Northern BC is a beautiful chunk of the world, and we were sorry to only get 6 days of touring in up there. Audiences were wonderful, and it's just so damn easy to find great coffee. It was great to see old friends in Smithers, and party with lots of new friends at "post-concert receptions" [Read: decadent psychedelic rock'n'roll groupie parties] in Burns Lake, Kitimat, and Terrace. Sean still isn't sure at which of those parties he received his latest tattoo, and Gord's corduroy suitcoat is now sleeveless. The scenery was all rather spectacular, and the highlight was the entire band going skiing in Smithers. Some of us prairie types were a little terrified by skiing on an actual mountain, but no limbs were broken and we had a blast. We're more used to skiing being something you do in a ditch while being towed behind a truck with a length of bailer twine. But whatever. It was actually nice not to have to watch out for culverts when jumping the approaches.
Monthly Archive for February, 2009
It's our first tour of Ought-Nine, and what better place to reacquaint ourselves with twisty snowcovered highways, tepid gas station coffee, and frisbee practise at roadside rest stops than - you guessed it - northern BC! This week the Poets land in Prince George BC to begin a 6 show mini-odyssey [ED: can odysseys be miniature?] across the legendary Highway 16, ending up on the west coast in spectacular Prince Rupert. As usual, you'll find all the salient info on our live shows page. If we're not back by Monday Feb 9, send a skidoo search team!
