Yo! Este Haim, our bassist extroardinare, plays in a bad-ass band with her two sisters Alana and Danielle, and they are called HAIM. They are playing the Echo tomorrow night (Tuesday) with Olin and the Moon and Henry Clay People. These are brutally talented bands.
Hop to it and show Este some love and support! FREE for 21+ and 5 bucks for 18+. Bingo, pizza, and probably music too. We'll be there too! Listening!
We're all super proud of our friends out here in LA--they are such creative, kind-hearted kids--and so when we get to collaborate on projects together, the fun level increases tenfold.
Last night at our show at L'KEG we opened with an a cappella rendition of Sam Cooke's "Havin' a Party"--a truly classic song, by an unbelievably gifted artist. Golden Oldies Pete, as he is known in the internet world, is far less renowned than Mr. Cooke, but he does possess what our departed Sammy did not: a Youtube account. Although I did laugh quite heartily when I first saw this video (it's the first page that pops up when you search query for "Havin' a Party"), something about Pete kind of grew on me. A man this dedicated to the craft of karaoke renditions, unafraid to be completely off key--with no ambitions to "make it" that I am aware of--kind of has to be respected for his commitment to singing music that's pretty much been phased out of modern radio waves.
And hell, the dude even writes his own songs. Check out "Sexy Server" if you want to get close to Pete and his "golden oldies" (innuendo-y).
It's finally here! Ring them bells! Our L'KEG Gallery show is tonight with Superhumanoids and White Arrows (for a good measure, mysterious band TFFW'z was thrown in at the last minute by the venue as they are on tour from their homebase of Oakland, CA).
Here's the set list:
9:15 - White Arrows 10:00 - Superhumanoids 10:45 - Hi Ho Silver Oh 11:30 - TFFW'z
And our friends Superhumanoids just released a Digital 7" last week, and we think it is mighty dope. Download it here, and peruse the site (designed by multi-talented singer/songwriter Cameron Parkins). See y'all tonight!
We'd like to go to SXSW this year to see things like this happen. I'd heard about this video last year, but didn't actually find it until just now. So, here's a belated awesome:
Just finished recording a new song as part of a mix DC Pierson is putting together for his new book The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep And Never Had To. It's such a great book by a really wonderful person. DC is one of the members of the great Derrick Comedy team. Good folks!
In a related name, CC Pierce put out a great video on The Outside Joke 2 page. CC is one of the funniest people I know, and if you haven't seen any of The Outside Joke's videos, you're not as happy as you could be. Go now!
What a fantastic live show from this San Diego threesome. This past week we followed their headlining gig at Synchronicity Space in Los Feliz, and they were simply stellar. Backstage, they were humble, sincere, and genuinely nice dudes. We could all sense they were connected musical spirits, in tune with one another on and off stage, and their welcoming nature for us to visit them down in San Diego was more than flattering.
Tonight we watched "The Room" by Tommy Wisseau. If you're unfamiliar, the film is--almost unarguably--the worst piece of garbage released in recent times. It is so terrible, so god-awful in terms of acting and writing, that it somehow transcends it's abysmal nature and skyrockets into a realm of comedic gold. I mean, who can beat dialogue (written by a European--Wisseau, the writer/director/lead actor--who refuses to disclose his country of origin) like, "Take that attitude and put it in your pocket!" or "I wish you would fall off the face of the planet. That's a promise."
Rumour has it the film was funded by Wisseau's business of selling counterfeit jeans to Korean marketplaces. Couple that with the greenscreening of rooftop scenes to look like San Francisco exteriors (due to the inability to procure proper permits), and you will be a convert.
There is so much more to this film, which apparently screens monthly at the Laemmle to riotious crowds that know the movie by heart. Watch the trailer and then RENT or BUY this movie TODAY. It will be the best decision you made, today.
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