The Kiltlifters

Kiltlifters - west coast ska hosers

Monday, June 26, 2006

Vancouver - last show of the Puke 'n Rally tour

At least 3 puke 'n rallies happened on this tour. Aww yeah!


After a stunning drive through the Rockies and (good ol') BC -- where we shaved about 2 hours off of the expected driving time, and rallied Wendy's for lunch for one last heroic time -- we arrived in Vancouver and freshened up at Bobbi Jo's apartment before getting to the Railway Club... just in time to watch the last few minutes of the Oilers 4-0 win in Game 6. Calls for a beer, so more Big Rock Trad did we drink.

This show was the Elixxxirs CD release party, and they played a great show, sold tons of CDs, and brought tons of friends. The opening band - The Golden Wedding Band - was very cool. Live dixieland! Yeeeeah!

Tons of friends came out for the show: Jer and Elyse (thanks for the graduation card, avec the nakedness), Naomi, Nate, Keesha, Kirsten, Dr. Tre (nice freestyle session), Tre's cravers, many of the Karmacanix including drunk Sean, April and Chelsea (who would have been killed by Bobbi Jo if they didn't show up, I realize), our crazy Czech friend, Irish and Austrailian girls, and Mexican cockblockers.

Thanks to Peter and Ila for hosting the afterparty...keep it rockin' till the break of dawn.

The ferry ride home always leads to much contemplative time. That, and burgers and stale tap water. As these brief posts have shown, perhaps the best part of touring is all the people you meet or get reacquainted with. The scenery is great, the music rallies hard, but the people really drive the memories.

We Kiltlifters will see y'all at Skafest.

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