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Thanks to all who attended the Kick Back Punks chat last week! Apologies to those who had to endure the weight of Dave’s insulting and smack talking! Speaking of things to do for computer literate people … our new MP3’s are available! Get them from our download page now! If you live in Portland make plans to attend our CD Release show on 4/26. New long sleeve shirts are on the way next week as well as other sizes of the flaming 800 Ball T-shirt.
Show Journal 2002-04-19
It’s been a while since we played somewhere totally new so we were all pretty stoked on playing Bainbridge Island. The drive up was nice because going up and down I-5 to Seattle really gets to be a drag sometimes and the variety was a welcome change. The show was at a high school and since we were there so early we decided to grab a basketball and play a game of Horse. Sadly though the game took about an hour since none of us could make it in the basket. Despite the lack of actual running involved in Horse, the three old men in the band (i.e. – not Justin) were all tired afterwards and regretted our decision to play before a show. The show itself was pretty fun. There were quite a few people there and they actually had two band areas set up which was kind of cool. The first band (made up of two VERY young kids) played first on the main stage. After that there was another band (who’s name is escaping me right now) setup in the opposite corner of the floor. They played while we setup which was pretty unique because it didn’t give people time to get bored. When we were done setting up, they stopped playing, we started and life was good. The show was cool but I must confess that the sound on stage was awful, bordering on terrible. The amps were all about 3 feet in front of Jim so he couldn’t hear anything we were playing. The stage monitors weren’t working and as we later discovered they weren’t plugged in. (Insert groaning sound here). Still there was a crowd, they stood up front and they seemed to dig us so we can overlook the terrible sound on stage. When we finished, the other band (the one in the corner) played again, and eventually the Daryls took the stage. They sounded great and the kids loved them. That’s not a surprise though because they totally rock. After that the show wrapped up and we all got to bail pretty early. Thanks to Kelvis, Sam and Chris for walking the trail of tears to come see us play.
Show Journal 2002-04-17
Last time we played on KPSU we had a ton of phone calls. At the time Wookie (the host) told us it was the most calls he ever had on his show. Since we previously had such a good turnout we were asked us to play during pledge week for KPSU to help them make a few extra bucks. We played some live songs (6 of them), played some tracks from the new album, did an interview and donated some signed merchandise. This all seemed like a good way to help KPSU make money but during our hour long visit only one person called in to donate. Either something good was on TV tonight or we just really sucked … I’m not sure which. We still had a good time despite the painful lesson in humility. Oh yeah, hello to The Speds.
Show Journal 2002-04-05
I’ll keep this one brief … Jackmove was awesome, Burnout was good, Suburbia was amusing, the Ash Street staff was cool and Nate Dogg was in ‘da house.
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Sounds like we got quite a few of you with our little April Fool’s joke! We awoke on Monday to dozens of messages from all over the place with people saying how excited they were for us and offered their congratulations! Slowly though, as the day wore on the follow up e-mails and phone calls started rolling in with people calling us cold hearted bastards for deceving them! In the words of the A-Team “I love it when a plan comes together.” So for the record
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Boo. More cancellations to report. Our April show in Chico got dropped because the club double booked. Also our May show w/ Statch at the Meow Meow got cancelled for the same reason. Oh well, that just gives everyone one more reason to come to our April 26th CD release show at the Paris because it will be our only all ages show in Portland until July!!! Oh yeah, by popular request we actually have real pictures of our merchandise now! One more funny thing
Show Journal 2002-03-19
Nothing too earth shattering to report tonight. Small turnout but it was a Tuesday so what do you expect? Seeing New Society was pretty cool. I think they have a new singer now. Interestingly enough their guitar player used to play in a band we played with back in 1997 so it was cool seeing him again. I should also point out that The Gamits played very well this evening as they always do. Even Lyle liked them and Lyle hates everything! Also, if you like your rock really fast do yourself a favor and check out Downway … they are a fantastic band. Very tight and very fast. Thanks to all our repeat customers who came to see us on a Tuesday. Extra special thanks to Jeff for setting up the show, Mocephus for help on the staircase of doom and a shot out to Rob The Stalker for not making us play ‘Metal Guys.’
Show Journal 2002-03-16
In the words of Stuntmonkey I think this show lasted about 2 days. Truth be told there was 9 bands in all and the show lasted about 8 hours total. Pretty long show but not nearly as bad as it sounds. Seeing Burnout again was really cool and A Time Too Many was a major surprise as well. Countdown To Life was f*ing incredible. Justin and I stood up front and drooled uncontrollably at one super bad ass guitar part after another. Those guys were way beyond rock … they were like the whole damn quarry. I could ramble on and on about how good every other band was but instead I wanted to tell everyone about the cool kids in Longview that come to see us at EVERY show. Dan, Cam, Brady, Matt, Mason and the others who’s names are escaping me right now … they come to every show, they stand up front, they move around, they know the words and they sing along to every song they know. It’s not just guys either, the girls come out and rock just as hard. What makes it really cool is that they go and support every band with the same enthusiasm. It’s the coolest thing in the world and it makes Longview one our favorite places to play. Can’t wait until April when we have a new recording for everyone there!!!
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The CD is at the pressing plant and being manufactured as you read this! The official CD release date is April 26th but rumor has it we might get the CD’s a week or two early. Early release or not we are going to celebrate it’s release with a show in Portland at The Paris w/ No Thanks To You, Thirty 3 and The Greatest Mistake. The word on the street is that we might possibly even have a surprise guest DJ between bands. So is it time for some new clothes? Well, we finally have pictures of our latest merchandise! Check out the new t-shirts, the baby doll tee’s and our new hoodies that we have for sale!
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Here’s the latest CD update … recording is done, mastering is done, artwork is about 99% done so it should be off to the pressing plant late next week. That means we are still on track for a release date right around April 26th. If you want a sneak peek at song names and lyrics look around the web site. You’ll have to wait a bit longer to hear the new songs though. Also, huge thanks to our Portland Street Team who really came through for the Tiger Army show
