King Of Carrot Flowers

Yes sir, the blogging will be coming fast and furious now that we've rediscovered our resolve.

WINNIPEG:

Winnipeg was crazy. We rolled into town and found ourselves in the middle of a massive blizzard. After putting on all the sweaters we had with us we went to the university for a radio interview and came upon this photo:



Wow. We plan on recreating it with the In-Flight Safety gentlemen sometime in the very near future.

After the interview we played at our friend Jack's Lo Pub, easily one of our favorite venues. Between bites of their new and improved pub grub new drummer Jeff paused for this pose:



The whole night was fantastic and we set a new band record for most strings broken in a single show. Special thanks to Ricardo and Old Folks Home for their awesome performance and to the Gimli crew for coming out. And to Mike B for putting on the Pop! Et Cetera festival of which our show was a part. Can't wait for next years incarnation!

THUNDER BAY:

To be honest we were feeling a little conflicted before this show. We've played at the Apollo when we've came through Thunder Bay in the past and we've always had a wonderful time and received amazing hospitality from the owner Sheila and her mom Konstantina. We look foreward to seeing them whenever we come out east. This time however the show was booked for Jack's and despite our initial reservations it turned out to be a barn burner of a show. In-Flight Safety rocked a full house and we followed with what I remember as a sweaty blast of dancing, broken glass, singing and smiles. Thunder Bay + Saturday Night = Awesomeness. Mad Props to In-flight John for the DJ set afterward. We can't wait to play again on our way back west!

All I gots for now,
Carl & LV

Look mom....We're Blogging! (or) The Western Part

(written Tuesday October 13 2009 8:13pm)
Week 3, Blog 2. Yup. We’re on top of it.

We’ve been on the road with In-Flight Safety (and sometimes Julie Fader too!) for over 3 weeks now, and have played in venues from Victoria to Sault Ste Marie. We’re currently making the 2,121 km drive from Sault Ste Marie to Charlottetown. Nothing but time to blog! ...and the future we will be making a much more concerted effort to keep the interweb posted on what’s going on. Promise.

At the moment we’re somewhere on a wet dark highway in New Brunswick. Brennan is driving while Paul is taking a shotgun nap from their shared driving commitments. Pretty much everyone else is in nap mode, except a few on laptops. Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything is playing over the van’s shitty speakers, an audiobook that we’ve been listening to since Winnipeg. After listening to the excerpt on Newton I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m pretty sure that Isaac Newton was reincarnated as Charles Bukowski. Think about it.

The past few weeks have brought tons of good times, the kind of experiences that happen when you cram 15 artists into 2 vans, and some unseasonably cold weather. So cold. Everywhere. Various highlights from the past 3 weeks include:

· Rifflandia in Victoria. Such a great festival. We shared a bill with Zeus—their album has been in regular rotation in the van for some time now, and their live show was nothing short of wowsa.

· In Vancouver we met up with Julie Fader & In-Flight Safety. We’re so excited to find that we all get along super well, and it’d be hard to find a more genuine and fun group of people to hang out with for 5 weeks. Honest. Best ever. More of our adventures will be documented in the future.

· Also in Vancouver some of our most favorite Vancouverans (Vancouveranians? Vancouverites?...), Trio Accord, joined us on stage to play Step Off The Map and Float. It was pretty cool to play with them again, this time in their hometown, after we played with them at the Western Canadian Music Awards.

· The Little Legion in Roberts Creek is always a great time. We got to see our dear and much-missed friend Liam, and of course we filled up on a Gumboot breakfast before hitting the ferry.

· In Kelowna, we played at the ever-evolving Habitat. Every time we play there, it looks better and better from the time before. The next morning Paul and Jeff became men. They found a Black Widow in the garage of the home we were staying in, captured it, and now it lives in our van and is trained to kill any intruders. Be warned. Library Voices will not be robbed again.

· Calgary was rad. We played with some of the best bands touring around Canada right now. Spiral Beach, Two Hours Traffic, and of course In-Flight Safety were also on the bill. Check out Spiral Beach’s new album. It just came out.

· We played 2 shows in hometown Regina, where party times never disappoint. One night was at the Exchange, the other at O’Hanlon’s. It was good to be home for a couple nights and see some familiar faces, do some laundry, and get our poop in a group for the trip out East.

Along with those shows the Western leg of our tour included shows in Saskatoon, Lethbridge, Canmore and Edmonton. Each show had some great highlights, but the risk of droning on boring your pants off (hate for you to be at work with no pants. No point in getting fired over it), I’ll stop here. You can use your imagination, maybe write a short story compilation based on your musings, get it published, and quit that shitty job where you have to wear pants. My gift to you.

We’ll post again tomorrow to let the Kingdom of Blog know about what’s been up on the Eastern leg that we’ve travelled thus far. Photos, anecdotes, notes and lists will be posted in the upcoming days while we visit the Maritimes, while we make a genuine effort to get out of our heads and into your computer.

Lots of love.

Manda. LV.

Where does the time go? (or) California Roll vs. Lobster Roll

We've been meaning to blog. Really we have.

We are now entering week 3 of our cross Canada tour with In-Flight Safety and Julie Fader. I can't think of a better group of individuals on earth to spend time with. With the west coast behind us now we start to make our way toward the maritimes, and In-Flights home turf. An East coast/West coast feud in Canada just doesn't have the same gusto as Tupac vs. Biggie. It's more like sushi vs. lobster.

The gentlemen in IFS have been keeping a blog for Exclaim. Be sure to check it out! We also found out today that they've drawn a winner in our Exclaim/Gibson guitar giveaway contest. We're hoping we can get some photos of the winner with his new ax to post on the website.

Last night we played a surprise show for a few friends at our local watering hole here in Regina.
Our friend Chris was kind enough to take a some photos.

Show added = Halloween in Barrie!

Library Voices
Oct. 31st
The Mansion
Barrie, On
(34 Dunlop Street East)
19+

EDMONTON SHOW MOVED TO HAVEN!

Dear Champion City,
Just letting you know our show on FRIDAY, OCT 2 w/ In-Flight Safety & Julie Fader has been moved to Haven Social Club ((15120 A Stony Plain Road)

Hope to see you there!

Love,
LV

Fall Tour w/ In Flight Safety & Julie Fader

Library Voices Fall Tour.
*w/ In Flight Safety
# w/ Julie Fader
Aug 21 – Steep Rock, MB. - Chris & Rae’s wedding
Sept 4 – Regina, SK – The Exchange w/ VIC & Lazy MKs
Sept 11 – Regina, SK – U of R Welcome Week (acoustic)
Sept 12 – Saskatoon, SK – Louie’s w/ Volcanoless In Canada
Sept 17 – Brandon, MB – Western Canadian Music Awards
Sept 18 – Brandon, MB – Western Canadian Music Awards
Sept 19- – Brandon, MB – Western Canadian Music Awards
Sept 20 – Brandon, MB – Western Canadian Music Awards
Sept 25 – Victoria, BC – @ Sugar ( Rifflandia Fest ) w/ Zeus & Cuff The Duke
Sept 26 – Roberts Creek, BC – The Legion w/ Matt Goud
Sept 27 – Vancouver, BC – The Media Club *#
Sept 28 – Kelowna, BC – Habitat *#
Sept 30 – Canmore, BC – Communitea Cafe *#
Oct 2 – Edmonton, AB – Flow Lounge & Grill *#
Oct 3 – Calgary, AB – Legion #1 w/ Two Hours Traffic & Spiral Beach *#
Oct 4 – Lethbridge, AB – Henotic *
Oct 6 – Regina, SK – The Exchange *
Oct 7 – Saskatoon, SK – Amigos *
Oct 9 – Winnipeg, MB – Lo Pub *
Oct 10 – Thunder Bay, ON – Jacks *
Oct 11 – Sault Ste Marie, ON – LopLops *
Oct 14 – Charlottetown, PEI – Hunters Ale House * w/ Milks & Rectangles
Oct 15 – Fredericton, NB – Capital Bar * w/ Milks & Rectangles
Oct 16 – Moncton, NB – Paramount Lounge * w/ Milks & Rectangles
Oct 17 – Halifax, NS – The Seahorse Tavern * w/ Milks & Rectangles
Oct 20 – Montreal, QUE – Le Petit Campus *#
Oct 21 – Kingston, ON - The Living Room *#
Oct 22 – TBA
Oct 23 - TBA
Oct 24 – London, ON - Call The Office
Oct 25 – Windsor, ON - Phog Lounge
Oct 26 – Guelph, ON - U of G Center (noon)
Oct 27 - Hamilton, ON – The Casbah - *#
Oct 28 – Guelph, ON – The E Bar *#
Oct 29 – Toronto, ON – El Mocambo *#
Oct 30 – Ottawa, ON – The Live Lounge *#
...More dates coming soon!

Performing @ Carl's brothers wedding. Congrats Daniel & Candice.

LV set @ Virgin Music Fest Calgary.

Calgary bound - now with less Stampede.

Hello All,
Just wanted to drop you a little note to let you know that we've made it home safely and have been nestled into our humble abodes for a couple of days now. A couple days rest does the body a lot of good, but now we're off again.... Sunday we're playing Virgin Fest in Calgary. Other artists include, Metric, White Lies, Tokyo Police Club, and the band we're most excited about seeing Shout Out Out Out Out. We play at 6:10 sharp. Hope to see you there.

Above photo by Pete Nema @ The Horseshoe in TO. Thanks Pete!