'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.

The Deep Dark Woods.

Image from here

August has been fun, as I've recently been catching up with a friend I hadn't been in contact with for ten years. As we were comparing notes, and updating each other on our lives, we realized that our siblings shared a common love of music. I was telling him about Pat's band, Coldwater Road (and their upcoming tour), when he chimed in that his brother was on tour also. It turns out his brother's band is one of my brother's favourites (yes, Patrick was very thrilled). The band is called The Deep Dark Woods. You've probably heard of them already, as I'm usually the last to get the memo (apparently I need to get out more), but I thought I'd share this little discovery in case you hadn't. 

As I would never consider myself a music aficianado, classifying a band into a genre is always difficult for me. Like Patrick's band, there's a country / folk-rock sound, but don't quote me on this! Did I mention they're awesome? They are awesome. I've purchased a few of the songs on itunes already, and just noticed tonight that there are a few live concerts available for download on their website.

**Note: I'm too tired to figure out why there is a box around the first two paragraphs and not the one below, so please ignore. Back to the band...

They contributed an original song "Charlie's (Is Coming Down)", to CBC Radio 2's Great Canadian Song Quest (2009), and were nominated for Roots and Traditional Group Album of the Year at the 2012 Junos. In September, they will be in Nashville, as they were recently nominated for Emerging Artist of the Year at this year's Americana Music Awards.

This is my favourite song so far...


 

Here they are looking sharp at this year's Juno Awards:

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If you like their sound, visit their website to download some music and check out their tour dates (I wish I'd had a heads up when they were in Vancouver on August 11th).

Wow, look at me, another music post. I warned you that I had no idea what direction this blog might take! 

Thanks again for visiting.