NYE Show on Dec 30th, 2006 by Brad
The show is tomorrow, hope you can make it out:
Tour 2006 on Dec 17th, 2006 by Brad
Remember when Love Songs went on that US tour in July with This Is My Fist? Well, we finally got around to go through all the pictures, writing captions, making a video and writing reviews of each show (day) of trip. All of these things are now up on the site, six months later. Enjoy them as it took some effort to get it done.
SOTM on Dec 7th, 2006 by Brad
There's a brand-spanking-new SOTM available now. We know it's been months, well, actually we have nothing to do with it - just Craigums. So anyway, Craigums knows it has been months since he's had the opportunity to do some SOTM action. December is a good month, I guess. Enjoy it, it's the last one this year.
Speaking of lasts, Love Songs will be playing our last show.... of 2006! On Dec 31st at the Balazo18 Gallery for the second annual punk rock New Year's Eve party with La Plebe. We're excited to be playing again this NYE with them and if you don't already have some plays to watch a big ball drop in NYC, you should come to this show instead. More details on that to follow.
Pictures on Nov 20th, 2006 by Brad
Thanks to some friends we've got some new video and pictures up on this here website. If you missed the IPSN Day show, you can now see parts of it on the internets, which is pretty sweet. Thanks to Marc!
IPSN Day 2006 on Nov 11th, 2006 by Brad
IPSN Day is coming up this Wednesday and Love Songs is playing a special show just for the occasion. Those of you 21 and older asked to attend:
Air Journal on Sept 30th, 2006 by Brad
I forgot to upload the news page the other day so I never posted this. Here's Craig's Air Journal to check out. Sorry for the delay.
Some Shows on Sept 15th, 2006 by Brad
Alright, so Craig did not win in Finland. He made it to the second round and came in fifth or sixth place. If you missed the live broadcast there are a host of videos up on YouTube you can see. To cut to the chase, here's Craig during the first round. This is the guy that won in Finland. Also here is another hi-quality video from the New York show if you missed that one.
In other news, Love Songs is playing tomorrow at Hotel Utah. We've also got another show lined up for the end of this month at The Bottom Of The Hill.
Apparently Craig & Seth are working on making a tour diary from the US tour trip, so you'll get to read about that (and see some pictures too.) Contrary to what Seth posted in the Guestbook, Love Songs would like to encourage you to NOT keep your pants on.
Front of the Paper on Aug 11th, 2006 by Brad
Craig (aka: Hot Lixx Hulahan) is on the front page of the SF Chronicle today - and of course up on their website as well. Check it out for pictures and a nice article on the whole ordeal of being a U.S. Air Guitar Champion.
Thanks on Aug 8th, 2006 by Brad
Thanks to everyone that came out (and stuck around) last night to see us play. Thanks to all of the bands as well - we all had a great time.
We've put a song up on our myspace page, so check that out if you haven't already picked up the new CD.
Behind Enemy Lines on Aug 3th, 2006 by Brad
You might have noticed on the front page that we have a new CD out called BEHIND ENEMY LINES in G# Minor. We got them the day before we left on the tour, so those that saw the shows had a chance to buy them. We're back in town from tour and we've got the CDs for sale at shows and through this here website.
Check out the BEHIND ENEMY LINES in G# Minor sampler page for some samples of the new songs.
The price of the CD is $10ppd and you should know that the CD actually has a video on it. You can order the CD online now through our site or you can just come on out to the official CD release show on August 7th in SF.
US Part II on July 16th, 2006 by Brad
The first (and main part) of the Love Songs US tour is done. I'm back at home, going back to work tomorrow. The rest of the guys are still at it touring as This Is My Fist. For those of you that don't know, Jackson, Craig and Seth teamed up with Annie and are This Is My Fist. Check out their website, as they might be coming to your state in the next two weeks.
If you live in Eugene, OR or Reno, NV you'll get to see Love Songs, though, as I'm flying to meet back up with the group to play the last two dates.
Saturday, July 29th 2006 @ Agate Hall Law Library (1515 Agate St., Eugene, OR 97403). With Love Songs, This Is My Fist and more.
Sunday, July 30th 2006 @ The 14th Ward (131 Pine St. Reno, NV 89501 - MAP). With This Is My Fist, Love Songs, Onion Flavored Rings, Acts of Sedition, and Parallax. All Ages.
Also, check out: www.HotLixxHulahan.com
US Tour on June 28th, 2006 by Brad
Love Songs is hitting the road with This Is My Fist on Friday for a homeland tour. You can check out the shows page for what details we have now. More info will be added when we get it (and assuming we have internets access in order to update the site.) Hopefully you'll be able to figure it out one way or the other.
More On Air Guitar on June 28th, 2006 by Brad
Air guitarists live out rock dreams By JAKE COYLE, AP Entertainment Writer.
Photo by Dan Eckstein www.look-closer.net
NY Preformance on June 24th, 2006 by Brad
Photo by Dan Eckstein www.look-closer.net
You can also check out this video.
Winner on June 23rd, 2006 by Brad
Well, Craig won!
Craig just completed the National 2006 US Air Guitar Competition in New York. Not too many details as of 1am EST, but Craig WON!
Craig is the National Champion!! He returns home Friday, then late August he heads to Finland for Internationals!
New York Air Guitar on June 22nd, 2006 by Brad
Craig is away in New York right now, getting ready tonight.
The competition is today, Thurs 6/22, 9pm EST.
Here's a note from Craig's mom:
Hello everyone,
Here is the latest update for our 2006 US Air Guitar SF Regional Champion Craig 'Hot Lixx Hulahan' Billmeier! Keep those vcr, dvd, tivo recorders ready, who knows. Watch those newspapers.As of Wed, 6/21 @ 7:45 pm Craig landed-with his hat in hand, took subway (over 1 hour) (with all his garb) to New York, East Village. He has checked in to his hotel and off to a 'libation gathering hole' tonight with the promoters.
Please read on for the media info!
Go Hot Lixx Hulahan!
Janis MarieFrom: Kriston Rucker (US Air Guitar)
Thursday's Finals, we have confirmed that CNN, the Associate Press and the Tonight Show will be filming, and a bunch of print pubs, including Spin, USA Today and, of course, The Christian Science Monitor, will be covering.
More Pictures on June 15th, 2006 by Brad
Lots of pictures added from some previous shows (like the trip to Mexico.)
More On Hot Lixx Hulahan on May 26th, 2006 by Brad
Highlights from the US Air Guitar Championships Regional SF are on KTUV's website here. (Oddly enough I don't think Craig is in any of the clips.) Not to worry because Fecal Face has a video as well, that one actually shows some footage of Craig including him being announced as the winner. There are other shorter clips on YouTube here and here. Some photos are here. What you really wanna see though is his whole performance which is now available here (thanks to Josh.)
Update:
In case you missed it, here's an mp3 of Craig on KFOG (for Love Songs fans, there's a short clip of a song that's on our upcoming record.)
Pictures on May 15th, 2006 by Brad
Pictures are up from last month and just last weekend. Check them out, although they don't really have funny captions.
In other news: when Craig is not busy moving into his new place, he's busy training for the Air Guitar semi-finals taking place next month in New York.
Magoo's No More on May 13th, 2006 by Brad
Sorry to hear that Maogo's is now run by a production company so the May 28th show with Young Lions will not be happening there. More about the whole thing can be read here.
Update:
Looks like the show might go on, just in another city at another venue. Confirmation will be coming shortly (hopefully) but it looks like the show will take place in San Francisco and Rad Times will be added. Sweet!
Song of May on May 2nd, 2006 by Brad
May's Song of the Month is now available. Enjoy it.
Back from Mexico on April 24th, 2006 by Brad
We made it back safe-and-sound from our trip to Mexico. A million thanks to La Plebe and all those involved in booking the shows and especially those who came out to the shows. We had a wonderful time and we're looking forward to coming back again some day.
Hopefully we'll get some pictures up on the site soon enough. If you happen to have taken any, please feel free to email them over, as we'd love to see them.
For those of you who just can't get enough Love Songs and really want to read more about us, we're featured in Jethro's latest issue of Banzai. There's more to it than just the interview with us. For those of you who don't know, Jethro drew a good portion of the comic artwork for the All Branches CD as well as the "Foo" t-shirt design.
Banzai #3 is available for $3ppd US / $5ppd World.
Money Orders or Well Hidden Cash payable to Jethro Wall / Trades welcome but PLEASE email first.
Jethro Wall / Banzai PO BOX 2811 Orange, CA 92859
The Show Goes On on March 31st, 2006 by Brad
Jackson is out of The Slammer and doing good. The show tonight is still happening and Jackson will be there. It would be a good time to come out and enjoy a rock show.
Song of the Month for April 2006 is up.
Jackson Update 2 on March 29th, 2006 by Brad
By the time you read this Jackson will more than likely be out. Thanks for the concern, I'm sure Jackson will appreciate it once he has a chance to know about it and get over the whole ordeal.
The Slammer on March 27th, 2006 by Brad
Sorry for the cancellation last night on our part. Jackson became unexpectedly incarcerated. More details once we have 'em.
Good Weekend on March 20th, 2006 by Brad
We managed to play three shows in 24-hours this past weekend. There's some pictures from the Reno trip (thanks to everyone in Reno.) We're sorry we had to leave so early from the basement show, but we had another show booked that same night to get to.
Music Scene on March 2nd, 2006 by Brad
Love Songs is featured on page 3 of the March issue of the Music Scene (Alameda, Jack London Square and "The Estuary".) I got it up here in PDF format for anyone that cares to read it. Thanks Dan Abbott, our friend and Jackson's co-worker for the write up.
SOTM & Kissing Booth on Feb 27th, 2006 by Brad
Song of the Month for March 2006 is up (a day early at that!) In other news this is how we found Jackson recently:
SOTM on Feb 3rd, 2006 by Brad
Song of the Month for Feb 2006. Enjoy.
Video Foo on January 21st, 2006 by Brad
Thanks to Jethro Wall (who you might remember from doing the majority of the comics on the inside of the All Branches CD) has taken his first crack at video editing and put together video for Foo. Check it out.
Stuft Pictures on January 16th, 2006 by Brad
Thanks to Nick Dillinger, we've got pictures from the Stuft Pizza show last night.
Healing Powers of Love Songs on January 12th, 2006 by Brad
We received this lovely message the other day from our Chicago-gone-San Francisco-gone-Miami friend Ryan Buck.
Greetings Love Songs, how are you collectively hanging? I just wanted to share with you all a recent story of how Love Songs again served to make someone smile, ease worry and thusly made the world a better place. (It's a tad long, sorry)
A friend of mine’s father is getting along in age, and with that, can and will come physical complications. Today, he is to undergo heart surgery, potentially resulting in the installation of a pace maker. My friend’s father is an age old Jewish man, who fancies himself a pretty stoic character. I spoke to my friend last night and he let me know things were progressing well, but that there is definitely a sense of deep concern cascading over his mother and, understandably, his father.
In preparation for a surgery such as this, various bodily tasks, both internal and external need to be completed. Among these tasks, is the nefarious (at least for a man in his 80’s) duty of shaving ones nether regions, is on the list. My friend’s father is relaying this information to his son and my friend, having been exposed to the almighty Love Songs and loving them unconditionally, thanks to his buddy Ryan, says to his father, “Well, now you’re going to have porn star nuts.” Not knowing how his parents are going to react to a statement such as this (by his own admission, they are exactly like Jerry Seinfeld’s parents on the TV show) he stands back a bit and waits. His parents, allowing a moment for this to sink in, burst out laughing hysterically, admitting to my friend that this is quite possibly the funniest thing they have ever heard in their 80 plus years on this planet. The fact that their last name is Granet almost completes the package…
My pal Bruce immediately tells his folks, now with lightened brows, that the inspiration from this comment comes from a wonderful band and their merry little ditty. These 80 plus year old Jews, immediately asked to hear the song. So, my dear friends in Love Songs, I am burning “IPSN Day”, Bruce is coming by the hotel to get it and shall share it with his father, Larry, who is about to have fairly serious heart surgery, because the levity will do him good. So, from Bruce and Larry Granet, I am to convey thanks, to the architects of the rock and roll epic “IPSN Day” for making a tough situation a little easier.
Update:
He came through the surgery just fine, and now, they are taking "IPSN Day" one step further. He goes home Friday and awaiting him will be a gathering of family. They are going to play the song, not just for the brave man with shorn goats, but so the WHOLE FAMILY can enjoy. An entire room full of crabby old folks are going to rock out to Love Songs. Oh to be a fly on the wall...Your pal,
Redtooth Turnstyle (aka Ryan)
A Reaon for Living - DVD on January 6th, 2006 by craigums
A skateboarding DVD compiled by the folks at Unity Skate Shop in Livermore. Features a whole lot of skating, some live clips from bands playing at the skate shop, and a bunch of interviews with the skaters and others associated with the shop. Also comes with a compendium CD with 24 bands on it. An ambitious and much-respected project.
SOTM on January 4th, 2006 by Brad
Took me a minute to remember, but I finally got around to posting the first Song of the Month for 2006. Enjoy. (Song link fixed.)
Happy New Year on January 1st, 2006 by Brad
Sunday, January 1st 2006 @ Nicole's House (419 South E Street, Santa Rosa, California, 95403 - MAP) With Love Songs, Acts Of Sedition, Modern Problems, Bafabegiya, Archeoptryx, Shortchanged, Are Black. The show will start at 3pm. Non-Musical things: Vegan Bakesale, Food Not Bombs and more. The show is a benefit to help defray the legal costs for Peter Young. The show is going to be a $5-10 sliding scale. If someone really, truly doesn't have the funds at the door, they can talk to Nicole and help with Food Not Bombs in exchange for entrance.