So we've been back from our tour with YOUNG GALAXY now since oct 31st. We decided to drive straight from Edmonton after the show on the 30th cause it was a 14 hour drive and Joseph wanted to get back for work on halloween night. The fun thing about these night drives is that if you're not taking the first few shifts you are still kinda partied from the show and you sit back for the first hour or so and get some debautcherous junk food which helps take your mind off a night of mediocre sleep on mountain roads and 14 hours in a van. This time round we stopped at one of those giant Flying J truck stops at around 3am in the morning, they are always my favourite cause they have weird stores and 24 hour restaraunts and showers and nature shirts for sale. This one even had an indoor mall that was deserted with an arcade and rooms you could rent by the hour.. Anyway i decided to try my hand at one of those disgusting mccain microwave pizzas which i haven't eaten since i was a kid.. To spruce it up I ripped up a peperonni stick and threw it on top before i microwaved it which though it sounds horrifying was quite delicious.
After that I slept most of the night, and felt pretty good arriving in kamloops at around 11am. After a quick bite I took the wheel and brought us the last 4 hours home and we got into town surprisingly early at around 3. After a quick nap til 7 or so, I still had time to go out for halloween. I threw together a quick cowboy outfit as a DIY makeshift costume and hit the town with my lady and some friends. We made it to a rooftop rave but then got stuck in the elevator for almost 20 minutes. People started to get clausterphobic and Henry freaked out and called 911, but then it started working again. He felt stupid. You can see some of the footage of me linedancing in our
'pre show warmup' video that henry posted from tour footage and that night.
So now a week or so later I am back to the routine of work and blah blah blah, but we are also meeting regularily to put all of our focus now on the PEAK PERFORMANCE PROJECT, where as before we were in tour mode. We've got lots of tricks up our sleeves and are gearing up for our showcase show at THE CELLAR this thursday. Dana, who's passion for audio i've spoken of before, seems to be equally drawn to the world of pyrotechnics/light shows and so with a bit of the Grant money we have left we are going to make our show a little extra special.. I don't want to give away too much.. but I am looking forward to seeing what he rigs up. Lasers?...check....fog machines.?....check......projected visuals?.......check.......strobe lights?....check.....lookout PEAK PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE lookout.