after having a little sleep-in until just after 7 a.m. i got up and wondered, out loud, how the fuck i was gonna get lawns cut with the weather the way it was...i had woken-up at 4 a.m. and heard the rain and worried that i may be fucked. so there i was at 7 a.m. looking out the window at the giant silver golf ball, drinking coffee and just thinkin'. at 8:30 i saw a glimpse of goodness and decided to head out..i had to go to the shop and grab a new lawn order hoodie for nancy - who i was having breakfast with - and it was a good thing i did since i had forgotten to pick something up on friday for dan, who was working saturday....he was a little annoyed it hadn't been picked-up, and i don't blame him....so i ran off and got it...all good.
by the end of my snack with nancy the weather had changed for the better and i was off to cut...kits, dunbar, richmond, east van, and the west end...i was really making the rounds yesterday...i was a little beat by the end of it and needed a coffee...
i went to the island and had a coffee with the garbs and then we all (mishi, the garbs and i) headed up to the fish and chips place on (g)arbutus and 33rd. good chow there. you should go there...i'll dig the name up...
with dinner done it was time to head to meinhardt for a treat and then take the kids home to robson st...i had been thinking during the day that i'd go see the hold steady, who were in town at the vogue on granville. i have been a fan for a few years, or more, and have always missed them when they've been in town...so tonight was the night...
so there i was in the vogue, i took the loser cruiser up there, sitting in my lone seat, trying to wait patiently for the opening band to do there thing and then wait more until the hold steady came on...when the woman in front of me turned and said, "you're chad's friend right....?" and i'm not sure why, but i think it was because i misheard her initially, but finally i said yes and then finally recognized her...she is an ex of my pal chad, the tattooist who runs/owns sanitary electric on fraser street - who has 'worked' on me a couple times...nice girl. she's a writer who, amongst her many writing credits, does concert reviews for the georgia straight, and was there to review the hold steady show...as we talked she asked if i was there alone, when i said yes, she invited me to sit with her...nice.
the first band, still life still, were like a really poor broken social scene wanna-be band, they were terrible and jenny used the word 'unfortunate' many times to describe them...i couldn't disagree...the hold steady did exactly what i expected them to do - which was great and perfect - but sometimes it was a little too much of a good thing - and you'd have to be a fan and know their music and the lead singer's style of delivery and... anyhow..i really liked it - even if they didn't play my favorite song. they may be one of the best 'rock' bands operating right now...
it was a good day over all..in fact, at one point i said to one of my lawn clients, that it as a perfect day...the weather was the perfect temperature for cutting, the wind was just nice, i saw just enough people, saw a good rock show, and made it home to bed safe and sound...
nice.
my house could use some clean-up work though....what a disaster.
have a great sunday.
g. xo
the hold steady do what they do.
and jenny does what she does best....hate the opening band.
granville street tonight.
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