Archive for the 'Small Sins' Category

Back in the saddle

So, here I am after a year or so, writing to you on my new iPhone. I’m about to head to Vancouver with Small Sins for a week of shows. I’ll try to write from the road, and take some pictures on the way.
I plan to do at least two as-it-happens breakfast blog posts complete [...]

Breakfast in Portland – Doug Fir Lounge

I figure it’s time I started talking breakfast over here at Breakfast With Steve. That’s right, I’m talking two eggs any style (scrambled, over easy, or medium poached depending on the day) some sort of fried meat or alternative, homefries, toast and coffee. It’s really the only way to start a kick-ass day of rockin’ [...]

Old Jingles and GPS

Scuba Maps is the best!
Scuba Maps is our nickname for Microsoft Streets and Trips 2007 with GPS Locator [DVD]
I don’t know how we got by before GPS navigation. The QEW was all blocked up, so we took a little detour through picturesque suburban Hamilton.
I’m really into old Jingles (pre globalization of advertising) When we used [...]

Hooked on Live

I’ve been screwing around with Ableton Live 6 for about a week now and I’m hooked.
Now, I’ve been using SAW software for 13 years now, and Live is the most radical shift for me since I started using VSTi instruments. Finally a program that takes away the learning curve and lets you just CREATE!
I started [...]

Na Na Na Na Na Na Traaaain!

Sorry for the lame Train 48 reference. It is appropriate, though. I’m currently racing along at 100km/h on the early morning via train bound for Ottawa. Angela is moving to Toronto on Monday, and I feel since I’m sort of responsible for this whole ordeal, the nice guy thing to do is to help her [...]

Welcome Back

Ok, so I woke up this morning and decided I was going to revisit this blog, and try to post in it every so often. A lot has changed in the year and a half since the last post. Ladies and Gentlemen signed to Astralwerks and, for legal reasons, changed our name to Small Sins. [...]