May 11th @ The Bull and Quench

We are playing yet another show at The Bull this month with Notorious Queen, Casshole and Robots Everywhere. Cass is my oldest and most bestest friend. She now lives in Ottawa but used to live here in North Bay and, thus, the show will be littered with friends of hers much like the roster for the night is.

So, it’s been awhile since I’ve played music with old friends! On march 9th, 2012 I want to party with every one of my friends and make new friends and play some music! It is also the birth-days of some magnificiently fine young men (Davey Burnt & Sir Jonesy) so let’s include a massive celebration of sorts!

One of the first shows I played in North Bay was with Queen Pigeon (notorious queen) and Ryan Problems, and I want to go back to my roots! My new friend from Ottawa (Robots, Everywhere/aka Phil) was the actual motivation behind the gathering and he’s hilarious, he is my gift to you-north bay friends-I hope you enjoy his antics!

Check out the Event Page on the Facebook.

We’ll be playing a show at The Bull & Quench in North Bay this Saturday with Dany Laj, from Toronto and Hamilton’s B.A. Johnston.  This show is put on by Solvent Magazine. The last time I played a show with B.A. he declared that I had the voice of an angel and the body of a hairless cat. Well, I’ve just got to say to B.A. that I’ve been working out since then!

Anyhow… admission is just $7 we are supporting two great out-of-town acts. Heres the event page on Facebook. This is a busy week for North Bay’s music scene as Wax Mannequin is playing at The Opera Bakery Cafe with Spooky Ruben on Saturday night. Theres also a show Friday night with Another Round, The Lightmares, Subterraneans and Broads In Daylight.

I hope to see you at the new Cecil’s Acoustic Jam Night this evening. We’re very excited that Cecils’ is opening up to hosting more local talent. We are playing at 1am, music starts at 10 with different artists every half hour.

It is that time of year again. Jack Frost’s nipples are at your nose, folks are dropping Yule Logs left and right, and Ugly Sweaters are in full swing. I couldn’t find my good shirt tonight, but I’m hoping whatever I dig up will suffice. I hope to see some friendly faces at this show and I will let my internet friends how it all goes as usual.

This will be the first show I play in a while as I recently fractured my finger. It is still not fully healed but I have high hopes for tonight after acquiring some extra backup. Jonesy Knoxville from TheKillingFeild will be joining Mike Favretto and I and taking charge of the low end.

I just made a facebook page about the Ryan Problems Band and I sure would appreciate you heading over there and clicking the “Like” button. There are some live tracks on the “Listen” tab of the page and if your ears are feeling extra hungry you can feed them a little more at my SoundCloud page.

Last night we drove out to Timiskaming to play at an awareness concert for a local person who has been missing since March. The turn out was very diverse and the crowd was very welcoming. Spirits were high and we, alongside our hometown boys – Broads in Daylight, were happy to be a part of it all.

It was so great to play in a place I had never even been before. We had a little crowd of North Bayites and even got to see our friends in the Drama Addicts so there was no shortage of familiar faces.