Last weekend, the five knifes (Sharp Like Knives) packed themselves into a rented minivan and headed off to Sydney Cape Breton for the annual ECUA NoCases, counterpart event to the ECMA Showcases. It was our first NoCase show, and our first time playing in Sydney, the birthplace of two out of five knifes. (Adam and Mark are certified Capers, so it was especially exciting to play there.)

The weekend overall was awesome. The all-ages show that we played was intense. On the second floor of a tiny Gaelic Cultural Center, we played really really loud, and the kids there went nuts dancing. This Editor is not exaggerating when I say that there were moments when I genuinely feared that the floor could not possibly support us, it was shaking that much! And our last-minute bar show at the Maple Leaf was really fun. You can check out a bunch of pictures from the weekend over at the Photoblog.

Special thanks to Nancy and her family for putting me and many others up for the nights, and to Mariah and Rosa for the spur-of-the-moment five hour drive home at 3:30am. No thanks to my body for requiring more than two hours sleep to function properly. Greedy sleep-loving body.