so i just recorded my third and hopfeully final version of "one love"

instead of boring you with all my awesome stories i will just leave you this week with a musical break! please listen and enjoy "one love"

please let me know what you think! better than previous, worse?!

have a great week

paully

I have been told that it is seen as “good luck” in some cultures for a bird to drop a bomb on your head.  Personally, I think it is good luck when you win the lottery or someone buys you a sandwich.   A free sandwich I want.  A wet juicy bird turd I can live without!  If you really think about it there is nothing lucky about a bird choosing your head as its toilet bowl.  It’s like saying its good luck to get hit by lightning. Plain and simple; it’s just bad luck!

When I was in grade five I had the misfortune of being “lucky.”  I was enjoying my lunch break with some friends playing on the playground when BOOM! I got hit.  Dead smack in the middle of the top of my head! It was embarrassing, it was messy, and it was stinky! 

Kids can be so cruel and children tend to create nick names for people as the result of these kinds of embarrassing situations.  Luckily for me everyone already called me a “shit head” so I had nothing to worry about.  My only worry at the time was how the heck do I clean this mess up?  And why the heck did I run my hand through it?!

Good luck?! You know what IS good luck?  Good luck is when you are sitting on the patio of a pub on a sunny day in Victoria, BC.  Good luck is when you are on that patio and you are leaning slightly backwards tilting your head and your body towards the sun while waiting for a nice cold refreshing beer.  Good luck is when a bird poops and because your body is slightly tilted the poop just misses you only to land right between your two feet.  Now that, my friend, is good freaking luck!!

In conclusion.  I like birds.  I dislike poop. 

See you next Monday!

Ps, if you are in the kamloops area I will be performing at the blue grotto on July 8, doors open at 8, show starts 930pm.  Tickets are available in advance at long & mcquade for $7, or $10 at the door... The first 200 people to purchase a ticket will get my new “Paul Filek live in concert” album at a discounted price... that album will be recorded live that night! July 8!! So come please join in and be part of the magic!!

Paully

1)      Coke-a-cola : when I was younger I could wake up and drink pop with breakfast. It didn’t matter if I was eating bacon and eggs or if I was just having a bowl of raison bran; what did matter was that I had my glass of pop.  It seemed to go well with everything.  Like most kids I had a sweet tooth so drinking a sugar glass of fizzy liquid seemed like a great way to start my day.  Plus it helped give me that extra energy I needed to build forts, play with my toy cars, or build my Lego cities. However, as time has passed my taste buds have changed. I no longer have a sweet tooth and suddenly I find myself eating peppers, avocados and any of the other green foods I once hated.  Four years ago I even cut pop out of my diet.  Water has become the new drink of choice for me? Why, because it is delicious, and because it is free!  That being said, I crave nothing more than a nice cold can of Coke-a-cola.  If I see one in your fridge… watch out! I will grab it, and I will love the first three sips of it… then my teeth with feel rotten, I will get gassy (burps, not farts kids), and I will remember why I love water! 

2)      Swedish berries:  I am not sure why they are called Swedish berries but I am certain that I want to marry a Swedish girl now because of them… oh my goodness! They are so delicious.  By far the greatest candy ever made! Swedish berries are to me what lays potato chips are to Mark Messier.  I BET YOU CAN’T JUST HAVE ONE!   When I was a young boy I used to always have to run errands with my mother.  I didn’t mind it because I love my mommy and also because often times she would get me a small treat.  I remember one time she bought me orange tic-tacs.  I had never had tic-tacs before but I do remember once I tried them I was confused as to why they were so minty and so damn small.  I wanted candy not fresh breath.  Now that I think about it maybe my mom didn’t treat me to those tic-tacs, perhaps she was trying to send me a message or drop me a hint?  But one thing my mother did do is she opened up my eyes to the wonderful world of Swedish berries!  In the basement level of the old Woodward’s in kamloops was this amazing bulk candy section.  I’m not sure why my mom bought me Swedish fish of all the candies but I’m sure happy she did.  Then for years they stopped making the Swedish fish until finally they introduced the Swedish berry. The berry is exactly the same as the fish except it only is one flavour and color.  Bottom line, Swedish berries, Swedish fish, and Swedish people are top notch in my books!

Tell me some of your guilty pleasures!! Chocolate? Cake? Movies? Music? I want to know what you can’t live without... even if you should live without it!

chat with you next week.. oh and just a heads up. if you do leave a comment it wont show up until i approve it so thats why it seems like it doesnt work!

cheers

paully

It’s that time of year. The time of year I wake up scratching my eye balls, clearing my throat and blowing my nose.  It’s a fun time of year.  Really it is!  The sun is shinning, girls start wearing shorter skirts, tinny tops, and I get to drive around with my windows rolled down!  Life is good except for one thing.  My allergies are out of control!

What are boogers anyways? And why are they green? Why do kids like to pick them and then eat them? I’ve always been afraid of green foods and I thought kids were too... so why are they eating these boogies?  Or maybe a better question is how come I haven’t tried a boogie in a long time… maybe they are delicious. And perhaps I will finally be able to answer that famous question, “what is your favourite food.” To pick, or not to pick; that is the question

Eye drops anyone? No thanks! Even though my eyes burn and itch I am too afraid to use eye drops because last summer I had the most unfortunate situation occur.  The wind was blowing; my eyes became very irritated and very dry so I used some visine. I wear contacts, and apparently you can’t always use eye drops with contacts and my eyes started to burn! OMG it hurt so bad I actually had to take my contacts out and throw them away.  That night I drove home blind in the dark. Not fun.  So today I go search for some eye glasses to wear! Wish me luck

24 hour relief! That’s what the box of allergy pills claim to give you.   I took 5 pills yesterday with no relief. Hopefully excessive use won’t affect my poor liver!  I’m hurting! I need help! Please send me your cures for your allergy pains! And please, someone tell me what a boogie is!

Chat with ya next week!

Big shows coming up...

Playing at CANADA PLACE   in Vancouver at 3pm on CANADA DAY JULY 1

JULY 2 – BURNABY – GREAT BEAR PUB

JUL 8 – KAMLOOPS – BLUE GROTTO – this show will be recorded live for a live album I will be putting out shortly after... tickets are 7$ in advance at blue grotto or long & mcquade. And $10 at the door. First 200 people that get tickets will get the new album for $5 instead of $10! Boom

I was enjoying my day off this past Sunday in Victoria.  Life couldn’t have been better. I was hanging out with one of my longest and oldest best friends Andrew Rose. The sun was shinning and the day was young so we decided to take a cruise downtown to grab ourselves a nice refreshing cold beverage… It was on this drive downtown that has forever changed my life and my attitude. I got scammed!

Taking a short cut into town I drove down a few residential streets.  There on the corner of one of these streets was a young fellow sitting patiently at the end of his driveway with a lemonade stand.  I slowly drove past and a few short seconds later decided I was going to pull over and support this kid. I had never before in my life stopped at a lemonade stand.  If you think about it there are so many things that could go wrong with this type of fly by day business.  Many questions ran through my brain as I walked back up the street closer to this stand.   Is the lemonade cold? Is it fresh? Did the young fellow was his hands at any point in the past two days? Does he have a business license for this? Does he claim this on his taxes? Am I able to keep the glass, or is it one that he has to keep and wash? And if so does he wash these glasses? How much would he charge me for a glass and would his price be at market value? So many thoughts ran through my head on that walk, but the one thought that never crossed my mind was that this kid was going to rip me off.

“I’m sorry we’re closed at the moment... all out of lemonade.” The cute little kid tells me.  There he was on a hot summer day sitting in his baseball uniform at a little table with a few glasses and a jug of lemonade.  We asked if he was trying to raise money for his baseball team and he politely replied that it was not for any charity or any other cause other than for himself.  This was his way to earn a little extra cash.  I really respected this as many people lack the drive or desire to achieve anything in life.  Many people these days just expect things to happen for him.  So I told him I was bummed out I couldn’t have lemonade but that I still wanted to contribute to his success. He looked at me confused as I pulled out some change from my pocket and gave him $2.25.  Then Andrew followed suite and put another $2 on his table.  We thanked him for trying and he thanked us back with a huge smile. We started heading back to my car and even though we had not gotten what we had set out for I think we both felt pretty good about possibly helping make a little kids’ day.

“You got to be f@*$J7ng kidding me” I holler at Andrew as I look in my rear view mirror.  We hardly had enough time to sit in our seats and put on our seatbelts before I noticed a group of three people walking to the lemonade stand that we had just been informed was out of lemonade.  Initially I felt bad that these poor people were about to embark on the same unsuccessful journey Andrew and I had just embarked on, but these peoples journey would definitely end up differently than ours.  This cute little kid in the baseball uniform suddenly didn’t seem that cute to me.   Suddenly all I could picture was the making of a future jail bird.  A con artist, a scammer, a person preying on old people for money.  There Right before my very own eyes 30 feet away I watched him pour three big glasses of lemonade from the same jug he only moments earlier told me was empty.  I’d been had!

BOOM*** I smacked the little bastard right in the face! Took all his money and drank the last of his lemonade.  JUST KIDDING! I drove away completely baffled that this kid totally took my money from me and lied to me about being “sold out.”  But I also have laughed and smiled about it now for two day straight.  I think I'm the world’s first person to get ripped off at a lemonade stand... moral of the story? I’m not sure, but I tell you one thing... next time im just driving straight to 7-11!

Have a great week!! See you soon

Paul

As you may or may not know music is a big part of my life. Not only do I love to perform and be on stage but I also love to be in the audience and experience other people’s music first hand. I was recently lucky enough to sit third row in the jack singer concert hall in Calgary to watch David Gray! Wow wow wow what an amazing experience. What an amazing voice, amazing band, and an amazing night!  And now tomorrow I will be sitting eight rows back to see the one and only Tom Petty. However, as excited as I am, I am a little bit worried about people’s attitudes at concerts.

Live a little, have a drink, relax, be excited. Enjoy your night out and enjoy the music! After all that’s why you go to a concert in the first place isn’t it?  I’ve seen it over and over again. Boy brings his girl friend to a concert.  They try and get as close to the stage as they possibly can.  Ten thousand other people try the same thing. Girlfriend gets pushed. Boyfriend gets angry. Throws elbows.  Girl friend cries!!! Hello! What do you expect?! Everyone is so excited and everyone is trying to get up close that people are pushing other people by accident... its ok it’s all part of the experience.  If you have a problem with that get a seat in the nose bleeds. You’ll probably have a better time. And truthfully you’ll sweat a lot less and your girl friend might actually reward you with some loving later that night.

Another thing, if you want to sing... SING! Who cares what you sound like! You love the music, you love the band… why not join in! Pretend you’re in the shower! I know when I’m on stage there is no greater feeling than watching other people singing along and having fun! So Get up and dance! Stand! Who the heck sits for a concert? Get up and feel the music, experience the music! Live a little, nobody is watching you anyways… they are watching the concert!  And plus, Chances are its so loud that nobody can actually hear you anyways!

I could bitch for hours about how people just need to relax and enjoy themselves! But I’ve got better things to do today! For example: I’m going to go listen to some tom petty, get ready for my show tonight at doolins pub in Vancouver.. Then sleep, wake up and see the coolest man alive!! MR Tom Petty!

Have a great week everyone! See you next week!

Paul

what was i thinking when i decided id do a weekly blog.. its been so crazy this past month ive had a hard time keeping up... plus ive discoverd that my life isnt all that interesting and ive already told you everything i know..so instead of writing  a blog this week ive decided to head to vegas for inspiration.

hopefully drugs, booze, women, and rock n roll will create some amazing blog thoughts.. I only pray that i remember them so that  i may share them with you on monday!

wish me luck!

yours truly!

paul!

ps im back in canada friday at which time i play in KELOWNA! Doc Willoughbys Pub! 10pm

This year marks a wicked year for me for many reasons. Excluding all the fun times, the travelling, meeting new people and singing new songs I’ve been lucky enough to attend a couple shows myself! Most favourite to date was back in November when I lucky enough to Portland to watch Paolo Nutini. OMG!! If you haven’t heard of this kid  ( and yes I say kid because the son of a gun in only 21years old) you have to go check out his stuff right now! www.paolonutini.com. He is one of the most talented underrated artists I’ve ever come across, and his live show was better than hot dogs… mmmm I love hot dogs!

Tonight marks another exciting night for me! I am going to see DAVID GRAY in Calgary in a small intimate theatre with some good friends! I collect live in concert DVD’s and David Grays has by far become my most favourite. (close second to COLDPLAY , PAUL MCCARTNEY, and NIRVANA unplugged). I am so sooo very excited. 3^rd row center tickets! It will be a night to remember forever.  If I was granted just one wish, it would be to play before either one of these two talented people! Sorry this blog is so short but im too excited to think! David, ill be the guy crying front and center ;)

See ya next week!

Paul

I am so thankful, so blessed, and so fortunate to be where I am today.  I am really happy!  I owe all this happiness to you; my friends and my fans! Of all the days possible, April fools day marked my two year anniversary for playing music as a full time job!  No joke! Who would have thunk it!?!  It has been a crazy ride and with each passing day things are getting bigger and better! Obviously I have my struggles and hardships, but I must say the future looks bright and my spirits are held high!

I have been on the road a lot these past two years and I plan to be away even more in the years to come!  I’ve put over 75000kms on my car in 19months! I’ve slept on a lot of hotel beds, on even more couches, and couple times in my car!   I’ve played in front of thousands of people, hundreds of people, and even in front of a few people who didn’t want to hear me at all! But it has all been worth it! I get to play my guitar.  I get to sing. I get to chase my dream.

This month has kind of been a cool month for me.  It has been the slowest I have been since June of last year! And while I have not been able to play as much as I would like to it has been inspiring to me as well.  I woke up last night in my own bed! I rolled over, checked the time, then rolled back and just lay there peacefully.  I had kind of forgotten what it is like to sleep in my own bed! And let me tell you, my bed isn’t the nicest bed in the world, but does it ever feel good to sleep on! It feels good to have my pillows, my sheets, and my pictures on the wall.  It feels good to be home, to have a nice cooked meal, and to spend time with my brother and his girl friend.  It feels good to be alive, to be happy, and to be able to share it all with my friends and family

Although home is sweet, and it is nice to be back, I want to be on that road again.  I want to play in front of new people.  I want my voice and my music to be heard.  I want to touch some ones heart with the strum of a chord, make some ones day with a collage of melodic words.  I want to play music, love music, and live music. So that is what I shall do.  I forever will chase this dream until I am no longer.  Alberta, here I come

May 14 – Lethbridge – front row pub – free!

May 15 – Calgary – Unicron Pub - $5

May 22 – shooting music video in Edmonton  for “I AM ALIVE” (email me for details if you are interested in being in it!)

May 28/29 – Red Deer – Blarney Stone South

See you next Monday!

 About 4 years ago I was hanging out with a friend of mine in a mall in Toronto.  There in the entrance way was this giant bronzed statue of a moose.  I hit my buddy, pointed and started laughing out loud. He didn’t understand what was so funny.  I didn’t understand how he couldn’t see what so humours to me.  Who the heck makes a bigger than life sized model of a bronzed moose and places it smack dab in the middle of a nice mall??  Doesn’t that seem unusually odd and weirdly funny to anyone else?  Then I was informed of the truth.  That model was not a gross exaggeration; it was a replica of real life size moose!  Since being educated about the actual size of amazing creation I’ve grown a slight obsession with seeing one in person.  I need to see it to believe it! Is it really that big?!

 Over the past 18 months I have travelled over 75thousand kilometres across some of the most beautiful scenery in Canada.  What have I seen? Mountain goats, mountain goats, and some more mountain goats. Oh ya and this one time I saw some mountain goats.  I’ve seen foxes, lots of different kinds of deer’s, and I’ve even seen an owl fly over head.  Bald eagles, elk, squirrels, mice, skunks and I think I even saw big foot once.  But never have I seen a moose!

 So there I am driving down the highway.  I’ve just past Jasper Alberta and there on the side of the road………. Is a Car. Not just one car, but heaps and heaps of cars lined up pulled over and on the side of the highway!! Wow I am so excited! It’s got to be a moose!  I slow down and approach with caution because there are not only lots of cars now pulled over but there are lots of people standing beside their cars armed with their cameras! Oh man this is so exciting! It has got to be a moose! What else could be this awesome that so many people would pull over?  There is no way it’s a mountain goat... those bastards are everywhere!! I’m getting closer and closer, my heart is beating faster and faster! Just a few feet away behind some bushes...

It’s a tiny little black bear! Oh my god! I was so upset! I’ve seen a thousand bears in my day and this was what people where so excited about?! I was so upset I speed away.  A few moments passed and I started to laugh and I definitely started to smile.  I smiled for two reasons.  REASON ONE:   I realized that most of those people were obviously tourists and haven’t seen a bear before.  Most of them haven’t seen nature as beautiful as Jasper let alone the Rocky Mountains or any part of Western Canada.  Its amazing how easily a person can take for granted how stunning and amazing this part of the world really is.  So I smiled because I was proud to be Canadian.  REASON TWO:  one of these tourists was actually chasing the little black bear with his camera and one of his buddies.  I was so mad it wasn’t a Moose it didn’t even set in that this idiot was chasing a bear.  Ladies and gentlemen don’t chase bears. You will not win.  I hope those guys were ok and didn’t hurt the bear... and I hope the little black bears mom was standing around the corner. Ha-ha oh what an idiot!

 Take care and see you next week!!

Paul