Ruby, Kirk, Paula and I are jumping into a borrowed Saturn Vue and heading in a 4-car caravan to Corner Brook. We’re making mixed CDs and finishing RPM projects and printing posters and polishing the gear for our shows this weekend. The energy of the ECMAs has made it’s way right down to The Battery – I could see it in Angie’s eyes this morning.
The times and dates of our scheduled shows are listed on the poster above (thanks Shaun) plus there is a possibility that there are 2 more happening. I’ll keep you posted.
I’ll update this as much as I can but make sure to check out Ruby’s blog at The Signal - she’s sure to be more on the ball.
So we just took a look at our calendar and realized that we’re pretty booked up for the next few months.
We do have some more tentative dates in March and April but we’ll post those when they’re confirmed.
Here’s what we have so far:
21 Feb 2009 The Dock w/ The Idlers St. John’s, Newfoundland
26 Feb 2009 ECMA MUSICNL Stage Corner Brook, Newfoundland
28 Feb 2009 ECMA Mightypop No-Case Corner Brook, Newfoundland
7 Mar 2009 Let’s Rock Poverty – EWB St. John’s, Newfoundland
20 Mar 2009 The Dock w/ Stereotype St. John’s, Newfoundland
21 Mar 2009 The Dock w/ Stereotype St. John’s, Newfoundland
17 Apr 2009 The Ship w/ Kujo St. John’s, Newfoundland
To book The Subtitles, send an email to info@thesubtitlesmusic.com
Only a month away and the fun of going to Corner Brook for a weekend to drown in music, musicians and the characters they attract is already taking a good portion of my thinkings.
Over the next few weeks we’ll be writing about what’s going on:
For every showcase there’s a no case:
The team at Mighypop (responsible for bringing in some of the most ridiculously good acts Town has seen in ages) have put together a brilliant 4 days/nights of music including bands such as Matt Mays, The Superfantastics, The Pathological Lovers, Idlers, The Subtitles (!!!!), Sleepless Nights, Sherman Downey… I’ll just post the schedule:
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MIGHTYPOP and CORNER BROOK MUSIC present
MIGHTYPOP HEART THE ECMAS – no cases
All shows take place at the brand new
BLACK THORN STICK CAFE, 7 Broadway Street
Corner Brook, NL
http://www.blackthornstickcafe.com
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26
19+ – $5 or free with ECMA laminant*
8PM CODON (nl)
9PM CHRIS PICCO (nl)
10PM SHARE (ns)
11PM RUTH MINNIKIN (nb)
12AM SLEEPLESS NIGHTS (ns)
1AM SMOTHERED IN HUGS (pe)
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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27
19+ – $5 or free with ECMA laminant*
8PM NORMA MACDONALD (ns)
9PM SHERMAN DOWNEY (nl)
10PM PAT DEIGHAN & THE ORB WEAVERS (pe)
11PM LES DOMESTICS (nl)
12AM A/V (ns)
1AM PATHOLOGICAL LOVERS (nl)
2AM ELECTROTHIAC THERAPIE (ns)
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28
TWO SHOWS! $5 each or free with ECMA laminant*
ALL AGES SHOW!
Produced by Flying Rat
All ages show runs from 1PM-7:30PM
MYLES DECK & THE FUZZ (ns)
CLASS WAR KIDS (nl)
…FROM OUTER SPACE (nl)
THE NUCLEAR (nb)
THE MOTORLEAGUE (nb)
THE SATANS (nl)
EVENING SHOW 19+
9PM GYPSOPHELIA (ns)
10PM RYAN COOK & SUNNY ACRES (ns)
11PM AL TUCK (pe)
12PM SUPERFANTASTICS (ns)
1AM TOMCAT COMBAT (ns)
2AM THE SUBTITLES (nl)
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SUNDAY MARCH 1
SPECIAL AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE – ALL AGES
MATT MAYS solo
DOORS AT 1PM — ALL AGES
$20 – advance tickets on sale Friday, February 13th at
Brewed Awakening, 35 West Street
and Black Thorn Stick Cafe, 7 Broadway
(Capacity is limited)
SUNDAY MARCH 1
CLOSING PARTY!
FREE TO ALL (19+) 10PM
STARTING AFTER THE ECMA AWARDS SHOW,
THE FINAL DANCE PARTY OF THE WEEKEND
LIVE ‘PARTY MUSIC’ BY THE IDLERS & THE KREMLIN
with indie-DJ sets by DJ BONES
*Admission for ECMA laminant holders will be based on capacity. Arrive early.
Sherman Downey – or Sherm Sherm as I like to refer to him – is the undisputed Prince of Corner Brook. Any given weekend finds him playing for the healthiest of crowds in the healthiest of towns (seriously, everyone from CB is pretty fit) and he’s a pretty good guy to boot. His style is Paul Simon eats Mason Jennings with a set-up that ranges from 2 guitars to a 6-piece folk barrage and his songs are innocent to the point where you want to sit on the floor in front of him and play dinkys while swaying back and forth in glee.
Sherman is finishing an album that should be out and around by the summer and I’m sure he’ll be a ring leader of sorts when the ECMAs hit Corner Brook at the end of February.
