A few new dates were added (or in some cases more info is available) and they are:
-July 7th at Mont Tremblant, QC for the Molson Dry Ski Festival
-July 8th in Belleville, ON at Victoria Park
-July 9th in Syracuse, NY for the WKRL Festival
-July 12th in Windsor, ON at Kubota Club
-July 13th in Sarnia, ON for the Festival By The Bay
-July 14th at Wasaga Beach, ON at The Dardenella
and a date on July 26, nothing confirmed yet.

Scan of Mark's book.

Wednesday, June 7th 2000

Pick your top 20 Canadian songs!

David Usher is on the cover of this months Chart magazine (third from left).

David's participation in the White Ribbon campaign is mentioned in this article. thanks to Courtney on the MTMB How he got to participate in the concert (personal invite from Jeff Martin of the Tea Party) is described here.

Wednesday, May 31st 2000

I'm sorry for the lack of updates but there simply has been nothing to write about.

Mark Makoway's book The Indie Band Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Breaking a Band Canadian Edition is available from Chapters.ca and most other books stores who order (IBSN is 1894160037 and Publisher is Madrigal Press). However Elyssa reports that the paperback has not yet been published so you might have a long wait after placing your order. (Book retails for about $19.95)

www.thenewmusic.net has a transcript of an interview with both David and Mark. Episode pisode NM13-801 with "Breathing easy with Moist". thanks to Panny

Friday, May 19th 2000

Soundwaves Waterfront Festival has a site up with information on Ticket prices, volunteering, etc.
Ticket Prices for now are 20$ for the weekend pass (Friday, June 30th and Saturday, July 1st) or 15$ for Friday, and 10$ for Saturday.
If you are interested in volunteering call (613) 860-FEST.

The Buffalo show also has an info site you can access here.

Saturday, May 13th 2000

New information to pass on about the tourdates, scroll down for more information on side
-June 2, in Springfield, MO for the KZRQ Festival
-June 3, in Kansas City, MO for the KQRC Festival
-June 7, in Cleveland,OH for the WMMS Festival
-June 8, in Buffalo, NY for the Edge Festival
-June 9, in Oshawa, On for the Oshawa Festival
-July 1, in Ottawa for the Soundwaves Waterfront Festival
-July 9, in Syracuse, NY for the WKRL Festival
-As well no Syracuse and Chicago dates as previously mentioned.

BOOM Results from the 'Best of Montreal' in the Montreal Mirror.
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Most desirable man 1. DAVID USHER (Moist's David Usher has ruled this category for some time). Best-dressed montrealer 1. DAVID USHER Best band 1. godspeed you black emperor 2. MOIST (We still extend our congratulations to [godspeed...] ... because they got to the top spot by playing good music (don't ask us about Moist, though, eh?). Most outrageous act 1. One-976 2. MOIST Best local Web site 1. WWW.MOIST.CA (the Moist Web site, www.moist.ca, which links you directly to http://www.cnw.com/~moist/, is number one in town).

Tuesday, May 9th 2000

The results of the Montreal Mirror's survey Best of Montreal will appear in the May 11th issue (that is Thursday).

Check this site out for information about the Minnedosa, Manitoba show on July 2nd. It's a camping weekend! www.shakinthelake.com.
thanks to my anonymous source

Sunday, May 7th 2000

The United States release of Mercedes Five and Dime will be on June 6th, 2000.

Track list for United States release of Mercedes five and dime 1. UNDERGROUD 2. PUSH (click to hear new version) 3. BREATHE 4. FISH 5. COMES AND GOES 6. DOGS 7. ALIVE 8. TONIGHT 9. PLEASING FALSETTO 10. MANDOLIN 11. PLACE

This information has been provided by Capitol Records www.hollywoodandvine.com/moist/

Sunday, April 30th 2000

The Los Angeles show at Roxy has been postponed due to scheduling problems. Moist promised to make a stop in LA later this summer.

More information on few of the dates, the tourdates on the right side of the screen have been updated. Including the Neepawa (MB) Shakin the Lake Festival, the Festival By The Bay in Sarnia (ON), show in June 30th is in St. Ephrem and not Quebec, London International Airport (Airshow) on June 24th, and the Buffalo show on June 8th will be at Lafayette Square.

In other news, the Montreal Mirror's Best of Montreal 2000 if you care to vote in the contest go to www.montrealmirror.com/bom2000/. Though perhaps we should be voting in a best of Toronto ...

Wednesday, April 26th 2000

More tourdates have been added and more precise information will follow.

Friday, April 21st 2000

a note from www.moist.ca...

Our summer is starting to take shape, with dozens of shows all over canada and the u.s. We have summer shows booked in most major Canadian cities, and we will be also participating in many American summer festival dates.

Also, we just finished digging through the archives, finding four unreleased songs for the new Moist fanclub disc (vol. 4). The disc will feature the version of Comes and Goes that has been popping up on Canadian radio, as well as three older, unreleased songs. This disc (as well as vol. 1, 2 and 3) is only available to members of the moist fanclub. email moistfc@nettwerk.com for info on how to join...

Kevin Young has agreed to come and chat with Moist fans this Saturday (April 22, 2000) at 6 PM eastern time, at the Official Moist Page chat room.

There is a birthday card for you to sign, if you wish, here. It is Jeff and David's birthdays this month and the card comes from Andrea a the OMP.

Thursday, April 13th 2000

Well after a long absence WASTE is back, up and running.

The band has announce some of their new summer tour dates, more will be added later.
April 13, 2000 Edmonton, AB at Nait Show (students only)
April 14 , Calgary, AB at Sait Show (students only)
April 16 , Banff, AB at Wild Bills
May 18, Los Angeles, CA at Roxy
May 21, Cayuga, ON at Cayuga Speedway

There is a new version of Comes and Goes getting airplay in most Canadian cities. When MOIST was in the studio a couple months ago they, as Jeff's puts it "blasted off" a version of that song that sounds more like the way the band plays it onstage. When the single was given to radio stations they decided to give them both versions, and now it seems that many have taken to playing the new one. The new version will probably appear on a fanclub disc sometime soon.

The new issue of Chart Magazine features an article written by kevin, about life as part of the moist touring machine. Kevin's article was longer than Chart could handle, so only part of it is in the issue. The unedited version has been posted on their website. http://www.chartattack.com/features/2000/kevinyoung/

INTERNATIONAL RELEASE
Mercedes Five and Dime will soon be released around the world. It was recently released in Germany, Switzerland and Thailand and will be available in the United States and in other countries on June 6th...

Jeff is starting an e-mailing list to pass on tour dates and other announcements. Simply type "mailing list" in the subject header, and send it to moist@moist.ca

Paul at Studio Piccolo
photo: moist, thanks to OMP

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

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