Hello friends and lovers of miscellaneous items with our names and/or faces on them! As you know, we have been laying low this year, as we take some time off of full time touring and hunker down in our respective closets and cubby holes to write a new record. But here is the great news, this does NOT mean that there will be no new T+S excitement in your lives for an entire year. We…
Hello friends! As spring weather is starting to pop up all over the country, it's exciting to think ahead to days of sunny skies and summer weather adventures. Summer fun for us means festivals, so we are happy to make our first concert announcement of 2011! We will be playing the 2011 Newport Folk Festival, at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI on Saturday, July 30th! The pre-sale starts today and our exclusive promo…
Friends! It's been a crazy week! I managed to rally after the disappointing quick defeat of Essex County during the Canada Reads debate, and had a great time discussing fantastic Canadian literature with the panel. I am just happy to have been involved in such an amazing event that promotes reading to all Canadians, and to have given some exposure to Essex County and graphic novels as a legitimate genre in general! If you missed…
Friends! Tomorrow I fly to Toronto for Canada Reads! I"ve spent all week in LA and Vancouver preparing my defense and resting up! I'm super nervous and hoping to be a strong convincing voice for ESSEX COUNTY. I truly love Jeff Lemire's book and I promise to give it my best! Stiff competition! Debate city! I hope you will all tune in this week!!! The debates will take place on February 7, 8 and 9…
book loving friends! as you all know, this year i am a panelist on Canada Reads, and I am defending the incredible book, "Essex County" by Jeff Lemire! the shows are quickly approaching and today i have exciting news about your opportunity to attend a live taping as an audience member. The debates will take place on February 7, 8 and 9 from 9-11am in the 10th floor studios of the Broadcast Centre, located at…
we graduated high school in 1998. our "grad" (that's Canadian for "prom"), was held at a now defunct downtown bar called "the panther club". it was an upscale hoochie bar that would have normally been completely off our radar. being the alternative kids in our graduating class (read: not a part of the ruling popular majority), we ended up skulking and hiding in the club's shadows. our more popular peers danced (grinded, had battles) on…
Hello Everyone! 2011! We made it! How exciting that we are starting yet another year together! It's been a lovely first few days of a new year. Sara and I have been getting some much needed r+r in our respective cities, BUT, don't fret, we have a lot planned for this year! So far there is very little relaxing on our agenda. Although we won't be touring much (we will be doing a select few…
Australia and New Zealand have been terrific fun. We've had a very enjoyable time supporting Jack Johnson. His band, crew, team, fans...ALL AWESOME! Thanks to those of you who came out to support our headline show in Melbourne. it was a very special night and we're looking forward to our headline show in Brisbane on Wednesday! Then we will return home for the holidays, and i will be reunited with my Parka. we will be…
hello friends! even though we are in the land of sunshine, our thoughts have been straying to our friends and family at home who are putting on their scarves and mittens and are braving the elements and crowds to tackle their christmas shopping! we however, prefer the new fangled approach that involves not leaving the comfort of our homes, except maybe to peek out of our doors to see if our boxes have been delivered!…
Today is the video premiere for Intervention! This is the song we wrote together with Margaret Cho, for her comedy album Cho Dependent, which has also been nominated for a Grammy for Best Comedy Album! Congrats Margaret!! The video was directed by Liam Sullivan and we had such a blast being a part of the whole process. Read Margaret's blog about recording the song with us here. [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/17378004[/vimeo] Click here to buy the song on…