Rockland Wonderland

There's no place like...bus

2011-10-23T11:15:00.001-04:00

Well, we're on the way home from Quebec city after an awesome show and some equally awesome poutine. The last 4 days have been blurry at best with shows in Yarmouth, Dartmouth, Kentville and Quebec city. My body hurts, my throat is trashed, our bus smells like a homeless mans underwear we're all looking forward to some time away from each other. There's been too many great times and inside jokes to even begin to go over...you'll just have to hang out with us if you want to hear them! Anyways, the east coast has been great to Hearts in Stereo and we're looking forward to the next chance to get out here again. That's all folks! Thanks to everyone that came to a show, bought a t shirt, CD or sticker or let us sleep at your house. It's been an amazing experience - see you all again SOON!

Second last show!

2011-10-21T18:09:00.001-04:00

<p>After a rainy day in Dartmouth (and an awesome show!) we're in Kentville playing at a youth all nighter. As much as I miss my wife, and I do - I'm kinda sad this is ending. Anyways, we're about to kick it here in a little bit, and then it's off to Quebec city, driving overnight. Ill try to post one during the drive.

Kentville has had by far the sickest green room of the tour. They hooked us up with tea, chocolate bars and subway! Anyways here's some pics, including a cute little girl named Abby who tried to still some of our gear....

There's also a couple pics from Yarmouth including the stage we slept on after the show.

Comfy

2011-10-19T09:53:00.001-04:00

MacDs coffee, journey's greatest hits and a sleeping bag = contentment.

Been driving all night my hand's wet on the wheel

2011-10-19T08:36:00.001-04:00

OK, so long time no post, my bad. I've been lazy and enjoying some time off. We've had 3 days off in Dartmouth and we've all been split up staying at 3 different houses. J-ro and I have been staying with a really awesome lady named Cathy; she's made us feel totally at home. Even had sportsnet so we could stay up And watch the Sens get destroyed by Philly 7-2 last night. Anyways here's a recap of the last 3 days.

Sunday: got to Dartmouth in the morning. After that we headed to Peggy's cove. Waves and wind were insane. 20 foot swells. The ocean wanted to kill us. Robbie got too close and had to dodge a giant wave, which he did by running directly into a 3 foot deep tidepool. As punishment the ocean claimed his cellphone. The ocean is cold and merciless, yarrr. Got some sweet pics though. Had a last minute opportunity to play a coffee house. We did a sick acoustic version of crashing down....I'd love to here it recorded someday. After the show we hit up Anapolie (?) for donairs. I...don't know if Ill ever have another donair. Had a bad case of the meat sweats. Went to our billets and everyone hit the hay pretty quick.

Monday: slept in till noon lol. Haven't done that in years. Felt like crap and awesome at the same time. Josh and the Robbie's were supposed to play golf, but it rained. Headed to mic mac mall in Dartmouth and grabbed a Starbucks and a new Tom Clancy book. Went to ride the ferry to Halifax but Jay and the Robbies decided to have a jumping competition (read "idiot competition"). We ended up waiting at Dartmouth general for 3 hours while Jay got stitches. After that we tried to go to economy shoe shop for dinner...but proceeded to get kicked out of there and 4 other restaurants because Jake and Robbie 2 are minors. Apparently there's some sort of prohibition era law in Halifax that turns everything into a speak-easy at pm...we ended up eating at Saltys on the harbour. Not much to say about that one.

Tuesday: got up at noon again, watched some mythbusters And then went out to lunch with Kurts family while josh and the Robbie's went golfing. Jake and Jay were staying at Kurt's house. His kids were all awesome - his daugther Chloe is adorable. Didn't do anything for the rest of the afternoon. Then Kurt made us lobster chowder (he's a navy chef) which was amazing. I have never been so full in my life. Watched some hockey and called it a day.

Anyways, it back to work today. The next 4 days will be a blur. We were on the road this morning at 7:30 for yarmouth where we play tonight. We've got Dartmouth tomorrow, Kentville, NS Friday And then driving overnight to play in Quebec City Saturday. Couple of the guys in the band are getting colds and jays leg looks kinda like old hamburger, so any prayer is appreciated! Heres some pics from the last couple days. I'm really missing home and Char and my family (despite how much fun I've had! ). And thanks to Bill Doern for his part in starting the More Bortot campaign. Yes!

New post coming tonight!

2011-10-17T13:30:00.001-04:00

I know there's like 4 - 5 people waiting for an update. We been busy so Ill hook you all up tonight.

Irvings was the perfect ending to a perfect show.

2011-10-15T14:12:00.001-04:00

So, Saint John was killer! Bunch of kids came out and we went strong for an hour and a half. Thanks to the Aviators for opening the show. Jake and Robbie owned it on the lights all night. I think I sweated enough to destroy not one, but 2 new shirts. We went to Irving's with some awesome dudes who helped us load the trailer and pastor Nick who hooked us up with a hotel. We made all the snorers (Josh, Jake and Robbie) sleep in one room; little Josh, Robbie 2, Jay-sean and I slept in the other. It rained like a maw last night so naturally our bus leaked like....a maw. We hung the blankets out the window to dry them on the way here. I macgivered the leaky door with some ductape. Anyways, were at the venue now....here's some pics.

Saint John knows how to make a venue!

2011-10-14T15:25:00.001-04:00

So we Just started setting up for tonight's show. Had a solid day. Did some driving, hit up a long and mcquade, a MacDonald's and a bluenotes since I forget all my shirts in the dryer before tour. Just waiting for the sound guy to get here and get us checked so that the opening band can do their sound check. Ill try to grab a pic at the show tonight to post. Were having Subway for dinner!

Rockstars stay in hotels. This is new to us.

2011-10-14T14:14:00.001-04:00

Show #2 tonight. St. John gonna be sweet tonight. Couple mins downtime in the hotel!

Hopewell Rocks

2011-10-13T15:23:00.001-04:00

Drove from Bathurst to muncton today. Special shout out to Marie Catherine aka MC hammer for convincing her awesome family to let us sleep at their house. Her mom made some unreal rice and banana bread for us. Last nights show was a huge success, bathurst is awesome! The kids here loved HIS. We met up with jays wife sue and her sister, who we more or less obligated into feeding us dinner. I miss my wife.... Anyways, nice to have a a day off cuz I'm still sick. Tomorrow we're rocking St. John. Can't wait. Rock and roll.

I'm uploading some pics of Hopewell rocks. The tide here is insane!

The show!

2011-10-12T23:25:00.001-04:00

Thank you Bathurst!

Showtime

2011-10-12T17:21:00.001-04:00

Just finished soundcheck. Had some interesting technical difficulties with mic'ing our kick drum...but once we got that out of the way, things were rolling. We're going to go on in about an hour so I'm just chilling on the bus listening to kim Mitchell and eating skittles that my awesome wife packed me. I'm also waiting for the tylenol to kick in so I can sing tonight (tonselitus). Anyways. Bathurst bout to get rocked right open tonight! Yea!

Advertising is key

2011-10-12T12:37:00.003-04:00

We're headed to a high school in town to hand out some flyers for the show tonight

Road lunch

2011-10-12T12:37:00.001-04:00

I'm posting this just to prove to my wife that I won't eat crap the whole time on the road!

Arrival!

2011-10-11T21:22:00.001-04:00

Finally, after 12 hours and some near moose collisions, we're here. Hoping we'll be able to sleep at the youth center You can see behind the bus in the picture. Isn't the rockband life glamorous? Anyways we're safe. Hopefully my throat gets better before tomorrow night. Peace!

Working late is bad

2011-10-11T16:17:00.001-04:00

My mom just informed me that I spelled the name of my own band incorrectly (see left). Fail. I'll fix it asap!

6 hours in

2011-10-11T14:25:00.001-04:00

K. So we picked up new shirts in Montreal and hit up a second Tim Horton's (don't worry Char, I had a tea) and now Robbie 2 is pummeling Robbie at super smash brothers. They have a bet going that Robbie 2 can't beat Robbie 100 times in a row...so far it's 30 - 0. We're Just outside Quebec city now. Also, I think I have tonsillitis so hopefully that's better by tomorrow night!

Tour begins!

2011-10-11T07:56:00.001-04:00

It's early, very early. But we are officially on the road. Next stop, Bathhurst NB. Jay is taking the first driving shift - in typical gov't fashion he'll probably quit early lol. We are bringing the rock show to the maritimes!

Forgot to mention...

2011-10-11T00:09:00.000-04:00

Our new CD the EAST COAST EP just came out and we leave for tour tomorrow morning! If you haven't yet done so, check out our new (sorta finished) website heartsinstereo.com. There you can get to all our other pages, facebook, music etc.

I'm in a band

2011-10-11T00:01:00.000-04:00

Ok, so I've hijacked my own blog, and turned it into a...my own blog. For those who don't know me, read the little blurb under the picture. I'm hoping that I can remain disciplined enough to write a little bit each day about the ups (and downs... ;) of touring in a band. So if you've been waiting for that opportunity to follow the blog of someone before they were famous, here is your chance! No, really - follow! If nothing else, these posts should at least be humorous enough for you to appreciate how much fun WE'RE having on the road. Tell your friends! Love Jeremy