Cat Jahnke Mews » Books http://www.catjahnke.com/blog The shadows in the corner... Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:09:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Wabigoon – Green Achers – PB & John http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2008/10/17/wabigoon-%e2%80%93-green-achers-%e2%80%93-pb-john/ http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2008/10/17/wabigoon-%e2%80%93-green-achers-%e2%80%93-pb-john/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:30:07 +0000 Cat Jahnke http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2008/10/17/wabigoon-%e2%80%93-green-achers-%e2%80%93-pb-john/ I remember reading a Farley Mowat book in which he discusses his switch from a regular sleep schedule to one more in tune with the wolves he was studying.  Instead of the usual 8 hours straight, his sleep allotment came in much smaller increments spaced throughout the day.  This is much how Darren and I survive in the days leading up to a long tour, although the biggest difference between Mowat and me is that I can usually only fit in one nap in a 24-hour cycle.

I can’t believe how much there is to do!!  Besides just packing clothes and gear, we had to coordinate merch, keep the promotion in motion, clean the house for our house-sitter…  Darren even took time to remove the sticky gunk left behind on my guitar case after a run-in with some duct tape.  Peanut butter works like a charm!  A messy, unappetizing, “may contain traces of nuts” charm!

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We didn’t have time to consume food ourselves, but we had to make sure the guitar case was fed.

So while the case ate like a king all out of Wonder Bread, I prepared an all-day buffet equally as nourishing:

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Part of this complete breakfast!

By the end of the day I was so tired that I just barely remember giggling while describing a t-shirt caption idea.  I will share it here knowing that it makes absolutely no sense, but I just want to prove my exhaustion:

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It supposed to say “Oops!” but there’s an “O” missing.  This was side-splititngly funny to me at 4 am.  I don’t think you’d truly grasp the hilarity unless you stayed up for 30 hours straight, subsisting only on “baked not fried” crackers, OR if you banged your head really hard.  I recommend neither; I’m always up for a laugh, but this one’s just not worth it…

I was so pleased to stop in Wabigoon for my first show of the tour.  Thank you for hosting us John!  I hope you didn’t mind me grilling you about your job as a “flight medic”.  I’m just so fascinated with people who have that kind of information in their head, and those kind of adventures in their past.  I wanna learn how to trach someone at 20,000 feet!  (Although with my level of aerophobia I think I would find it difficult to wield a scalpel while simultaneously clutching my armrests…)

]]> http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2008/10/17/wabigoon-%e2%80%93-green-achers-%e2%80%93-pb-john/feed/ 2 Only You Beneath The Moon And Under The Sun http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2008/04/13/only-you-beneath-the-moon-and-under-the-sun/ http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2008/04/13/only-you-beneath-the-moon-and-under-the-sun/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:25:19 +0000 Cat Jahnke http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2008/04/13/only-you-beneath-the-moon-and-under-the-sun/ 4/13/08 – MHS Auditorium, Wawa, ON

I finally got to see Rossport in the daylight, having only visited previously in December, arriving after dinner and leaving before dawn. This would usually be a great opportunity to spy some amazing scenery, but when the morning light blasted through our window at 6:30 am this morning, I was a bit less excited about the landscape.

I need one of these thingers, like Blanche from the Golden Girls! On the road it’s very hard to control your environment and while I’ve been tempted to bring along a hammer, some nails, and a large light-proof blanket, the aforementioned gizmo would probably save me some apologizing to my hosts.

Honestly though, everything is more agreeable in the daylight. This past November we were shrouded in darkness for the larger part of our trip through this region and, looking back, I realize the long drives sit on a different place in my soul when accompanied by the stars.

I just finished a book about the race for the North Pole and while reading I was challenged to wonder about the effects of several months of night. I claim to be a night owl, most comfortable and inspired in fake light, but it would be difficult to be so contemplative for so long without imploding and shutting down completely. It’s a great mind exercise to think about how ready one is to wind down at 5 pm in midwinter, and how jazzed one is to head to the park at 7 pm on a bright warm summer day.

Heading into Wawa today, I was reminded about our last trip through and how if we hadn’t stopped at their self-serve gas pump, we would have most definitely been stranded on a frozen highway until morning. I was glad then, to be afforded a pilgrimage back to the land of my deliverance. It was not exactly what I had expected…

There are evenings during which I am quite sure that the audience is watching those seconds tick by. I think many artists will agree that a completely silent crowd is unnerving. You start to wonder if there really is anyone out there…

Tonight I finished up my second set, turned around to put my guitar on its stand, and when I faced forward again I saw something that nearly brought tears to my eyes. The folks in the MHS Auditorium were still clapping. And they were standing!

Things are not always as they seem, and conclusions often depend on your own perspective (or the light!).

]]> http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2008/04/13/only-you-beneath-the-moon-and-under-the-sun/feed/ 1 Tour Blog May 25, 2007: I’m a pink toothbrush. You’re a blue toothbrush… http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2007/05/25/tour-blog-may-25-2007-i%e2%80%99m-a-pink-toothbrush-you%e2%80%99re-a-blue-toothbrush%e2%80%a6/ http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2007/05/25/tour-blog-may-25-2007-i%e2%80%99m-a-pink-toothbrush-you%e2%80%99re-a-blue-toothbrush%e2%80%a6/#comments Fri, 25 May 2007 15:12:25 +0000 Cat Jahnke http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2007/05/25/tour-blog-may-25-2007-i%e2%80%99m-a-pink-toothbrush-you%e2%80%99re-a-blue-toothbrush%e2%80%a6/ My gums will rest easy tonight thanks to a new pink toothbrush. Aaah… Back to civilization!

I just started reading Marathon Man -> Don’t tell me how it ends! What a strange collection of stories told by Mr. Goldman: The Princess Bride, Heat, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, etc. It’s inspiring to me as an artist that he can tackle so many settings and so many characters. He doesn’t write for lawyers OR spies OR elves OR robots…

Un/Fortunately I really gobble these kinds of books, and maybe that’s exactly what I need when away from home: quick distractions, no challenge. But please, can someone suggest something with substance for when I get home?

Tonight I saw some old friends and recognized them immediately. The human mind really is an amazing thing. Or perhaps, as humans, we ambitiously expect that change occurs daily, that we come so far in 10 years that surely our superficial countenances would display the product of our growth, that we can bury ourselves in the sand of the hourglass…

As a woman approaching 30 I should appreciate more my ability to seemlessly juxtapose with the teenage version of myself. It’s bittersweet. I’ll be upsest next time they DON’T card me. At least the new me embraces such contradictions…

Thanks to Travis and Mike and Jeff at the Muddy Waters Café. What a comfy place! And man oh man, did I enjoy my Panini! I’m looking forward to heading back there for another evening of music tomorrow… (and another selection off their yummy menu!)

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]]> http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2007/05/25/tour-blog-may-25-2007-i%e2%80%99m-a-pink-toothbrush-you%e2%80%99re-a-blue-toothbrush%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 Tour Blog February 28 – March 4: Rocks and Trees and Trees and Rocks and Rocks and Trees and Tr http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2007/03/15/tour-blog-february-28-%e2%80%93-march-4-rocks-and-trees-and-trees-and-rocks-and-rocks-and-trees-and-tr/ http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2007/03/15/tour-blog-february-28-%e2%80%93-march-4-rocks-and-trees-and-trees-and-rocks-and-rocks-and-trees-and-tr/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:02:25 +0000 Cat Jahnke http://www.catjahnke.com/blog/2007/03/15/tour-blog-february-28-%e2%80%93-march-4-rocks-and-trees-and-trees-and-rocks-and-rocks-and-trees-and-tr/ I’ve been procrastinating this summation and it’s just allowing the holes in my brain to widen and let more information out. Let’s see what I can remember about the last few days of tour…

Wednesday, February 28, The Circus Room, Kitchener, ON

I don’t even know what to say. It was one of those shows. Mike, Brian, John, Tom, Debbie, Sterling, Carlos, Eric, Alonzo, Josh, Brenda, Hunter, Coco, Simon, Darren and I had a great time.

I think people get a kick out of the fact that I can remember all their names in a “crowded” bar. I get a kick out of how people define “crowd”.

Thursday, March 1, Day Off, Toronto

I think I went for a walk. I know I slept.

Friday, March 2, Day Off, Toronto

We kept postponing our trip to Gyros. This was our last chance. It was closed. Someone please visit the restaurant smooshed in at 1 Elm Street in Toronto and let me know how the East Coast Donair tastes so I can inform a desolated Darren.

Saturday, March 3, Searchmont, ON

Early morning, crappy driving, bustling venue: the show must go on! Thank goodness I’m tiny enough to comfortably fold myself into the fetal position on the back seat of a car and get some rest. Perhaps the slip-sliding of the car lulled me to sleep. Somehow I made it through the day.

Sunday, March 4, Loplops, Sault Ste Marie, ON

You know it’s my kind of bar when the side of the “specials menu” facing the bartender displays pictures of his son. Thanks Steve and Jenn and Jackson (Jaxon) and assorted grandparents for letting us share your family for the night.

Loplops invited a local restaurant to cater the evening and it was a real treat. The chef explained the options with such detail and delight that it even counter-acted the wariness of kitchens I’ve developed thanks to a book I’m reading (Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain).

And I was told I sound like this. Do you agree with the comparison?

Monday, March 5 and Tuesday, March 6

Driving driving driving… and all the way I had this in my head (minus the anime – ??)…

There. I did it. One complete tour blog.

Phew…

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