my guy's brian petsos and max lubahn have put together a show that will premier at the ucb theatre on thursday may 15th. if you are in the area go check it as both guys are stellar individuals. brian moon lights as rick jeffers and max is just an all around good dude.
brian says: it is kind of bloody, and it promises to be kind of funny...at least. if you like cowboys and indians, love and marriage, blood and beer, and good old-fashioned brotherhood, then we've got the show for you.
premiere performance thursday, may 15th at 6:30 PM. ucb theatre, 307 w. 26th street, new york city, new york, 10001
i've been so consumed as of late in looking for employment that i missed tim and eric live at the empty bottle. two shows... i found one clip from the show.
"i like parties, i like fun, i want to live in a hamburger bun"
I think it's interesting that lollapalooza have very recent headliners on the bill again... see Wilco, Kanye West etc... Granted these are major forces in music today but it says a lot to me about the state of the music industry when they have to have repeat appearances so recently. When lollapalooza was actually innovative and had no problem assembling interesting line ups, Perry Farrell wasn't wearing depends yet so I attribute some of this to that... I'll be there either way drinking shitty beer and sweating three days in a row.
JUST AN IDEA.... but how bout a little hometown love for RISE AGAINST at lollapalooza. A kick ass band that keeps getting better and better who do good and positive things! They should be headlining the fucking thing...
RISE AGAINST
Here is the unedited version of Ready to Fall which really should be the only version of the video.
lastly... I'm looking forward to Wicker Park Fest this year as last years was the sleeper victory for me. Russian Circles and High on Fire ripped.
i finally got to check out my guy robbie's new joint reggies. www.reggieslive.com thanks to a spare ticket from my guy mike.
reggies is the new incarnation of "record breakers" which is the best record store i've ever been to. the suburban police banned robbie from having shows in his store because kids were drinking in the parking lots. they figured having something for the kids to do was too much of a problem for them so rob set his sights for the city (chicago) and opened reggies live. It's one part bar (with 4 kazillion tv screeens and live music) one part music venue and one part record store (record breakers lives folks).
i've hung out at reggies numerous times but this was my first concert. let me say, the venue rules, the drinks were great... and free (thanks scott and mike), and the sound was perfect.
i did get there in time for ghengis tron... great name, great lights, lame band. the whole mellow, electronic part then the abrupt grind core part slams in "out of nowhere" thing over and over again just doesn't do it for me.
baroness was next and they rocked. metal with a southern flair. i used to be a hater on these guys but my guy brian got me on their new record "red album" and it kicks ass, as do they live.
the red chord was next so we headed to the other bar. another band with a screaming mad singer who laughs and smiles every time he stops singing. there really is nothing worse than insincere tech metal wanna be hardcore.
converge was great and played a wide selection of new and classic stuff. the show ended with jake bannon bleeding at the end of "jane doe" which they rarely play. check the video.
