News

OCTOBER 2004
hey everybody. curtis the guitarist here. we finally have a website up and running. we're pretty busy this month. the first week we learned 24 ramones songs for a local cover night thing called THE BIG COVER-UP #2. it went lousy. technical problems combined with just barely not enough time to practice (if only we had another day). people seemed to have fun, though. we recorded it and maybe a couple songs that don't sound like shit might appear on this website in the next couple of months, but i haven't even reviewed that tape yet, so don't hold your breath.

the next day we played out at skatopia's big BACKWOODS BASH X. for those that don't know, skatopia is this big skater's retreat/skatepark in meigs county near rutland (home of the rutles), that has annual parties in the fall and the spring. the last time we played this place it was crazy. zach basically got the shit beaten out of him (in a good way) by about six skaters with a broom who would then, after beating on zach, give him the broom so that he could in turn beat on them. zach recieved probably the most cigarette burns that night than any one night, but only he would know for sure. when we were done playing our set,they told us to play more. we played the other songs we knew, then they wanted us to play more. so we played our set over again. we played for a couple hours. at one point, zach hung out of a window that was three stories up. fun fun fun. anyway, this last time wasn't nearly as fun. we basically just played and hightailed it up to columbus to the bourbon street cafe to play a show with grafton and the cheater slicks. we played first and then got drunk. i'm pretty sure the other bands played too.

the next week we played at the union with our good friends boxcar satan from san antone, texas and the heroes of history from cbus on wednesday. not much to report; boxcar sounded awesome. rub sanford's belly for me if you see him.

on friday we played at the blackeye in cleveland. this show was our friend and photographer keith marlowe's moving away to manhattan party. we played first and tore shit up. zach cut his finger and bled all over the place. he also got dragged around on the floor and was a dirty, dirty motherfucker by the end of the show. we were follwed by ruoz from cleveland. i had not seen these guys before, but they were amazing. steve mehlman from pere ubu and rocket from the tombs is thier drummer, and really kicks it out a little more than in his dayjobs. kinda like drive like jehu. i'm gonna try to get them down to athens sometime soon. after that the functional blackouts of criminal i.q. records outta chicago played an especially frenzied set. they just lost their singer, but are going on without him. i said hi to buddy from this moment in black history. great guy, that buddy.

speaking of criminal i.q. records, there's a rumor going on that they wanna sign us. that means that "the madness ends here" could finally see the light of day as a real cd, with distro. right now we are putting the final touches on the master of said album, and in the end it will proablly sound shit pants inducing good. hopefully. we really have no idea what we're doing.

wrapping up, this week we're going the big apple to play the fucking cmj confrence with the manhandlers, the stalkers, manaconda, and bang! bang! so if you are in nyc, go to the show. and then at the end of the month we're gonna be playing with the heroine sheiks and then later that week with this moment in black history (both shows at the union). and we're also gonna be going up to detroit sometime soon to play a show and record some 4-track demos. anyway,this has gone on long enough. i'll see everybody later. i'm sick. time to go to bed. bye.

-curtis