*Yawn*

Getting up without the sun shining is really really hard. I imagine when I come home it'll start to be dark again. Blast this darkness (get your hands off of my woman...)

I need to sprout 4 more arms for today. Region visits are always fun with all the bloddy changes you get to do after.

Great now I have horrible falsetto frizzy hair "badnesS" in my head...sorry guys. Get ready for the new album though...they haven't unfortunately disappeared. (I believe in a thing called lo-ove Ooooo Oooooo Oooo OOoo Yeah!)

*shudder*

Your god is Dead - NIN w/ QOTSA & DFA 1979 Nov 17/05

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Yes I can't even describe how unreal this event was. I need a moment to collect myself....

Unfortunately we missed the Death From Above 1979 set. We wanted to leave at 9am on Thursday but our ride couldn't leave til noon. No biggie, with the time change n all, we still would've had enough time. But regretfully Dave got held up at work with his mean tyrant bossman & we didn't get out of S'toon til 2ish! Talk about cuttin er close! We made it just in time to see Queens. Let me take a moment here to describe how SUCKY Calgary's crowd was...

We had seats just off the side of the stage 2nd level up. Not too bad. So we're standing & rockin to Queens with people behind us yelling to "sit the fuck down". NO-ONE WAS STANDING AT ALL!! I couldn't believe it. The mentality the whole show was something like "we're too cool & apathetic to even tap our toes". Lame-os. Whatever it didn't phase us, & they eventually stopped yelling. It was awesome to see Queens a 2nd time...although was more enjoyable in a smaller club like Reds. They still graced us with a 50 min set of stoner guitar goodness. I LOVE Troy Van Leeuwan!

NIN...

They started off with these massive sheer screens covering the stage & lights pulsing behind to the track Pinion off of the Broken EP. Immediately I'm freakin out at the chance to hear one of my fave songs, Wish, but like a teasing lover, they rip into a song I've never heard before. Apparentely unreleased (Love is not Enough), the band continues behind the screens & Trent's voice cuts through every corner of the arena. All you see is shadows. They then drop the screens to the pummeling of "You Don;t Know What You Are" & everyone ignites! I still can't believe I was there...

I was very very happy to hear lots of the Downward Spiral & even Burn from the Natural Born Killers Sdtrk. They had a perfect mix of frenzy, contemplative downtime, & pure drive. Definately one of the tightest live acts I've seen. To hear Terrible Lie & Something I Can Never Have, I'm still baffled by how old those tracks were. Trent commented after playing Eraser (which was accompanied by visuals on the screens of anti-Bush images) that Calgary was the best show so far, thank you Canada, fuck the USA. Then Natty lost her mind as they played her ALL TIME fave song, Reptile off Downward S. EEK!!!!

They played for 90 mins & ended the show with Hurt (& a sea of lighters) & Head Like a Hole, which only made it to the second chorus due to Twiggy flippin out & smashing his guitar from the top of his speaker cabinet. The rest of the band followed suit & then boom it's done. I'm left out of breath, elated, & fully unable to speak. I only wish that my biggest known NINer buddie couldah been there with me. Let's keep our fingers crossed for March huh?

The rest of the trip went by pretty rank. We stayed in some cheap dive with no heat & massive arachnids & took forever to get back. Our buddie Dave kept getting the run around with his errands. I was still sick as a dog & just needed some comforts of home. But I SAW NIN!!

Thanks boys for topping my concert experiences...

Bedouin Soundclash with The Junction @ Louis Pub 11/17/05

So FINALLY Louis got their act together & did not have an all ages show for once. What a better experience to be free to roam with drinks in tote without worrying about being stopped by some bouncer. Even if you're only drinking iced tea.

The show was very fun. I think however I had more fun rockin to The Junction who opened. (why is that mostly the case at indie shows?) ANyhoo imagine ska like guitar mixed with Nirvana like vocals & double kick insano drummer. I wish Bono & bDan both could've seen them. They kicked! Very energtic. I'll have to source out an album or two.

Bedouin was fun too. I had more fun watching the crowd try to dance to reggae. It's very strange...I unfortunately got a mouthful of some dirty beeswaxy dandruffed dreads when some girl decided to shake them out into my drink. Ick. People are so unaware of their surroundings. Maybe too I was grumpy from being INCREDIBLY sick. Yes folks it's that time of year again where Natty loses her voice & balance. I have the worst head/chest/face cold known to hippies. It sucks. Just in time for NIN tomorrow too. Boo. But nothing can stop me now...cuz I don't care anymore (whoa quoting the lyrics n everything I'm so lamo)

I felt too that the lead singer for the SOundclash was incredibly wasted on something. He had problems keeping up with guitar & kept talking WAY too much in between songs. FUnny that no-one seemed to care though. Maybe cuz everyone else was just as? They didn't play till 11pm or so. But still very tight band. I'd see them again & I'm glad they packed the place. Yay!

Well I'm off to NeoCitran land. Thankfully we don't leave till 12 tomorrow so I can sleep in a bit (& on the way). I'll give ya'll a full recap when I get back!

OOOOoo I hope some DOwnward Spiral gets played....I'll SHRIEK! (in my head that is since I lost my voice :P )

3 more days!!

I can't believe it ... I'll be seeing this with my own eyes! (sorry to gloat to the ones that can't make it; i'm too freekin EXCITED!)

The Castanets - First Lights Freeze (Nov 22/05)

I love finding new wierd obscure things. For not having posted in awhile (yet again) here's a track that pretty much describes my overall feelings over the past week. Alot of crazy shite's been going down. I miss my friends. Anyhoo...check it out here. It's unfortunately not out til the 22nd for those of you that wanna rush out & buy it. (Support the pink clan!!)

On a side note...NIN looks pretty likely to be booked here in Saskatoon after they finish the Canadian tour. It'll be just them (no Queens or Death From Above) but goody gumdrops, $50 gets me on the floor & rockin out a second time! I have every dread crossed for this one to happen!! Speaking of which it's t-minus 9 days before I get another musical experience of a lifetime..& possibly a night at the Hilton in Cowtown for $50...yeah she's got SWEET connections.

Keep it real folks...

....oh & this bloke here is the frontman for the Castanets. He quit school at 15 to travel on a Greyhound bus through the US for 4 years to get the "experience" to start writing music. I'm lovin the lyrics..who says you need anything past a grade 9/10 education??

Sorry I disappeared

Yes I know it's been like a week since I've posted but I've been so caught up in life's ugly side. Work has been horribly busy (we average about 150 boxes coming in a week!) & with my gimped out finger it wasn't fun. But it's better now thank you for asking...yet only to be replaced with this half-flu thing that just won't go away or kick in. I'm in runny nose purgatory!

Also my uncle is back in the hospital. Those of you who don't know, he's had multiple surgeries since last Jan (yesterday's made #8) for colitis which involved removing his large bowel & colon. He lives with a colostomy bag & was pretty much on the mend to have that removed & put internally. But he had what they thought was an obstruction in his small intestine (which is quite common to happen I guess) but the doctors in both Moose Jaw & Gravelbourg misdiagnosed him to having "only the flu". My aunt had the sense after 12 hours of him in agony & vomiting to rush him to Saskatoon where within minutes of an x-ray they concluded he needed emergency surgery. I can't describe to you all the fustration I have with certain physicians that can't f'n read an x-ray or take the time to actually DIAGNOSE!

Thankfully, his intestine was only twisted & no removal of it had to be made. He'll still be in the hospital for 2 weeks but at least he'll be somewhat ok.

In other news my sis is stressed with school. She thinks she blew her entry into pharmacy.

So yeah people I need your good vibes this way. I'm ok. I'm not "moping" around, I just have alot on my mind, & sometimes it's hard to be Andrea the Rock.

I don't quite believe in prayer but if any of you out there wanna take the time to put out some healing goodness for me & my family....

....oh & I miss you Vancouverites very very much! (& Lloydminster-bound)

Shu call me soon. I miss you & love you very very much!!

....holy mushiness...well I guess I'm allowed to feel a lil vulnerable sometimes huh? Talk to you katz soon; & check out Dallas Green's new cd (from Alexisonfire) it's smashingly good!