music brought me to so many places this year, austin and athens and berlin and wales and london and montreal and toronto
and i thought about it a lot this year and… i think i figured it out! you just have to drink too many cups of coffee and sit in the sun all day and stay up dancing all night and cry in front of your roommates and run into people you know at the store and swim naked and make dinner for everyone and play music at the gas station where you used to buy popsicles as a kid and move a piano and cut your bangs short and run to the top of a mountain after you’ve just broken your own heart thinking about somebody completely new and kiss your friends on the dancefloor and if it’s too dark to walk home, don’t touch that phone, just stay the night and walk home the next day, even if it’s too far and you don’t have a bike yet, and grow vegetables and forgive everyone for every bad thing they’ve ever done and write songs about the people you love and watch your friends fall in love with each other and fall in love with your friends. and walk through the woods in the dark of night, stumbling toward the music, and put your hands on your friend’s shoulders - let the blind lead the blind, see where you end up. and talk more than you’ve ever talked before, and play pool until your hand is bruised, and play guitar until your nails are broken. and smile at friendly strangers, because no one is a stranger here. that’s it! that’s all you have to do! the club is open! have the best year ever!
i had this awesome dream where i went to montreal and lost all my shoes along the way and then i bought a bunch more shoes and then i came home and hung out with my friends and i got a sunburn and i played some shows and i made some yummy meals and i went to some nice restaurants and then i partied really hard and then i swam in the ocean and then i went camping and hiking and swam in the lake and then i went to montreal again and then i played more shows and i saw some shows too and then i went to the horse races and i went on my computer and i hung out with connor and ryan and hilary and reuben and frieden and chelsea and kasia and jesse and mackenzie and alina and tim and bran and rich and leanne and gordon and blanche and moira and claire and brian and lily and tamsin and trevor and sarah and braden and a whole bunch of other people too and i got bruises on my legs and i wore white tank tops and it wasn’t a dream at all it was a whole year of my life! thanks everyone!
joining @dusted_brianborcherdt on vox for a lil run of shows this wknd in fredericton, saint john, and charlottetown. talk about rock music!! photos taken by frieden. show deets on my story 👋🪨
