*Our view from the toilet in the basement
Last Saturday night the Panic Manual crew crashed a NXNE after-party at Henri Faberge’s (of the Adorables) house. The first thing that sprung to mind as soon as we walked in the door: “Where did the dude put all his furniture?”
The party was fully hopping by the time we arrived around 1:00 with a regular rotation of bands in the basement, three beer for $10, a DJ in the living room and cute girls in sundresses standing on the stairs waiting to use the bathroom. What more could you ask for?
In the basement, AKA “The Deathtrap”, we caught sets by Hooded Fang, Steamboat, and Gravity Wave. Our tasteless jokes about foundation problems, the potential for the ceiling to cave in and the lack of possible fire escape routes successfully alienated any and everyone seated near us. Oops. Funny how the three bands I saw in the basement of a house on Bathrust Street sounded better than the last two shows I have seen at the El Mo.
We attempted to give away a carved wooden owl to anyone who passed by us, chatted with historyjen and tried to convince Hot Panda to move to Toronto.
All in all, good times were had by all. I can’t remember the last time I left a party and the sun was rising. On our way out we met these guys chilling in their band-van. They’re from the states and called Prizzy Prizzy Please. Have a listen to their song Campfire Girls Weekend Party on their myspace page. It’s worth while.
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Horaayy..there are 4 comment(s) for me so far ;)
Henri Faberge also thought Wade and Ricky looked like “a bunch of jocks”.
Actually, my blanket statement was that the Steamwhistle crew are “a bunch of jocks.” Which was obviously in jest. Ever see one of those guys try to run to catch a bus? Though I did find our beer delivery man pissing in our alleyway.
FYI, our basement is known as the ARMPIT.
HDWF xo
Hey Henri,
Sorry – I am known for misquoting. I zing SW on a regular basis so maybe that’s why I wanted to think you were calling them jocks.
Your house is 10 minutes away from mine and my plaster ceiling is now falling off. Maybe you’d rent out the ARMPIT.
Thanks Henri. We had a good laugh over the jock comment. Your basement is a cool spot.
Thanks for having us over.