in the show we or the audience yelled "Quinte Rules". Quinte Rules is a form of football where the ball is replaced by a beer keg.The Empire Theatre is an old theatre that has not been a theatre for many years. Fortunately, it has been magnificently resurrected by Mark Rashotte, real estate broker and guitarist. Best of all, they

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1137816653090847432006-01-20T23:05:00.000-05:002006-01-20T23:10:53.103-05:00

Markham, ONSo we're finished the show and I'm packing guitars in the car when someone calls to me. "Uh, oh someone's going to ask me directions. Or ask me for money. Or talk to me." My fear is palpable. It's Markham and Steven Harper has told me that there's too much crime. "Do you have booster cables? We left the seat heaters on."Note to Americans. In Canada it is really cold so it's nice to

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1136953629919459292006-01-10T23:10:00.000-05:002006-01-10T23:27:09.930-05:00

Our new album is called Beige. Only the title is drab. The album rocks. 15 new sonic deliveries from your Arrogant Worms. The pre-sale has begun at Maple Music. You can follow this link http://www.maplemusic.com/product.asp?dept%5Fid=1201&pf%5Fid=1200%2D69&lang=ENGo and get yourself some yummy Beige goodness. The pre-orders will be shipped on January 26th and then the album will be in

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We played at Hugh's Room in Toronto on December 11th. We did two shows and are now finally recovered enough to write about it. Actually, just lazy. The matinee show was crazy fun and was hailed as THE BIGGEST LUNCH EVER by the staff at Hugh's Room. We've never won many things but this felt like winning something. There have been other lunches, but they haven't been as big as this one. We

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1132158829852047662005-11-16T11:31:00.000-05:002005-11-16T11:33:49.863-05:00

We will be hearing a mix of the album very soon. We can't wait. The artwork is underway. Oh boy oh boy oh boy.Also we have some new items in our MapleMusic store. A couple new caps and toques and we've reinstated the holiday bundle deals. Check us out at www.maplemusic.com/artists/awo/default.aspNow get back to work!

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1131382613620389572005-11-07T11:48:00.000-05:002005-11-07T11:56:53.630-05:00

A fine night last Friday in Perth, Ontario. We learned that people from Perth call themselves Pertherts. I guess it's better than Pertherinos. We've come a long way in Perth since our first show there in 1996. We were playing to a crowd that wasn't ready for us and we had a number of walk-outs. The only thing worse than a walk-out is someone who hates it and STAYS. They usually sit in the

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1130122036554391112005-10-23T22:20:00.000-04:002005-10-23T22:47:16.606-04:00

Uh, yeah. Okay I'm up. I think I took this whole nap thing too seriously. I forgot to blog. Sorry about that. It's unlike me.So we did a show in Owen Sound that was a fundraiser type deal for the Owen Sound Children's Chorus. They are raising money so they can go to New York City and sing at Carnegie Hall. Happy to report that a near sellout crowd ensured that they made a bit of dough for their

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1127939920429669742005-09-28T16:37:00.000-04:002005-09-28T16:42:58.343-04:00

Escape to Canada (“Great fun” The Montreal Mirror) a new documentary is coming to a city near you.The film features Arrogant Worms classic “We are the Beaver” in a scene that will make you “laugh, cry and love your country” all at the same time.You can see Escape to Canada at the upcoming Calgary International Film Festival September 30th, Oct 1st and at the Edmonton International Film

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1127765798014279032005-09-26T16:09:00.000-04:002005-09-26T16:16:38.026-04:00

Okay so this is very exciting. The article below appeared in the New York Times on Sunday and it was written by Carrie Fisher who played Princess Leia. It would appear that Princess Leia sings along to our music in the car and embarasses her children. This is very cool. We don't know what to say. You can check out the entire article by Ms. Fisher at http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1127672572079623792005-09-25T14:20:00.000-04:002005-09-25T14:22:52.093-04:00

Early rise on Thursday for an early flight from Toronto to Halifax. Is sleep really even worth the bother when one has to get up so early? Um, yes. Yes it is. We got to Halifax but Mike’s guitar decided to take a later flight. His suitcase made it fine but the guitar wanted to spend a little more time in Toronto. We waited for the next flight to come in and there it was. We were treated

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1127052803498990752005-09-18T09:59:00.000-04:002005-09-18T10:13:23.503-04:00

Sorry for the delay. I'm sure you were all waiting with breathless anticipation for the blog reports on our most recent shows. "When will the Worms fire off more banal missives about their touring?" Um, well now.Last Friday was a return to Lansing, MI. It's the capital of Michigan. We like it there. We had a good drive with Mike picking a great lane for border inspection. Pretty much waved

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1125017941897027622005-08-25T20:57:00.000-04:002005-08-25T20:59:01.906-04:00

Hugh’s Room is a great place. It’s great to see a show there and it’s even better to do a show there. The staff is awesome and the tech crew is topnotch every time. And the food is yummy too. We had a humdinger of a show on Monday night. It was a sold out house with standing room at the back. We were revved up after a fun day at the Ottawa Folk Festival and it was all guns blazing. Lots of

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1124734913175277792005-08-22T14:18:00.000-04:002005-08-22T14:21:53.183-04:00

Talk about antici…….pation. We’ve been looking forward to this one for quite a while. With a line-up as varied as folk legend Joan Armatrading to The Weakerthans to Canadian Idol Kalan Porter, this one has to be good. We flew into Ottawa with a forecast of rain but the day could not have been more perfect. It was nice and warm for our two workshops – the first one being “A Funny Thing

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1124630830653893312005-08-21T09:21:00.000-04:002005-08-21T09:27:10.656-04:00

This one wasn't on the schedule because it was a private show for folks in the plumbing supply business. Our host John throws a big three day party at his New Brunswick cottage for all of his customers. He had a huge tent in the yard and there were bars and beer stands dotting the property. Best cottage ever. We feasted on seafood platters - lobster, crab, mussels, coconut shrimp and clams.

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1124139909391040562005-08-15T16:49:00.000-04:002005-08-15T17:05:09.400-04:00

Springfield These outdoor shows have been a lot of fun this year. It’s great playing a new market where the people can see you for free. No obligation, no money down. We still get paid so everyone goes away happy or at least goes away. The amphitheatre at Springfield is brand new and still has that new amphitheatre smell. The arts council in Springfield has been doing a summer festival

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1123552925685142582005-08-08T21:58:00.000-04:002005-08-08T22:02:05.693-04:00

We had a bit of a drive to get to Troy. The border at Detroit was way too easy. The name of the band was our ticket in this time. When we said the name, the guard just laughed and figured we couldn’t make that stuff up. Thank you, sir. We got to Troy and went to the really charming downtown for the soundcheck. There are a bunch of bronze statues downtown that are dressed and painted so

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1123103520981097742005-08-03T16:36:00.000-04:002005-08-03T17:12:01.013-04:00

Ah... Canmore, sweet Canmore. Our favourite festival in all the world didn't disappoint. It was our fifth time here and as always was heaps of fun. We arrived on Saturday in time for the pre-festival kids concert at the senior's centre. Juxtaposition is fun.The opening night show was a great one with the amazing and legendary Oysterband closing the night with a bang. They don't tour in Canada

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1122475833096269732005-07-27T10:46:00.000-04:002005-07-27T10:50:33.096-04:00

A bit of a sleep-in after a late night and then we hit the highway for Edmonton and the final stop in our weekend of greedy fun. We played Klondike Days several years ago opening for Alannah Myles. It was something. This time we were in the Molson Canadian Brewhouse with the beer guzzlers and crown and anchor wheels. It was more fun that it should have been. The crowd was great and it seemed

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1122475553124246902005-07-27T10:33:00.000-04:002005-07-27T10:45:53.133-04:00

Sunday started off with a pretty serious rain storm so I avoided the festival site for a little while until it stopped. I got there in time to catch a few songs by Danny Michel, Chad Van Gaaelen and No Guff. Then Steve Earle hit the mainstage for the afternoon concert. He brought out the sun and dried up all the rain. We had to run off to stage 5 for our concert. It was fun with many

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1122410403811143812005-07-26T16:21:00.000-04:002005-07-26T16:40:03.820-04:00

There's nothing like the freshness of a recently sucked and cleaned porta-potty. It's like spring really. A rebirth. Like the canvas is clear and ready for whatever the artist has to offer. Poetic for sure.And that was the first sensation on the site of the Calgary Folk Festival on Saturday morning. The site itself is on beautiful Prince's Island Park smack dab in the centre of town. Having

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1122409212765789712005-07-26T15:59:00.000-04:002005-07-26T16:20:12.793-04:00

Thursday - Early to rise. Gotta get moving. Gotta get to the Falcon Ridge festival. It's a long drive so fire it up. We had heard so many great things about the FRFF from bands and audiences alike and were excited to be there for the first time. Our hotel was very 70s but that was fun too. On the drive into the festival we saw a guy working on his lawn with a weed whacker. It was nothing out of

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1121697450709304582005-07-18T10:19:00.000-04:002005-07-18T10:37:30.716-04:00

Quick computer update... Still gone. Police are "on it." Now the insurance company is "on it." I get a new passport this week. I'll be a citizen again soon.Montana was hugely great. We didn't fully know what to expect given that we'd never played Montana before. We should have know it would be fun because it's a big land mass with very few people in it. Kinda like Canada. Our first show

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1121262545581258412005-07-13T09:17:00.000-04:002005-07-13T09:49:05.603-04:00

About 30 minutes after the post about the fun times in Ottawa, my mood changed. I was checking out at the Travelodge West (Carling and Kirkwood) and my computer was stolen from the lobby. My back was turned for about 5 seconds and someone split with it. A hotel staffer thought they saw someone walking quickly in one direction so many people gave chase but saw nothing. I'm sure by this time

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1120827615276251222005-07-08T08:58:00.000-04:002005-07-08T09:00:15.280-04:00

The nation’s capital. The seat of power. Across the river from Hull. Love this town. We had a fun show last night as a fundraiser for the Hahnemann Trust which funds a holistic health centre. There is a link in the tour dates section of our website if you want to know more about this cool place. There were plenty of healthcare professionals in the house last night so it seemed like a good

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1120708037127829602005-07-06T23:38:00.000-04:002005-07-06T23:47:17.133-04:00

This town rocks. Like hard. They tell us that about 6000 people were in the park tonight and we all had a good time. We inhaled a lot of bugs when the lights went on but they were darn tasty. A little more spicy than you'd think. I wonder how many bugs Kalan Porter ate last week. He looks hungry. I hope he had some. The fireworks after the show were pretty great too. Good times all

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1120597319224999722005-07-05T17:01:00.000-04:002005-07-05T17:01:59.230-04:00

It’s always nice to come home again. Or at least just down the road from home. We had a great time in Gananoque last night at the fantastic 1000 Islands Playhouse. Lots of friends and family in the house made it a special night. We were playing on the set of the current musical that is in the theatre called Dads II. There was a staircase, a few baby cribs and some giant toy blocks. Like we

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1120100646473088442005-06-29T22:48:00.000-04:002005-06-29T23:04:06.480-04:00

Back from a fun weekend in America. Our third visit to the Old Songs Festival near Albany was fantastic. It was hotter than heck all weekend and we thought we may melt a couple times. Not sure of our accrued weight loss for the weekend but we sure did sweat a lot. Much of the sweat was caused by debuting new songs. Always a bit nerve racking. We put a pile out there for the judgement of the

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1119296356063074902005-06-20T15:28:00.000-04:002005-06-20T15:39:16.066-04:00

Tomorrow is the first day of summer. Giddy up to that. Me likey. Summer good. Our festival season kicks off this weekend with Old Songs near Albany, NY. We've been there before and we're excited to return with (ironically) a bunch of new songs. Hmmmm. Sometimes I make myself think. Gotta watch that.Since Hamilton, we've done a couple fun things. We played at a fun event for literacy in

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1117899259810282332005-06-04T11:14:00.000-04:002005-06-04T11:34:19.816-04:00

It's the day after the show in Hamilton. When we don't do a show for a while, we think we're pretty funny. We don't know if we were funny last night but we were certainly loose. But not as loose as the crowd. It was a rockin' crowd last night and we just tried to keep up. We put a couple brand new songs out there and remembering the lyrics proved to be a little tough. Just before the show,

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1117312158521303332005-05-28T16:13:00.000-04:002005-05-28T16:29:18.526-04:00

A while back we got an email from the folks at Canadian Idol letting us know that someone had auditioned with The Last Saskatchewan Pirate and that the footage may be used on the show. We're pretty sure that person auditioned in Western Canada so we'll be tuning in on Monday May 30th to see if they made it on the televised show. There were no guarantees that it would air but tune in if you can.

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1115825087696066702005-05-11T11:17:00.000-04:002005-05-11T11:24:47.736-04:00

We three Worms are really digging the time off. Ontario weather has finally turned somewhat nice. Bike rides, picnics and blackflies. Good times. There isn't much to report. We've all been working on new songs that we'll teach to other later this month in an undisclosed location. We don't even know where it is. Gosh I hope we find it. We've been on the look out for a new WormMobile. Our

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1113874173020605962005-04-18T21:09:00.000-04:002005-04-18T21:29:33.023-04:00

St. Albert, AB - Apr 102 shows in one day. This is certainly more work than we're used to but we valiantly rocked twice with the help of two sold out houses and Chuck Guite. His name came up about 40 times. Hurray. We dragged out a really old song that pre-dates my membership in the band. I seem to recall that it was recorded for C'est Cheese but not used on the final cut. It's called

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1113581764774702152005-04-15T12:06:00.000-04:002005-04-15T12:16:04.776-04:00

Saskatoon - Apr 6Another magical night in Saskatoon at the Broadway Theatre. The evening started with a trip to H.E.L. Music to borrow a guitar for the show. Once again, Mike's guitar didn't arrive with Mike on his flight to Saskatoon. The good folks at H.E.L. were great and a lovely teal guitar was acquired. It performed well. The crowd in S'toon was large and loud as usual. Nice.Trochu,

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1113250897423492482005-04-08T16:20:00.000-04:002005-04-11T16:21:37.423-04:00

What could be cooler than standing outside of a 7-11 in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, checking your email on your wifi enabled pocket PC?Nothing. I cannot think of anything cooler.

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1113250806903099242005-04-08T08:17:00.000-04:002005-04-11T16:20:06.903-04:00

Not the first shave ever which is an important event for any boy. No, the first shave of the tour. The prairie climate is significantly dryer than that of our Ontario home. Thus, when we come west there can be a drying factor on the outer layer of skin. I'm sure there's a good technical term for it. The outerdermis.I fear the first shave. It feels like an entire layer of skin is being shorn from

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1113250117495716722005-04-06T14:42:00.000-04:002005-04-11T16:08:37.496-04:00

Saskatoon, 2:39pm.Okay day 1 of the tour and things are starting offgreatLiving where I do often means that I require an extraflight to get to wherever and they usually go throughPearson Airport. It also means that I need to get upthat much earlier. Today my flight was at 6 am. Then Ihad a flight from Toronto to Saskatoon leaving at 8:55am. This gave me almost 2 hours to spend at

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1112468638125095662005-04-02T13:59:00.000-05:002005-04-02T14:03:58.126-05:00

I just realized that I sent some poor information to webmaster Jeff for our tour in the Prairies that starts next week. I messed up and the Lloydminster show disappeared. Jeff will make the changes but just to be sure those few days go like this:April 7 - Trochu, AB ... Trochu Performing Arts CentreApril 8 - Moose Jaw, SK ... Peacock AuditoriumApril 9 - Lloydminster, AB/SK ... Vic Juba

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1111784666386495542005-03-25T15:56:00.000-05:002005-03-25T16:04:26.390-05:00

Chatham is a talkative town. With Chat in the name, it was inevitable. This was the chattiest crowd we've had in a while. If only the chatter made sense. The non-sequitors were flying like crazy on Thursday night. That's nothing new but usually the weird comments are coming from the stage and not the audience. "I like your glasses!" You may have noticed that none of us wear glasses. Hmmm.

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1111468178667225102005-03-22T00:06:00.000-05:002005-03-22T00:09:38.666-05:00

Our website was just updated with a whack of new tour dates. The April tour is all up there now and the summer is really starting to fill in. Hope to see you somewhere out there. Check out www.arrogant-worms.com/dates.htmNow go to sleep.

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1111365891978048652005-03-20T19:42:00.000-05:002005-03-20T19:44:51.983-05:00

Friday night in Port Hope. That’s right. Humdinger. The good people of Port Hope have hosted us a few times over the years and they never fail to make us feel at home. The crowd was a lot of fun and was bursting with Scouts and Venturers. A troop from Pickering came out to the show. They had been teaching Canada’s Really Big to their counterparts in troops from around the world. So they

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1110169158452702142005-03-06T23:06:00.000-05:002005-03-06T23:19:18.453-05:00

We finally played Peterborough on Saturday night. It only took 14 years. I'm pleased to report that it was worth the wait. We had a great time. Our good pal Denis Grignon opened the show with some hilarious stand-up to prime the audience. Denis lives in the area so his local references killed. Many cracks at nearby Lindsay. I used to live in Fenelon Falls but we escaped unscathed.The

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1109702389251469092005-03-01T13:37:00.000-05:002005-03-01T13:39:49.253-05:00

Thursday night was Saltspring Island. Saltspring is home to many artists, writers and musicians and on Thursday it was home to us. Our Victoria promoter Matt did the show on Saltspring and did a great job getting people to come out. We had a very fun crowd there who Mike tried to engage in a conversation about logging exports. Trevor and I let them chat. We had a great meal at Calvin’s. It

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1109272853634387422005-02-24T14:18:00.000-05:002005-02-24T14:20:53.636-05:00

Sunday February 20th was the night for Denman Island. We had only been to Denman on our way to Hornby Island a number of years ago and it was nice to stop. The community hall was packed to the rafters with a great crowd. Some folks even made signs. One of them was for Me Like Hockey but we could only make out Me Like from the stage. We took that as a review of the songs. We were pleased

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1108924115236703732005-02-20T13:20:00.000-05:002005-02-20T13:28:35.240-05:00

The BC tour has begun and it kicked off with a bang in Salmon Arm on Wednesday night. The good folks of Salmon Arm have always been very kind to us and they were no different this time. The theatre was packed and the place was rockin’. Since it was the first show in the new time zone, we were especially dorky with ramblings on truckers, botox and Rock Nozzle. They are a German rock group we

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1108071935946527412005-02-10T16:40:00.000-05:002005-02-10T16:45:35.946-05:00

Tune into Sounds Like Canada on Friday February 11th to hear us celebrate our Canadian Flag in song. Here is the website for more info. Not sure what time we'll be on. You can listen online too if you don't have CBC radio available to you. Unfortunately it will just be Trevor and Chris but if you like it, feel free to email the show and let them know that The Arrogant Worms should be on more

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1108001092531710772005-02-09T20:56:00.000-05:002005-02-09T21:04:52.530-05:00

When we were driving in the crazy weather a few weeks ago we came up with the concept of ditch food. We thought it would be smart to have food in the car that we could munch on while we were stuck in a ditch during a snow storm. The name was more fun than the concept. Just say it: ditch food. Now say it with funny accents. It's really fun. We had a very fun show in Oswego, NY on Saturday

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1107201638331293012005-01-31T14:51:00.000-05:002005-01-31T15:00:38.333-05:00

Never travel with Mike McCormick. He has the worst luck. Mike decided to fly to Cincinnati while Trevor and I drove down. He should have driven with us. His first flight was cancelled because of a mechanical problem. His later flight was late getting into Detroit where he had to connect to Cincinnati. He made the flight but his baggage didn't. His baggage included his guitar. Trevor and I

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1106942834279176052005-01-28T15:02:00.000-05:002005-01-28T15:07:14.280-05:00

We are heading to Ohio shortly. Here's an article about us in a Cincinatti paper. We also got an email from someone who blogs with another service and has joined an Arrogant Worms community. It is here. Our very own community. Imagine the tax breaks! Post-Ohio post coming soon.

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1106670386604272992005-01-25T11:05:00.000-05:002005-01-25T11:26:26.603-05:00

Canada has not cornered the market on crap weather. Illinois and Indiana are doing just fine in that department. We have driven through bad weather before in our illustrious career and this was right up there with some of the worst. Nothing like watching the car in front spin around many times and hit a guard rail. We were able to stop in time and not hit the guy but our hearts were certainly

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1105979269405949112005-01-17T11:13:00.000-05:002005-01-17T11:27:49.406-05:00

We're back from the frigid cold of Whitehorse, Yukon. When I say frigid I mean minus 45 degrees celsius. Actually, at that temperature celsius and fahrenheit meet up and are the same number. I was worried that it might go low enough for Kelvin. It was cold. Our trip there and back was fairly brutal thanks to delayed or cancelled flights but lets focus on our time in Whitehorse. It was great

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1103580318224899982004-12-20T16:45:00.000-05:002004-12-20T17:05:18.223-05:00

We knew it would be a long day. We knew it would be a fun day. It was both. We got to Hugh's Room at about 10am for a rehearsal and soundcheck. Trevor and I had been there just a few hours before singing with Betty and the Bobs at their Christmas show. Fun. We should have just slept over. It was also the first real cold snap so far this year in Toronto and it was really really really cold.

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1102999117132000802004-12-13T23:15:00.000-05:002004-12-13T23:38:37.133-05:00

On Saturday December 11th, we were given the great honour to play at a memorial celebration of the life of our friend David Grierson. David was a CBC fixture in BC and was one of our earliest and most vocal supporters on the radio. The world lost David suddenly on November 20th at the too-young age of 49. The memorial for David on Saturday included many of the musical artists, poets, authors

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1102260220490426112004-12-05T10:22:00.000-05:002004-12-05T10:23:40.490-05:00

For a Canadian to swim in the Atlantic Ocean in December is a rare and exciting treat. That’s what I did on Friday in Daytona Beach, Florida. I think I may have been the only one in the water that day and a few passersby stared a bit at the weirdo Canadian. The locals were wearing long pants and light jackets because it was only about 20 degrees Celsius at the time. But we weren’t just in

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1101146839069834272004-11-22T13:56:00.000-05:002004-11-22T13:07:19.070-05:00

Orangeville rules. It's bursting with vitamin C goodness. We had a great time there on Saturday night. The SPCA got a portion of the ticket price which we hope made for some happy and healthy animals. The Undesirables did an absolutely fantastic set before we hit the stage. Check them out when you can. The Orangevillians certainly were enthusiastic. Always funny for us to hear people applaud and

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1100743384969008292004-11-17T20:50:00.000-05:002004-11-17T21:03:04.970-05:00

Back from the Maritime tour of snow and rough seas. We had much fun at the shows but the crazy weather in Nova Scotia sure made the thing an adventure. The first shows in Halifax and New Glasgow were total charmers and then the weather started. The snowstorm was supposed to be at its worst around Annapolis Royal. Well, that's where we were going. We drove slowly but we made it and bless the folks

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1098915718593497282004-10-27T18:08:00.000-04:002004-10-27T18:21:58.593-04:00

After a great time we finally had to leave Cambridge and hit the long road for Staten Island. We hit five states - Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. States are smaller than provinces. We eventually made it to Staten Island. We think we took the long way but we got there safe and sound. We played to a fairly small crowd but a very chatty crowd. A couple

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1098820224029129082004-10-26T15:48:00.000-04:002004-10-26T15:50:24.030-04:00

I have a new favourite city and it’s called Boston. I had been to Boston before but only for less than 24 hours. We were all pretty excited to go and we were even able to stay with friends who had just moved to Cambridge three days before we arrived. We folded Mike up and he slept in a box. We drove over from Dallas, PA and eventually got to our destination in Cambridge after a few wrong

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1098756190396805032004-10-25T22:00:00.000-04:002004-10-25T22:03:10.396-04:00

Another weekend in America. I’ll divide this weekend into a few entries so as not to make the posts too big. Trevor and I took a train to Kingston to meet Mike and make our drive to Pennsylvania. I like the train. It’s nice to kick back with the new Sum 41 CD in the headphones and just relax for a couple of hours. The CD rocks by the way. We made it to Kingston and then took the very

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1098136998439929512004-10-18T17:59:00.000-04:002004-10-18T18:03:18.440-04:00

Good to be back on the Prairies. We had a few shows and few drives. We flew into Saskatoon and it’s nicely renovated airport and then made the quick drive to Prince Albert. This was our second time in PA and the folks there did not disappoint. It was a rockin’ show. There were Keel fans there. Heartening to be sure. We watched the third debate in the green room before the show. We think

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1097545244408460592004-10-11T21:38:00.000-04:002004-10-11T21:40:44.406-04:00

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone. I’m stuffed like a turkey right now and I hope my fat fingers can type out the touring update. We had a great weekend with two more show in new American towns. Friday was Clinton, NY at the Kirkland Arts Center. Every once in a while we get a gift from the comedy gods and we got a bunch of them in Clinton. The show was in a hall that had many paintings

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1096913091573813992004-10-04T14:03:00.000-04:002004-10-04T14:04:51.573-04:00

Okay so there seems to be an election going on in the USA. It sure is more interesting than a Canadian election. The debate between Kerry and Bush was on Thursday and then we had shows on Friday and Saturday. People seemed to have watched the debate because any mention of it would garner a response. We had a great time at the Creole Gallery in Lansing, Michigan. It’s the capital, just so

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1094744447964833302004-09-09T11:29:00.000-04:002004-09-09T11:40:47.963-04:00

Not necessarily a Worm-related thing but fun nonetheless. Last night Trevor and I did a couple songs with our friends Betty and the Bobs at Hugh’s Room in Toronto. BnB are not only some of the finest musicians we know but they are also some of the finest people we know. We’ve shared a few bills with them and we also try to crash their gigs whenever we’re in the same town. They play everything

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1092619119742829392004-08-15T21:17:00.000-04:002004-08-15T21:18:39.743-04:00

Arrogant Worms, your mission is to entertain the people of Bethlehem, PA. How will you do it? Will you juggle? No. Will you read minds? No. Will you ride an elephant and play the clarinet? No. You will recruit Mike Ford and David Matheson from Moxy Fruvous and assemble a supergroup to end all supergroups. Arrogant Worms with Moxy will rock the good people at Musikfest not once but twice.

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1092618316241389962004-08-15T21:03:00.000-04:002004-08-15T21:05:16.243-04:00

Let’s get ourselves a Mike Ford and go to Calgary. It’s time for the Science Fiction and Fantasy convention. We’d been looking forward to this show for a long time. It was great fun. Many thanks to everyone involved. We were so well treated and everyone was so appreciative. Mike Ford more than ably filled in for our Mike and many in the crowd were excited to see a member of Moxy Fruvous on

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1091503464150409302004-08-02T23:22:00.000-04:002004-08-02T23:25:19.963-04:00

Deep River. The Deep to the locals. This was our second time at the Summerfest in The Deep. We played there a few years ago and had a rocking good time. History was repeated as the rocking good time occurred once again. This time it was louder though because Sloan closed out the show. They are one of my favourite bands so it was very cool to be on a bill with them. I even got up enough courage to

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1091292583442819952004-07-31T12:47:00.000-04:002004-07-31T12:49:43.443-04:00

After a day off following Hillside, what better thing to do than hop in the Worm Mobile and head south of the border again. There were people desperately crying out for entertainment and your superhero Arrogant Worms were up for the task. Just wish the weather was better. It rained and rained and rained. Both the shows were a lot of fun though. We got to play in Connecticut for the first

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1090883580603900392004-07-26T19:11:00.000-04:002004-07-26T19:13:00.603-04:00

After the Oswego gig, we hopped in the Worm-mobile and made tracks for Southern Ontario.  First we had to eat some barbeque.  Yum.  Then at the border, the coolest thing happened.  The customs officer knew who we were.  This is the woman who can tear the car apart if we look at her wrong.  She thought we were cool and we thought she was the finest human being ever in the history of the world.  We

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1090882701992781812004-07-26T18:57:00.000-04:002004-07-26T18:58:21.993-04:00

Oswego, New York rocked our socks.  We had an afternoon show at their Harborfest.  We had a very nice stage along the river and it was full of distractions.  Distractions equals comedy.  There were planes overhead rehearsing for an air show.  There was loud music on the other side of the river.  People were walking by and needed to be yelled at.  CoolerMan came by and watched the show.  He’s a

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1090349241706960882004-07-20T14:42:00.000-04:002004-07-20T14:47:21.706-04:00

Just wanted to post a quickie to announce that Three Worms and an Orchestra the DVD is now ready for public consumption.  We will be selling it this weekend in Guelph at the Hillside Festival.  It is also available at MapleMusic.com for online purchase.  MapleMusic is very fast and very safe and very reasonable in terms of price.  We hope you like the DVD.  We think it's worth the wait.  And holy

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1089818268611428702004-07-14T11:16:00.000-04:002004-07-14T11:17:48.610-04:00

Aww Sunday. The last day of the festival. Slept in a bit and then wandered down into hospitality room for coffee and muffins. Met Worm Mike down there and we harassed other musicians until it was time to head out for the long bus ride. My only goal of the day was to see Paul Thorn’s concert on one of the side stages. That and few dozen other things. Saw a great fiddle workshop that featured

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1089816600151872482004-07-14T10:45:00.000-04:002004-07-14T10:50:00.150-04:00

So it’s Saturday now and I am well rested. Got on a shuttle and headed on out to the fest. It was more wandering around and stumbling upon great music. I spent some time watching Dahmnait Doyle and Kevin Fox and then wandered and heard some Wailin Jennys and then our friend Suzie Vinnick. After a wee bite of lunch, it was time for our very own concert at the Snowberry Field Stage. Our

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1089682723901172412004-07-12T21:34:00.000-04:002004-07-12T21:38:43.900-04:00

The summer fun continues at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. We played the festival in 1996, 1997 and 1998 and then not again until this year. Being there this year made us even more bummed that we missed the last five. We had a great great great time. Those festival folks know how to put on a fantastic weekend. It was so good to be back. We had Mike Ford along once again playing the part of

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1089059502151619992004-07-05T16:29:00.000-04:002004-07-07T01:09:11.586-04:00

So we’ve survived the first folk festival of the season. We just did the Northern Lights Festival Boreal in Sudbury this past weekend. We had a ball. Our line-up was slightly different as we had our good buddy Mike Ford playing the part of Trevor who couldn’t be there. You may remember Mike from a group called Moxy Fruvous. He’s done a few shows with us as a fourth Worm and he’ll have a few

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1084839475784086942004-05-17T20:09:00.000-04:002004-05-17T20:17:55.786-04:00

Oh hello. We've been sleeping for the last couple of months. We woke up a couple of times to do a couple shows. Trevor and I did three songs (including She Bangs) at a fundraiser for ArtsCanCircle, an organization that promotes music in Northern communities. That was fun. Trevor has a bit of the William Hung dance fever in him. He was winded to say the least. We also just got back from a

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1081222255115012072004-04-05T23:29:00.000-04:002004-04-05T23:34:39.733-04:00

Kingston, Ontario. Home of The Wolfe Island Ferry, Sarah Harmer, the Canadian Idol and The Arrogant Worms. It was good to be home. We did a show at the Grand Theatre on Saturday night and the audience was outstanding. Nice work, everyone. We even had a group of ladies of a certain age who made their own Stalker Girl t-shirts. Very nice. Thank you. Then the next night was the Juno Awards

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1079918668163649892004-03-21T20:20:00.000-05:002004-03-21T20:27:52.216-05:00

It's good to be home. We don't have a lot to do in the next little bit except for a few shows in Ontario. Maybe I'll get some writing done. Or maybe I should take a vacation. Or maybe I should get my bike tuned up. Maybe I shouldn't put away the snow shovel just yet. Maybe I will cheer the Montreal Canadiens to a Stanley Cup victory. That sounds like a great idea.

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1079319747667100022004-03-14T22:01:00.000-05:002004-03-14T22:05:42.450-05:00

It’s the last working day of the tour. We’re on the ferry from Nanaimo to Vancouver. Today we’ll do two shows at Capilano College and that will wrap up the big western tour of 2004. Just before we fly out on Monday we’ll tape a segment for Richardson’s Roundup on CBC Radio that will air on Tuesday afternoon. We will have done 13 shows in 14 days and played to over 6000 people. Goodness

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1079225045369566702004-03-13T19:37:00.000-05:002004-03-16T12:08:04.293-05:00

Two shows since I last wrote, Victoria and Pender Harbour last evening. BC has a different vibe than the rest of the country. On the one side, it’s very laid back because the scenery is so beautiful and peaceful. On the other hand, there’s a real edge to it. Yes, it’s very pretty, mountains and ocean and rocks and trees and stuff. And living in a remote area is very appealing though somewhat

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1079041788893011382004-03-11T16:48:00.000-05:002004-03-11T16:52:58.623-05:00

I’m on a boat right. A ferry. Not the Wolfe Island Ferry but a very nice ferry nonetheless. We’re on our way from Vancouver to Victoria. Todd Bertuzzi is very sorry. The Vancouver media has been a bit obsessed in the last couple of days. One more week of analysis and bad press for hockey and maybe this story goes away for a while until the Canucks flame out in the playoffs which will be

Arrogant Wormsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1078855579556979712004-03-09T13:05:00.000-05:002004-03-09T13:09:26.920-05:00

Into the mountains of BC we go. However, thanks to our laziness and some decent fares from Westjet we flew to Kelowna and will fly to Vancouver tomorrow. Figured we’d deal with any March storms on the prairies but no mountain passes. That’s one of the things about touring in Canada which is well documented but still true. Canada is really friggin’ big. Someone should write a song about that. It’

Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01287651928971268733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372244.post-1078769160894209542004-03-08T13:05:00.000-05:002004-03-08T13:09:06.920-05:00

Int. Hotel Room – Morning Man sits at computer writing. Regis and Kelly twitter away on the television. Man is writing in the blog for his band. He writes… “Good Day. It’s a beautiful day in St. Albert. We’ve just wrapped up our two nights at the Arden Theatre. Both shows were awesome with outstanding audiences. Three encores last night. The evening was kind of bittersweet though

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Tim’s batting average: .105. Showing a steady slide. Maybe we should take more pitches. Today is an exciting day because we get to spend a 2nd day in the same town. Any day without travel is exciting. It means one can kill time in whatever manner one likes: sleeping, eating, reading, shopping, etc. Sure I suppose some acts would try to find a way to be productive with the time. Bah. We’ve never

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It’s the morning after the night of the new pants. I had to buy new pants because I split a pair doing a stupid rock and roll jump in Regina. My new pants were $10, which for me is pretty steep. They performed well. Also performing well was the audience in Calgary. Almost 1200 strong. That’s a record for us. It was an extravaganza. Well done, Calgary. We’re off to the burbs of Edmonton

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