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June,
2007 (back to the top)
- June 21 , 2007. jemo plays at Ciao Edie Roxx. Cover: $5
My review of the show: <pictures>
Shows during week nights really do often suck something aweful. I mean, some of us have to work at 7am the next morning here! Either way, I showed up at the requested tiem which was around 10pm. To find out that... the first artist hadn't gone on yet and jemo was slotted to go second. Great. She was good, don't get me wrong, but for heavens sake, if you didn't bring anyone out to your own show that's your fault not the other bands. Don't make their fans suffer because yours didn't want to see you.
Anyways. jemo got onto stage and I have pictures of a tuning crouch. It's all sorts of hot. All my photos are black and white because Ciao Edie enjoys using red gels on their lights and while it sets up a nice mood for live shows it makes photography a mindfuck and a half. The only way to fix it is to go B&W.
jemo played awesome. It was fun having all the songs I know and can sing along to, and then the one song I didn't know to sing along to was of course a cover. I don't do good with covers. And I was eternally surprised and happy that the set ended with Antiseptic. That song doesn't get played near enough. It's a good song. I'm Chinese and therefore a math geek to some extent.
By the way, I went to the show by myself but I didn't go home by myself. I ended up offering to drive some dude to a subway station closer to his house. His name was either Ivan or Ian. And he came up with one of the best quotes ever. jemo's music is akin to Tool's music for this gentleman, because both bands congjure Egyption imagery and icons while listening to it. I just found it amusing he accepted a ride from a stranger who's name he didn't find out until after he was in my car.
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April,
2007 (back to the top)
- April 19, 2007 . jemo plays at Holy Joe's. Cover: $5
No review of this show, sorry, I didn't make it out!
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March,
2007 (back to the top)
- March 2, 2007. jemo plays at Holy Joe's. Cover: $10
My review of the show: <pictures>
I was throughly confused by the venue location. But cruising through the second floor I vaguely recognized everyone I passed. Later. Got to the third floor where Holy Joe's is, and was met with a wall of people. The place was beyond packed and waited until the band playing finished to move up and start saying hi.
jemo closed out the night, whether you call that a headlining band or a closing band. But I finally got front row seats. On a couch with no legs. And pointy metal bits sticking into your back. The sound was great to me, my recording went out pretty perfect. And I got to throughly break in my new Nikon dSLR camera. I make jokes I bought it to run www.jemounofficial.com ... but I can't really say if it's 100% a joke, or if there's a lot of truth in it. Brought my friend Alex with me and amused him with my singing along with every jemo song. Screamed like a teenage girl at an *N Sync concert. And finished off the night with the sound guy telling us to get the hell out. In a humourus manor.
I was able to get copies of jemo's Ciao Edie Roxx show on CD to them. James razzed me for not keeping jemounofficial up to date. And since this was an all-ages show, Jeff had invited many of his former students (he was a high school teacher, now I believe he teaches elementary school) to the show as well.
Remember me saying I recognized many people on the second floor, but vaguely like we'd met once before? I figured out why. The Creepshow were headlining the show in that venue. And I was supposed to go with all my friends. I thought it was the next day. But I caught the last song and a half, enjoyed from the rear, and was happy I finally got to see them live (even if only for 6 minutes) since I'd heard so much about them.
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February,
2007 (back to the top)
January,
2007 (back to the top)
- January
25, 2007. jemo plays at Lee's Palace. Cover: $7.00
My review of the show: <pictures>
jemo played a set tonight at Lee’s Palace in downtown Toronto, a part of a HotBoxx show among five bands in total. Rumours have it that jemo brought out the most number of people of all five bands, played third on the list, and totally rocked.
There’s something about venues in Toronto. They dislike the heat. Considering we’re located in Canada, this can many times wreak havoc on artists/musicians. There’s no hot water, so you’re washing your hands in filtered Lake Ontario, there’s no hot air, so you’re drying in a torrent of arctic wind, and there’s no heat, leaving your band, your fans, and your instruments, no better inside than outside. Tonight was also one of the coldest nights thus far in Toronto.
jemo started with a new song I haven’t heard of yet, and which jeff’s guitar also felt like acting up, the low E string had de-tuned itself to a note unheard of. To the unknowing public, we thought it was part of the experimental aspect that is jemo, but while noting jeff’s confused look while he attempted to keep playing, while re-tuning the string gave away the idea of him experimenting beyond understanding. james from the band also wore a birthday hat for the first two songs.
Besides the Wardrobe equipment -malfunction at the beginning, the set was just as amazing as I had always pictured it would be. twenty-eight minutes of jemo included new songs, favourite songs, and jokes about bathrooms, Madonna’s phone number, and embarrassing the famous and well-sponsored drummer.
I wouldn’t miss the next jemo show for the world. It’s fun writing about them.
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- The Torontoist did an interview about jemo's latest summer tour and wrote about it here. Used one of my photos as the cover shot as well! (She asked for permission.... 2 months later. heh)
Torontoist: Shaken All Night Long (January 24, 2007; interview)
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