Sweetness

Hello!

Last night we played a super-awesome show with our friends The Koalas at (one of my favourite bars) Crobar.  It was a fundraiser show for two lovely ladies who are flying to Vegas really soon to run a half maraton to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada.  Hopefully we were able to help them raise lots and lots of money for the cause! 

This week marked my last full week of classes so to celebrate I brought red velvet cupcakes to school.  If I can say so myself, and I will, they were delicious.

Next week we are playing another benefit show at Petit Campus, so come check it out :)

<3 Kathy

Pedal pusher

So I did a little shopping the last few weeks and decided to fill in the last few spaces on my pedalboard.

I'm not giving an in-depth review, but here's what I got:

Definitely my fav of the three, hands down. Don't know why I went so long without a good overdrive pedal, but very happy I picked this one up! Just taking it out of the box, plugging it in and loving the way it sounds before even touching the settings - that won me over right away.

This is my third delay, already have a DD-20 and an MXR carbon copy and couldn't resist this one for some reason. Very different from the carbon copy, the AD-9 seems to add a little low end which is different - still trying to figure out where it fits in.

Tremolo is not a sound I think I'll use super often, so I went with a cheaper pedal here, but am pleasantly surprised with the quality. It's nice, small, well made metal casing, and it sounds great.

Sorry for the late blog

Have a great rest of the week,
Diana

Bring Me Your Love

Hello!

So, Dallas Green has a beautiful voice. We knew this before going to see him at his sold-out Metropolis show on Friday night, but we had forgotten how good he was! His set was a perfect hour and a half of glorious music from his three albums. About halfway through his set, Mr. Green's bandmates left him alone on stage for a few songs with only an acoustic guitar and harmonica. T'was most wonderful. Just writing about the show makes me want to see it all over again!

My favorite performances of the evening:





Have a great week :)
Vanessa

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

I had this whole blog-post ready about what I did this week and then I got home last night and found out that Whitney Huston died. One of my most vivid childhood memories is driving with my grandparents in their Cadillac and belting "I Will Always Love You" at the top of my lungs over and over and over again. Here is my little tribute to the woman who gave me many childhood memories as well as many adult memories (aka me thinking I know how to sing and dance when I'm out in public)

Honestly if you've ever been to a bar and this comes on you KNOW you flip out and dance like a fool.

This song also evokes that feeling.

Have a great week full of dancing and singing because I'm sure you'll  be hearing these songs all over this week.
<3 Kathy

Giant

I went to my first Superbowl party tonight, so I made some gingerbread cookies like the crazy old lady from Ace Ventura

As I was looking for a title song for my post, all I could think of was Giant by Matthew Good Band


Since we're on Can-rock from the 90s, I'm totally happy about this comeback:


Now if only these guys can get together!


Good night,
DIANA

Michigan Left

Hello!

Last night, the girls and I checked out Arkells and The Darcys at Petit Campus. The room was full but we still had enough room to dance! This was our third time seeing Arkells and they were better than ever. We only caught a few songs from The Darcys, but what we heard sounded excellent. Check out some songs from Arkells and The Darcys below:

Michigan Left - Arkells:


Don't Bleed Me - The Darcys:


They surprised us with this song as part of their encore:


Have a great week!
Vanessa

A Whole New World

Hello!

I've been quite the busy lady since my last blog post. I went to Florida for a week and spent 4 days in Disney World. It was SO MUCH FUN. I haven't been to Disney since I was a kid and I didn't really remember much of it so it's like everything was brand new. Pretty cool. We spent the first four days doing absolutely nothing but relax and swim.

The ocean water was bloody freezing but we figured we went all the way to Florida, we were GOING IN THAT WATER!  Then we ran back to the condo where there was a heated pool and a hot-tub.  Much better.

When we were in Disney we managed to do all 4 parks in 4 days.  It was madness and by the end I wanted to cut off my own feet but it was so worth it.  We went at the best time too. There were no lines for ANYTHING so it was sweet.

   

Since then I've come home to cold, snowy winter in Montreal.  It's definitely been a tough transition from shorts and the beach but at least we are almost in February! 

Have a great week :)

Kathy