Damn.

Did i say we were going to be diligent and post in this thing all the time?? I'm sorry. I lied. Diligence, apparently, is hard. Especially when you're having fun!!!

Which we have been....

We cut a swath through the west coast (the best coast??) and actually we've ended up back in the great white North...about to play at the Marquis in Calgary.

Some highlights?

Abbie ninja destroying a very awesome 5 year old in Olympia!

The last blog was a video our friends took in Olympia of....the show we played for kids!! Oh man. Best audience ever. All we had to do was change 'fuck shit up' to 'mess stuff up', and it was golden!! Then we had our own little dance party in Abbie and Jeff's camper until the wee hours....oh my!

This is a dance party in a camper.

Then in Portland we played in a converted funeral home, and slept in a house boat, and said goodbye to Abbie and Jeff who we will meet up with again in Austin we hope!!

We played with weird scientologist comedians in San Francisco who believe that races on earth were spawned by different aliens...

In LA we met the drummer from Funkadelic and his 101 pound dog. He showed us his inventions. It was amazing. We ate pancakes bigger than our faces. We shot a music video in the mountains outside of the city....we watched Mad Max Beyond thunderdome projected onto a wall, sipping whiskey, eating thai food, and snuggling with cats! In short....amazing??

durn, i can't rotate this. Cacti!!!

We went to Laguna beach and swam in the ocean. That was 4 days ago. Now I am wearing my arctic jacket to cope with the blasted cold. Sigh. San Diego was as far south as we got....so close to Mexico. Apparently the underground garage scene in Mexico is amazing. How to get down there and play??

Then we booked it north....back in Canada now. Beach feels like a sweet dream.....SIGH!

Well, there, that's it, in a nutshell!!

Sorry for being the worst at this....

XO

Making a music videom we got this amazing sunset from the top of a mountain outside LA

HP

Hot Panda reaches out to a new target market

Ok, we're back and in business people!

Alrighhhht, we promise to slack way less with the blog this time. I am so on this. It's happening. It's really going to happen.

Day Three of West Coast Tour of Total Domination.

Days one and two consisted of the Mint Records Ridiculously Early Christmas Parties in Vancouver and Victoria, and went a little something like this:

The three words that best describe you are as follows and i QUOTE: Drink. Drank. Drunk!!!
And soooooo many pocky sticks. Thanks Mint, you guys are swell!!

We ran into Abbie on the ferry to Seattle. I've known her since i was 2!

Day three: Final destination, the Comet Tavern in Seattle. It consisted of 2 ferry rides, a border crossing, a very random encounter with two wonderful old pals from Edmonton (on the ferry to Seattle! Amazing!), a hell of a lot of chilli, and now...Free hot dogs!! yeah, the venue is giving us free hot dogs as part of our rider...I am in heaven.....Today we also saw a majestic eagle soaring over a beautiful mountain lake. It was so.....American.

Chilli burger. American style.

And we also just found out Les Savy Fav are playing across the street from us tonight. Bah, us vs. Les Savy Fav....it's a no brainer. Us. Duh! We snuck in and caught a little bit of their soundcheck, i even snuck a comando secret snap of the whole thing. Amazing!

And tomorrow night a kid's show in Olympia! We are actually super stoked and have learned you're a mean one mr. Grinch. I think it's going to be QUITE an occasion!!

That is all!!

XOOOO

yeah it's blurry, but this is my comando shot of Les Savy Fav @ Souncheck. Durn.

in Seattle they have burrito unicorns.

Hot Pannnnnda.

we are the worst at this!

Hi all!! So, a few sweet updates! (and sorry that we are the worst at blogging...) #1- Tomorrow (Dec 3), Chris will be participating in 'Are You Smarter than an Indie Musician?' on CBC Radio 3- should be amazing! 3 PM west coast time! The event in support of the Food Bank, too, some if you're in Vancouver come on down, you might even get a chance to play against Chris! #2- Tomorrow we are also playing a show at the Biltmore in Vancouver! It's the Mint Records Christmas party! There will be free pocky sticks and tons of fun! We play around 12, so come on down!! #3- This show marks the beginning of our west coast tour- the dates are as follows: DEC 3 The Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, BC, CANADA DEC 4 Logan's Pub Victoria, BC, CANADA DEC 5 Comet Tavern Seattle, Washington DEC 6 The Northern Olympia, Washington DEC 7 The Woods Portland, Oregon DEC 8 The Hemlock San Francisco, CA DEC 9 Echo Los Angeles, CA DEC 12 Tin Can Ale House San Diego, California DEC 15 The Slice Lethbridge, Alberta, CANADA DEC 16 The Marquee Calgary, AB, CANADA DEC 17 Pawn Shop Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA wooooo! So where ever you are, come say hi to us, ok?? and finally, #4 We will try and diligently update our tour blog (for real this time!!), and you can find it here: http://hotpandaband.blogspot.com/ Ok! That is all! We love you! Goodnight! xHP