photo: Andrea K.

MOIST ON MTV
The video for Breathe will air tomorrow, Sunday August 29th, on MTV's 120 Minutes. The video will run in the later portion in the prgram, sometime between 12:45-2:00 am, and is hosted this week by Dave Holmes.
Thanks to OMP

Moist have moved up from #3 to #2 on the MuchMusic Countdown.

Nettwerk.com states that Moist is performing tomorrow (August 29th) in London, Ontario London, at Western Fairgrounds for a 9 pm set. It's a Labatt's Blue Concert and Tickets can only be obtained through Labatt's contest.
please note i'm not quite sure this is right

Sunday, August 22nd 1999

I'm taking the liberty to post a review from the Moist show at the Darts in Wasaga beach from Andrea K. (Webmistress of the Official Moist Page first posted on the Towelette's Board)... Thank you Andrea

> hey, i just wanted to post a quick review of the show last night at the dards in wasaga beach.
mind you we finally left mississauga at 9pm took freakin 2 1/2 hours to get there.. got stopped by an OPP officer (luckily not ticketed) much to kevin's twisted amusement
but the show rocked. we came in during Dogs (their 4th song according to jeff)...i am not sure how many songs were played...quite a few. i managed to get some pics of the show (which will hopefully be posted on the site this week)...they did a few of the newer songs, particularly Comes and Goes..which sounded great..and dave confessed the mysteries of live which is that it was the first time playing it and therefore the lyrics were written on his arm.
when i have a chance to, i will try to write up as much of the setlist as i can if anyone is interested. but the show was great..even though it rained all the way there, traffic was horrible, and we were late...
afterwards there wasn't a real area to chat..but a few people were waiting by the bus...jeff and kev talked to just about everyone...i heard mark went in and out quickly, and paul a bit as well. but it was lousy weather and it was around 12:30 or 1 when we were hanging outside.
oh, and one funny thing was that jeff had asked me if i was hassled about photographing the show, and i told him that i was asked 101 times by security to put away my cameras and not photograph, until i told em that i was given permission by the band to photograph. jeff was like..."ok...i specifically told all the security PERSONALLY that if anyone has a camera, as long as its not obvious, they can take pics, and if a girl with a lot of camera gear comes in she is with us..she is to film whatever the hell she wants." *L* my own personal stan *L*.

Mark Makoway's book is rumored to appear in bookstores in October.

The 2nd version of Breathe featuring clips from the Kevin Beacon film Stir of Echoes was aired during David's appearance at MusiquePlus last Wednesday.

Radio Mix 99.9 announced that Moist will be playing at "Beachfest" in Toronto at the Harborfront. The show is on labour day weekend thus this must be the free show on Sept 6th.
thanks to Amy

Breathe is still #3 on the MuchMusic Countdown.

Wednesday, August 18th 1999

David Usher will be making appearance at Musique Plus today at 2pm.
www.musiqueplus.com

WWW.MOIST.CA was updated August 17th.

We will have news of another free show in a couple of days. [a free show on September 6th 1999] stay tuned to this column. also, i just found out that the show in kelowna is for contest winners only, so listen to your local radio stations to win tickets. my apologies to anyone who was told otherwise

Thanks to everyone who emailed in their video ideas and song requests. The new single and video are being planned now and will be out in a few weeks. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who has made Breathe so popular. The video just moved from number 4 to number 3 on the MuchMusic Countdown, and the single moved from 6 to 4 on the national rock radio chart. We would like to thank everyone who has been requesting it, and for making it our most successful single ever.

Click to Request Breathe on MuchMusic!

And for those of you living in the montreal area, don't forget that we are playing a free show on Saturday in montreal with live, edwin and serial joe. The show will get underway in mid afternoon, and we will be going on around 7pm.

And this friday we are playing as special show at dardanella in wasaga beach. Unfortunately it is one of our rare club appearances so it will be open to those 19 and over only. But its going to be a lot of fun, so come on up if you can make it.

A NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL MOIST FANS:
the album will be available in the rest of the world in a few months, but if you don't want to wait then visit www.werkshop.com to order it online.

Moist has been nominated for 'Best Canadian Group' for the 1999 MuchMusic Video Awards (September 23rd 1999). Click here to vote. More details will follow.

The New Music
SHOW #13-801 Airdates: Citytv September 18, 1999 MuchMusic September 28, 1999
MOIST
Ok, Byron plays bass with David Usher from time to time, but does that mean we can’t do an objective piece of hard-hitting rock journalism. Probably not, but it’ll be fun.
thanks to Kat for pointing it out / http://www.thenewmusic.net/

The soundtrack to Brokedown Palace is in stores now. (Retails at $18.99 at HMV presently, $16.49 on the web). Buy it here.

Drown is one of the songs on the new Fan Club CD.
thank you Laura

This is a quote from Toronto's Gay Magazine of which David was on the cover. Thanks to fish/kat for posting it on the M.T.Board.
[David on the lyrics of Breathe] "Breathe is about a combination of things. It's very much about facing the idea of mortality. It's a combination of ideas. It was written based on the idea of my wife's stepfather dying of cancer and her facing that moment and a gay friend of mine whose partner died of AIDS and his facing... its a melding of people facing mortality and those kind of ideas where you go back home to the funeral and you see the people that you've known. It's just about those moments. If you go through the song it actually makes some sense."

Breathe is number 3 on the MuchMusic Countdown (last week spot= #5).

Soundscan Charts
Mercedes Five and Dime is ... #32 (last week #30) on the nation's top 50 Albums. ...#9 (last week #10) on the nation's top 50 Alternative Albums.
for the week ending August 8th

Monday, August 16th 1999

Underground is the new single. According to Kathryn and her conversation skills she informs me Jeff Pearce wrote this song.

Leave It Alone in Thai is on the soundtrack for the film Brokedown Palace which opened on Friday the 13th. The song plays during a market seen with Claire Danes' character and a blond guy.

WWW.MOIST.CA was updated August 12th.

We are about to start getting ready for another bunch of shows that are coming up in the next week. In the meantime, we just learned that our breathe video has been accepted for play on mtv and m2 in america. The next video has been figured out and we will be filming it in the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more details.

Tuesday, August 10th 1999

Information on NEW DATES

Friday, Aug 20th, 1999
Wasaga Beach, ON
The Dard
Doors open at 9pm
Moist on stage at 11pm
Tickets $30 from venue.
The Dard is located at 13 First St

Saturday, Aug 21st, 1999
Montreal , PQ
Parc Des Iles
[FREE CONCERT!!]
Doors open 3pm
Edwin - 5pm to 5:30pm
Red Core - 5:50pm to 6:20pm
Serial Joe - 6:40pm to 7:10pm
MOIST - 7:40pm to 8:55pm
Live - 9:25pm to 10:45pm 

Saturday, Aug 28th, 1999
Kelowna, BC
Skyreach Centre
Doors: 7pm
Moist: 9pm
Molson Beer sponsored event.
Tickets are ONLY available through Molson's. 

WWW.MOIST.CA was updated August 9th.

Well, you may have noticed that this site is a little barren right now. i just moved the site over to a new server, and i am having a little technical difficulty with a few of the details. also, for some reason moist@moist.ca mail isn't being delivered to us right now, but hopefully that bug will get sorted out soon. we have begun planning the next video, and our next tour and we will have details on those things soon.

the new fanclub cd is ready to go, and will be shipped soon.

Mercedes Five and Dime is #25 in the nations top 50 albums (previous spot, #23). It fell from #8 to #9 on the country's top 50 alternative albums. In Montreal from #18 to #20; in Quebec it came up from #16 to #7; in Ottawa fell from #14 to tie with the Tea Party at #19. Moist is longer present in the top 20 of Soundscan charts in St-John's, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Regina.
all chart information is taken from the soundscan charts for the week ending July 18th

Breathe is number #5 in the MuchMusic Countdown.

GRAND THEFT CELLO: MOIST COLLABORATOR NEEDS YOUR HELP
In the ongoing rash of equipment and instrument thefts, DAMN has some bad news to pass along about Lynn Selwood. Selwood, who has played cello with Moist in the past, is the latest victim of thieves. Here's what she's missing: 1974 3/4 size Suzuki cello with Fishman pickup, dark stain, plywood top in brown vinyl soft gig bag with black shoulder strap. Also in case; bow and Seiko Quartz Metronome. A Fostex four track recorder (an old, old model) If anyone has any information about this equipment, Lynn and her friends in Moist would be most grateful. Feel free to forward any tips to us here at ChartAttack; send an e-mail to scoop@chartnet.com with the word "Cello" in the subject line. DAMN will make sure that Lynn is kept abreast of any developments...

Saturday, August 7th 1999

Get a free Moist sticker from www.emimusic.ca.

WWW.MOIST.CA was updated August the second.

We had a great weekend, playing shows in southern ontario. Thanks to everyone who came out. Now we are taking a quick two week rest (our summer), before we get into more shows, including the free montreal show on august 21, and a show somewhere in Muskoka on august 20. I will post details about that show when i get them.

Email moist (moist@moist.ca) to give suggestions for the next video.

This is the lineup for the Montreal free show according to a wonderful individual who likes to be named "silvercreature". Headline act is of course Live, MOIST, Edwin, Serial Joe and a band called Redcore.

The top 99 albums of the 90s, the result of a survey done by chart magazine are posted. Moist fared pretty well...

#13. moist CREATURE

#16. moist SILVER

#38. david usher LITTLE SONGS

thanks to Silvercreature for the info

The August 5th issue of The Montreal Gazette includes a review of Mercedes Five and Dime and a mirrored image of Moist.
thanks to Aleta

Thursday, July 29th 1999

MuchMusic will have a spotlight on Moist August 30th and August 31st.
Airs on MuchCanada & MuchUSA at 7:00pm & 11:30pm ET (Plus: MuchCanada only at 5:30am ET & MuchUSA only at 11:30am ET)
muchmusic

Thursday, August 26th at 9pm, midnight & 8am ET, 6pm, 9pm & 5am PT and Monday, August 30th at 4pm, 8pm & 10:30am ET, 1pm, 5pm & 7:30am PTMuch presents "Much@EDGEfest 99". [lenght=60min. Airs on MuchUSA]
Hilights from this year's EDGEfest tour with Rachel Perry.

rumor: moist will not be contributing to Brokedown Palace.

Mercedes Five and Dime is #23 in the nations top 50 albums (previous spot, #15). It fell from #4 to #8 on the country's top 50 alternative albums. In Montreal from #8 to #18; in Quebec from #7 to #16; in Ottawa from #7 to #14; in Edmonton from #18 to #14, in Calgary from #15 to #17 and in Vancouver Moist is now back on the chart at #18. However, it is no longer present on the Charts in St-John's, Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Regina.
all chart information is taken from the soundscan charts for the week ending July 18th

Breathe is #6 (up one spot) on the MuchMusic Countdown.

Wednesday, July 21st 1999

Email moist (moist@moist.ca) to give your opinion as what should be the next single off Mercedes Five & Dime.

WWW.MOIST.CA was updated yesterday (July 20th).

FINALLY, THE PROMISED MONTREAL SHOW!!!
We will be performing in a free festival in montreal, on august 21 at parc des iles. Also on the bill is Live, and there are other bands to be confirmed.
We are now in Chicoutimi, doing our in store tour. Tomorrow we are off to rimouski, for our first time other. We are looking forward to meeting lots of people there.

INSTORES

JULY 20TH 1999	CHICOUTIMI, HMV - Place du Royaume
JULY 21ST 1999	RIMOUSKI, POLYSONS - Carrefour Rimouski
JULY 22ND 1999	VICTORIAVILLE, HMV - Grande Place des Bois Francs
JULY 23RD 1999	QUEBEC CITY, HMV - Place Laurier

Moist is playing at 11PM on Saturday July 31st in Dunnville.
thanks to Amy

grapes in Jeff Pearce's backyard
WWW.MOIST.CA was also updated on the 19th.

I have posted the quebec instore dates below. Also, it seems that a show in montreal will definitely happen in mid august. We are hoping that it will be a free show, but the details are still being worked out. The picture above doesn't have much to do with anything, except i was amazed when i got back from edgefest how much the grapes in my backyard have grown.

wondering where all the updates went? Check the news archive for the month of July1999.

wasted