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August 9, 2009 - Sunday 

Category: Music

Tyra ACTUALLY DM'd me on Twitter for this haha.


xo

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August 4, 2009 - Tuesday 

Category: Music
A lot of you have been complaining that we don’t play Toronto — yet *I insist I’m playing Toronto EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE haha.

For The Lovers And The Loyals….

August 12th we will be playing the brand-new Pacha nightclub for the opening night of MOVIE NIGHT, the new Wednesday by Matt Sims.

Matt has been one of the main promoters at CiRCA since it opened alongside some of our nearest, dearest and most exciting party-makers. Expect hot people, fashion people, crazy people and more hot people. If you haven’t been to one of his parties before, you could go just kill yourself now, or you could come to the party and then be all like “wow I am one of the chosen few who have been invited”. You choose, dude. I recommend the latter.

We are very much looking forward to our WELCOME BACK date before we head out into the abyss of touring the new single, for which the video is coming out any second now. Check out the new single ALL THE LITTLE THINGS on our MySpace (so you can learn the words and stuff), and definitely check out the party info at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108460383519&ref=share

hope to see you there rather than avoid your awkward memorial service.
xx

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June 14, 2009 - Sunday 

Category: Music
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June 13, 2009 - Saturday 

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Coming off of 4 days of travel and performance (our most to date) we were all a bit giddy and sleepless, so it’s made for a very silly day. Like, performing interpretive dance to Seal’s Kiss From A Rose, heated debate about THE DEATH OF HIP HOP, Oprah’s shift in gears to spiritual Martha Stewartyness, Quiz Shows, Red Bull withdrawal and Yellow Water at the Thelma and Louise Truck Stop. Yeah. That kind of a day.
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A little (teeny tiny) monkeywrench has been thrown into the gears of this Western Canada tour… Flo Rida’s dates for British Columbia have been kiboshed! We got the news as we were leaving Ft McMurray (which, as you know by now, is in the middle of nowhere) that there was a slight possibility of cancellation of the BC leg of the tour (hmmmmmm…), so basically the news came through when we finally got signals back on the phones, just after my interview with Halifax’s z103.

WHAT A SCOOP! 

You heard it here, first, Loyals! So we’re currently in Edmonton, as per our original plan of days off spent chilling on the voice, watching movies, going swimming.. 

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Only now - the mission has been switched over to trying to book a few quick shows (hey - Western Canada, you’re gorgeous and all, but I wanna plaaaaay. And you know you want it too). 

I thought about skipping the whole Canada thing for a few days in London (to return for the Fred Rock show – WHAT!?), but the other Royals convinced me that there WILL be a show booked for tomorrow night. So we shall see, Loyals, we shall see. You know Prince Harry is calling me and stuff and it’s very hard to resist that Ginger mop of deliciousness. Bloke and Breeze didn’t however, have enough time to get my look down pat, but I mean really… Do you think anyone would notice? 

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Time for movies and giant bathtubs now! 

WHO KNOWS WHAT’LL HAPPEN TOMORROW!?
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June 13, 2009 - Saturday 

Current mood:  chill
Category: Music
Nikki Awesome making  
Arrived yesterday in Ft McMurray after a hellish drive from Red Deer. Our travel time was rife with GPS misdirections (in that snotty british accent that demands subconscious competition from my superiority complex and therefore has me debating every route on the map) but also included picnic lunches in Athabasca, where I saw three 19-year-olds outside a mom-n-pop’s burger joint (they likely slaughter their own cattle as well – you know, that kind of mom-n-pop thing) posing for pictures with cheap lingerie outside their flared jeans and baby T’s -- HUH? 

By the time we got to our hotel I was ready to just take a break for like, um, 5 minutes… but The Stonebridge Hotel had other plans. The girl behind the counter had given away my room and then said (matter-of-factly, I might add) “THOSE rooms are for the music people”. So had to call the promoter, blah blah blah… But they were like, "Oh, we had one reserved for nikki awesome but we gave it to them". Like as if Flo’s crew and I a) look so much alike and could easily be mistaken for one another and b) I’m in FORT McMURRAY in SEQUINS because I’m obviously a Townie. 

Seriously, it baffles me when people can’t make their own conclusions and need all kind of stupid documentation to give me a hotel room when I’m supposed to go on stage in like 2 hours. AND it's like the only show in the whole city. Do. The. Math. People.

IMG_0832 Waiting for the promoter to sort me out a hotel room, I go to use the washroom in the hotel (which is in Smitty’s Sportsbar AKA HELL) and walk through to about 50 oil-rig kind of guys that are wasted and yelling at me (or a-hootin’ and a-hollerin’ as they would probably have described it). PS Let’s not forget – I’m in SWEATPANTS and a t-shirt. They’re like “Hey baby, here I am, I got whatcha need right here; I’m what you’re lookin’ for!!” (group laugh because they are SOOOOO fucking cool, yeah?). Me: Does that make you a toilet, then? They then shut up except for that hissing sting that comes after one of your other Neanderthal cohorts gets slapped by the hand of reality – You know, where you’re just NOT ALLOWED to talk to me.

IMG_0831 Soundcheck. I am losing my voice. I am losing my MIND. I just want to go up to my trashy STAPLES store-furnished hotel room and chill out for like TEN SECONDS now, but suffer through the soundguy checking my mic FOR me (um, what?) by barking “HEY. HEY. HEY. HEY. HEY. HEY. HEY.” Ad nauseum. Bloke and Breeze have to leave for a minute as all of our nerves are about to SMASH on this dude. Finally finish check and now have to RUN to hotel room (which PS smells like old people and appears to have the traditional markings of someone’s fist having been punched through the bathroom door. It is also composed of pastel-painted BRICKS).

IMG_0826 I make tea and scramble to find a suitable costume (though I am tempted at this point to go out in sweatpants and heels, this town has pissed me off so much already), however, I settle on the tamest no-pants outfit I have as I suspect wearing a dress might mean you’re “asking for it”. I throw on makeup and take pictures of myself using the international symbols for “KILL ME” and “NOT HAPPY”. Security arrives to pick me up and to my complete pleasure, they are all in cowboy hats and a couple of them of them are actually attractive. Things are starting to turn around here in Ft. McMurray. 

They lead me to the stage, and as soon as I hit it, there are tremendous cheers. I don’t normally look back when being led to my green room, but curiosity got the best of me and I turned to see.. NORMAL CLUBGOING PEOPLE, HOT CHICKS, HIPSTER-LOOKING DUDES… I Have never been so happy to see my Ft Mac peeps! All of a sudden we have a total 180 on this joint. I pop into the green room and discuss with Breeze and Bloke our mutual shock at the wickedness of the crowd. We hit the stage to SCREAMS, they are ready to love us, and after this bullshit journey I am so ready to give some love.. So THANK YOU, attendees of The Royal Society/Flo Rida Ft. Mac Spectacle, you got me HYPE (which I was thinking might not happen). 

In fact, you were so good I got SO live and lost my voice almost entirely (Good thing I picked up all that sign language from the deaf chick on Sesame Street). As a result (and a result of so much travel) I pretty much stayed in while the boys hit up the club after. As the club and hotel are connected, I hear the whole show from my room and later hear drunken punch-ups in the parking lot. Kind of happy I stayed in. 

What’s on the menu for today, you ask? An interview with a radio station in Halifax for our show out at Bubble’s Mansion, a drive to somewhere I might be able to check out a doctor – I may have gotten myself a good old-fashioned sinus infection. We’ll see what COLD FX manages to do all on its own, and cross your fingers for me that all goes without a hitch. 

THREE DAYS OFF NEVER TASTED SO GOOD!! 

Dunzo on Alberta!

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June 12, 2009 - Friday 

Category: Music
Deer Deer Me! Last night, Red Deer Alberta was graced with the presence of The Royals. I had high hopes when we walked into the club (it was so pretty) but when soundchecking we were a bit… Uhhhhhh. Basically the whole club was kind of shaped like a pyramid, so the whole thing was really reverby and echoey.. kind of like playing in a water tower haha. I mean, it still sounded good and whatever, but it’s just one of those little things that compile to frustrate.. especially when you get the wrong decks, and the monitors are booming bass, cant hear your vocals… but whaaaatever. We still killed it, even when all of a sudden the music cut out during Freak Like Me, Breeze carried the beatboxing, I laid down my rap over it, and a mishmash of edity 808 sounds that were being spontaneously exorcised from the DJ booth. Hey, get the gear wrong, get the sound wrong…ish. The crowd was right into it from the moment we came onstage, but we did have a little issue with basically NO security having any idea where they were supposed to put us when we arrived. They “hid” us beside the soundbooth – basically one meter off stage left – CAMOFLAGE! – and eventually dropped us in an empty pool hall next door for about 15 minutes. Eventually they got it together to give us this raised booth next to the stage (um, it’s raised and full of our rider. Do the math.) They did get me my veggie slices, though, so I am entirely and most sincerely indebted. IMG_0807Back at the hotel, I was wrestling with the reliability of my former on-tour love - the Ramada chain. With so much love at the first Telly, I couldn’t help but be a bit dismayed with the lack of 14 pillows and the disconnect between theIMG_0806 lobby’s aura of elegance and opulence (chandelier, oil paintings of majestic swans) and the dynamic shift to Hick-Meth-Addict-Chic as I hit the elevator to gorgeously handpainted signs everywhere, laminated, taped to the wall reading “LIGHT SWITCH”. “MAKE-UP-REMOVER TOWELETTE”. Like, I wasn’t going to go ahead and put two and two together on that whole turning-on-the-lights thing, and was likely going to eat the towlette. Thank god for signs! IMG_0805 As I left the hotel to go to the show, I passed a man in the lobby (who had a striking resemblance to Kyle Gass from Tenacious D) COMPLETELY NOT WEARING SHOES OR SOCKS, leaning on the desk chatting up the night manager (who was eating it up, lemme tell you). So I suppose there is a constant need for signage in the Red Deer Ramada. How about signs like “STOP! Go back to your room and make yourself less disgusting!” “Do not pass GO, do not collect pogey, DO, on the other hand, puchase any and all ill-fitting clothing from The Beer Store!” As a dedicated follower of fashion, I feel like I’ve been to the trenches, Loyals. En route now to Fort McMurray, which everyone has told me to be a little afraid of.. Not quite sure what to expect, but I figure when you hit up a stage rapping in no pants, they’ll pretty much be ok with it. We’ve basically lost all our voices so I’m communicating Stephen Hawking style, soon to be so exhausted I will only converse in Braille. Three days off after this show, with the exception of an interview I have to do for Halifax on Friday. (so I’m sure I’ll sound just tranny-licious) Stay Tuned!
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June 12, 2009 - Friday 

Category: Music
nikki awesome & bloke one Last night was our second show with Flo Rida, all ages in Medicine Hat – HOLLA AT ME MED HAT! From the minute we hit the venue, people were showing us so much love and were so amazing about bringing us loads of delicious Tofurkey (for me, which pretty much basically doesn’t exist in this part of Canada), taking lots of time to fix our feedback problems and stuff… By the time we hit the stage the crowd was going MAD and they showed us sooo much love. IMG_0766 The hotel we stayed in was pretty much the tackiest thing I’ve seen to date – like a discount Disney World in Mexico City or something. Complete with multi-level waterfall and tiki bar. Hilarious! IMG_0784 Anyway, just arrived in Red Deer and lying on my big delicious bed watching some Bye Bye Birdie before soundcheck. I am on limited talking right now so as to preserve my voice for the show. Have you guys seen this movie? You know I am a big musical fan, so I’ll leave you this to check it out. Talk to you after the show! Xx [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMXDOodv4t8&hl=en&fs=1&]
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June 9, 2009 - Tuesday 

Current mood:  busy
Category: Music
Last night kicked off the Western Canada leg of the FLO RIDA tour in Brooks, AB.

We weren’t sure quite what to expect, having been told that the people in Alberta (BY the people in Alberta) might not like our sound or us,  (Apparently people outside of Toronto are a bit apprehensive about people from Toronto – which is fair enough, ‘cause even I’M apprehensive about Torontonians) that it could be really hit-or-miss… WELL, let me assure you, Loyals, it was a MEGAHIT.

From the moment we rolled into town (sometime around 6 or 7 in the AM) we were treated (you guessed it) ROYALLY by everyone in town, from our girl Lynn the night manager at our hotel to Mike, Ian, Shay, my boy Danny… Red carpet all the way baby… They had even built the stage for us the day before (OK, I guess it was also for Flo) so we christened it with a little COUNTRYSTYLE vibe (check the MySpace soon on that one).

SO. First show on the tour. My girls in Brooks got LOOOOVE for us!! After signing a lot of CDs, T-shirts and bare chests until the Sharpies burned out, we packed up and I sadly dropped out cause my voice was starting to rasp. Which would probably have been a bad move on the first day of the tour – though I think Breeze and Bloke’s covers of YOU SAY, COUNTRYSTYLE and ALL THE LITTLE THINGS would be interesting.. Not to mention Bloke covering my part in FREAK LIKE ME. Um yeah. Would have been a little weird. Sorry, Brooks, had to have a voice left for in Medicine Hat, Red Deer and Ft McMurray!

I wanted to get some pics up for you but the problem here is twofold. One, the internet has suddenly gone from lightening-super-amazing-fast to powered-by-hamster-on-wheel (which you know totally means the boys are in the next room downloading porn), and two, I totally got SHANKED by a store here in Brooks (my only complaint) after I bought a four-pack of  Panasonic battaries that lasted for ONE (count it.  Sp-sp-spell it out. O-n-e.) picture and died, so sorry Loyals, you’ll just have to imagine cool things like mannequins running on rooftop treadmills advertising fitness clubs along the highway and agricultural supply stores called “Dirty Knees Gardening”. Everyone that 

ALSO has a problem with missing out on these photos can go and and send some hate to www.panasonic.com/yourbattariesfnsuck/noreallythough.
I know the boys went out last night but I haven’t really linked up with them yet this morning because I was trying to sleep and swim and gym and whatever.. There was this wickedass buffet at the hotel first thing so I have ended up waking up and bringing my “Big Plate” (points to non UK residents who know to what I am referring) to pillage that puppy.

Basically it’s been like this the past two days. Talk to my boy AP.


xo
nikki awesome
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June 8, 2009 - Monday 

Current mood:  giddy
Category: Music
Okay, so last night, we hit Wrigley at the Houndstooth (aka THE TOOTH) for a drink, but Efsharp and I decided to kick it back at the crib after only a short venture out, if only for the purpose of getting some much-needed and well-earned zzz’s so as to motor through several states en route to Alberta today. Also I needed to download some kind of meditation music to drown out the new Blackout CD which is stuck in the CD rotation and can only be played at 200 decibels and I’m kind of all MEH about.

our crib in chi
our crib in chi
My highlights of the evening were a girl totally bitching me out in the restroom of the Houndstooth (which PS does not know the meaning of the words crowd capacity nor excuse me – they do, however understand BITCH, GET OUT THE WAY though) because I claimed to have invented sequins as a joke. Like she seriously was like, “UM, you actually DIDN’T invent sequins” with some serious evils on (that’s cut-eye for those of you at home who don’t speak awesome). Considering updating my list of possible pseudonyms with Vixen Von Sequin

Efsharp and I hit up your classic Chicago Deep Dish pizza joint in Wrigley, where we experienced the POPEYE – Spinach, Tomato, Romano Cheese and Garlic amongst wasted party people. Flo Rida came on a couple times, which was dope and definitely set the tone for NOT wanting to go to sleep, but workaholics gotta have their Workahol, know what I mean?

Bloke and Slink made a drunken appearance at sometime around 5AM Central Standard Time, which make the 7:30 AM wakeup a little precious for them, and snoozing in the car after a quicktime stop at America’s version of Tim Horton’s, Dunkin’ Donuts.
the best junk food EVER
the best junk food EVER

I bought my two favorite junk foods as we left Chi Town, SoBe’s Pina Colada juice and Cheetos Flamin’ Lime crunchy cheezies. I don’t even like junk food. But seriously, someone, please, for the love of freedom, truth, beauty and love, explain to me why we don’t carry these products on Canadian shelves! This is unacceptable and must be remedied immediately. Get on it.

6.5 hours later, we’re 180 miles from Fargo, having traveled through 4 states since leaving Toronto yesterday at noon.IMG_0730Currently on the playlist? Black Sheep as we breeze through St. Cloud Minnesota. We’re excited to hear our first Minnesota accents, which should have the intense impact of making me pee well before the rest stop.IMG_0731Please, I’m not hating, it’s just like when Americans come up and they’re like “say ABOOT”.

Bloke wakes up and I offer him some of my cheezie delicacy which he accepts before I remember he’s not down with the piquante like me and Breeze. His face is immobilized by the flavour explosion of a single quarter inch cheezie. That’s the kind of fire I’m packing, kids.

We had this really clever idea to just keep on truckin’ all night long so we can actually chill in our hotel rather than a check-in-check-out drive-thru in Saskatchewan, which seems very clever at 3:30PM CST, but may vary its acceptability rating by 4 AM MST. Let’s find out, loyals!
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So far the death toll for roadkill along the I-94 to the Hwy 200 Circle sits at

- 3 fluffy bunny rabbits
- 15-17 sweet baby Bambis
- 4 innocent little skunks
- 8 RockyRoad Raccoons
- a tire that looked a lot like something dead (it never had a chance)
- 1 wolf that seemed to have perished from sheer loneliness
- a kittycat
- some ground beef with fur attached on several occasions.
MOORHEAD!
MOORHEAD!

On the plus side, we seem to be making pretty good time and so far haven’t encountered too many of the conservative 20mph drivers we had anticipated around these here parts, however, the road is rife with wood paneled and antler-decaled MomVans.
NORTH DAKOTA SIGN EVEN LOOKS SCARY!
NORTH DAKOTA SIGN EVEN LOOKS SCARY!
LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT THIS.
North Dakota, which seems so sweet and gentle in the daylight is a TERRIFYING PLACE TO GET LOST IN DURING A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR. We missed a turn onto Hwy 52 and ended up on Hwy 2, which was bisected by dirt road after dirt road, with names like “Country Road 443” and seemed to stop about a half-mile in. We turned at JCT 11, thinking it sounded better-maintained and would get us beck to the 52, all the while cursing the GPS (which we have since renamed BITCH).

The road went from gravel to slurry as we trekked further into the twisting lumpy hills, which led to little valleys, half-dead trees and burned-out looking sheds. We turned onto a road (called UNNAMED ROAD. I swear to God) as we were pelted with gravel and water, the car fishtailing at every turn. We held a collective breath until Bitch finally revealed to us the elusive Hwy 52. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL….

As we emerged from the hills, we realized that written in 30 foot-high alphaneumerics, were the numbers 9-1. LIKE SOMEONE DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO FINISH THE OTHER ONE!! Totally creeped out, we continued along the Hwy, where we noticed more numbers and strange shapes, squares inside rectangles, numbers in no particular order (READ: This is where 16 of the bodies are buried!). DID I MENTION THEY WERE MADE OUT OF HUNDREDS OF STONES?? So basically, a terrifying experience. Coming to the border crossing in Estevan was basically the best possible border crossing experience of my life.

After coming back to Home Sweet Home (kinda) Canada, we stopped in to recharge and reset at (what else) the inevitable Tim Horton’s. The boys took the night shift (I say that like I drove a single mile, ha!) while I ZZ’d my way to Brooks, Alberta, our hotel (and waterslide!)and am currently waiting to do a radio interview before crashing out hard in my big gigantic bed (totally has 6 pillows. I’m pretending 4 of them are YOU!)

I’ll see you loyals after the show tonight!


GO HARD!


xo
nikki awesome


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June 7, 2009 - Sunday 

Category: Travel and Places
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