Stories from the road

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan- Wash n' Slosh

July 11th and 12th.

by Chris..

So, after a 5 hour drive, we roll into Saskatoon from E. Coulee. Pull into the Wash for a beer. Hoping to see some familiar faces from last year, and sure enough, there's Jim, our favorite Bo-drinkin' bartender. Made it an early night and after a short visit with our man Barry Shillington, we got a good night's sleep at Dave's place (Chris's cousin). Next morning, we decided to meet with Bill Stampe of Cinepost Studios for a short production meeting re. our upcoming promotional video shoot. Bill turned out to be a very cool guy. we through some ideas around about the shoot, ate pizza and got to see some of his previous work. very cool stuff, by the way. after the meeting, we went by Ultimodo a super-cool clothes store where we buy our clothes whenever we're in Sask. These guys are the home of Dr. Wash shirts. great designs, well made.. (plug, plug ;) ) many thanks to the staff at Ultimodo. Barry, you're the coolest.

Now, on to the video shoot. we started at 2 pm with an on camera interview, then load in, soundcheck, and we're ready to play. The shoot went very well and so did the stand-in lead guitarist (Steve). we was also a very nice guy and wicked player. Paul from The Touchtone Gurus said that in high school, he used to call Steve Master Shredder. We didn't get to hear him really go off, but he did a great job of playing are stuff. Especially conciderin' the short amount of time he had to learn it and we never played with him at all until the camera was rolling. We tried to steal him, but his girlfriend kidnapped him back before we could start the reprogramming sessions.

After taping, we had a few hours to kill before our set. Why go outside now? we started around 10:30, playing to the usual 20 people, trying to keep the energy up and succeeding. Took a short break, waited for a few more people to show and got up to play again. 2nd set was smokin' The people there dug it and we celebrated the 12 hour Wash N' Slosh Iron Man Marathon with (surprise!) a tasty beverage. As Dim said in A Clockwork Orange,"Bedways is rightways now".

The next day was hectic (as we are starting to expect in Saskatoon. Started of with an interview on an independent radio show, did some photo shoot stuff, went on a tour of West Coast Brewery (you, know.. business..) I'd tell you more, but I stayed in bed. night falls and it's time to rock again.turns out that Wednesday night is metal night at the ol' Wash N' Slosh. The crown is leery at first but everything went smoothly. Bill Stampe came in and got some more shots of us jumping around and sweating.(man it's been hot!) hung out with the local metal fans until after closing and hopefully won some over. After that, well sleep time. What a life, huh? well, it's been a slice, but we're off to our next destination, Oyan Alberta.What's in store for us this time? hope it's all good.. Well, it usually is. rock on, kiddies.

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