DEAR CANDYLAND,
JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT THINGS COULDN'T GET ANY MORE CRAZY.
OUR WORLD HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
IN A GOOD WAY.
WHERE DID WE LAST LEAVE OFF?....
THE PORTLAND PARTY IS A HUGE SUCCESS.
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT AND BEING PART OF IT!
WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME.
"DEEP GEMS" IS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED.
OKO FLIES OUT FROM PARIS FOR THE PARTY.
NITE JEWEL, FARAH, & MIKE SIMONETTI ALL SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH US.
ROTTURE LETS US PUT 123 PEOPLE ON THE GUEST LIST!
THANKS, CONRAD!
THE NEXT WEEKEND WE'RE AT CUSTOMS TRYING TO GET INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA IN TIME TO MAKE IT TO THE SWEAT SHOP FOR HALLOWEEN.
WE PLAY THE HALF ALIVE PARTY WITH GANG VIOLENCE INSIDE THE SKATEPARK.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SO MANY LIL' WAYNES & WINNIE THE POOHS IN ONE PLACE?
WHAT A GREAT NIGHT!
WE SPEND THE REST OF THE EVENING MAKING MELODRAMATIC PHONE CALLS TO THE LOWER 48.
THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL.
WE EAT SUSHI AT THE USUAL SPOT AND HEAD BACK TO THE BORDER.
A WEEK LATER, WE'RE IN TORONTO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.
A SOLD OUT SHOW WITH KIDS LINED UP OUTSIDE?
SORRY TO EVERYONE WHO COULDN'T GET IN.
THE DJS ARE SPINNING MA FUM BAY, MR. FINGERS, AND MARSHALL JEFFERSON.
WHICH IS JUST FINE WITH US.
PARALLELS PLAYS THEIR FIRST SHOW!
THE NEXT NIGHT WE HEAD TO MONTREAL.
ON THE PLANE WITH XANADU FOG STILL IN OUR LUNGS.
THE LAST TIME WE WERE THERE WAS AT THE END OF A BRUTAL SEVEN WEEK TOUR WITH CHROMATICS OVER THREE YEARS AGO.
UPSTAIRS AT LE GYMNASE...
YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL THE FLOOR DIPPING DURING BEATIFIC.
FOR ONCE...WE'RE GLAD THEY RESPECTED THE CAPACITY LAWS.
DAVE & DAVEY TOTALLY KILL IT ON THE TURNTABLES.
THE LIGHTS LOOK AMAZING.
THEY DON'T ALLOW MAKERS MARK INTO QUEBEC.
THEY MUST HAVE HEARD ABOUT US : (
SO WE SIP VODKA, GURU, & KNOB CREEK INSTEAD.
IT DOES THE TRICK.
AFTER THE PARTY...IDA EATS POUTINE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
& WE DRINK ALL NIGHT INSIDE A CASTLE ACROSS TOWN.
THE NIGHT IS A GIANT BLUR.
WHEN THE SUN COMES UP...
WE WAKE UP SMILING & HAVING FAINT MEMORIES OF BAGGETTES, UNICORNS, AND RAINBOWS.
NOT TO MENTION A SLEW OF CRYPTIC TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT COUNTING SHEEP & LOVE THAT WE STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT.
THANKS SO MUCH TO MIKEY & ALEX FOR BRINGING US BACK TO EASTERN CANADA.
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH THIS WEEKEND MEANT TO US!
THE NEXT MORNING IT'S SUNDAY BRUNCH WITH THE ZOO CRUE.
HUMMOUS.
TABOULI.
TEA NOIR.
THEY PICK UP THE CHECK & WE HEAD HOME.
WE WATCH THE FIRST SEASON OF "THE FACTS OF LIFE" ON THE PLANE & TRY TO SLEEP A LITTLE.
ON THE WAY HOME...WE'RE ALREADY MISSING CANADA.
WE SPEND THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WORKING DOUBLETIME ON THE NEW GLASS CANDY ALBUM.
& FARAH FLIES TO PORTLAND TO WORK ON HER NEW LP WITH JOHNNY.
AT THE BEGINING OF DECEMBER...
WE FIND OURSELVES AT THE AIRPORT AGAIN.
FOR A LAST MINUTE WHIRLWIND TOUR OF EUROPE TO SPREAD "DEEP GEMS".
BERLIN.
PARIS.
AMSTERDAM.
ETC.
WE PLAY COMPUTER LOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BERLIN.
DESTROY POISON OR REMEDY AT LE BARON.
VISIT THE SURREAL RED LIGHT DISTRICT IN AMSTERDAM.
WE GET MOBBED AT LA JAVA.
IF YOU WERE AT THIS SHOW..YOU KNOW HOW INSANE IT WAS.
WE WATCH A DOG RELIEVE HIMSELF WHERE THE BERLIN WALL USED TO BE.
"ALL THINGS MUST PASS".
IN AMSTERDAM WE GET THE SPECIAL TREATMENT AT A FIVE STAR HOTEL.
SECURTIY RUMMAGES THROUGH OUR TOUR BANK WHILE JOHNNY'S IN THE GIANT GLASS SHOWER.
FORTUNATELY FOR US...THEY ARE HOMOPHOBIC.
THEY SPLIT AS SOON AS JOHNNY STEPS OUT OF THE SHOWER SOAKING WET WITH A RAZOR IN HIS LEFT HAND.
THE NEXT NIGHT IN FRANCE WE GET A GUN PULLED ON US.
IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN THIS SITUATION...
IT HELPS TO LAUGH & KEEP WALKING.
& ALWAYS KEEP AN EXTRA HOUSTON ASTROS HAT HANDY.
WE STAY UP ALL NIGHT SKATEBOARDING IN PARIS WITH OKO.
ANOTHER WAY...
ANOTHER VISION...
WHO IS MIKE JONES?
WE MISS MONTREAL...
A TRAIN RIDE LATER...IT'S TIME TO FLY BACK HOME.
A PLANE FULL OF A FRENCH GIRLS CHOIR WAS ABOUT THE CUTEST THING WE'VE EVER SEEN!
UNTIL OUR LUGGAGE GETS LOST AGAIN IN THE STATES.
NO PAIN / NO GAIN?
WE'RE IN PORTLAND FOR EXACTLY 37 HOURS...
WHEN JOHNNY FLIES TO HOUSTON TO MEET WITH TWISTED WIRES & HANG OUT WITH MOMMY JEWEL.
IDA HOLDS PORTLAND DOWN AND FEEDS THE CATS.
WE BUY LAST MINUTE PLANE TICKETS TO MONTREAL FOR NEW YEARS.
USHERING IN THE NEW ERA AT THE QUATRO SHOW AT ZOO BIZARRE.
IT WAS AMAZING!
MAYBE IT WAS THE BOURBON...
OR THE FOG...
OR THE ARPEGGIOS...
OR THE STONE WALLS...
OR THE LACK OF SLEEP...
OR COUNTING BACKWARDS FROM TEN IN FRENCH...
BUT AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT...
WE FELL IN LOVE.
& DECIDED TO MOVE TO MONTREAL.
WE'RE KEEPING OUR STUDIO IN PORTLAND.
& BUILDING AN EXACT REPLICA IN QUEBEC.
FLYING BACK & FORTH.
VOCALS.
MIXING.
BEATS.
"EAST COAST, WEST COAST...& COMPTON.."
IDA IS CEO OF CANDYLAND WEST LLC.
JEWELS IS CEO OF CANDYLAND EAST LLC.
WE HEAD HOME TO PICK UP THE PIECES & TELL THE KEYBOARDS & DRUM MACHINES THEY MAY HAVE A NEW HOME.
JOHNNY COMES BACK TO PORTLAND & ACCIDENTLY REALIZES HE'S HOMELESS.
SO WE GET A WEEK AT THE JUPITER HOTEL.
WHICH SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME.
UNTIL WE REALIZE ITS EITHER BUILT ON AN ANCIENT BURIEL GROUND...
OR PLACED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF PORTLAND'S BERMUDA TRIANGLE BETWEEN EAST END, RON TOMS, AND ROTTURE.
IF YOU LIVE IN PORTLAND...YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS MEANS.
NONSTOP PARTY FOR A WEEK IN OUR HOTEL ROOM.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO RESISTED THE TEMPTATION TO BREAK THE WINDOWS AND SET THE BED ON FIRE.
FREINDS & RELATIVES ARE STILL PICKING UP THE PIECES.
IN THE MEANTIME...
MIKEY APPLES IS HARD AT WORK HOOKING UP THE RAPID RETURN OF GLASS CANDY TO TORONTO.
TO MAKE IT UP TO EVERYONE WHO COULDN'T GET IN LAST TIME.
THIS TIME WE'RE BRINGING NITE JEWEL OUT FROM LOS ANGELES.
AND MAKING IT AN OFFICIAL PARTY.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS...
LOTS AND LOTS OF BALLOONS.
WE TOOK SOME PHOTOS OF THE NIGHT FOR YOU TO SEE..BUT THERE'S NO GC PHOTOS BECAUSE WE FORGOT TO ASK SOMEONE TO SHOOT WHILE WE PLAYED.
OOPS...
THE PARTY WAS A BLAST...
NITE JEWEL KILLED IT.
THE DJS KILLED IT.
THE ROOM SERVICE KILLED IT.
THE NEXT DAY...
IDA FLIES BACK TO PORTLAND & JOHNNY TAKES THE TRAIN TO MONTREAL.
IT FEELS GOOD TO BE HERE, & WE DON'T MIND THE COLD.
BESIDES...NOW THAT BUSH IS NO LONGER PRESIDENT...
THE WAITERS ARE ALOT NICER TO US.
XO
IDA NO
JOHNNY JEWEL
