i am always amazed at how fucked the world is, and how we manage to go through life in our bubble. maybe its that i havent been to asia in a few years, its actually been about 5. its been easy to forget about burma. seeing the events unfolding, starting with the monks, then the growing marches was the first reminder ive had of whats going on there really since i was on the border and did the warchild documentary.  the people in the refugee camps, were real people, not just images on tv. those kids i was playing to and visiting with are now teenagers.

as the army and the thugs move in and the shooting starts and the connection to the outside world is cut it all becomes real. hope is a strange thing, even when things look dark we have to keep it alive.

x

it was the almost first night of the tour. we put a few new songs into the set to get things started, life of bees and some people say, so thats the start of things to come. i wish we were doing tonight but the whole weekend was cancelled. im going to put some video of the show up but its going to have to wait till my plane gets in. ill try for later today…

i uploaded a video of a bit of a new song to the site.

just go to the new tab “video/blog” at www.davidusher.com , ill be putting lots of new clip there throughout the tour:)

x

hey guys, bummer…

press release

TORONTO, September 25, 2007 — The performances by David Usher, Pilot Speed, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, Kim Mitchell and April Wine scheduled for September 28 and 29, 2007, at the Waterloo Recreation Centre have been cancelled due to promoter breach of contract. All of the artists involved regret to inform their fans of the last-minute cancellation due to these circumstances beyond their control.

Refunds for these performances can be obtained at the point of purchase.

David Usher, Pilot Speed, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, Kim Mitchell and April Wine all look forward to being able to perform in the Waterloo-area in the future.

For further information, please contact:
Sarah Wisenberg
S.L. Feldman & Associates
(416) 598-0067 x 325
wisenberg@slfa.com

im having trouble with focus today. in the back of my mind i think the tour is creeping up and crowding my thoughts…need loud guitars to put me into balance.

im getting ready to head out on the road again im finalizing a massive song list to bring to the guys for the last rehearsals. if you have any new ideas list them here, on this post…last chance!

already we have so many new things up and running, cant wait to play. throughout the tour ill be putting up clips and photos. it all starts next weekend.

also there are lots of new shows that im going to post on monday or tuesday:)

Thanks for all the great feedback on the new website www.davidusher.com
Its still in development and there are a lot more great features coming.
You’ll notice we’ve taken away the photo and video section in the forum.
If you have photos you can upload them to the flickr group instead and there is a high res. video channel being built right now where you will be able to see all the videos mine and moist’s, and I think the dvd as well. Im just going to post everything so you have access to it.

Ive restarted the street team and Shannon is going to help administer it. Everyone is welcome to participate and all ideas are welcome. We can all think of interesting ways to spread the word and once a week (maybe twice) we’ll decide on something to do and all go after it. Like this whole site, it will be a work in progress!!

Finally, thanks for all the great feedback on the demo songs (and souring), with that kind of encouragement, it really makes it easier to post songs in progress.
x

lots about it is going to change. some of the words have already left us since this i recorded this yesterday. its interesting for me the journey a song takes. showing thing to you this early on is very odd and im having to force myself to post it, without polishing it. anyways, im sure ill get use to it, enough preamble…

you were smart once

considered a rocket scientist by some

could teach even simple minds to upload mp3s to their blog sites

were a teacher, a scholar, a brilliant mind

but

then you left us, us and our wordpress, to fiddle around endlessly through the early hours of the morning with this god damn upload app that i cant for the life of me get to work!!!! (takes a deep breath:)

this is the part of the show where kevin flashes his all knowing puppet smile and gives me the finger

(i really do have a song to show you, i just cant get it online)

finally after a long period of settling in, ive got a new song im working on.

its a strange thing how it happens, ill ignore the guitar, almost purposely, watch it on the couch, but just let it sit there.

and then the next thing i know its 4 in the morning and ive found the chords and progression. and then the first few words. ill post what ive got in the next day or so, no name yet (that im going to talk about yet anyways).

x