Alrighty, so I haven't updated this mofo' in ages so this blog is gonna be hella haggard cause I can't remember much that has happened since I got back from Cali but I'll give'r a go anyways.
First thing I'll start out on is the Trapped Under Ice show that went down at Jesse Neul's house in Kelowna. The show was super hype and the kids basement was pretty much built to have shows in. I was surprised at the turnout cause there was actually quite a few kids there which is rare for Kelowna and house shows. For some reason Trapped Under Ice played first much to the dismay of Cam Brown and Jesse Pretty who had gone to 7-11 and missed their entire set. They played real good and everyone had a good time moshin and singing along in the little basement. The dudes in the band were all cool as well and hung out with everyone after the set. CDC played 2nd and to be honest I am not into that band at all I don't even know if they are a serious band or a joke (CDC if your reading this i'm sorry but i'm not down), regardless their set was still fun because everyone was jokingly bro moshin' super hard and being funny. Except Sean Cromie of course who was lovin' the band and showing us all how real bro mosh is done. Horizons played last and had a good set, I would love to see 100% more Cole "Knightrider" Young guitar solos though. After the show the Vernon crew and some Kelowna dudes all went to Kelly O's for some food and it was revealed to us that Connor had sustained a concussion at the hands (or should I say fists...yuk yuk yuk) of the bro mosh king Cromie. He was out of it and we all had a lark at his expense.
Ok, so I'm a little hazy on the next events that happened in the summer but the next big thing that I can recall are Katt and her friends from Edmonton coming to Vernon to visit. They came to Vernon and camped at some random ass campsite I hadn't even heard of in the middle of the woods. We didn't really hang much but we did assemble a large crew and make our way out to Enderby to float down the river. The people that came included me, Connor, Ramsay, Derrek, Katt, Jessica, Danyell, Nikki, Grant, James, Damian and Ryan. Dave and Haley were also supposed to come but pulled a real wuss move and backed out last minute, weeeeeeeeeak. The float was good and after we all went for ice cream which was delicious. We then went back to Vernon (ditching some Kelowna guy no one knew in the process, smooth driving Con!) and Connor, Ramsay and I went to hang with the Edmonton girls at their campsite. In the morning we met up with them again and went to the good ol' Waddy's restaurant for breakfast, and if you haven't I would highly encourage you to go have a meal at the 5 star establishment that Waddy's has set up in Vernon. Minters is all I can say. After the meal we said our goodbyes and that was the last we saw of Edmonton females.
On a very important side note, I did NOT have the hairiest chest out of the river float crew. That title belongs to the fine gentlemen known as Derrek Traxel.
The next thing I am going to talk about is Brownfest 2008 because I remember it quite well and everything in between is a bit hazy. I'm sure some rad stuff happened I just can't remember it at the moment.
Brownfest 08 was a show put on by non other than Cam Brown himself. The bands that were playing were Scarab, Crusades, Vile Style and Foul Play. Poops Brown really outdid himself when searching for a venue and found a dancehall in Westbank that is perfect for shows, although it is a bit of a drive from Vernon. We got to the show and spent a good hour waiting around for some of the Kelowna dudes to go back to their place and get a bass cab. Once they got back we found out that Scarab wasn't actually going to play cause they didn't have their shit on lock so instead Crusades set up their stuff. They let everyone know that it would most likely be their last show as a band for awhile and I expected Kelowna to be super down and mosh hard since it was their last time being able to see them and unsurprisingly, I was let down. The only kid(s) moshing were Connor, Lindsay and me which I thought was pretty weak (a hefty Kelowna fellow also moshed for a bit near the end, props to him). After they finished Vile Style set up. The Vile Style set was a blast, Mark their guitarist is one rowdy dude and had a bunch of props for the set. They ranged from zombie masks, to blow up guitars, to giant foam peaches. The set was fun and everyone was playing around hitting each other with all the props. Foul Play played last and all doned full soccer uni's for the set. Ill. Mark also played guitar for them and had more zany ideas which resulted in everyone playing with more props and having more fun. Once they finished everyone sang happy birthday to Harry, the drummer from Vile Style and Mark brought out a bag full of donuts he found in the dumpster of a Surrey Krispy Kreme. It doesn't get more hood than that folks. We all went to Boston Pizza after the show and enjoyed a meal. Everyone hates on BP for some reason but I think it is wonderful and would eat their all the time if it didn't make me so fat.
After we finished with that we headed back to Vernon and Hunter came along for the ride and stayed with us for the next couple days. Having him around was a very minty time and we got up to quite a bit. We went out to my cabin and hung out with my cousin and her friends who I don't know and roasted hot dogs. I took on the first ever Mississauga Mauler that night (a hot dog with an entire can of pop poured on it) and did not enjoy it what so ever. Other highlights of Hunter's stay included Cam Brown hyping Date Rape, watching Nick Gibson peform on his acoustic (http://www.myspace.com/wesaynever MINTERS!), hanging in Kelowna and singing BRO-O-CO! TA-A-CO! It was a good time to say the least.
That is all for now, I also went on a fishing trip but I am going to cover that in a later blog. Which will probably happen later today. HURRAY!
- Dan
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