Showcase Showdown

On Thursday night my brother's band (Coldwater Road), played their hearts out

in their Peak Performance Project showcase at Fortune Sound Club.

'Twas a Dark and Stormy Night...

Things are still pretty busy-

I haven't (really) been swimming, or cleaning my place, or cooking, as on the rare occasion that I find myself home from school at a reasonable hour, I'm choosing to relax on the couch instead. Choices. I figure I have about another month until I (might) get my life back. In the mean time, with this horrible rainy (and cold) weather, I thought I might show you a cozy (and VERY easy) recipe I made a few times before I left London. Yes, the chick pea obsession continues...

This one is also a Vij's specialty: Vij's Green Onion Chickpea Curry.

I would suggest you follow this link (with more tomatoes and less salt) as I found the original a little salty.

If you're waiting to see pictures from the wedding, don't worry, you haven't missed them. I'm waiting for the bride to get home from her honeymoon. That's fair right?

If you're in the Vancouver area, there's lots of music to see in the next 14 days. Patrick's band is doing a fundraisor at the Biltmore on Thursday night (see poster below), next Thursday is his Peak Performance Project Showcase (click the link for tickets), and next friday you can catch The Deep Dark Woods (see THIS post) in town.

Coldwater Road and the Peak Performance Project.

Consider this a quick post of me exercising my rights to brag as a proud older sister...

What am I about to boast about? My brother Patrick's band, Coldwater Road (I've mentioned them before here) has just been named one of the top twenty B.C. Bands chosen for The Peak Performance Project.

While Pat downplays how awesome this feat is, it really does show that hard work and perseverance (not to mention obvious talent) can pay off.

While the project grants amazing opportunities to budding artists, I think the greatest overall benefit is the momentum the bands will experience (okay, as well as the air time on The Peak 102.7FM). The project has a carefully planned progression, throughout which, the top twenty will work their tails off on stage, in boot camps, fine tuning their craft, creating proposals, and learning how to market themselves all with the aim of making it to the Top 5 in November. Although I'll miss out on the initial July concert, I'm so happy I'll be home when things really begin to heat up.

Congratulations to Pat and the Band!

Follow their journey, and keep your fingers crossed! You can also check out their website and listen to their music here. 

The Ripper Tour / Pat's New Video.

Last night I absolutely froze my buns off. I left a group tutorial and headed to Tower Hill to meet one of my work friends (and the group of CW students she was with) to join in on a 'Jack the Ripper Tour'. For those who don't know, the weather in the UK has been playing tricks on us all winter long. Just when you get your hopes up that it's starting to warm up, the temperature drops drastically. Yesterday was one of those days. BRRRRRRRR!!!

The Ripper Tour was fantastically gruesome, but I was too cold to be scared. Brick Lane was dark and eery. I think the kids really enjoyed it.

I'm sure you realize that Jack was never caught right? The case is still considered open, but due to the lack of forensic evidence at the time, it makes things very difficult. What is really strange is that the killings just stopped.

Some say he died.

Others say he simply tired of the slaying and chose a new career path....

Hmm...

Alright, enough about Jack. I'm actually writing to share something I'm very excited about. I got home absolutely frozen, quickly made dinner (at 11:30pm), had a hot bath, and received a message from my brother with a link to his new video. I'm so excited about it because I thought (you can be the judge) that it was completely awesome. They produced it up at the ranch a few weeks ago. For those just tuning in, the band is called COLDWATER ROAD. Press the link to check out their website / Calendar of shows etc.

Have a look:




What are you up to this fine Thursday? I went for a swim this morning, did some laundry, (am clearly currently distracted by the blog), and hope to work a little on my paper, before heading to work with a group of 'young carers' on an art project.

After that, I'm looking forward to hanging out in the neighbourhood with a tall drink of water I had the pleasure of meeting last weekend (AB- that little puzzle is just to keep your mind wandering, while you wait for that baby of yours!).

I'm curious what everyone thinks of Pat's new video. PRETTY PLEASE, press the comment link below and let me / him know.