every thursday this in September Evan, Dustin, and Erick will continue their live electronica experiments at Speakeasy.. its called EPSE and we would love you to come experience it as it happens..no cover, and the plush ambiance of the bar = icing on your cake.


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we're chilling in Denton,TX
we played Home Bar in Dallas last night, an early show with a rabid Pogo dance contest and some toight jamz..
we left the bar and headed for the bustling college town of Denton just in time to check out some of the bars before last call. we have been ejumakated on this here town and we shall return to rock them..
we are crashed with Burnadette now and cookin up some eggs beofre the last haul to austin.

oughta tell you about the previous days.. we played 2 gigs in tulsa on Wednesday..one was a subdued 30 min set at Boston's where we hung with some of Tulsa's music legends..yo Rocky! and the next was playing a tweener at the Buckanneer with the legendary FreakJuice! thanks to Tori and the band for showin us some love.
Ft. Worth was nigh. the Wreck Room was a hip space.. Dave broke the band pogo record after the show with 350 bounces.. He managed to drink a beer and take a whiskey shot while on the pogo on his way to the record.
swipe//
flies buzzin..
nigh!!!!!!!!!!

Did you know: You can buy fireworks Year-round in Missouri? - fun fact from Dave Brown

So, we spent last night at the KOA near Meramac River State Park- south of St Louis. and just our luck- it POURED RAIN on us again. the only two times we've camped- its rained on us both...luckily they had industrial dryers...heading to tulsa OK. Opening for local legend Tom Skinner at boston's. We're staying tonight with Mo & Amy's friends from PowWow scene- Bo & Kim. They have a piece of land just east of Tulsa.

then Lookout TEXAS! we're coming home! Ft Worth thursday should be great- with our friends Hurt Street iopening up. please help us get folks out to this show and the Home Bar show in Dallas on Friday 8/26. Saurday we return to Austin for a great show with the Transcenders aT Flamingo Cantina.

Its been a couple of crazy days since the last post...here's what we;ve been doing:

Before leaving Des Moines, we walked down to the Millert High Life Lounge for a mid0day beer. THE CHAMPAGNE OF BARS was dope! felt like home...

The Green Room in Iowa city was pretty cool, we ended up playing an opening set for the Jenson Connection- a funky-Panic meets Sublime kinda thang- good band. Some dudes from the University of Iowa came down and filmed the showfor their college TV station...also got interviewed before hand...look for that soon. Thanks to Lboz and Charlie for driving from DPort to see us at the Green Room, and big thanks to David Zollo for putting it all together. check out http://www.davidzollo.com

Friday in Davenport was killer. We played the official Festival Afterparty across the street from LeClaire Park, a place called QC Live. It was basically a warehouse with a big PA and a bar. The Strange Neighbors kicked thinngs off, they were very cool...The show itself was rowdy and high energy. The pogo stick duel towards the end was etra special- I pulled out the no hander, then nailed the dismount to the stage...

The Festival Set on Saturday was something we've been preparing for for a while now. There was a lot of anticipation and nervous energy- mainly because the Soul Rebels (schedule before us) hadn't shown up for loadin. They were just MIA...the organizers asked us to move up our time slot to fill in for them, but just as we started setting up- the Soul Rebels pulled up backstage- they got out of their car and literally walked right on stage and started blowing the funk. Straight drive from New Orleans...They actually sounded great. We asked them to sit in with us for the Message, but they declined, apparently- they had a gig in NOLA the next day and had to drive straight back immediately-DAMN- thats a power tour.


Our set finally came, and just as a decent crowd was forming on the lawn. We rocked out for 55minutes and even pulled out the pogo stick for a minute, almost leveling the keyboard rig...It felt really good on that stage- we'd made it, and the eather was great, people danced and semed to enjoy us a lot. Success! now time to party.

Thanks to RME and K squared productions for a top notch event. Also thanks to Dustin of the Strange Neighbors- he iu=nvited GG to their Sunday Jam Sesh at a little pub down the street. So we got another impromptu show last nioght- crowd ate it up, and we got to pull out some dusty gems for the intimate affair. Mo finished the night with a haunting rendition of No Quarter by Led Zeppelin.

Today is Monday and we're regrouping- doing laundry, fixing the RV generator, and getting ready for the 2nd leg. Got a last minute gig opening for Tom Skinner in Tulsa on Wednesday. Should be interesting...

bon jour! aho from beautiful des moines iowa. we are staying at a the swanky Hotel fort Des Moines, the oldest hotel in Iowa..we played Raccon River Brewing Co. last night, which is located in the same building. They treated us real nice! great food,a great variety of home brewed beers mmmmmmm, we jammed them good..we had a good crowd too. thanks to Fritz, Ryan, DMMC and the openers Floodplane.

The St. louis gig on monday was mighty fine as well.. it was the smallest bar we've ever played, but it was real nice, a laid back pub called Pop's Blue Moon. it was a family operation and they let us crash there in the RV. Josh hooked us up with some loyal family shwag. fun times.
today were off to iowa city to play with David Zollo..peace.
GG

its 1am on Sunday and we found a KOA in Joplin MO. Dave already spilt his "truckstop Whore-Chata" on the new carpet. At first we thought it was Daves feet, but after 8 hours of marination, Dave "discovered" his accident...STRIKE ONE.

Played Nats Pub in Lakeway TX last night. Twas a rowdy affair for sure- lots of old friends (Dave, Dustin and I grew up out in Lakeway so have lots of old friends). Jorge and Melissa (the owners) were very accomodating and we'll probably make Nat's a regular stop in the future. Disaster struck when the Vibe crew- Josh, Cody, and brandon stumbled off with the keys to our entire rig- RV and trailer. We had to wait on the curb until 4:30am to get our keys back and load the rig. Luckily ourt mom lives down the road and she put the whole band up in her house for the night.

In the morning, we woke to fresh biscuits and eggs. We ate, showered and hit the road for St louis by noon...Grego drove the entire 12 hours to Joplin- just inside the Missouri line- about 5 hours shy of st louie...Tomorrow we rock Pops Blue Moon..supposed to be a cool spot. We are all in good spirits and have been jamming good in the bus. Ready to ROck the midwest...

goodnight.

many things to tell you, but so little time...
we're headed off on the tour today. just want to give you austin peeps a heads up on the 3 confirmed shows we have on the horizon:

Saturday 8/27 - Flamingo Cantina
this is our homecoming gig - we'd love to see you there

Friday 9/2 - Stubb's
yes- a night of greasy funk and experimental psychedelia.. with extra ephasis on the visuals.. were calling it a fractal journey of sorts.. Drop Trio will open along with Raven solo.

Saturday 9/10 - The Glenn
The new venue out at the Backyard! GG shares the bill with the Austin contengency of Jam - Topaz, Larry, Moving Matter, and Flounders.. should be a Party!

what does that mean? look it up here
Its been great rehearsing at Grego's house as the band has been picking up some polish slang.. my current favorite is "kourva lalooshe!!" .. (i dont know how to spell it but it sounds funny as hell)
we are off to San Antonio today.. gonna pack the RV (STATEK KOSMICZNY !) and give it a little dress rehearskos...speaking of dress... we have been printing our own t-shirts. yes you heard me GG has gone into fashion design. be sure to browse the rack of one-of-a-kind hand printed t shirts at our next show. each shirt is completely different. like each GG show..kinda. me and thomas also made an Eddie Van Halen tribute merch stand with a custom paint job thats gonna make the ladies hot. also, we plan on selling breakfast tacos from the merch stand while on tour.. do you think ppl in the midwest know what breakfast tacos are? well, they will soon..check out TacoTown.org while im on the subject.STATEK KOSMICZNY !
-dboz