Danny wrote me an email with some pictures of tour and a brief rundown of what happened each day...here is it! From the looks of it, they're having a fucking blast!
March 20th...Blackwater Cafe / Stockton CA Opening the show was Ladybird from France. I was confused because one of them had an Australian accent. Nonetheless, amazing people. Touchy Feelies played next. It was awesome to catch up with Scampi again! Self Destroyer played next and filled the room with testosterone. Nice guys though. I was super nervous until a secretin by the name of Liz showed up and showed love and support! YAY FOR STOCKTON!
[+/-] READ MORE March 21st...Vinny's Bar / Bakersfield CA On the way to the show I hawked the biggest loogie of my life while sitting in the passenger seat. Unfortunately, the laws of aerodynamics didn't comply with me as I left about a quart of DNA on the passenger door. YUM! The bar looked like something you would have seen in the Patrick Swayze classic "Roadhouse". Lots of mullets from both sides of the gender here. I played "Made In Japan" by Mr. Buck Owens and the crowd was putty in my hands from then on. The Filthies played and blew the fucking roof off the joint! The Runaway Strays closed out the show and even let me sing a Misfits number with them. Awesome bands! Expect to see them coming to Sacramento soon. The drummer from The Filthies, Gup, is quite possibly the nicest guy who can kick anyone's ass. My new friend Heath from the band The In-Denials wins the Awesome-Guy-Setting-Up-A-Show-For-A-Touring-Artist-Award.
March 22nd...The Tower Bar / San Diego CA Erin and I got to see our good friends Chris & Melissa. I was super excited to go back to The Tower Bar as it is one of my favorite stops on tour. Opening the show was a kick ass band called Idiot Box. The Rich White Males took the stage next and more than lived up to my Johnny Ramone-esque expectations. I had a blast playing for the drunken crowd. I played "Silly Girl" by The Desendents for my friends Chris and Melissa. Chris is a Marine who is going to be out for at least 7 months. Hang in there Melissa! An added bonus to this show was a surprise set by The Bugs which features Dave from The Queers. It was great to see him and I was super excited that he remembered me.
March 23rd...Sultana Bar / Williams AZ To sum up this drunken evening, Erin and I took drinks everytime a grumpy old guy playing pool swore. Needless to say, we were shammered withing 30 minutes! Erin chased me through the streets of Wiliams afterwards.
March 24th...The Ruby Room / Phoenix AZ WHAT A FUCKING DAY! We started off by having the world's best breakfast burrito and then walked around downtown Williams AZ for a couple of hours. We found a killer tourist stop that has a lifesize version of Bedrock. Erin and I ran around like two sugar-charged kids.
Then we made our way to the GRAND CANYON. Holy shit. If that wonder of nature doesn't make you well up with tears, you aren't a fucking human being! On our way to Phoenix, we actually saw a bunch of snow. We pulled over and kicked each other's asses in a snowball fight. I lost a shoe. Erin had snow in her butt crack. We stopped in Flagstaff for dinner.
We arrived in Phoenix AZ at about 8pm and set up our merch table in the fabulous Ruby Room. The bartender was AWESOME and I was very much looking forward to this show because also on the bill were The Hobo Gobblins from Oakland CA. This band features Dan from Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children McNuggets. Unfortunately, opening the show was about 10 stand-up comics from The Phoenix AZ area.
Let me say this first and foremost, I think stand-up comics are very talented individuals WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING FUNNY TO SAY. With the exception of two comics (The guy with the "sticker-bear" and then the guy who I blinded with our car lights in the parking lot), these fuckers have absolutely no right to stand on stage with a mic in their hands. I'm sorry but a joke that states "I call my girlfriend Lumpy. Not because she's fat, but because she has breast cancer" only makes me want to connect a rubber hose from my car exhaust to your fucking face. Take heed fans of stand-up comedy...if the comic you are going to see hails from Phoenix AZ, chances are he or she sucks royally.
I played after these Couldn't-Get-Laid-In-A-Whore-House-With-A-Fist-Full-Of-Twenty-Dollar-Bills-So-Called-Comics. I was very happy with the members of the audience who sat back and listened and enjoyed. As far as the comics, they can choke on a big fat hunk of karma for all I care. I finished the set with a cover of The Toys Dolls' "Dougy Giro" and dedicated it to The Hobo Gobblins.
After my set, the bartender played Toy Dolls on the PA. Once again, the bartender at The Ruby Room kicks major league ass! The Hobo Gobblins did nothing but make this evening a golden treat. If you are a fan of Jason Webley, you will LOVE The Hobo Gobblins! I will do everything I can to bring this amazing troupe of talented individuals to Sacramento.
After the show, we sold some shirts, made some gas money from the bar and headed out for an evening of beer drinking and camping.
My new favorite shirt ever, and the first ever Silver Sprocket shirt! This artwork is by our friend Zach Trover featuring the best president ever being totally awesome with a sword! We printed just one dozen in each size, white ink on black American Apparel. Buy it quick or be fucked! $15
(Just a few left in XL and XXL!)
And while you're here, the new PHENOMENAUTS album, For All Mankind, is available for pre-order!
Hurry up to get yours with the limited edition rocket-ship packaging, 24 page booklet and cast-metal pin! In stores April 8th, but pre-orders ship way early.
Congratulations to John and Mini Fee, the duo behind Mijuanito and one fourth of The Rum Diary, on the birth of their baby boy Charlie River! This tuck is sure to be one rambunctious indy rock superstar quoting Back To The Future and just being awesome around the playground!
Aside from making babies, Jon and Mini have started their own record label, Parks and Records, dedicated to be an environmentally responsible company. They have a slew of swell releases lined up by some of my favorite indy rockers, including a solo project from Cory of Desert City Soundtrack. Check out their website to learn more of what they're all about.
We're putting out the wax for Big D And The Kids Table's brand new Strictly Mixed and Mashed 2xLP with DJBC!
Limited pressing of 500 on yellow and orange wax!Pre-order now to get your copy as soon as they're pressed this April!
DJ BC, the creator of the banned mashup albums THE BEASTLES, WU ORLEANS and GLASSBREAKS teams up with Boston ska punks and reggae rockers BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE to produce this full-length electro/punk/dancehall stomper of a album. Stretched across two lucious orange and yellow slabs of vinyl, this limited release features the alternate reggae version of "Dem Kids Suck," plus 4 dub cuts not found on the CD and an exclusive Big D acapella of "She Knows Her Way" for the DJs. Features the rhymes of WAYNE & WAX, with sun-drenched guest spots from jamaica's own RAW RAW and RASHORNE FOSTER.
Chuck P has some competition! A few weeks ago at the Javalounge in Sacramento, Ashtray debuted a brand new song called S.S.B.C.
It's been stuck in my head all week in the best possible way, and the words aren't even final yet. This is going to be part of Ashtray's full length album to be released later this year on Silver Sprocket!
Danny Secretion, drummer and co-vocalist of the Secretions, is going on a solo acoustic tour!
As anyone from Sacramento can attest, when it's Danny Secretion, "Acoustic" isn't a code-word for "pussy." Check him out playing Secretions songs and some original solo material, as can be heard on his MySpace page!
Since the tour includes a number of 21+ bar shows, Danny promised to make himself available to fans of all ages, saying:
If I'm playing a bar show and you're under 21, please get in touch with me and I'll be more than willing to play a renegade set in the parking lot too JUST FOR YOU!!!!
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