Live!

 

[ arkells ]

(Kay, so this didn't turn out as planned. 

I WAS live blogging, until the merch table had a burst of activity and I didn't get a chance to post. Close your eyes and pretend it's yesterday.)

Friday, 10:38 PM, a little place called Hamilton:

I'm blogging live from Hamilton Place Theatre while working merch for Sweet Thing. Oh, technology. 

Arkells are up now, after performances by Huron and of course my Mister's band. During the (inevitable) encore,  a whole mess of band boys will be amassing on stage for a Bryan Adams cover. I know this because (deja vu), I did this whole thing last night. This is actually the third Sweet Thing/Arkells mash-up I've seen this month and, oh, only the five HUNDREDTH time in the last four years.

[ sweet thing, huron ]

 

I never get tired of it. But yes, i am finally wearing ear plugs (thanks, Max) because any more of this and I'll be deaf by 40. 

'Fraid i can't share pics as I'm stuck behind the merch table at the very back of the space and left my DSLR at home (STILL no decent camera bag). But I assure you, there is some great energy in here!

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(live again)


Saturday, 3:25, my living room:

Be sure to vote for SWEET THING 
for best album on Chart Attack's site! They're currently in THIRD place! Amazing!

Oh, and I just realized that while I promoted the crap out of this on Facebook and Twitter, I completely forgot to blog it! Sweet  Thing's newest single, Lazy Susan, now has a video! Morgan directed it, and it's pretty much the best yet. Watch it here or here!

 [ big front page feature on ET Canada's site! ]

Some other videos to check out as well:

"In Studio: Sweet Thing" by the National Post 

Interview with Mix 97 Belleville

Oh, and the boys have a Wikipedia page now, too!

 [ Alex and Mini Alex. Is this my future? ]

[photos/videos via: live885.com,  globaltv.com, VEVO, sweetthingmusic.ca (Mark Cohene), exclaim.ca]

A week in the life.

[ Sweet Thing on MTV Live! ]

I've been neglectful, I know. But unless I lugged a laptop around (yeah, still actually need to OWN a laptop. I want this.), I wouldn't have had a second of alone-time with a computer this week. Busy, busy!

And it's not just my job #1 that's taking up so much time (Best-Wife-Ever/Sweet-Thing-"Reporter") Nope. I'm working on deadlines galore. 

I've decided to apply for a craft show that happens in December. It's just the kick-in-the-butt I need to get my little pet business off the ground. The deadline is Wednesday. Plus, I was up until all hours of the night last night finishing up by Best Perogies post for BlogTO. It should go up on the site this week. I might need a break from these "Best Ofs"; they're making me fat. 

And today, I'm temping at GBC, filling in for Alex, who accepted the role before band biz came up (they were performing at XM this aft!). See: busy!

I'm really too excited to be back creating! I've made two dog coats that look AWESOME (pics soon) and need to stay up late tonight to whip up some mock-up leashes, collars and dog cookies.  Oh, and an interim website and banner for my Etsy shop. I anticipate all-nighters. (You know I love the pain, though. Read: happily self-destructive.)

Of course, I have still made time to follow Sweet Thing excitement. In the past week and a half, they performed live on MTV Live and opened for Down With Webster at the CNE! (p.s. So I think they're a bit Frosh-Dude - not my thing -  but I still can't get DWW's "Your Man" outta my head. These boys have some catchy little grooves and man do they put on a SHOW! Impressive.)

Here are some highlights!

MTV Live performance... (yes, of course I was there)

w/DWW at the CNE...

Lots of new fans! Look at all the cameras! So, we were way in the back (no interest in having elbow fights with 3000 pre-teens). Do you have better/closer pics or videos from this show? Message me! I'd love to see and share them!

My baby on the big screen! Yeah! See the guy in the foreground? He was a SUPER fan and too cute! Dude, who are you? Send me your videos - I know you filmed most of the show. Your friend also wanted a pic with me and Alex (ha! my first fan photo :) - I'd love to see it!

Me and my adorable dance-date!

Owen doles out autographs...

... and so does Alex!

Post show, and looky-looky who we found. Mr. Gavin Brown.

We didn't stick around for much of the set, but Down With Webster was killing it! I tried to snap good photos of the show from our backstage vantage point, but their ridiculous entourage was blocking my view (see photo left). Instead, I took this one from the merch table. (Hmmm, when will Sweet Thing have an entourage of this magnitude? Only a matter of time.)

Argh, this is clearly a distraction from crafting and I must get back to it. My husband is MIA (mysterious disappearance post-XM show) so I should really take advantage of the quiet house. (Quiet, minus the constant squirrel-patrol barking in the backyard.)

Ta-ta!