Easter Weekend — Oh Yeah

So far it's been as relaxing and pleasant as can be. Just got back in from a bike ride around the town with Alison. We went for brunch and then did a bunch of errands. It was a nice, sunny spring day, a little on the chilly side but not too bad, and we ran into lots of folks we know and like. Now it's colder and overcast.

Tonight we'll go to see the always astounding Bad Vibrations do their terse psychedelic punk rock thing at the always sketchy Gus' Pub. The Robins, Mark Gaudet's Moncton old-school hardcore band, are headlining. Mark was/is the drummer behind Eric's Trip, but he plays guitar in this band. Here's an interesting and funny video featuring both Bad Vibrations and Mark Gaudet. Plus some very informative stuff about Bigfoot.



Our friend Jeff is in town from Toronto for Easter, so he'll be attending the show with us. We got to hang out some with him and the BV gang last night over Chinese food. There was a very drunk guy yelling on the other side of the restaurant, and the waitress gave us meat spring rolls by accident, but it was still a fun time.

The night before that I attended the art college's annual Wearable Art Show. It was quite a well-run gala event, aside from the fact that you couldn't hear anything anyone said into the microphone. A reliable source told me the sound tech didn't know what a D.I. was when it was suggested he should use one. Nerdy techie gossip, but pretty funny and unbelievable if you know anything about sound production.

But anyways, there were lots of people there, and they were all dressed up and having a great time. The runway ran very smoothly and the modeling was impressive. Some of the "art" leaned a little too far into the wearable end, I thought, but some was kooky and interesting. Highlight of the evening was the "collection" that consisted entirely of giant body-painted logos. As in, no clothes. As in, eight models of both genders walked down the runway completely naked. Shocking and hilarious. The logos looked really great, too.