Thursday, July 2nd/09, Renfrew Community Center, Calgary AB

If you haven’t read any updates on our website, myspace, facebook, twitter, etc, there may be a chance that you haven’t heard that our friend and most trusted colleague, Cody Beer, has joined us on this tour, filling in for our beloved drummer, Lewis Carter. Cody is a Taurus, loves veggie burgers and has many awesome tatoos you will no doubt ask him the meaning to in the event that you meet him and find that he is quite the catch. Cody is also in a new up and coming band from Vancouver called “The Transition.” We love him and couldn’t do this without him.

We drove to Calgary today, after crashing a few hours in Tyson’s parents’ abandoned condo and hitting up the local radio station, POWER 104! We thought we made good time, the bands at the show thought otherwise, unfortunately. We were 30 minutes late (as usual) but everything was smooth and our set-time got pushed back so we had some time to meet everybody and catch up with our brothers, “A Trophy Life,” who have become more stronger than we could have ever imagined. We played a good set to a bunch of new faces, as this was our first time ever playing an all-ages show in Calgary, and with a different drummer (it does take some getting use to!) All the bands were great and we were so stoked to make new friends in Calgary, as we don’t have many. It began to rain that night as well, oddly enough, as if on cue, when A Trophy Life went into their song “Rain, Rain.” It was a pretty wicked thunderstorm as we finally packed up and started our trek to Leduc. Partying ensued inside the vans (NOT THE DRIVERS, of course) and their were many roadside stops and jams and activities along the way. Our gas tank was on empty when We finally rolled up to Sean’s parents’ house in Leduc.

Tonight we learned some interesting things. We learned that Australian men can sometimes drink harder than iron-livered, bearded bass-players and that not all Tim Horton’s restaurants are open 24 hours. We also learned that heaven is not only a place you end up when you check out, but can also take the form of city lights at the end of a patch of fog when your gas tank is on empty.