Show Journal 2004-06-17
For years I had thought Conans was a little hole in the wall but it’s actually a pretty big venue with a huge stage and a big PA. It’s still a poorly attended bar with often mediocre shows but whatever. Before the show Dave, Justin and Adam (from C56) went to eat at a little Indian restaurant next door. When Dave returned I questioned him about the meal and he threatened to give us all a dutch indian oven. Compact was first and I’m glad they were able to claim redemption on this stage. Apparently at their last Conans show a monitor was thrown off the stage, the bass player was punched in the eye and only 5 people were there to witness it all. Kinda nice seeing them as a 4 piece again since that’s how we first saw them way back in the day. Everyday Victory was next and it seemed like it’s been forever since we actually played a show with them. In fact I think it has been. They rock. Plus they have nice guitars and they play them well. We played third and did i-ight. My wireless broke and I got a huge scrape on my leg from running into the drum riser. Can you tell I’m stretching for something else to write about? Thanks to Jeremy and crew for the show hookup.
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Don’t know if anybody is interested in this kind of stuff, but we cataloged some of our live audio recordings. Here’s the list of shows we have on CD. If you think you might want to score a copy of a particular show there are more details are on our merchandise page.
Show Journal 2004-06-11
I think I took about 3 years off of my hearing last night. Seriously, I can barely hear out of my right ear except for a faint whining sound. Super fun show in Bend as all the bands were fairly entertaining. Countdown absolutely killed it live and had people falling into the drums and jumping off the monitors. Berzerk was rad to see as well since we hadn’t actually played with them in 6 years. They’ve gotten very, very, very good in that time too. We played well and people stuck around which is all it takes to please simpletons such as ourselves. Dave broke his bass, my guitar wouldn’t stay in tune, and at least 3 of us of had freely flowing snot for the duration of the set. Definitely a punk rock show. Thank you Matt.
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Ok, it’s official our MySpace page is crazy. Never knew we had such a diverse and scantically clad audience.
Show Journal 2004-06-07
Crazy night. We arrived late as usual and unloaded in the cold and dreary rain. We set up our stuff, went to get some food and when we got back The Empty was already playing. They were ok, kind of a little mismatched given the lineup though. They knew Mooninites quotes and you just gotta respect that. We were second and depending on your state of mind you either saw something kind of cool or you saw something kind of lame. Three songs into our set Justin’s guitar amp died in mid song. He got it working for a minute or two and then it crapped out during the next song. With less than 15 minutes to go and no time to swap amps I suggested that Justin play bass. So that’s what we did. Me on guitar, Justin on bass and the best part … Dave singing without the luxury of an instrument to hide behind. Out of nowhere Dave turned into captain energy and was moving around stage like I’ve never seen him move before. I think we actually pulled it off well and it was kind of cool to be stripped down to such a raw sound for a change. Dave, Jim and myself had a total blast playing. Justin did not. He was busy trying to keep himself from turning his Marshall into a pile of rubble. Roger Miret and the Disasters were third and man I thought they sounded great. They had so many catchy tunes that it was almost scary. The Hunns were last and pretty entertaining to watch. Duane Peters is one of a kind on stage (“can we sound check the tambourine”) and their songs completely kick ass. In addition if you are male, the Hunns always have the ever present distraction of Corey’s breasts. I digress. Thanks to everyone who watched us and to the Wow Hall for having us.
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There aren’t many FM radio stations in Portland that play decent music. There are even fewer that will play stuff by us. Really, there’s only one that has even give local music the time of day. If you have time check out the survey at KNRK 94.7 and tell them what you like to hear. Sure we’d love for you to mention us, but really a nod to any cool local Portland band might be worth your while.
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Thanks to everyone who came out to the CD release show last night. After all the money, time and effort we put into this damn thing it was nice to finally send it out into the world. Seriously pat yourself on the back if you attended because it meant a lot to us. Now for those of you who have it, did anyone spot “the bullfrog” in the DVD yet? Never mind
Show Journal 2004-06-04
4 CD’s in 10 years. I guess that’s not too bad of an average. Definitely the best of the CD release shows though. Of course that’s not too big of a challenge. For our ‘Swank’ CD release show we didn’t even have the CD’s ready. In fact we missed the deadline by 3 months. Sadder still was that for ‘The Kelvis’ we didn’t even have a CD release show. Our average crowd at that point was 5-10 people so it wasn’t really an option. Tonight’s show however was a blast. We were lucky enough to get some of our best friend’s bands from the past few years to play. The Civies (not ‘The Civics’), started things off right. The quote of the night was from Billy. When someone yelled “play some Slayer” he responded “Son, if I play some Slayer you’ll be walking out of here with your ass for a hat.” Beautiful. I can only imagine how well the man plays Slayer to throw down that kind of a claim. Countdown tore it up as always. If you have read any other entries on this page you’ll know how much I love that band. Thirty3 was third and sounded great. We were a little bummed since Chris wasn’t in attendance (after all, he did take the morgue photos for the album) but the power of Ty compelled Tre Tre to rock adequately. I’m not sure if they crossed the 20 minute mark, but then again do they really need to? We played last and had a great time. The message board crew was in effect and most already knew the chants to Bloodline, which made all of us happy. After seeing that the rest of the show was a breeze. Thanks to the following: those who came out of the woodwork to see us play, those who traveled from very far away, Bryon for helping w/ the sound, the Kelvis for rocking the sounds between bands, the Nocturnal for tolerating us and to everyone else who came to the show. One last quick story, I spoke with Ben and Mayor from Compact 56 last week and they said they wouldn’t be attending the show because they were going to be in Las Vegas. In honor of our show they promised to make a bet on the number 8 at roulette. I had forgotten all about this until on the way home last night my phone rings, and I’m greeted by Ben who informs me they bet on 8 … and won big. I asked “how much” and he responded, “I don’t know I’m still counting it.” Amazing. Lastly, I hope Jack from Rhythm of ’84 is feeling better.
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