Men of iron

Fluid Waffle features a lot of familiar faces - Tom Stewart, Dave Dudley and Pat Banister later went on to Furnaceface; the first two now make up two-thirds of Manpower, and you can see a bunch of related photos if you follow the tags. They played a great set, notwithstanding the pressures of last-minute practicing.

Tom sings!



Smiling drummer Dave of Dave's Drum Shop! (Good thing he didn't use his last name - Dud Drums wouldn't have worked as well.)



The front of Pat Banister!



And the back (which reads "I lost a bet, that's why," for those of you who can't deduce what it says). Banister was also a Furnaceface vet.



Steve D'annuzio can occasionally be seen pop-rocking around town.



The whole Fluid lot!



Extra Andrew Archer action! And yes, that is an autographed can of mushroom soup in front of him. Sold for $20 at auction, all proceeds going to the food bank.



Waffling action!



Fluid Waffle meets the amorphous audience blob.



For the final number they broke out the hypno-wheels.



I think Blake Jacobs is experiencing technical difficulties. Steve is also doing jumpy stuff.



And there's even a photo of the setlist. Now the only question that needs answering is, when's the big Furnaceface reunion going to happen?

Trapped in the past

As reunion shows go, last nights was a good 'un: You had The Trapt, Flag of Truce, Fluid Waffle and half of Honest Injun. I also managed to take a few pictures of this show - my camera is still in limbo (or at least its nearest Earthly equivalent, Mississauga), but my aunt lent me her Lumix, which turns out some decent shots, even with only a pop up flash.

Half of Honest Injun in the smoke (not shown, guest guitarist Chad).



Flag of Truce; they brought two drummers and switched mid-set.



Fluid Waffle spell it out.



And finally The Trapt got the crowd slamming "Just don't push any of the people in walkers!"



There was also plentiful joshing about a need for a defibrillator stage left, but everyone seemed delighted at seeing old faces and barring Honest Injun's set (which wasn't all that bad) everyone seemed in good shape.