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Portland’s own 800 Octane is darker than your average punk band. Inspired by the Misfits and b-movies, this band is eminiscent of AFI around the release of Black Sails in the Sunset, It’s definitely working that Halloween theme but not quite overplaying it. Let’s hope it stays that way, because the world does not need another Davey Havoc. (Willemette Week / PR)
No, we aren’t dead… Blogger just sucks.
Running your own web site really sucks sometime. About two months ago we deleted most of our web site and switched it to a Google Blogger account since it was much easier to update. Over the last few weeks we started getting e-mails here and there saying that our web site wasn’t working and just went to the Google homepage. We couldn’t seem to duplicate the problem from any computer, but if people can’t see the site that’s no good. After going through the pains of moving everything to blogger, here we are moving it all back. Damn the internet sucks sometimes.
MusicFest NW
Got our time slot confirmed for MusicFest NW
Flyers, flyers and more flyers
You want to see some old flyers? How about some new ones? How about every one we’ve ever appeared on? Ok, here you go. 13 years to collect and only 5 minutes to publish.
Show Journal 2007-08-12
We’ve played two free house shows in the past few weeks and I couldn’t imagine having them being at any further opposite ends of the musical spectrum. One was a loud hot drunken mess in a dingy basement, while this one was outside near cute dogs, soft drinks, bowls of candy, a trampoline and a high ratio of straight edge folks. The reason for the season was Michelle’s 24th birthday. We actually had a horrible surprise planned for her where we were going to dress up as clowns. Seriously. In fact we all spent quite a bit of time and money procuring appropriate clown attire over the past week. However after having to setup the gear, change band lineups on the fly and soak in how few people were in attendance we opted against it at the very last minute. We do apologize to the few who were in on the secret and attended the show in hopes of seeing that spectacle. The good news is, sometime, somewhere, someday we will put those shoes, oversized neckties and horns to good use when everyone least expects it. Broadway Calls opened the show and yes, they are still my favorite local band. Now that I have their CD in my possession and have learned many of the songs I like them even more. Every time they play it makes me want to quit because we’ll never write hooks that good. I’m not sure we did as well but we did have one secret weapon up our sleeve, a whipped cream pie with Michelle’s name all over it. Predictably she came up to sing Golden Road and when we got to “her part” Justin smacked her in the face with a cream pie. That wasn’t some sort of sexual innuendo; it was literally a whipped cream pie. Within seconds it was picked up off the ground and applied to Dave’s face, only with the less appealing addition of dirt and grass. Yuck. The New Found Glory Holes were up last. They could best be described as several guys who probably know better, playing pop punk songs and sung by a gang of people who knew not all, but many of the words. By all accounts it really was pretty terrible, but then again I’m pretty sure it was supposed to be. It did make me smile though and in all reality I think that was the goal. Happy b-day to Michelle and thanks to those who attended on a lazy Sunday.
Show Journal 2007-07-28
It’s been a while since we’ve gotten to play a good basement show. Our recent Portland shows have ranged from “sort of ok” all the way to “totally underwhelming” so when Krush Klamath asked us to play their basement we were all over it. Everyone there was totally cool and although we didn’t know too many people we all seemed to know the same people. All night was a perpetual game of two degrees of separation. Before the show we headed over to Dial A Pizza. Let’s just say I was correct to be skeptical of any place offering two pizzas for $9.99. Should have been dial a toilet for the next half hour. Embrace The Kill (aka – most of Valid Effort) opened the show playing a handful of good songs. Krush Klamath was the main attraction and I was totally impressed. Their songs were catchy but totally rocking too. In fact I should point out all of those dudes were totally cool too. All I knew was their song called ‘Can’t Skate’ from the Crash Assailant comp and I really enjoyed seeing them play in person. We played last and it was a blast. It was incredibly hot by the time we went on, people were sloppy drunk, the floor had about a quarter inch of beer on it and we were playing on borrowed gear. I swear I lost about 5 pounds from sweat alone. Totally fun evening. Thanks to Krush Klamath for setting everything up and letting us use your gear!
Want to see what boredom looks like?
How’s this for too much information? A complete map of cities we’ve played in. Kind of hurting on the midwest but that’s an awful lot of tiny towns in OR/WA.
Somone likes our band!
Got an e-mail from a guy named Brandon on MySpace who liked our band and made a post about it. It’s always a glad thing to be mentioned in the same company as the Suicide Girls. Check out Brandon’s Yahoo Group here.
Listen to Viva LaLuna on tonight
There’s a new radio show in Portland called Viva LaLuna airing on KUFO on Sunday at 9:00 PM. Not sure if they’ll play us or not (fingers crossed) but a show playing local music on a big radio station is always a good thing. You can listen live or via the web at kufo.com. Let’s show them some love because they seem very cool and aim to play all styles of music as long as it’s local and good.
Our van is really starting to suck
Unfortunately, we couldn’t make tonight’s show in Roseburg due to a van problem. This year alone it’s been rendered undriveable at least 3 times. We’re contemplating changing the title of ‘Get In The Van’ to ‘Get Out Of The Van and call a tow truck’. In 2007 alone we’ve had the brakes seize up, first gear stopped working, electrical problems, brake lights that stopped working and oil leaks. I’m glad Dr. Kevorkian is back out of jail as we might be right ready to employ Oregon’s assisted suicide laws and have it euthanized. We do apologize to Carlson who set up the show and all in Roseburg who were hoping to see us. Playing there again is long overdue and we promise to reschedule.
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