That Night In Toronto

Hey Guys -

So here is a blog without the Video.  I know what you are thinking: “OMG, Blair and Katherine don’t have a camera anymore.  It broke in the last episode and now they are screwed….  It is the end…..”  This is simply not true.  In fact, our own Blair Francey just bought a new super duper camera and our next episode will be done using new video technology.  Fear not!

Although, we have both been super insanely busy and have not had time to put something together.  However, there is a ton of stuff we want to tell you about.  I wanted to tell you about my Saturday night!  I woke up Sunday morning with my hands decorated as ones hands should be on a Sunday morning.  Check them out:

Lots of stamps = Lots of fun

I know, my hands just look dirty… and veiny….  but they represent a super fun night.  On the right hand (your left) is the stamp ‘kp’ which is for Kathleen Phillips‘ comedy show.  Yes that’s right, for you loyal watchers you will remember that at the beginning of the summer, I spent an entire episode talking about how we were going to see one of her comedy shows, only to get screwed when the show was sold out!  Well, this one was not sold out, but it should have been.  Kathleen put a show together called “Kathleen Phillips is a Haunted House” and showed it at the Comedy Bar (a new venue downtown for the comedy).  I laughed so hard, but, due to my being sick and losing my voice, no one could here the joy out of my mouth.  Oh well.  It was a great mix of live character hilarity and some of her best short films, including my current favourite “This Fuckin’ Town”  See below (disclaimer: for those who aren’t a fan of swearing, this video may not be for you … everyone else, enjoy a laugh!):

So now to the left hand.  The big stamp of dancing aliens is what you get when you pay $5 in the back room of Clinton’s (at Bloor and Clinton) every Saturday night.  Because on these nights, it is Shake A Tail, one of the hottest dance nights.  All 60’s funk and soul and all fun.  It is one of the hottest dance spots on a Saturday.  Click here for a link to their Facebook Group page.  Join it.  They just send you a quick reminder from time to time that dancing is in order.

The happy face on the left hand was for a concert it one of coolest or most random places.  My brother Sebastien (www.myspace.com/sebastiengrainger) was playing at this newly renovated old building on Queen West called the Burroughs Building.  I am trying to find information on how to find information on what goes on there, but it is all really weird.  It looks like they are trying to lease out a lot of the spaces in the building but in the meantime renting out for events.  Well, it was a really cool concert venue, it was like you were in a friend’s loft with huge windows overlooking Queen West.  Only problem was… only 2 toilets!  Seriously.  I spent a good half hour in line.  Though I was dancing at the same time.  As for the concert, well, my brother and his band ‘the mountains’ rocked as usual.  It was a sort of Virgin Fest after party.  Poor them, they had to play the next day on the island.  Not much partying for them… but that meant more free backstage (or behind curtain) white wine for me.  If you haven’t heard their stuff yet, do go the myspace page.  I am not just saying it because he is family.  His music is seriously great and his first full album is coming out in October.  Watch for it.  Your ears will be blown.

That’s it for the tour of my hands.  I DARE YOU TO SEND ME PICS OF YOUR ‘SUNDAY MORNING HANDS’.  Would be great to have a little Facebook album full of stamped hands and tiny stories in the comments.  I dare you to do it.  Let’s go for it!

As for the next episode…  Blair and I will be hanging out at the Queen West Arts Crawl on Saturday at Trinity Bellwoods Park.  We won’t have a chance to air the episode until the event is over, so please check it out.  I went last year and it was so great.  I am looking forward to it even more now as I live so close by!  I’ll get to know the artists in my neighborhood.

Okay - that’s it for me.  Send in the photos of your stamped hands and please come and try to find us at the Queen West Arts Crawl this weekend.  If I see you and you tell me you came because I told you so, I’ll either give you fifty cents, or a big kiss on the cheek.  Wichever you choose.

See you around town guys!