SIMON’S MUSTELA NIGRIPES BADASS BADGERY SALACIOUS SKULLDUGGERY VULTURE CLAN WIZARDRY BLOG!

These are some lyrics from a tune that hasn’t been played by the ‘bastards’. I wrote it a long time ago and stumbled upon it this morning going through my book.

OUT OF TIME - x.

So tell me you don’t know. You talk a big game and I never seem to know what to say. Such clever things never came my way. The only thing I ever took from my friend was to play the game like it was mine, and to never look back. I will leave all pride behind. I will leave all glory aside.

The only thing I ever took was from a friend who said to play the game like it was mine.

Thief. Mess. Charmer. Menace. Oh lord what a waste just to sample a simple taste that ends in an awkward delivery. So I’m left with these words that I couldn’t describe to anybody but you. I will send them to you across the oceans so when we meet again we will remember every little detail about every little detail.

The only thing I ever took was from a friend who said to play the game like it was mine.

It shouldn’t matter but will always remain important someway or another. I can’t make one decision from another so will I ever have the answer again? To my friend. I love you. And the only things that matter. To my friend, I’ll take the only thing that mattered. To my friend, we’ll keep ours only to us, where we can only understand. To my friend, I will never hate but will regret.

The only thing I will remember was from my friend who said, “I’m getting good at cheating at the game”.

SIMONx.

MISS SCARLETT

We played a show with Miss Scarlett last Friday with our good friends Barf, Pigeons! Miss Scarlett is composed of two front women followed by a backing guitarist and drummer.  The two front women play a brilliant image of the ‘odd couple’; One of them plays the part of the awkward, shy, cute, yet determined musician while the other plays the sultry, sexy, and playful tease. It somehow works so well because of their contrast onstage. Yet meeting them seemed somewhat of a very more ‘professional’  introduction. They merely act both their parts. A very well rehearsed act.

My wife, Alessia and I watched their show in awe. I didn’t get up once to move and didn’t utter a word until their set was done. At some points the band had such a large sound that they could have had a backing band of 10 other people and would sound just as amazing. I hope that we cross paths with them again in the future. I’m backing them.

SIMONx.

Wait for it…..

SIMONX.

This man died at 71 today. This man was gold. Go to Youtube and check out his bit on religion. Hilarious.

Simonx.

If I were ever to walk past you again, well I never would have given up(to be free of mind , not as in quit). Give my things to charity, buy myself a drink without regrets on my decisions on anything. I’m sure we’ve done some stupid shit enough to kill the joke but to still keep the memory alive; It’s all I hope to know. All I hear is the deafening sound of panic to my ears…Have I forgotten what say? Have I lost what I have become? The anticipation has gone away in all of its possibilities.Too glamoured, self pretentious, like a burning fire reminds me what it felt like to sleep tired and alone. I’ll watch the bands(I love) give it all they’ve got, it’s their honesty in the songs I never had the heart/courage to write. So i’m singing loud, out of tune. The sound resonates until I’m saying what I’m really thinking, a sound throughout the world. All I scream is the deafening sound of panic to my ears…..Have I forgotten what to say?

SIMONx.

I’m just searching for a little bit of home right now. I’m lost along lost roads and panicking. It’s the thought of everything numbing out, the thought of everything dumbing down. Where our world is slowly getting smaller. And all we care are about the wrong things and we laugh at it so unconsciencly it becomes blindingly visible. Doesn’t it hurt your stomach when you can’t do nothing about it? They keep saying that it’s the devils way out. They keep saying that we’re all waiting for something.

Benny Hinn is telling me that we’re going to be saved. He’s asking for your cash. He’s asking for your faith. The transparancy is god awful, there’s contradiction afloat. We’re going to force ourselves into so much more. He’s telling me I can’t fuck my man. She’s asking them why she can’t love her woman. You’re selling our trust and so we run from the things we believe in. God, are you listening?

I know what they’re telling me. Is this really how I feel? Is this what I’m supposed to be? I know I’ve got no home so take this soul and sent it to hell. Off to hell…

- SIMON[X]

ST CATHERINES @ THE BOVINE.

Last Friday, our old drummer Eric took us out to see a Blue Jays game. We sat fourteen rows right behind the catcher. It was the best seats any of us have ever had in any sports game. I would count this as my second time going. After the game Sean and I went to go see The St.Catherines and Yesterday’s Ring play at The Bovine Sex Club. We made it just in time for St. Catherines to play and sure enough they tore their set apart. After, we got to hang out with Marc-Andre(one of the three guitartists) and we got invited to smoke a joint with most of the other guys. They were all really nice and we just hung around until Yesterday’s Ring played. Without a doubt, they tore through there set as well and I must say that Hugo, singer of St. Catherines and Yesterday’s Ring, took the part of dirty, crusty punk rocker to classy sneaky buinessman, respectively from one band to the other. Plus the Elvis sunglasses added a touch of ‘fuck you, pay me’ rapper attitude. Epic.

After the show, we met up with Sullz, who interviewed us on Punk Radio Cast, and he ended up introducing us to George Stroumboulopoulos, who he produces George’s show for Edge 102.1. Sullz made quite the introduction for us, saying nothing but good things for us and about our band. George demanded a CD so I said I’d send them a cd with some merch. I’d be really excited to get some radioplay through him. I had also mentioned to him that I was a big fan of ‘The Hour’ but I can’t quite feel like it came off a bit chessy in the end. I must also add that George is quite the ladies’ man.

 - SIMON [X]

I woke up a couple days ago to hear a helicopter whizzing by my house constantly. It was annoying the shit out of me so I just got up and made myself some breakfast. I would hear this stupid helicopter flying by every so often and because it was so low to the ground, it wasn’t something you could just ignore. An hour goes by and my mother calls and tells me not to leave the house. ‘Why?’ I asked. Just outside of my court, there was a shooting that took place. Funny enough, the house that was the crime scene happened to be my friends old house. Anyways, the helicopter was flying by to locate two fellows that committed the crime. The wrap sheet is as follows:

A man dressed up in a delivery uniform walked to the house and knocked on the door looking for a certain someone. As the person approached the door, the ‘delivery’ guy shoots the other guy point blank and takes off.

I won’t lie, I was pretty fucking scared knowing two gun-wielding fellows were running away on my street. I stayed in my house for about another hour until my friends called me saying it was safe to come out. I walked outside to see a bunch of neighbors checking out the crime scene. SWAT team was there, forensics was there and even some detective who looked like Dick Tracy was there. My whole street was cut off from the public and the people that lived in my street couldn’t come in. I have no idea who lives there but whoever does must have had a pretty bad disagreement.  There’s a cop on watch 24 hours at the house will yellow band crime-scene tape all over it. WHATSUPWITDAT??

SIMON[X].

…..or not. I was curious as to what ever happened to our video that we shot for the song ‘SOS’. It was late night getting that video done cause that day I was up north. On our way back, my homie lost his keys and thus a chain reaction was born. No keys, no ride, no dice. I ended up making it to the shoot 2 hours late, but really, there was nothing I could do about it. I rushed back with friends of friends who came from Toronto just to bring us back.

The guys making the video were so adamant about making SOS, I’d rather have done ‘Add Fuel To The Fire’ since it was shorter but they really wanted to make SOS the next big thing.

The directors were out to make the video into a party video with skateboarding. That was there one and only idea. I am all for partying and skateboarding but our music has nothing to do with either, so why subject ourselves to that? We’re not Avril Lavigne. I came up with some ideas of how to shoot some of the shots for the video and the directors seemed less enthusiastic about it but were nodding there heads. So we shot the video with the couple of bulletin points I had. Besides that, our meeting kept getting delayed before the shoot and we ended up wanting to scrap the project because we had other options as well and foremost, I hate standing around and waiting for something when we could could simply be doing other stuff to keep ourselves occupied. But things got rolling slowly and we had a final day to shoot this video. I could have not been more disapointed; There was a backdrop, a couple of lights and one video camera on a tripod stand. These guys work for a huge film company. I think everyone that was there couldn’t have waited to leave that shoot. After it was done, we meddled around and parted ways with handshakes. They are my friends first and foremost…

I was lurking around facebook and happened to stumble upon this:

“I have done a few projects over the past year and the most memorable one was for all the wrong reasons. I tried to shoot a music video for friends only to find that they did not care about the project. THIS IS YOUR BAND!!! If you don’t care then I certainly don’t! Plus your music ain’t so great. Sorry to break it to you!

This is a new year and I am a new person. I used to be so helpful! If you dont appreciate what I am doing for YOU, then I will tell you in no uncertain terms to go fuck yourself! Got it? Good!”

Wow! We got no grudges over here but those are some harsh words. Safe to say, that music video will never see the light of day.

- SIMON [X].

It’s only until this band that I have realized that you’ve got to do something you love and you have to give it everything or else it’s not going to be anything at all.  I can’t understand people who simply do things they say they love or sit on a job for years on end and coast through life just to wait for that weekend to start or to get that big raise without really putting yourself into it.  If your not going to give it all you got, then don’t bother with it at all.  If you do something you love, especially it be art, then you should be constantly working to be outdoing yourself and continuing to improve your skills as an artist. I see friends and strangers who say they want to be in a band or want to be the next big director but it’s almost pathetic to see that when you say you love something and do it half-assed, well, nothing will ever come out of it, or you’ll just become another run-of-the-mill group. I don’t want to be just another downloadable band used for peoples discretion. I want  people to sit and clearly listen to why we say the things that we say, to do the things that we do. Maybe some people might not agree but I’d rather it be talked about rather than not mentioned at all. We say the things that are important and we play the music we want to play with no apologies. We work hard and give it everything we got. Woodbridge is definelty known to produce some shitty bands(excluding Crookedhook because they can only get better. Dave works for it. I envy the guy.) and  bands that are out there to “make it”. But what are you trying to make when you’ve got nothing to give? Music isn’t about guitar solos and new fashioned haircuts. I couldn’t care less if this band doesn’t “make it” as long as we’ve done something right. At least I can say in my lifetime that I’ve done something that was worthwhile instead of just begging for that dirty dollar. Hard work only counts when you put it into what you love, other than that, you’re just wasting your time.

I want this band to be loved. I want to be hated. This band may not yet be popular but in the end it will be one of the most important. I guarantee it.

-SIMONX.