Mar 26 2013

Miss Quincy’s European Tourcation 2013

I’m coming to you from the Vancouver International Airport t-minus 20 minutes from boarding a flight to jolly ol’ London, England.  I’ll be spending 7 weeks with Miss Quincy & The Showdown on the the wrong-sided motorways of the UK, the pee-your-pants fast autobahns of Germany, and the rule-less roads of Italy.  You can check out the whens & wheres below after looking at this photo from once upon 2011 that shows the real reason we tour in Europe:

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Mar 30 – LEEDS, UK – The Duck and Drake
Mar 31 – PRESTON, UK – Fort San Antone
Apr 04 – SOWERBY BRIDGE, UK – The Puzzle Hall Inn
Apr 05 – YORK, UK – House Concerts York (w/ Rachel Ries)
Apr 06 – LETHAM, UK – Letham Nights (w/The David Latto Band)
Apr 09 – NOTTINGHAM, UK – The Malt Cross
Apr 10 – BIRMINGHAM, UK – Cafe Ort (w/ Nic Bennett)
Apr 11 – TORQUAY, UK – The Blue Walnut Cafe
Apr 12 – LONDON, UK – The Green Note
Apr 13 – ROPLEY, UK – Ropley Music Nights

Apr 16 – BERLIN, DE – White Trash Fast Food
Apr 17 – BERLIN, DE – Badehaus Szimpla-Musiksalon
Apr 18 – HAMBURG, DE – Club Am Donnerstag
Apr 19 – HAMBURG, DE – Mobile Blues Club
Apr 20 – DORTMUND, DE – Subrosa
Apr 24 – AMSTERDAM, NL – Maloe Melo
Apr 26 – LUNEN, DE – Das Greif
Apr 27 – BAD NIEWESCHANS, NL – De Oude Remise
Apr 30 – JENA, DE – Fiddler’s Green

May 03 – CANTU, IT – 1&35Circa
May 04 – POGGIO BERNI, IT – Circolo Dei Malfattori
May 05 – CIVITANOVA MARCHE, IT – Raphael Beach
May 06 – TBA
May 07 – MILAN, IT – Nidaba
May 08 – TBA
May 09 – RIVOLI, IT- Maison Musique
May 10 – SAVONA, IT – Raindogs
May 11 – ZOAGLI, IT – Il Banco
May 12 – PIOMBINO, IT – Gattarossa (morning show)
May 12 – PAVIA, IT – Da Trapani (evening show)


Feb 12 2013

Miss Quincy’s Winter Tourcation 2013

It’s the eve of yet another tour with Miss Quincy & The Showdown.  Once again, I’m packing all my worldly possessions into a suitcase smaller than you would ever think is possible to live out of and climbing into the Vangina with 3 other ladies.  This time around we’re going for a 3 week winter spin around BC & Alberta before heading across the ocean for a spring UK/Europe tour and festivalling the summer away.  We’ll be hitting 21 towns over the next 25 days, so chances are if you live in the West we’re coming to you!  You can check out the whens & wheres below after looking at this photo from January 2011 entitled The Joys of Winter Touring.

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February 12 — VANCOUVER, BC — Falconetti’s
February 14 — TOFINO, BC — Feast! Tofino Fundraiser @ Tin Wis Hall
February 15 — CUMBERLAND, BC — The Waverley Hotel
February 17 — SPENCES BRIDGE, BC — The Packing House
February 19 — REVELSTOKE, BC — The Last Drop
February 20 — GOLDEN, BC — Rockwater Grill
February 21 — CALGARY, AB — Ironwood Stage & Grill
February 22 — NANTON, AB — Auditorium Hotel
February 23 — STETTLER, AB — Stettler Rotary Bonspiel
February 24 — LACOMBE, AB — House Concert
February 25 — JASPER, AB — Olive Bistro
February 27 — EDMONTON, AB — Wunderbar
February 28 — LETHBRIDGE, AB — The Slice

March 1 — PINCHER CREEK, AB — Castle Mountain Resort
March 2 — MEDICINE HAT, AB — Ye Olde Jar Bar
March 3 — COLEMAN, AB — Blackbird Coffee House
March 5 — FERNIE, BC — Northern Bar & Stage
March 6 — CRANBROOK, BC — Byng Roadhouse
March 7 — KASLO, BC — BlueBelle Bistro
March 8 — YMIR, BC — Ymir Schoolhouse
March 9 — NELSON, BC — The Royal
March 10 — BANFF, AB — The Rose & Crown


May 24 2012

Back to the Vangina: Summer Tourcation 2012

I’m coming to you with a blueberry beer in one hand from a bar in Fredericton, New Brunswick.  That’s because 2 days ago I flew from Vancouver to Montreal to meet up with Miss Quincy & The Showdown for their 2012 Canada summer tourcation.  This is the 3rd year in a row I’ve spent the warmest months of the year on the road with Miss Quincy & co. and this time around we’ll be taking our filthy & beloved home, the Vangina, from coast to freakin’ coast.  There are 50+ shows (including 7 weekends worth of festivals) with more being added every day, so it’s more than likely we’ll be in your neighbourhood sometime during the next 3 months.  You can check out all the whens & wheres below (seriously, check out a show if you can, I’ve never seen an all-girl band kick so much raunchy rock n’ roll ass) after you look at a couple family portraits of the 4 of us:

May 23 — MONCTON, NB — Plan B
May 24 — FREDERICTON, NB — The Snooty Fox
May 25 — FREDERICTON, NB — Fusion Nightlife
May 28 — HALIFAX, NS — The Carleton
May 29 — MONCTON, NB — Plan B
May 31 — QUEBEC CITY, QC — Pub St. Alexandre

June 01 — MONTREAL, QC — Grumpy’s
June 02 — TORONTO, ON — Slackers Pub
June 03 — TORONTO, ON — Not My Dog
June 05 — SAULT STE. MARIE, ON — LopLops
June 07 — WINNIPEG, MB — Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club
June 08 — MOOSE JAW, SK — Kergano’s
June 09 — BRUNO, SK — Bruno Arts Bank
June 10 — SASKATOON, SK — Gillian Snider’s House
June 11 — REGINA, SK — Bushwakker Brewpub
June 13 — LETHBRIDGE, AB — The Slice
June 14 — CALGARY, AB — The Ironwood Stage and Grill
June 15 — ROLLA, BC — Sweetwater 905 Music Festival
June 16 — ROLLA, BC — Sweetwater 905 Music Festival
June 17 — ROLLA, BC — Sweetwater 905 Music Festival
June 21 — FORT ST. JOHN, BC — North Peace Cultural Centre
June 29 — MOOSE JAW, SK – Freedom Fest
June 30 — MOOSE JAW, SK – Freedom Fest

July 01 — MOOSE JAW, SK – Freedom Fest
July 02 — MOOSE JAW, SK – Freedom Fest
July 06 — CALGARY, AB — Mikey’s Juke Joint
July 07 — CALGARY, AB — Stampede Block Party
July 08 — CALGARY, AB — Below Deck Tavern
July 09 — CALGARY, AB — Below Deck Tavern
July 10 — CALGARY, AB — Below Deck Tavern
July 11 — CALGARY, AB — Broken City
July 13 — HIGH RIVER, AB — Gitter’s Pub
July 14 — OLDS, AB — Tracks Pub
July 15 — HIGH RIVER, AB — George Lane Park
July 17 — TWIN BUTTE, AB — Twin Butte General Store
July 18 — KASLO, BC — Bluebelle Bistro
July 19 — WINLAW, BC — Sleep is for Sissies
July 20 — NELSON, BC — The Royal
July 21 — FORT MACLEOD, AB — South Country Fair
July 22 — FORT MACLEOD, AB — South Country Fair
July 24 — REVELSTOKE, BC — The Last Drop
July 25 — PENTICTON, BC — The Elite
July 26 — HARRISON HOT SPRINGS, BC — Layback Lounge
July 27 — SPENCES BRIDGE, BC — The Packing House
July 28 — LYTTON, BC — Kumsheen Rafting Resort
July 30 — VANCOUVER, BC — Guilt & Co.
July 31 — KELOWNA, BC — Parks! Alive

August 3 — WELLS, BC — ArtsWells Festival
August 4 — WELLS, BC — ArtsWells Festival
August 5 — WELLS, BC — ArtsWells Festival
August 6 — WELLS, BC — ArtsWells Festival
August 10 — EAR FALLS, ON — Trout Forest Music Festival
August 11 — EAR FALLS, ON — Trout Forest Music Festival
August 12 — EAR FALLS, ON — Trout Forest Music Festival
August 14 — WINNIPEG, MB — Park Theatre
August 16 — EDMONTON, AB — Wunderbar
August 17 — DUNSTER, BC — Robson Valley Music Festival
August 18 — DUNSTER, BC — Robson Valley Music Festival
August 19 — DUNSTER, BC — Robson Valley Music Festival
August 21 — JASPER, AB — Olive Bistro
August 22 — JASPER, AB — Olive Bistro
August 23 — PRINCE GEORGE, BC — Nancy O’s
August 24 — FORT ST. JAMES, BC — Music on the Mountain Music Festival
August 25 — FORT ST. JAMES, BC — Music on the Mountain Music Festival
August 26 — FORT ST. JAMES, BC — Music on the Mountain Music Festival


Apr 19 2012

Corb Lund’s New Website

Canadian country legend Corb Lund has a new album coming out in August.  He also has a new website on the way.  If you go to it right now you’ll be greeted with a photo of mine (taken in 2010 at the Spirit Bar in Nelson, BC).

Check out the original photos here.
The new website to be lives here: www.corblund.com


Jan 4 2012

I See Vancouver in Your Future

If you look closely into these fortune telling sunglasses you’ll see reflections of a Vancouver beach. That’s because come next week I’ll be spending a couple months living in Canada’s loveliest coastal rain-hole with Miss Quincy and her new all-girl band The Showdown.

That’s not all, the man behind these sunglasses has been crazy enough to let us all invade his 2 bedroom basement suite on Commercial Drive.

Yes, you read that right. 4 girls + 1 boy + 2 bedroom basement suite.

Make sure to check back over January & February for what will surely be a Vancouver photo adventure and a half.


Oct 16 2011

Occupy Vancouver

Click on the panoramas for a closer look at Occupy Vancouver.


Aug 25 2011

Mama’s Got A Brand New Old Camera

I’m so excited I’m practically pulling my hair out:

It’s because I was gifted a new old camera from an old family friend. It’s a Pentax 6×7, or as some have said, “The Arnold Schwarzenegger of cameras – everything else is a girlie-man compared to this behemoth”. It’s a schmancy medium format film camera from years & years ago. If this sounds like a load of photo nonsense to you all it means is instead of using standard 35mm film (which is 24mm X 36mm) the camera uses 120 film, which is more than 4 times as large (56mm X 67mm).  It’s such a monster that its tripod looks more like a deadly steel bludgeoning weapon than a camera stabilizer:

I don’t know exactly when we’ll have our first rendezvous because I’m currently in the Yukon and it is not, but I’m still excited. This is what the ol’ beast looks like:


Aug 3 2011

One More Cup of Coffee, Yukon Bound

It’s been a whirlwind couple of years. Pages have been turning faster than I can process from The Wasteland to Magazine Land to Euroland to Summer Tourcation to Nelson Hibernation to The Cold, Cold Canadian Road to The Cold, Cold Euro Road to Cabin Isolation right back to Summer Tourcation.

With that in mind perhaps you won’t believe me when I say I’ll be stationary for 2 whole months. But I will be. And in Whitehorse of all places.

Although I grew up in the Northern bowels of Canada I’ve never been to the Yukon, so please don’t be shy with telling me your favorite places & people & things there. Even better, tell me where I should go to take photos and see music. And if you happen to find yourself in The Land of the Midnight Sun this August or September drop me a line and I’ll welcome you with open arms & beerverages.


Jun 14 2011

Summer Tourcation

My days of cabin solitude are coming to a close. Photos of heart-ons for nature will soon be replaced by heart-ons for musicians. Early nights & mornings with the lake and mountains will soon be replaced by late nights & mornings with a stinky mini van and bruised liver.

For what seems like the thousandth time this year, I’m hopping in the Mama Dragon (a glamorous green mini van). This time for a little something we’re calling Miss Quincy’s 2011 Summer Tourcation. This summer Miss Q will be touring as a smokin’ hot all girl trio and as I type the ladies in question are all en route to the cabino from Toronto, England, and elsewhere in Europe.

So stay tuned in the coming days, weeks, and months for photos and tales (photales?) from the road. You can keep up on all the tour shenanigans right here on my photoblog or by joining mine or Miss Q’s Facebook Fan Pages.

We’ll be roving all over BC & Alberta so chances are if you’re in those parts we’ll be somewhere near you this summer. All the tour dates are below and you can find more details about the shows here.


May 14 2011

BC Musician 2011 Festival Guide

You’ll find my photos scattered about the pages of BC Musician Magazine’s 2011 Summer Festival Guide … in particular, pages 6, 11, 26, 27, 30, 60, and 62 (where you will also find an article I wrote entitled “Wanna Get Into My Dress? Confessions of a Festival Photographer“.

BC Musician is a stellar magazine whose primary contributors are actually working musicians. It’s an incredible resource and completely supportive of independent Canadian musicians & artists. If you’ve never checked it out before, its website lives here, Facebook page lives here, and you can find copies of the magazine all across the province (just head to where the music happens in your town) or read it online.