pARTy FoREvERER!

RockToBER - HELL o wEEN pART Two

2010-10-31T11:58:00.026-04:00

had a blast at this year's neptoon records halloween instore! thanks to rob, ben and mike for having us. btw cc's costume was rad too and i bet you're wondering what colin was supposed to be? obviously a stowaway! it's weird though, i don't remember changing from my fisherman's hat into mike park's wolfman mask mid-set?

RockToBER - HELL o wEEN pART oNE

2010-10-30T11:48:00.002-04:00

bunch of us met up at jake's and were gonna go to the opening of the waldorf but heard it was linedup around the block at 7 and over capacity (2000 people?) before we were even ready to leave so we all headed up and managed to get in to the sold out bokus togus show. mapee handed me a mic as they were going into their rendition of nofx's "don't call me white" (they were doing all 80-90's punk covers as a festive change of pace) and i realised shortly thereafter that other than the song's title i don't know the lyrics to "don't call me white". fortunately, as you can see here, my crowdsurf face is still pretty tight.

RockToBER - HELL o wEEN wAR m up

2010-10-28T22:11:00.011-04:00

(photos by graham smith poster by jeffrylee.ca)

played thursday night before halloween in honour of our friends whalebones visiting from seattle. also gave us a chance to play again with fellow brooklyn/vancouverites the albertans who we'd been meaning to do some shows with. i think jake was at the bar getting a drink while we were having our pic taken outside, you snooze you looze night court.

sEpTEmBER - piERcED ARRows, oLio FEsT & THE mosT impoRTANT DAy of THE yEAR!

2010-09-29T21:03:00.011-04:00

(poster by jeffrylee.ca photos by arch and sc.lewis)

couple sick shows this month- opened for pierced arrows who are one of my favourite bands still in existence and did something totally different for olio festival total folk-y set* which was of course fitting at the railway and load in/out was a breeze. happy birthday babe!

"Over at the Railway Club, Hard Drugs offered up backwoods acoustic ballads and a gorgeous, harmony-laden cover of the folk hymnal "Will the Circle Be Unbroken.""(Olio Festival review excerpt from Exclaim! magazine)
*no drums or bass but check out t bot mcgee sitting in on acoustic!

sLED isLAND DAy THREE- HANGovER BREAkfAsT

2010-07-03T15:14:00.012-04:00

(another great photo by ryan walter wagner from the discorder magazine site)

this whole weekend was a blast but the 510 show on sunday afternoon definitely had the best vibe. southeast engine who played before us were awesome and my parents made it down which i think was their first time seeing us. huge thanks to all our gracious hosts- zak and everyone at sled, dan, sloth dave, seth, and glenn beatroute. see you next year?

the start is cut off but an otherwise pretty sweet little viddy from tsururadio.com

sLED isLAND DAy Two- LoRD BiG wEiNERs!

2010-07-02T19:40:00.006-04:00

this show was kinda sparsely attended, pretty much friends and family but that's cool, that's what happens when The Melvins are playing a few blocks away and everyone in town has tickets or wristbands... here you can see that jenni is obviously having a blast-and-a-half with our bros from Lord Beginner who just got off tour with the *mighty* Black Mountain. It was rad to see them and our only show in Calgary as a 7-piece. oh yeah also FREE FOOD!

sLED isLAND DAy oNE- HAppy cANADuH DAy

2010-07-01T19:34:00.011-04:00

Lifetime Video Zine | Hard Drugs from Lifetime Collective on Vimeo.

nice little video interview thanks to bob and reid at lifetime, keep up the cool pewpz doods!

sLED isLAND DAy zERo poiNT fivE - sALmoN ARm HANDsHAkEs

2010-06-30T20:25:00.003-04:00

touring should always be like an (almost) all expense paid holiday with friends. you're never too old to borrow your parents minivan and go on a road trip! unfortunately we forgot to borrow their tripod...

THE HomEcomING DANcE

2010-06-10T21:04:00.098-04:00

awesome reunion with our original lineup (sort of*) ashley webber on percussion and backing vocals, shira blustein on piano and backing vocals, colin mckill on organ and backing vocals, pete dionne on electric guitar and banjo, jake goodman on bass and josh wells on drums! awesome show dudes...
(photos by ryan walter wagner poster by jlee)

*kevin grant you're a gentleman and a scholar and will be missed but welcome jake "jazzbone" goodman "grooveman" to the ranks! you whisper funny shit, we say funny shit into mic. also huge thanks and warm fuzzies for special guest appearance tonight by drum monster and all around swell fellow josh wells while jason dana is on tour with bend "the-hardest-working-band-in-canada" sinister.

music+food=true love may 2010 tour- seattle still rules

2010-05-19T14:05:00.003-04:00

best show of the tour thanks to our awesome host justin for not only taking us in but our bro brooklyn shawn and my cat as well! "They both sang, and kept time stomping their feet. Their back-and-forth was charming in the best sense of the word, and proved yet again that a man, woman, and good pair of boots still makes more compelling music than a laptop." (show review from seattleweekly.com)

music+food+sk8boarding=true love may 2010 tour- last legs

2010-05-18T13:36:00.001-04:00

we knew we were getting close to home when we got out of the car in arcata and smelled the sweet leaf. took in some roadside attractions and made new and old friends with some great bands in portland. skipped burnside to check out this park in battleground wa.

music+food+sk8boarding=true love may 2010 tour- the saint of cruising

2010-05-16T13:21:00.002-04:00

it should be no secret that we have a huge soft spot for santa cruz. it's where we spent our honeymoon. it's where our favourite burrito place is. it's where our favourite rollercoaster is. it's got this sweet new skatepark.

now if we could only get a show there next time...show us some love devil makes three!

music+food=true love may 2010 tour- el lay, lalaland, the city of angels

2010-05-14T13:01:00.002-04:00

lalaland? more like lululand! cutest frigging cat ever! good show, glad to be back at the echo where i played my last and maybe only other good l.a. show. got to see some of our rad friends who've been relocating to silver lake and echo park as of late. big thanks to mo and dave for being awesome hosts and hooking up the show...
"This husband and wife duo just happened to be passing through town and picked up the gig much to the audiences delight. Their songs were basic and folky, but the charm and conviction with which they deliver their music was refreshing." (show review from examiner.com

music+food=true love may 2010 tour- joshua tree uber ales

2010-05-13T12:05:00.012-04:00

gram parsons, U2 were right about this place. joshua tree truly feels like your on another planet in a doctor seuss book.

just a stones throw from joshua tree, pappy and harriet's pioneertown tavern is a popular stop for bands all across this great land of ours, from nyc to la people had told us how lucky we were to be playing here. this little desert oasis has awesome food and super friendly staff, can't wait to come back to the "best honky tonk west of the mississippi".

music+food=true love may 2010 tour- pie town usa

2010-05-11T17:05:00.000-04:00

roswell new mexico was a huge disappointment i did not see a single ufo or ufo shaped theme restaurant but pietown new mexico on the other hand was exactly as awesome as one would expect!

music+food=true love may 2010 tour- finally (west) texas pit bbq

2010-05-10T13:33:00.001-04:00

this place rules

music+food=true love may 2010 tour- yes we actually played too

2010-05-09T23:17:00.000-04:00

contrary to the lack of photos we have actually played a bunch of shows and made a bunch of rad new friends including the entire staff of the mohawk in austin and john wesley coleman III and orville who improv-ed some heavy skin bashing for us and all their friends. thanks rosa/wes/mohawk/austin!

gator tour 2010

2010-05-08T11:19:00.002-04:00

the louisiana swamp tour was well worth it just to hear the guide's accent which sounded like french canadian with a southern drawl...shit i just had a brilliant idea, crawdad poutine!

camping at woodsy hollow in east texas totally reminded us of lakeside except you couldn't swim in the lake because of the gators! i'll stick with our beavers thanks

music+food=true love may 2010 tour- louisiana let the eating begin!

2010-05-06T19:03:00.001-04:00

due to the current ecological disaster, this might be end of fresh oysters on the gulf coast.

huge thanks to our hostess with the mostest celine, a true southern belle!

before and after 10 lbs. of boiled crawdad...

music+food=true love may 2010 tour- memphis graceland here we come

2010-05-05T09:14:00.002-04:00

the princess and the king

joyeux cinqo de mayo, unfortunately they haven't heard of margevezas in memphis yet

music+food=true love may 2010 tour- nashville is sinking

2010-05-04T23:51:00.001-04:00

nashville got hit by the worst rainstorm it's had in 60 years the day before we got there. our friends and hosts david and lauren vandervelde were in pretty good spirits by the time we rolled in considering they'd spent the previous two days cleaning rainwater and mud out of their basement.

apparently only white suv's were allowed to be abandoned on the flooded downtown streets...

music+food=true love may 2010 tour- farewell brooklyn/nyc

2010-05-01T22:57:00.065-04:00

bye apartment, bye bed

bye friends
thanks for being awesome miss yous already
keep new york rockin

<3 j+j

wINTER woNDERLAND!

2010-01-30T01:31:00.007-05:00

wELcomE BAck AND HAppy NEw yEAR! fREsH sNow AND A fRozEN cREEk HAs sLowED THINGs DowN somE BuT AIN'T IT puRDy? movIN oN To fINAL vocAL TAkEs- HERE's somETHING wEIRD To TIED yous ovER...

DAy ELEvEN

2010-01-19T16:20:00.002-05:00

Took FuLL ADvANTAGE oF ouR FRIEND/kEyBoARD pLAyER LEE's skILLs As wELL As HIs TAsTE FoR DyLAN AND BEATLEs. FoRTuNATE To HAvE BEEN ABLE To puT HIm To woRk AT DuNcAN sHEIk's sTuDIo IN GARRIsoN Ny wHERE THERE wERE pLENTy oF swEET kEyED INsTRumENTs To pLAy wITH! BEAuTIFuL spoT. BTw THAT's THE pLAyHousE BEHIND HIs HousE, NoT HIs HousE.

AN EmAIL FRom mAmA

2009-11-09T16:54:00.000-05:00

It was awesome having you guys up and on tape. You all did great. This record just keeps getting better. I suppose if we keep working on the thing, some day it will be better than Sgt Pepper's.

Damn,... Settle in for a long ride, baby.

Time for my egg sandwich,

Mama

ToBy BAN!

2009-11-08T23:32:00.001-05:00

moRE pHoTos FRom THE LAsT TRIp By ouR BAsspLAyER/AwEsomE pHoToG ToBy BANNIsTER. cHEck ouT HER sITE HERE: http://tobymarie.com/

ANoTHER RouGH mIx FoR youR LIsTENING pLEAsuRE.

DAy TEN

2009-11-08T16:39:00.001-05:00

wE wERE FoRTuNATE To HAvE ouR GooD FRIEND AND FREQuENT coLLABoRAToR coLIN mckILL ouT FRom vANcouvER To HANGouT, DRINk BEERs, AND LAy DowN somE psycHED ouT oRGAN (wITH HELp FRom mAmA) AND BAckING vocALs (wITH HELp FRom ToBy).

DAy NINE

2009-11-07T16:25:00.000-05:00

ToBy + mAmA + jLEE = TEAm BAss!

DAy EIGHT

2009-11-04T16:20:00.002-05:00

THE FIRsT RouGH mIx oF "sHE's HoT, I'm mARRIED".

moRNING wALk wITH cosmo To GET THE cREATIvE juIcEs FLowING.

DEFIANT REcoRDINGs!

2009-11-04T09:11:00.002-05:00

REALIzED I HAvEN'T posTED ANy pIcs oF THE ouTsIDE oF THE sTuDIo so HERE IT Is- THE mIGHTy DEFIANT REcoRDINGs

DAy sEvEN

2009-11-03T19:07:00.023-05:00

BRouGHT my BRo sHAwN up To kEEp mE compANy oN THE DRIvEs. ALL pHoTos AND HAND cLAps By jLEE AND sHAwN cRAwFoRD.

DAy sIx

2009-10-14T00:15:00.022-04:00

jusT mAmA AND mE IN THE coNTRoL/LIvING Room TRyING To FINIsH GuITARs so No oNE To TAkE pIcs so THIs Is ALL I GoT.

GuITAR ovERDuB oN "EAsy sTREET" vIDEo By mAmA. oNE mIGHT NoTIcE I'm pLAyING BAsoN's GRETcH IN ALoT oF THEsE pHoTos. I DID pLAy my TELE Too, THE GRETcH Is jusT so pHoToGENIc.

DAy FIvE

2009-09-27T11:29:00.000-04:00

coFFEE, BREAkFAsT, AND FIRsT TAkEs oF vocALs.

DAy FouR

2009-09-26T18:39:00.000-04:00

BAsoN DEcIDED HE couLD pLAy BETTER wEARING THEsE BuNNy EARs, BuT wHEN THAT wAsN'T HELpING HIm GET A NIcE LAID-BAck TAkE, I ToLD HIm To TRy LITTERALLy LAyING BAck. WHEN THINGs NEED To BE spAcEy-ER, mAmA cRAwLs uNDER THE mIxING BoARD To mAN THE sTAGE EcHo. JENNI wAsN'T ImpREssED I GuEss wHEN I Took A TuRN wITH THE BuNNy EARs.

DAy THREE

2009-09-25T23:44:00.000-04:00

wE FINIsHED mosT oF THE AcousTIc GuITARs ToDAy BuT I FoRGoT To TAkE pIcs...so HERE's A sHoT oF my AcousTIc IN THE souND Room wHERE THE AcousTIc GuITARs wERE DoNE.

TRIp Two

2009-09-25T10:47:00.003-04:00

THE pLAN FoR ouR sEcoND TRIp wAs RHyTHm GuITARs so IT wAs jusT mE AND THE oTHER DAvE, BAsoN. HERE BAsoN REAQuAINTs HImsELF wITH THE sTAR oF THE sHow, AND A sELTzER.

moRE...

2009-09-06T13:57:00.000-04:00

puRcELL, jENNI, AND THE TIT mAN! pHoTos AND FooD c/o mAmA.

DAy Two

2009-09-05T16:04:00.003-04:00

DRummER DAvE puRcELL NAILED mosT oF THE BEDs IN oNE oR Two TAkEs ExcEpT wHEN mAmA HAD IDEAs FoR ALTERNATE ARRANGEmENTs. jENNI AND I LAID DowN scRATcH vocALs AND HARp FoR THE sAkE oF HAVING somETHING To FoLLow. wE ALso REcoRDED (mosTLy uNusABLE) GuITAR BEDs. oN Top oF BEING A TALENTED pRoDucER, mAmA Is ALso AN AwEsomE cooK!

DAY oNE

2009-09-04T22:47:00.007-04:00

sETTING up FILEs AND DRums. mIcHAEL "mAmA" TuDoR AT mIssIoN coNTRoL AND A pEEk THRouGH THE FRoNT wINDoW INTo THE LIBRARy/souND Room.

wELcoME To wILLow!

2009-09-04T11:38:00.002-04:00

mEET cosMo. HE Is ovERsEEING THE REcoRDING oF THE NEw HARD DRuGs REcoRD "pARTy FoREvERER!" wE ARE supER Lucky To BE mAkING IT AT A LITTLE HousE IN THE cATskILL mouNTAINs, owNED By pRoDucER mIcHEAL TuDoR. IT mAy BE A HARD DRuGs REcoRD, AND IT's mAmA's HousE, BuT mAkE No mIsTAkE, IT's THE cosMo sHow.