Myspace: work AAA holic
September 11, 2008
work AAA holic
Current mood: anxious
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
summer vacation is officially over!
before i get carried away typing, my official business is to announce our australian headline dates in january 2009:
AN HORSE will be joining us!!! www.myspace.com/anhorse
also, THE JEZABELS! www.myspace.com/jezabelsband
Jan 8 - Sydney, Metro Theatre - Licensed / All Ages
Jan 9 - Melbourne, Palace Theatre - 18+
Jan 11 - Adelaide, HQ - Licensed / All Ages
Fan presale will run for 24 hrs.
Starting at 12 noon, Wed Sept 17 and finishing at 12 noon Thu Sept 18
General sale opens at 9am on Fri Sept 19
Pre-sale password: CALLITOFF
Sydney & Melbourne: http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=TEGANSAR09
Adelaide: http://www.venuetix.com.au/teganandsara/
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ALSO, our new video for "call it off" will debut on AOL spinner on monday september 15th!
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and FINALLY, the second show in nyc (october 6) is now officially a part of the amnesty international's "small places tour". purchasing tegan and sara merchandise will benefit the charity directly!
http://www.amnesty.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights-anniversary/small-places
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i started having work dreams last night. mostly these involve me and all of the members of my extended family in a van. the kind of van where plotting your escape route is essential. the kind of van where cigarette burns scar the inside of the windows and make you think of seagull shit rotting. the kind of van where seat belts would only impede your body's quick exit when the wheels stopped turning. the kind of van where a petri dish of danger and disease mix with wild abandon. so imagine that van. then imagine me, my band and crew, my extended family and the occasional natural disaster in the rear view mirror...
The truth is, subconscious fear of forced intimacy and serious vehicular accidents aside, we don't even tour in a van anymore. (!!!) And all extended family is forced into the cargo bays of our tour bus. i actually feel wildly excited about the prospect of air conditioning being shuttled through my sleeping lungs. the sound of ted's body being thrown into the bunk above me and the click clack of his ipod selections echoing down the vertical corridor we share with nine other adults...like summer camp with the dangers of excessive interstate speeding! im tired of independance! im ready for communal living!
the fabulous ladies of "northern state" once told us a detailed account of attending a liberal arts college in which nudity was legally permitted when cooking for roommates. fact: i have managed to go almost TEN years without seeing a band/crew/fan/co-worker in any state of undress. except when we went watersliding in edmonton last fall. but i was hella depressed, and can't even remember the nudity and tube rash adorning most of our bodies.
time for band rehearsals. i am packing up my vacation life...goodbye bike, goodbye 36 san pellegrino glass bottles used for apartment bowling on lonely weekend nights, goodbye strange seasonal neighbor who painted a clown/totem pole crying on his front door last night, goodbye wet socks and snowy bunny ear tv channels, goodbye plants that grow no matter what neglect and damage is suffered under searing sunny afternoon skies, goodbye tower of summer reads (highlights: "atmospheric disturbances" by rivka galchen..."bottomless belly button" by dash shaw...."against interpretation and other essays" by susan sontag...) goodbye hot nights and bender sessions of the savage love podcast on itunes (dan savage i love you), goodbye montreal.
looking so forward to touring with 'girl in a coma' and 'city and color'. looking so forward to seeing all of you. looking forward to the spastic panic of rehearsals out west...and learning some serious classics from the vault (and late 90's). looking forward to hearing your hands making clapping noises. looking forward to wearing a jacket again.
soon,
skq
Currently reading :
Against Interpretation and Other Essays
By Susan Sontag