Ouch. All of my sunburn in all the wrong places. Of course, when is sunburn ever in the right place?

I guess this UV-intensive journey begins Sunday morning. I left Rochester at a little past nine, and after a little more than an hour's worth of driving, and one speeding ticket later, I got to Laurie Addenbrooke's place at 10:30. Her friend Rad (who introduced her to Fruvous) joined us and we headed towards the Canadian border.

At the duty free shop, we met up with Mike and Kelly SantaLucia. They had their two boys, Josh and Jake, with them as well. Our mini-fruvous entourage left America at eleven in the morning and headed for Hamilton to pick up the final passenger on this fruvous trek.

We got into Hamilton at noon and stopped at the Tim Horton's down the street from Heather Rolph's house. What a coincedence, Heather works there! :-) (Actually, I knew this beforehand, so we went there to torment her) We had some lunch while she ran home to get ready. We ended up leaving Hamilton at 12:30 or so, and after some crazy driving (I think we thoroughly confused Mike and Kelly who were following us), and Rad and I "doing lines in the back seat" (don't ask, it will only make it worse), we got to Waterloo at a comfortable two in the afternoon.

We talked to Dave and Mike a bit before their set, and then staked out a patch of grass in front of the stage. It was *very* hot and *very* sunny... Despite my opposition, I ended up using a little bit of sunscreen, but apparently not enough, since now parts of my body are beat red (and it looks so strange since I have patches of red and patches of no tan at all). That'll learn me...

Moxy came on stage at about a quarter after three and played till four. Not a long set at all, but still good. I'm so happy that they're doing "Down From Above" more often now. It's so good live. I was very surprised to not hear KoS. The crowd was a little apathetic, but seemed to enjoy Moxy pretty well.

After the set, we talked to all of the guys for quite a while. Marcus was planning on surgery for his wrist that evening. Apparently, he checked into a hospital that morning, but left to do the show! :-) We also got to see Jude (from JAM) and a bunch of her friends, Tara (from Sudbury), Brenda (from Michigan), and many others. Autographs and pictures aplenty, we left the grounds somewhere around 5:30.

The group of us got some food in the local plaza, and also checked out the People magazine article on Moxy. (It was mentioned during the show) Not very long, I'm sorry to say, but it's good to see them getting prominent exposure. We headed our separate ways; Mike/Kelly back to Buffalo, and the rest of us to Hamilton to drop off Heather.

At Heather's, we all treated ourselves to Dicky D's (this kid riding a bike with a mini-ice cream truck attached). I've never seen something like that before in my life. Pretty cool. We headed back to Laurie's soon thereafter, and go into Buffalo at 8:30 in the evening.

I said my goodbyes, and headed home to Rochester, making it there by ten at night (whew, lot o' driving!) I then realized how bad my sunburn actually was...

Now, where's my Noxzema???

• Murray and his bass (thanks to Rad)
• Jian with his "I dig your boyfriend" shirt (thanks to Rad)
• Come on, Mike, smile! (thanks to Rad)
• The audience (thanks to Rad)
• The guys on stage

• Down From Above

• Horseshoes
• B.J. Don't Cry
  • Jian, during the drum intro: Thank you, beautiful people. Wow, why does everyone look so beautiful?
  • Murray, during the drum intro: As usual, we issue our UV sun warning. Lotions, hats, and the back of the neck is a vulnerable spot.
  • Jian: Good day for mushrooms, though.
  • "hooka and a brush"
  • Mike uses his megaphone for the "Now on the street..." section.
• Chatter
  • Jian: It's good to be amongst Canadians. We've been on an American tour. Is there still the anti-Waterloo movement in Kitchener? That's good, it worked for the American Civil War. Take up arms!
  • Murray: By arms, we mean pitchforks.
  • Mike: Comrades, to pitchforks!
• River Valley
• Chatter
  • Mike: This next song is for Colin Lewis, 'cause he's a maniac!
• Get in the Car
• Your New Boyfriend
• Chatter
  • Jian discusses upcoming Canada day, and the band's sense of Canadian pride when they're in the states. He discusses the social safety net of Ontario, and how changes are happening too quickly.
• Today's the Day that We Fight Back
• Chatter
  • Jian talks about the new record, and how the next song has been getting a lot of radio play in the states.
• Michigan Militia
• Chatter
  • Dave: Here's a song, about a recipe that you should only try at home if you have the 'Lab Level 3' rating from the Chef's association
  • Jian: What's the Lab Level 3 theme song?
  • Mike does a quick rendition of the 'Lab Level 3' theme song.
  • Dave, commenting on the song: There must be some rappers in the Association.
  • Mike: They're from Devo.
  • Jian: What's Devo?
• Johnny Saucep'n

• Love Potion #9 Medley
  • Jian, during the drum intro, thanks the crowd for coming, and plugs the Canada Day show.
  • Jian: And the other thing is, there's really no time for passivity. If you think you're just gonna sit during this next song, fuck you! Get up! You can now take your shirts off, whether you're a man or a woman; it's your choice.
  • Ohio, Stayin' Alive, Jungle Boogie riff, Who Will Save Your Soul?, Love Shack, "I'm heart broken, she's outspoken...", You Oughtta Know
  • "Marcus is better than Steve Austin all the while, he's bionic and he's got Clark Gable's smile"

Some other tidbits from the performance include:

• Feel free to help contribute to this section!