Brisbane is a cool city . Has some money by the looks of things . Great looking skyline with tall , slender towers on the banks of the serpentine Brisbane River . It may have just claimed the title for this tour of Australia , but it ain't over yet . We just flew back to Sydney ( and boy are our jokes tired .. ). Two good shows with The Augies and Guy Webster at The Zoo , a sweltering upstairs warehouse across the way from the Brunswick street mall in the Valley . Man , we've got ' pizza corner ' in Halifax and on sunday morning around 2 am it's an absolute hell hole but it doesn't hold a candle to the full on mass public debauch that was the Fortitude Valley ; New Orleans before the flood but after the good music left town . Enough t and a and shorts and sandals and ambulances for the most reluctant innocent bystander . Not that we had any problems . There was a bit of a stare down from a group of alley cats on the way back from sushi , but as soon as The Elk rounded the corner alongside Augie soundman Paul the Big Bastard , all eyes went to ground .
Last night , sunday night , The Emergency again ventured across the Brisbane River to the Fortitude Valley and rocked The Troubadour . Everyone was a little fried , our tour manager Geoff working us like dogs , but we all had wrung dry fun . Local alt. country rockers Halfway opened the show nicely .
Next is a solo show for Joel ( thank christ ) tomorrow and a days recovery then back to Melbourne for shows at the Espy , The Retreat Hotel , Ruby's Lounge , and The Rob Roy .