Last Canadian Show for a Week

Last 2 Canadian shows for a week were in Toronto and St. Catharine's
Next up NYC, Brooklyn, and Rochester.
Set Lists (plural)
Toronto The Only Cafe May 19, 2001

Set 1                                                                Set 2
Animal                                                            Man On Fire
To Believe                                                      Conscious Man                                          
E-Dub                                                             Come Together (cover)
Dynamite (cover)                                            Day Waster
Further Down The Road                                 Celebrity Status
#22                                                                  Broadripple Is Burning (cover)
If You Could Read My Mind (cover)             What Are We Gonna Do When September Comes (cover)
Infinity 8                                                         All Too Easy
Pride                                                               Brick
                                                                       ENCORE:
                                                                       Peaches & Cream (cover)
                                                                       Waiting

St. Catharine's, ON Strega Cafe May 21, 2001

Set 1                                                                                                 Set 2
Man On Fire                                                                                     To Believe
E-Dub                                                                                               If You Could Read my Mind (cover)
Frenemies                                                                                         Concious Man
What Are We Gonna Do When September Comes (Cover)            Animal
Further Down The Road                                                                  Infinity 8
Celebrity Status                                                                                Dynamite (cover)
My Love (cover)
#22
Pride

There we are, some set lists.

So I asked Now, the music/art paper, to put in my Toronto show in their calendar. This is what was placed.

See it there? right above parts and labour?
Ya, well, it worked. Two people came in and said they saw it in Now.
Simplicity works.

The Only cafe is a cool little venue on Danforth, it's part cafe, part bar, part hostel.
Great staff. If I lived there I would hang out during my drinking time.
Good beer selection too.
Andre and Rob from Paint come buy for a listen.
They told me about when they were in Barrie last during there set a hot girl came up to the stage and gave Andre a note. after their last song they all huddle around the drum kit excited to check out what she wrote on the note.
It said:
"Neil Crowe neil@eyeswide.ca"
It was from me I was drunk at the bar chatting with the drummer earlier my girlfriend passed on my info.
Somewhat of a let down for the band I suppose.
I don't put out.


Strega Cafe has amazing food.
I didn't have many people, it is the May long weekend everyone is out camping, plus that little old thing about the end of the world....

Sing!

I cut my hair for the first time since last summer. 

good bye long shag.

You shall be missed. Kinda.

here's a song from Strega!

I still don't have a phone yet that access' the interweb. so my twitter account lies stale. I have accumulated 5 followers though. Little did they know that they would be following nothing. 

If any of you miscellaneous readers would like the chance to follow nothing for the time being go to @eyeswidemusic

 I have had some witty Seinfeld-esque observations the last couple days. If only I had the phone to twitter upon. My account would blow up to Ashton Kutcher levels.

"He's so clever" they would say "He's so real" they might also say. 

TEACHER TALE

I'm out on recess duty, kids be runnin' around as kids do. One lad, larger than most (his size does not matter to the story, just thought I'd mention it), drops down in front of me from the equipment with a large ripping sound. We both stand there looking at each other  and at the same time look down at the crotch of his pants where there is now a big 30 cm (or 1 foot for you yanks) tear in his pants showcasing his underwear. 

I can't help but burst out laughing. but quickly rein it in.

"Sorry dude, but that was funny," I say.

"it's ok I can just hold it." As he pushes the ripped part in between his pressed together thighs and tries to walk.

I say "No you should head to the office see if they can give you a new pair or close up the hole some how."

"No, I can just hold it," still trying to walk with his thighs glued together.

"Nope,  to the office." I insist.

He starts balling. 

I say "Don't worry man it's just a pair of pants, you won't get in trouble."

In between the sobs he says "I want to keep playing! It's not fair!"

THis kid doesn't care that he's flashing his underwear, or that he ripped his pants, or that a teacher was laughing at him in front of his friends, or even that his mom might be mad at him. He's crying because he has to stop playing tag.

So I says to the guy, I says, "Get to the office."

End scene.

-Neil

www.eyeswide.ca

I bought some CD's! So should you...namely mine.

05/12/11
Set List for The Music On Main Festival

To Believe
Man On Fire
Dynamite (cover)
Infinite 8
Day Waster
What Are We Gonna Do Come The Month Of September (cover)
Further Down The Road
Pride
Brick
Standing At The Podium (w/ Grant Boyer and Cameron Austin's drummer, Rick)

The turn out of this show was not great a lot of people didn't seem to know that there was a Festival kick off this night. but after I played I got a lot of positive praise. It made up for the lack of people.

As I said before I want to buy more CD's so far I have procured 3
Sam Roberts-Collider
Iron and Wine- (I don't remember the name, but's the new one)
and Grant Boyer- (also don't remember the name but it's a live CD recorded at The Groundswell a place I played a few months back)

The Sam Roberts CD is awesome I really recommend it. Great grooves interesting lyrics. A little saxophone heavy a times though which is new for them.

Iron and Wine. I haven't gotten into this one very much I'm used to his simple acoustic songs or three piece songs. This has horns strings and samples. so at first listen I wasn't into it I'll give it another try when I've got a long car ride.
Grant is  great singer and it's cool to hear him play this soft soulful songs, since his in quite a heavy band called Entropy. I like the little audio treats he put in a the end of the cd.

I just joined Twitter. I do not have a twitter friendly phone. So I don't know how beneficial it will be for me right now. anyways if you are into twitter find me at @eyeswidemusic

Computer is going to die and I am too lazy to find the charger.
Good Day.
-Neil
www.eyeswide.ca

Return of the alcohol and other less important things.

I can drink again.
It was a long month but I'm back on the sauce.
at 12:17am on May 1st I poured this beauty.

 The necessary equipment.

 The thick bottom glass is great, just like on a lady.

Oh, 40 Creek one day I will be your sponsor....

Short Teaching Tales

4 Square
It was stressed that you don't try to get anyone out.
A game where you pass a ball to other people in the 4 squares trying to advance to the fourth square.
The way you advance to the next square?
getting people out.
But you are not trying to get them out.
But you need to.
So ever time I would bounce the ball to a student making it difficult for them to return it, I would be in the wrong. But when the students whip the ball past me, they are in the right.
It's a stupid game.

Kids like to tell me that they know someone who is taller than me.
I guess they are putting me in my place. "Who does that guy think he is? Walkin' around all tall and stuff. Imma tell him what's what."
So this is my recent conversation.
Student is walking up to me in the hall.
"My cousin is bigger than you."
Great.
"Well my sister is bigger than you." I retort.
The lad looking defeated droops his head and says "I know."
"Oh ya? You've met my sister?"
Then he walks away.
Mr. Crowe 1, students 0.

Short Busking Tales

I've hit the side walk.
I'm playing to the masses.
I'm also hanging with my dog.

 Trail is my harmony

People so far have been quite courteous to my playing, sure there are folks ho walk to the other side of the street before they get to me, so they don't feel bad when they walk by not throwin' me change.
But you don't need to give me anything. People are allowed to just hang out and listen.

I must look homeless. A little girl came up to me with two boxes of dog treats.
I swear I'm not going to use the money on drugs. Just Whiskey.

I've seen a big fight in front of the Dollarama, and a crazy women was telling me how everyone is following her and trying to shut her up because they sell drugs and she doesn't. I felt bad for the elderly couple who walked past us at that moment.
So it's excitement on the corner and I get to play the theme music.

It seems college age boys like to laugh at me while they drive past. It's happened more than once. But on the plus side, I get extra long looks for the ladies driving by.
Take that college guy with your pink collared t-shirt and highlighted hair!

Told my mom my about my new side job as a street performer.
She was not happy.
"Uuugh, I've seen those guys around here. Why would you do that?"
Support to the bitter end.

It's good practice. I'm used to singing into a mic so I can sing soft and it projects. This is forcing me to belt out across the street, and across traffic. Very challenging for me, So I appreciate my time on the corner.

I've got a Festival to play tonight
The Music On Main Music Festival.
I'll be selling for the first time my Live at CHSR CD
I've decided to steal an idea from The Sons of York and put original art on the disc's. (I bought one from them that had Hawkman on it!) Everyone will be unique.
Here's a few pics:

If you want to see all of the ones I've drawn so far head to the Eyeswide Facebook Page
I'll be selling them for $5 half the price as my Full Length CD.

I've got some good shows coming up this month.
May 12 Cookstown, ON The Iron Horse
May 19 Toronto, ON The Only Cafe
May 21 St. Catherine's, ON Strega Cafe
May 26 New York, NY Piano's
May 27 New York, NY Kenny's Castaway's
May 29 Brooklyn, NY Freddy's Bar
May 30 Rochester, NY Boulder Coffee Co.

Maybe I will see a few of you blog readers there...

OK I believe the pile of dirty dishes are calling me or is that the Wii I can never tell.

-Neil
www.eyeswide.ca