(As posted to the Does LiveJournal.)

So..... I've been avoiding updating with what's going on, because..... we don't all really know!

Neddal is back in NF. Me and Nicole and Alex are still working on Nice Cat stuff and hope to record some of that soon, and Alex is still working on Black Wolves material, and Liisa is still writing and gothing out.

Our U.K. connection tried really really hard to do up a release and just couldn't get the distribution necessary to make it worthwhile. It seems that the world economy along with digital music has hit small record labels pretty hard and, well, I have to admit: we're not very good at selling ourselves or actually hustling to release our stuff! We might or might not do some stuff with/for an Australian friend of Neddal's, but I don't know what's up with that!

So! The future of the Does? We're still here. (Or, well, some of us are here and some of us are there!) We still have new ideas. We want to do things, we're just not sure what. Neddal will be in TO again soon and we're talking about What Should We Do? I voted to record new material over playing shows, but that's only my personal vote. We'll probably take to the rehearsal room with a 4 track and do up some lo-fi stuff.

What will we do with new material? No idea! Any suggestions?
What should we do with our previous recording? It's got some awesome songs on it, some of which are, of course, on our myspace. We could probably send you a copy or some MP3s or something if you ask us!

- C.

Adrian Bromley R.I.P.

We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of music writer/publicist Adrian Bromley. He was a genuinely cool guy and one of the most enthuiastic supporters of heavy music on the planet. He will be missed. Our deepest condolences to his friends and family.

Tributes have been posted all over the place, here are a few:

http://www.unrestrainedmag.com


http://www.bravewords.com/news/102480


http://www.eyeweekly.com/blog/torontonotes/article/47207


http://www.chartattack.com/interact/blogs/aaron-brophy/63762/12/08/08/rip-adrian-bromley


http://decibelmagazine.com/index.php/2008/12/08/metal-journalist-publicist-adrian-bromley-passes-away

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-N

.... and, uh, candy?!

So. Devils Night! Our first show with Liisa! Who said, "I didn't make nearly as many mistakes as I thought I would." She rocked!

Nicole and Alex and I dressed as devils. Liisa was a nun. Neddal was Warren Ellis. The Bad Seed, not the comic book guy!

Set list:

White Dress
Ice + Snow
Liquor Me Up
Happy Ending
Gunfighter
Devils Night
Shake
And the Fog Rolls in
and we ended with a cover of Nick Cave's Babe I'm on Fire

We hope to do it again after the holidays are over and done with, so don't be shy if you want us on a show! Leave us a message here or find us on Facebook.

Now we all get to hold our breaths until we find out who America votes for!

- C.

OK!

First of all, you should vote. Everyone should vote. Nicole says so.

Secondly, details on the Devils Night show:

Thursday October 30
Smiling Buddha
the Does, the Assistants & In Support of Living DJ set

There will be costumes! And, uh, scary things! And candy!

Hope to see you there!

- C.

Just want to give a shout out to the Rabid Ears radio show on CIUT for playing the Does.

Check out the past playlists. It's a cool show!

Last week's Smokin' Green radio show on CKLN played the Does and you can get the archived show here:

Smokin Green.

-C.

So if you're reading our blog, you probably already know that some of us are also in Nice Cat.

And Nice Cat has a show on Sunday!

Sunday Sept. 14th

the Kathedral
651 Queen street west
Toronto ON

We're on at 8:45 sharp!
Followed by Citizen Hollow @ 9:30, Sons of Otis @ 10:15 and Fiftywatthead @ 11 PM.

We hope to see you there!