tr tr tr tr trick party!! die!!- homegrown has flair

Halloween 09 - soo many good things going on in this city. but alas,

jer and dee dees on the eastern shore and homegrown skateboards on the south shore with a carty in between steal the day.

you say party! we say die! play homegrown in la have:
will you be my second wife?

good energy, good peeps, rad costumes vixen quality time, pencil board cruising on the street, acoustic guitar in broad cove, car naps, yes pls, more pls, more often.
kate and melissa = love
nic as john steinback
melissa and janine, la muerta

moi right at home as an alien.

POP EXPLOSION makes Halifax a better place

HPX WINS

julie doirion never disapoints

yo.

so the peeps at HPX do it right.

soo good i only took one photo. that's when you know your festival is alright!
the got to get got: will you marry me???

Music Summary:
- hannah georgas - she rules
- the got to get got - new fav band, shouldve seen them sooner
-herman dune - dance moves
- kill krinkle club - ug not so much
- spengjuhollin - love love them - need to surf iceland
- will currie and country french - boogie
-lake of stew - owns me
- dan mangan - best crowd interaction - robots need love too
-MSTRKRFT - loses points for bad posse building
- Ohbijou - LOVE = trumpet playing drummer
- the acorn- fell from the tree
- cosmo CD release (not hpx) but super hot - great energy
- Girl Talk - dance dance.... GD Molsen for their pro-life ways.
- 4 red mini pianos and counting
- way too many sad misses to name em all: jenn grant, cadence weapon, forest city lovers, final fantasy, desisve, hopeful monster, japanther, brunch musak, this list goes on and on <- yes, that is how good the festival is. due to school no after parties for moi:( Sprengjuhollin is awesome like this pic tells you.

Other Highlights:
mike and nora
the korg and mike and noras
other people i like at mike and noras
willow
carty with bryan, eva and craig
zine fair - ALWAYS awesome
squash soup at the zine fair
ink artist at zine fair
dj playing got to get got at the zine fair

japanther - showed you my love in t.o. and left you standing in halifax.

Sept Storms

Janine won.

word.

ESCAPE WINTER: beach travellers and las olas!

these guys are cool and funny and have rad perspectives on life...!! catch some of those feelins and waves while you can!!

BEACH TRAVELERS

if youve already been to indo, brazil and costa rica

go to mexico and hang out out with las olas! they do it right

come home tanned and stoked!!!

great reasons to go:
death exists
ice cream headaches
5mm wetsuits
street tacos
salsa - dancing and the food
etc!

we failed OCTober

yep. life was apparently too good to blog

Aaaaah Tall Grass Festival!

"Tall Grass" by Juel Maerz.
Vocals: Juel Maerz and Maya Hoehne
Fiddle: Beth Amiro + baby

2009 Annual Tall Grass Festival in Seaforth

Come dance in the tall grass!
The 5th annual festival takes place just 10 minutes further past One Life Surf headquarters, on the corner of highway 207 and Back road in Seaforth.



The lineup this year....

12-1 JUEL MAERZ AND MAYA HOEHNE
1-2 DOLORES DAGENAIS
2-3 KEV CORBETT
3-4 TIDAL BEAT DRUMMERS
4-5 AMY HONEY
5-6 AL TUCK
6-7 DAVE CARMICHAEL

There is a suggested $10 donation, and all donations go directly to the musicians.

Bring a blanket or chair, hat, sunscreen, picnic, camera and whatever else will make your stay more enjoyable.

There will be the usual grub and beverage for sale.
Lots of art, limited edition Tall Grass pottery made locally, MerMade Soap (handmade by our very own Juel Maerz), jewelry and more.