Jun 18 2013

The Firstival: Tiny Lights 2013

Snapshots from this year’s firstival — Tiny Lights Festival in Ymir, BC (June 15-16, 2013).

festivalseason-2013 17The infamous Ymir Schoolhouse.

festivalseason-2013 18Kootenay Kid.

festivalseason-2013 19Adam Farnsworth (High Society) shows off his sporty side.

festivalseason-2013 20East Van bums in Ymir.

festivalseason-2013 21Steve Brockley‘s surprise visit.

festivalseason-2013 22Shawn Stephenson – festival coordinator and sound maestro.

festivalseason-2013 23The Chimney Swallows (Corwin Fox & Raghu Lokanathan).

festivalseason-2013 24The Shower Stage.

festivalseason-2013 25Beautiful Wild Animals.

festivalseason-2013 26Hotel jams.

festivalseason-2013 27C.R. Avery.

festivalseason-2013 28Shari Rae.

festivalseason-2013 29Face Pass.

festivalseason-2013 30Kootenay Kid.

festivalseason-2013 31Martunia‘s kids set.

festivalseason-2013 32Kootenay Kids.

festivalseason-2013 33Miss Quincy‘s backstage massage parlor.

festivalseason-2013 34Click on the panorama for a better view of Geoff Berner‘s legendary hotel set.

festivalseason-2013 35Hot & sweaty Schoolhouse dance party with Miss Quincy & The Showdown.

festivalseason-2013 36C.R. Avery & His Silent Partners.

festivalseason-2013 37C.R. Avery & His Silent Partners.

festivalseason-2013 39Post-show beers with Noah Walker (The Broken Mirrors) and Adam Farnsworth (High Society).

festivalseason-2013 40Mustache Rides with DJ Su Comandante.

festivalseason-2013 41Ian Griffiths (Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra), Jacques Mindreau (Beautiful Wild Animals), and Geoff Berner.

festivalseason-2013 42Monday morning after (Shari Rae, C.R. Avery, Corwin Fox).


Jun 13 2013

Tofu Stravinsky

Tofu Stravinsky‘s Sarah Orton @ Guilt & Co. in Vancouver.

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Jun 10 2013

Touching Tom’s Organ: Miss Quincy @ Afterlife Studios

Perhaps it’s fitting that the only man who appears on Miss Quincy & The Showdown’s new record is playing the organ.  Here are a few photos of the man in question, Tom Heuckendorff, tickling the B3 at Afterlife Studios in Vancouver.

missquincyrecording-organ-afterlifestudios 04Tom Heuckendorff, organ tickler extraordinaire.

missquincyrecording-organ-afterlifestudios 01Producer Matt Rogers and Miss Quincy in the control booth.

missquincyrecording-organ-afterlifestudios 06B3 reflections.

missquincyrecording-organ-afterlifestudios 09Tofu Stravinsky (Sarah Orton and Tyler Toews) and Miss Quincy drink Cookie Beer in the control booth.


Jun 5 2013

Miss Quincy @ Neighbourhood Studios

I spent yesterday afternoon lounging on the control booth couch at Neighbourhood Studios while producer Matt Rogers, Miss Quincy, and her pipes of steel laid down an album’s worth of vocal tracks.

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missquincyrecording-neighbourhoodproductions 06Listening faces.


Apr 20 2013

The Shambles

The (Great Flesh) Shambles in York.

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Apr 19 2013

Portait of the Cat as an Old Man

Meet Rocco. He is House of Mercy Radio’s resident feline and in cat years is older than most of the music played on the show.

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Mar 31 2013

Backstage Black & Whites: Motorway Motels

Here are a few glamtacular backstage black & whites of Miss Quincy & The Showdown from jolly ol’ England:

travelodge-storytime 02Late night story-time with Miss Quincy at a motorway Travelodge.

leeds-duck-and-drake 2Pre-show nap at the Duck & Drake band-house in Leeds.

travelodge-songwriting 01Not black & white, but nevertheless a morning songwriting session at a motorway Travelodge.

missquincy-england-jam 02Learning The Band‘s songs like good little Canadians.


Feb 25 2013

Mirror Mirror

Here are a few backstage black & whites of Miss Quincy & The Showdown’s fabulous transformation from road nasty to stage hot.

revelstoke-thelastdrop-bathroom 02Bar bathroom at The Last Drop Pub in Revelstoke, BC.

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Barb & Walter Hackett’s bathroom in Lacombe, AB. Click on the panorama for a closer look in the mirror.

missquincy-calgary-ironwood-backstage 02Backstage at the Ironwood in Calgary, AB.


Feb 23 2013

Luke Thomson @ The Ironwood

Here are a few photos from once upon two nights ago at the Ironwood in Calgary when our old pal Luke Thomson shared the stage with us (and by “us” I mean Miss Quincy & The Showdown).

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From L-R: Melissa McWilliams, Keith Rodger, Luke Thomson, Cathy Billington, Wayne “The Professor” Garrett.

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Feb 22 2013

Boy Band Meets Girl Band: Willhorse and Miss Quincy @ The Rockwater

I’m still recovering from Wednesday’s boy-meets-girl rock n’ roll show at The Rockwater in Golden, BC — Miss Quincy & The Showdown and Willhorse, a band of southern rockers so shaggy-headedly hot that I watched two drunk girls get in a late night cat-fight over them.

Miss Quincy & The Showdown

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Willhorse

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willhorse-golden-rockwater 03Todd Menzies

willhorse-golden-rockwater 04Jeremy Borschneck

willhorse-golden-rockwater 05Nick Petrowich