Lightning Is My Girl

MY ROOTS, THE ANCESTORS I NEVER MET WHOM I DEDICATED MY FIRST ALBUM TOO…. this is our land, and we had the pleasure to have a day off here!!! MATT made the most picturesque split jump of the tour in these here mountains. join us on the journey of the town that made Switzerland what it is today. the place where my Auf der WALL remains, lay in their crumbled glory, marking the bravery and courage of the independent minded people of my family name, that stood up against the Austro-Hungarian Empire and in 1291 became their own independent canton. the brave farmers and fighters of my family line are still living in these glorious alpine mountains. general consensus from team OOOM is it’s the most beautiful place we’ve visited yet! we jumped the mountain train to mount RIG, and had our eyes and mind blown!!!
MYTHEN MOUNTAIN YOU ARE A GLORIOUS ONE!!!!

YOUR OOOM PHOTO HERO ~ BRAVO X MAdM

P.S. THIS SPLIT WAS AMAZING TOO, JUST NOT AS GREEN!

TROY STILL ABOARD WITH US! SLEEPY BY THE LADY AT THE HELM OF 59:1 CLUB… matt invited some snowboard birds too!

THE SHOW WAS PERFECT CLOSE QUARTERS! packed, enthusiastic great crowd! i discovered the boverians move more than their germanic counter parts… the mystery of the black forest in the blood!??! DANKE! YOU WERE FANTASTIC XXXXX
AND we crossed path with KATIE LARKIN for the THIRD time in one tour!!! destined paths to be celebrated over roasted duck at famed beer garden!

xMAdMx

AS A GOOD JUMPING MATT SHOULD, HE FOUND THE PRAHA CITY SCAPE TO SPLIT JUMP ON TOP OF…. this time we joined him, but just half way…. jumping as high as i can!!! LEAST I CAN DO FOR THE

LOVING MUCHA’S STAINED GLASS IN ST VITUS CATHEDRAL!!!!
MUCHA POSTERS IN HAND! MADUSA XXXXX! TIME FOR ABSINTH AT CAFE SLAVIA! PERFECT DAY OFF IN PRAHA!!! first ever prague show next….
been waiting a life time to get here!

… my heart was touched by the people whom i’ve never met that not only song along with the lyrics, but the riffs too!!!! lovely couples traveled from hungary & spain!!!! thank you all …
A YOUNG CZECH LUCINO EXPERIENCED HIS FIRST LIVE MUSIC CONCERT… a beautiful thing, and perfect weekend in my long lost city…. xoxoxom

BEAUTIFUL SMALL CITY WITH BIG HEART IN AUSTRIAN MOUNTAINS!!!!
austria, since the festival this summer, i have been very warmed by your receiving of my songs, much appreciated and i will be back!!! this show was amazing! in this amazing city owned ROCK HOUSE venue, an old brewery built into the side of a mountain x so very very fantastic. a home cooked meal! semolina soup, potato pancakes and more! danke danke danke x great show, beautiful town and fun local bar hang after the show with dan aka “true love” & his son mathieu, troy and i realized it’d been far too long since we’d spent time together. music brings us together …. please join us on our adventure……

xMAdMx

P.S. TONE BONE AKA HEATHEN DUED JOINED THE OOOM TOUR X IN THE HOUSE!

AMAZING! I ALWAYS DREAMED OF LIVING IN VIENNA AT THE TURN OF THE LAST CENTURY… the painters, the victorian life style… i was greeted like an old friend there, although i have NOT been there in 6 years… thank you for your patience! the festival this summer confirmed we had a connection with one another x we are following the same feeling.

after matt’s beautiful blue series of OOOM life on stage and backstage, he caught the boys sleeping on the job, me prepping, then dove into the outrageously beautiful city of VIENNA!

back in OOOMLand there was love between old friends, funny hair, sweet hearted and supportive concert goers and an edible MAdM Bass guitar cake!!!!
DANKE DANKE AUSTRIA! X

once the mega man saved me from the demon savages, the boys hit the street to prove how tough they can be, matt tried his first tough guy cigarette. soooo cool, pretty tough, but not BIG!

xMAdMx

p.s. i think this is a part of followed the waves, but matt says i throw a subliminal finger to the crowd every night in this one spot… i say, NO WAY, a nice canadian girl would never, it’s just a fancy BASS technique xoxoxoxo i love bass

POLAND! DAY 2 X unfortunately, due to snow, and venue being a bit far out, we only saw the inside of the venue! i flexed my muscles and made the most of though and the crowd were great! thank you POLAND it was a pleasure meeting you for the first time. it will not be the last!

as always, i went out to meet the people. a with the a wonderful older gentleman, came to my show with my father’s book in hand. turns they were roommates in the 1960’s in montreal. nice montreal memories …. thank you warsaw!

p.s. then dan did this…..

15 YEARS INTO MY MUSIC JOURNEY, THERE ARE NOT MANY “FIRSTS” ANYMORE….
but playing for POLAND was a new first! i always had a feeling, based on the bit of insight i got from my mother who visited poland in the 1980’s for work in the theater and from my polish artist friend, maciejk szczerbowski (half of genius animation team CLYDE HENRY that there was something special and passionate going on in those cold cities…. WE WERE FLOORED by the love, moving, screaming, enthusiasm and openness at our first show in POLAND. WROCLAW was the first of the two cities, it is a beautiful city, over a 1000 years old. beautiful old part we walked through, in perfect fluff snow…..

introducing TROY VON BALTHAZAR on this leg of the tour with us. the inspiring one man show, joined us in Hamburg, and will be with us through my homeland of SWITZERLAND. he is a dear old friend of mine, who has followed his poetic and unique musical innards whole heartedly. he just released HOW TO LIVE ON NOTHING, a beautiful new album. honor to have him with me for the OUT OF OUR MINDS Tour x

ANOTHER THING ABOUT POLAND & THE KULTOVA Club, is their LIGHTING RIG IS CRAZY! the ceiling was too short for our OOOM projections, and the lighting rig too plenty, so Ross had the night of OOOM his life playing with lights. in turn, MATT had optimum shooting canvas…. here comes an epic photo docudrama of MAdM OOOM WROCLAV LIVE SHOW – NOVEMBER 29 2010 X

then there is you, the POLISH PEOPLE!

THE PERFECT NIGHT, ENDED WITH DREAM GRILL CHEESE SANDWICH…. HEAVEN X

WHAT AN AMAZING SHOW AND PEOPLE XOXOXOM
xMAdMx

p.s. matt thought this was funny on the streets of poland….

A VERY SCENIC DAY IN BERLIN! AS SEEN BY MATT, THEN PLAYED BY MAdM LIVE X

DANKE BERLIN ! SEE YOU NEXT TIME

xMAdMx

AWOKE IN A WINTER WONDERLAND FUN HOUSE!
opened my eyes on the streets of HAMBURG, outside the “DOM” winter amusement park, right next das “BUNKER”, an old war building turn, club, music store, radio station etc… took a walk around the neighborhood and instantly found 3 perfect coffee shops, vintage clothing store, cool eco friendly winter red high heeled boots made of recycled materials…. and i knew i was in HEAVEN! i have not been or played in hamburg, since the spring of 2004, on my debut album…… but i instantly remembered it when i got to the club. i was greeted by the club owner that also reminded me an epic HOLE gig, 9 years ago! i love the glimpses of memories i find in these cities. then when we play the show, i new memory and feel for that city is born. thank you to the promoters, audience, local papers / radio / writers, for supporting me in my pursuit of sharing my music and inner fire. it mean the world to me and you build my world with me……. x this was an incredible day of conversations with locals and a great intense rock show.

yes, i just indulged in two shots that showcase both my fringe and my bass muscles! thanks matt! great show alex, george & will! was so much fun x nice smoke ross!

TALLEST MAN IN THE WORLD, LITTLE SHOW THAT COULD!
the copenhagen show must go on! despite cancellation of the thursday night at Vega, i refuse to come all the way to europe and not play copenhagen after 6 years of NOT. we were very lucky to connect with YOU SAY PARTY! in OSLO earlier in the week and discover they were playing on our day off, and one thing led to another we joined their show, and had a GREAT SHOW! THANK YOU YSP! was a pleasure to finally cross paths and meeting more fellow sweet heart talented Canadians xxxxxxxx loads more snow to make us feel at home too!

ashley, will, matt and i headed into town to see the site. we lost each other, but will & matt found the little mermaid…… while our swan of a fearless leader tour manager had a coffee and held down the fort.

matt took a break from editing, to join the boys in the boiler room for laundry day….

YOU SAY PARTY! PLAYED THEIR BEAUTY HEARTS OUT – we brought some cheap champagne to the stage for their drummer, alan’s b-day bash!

MORE SOOOOOOOON!
xMx

p.s. other than striving to make a show happen at all, the best part of copenhagen, is MATT found another city to do jump split in!