Chromeo Day 9, Toronto, ON
So today is relaxed. Got up, headed over to the amazing Manic coffee, then over to Aunties & Uncles (sound familiar?) and then back to Manic again (yes!) before heading over to Club Muzik to set up.
Club Muzik is not a music venue. It's where rich metrosexuals hang out and flaunt their money, and it's so not our scene. Apparently, to get a booth with a couch costs $1000 plus a 6 bottle (yes, bottle) minimum. Ridiculous. To top it off, things weren't really running that smoothly, so it was sort of miraculous that we were able to soundcheck at all. We had a few hours to kill til showtime, so we went back to the hotel after, got some dinner and went back to the hotel bar for a bit where I was able to practice my Russian language skills with the bartender, who was shocked and amazed, and somewhat impressed. It was with great sadness that we left to go back to the disaster of a venue...
The show was good, the kids loved it, but it took a lot of work. When a venue is this poor and badly run, it's really frustrating and really hard to power through. It had to happen though, and it did, and we got out as fast as possible.
By the time we were back at the hotel, it was 3am. We have a show in Montreal tomorrow. Load in is at 1pm. Montreal is 6hrs away. That means 3 hours of sleep and back on the road... Argh.
Club Muzik is not a music venue. It's where rich metrosexuals hang out and flaunt their money, and it's so not our scene. Apparently, to get a booth with a couch costs $1000 plus a 6 bottle (yes, bottle) minimum. Ridiculous. To top it off, things weren't really running that smoothly, so it was sort of miraculous that we were able to soundcheck at all. We had a few hours to kill til showtime, so we went back to the hotel after, got some dinner and went back to the hotel bar for a bit where I was able to practice my Russian language skills with the bartender, who was shocked and amazed, and somewhat impressed. It was with great sadness that we left to go back to the disaster of a venue...
The show was good, the kids loved it, but it took a lot of work. When a venue is this poor and badly run, it's really frustrating and really hard to power through. It had to happen though, and it did, and we got out as fast as possible.
By the time we were back at the hotel, it was 3am. We have a show in Montreal tomorrow. Load in is at 1pm. Montreal is 6hrs away. That means 3 hours of sleep and back on the road... Argh.
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