A BUSY WEEK

So I had an amazing week off work. I got to do most of the things I set out to do, only set back was the Morrissey show I intended to see in Northampton, that was cancelled due to him losing his voice. Other than that, it was incredible. It involved a whole lot of commuting, which wasn't even that bad. It all started last Friday night where we celebrated the birthday of one Steve "Doobis" Dubois. The party went down at his apartment and it was a great kick off.

The birthday boy.






Hambone flexed his artistic skills.


Rocking out.

I got up bright and early the next day and headed out to Montreal to meet up with Dan & Spoiler. We were heading down to see Bad Brains on a boat in NYC. We made a pitstop in Saratoga for an Underdog show, then hopped back into the car and headed for the big city lights. The lovely Mo Wyse was kind enough to provide us with a place to sleep. She is one of the most amazing people I know. The hostess with the mostess. She also had this on her fridge which let's you know she's 100% down.


Breakfast.
NYC.









We rolled out to Long Island with John Joseph later that night, to see his band Bloodclot play. The show was with some terrible bands, and as soon as Bloodclot was done, this went down. So weird.


Later that night we got back to Mo's and made our way to her roof to launch some fireworks. We did only a few before getting back inside, seeing as we were blowing this up off an apartment roof in Brooklyn.




Red Bamboo.

The time finally came. Bad Brains on a boat! Shit as unreal. We got hooked up in the biggest way, and I got to meet all kinds of old NYHC dudes. I felt quite intimidated. The setlist was tight.





HR decided to take a nap during a whole song. Other HR highlights include a Q&A with the crowd, asking what everyone's favourite song is, as well as pulling a flashlight out of his pocket, going to shine it on his face, realizing it's dead, and says "no batteries." Priceless.

Mackie & JJ.
Post show, we got a delicious Red Bamboo meal courtesy of the wonderful Mo. We scarfed that down on the stoop.
Back in Montreal Dan, Spoiler and I went and got matching tattoos. It was basically an inside joke taken too far?

Ollie laying down the ink.
Baker Street

I also got this new setup.
Later on we rolled out for a night of karaoke at Pang Pang's.



Also got to see Fred and his new puppy.

And what better way to end a blog about Montreal with the fine food that is poutine.
Au revoir!