This just in

[annathepiper]

The GBS mailing list informs its readers that the B'ys will be touring Canada this fall to celebrate their current album--but it mentions further down that the band plans to take an extended break in 2005. Hrmm. Hrmm.

This news makes the idea of going to the October 1st show in Vancouver very, very tempting. I shall have to mull this, and quickly. Especially if I am going to have to suffer a Newfoundlander shortage next year! Even the eagerly anticipated all-trad next GBS album might not be enough to tide me over if I have to go without a concert.

Comments

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

I heard one of their songs on the radio the other day and it was really pretty, different from what I expected!

[annathepiper]

Oh cool. Do you by any chance remember the title? Or any snippets of notable lyrics that might actually help me identify what ditty it was? :)

I'm given to understand that the current single off the current album is "Shines Right Through Me", to which I am very partial indeed.

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

it was probably 'shines right through me'. I don't think it was a super alternative station though it could have been out of bellingham (I was driving from canada to the us but was definitely on the us side and I'm pretty sure it was dark out, so I was pretty close to home by then, but I don't think it was KEXP, which could have been playing anything).

I thought the title only had three words in it but since I just heard it and didn't see it written, I know my retention is actually pretty low for what it was ('shines right through' only has three words and I could have just dropped one in my head).

it was nice!

[annathepiper]

*beam* I'm pleased you like it! The new album is more pop-oriented than Celtic trad as they are trying to make a dent in the American market--but the next album they're putting out is going back to the trad, as a nod to their veteran fans who got pulled in by that side of their music in the first place. :)

That said--the current album is a better pop effort than their last one, and "Shines Right Through Me" is one of my favorites off of it. The title track, "Something Beautiful", is also liquidly gorgeous. :D I hope that one gets some airplay down here too.

[seimaisin.livejournal.com]

I know! I saw that the Winnipeg show is on a Saturday night, and that definitely means road trip for me. ;) Hell, if I have the time and money, I might head for Thunder Bay, too. Depends on how crazy I feel. :)

[annathepiper]

How far away from you is Thunder Bay? Are we talking mega-crazy length of road trip? ;) I'm willing to drive 2-3 hours to go see the B'ys, but farther than that... hee hee!

[seimaisin.livejournal.com]

Hee ... I have a far more liberal definition of 'road trip', it seems. ;) I spent way too many years driving between St. Louis and Kansas City, so anything less than four hours is now "oh, wait, we're there ALREADY?"

Winnipeg is about 7 hours; Thunder Bay, 5, I think. I drive 7 hours to either Kansas City or Chicago a couple of times a year, so I consider that a perfectly legitimate driving distance. But, then again, I'm one of those weird folks who loves to drive long distances. (Maybe I should take up trucking? Bound to be more interesting than being a secretary.) ;)

[annathepiper]

Heh! Yes, you definitely have a more liberal definition of "road trip" than I do--though I think this may be a factor of me having this niggling sense of responsibility saying "well gosh, I can't take off that amount of time just to go see a CONCERT". ;)

This would be one of the things I'd like about becoming a Real Writer(TM). Perhaps I would be able to travel more!

As for trucking, well, another friend of mine actually did that! I respect the hell out of her for it, too. She was in the computer industry, like me--and got laid off, like me. So she said "screw it, I'm going to be a trucker", went and got herself trained, and now she's hauling cargo all over the country.

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

I *really* should get myself on that mailing list. but then i guess i don't need to since you always post when stuff comes in. :) i guess Joe will be putting a copy up in the newsletter section eventually.

[annathepiper]

Well, this wasn't an official GBS newsletter, just an "upcoming tour announcement" kind of thing. The mailing list sends the newsletters around, too, but they do more than that--tour announcements and other interesting news as it comes in. :)

But yeah, it's good to get GBS mail hot off the presses!

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

This news makes the idea of going to the October 1st show in Vancouver very, very tempting.

we have two spare bedrooms with queensize beds in them, and another room that camping mattresses can be put in. lots of room for Seattleites coming northward for GBS goodness. :)

[annathepiper]

I shall definitely remember that! I am thinking I will definitely need this show, especially if I am likely to still be unemployed by then--but then, if I am still unemployed, I can make a more leisurely journey of it and won't have to worry about zooming up there and back as fast as possible. :) Thanks for the mention, hon!

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

1 October is a Friday night. so if you were working you might have to duck out an hour early, but you wouldn't have to zoom right back.

[annathepiper]

Duly noted! I'm thinking I'm going to have to hit this show.