Jobfest 2012 Blog (Entry 21)
June 12th – 16th Jeff: “You’re SO lying.” Dan: “Whatever. It’s not a lie if YOU believe it.” Jeff: “You can’t bullsh** a bullsh***er, Dan. That’s not how relationships, of any kind, work, unfortunately.” Dan: “I guess I’m just looking for love in all the wrong places.” – A portion of the ridiculous conversation that took place in a Mexican restaurant And as we looked up onto the horizon, Smithers BC beckoned us! What a busy week it was! Not only did we relinquish all of our accumulated road-tension (it happens) by hitting this beautiful town every day, for hanging out with some Llamas at the Smithers Main Street Festival, for great sushi, for some great local brews, a terrifying viewing of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, a couple of open mic
Jobfest 2012 Blog (Entry 20)
June 9th and 10th Jeff: “Shane, let’s fire up the BBQ M’man. Shane: “A.Y.C.H.B.” ‘Abbreviated way of saying “All You Can Handle, Bro.”‘ Oh my, what a fine day! Before we made tracks for Chetwynd, our next Jobfest 2012 stop on the map, we had a beautiful Saturday afternoon off in Dawson Creek. So we hit the butcher shop, the bottle shop and thus began preparations for an ultimate BBQ with our good pal Becky, and our buds in The Sunday Glow, Shane, Eric and Gary. The truly great part about this plan was that since Shane lived up here in the creek as a welder for a bit and is an amazing dude, he made some amazing friends. For instance, Jordan, who invited us up to his lovely family
Jobfest 2012 Blog (Entry 19)
June 7th and 8th Local man in bar: “Hey dude, I really like your band! Do you have a card or something you could give me?” Dan: “Absolutely, m`man!” ‘pulls cards out of pocket and they fall on the floor along with some pennies, a cigarette lighter and a Trojan’ Local man in bar, dumbfounded: “Wow. Classic.” Hell yeah! We managed to play 3 shows in 24 hours this weekend! The fun started Thursday night in Grande Prairie ALB, at BJ’s Sports Bar, with some of our best old buds from Toronto, a band called The Sunday Glow. These beauties were touring out this way so we though we’d book a couple gigs on the side of Jobfest while they were here. We are so happy it worked out. The
Jobfest 2012 Blog (Entry 18)
June 4th and 5th Dan: “I love summer weather. We can have BBBQ‘s! The extra B is for BYOBB!” Jeff: “What’s THAT extra B for?” Dan: “That’s a typo.” Well if it isn’t the energetic city of Fort St. John! Total flood-fest! We spent a few rainy days here in town, our Jobfest performance being stripped down to a solo performance due to the whole bulk of our equipment not being waterproof thing, where there was a lot of experimental out of control delay (or “space sounds” as some of the older folk call it), old punk rock covers and a few certain Jobfest crew members braving the stage and helping us out with a few backing vocals. I mean, they hear the same songs every day, they know the
Jobfest 2012 Blog (Entry 17)
June 2nd and 3rd Driving off the highway, into the woods, down a path to the Prophet River Jobfest site: Jeff: “Dan, I think I hear wolves howlin’ for you, bud!” Dan: I think any dog who decides to make a meal out of me will be extremely disappointed when they find I am made of sand, alcohol and rubber.” Dan steps out of the van and is immediately surrounded by dogs (true story) Prophet River was extremely fun! It started off a cold day, as we set up in a field next to the community centre, the locals who came down for the day building a giant roaring campfire for everyone to stay warm and cook food if they like. They also brought their dogs with them (the ones
Jobfest 2012 Blog (Entry 16)
May 28th – June 1st Jeff: “Hey bro, what doin’ tonight?” Dan: “I might stay in. I got some wine, gonna steal some bubble bath and watch Enterprise.” Jeff: “You’re such a catch.” Dan: “Yeah man, I’m totally taking myself out on a date.” Our almost week in Fort Nelson was a good one! We had the pleasure of staying in a Ramada that had awesome kitchenettes where we had, and experimented with, many various culinary endeavors, such as tacos, cooking a whole chicken and Beer-Gueritas, where you blend ice in with a couple Coronas and some limeade. Trust us, they’re delicious. It was insanely hot here the whole week so hardly anyone wore sleeves or pants, lending some hilarity to impending farmer tans that are slowly enveloping us and
Jobfest 2012 Blog (Entry 15)
May 25th-27th “Dude, the doctor I had came in wearing flip-flops and a t-shirt and looked exactly like Steve Nash. It was amazing all day. I was all like, Go Suns!” – Cody Beer on his visit to the Mackenzie Health Centre We write to you from Mackenzie BC! Established in 1967 by Alexandra Forest Industries (BC Forest Products), Mackenzie is a beautiful part of our province, operating and existing on forestry and metallurgy, the very stuff of our planet, and is also home to the World’s Largest Tree Crusher, in which we recommend not to play on. It is not a toy, it is not a toy, it is NOT a toy: We were really excited to set up Jobfest and play in Mackenzie! Not only was the weather
Jobfest 2012 Blog (Entry 14)
May 23rd and 24th Dan Ball is in a liquor store and attempts to buy a single bottle of Bud Light Lime. Clerk: “K, so if you’re going to buy just one beer and hate it, why don’t you just get this.” ‘Hands Dan an Innis and Gunn’ Dan Ball: “Touche.” Oh, Prince George! What a beauty! We began the day with a fancy breakfast, in which we prepared in our friend Becky’s hotel room with faulty, dull and ancient appliances, that threatened fire, blood and doom, an effort to pay her back for finding Jeff’s phone after he had briefly misplaced it when he became a momentary bar-star in Prince George. For 2 hours we felt like a little, awkward family unit, and we were so pleased with how
Jobfest 2012 Blog (Entry 13)
May 19th-22nd “I’m glad I finally found an instrument that’s the same timbre as my voice.” – Dan Ball when referring to the Banjo After a couple days off in Prince George, where we did lots of laundry, took advantage of the Sandman Inn’s pool and fitness room, and spent a great deal of time losing our cell-phones and destroying our eardrums while dancing at a local club called “The Generator” (and promptly being kicked out for dancing a little TOO well, I might add), where we bonded as a team accompanied by the fine quality of an Earls restaurant (Oh, Earls…) and Dan Ball played banjo until the sun came up, we finally reach McBride BC! McBride is a charming little town with a population of 700, located in
Jobfest 2012 Blog (Entry 12)
May 16th, 17th and 18th Jeff: “Hey Tyson, do you have any blank CD’s? Tyson: “What are those??” Hey there again, friends! Just dropping you all a line from New Hazelton beside the glorious Highway 16, the “Totem Pole capitol of the world!” We are staying at one of the nicest joints on the block, Robber’s Roost Motel, where the livin’ is easy, the wifi is abundant and the locals are amazingly talented and kind folks! Our few days here in the Hazeltons, which consist of three separate areas, were awesome. The areas include “New Hazelton,” where we slept, ate delicious Pho and made friends at The Roadhouse Pub; “Old Hazelton” and “South Hazelton” where we visited the ‘Ksan Historical Museum and learned much about the lives of the Gitxsan
