Status: Single
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: CA
Signup Date: 1/11/2006
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June 20, 2009 - Saturday
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I think we might be Vampires.
The AZ Party was... WOW.
We played our fucking HEARTS out!!!!! If the French don't like us, there is nothing we can do, because we went up there with our souls on fire, our minds set ablaze, and our feet off the ground.
The party continued long after the show ended. Models and men in fancy suits covered every wall. We laughed backstage and went to a girl named Elodie's place. Meli and Kim played acoustic guitar and had the whole room singing along as the sun rose pink over rooftops and landed on the carpet around us.
We got to bed at 7am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woke up at 5pm, and Meli said, "Phew! We woke up just in time for supper!" We went to dinner and said, "No booze tonight!" And before we could say "No thank you," wine was poured into our glasses.
We went on a cab ride tour of Paris. Passed by Transvestite areas where chicks with dicks and better hair than me walked with their fake tits out in the open night air. We were in TOTAL SHOCK.
Meli Mae and I came back to the hotel at 3am, not at all tired, so we ended up drinking two bottles of wine until 11 in the freakin' morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We listened to music in our hotel room, dancing, crying, giggling, playing favorite song after favorite song. We watched the sun rise and turn into a haze. We walked out to by water at 9am, totally wasted off our asses. It was like we were in a dream. People were opening their stores, we were drunk and reckless.
It is now 7pm and I woke up an hour ago. Once again, I am proud to say that I have not missed dinner. Oh, jetlag. You are so weird.
Love, CowBella
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June 17, 2009 - Wednesday
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Today was our second day in Paris. We woke up at 6am and played Pop Culture live on Virgin France.
Then we hit another radio station called OUI fm 102.3 and did an interview with a very sexy lady named Linda -- who should be on TV, not radio, she's THAT cute. We had a blast in there. Meli Mae got up on the table smack in the middle of the interview and started dancing... I was so proud, I think a tear formed in my eye...
Next, we went to play four live songs at MOUV fm and their studio was HUGE. Gorgeous wood paneling everywhere, 20 foot ceilings... but the best part was their collection of vintage keyboards. They had a rhodes, a hammond, a harpsichord and a grand piano.
I fell in the love with the feel and sound of the grand piano within seconds. Then I layed my fingers on the harpsichord and my mission in life was decided: I must own a grand piano and a harpsichord in my lifetime. Even if it means I must live in a space that can only fit these two instruments, I will throw away my fancy clothes, get rid of the fridge and stove and play these instruments all day.
At the very least, I absolutely have to have harpsichord and grand piano on our next album. It can be like Eminem & Dr Dre styles mixed with The Beatles St Pepper's. Boom, done.
Tomorrow we play a private party for our record label, AZ and we look forward to extravagance extraordinaire. If I don't write for a few days, it's because I'm too hungover.
Love, CowBella
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May 21, 2009 - Thursday
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China tour: The Great Wall
13 jours de pur bonheur! J’ai décidé de faire ce blog en quelques parties parce que c’est carrément trop intense!! Nous sommes atterri à Beijing dans le plus gros aéroport du monde… nous avons eu une 1ere impression de grandeur à l’image de ce pays! Si je décris en quelques mots qu’est-ce que c’est de jouer en Chine, ça donne ça : on sent une envie de découvrir et beaucoup de complicité avec le public (j’ai bien aimé ce que Cowbella a dit après un de nos show…’’on ne peut pas se comprendre avec nos langage respectifs mais on sait qu’on se comprend quand on danse ensemble’’) …tout le monde fume à l’intérieur, il n’y a jamais assez de toilettes pour la capacité du bar, jamais de papier de toilette, les toilettes = un trou par terre, les toilettes c’est dégueu et je bois moins de liquide pour aller moins souvent au toilette parce que toilette = waaaaaaa! Ce n’est pas que mon plus grand souvenir de chine soit une pièce de 3 pieds par 3 pieds mais disons que c’est un choc culturel et surtout hygiénique!
Je pourrais écrire un blog de 200 000 mots pour essayer de décrire notre trip à la muraille de chine mais je vais essayer vous condenser le tout….on nous a donné 3 choix de visites dont 2 qui étaient touristiques et 1 plus aventure ... nous avons choisi l’aventure...bien sur!! Une mini van (je dirais des années 70) est venu nous chercher a l’hôtel et nous avons roule pendant 2h pour s’y rendre. Nous passions dans des petits villages à flanc de montagne et ces montagnes, c’était juste vraiment trop grandiose... le chemin pour s’y rendre était magnifique. Il y avait des vieux monsieur qui dormait le long de la route sous des gros arbres en fleurs ..tout blanc. Des jardins en étage, des ponts de roche super étroit mais de 50 pieds de haut. Ensuite nous avons tourné dans un petit chemin tout bossé et roulé vers la montagne …nous avons bien ri quand nous avons vu une pancarte qui disait : accès interdit au touristes!!
Nos guides étaient 2 filles et un homme et ils ne parlaient pas un mot anglais...comme la majorité des chinois. Mais David (notre soundman) avait un petit livre avec des phrases clés et on réussissait drôlement bien à se faire comprendre. Ensuite la randonné a commencé et nous avons grimpé la montagne pendant environ 30 min pour finalement arriver à la muraille. Vue que l’endroit n’était pas touristique, nous avons pu voir la muraille dans son état naturelle, c'est-à-dire, en ruine! Nous avons même du en escalader une partie pour atteindre le dessus! La vue que nous avons eu en se levant était juste malade...j’espère que mes photos vont rendre le 1/10 de ce que c’était en vrai!! À certains endroits nous marchions sur des rebords de 2-3 pieds de large avec le vide à nos côtés...quel trip. Et dire qu’une des filles qui nous guidait avait des souliers à talon!! L’expérience était très intense et assez cardio car la muraille se promène de haut en bas suivant le top de la montagne...nous étions vraiment en plein milieu de la jungle chinoise...j’ai vue des petits lézards et des super beaux oiseaux avec une longue queue. C’était la journée parfaite, gros soleil pas de nuages avec une petite brise qui est la quand tu en as besoin!
Après s’être promené quelques heures sur la murailles nous sommes revenus sur nos pas ...c’était dur de s’arrêter pour s’en retourner...On voulait toujours voir plus loin... sur chaque bout de montagne il y avait une tour ... alors on voulait toujours aller voir si la prochaine vue allait nous donner plus de frisson que la dernière!! Sur le chemin du retour Kim a demandé au guide de nous emmener dans un restaurant et il nous a emmené dans une place trop cool. On a mangé dehors sur le bord d’un ruisseau dans un espèce d’auberge en plein milieu de nulle part. La bouffe etait vraiment bonne. Nous étions 5 + les 3 guides ...nous avons commander 8 plats différant avec de la bière et nous avons paye le repas de nos guides et ça nous a coûté l’équivalent de 7$ canadiens chacun. Le coût de la vie est vraiment bas. Notre trip nous a coûté 250 yuan chaque…soit 40$ canadiens pour le trip de notre vie... c’est vraiment rien.
Suite du trip en Chine bientôt!
Love, Meli Mae
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May 14, 2009 - Thursday
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Were we just in China????? Man, traveling is fucked up.
20 hours on a plane and then you're on the complete other side of the globe.
We got picked up at the airport and stepped out into the steamy, polluted haze of Beijing.
We saw the Forbidden City and climbed a "No Tourists Allowed" part of the Great Wall and we played a show at one of the only bars in Beijing that houses rock bands.
We were shocked to find out people smoked in bars. It was like living in Back To The Future -- The Chinese Version. We played with Final Flash and fell in love with their music and sound.
We next flew to Shanghai were everyone gets Shanghigh on Shanghash. Played for 350 Chinese people and felt like the language barrier was finally crossed. People danced and clapped and sang the melodies with us. The whole, "Music is a Unversal Language" was really felt by us, it was great.
It was incredible to watch So-Called sing his Jewish hybrid hip hop songs and have the Chinese people dancing around. picking up the words and rhythms.
We then flew to Shenzen, where literally thousands and fucking THOUSANDS of markets are clustered together, divided by ATM machines, it's like Vegas for shoppers, and while I was there, a song started to form in my head. The words are pretty complex but I'll share it with you anyway. It goes like this:
BUY BUY BUY
BUY BUY BUY
BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY
BUY BUY BUY
BUY BUY BUY
BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY.
Our show in Shenzin was rockin. The night before we played, Hollerado played and, man they are AWESOME. Mark my words: Hollerado are going to be HUGE. We made tons of new friends there (humans and cockroaches) and the next morning we were driven to Hong Kong.
When we arrived, all we wanted to do was decompress so the five of us ferried to Lamma Island, a fisherman's island where no cars exist. Once there, everything I bought in Shenzen was useless and eaten up by lizards and jungle ants.
The only thing I wore was army pants, a turban, and a loose shirt. The turban picked up most of the spiders and caterpillars dangling from bamboo tops in the jungle, and... I never want to eat sea food again.
Love,
CowBella
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April 26, 2009 - Sunday
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I'm at a place in my career where I can spot other touring musicians from far away. I live in an area of Montreal where everyone is pretty much an artist.
People wear zippers on their heads, red rain boots when it's not raining, they're covered in body art, completely unwashed, and wear big funny sunglasses, etc. It used to be hard to tell who was in a band and who was a painter or a performance artist.
But now that we've been on the road enough times, I can spot other touring musicians because they literally wear the road. You can't hide it. It's not only that they don't look washed... they looked washed out. They literally looked wrecked, lIke they have work on them. I can see it in their skin; how it is a little more worn out, a little more wrinkly -- or in the way their hair looks greasy even after they've showered.
And I know that I look like this too. But with every extra wrinkle, broken back, stiff neck and dirty hair I get, I feel good wearing the road. I think it suits me.
Lately we have been wearing air more than the road. We took six planes in 10 days 2 weeks ago, flying from Montreal to Vancouver to Montreal, to Switzerland to France and back.
We are start our trip to China tomorrow, and are about to hit the air hard. Flight to Chicago, then to Bejing (15 hrs), domestic flights to Shanghai, Hong Kong and back to Bejing, then back to Chicago, then to Montreal and then we fly to Paris, France, then another plane to Cannes.
That's roughly 12 planes in three weeks. Incredible.
I'll write my next blog when I get my private jet. ....Rrrrright....
Love, CowBella
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April 18, 2009 - Saturday
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Hey all! Creautre hit the ol’ 401 yesterday. We headed to Toronto for a show with Woodhands and The Carps. We hadn’t played with The Carps yet, but I checked out their myspace and I was really looking forward to seeing them live. They were great, and we were also impressed by Golden Girls, the solo act who opened the night. The Carps are a duo from t.o.. So are Woodhands - Woodhands rock! They opened for us in Mtl and in Sherbrooke. We had a great time! Shit was hot and sweat-ay!
Last night was crazy wild freaky deeky! I mean, Creature, Woodhands, The Carps… it was off the hook!
Side note: what’s up with all the super duo’s coming out of Canada right now?? Let’s list em’… Woodhands, The Carps, MSTRKRFT, Thunderheist, Crystal Castles, let’s not forget those ol’ time boys Death From Above 1979! Hmmmm… am I missing anybody? I’m sure there’s a few more notables. Write in on our comment page if you have any additions! See ya in Toronto!!
Love, Kim Ho
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April 16, 2009 - Thursday
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Gibson Party Une des décisions la plus dure que nous ayons eu à confronter pendant notre périple à Vancouver pour les Junos, c’est de choisir à quel party nous voulions terminer la soirée.. pas facile!! On avait envie d’être partout en même temps!! On a finalement décidé d’aller au Gibson Party qui avait lieu au magnifique bar ‘Richard’s on Richard’ sur la rue Richard… pourquoi… parce que notre hôtel se trouvait à quelques coin de rue de là!!! N’allez surtout pas penser que cette décision fut prise pour prévoir le fait que nous allions être affecté par l’alcool … voyons!!
À peine quelques minutes après notre arrivée, je me prends un drink et la 1ere chose que je sais, c’est que Kim Ho est sur la scène avec le ‘house band’ prêt à nous envoyer ses meilleures mélodies!! Nous étions comme des fans fini devant lui à danser et le regarder s’éclater sur son axe. He was our ‘here Ho’ of the night! Ouffff quel jeu de mot je viens de vous faire! On est ensuite monté pour jouer ‘magnificient 7’ by The Clash et on a eu du fun en masse avec le house band. D’ailleurs, je suis tombé en amour avec cette guitare ‘Firebird VII’ couleur ‘blue mist’ … je crois que j’ai bavé un peu quand je l’ai vue car la dernière fois que je l’avais aperçu, c’est dans un rêve!! 3 mini-humbucker qui ronronnaient comme une meute de cougar.. Ahhhh. Ok, je pense que j’en ai fait une obsession (et je ne crois pas qu’un cougar ca se tiens en meute)!
Nous avons ensuite pu voir performer plusieurs artistes de différente formation dont Jeff Stinco de Simple Plan et Barenaked Ladies. Arrivé à notre hôtel, nous avons été envoûté par le beat que nous jouait le DJ dans le hall.. Incapable de se retenir nous voila sur la piste de danse tous les quatre avec au moins…. 8 autre personnes!!! On réalise finalement que le DJ qui mix avec ses vinyles est en fait Brendan le bassiste du band ‘Broken Social Scene’..ca groovait son affaire!!
Je résume donc cette soirée par Drink-Music-Dance-Party!
Meli Mae xxx
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April 13, 2009 - Monday
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We just got back from yet another trip to France. We've taken six planes in one week, and I have a feeling things are going to pick up pace even more.
We did about 16 interviews out there, filmed accoustic versions of our songs in vans, bathrooms and saunas till all hours of the morning -- and for all kinds of people. Did you know people go to the sauna at 2am??? Lord knows they are definitely NOT expecting to see musicians in there with accordians, guitars and kazoos. In short, we made lots of enemies on this trip.
We got good news when we were there: We found out we are playing the Cannes Film Festival in mid may.
This is a world-renown event that I have always wanted to expreience, and now I get to PLAY THERE!!!!
Woo-hoo!!!!!!
I'll let ya'll know who's more interesting to talk to -- Quentin Tarentino or Brad Pitt.
YES WE CANNES!!!!!
Love, CowBella
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April 4, 2009 - Saturday
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Our video for "Who's Hot Who's Not" came out this week!!!! Wow, where do I start with how it all began? Ok, I know, I was on the phone with Cowbella brainstorming ideas and out of some inner kitschy memory drawer, I remembered the segment for Elvis’s Jailhouse Rock. You know the one with all the prisoners up on a scaffolding and Elvis swings down a fireman pole? Yeah, that one. You can see the influence in the two-floor set we had built and the striped shirts everyone is wearing. Oh, and of course we break out into a dance choreography like Elvis. If you have seen our first video for Pop Culture, no Creature video is without a dance segment. It’s just fun. As for other influences, you might catch some nods to The Clash for their jumpsuits and combat boots (we love you Clash), Daft Punk’s Around The World, Spike Lee’s dolly shot, disco dance floors and of course early 80’s break dancing and Double Dutch. We have a blast doing our own videos and really try to do something other than “performance videos” where the band just play their instruments. Darn it, we like dressing up and boogying. Doesn’t everyone?
Love, Sid-Z
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April 1, 2009 - Wednesday
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Walking the red carpet was even better than I'd imagined. Kids wait out there for five hours so by the time anyone shows up, they are screaming for your autograph (even if.. they don't know you...er...).
Cameras flash everywhere, microphones jut out at you and people ask thought-provoking interview questions like, "What advice would you give young musicians who are starting out?" We said persistence and belief in yourself.
Next we went inside for free drinks and then for the awards ceremony.
Bryan Adams, Diana Krall and Mr. Elvis Costello were five seats away from us, holy cow.
We got to see LoverBoy, Sam Roberts' performance was gorgeous, and he was wonderful to talk to afterwards. Sarah McGlaughlin made an incredible speech talking about her travels abroad and how people around the world don't have the privilege of having clean water. There is definitely something remarkable about celebrities who use their position to make the world better, however they can.
We went back to the hotel afterparty, and, man do Canadians know how to shake it.
The highlight was when they played a Creature song at the dance party. It felt pretty awesome to watch people shake it to Who's Hot Who's Not.
Jacob from Hedley introduced us to new music in his hotel room. I believe the musician calls himself Rusko, and it could be Vancouver chronic, but that music is next level SHIT!
Being surrounded by musicians inspired us to keep on doing what we're doing, and although Alanis Morisette won our category (who is she anyways? Never heard of her....) we had an inspirational time of our lives.
CowBella
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