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Originally Posted by srahman24

The show was amazing! A friend of mine managed to record the audio for most of it, so hopefully that turned out well!

He was in a great mood the entire night... he told us the Mr. Penis story before The Professor, and a great story comparing a relationship he had to a can of peas...?

It was before I Remember and he was talking about being really hungry and wanting beans and toast, going to a store to get them, buying a can, and then coming home, dumping it into a pot and realizing that it was actually a can of peas... "I had a relationship like that once... I started out thinking she was beans but..."

And for the looped ending to the song, Vyv was on the piano, so that was a nice treat too. The entire band was on fire tonight. Brendan and Joel were both on drums at one point (well, Joel on his red box) and Damien was just jamming on the guitar with them and it may have been my favorite moment of the night!

We got a lot of extended outro's and intro's, and his version of 9 crimes was fierce. And having seen him end a show with Cheers Darlin' 4 times now, I have to say that this was by far my favorite! (I have the audio, so I'll get it up here tomorrow)

There was also a moment where he asked the entire audience to get naked (2nd time this has happened in Toronto!)...

We hung around to see him afterwards too - he came out in the lovely and very faded patchwork shirt that we all love so dearly. Reiterated his plans to take some time off, Adelaide asked him about the charity album he'd been working on and he said he'd like to get back to that during his time off. And she gave him chocolate (I don't remember when it was, but during the show he was talking about how he loved chocolate)

If my pictures came out at all, I'll get them up here...

Originally Posted by srahman24

Some of the stories, as best as I can remember them:

He said that Childish was about singer/songwriters and how they spend a lot of time up their own arse.

And Grey Room was also about singer/songwriters and the process of writing a song.

Then before Coconut Skins, it went something like this:
Here he mentioned that we were in a lovely venue... "Well done." And then he brought up the Danforth Music Hall show from last summer and said "modern things are great, but there's something special about getting hot and sweaty" (this theatre was nicely air conditioned, whereas the Danforth Music Hall is much older and the AC was broken last time he was around, so we were all sweating bullets by the end)... "So I'm going to f*ck it up a little... everyone get naked and take your clothes off!" haha... and then he went to say that the next song was a song about society, and how everyone always tells you "no", and when you're in school, you're told "no, don't do this" and then you're told that you need a degree to be successful, and you need a partner to be happy "I had a partner... but... f*ck it". "So, f*ck them all"

And he told us about his friend, "Mr. Penis". (Best story of the night... also, the one I remember the least well, go figure.) But he mentioned his friend, and said that he had a stroke one day, so he went to the doctor, but the doctor just sent him away. But he kept having these episodes and "it got so bad he started vomiting"... "and he was always right there infront of me and he didn't know what to do"... and he mentioned the trouble with having a million sperm/day floating around in you and then he said something like "oh you women have no idea how hard it is for a man!", which led into... The Professor & La Fille Danse.

thanks for all the stories!!!! yayyyy i'm always interested in knowing these!! ... i'd never heard the Peas story and the getting naked thing must have been very hilarious!! Thanks!

you're pictures look great too ... cant't wait for the rest!! and the recording of Cheers Darlin!!

Originally Posted by Bohemian_Babe

The only problem with seeing a Damien concert is that it really ruins all other concerts for me...how can anyone possible live up to his example?!

I feel the exact same wayy!!! ... i will never go to another concert without comparing it to Damo's !! hehe


so glad you all had a great time!!