MASS SHIVERS

We did this show in Chicago last Friday, June 26– you may have seen the poster around town– and it was alright. Not much to shake a dick at,  but hell, we always have a gay ol’ time playing. Done did it with Zs, from Nueva York, and Bitchin Baja, from ye ole Chi.

So anyway, the next night, Saturday, we went up to London, Ontario, and played this arts co-op, the East Village Arts Cooperative (EVAC), and had a fucking blast. Excellent folks run this place with patience, enthusiasm, hope and hospitality, showing visual art and music in the same building. They pack in the kids and leave bad vibes at the door. Props to them.

It was a total heavy crowd scene, people sitting all the way up at my mic stand listening attentively. We played fewer songs than usual but jammed them longer, getting kinda hypnotic and out there in the audience. I later heard people wondering out loud how it was possible I could swing my guitar so close to these guys’ heads without decapitating them. I just thought it was funny that no one moved when I jumped at them, but apparently it was because people were in awe (’tis what people told me later, unsolicited), not because they were bored. I guess I believe them, since they bought tons of merch afterwards.

That’s the thing with all the Canadians we encountered– every single one was ultra friendly to the point that if they were American, one would assume they were fucking with us. And they really do say “Eh” after every sentence. Perpetuating the stereotype just as I must when I say, “dude” or, “awesome.” Perhaps the funniest moment occurred when we were driving back to the co-op after making a beer run: while sitting at a light, in the driver’s seat, my head resting on my hand attached to my arm which was resting on the window sill, some kids drove up beside us, chuckling. The passenger (the one closest to me) was laughing and looking at me, simultaneously rolling up his window. 30 seconds later, right before the light turned, he rolled the window down, big smile on his face, and started pantomiming the sucking of a big cock. I laughed and pointed, to which the kid replied, “you like that, EEEEHHHH?” His “eh” was all big and exaggerated. Hilarious.

Oh yeah, the EVAC people claim to have served us Pad Thai with Meth in it. Ask them. Ontario is the Meth capital of Canada. Toothless wonders everywhere…

-Sova