Howdy folks!
On Wednesday, Adam and I got to watch the sun rise in Victoria as we got to the airport, and three takeoffs and landings later, got to watch it set in Halifax as we arrived. On the plane we sat in our seats transfixed by the televisions in front of our faces. On MuchMoreMusic I heard the song "I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry for the first time. It's so catchy! Apparently it has been top of the charts for a couple of months now. Nobody ever told me about it! I guess I should watch TV more often... anyway, I have since worked out a swing version of it, and it's pretty spectacular.
Anyhow, Jude and Steph met us when we arrived at the Halifax airport and drove us down to their place in West Dublin. There, we feasted on chili and I played Jude's dad's amazing old Gibson guitar which plays like a dream, and this unbelievable handmade guitar called the lone ranger that plays like a nightmare.
The next morning we got up and bought and filtered a bunch of veggie oil. It's amazing, it's like alchemy! We filtered out little bits of onion rings and batter and stuff through the filtering system Jude built. It's pretty ingenious. I'm still amazed that our touring vehicle runs on organic waste. We have a pretty amazing set-up, really - the van is fueled up pretty much cheap or free, depending how much work we want to do. The stereo system in the van is pretty wicked too - I got a new, tiny laptop (one of those 'netbooks') and we've been playing music with that via an 1/8" auxiliary input. Since I finally found some internet and downloaded "I kissed a girl", guess what we'll be listening to non-stop!
Anyways, we arrived and unloaded our gear at the house concert house in Wolfville with enough time to chill out and walk into town. Nova Scotia so far is incredibly beautiful to me - I have seen a lot of green and a lot of beautiful old buildings and a lot of the atlantic ocean. Mind you, Main Street Wolfville looks kinda like Main Street USA at Disneyland in this odd, manicured sort of way, and that's a little unnerving. Back at the house, the show tonight was awesome, a really good start to the tour. The audience seemed to really like us, and despite the fact that we prepared a really long setlist they hounded us for more tunes. We had to pull out all the stops! We met some cool folks during the break and after the show, played a tune or two, exchanged a few jokes and stories. A positive tour kick-off experience to be sure.
Now we have a long month ahead of us, people to see, places to play, and for now, I have a couch to go sleep on, so I will bid you fine people adieu, and dream about catchy top 40 tunes as I drift off to sleep...
'Til next time!
Taylor
P.S. If you don't know what song I'm talking about: http://www.imeem.com/people/-x_Akp/music/S2AWOw1z/katy_perry_i_kissed_a_girl/
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