Oh Canada!
Had to spend some time in Detroit hanging with the Final Four fans while we waited for paperwork to enter Canada. The Rock City was bleak but pretty cool people there.
Finally made it across the border after a few problems with immigration, and long spell in the holding room. We were thinking that we were about to be sent packing back to the USA, but eventually we were sent back out to our car. Then we were a little worried that the agent standing by our car was preparing to pull it to pieces, but he just waived us on. They had their hands full pulling “contraband” lighting fixtures from a lady’s car.
The first sight in Canada was strange, a large M from McDonalds that greets you as you cross the border-they are fucking everywhere! The road to Toronto was boring to say the least lots of fields and hardly a single bend in the road to add any excitement.
Toronto itself is wicked, beautiful women lurk in every direction and the Indian food that we ate could probably only be beat by Parag’s Mum. Just got some Canadian money with a lovely picture of the Queen on it. I have to say that this town with its Queen money, wet weather and funny accents is very reminiscing of jolly old London!
We had our first night on the stage last night. I must say that both The Faint and Ladytron have been very accommodating to us. The band and crew are doing everything they can to make sure we have a great time, and we have to thank them for that. The show went really well, we met Craig fro ATG concerts and his wonderful girl. We’ll hopefully meet up with them when they are in NYC at the weekend.
The after party at The Social totally rocked. We managed to keep the crowd jumping till the wee hours (even with one dodgy CDJ.) MSTRKRFT were in attendance checking out our set along with a slew of girls who were dancing in the booth.
We are driving to Montreal as I type and there is a lot of snow on the ground and it is absolutely freezing. Need to dig up the old French phrase book.
Montreal is a beautiful city. It almost felt like we were in Europe when we sat in a bar and drank crisp, clean Heineken draughts in 0.5l glasses. The bartender at the place had the hardest working bra in town, she couldn’t have been taller than 5’2 but with HUGE boobies!
The Telus Theater was very new and shiny. The band dressing room was actually a nightclub. The staff there was very nice, and the place had killer sound. Although Martin and Dutch, the soundmen for Ladytron and Faint were worried because they had to use the house Soundcraft mixer instead of their Midas rig. This thing looked like it could control the Enterprise all touch screens and lights. Very futuristic!
The immigration guy coming back into the US was a lot nicer than his Canadian counterpart, he even shared a joke with us.
