So, I took the weekend off to go visit the green country up north. While staying in Toronto, I noticed one of my abso favo bands Akron/Family was doing a gig. I checked them out and was pretty psyched. After the show, I was thinking I should stay around and try and score an autograph, but then I saw their van and realized bigger things awaited me.
They were still getting rubdowns or toweling off inside, so no one was about. I sweet talked Greg Davis (touring buddy of Akron/Family) into letting me pretend to drive the van. He even let me honk the horn(!). Then he said he had to go back inside to find some chicks or something. I was all, like, whatever and went about looking around in the van for some cool souvenir. That's when my eyes fell on a dark Deering Siera Banjo with a hard case and pick-up! I handled it with the fragility of a newborn baby. But I wasn't satisfied. That is, until I uncovered a Reverend 6-String (olive green, semi-hollow) in a TKL Case, a sunburst Fender Jaguar Baritone 6-string, and finally (!) a MiniDisc recorder in a grey bag.
I thought about the morality of my actions for only a brief second, because just as I was unloading the last of my bounty, some chode from Megafaun was approaching me. I muttered some nonsense and made it back to my car unaffected.
So, what I'm saying is: I have a lot of sweet gear that you should buy because it was at one time owned by the great Akron/Family.
Okay, sorry. I'm lying. At least sort of. I, Petya Romanov, did not steal that stuff, but unfortunately some lousy person actually did. As reported by Pitchfork, all the equipment I mentioned above were lifted from the vans of Akron/Family, Megafaun, and Greg Davis after their show in Toronto. Yeah, I know, it's pretty lame to steal from such nice guys (maybe even more lame to pretend to have stolen from them for the interest of a cheap article on TMT). But seriously, if you have any info call (715) 864-1972 or e-mail either Akron/Family or Megafaun.
Tour-wise, the fam still seems to be a go-go.
# The Dodos
$ Phosphorescent
@ Megafaun and Greg Davis