The Remedials Get Busted

Original Post Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2005

We figured we should jam at least once more before we finish recording on the 23^rd, so we booked to jam on Monday from 6pm to 8pm. Gabe arrived at Charts on time and chatted with Art who was totally impressed with the VBA showcase on Saturday. Even more so that things didn’t get outta hand considering the place was jam-packed! He even got to see the “A New Rock Reality” featuring The Remedials and thought that was rad. Lionel arrived late and since he was driving decided not to drink even though Gabe kept on dissing him about it. Wayne forgot his bass at his girl’s mom’s place and was gonna arrive even later. So Lionel and Gabe proceeded to jam as a two-piece, which they have done on plenty of occasions. If you know anything about Wayne he is notorious for not showing up to jam or walking out of jams for no reason or we just won’t hear from him for a few days. It was almost at the point were we figured we might as well do The White Stripes thing. With an hour left to jam Wayne finally calls and says he ain’t gonna make it, so we finish jamming Gabe downs his beer and were ready to jet. Lionel decides to drop Gabe off at Main and Broadway and then he’s gotta hop the bus the rest of the way home. While driving down Kingsway there’s a crazy intersection, which crosses on to 12^th Ave. but we needed to be on Main. So Lionel pulls what we soon found out to be a U-turn on to Main Street. We figured we would totally get away with it since Vancouver has been covered with so much fog it’s like something right outta a horror movie! But let me tell ya the red and blue-flashing lights can be seen even thru the thickest fog. So we pull over and of course the cop pulls some attitude with Lionel who proceeds to talk back to the point were Gabe's thinking the bus doesn’t seem so bad anymore. The cop checks Lionel’s driving record and gives him a hard time about it (probably because Lionel said it was clean) were not sure what the previous charges were but we suspect GTA. For some reason Lionel dodges that bullet and the cop gives him a warning and let’s us go! Lionel has a change of heart and decides to give Gabe a ride all the way home. Aside from almost getting hit by a bus after getting pulled over it was a happy ending for The Remedials!

Look forward to the next blog on the Vancouver Band Alliance showcase at Charts! It happened before these events but this was too cool not to write about first!