December 31st 2005 @ The Balazo18 (2183 Mission St. & 18th St., San Francisco, CA 94110 - MAP) Fuga, La Plebe, and Love Songs.
What a way to ring in the New Year!!! Muchas gracias a La Plebe!! It was a small warehouse party in The Mission full of dancing, party hats, condoms, streamers, and phalic balloon ornaments. Fuga were AWESOME. Take a listen and think about how unusual it would be to see them right after seeing us. Jackson tried bringing in a couple Tecates but the door guy wouldn't allow it, coat-checking them instead. Sometime after 3am Jackson went to retrieve them and lo-and-behold they were still there (unlike the girl Jackson had been dancing with all night who dissappeared).
December 30th 2005 @ (924 Gilman St. Berkeley, CA 94710 - MAP) With Burial Year, Acts of Sedition, Bafabegiya, Dangers, and Love Songs.
Jackson: "I'm pretty sure we'll be the wussiest band there." Us: "Yeah."
December 17th 2005 @ Magoo's Pizza (364 S. Livermore Ave, Livermore, CA - MAP) With Pretty Lights Below, Love Songs, Runaway Tim, First and Foremost. Toys For Tot's benefit show.
Again, another sweet show in Livermore. Interesting considering our past bands' history with shows in Livermore. Although come to think of it the drummer from Slayer saw us play in a Vets Hall there once and came up to talk to Bradley. He was pretty nice and in no way a sadist of the nobelest blood. And one time Bradley's old band and my old band played a show together that ended up getting shut down and kickstarting a little riot. Those were some fun times in Livermore. But from 1994-2000 you'd be hard-pressed to find any of us extolling any positive virtues of playing in Livermore. However, we are rolling full speed into 2006 and the times they are a changing. It is time...for Livermore.
December 2nd 2005 @ (924 Gilman St. Berkeley, CA 94710 - MAP) With Latterman, Love Songs, North Lincoln, Angry for Life.
With less than 60 people in attendence it was an intimate night at Gilman St. To take that intimacy to another level we played in our underwear, answering that oft-asked question - Boxers or Briefs? Also worth celebrating was the sing-along-ability of all the bands. T'was a night rife with melody and loud, distorted guitars. And man stink. Pictures
November 12th 2005 @ San Jose Skate
(397 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, CA - MAP) With Story Told, Whiskey Sunday, Love Songs, Evolution.
(Roller) Skate Or Die! The promoter was fined $50 for every bad word uttered through the microphones, a fact that escaped Seth who not only sang all the bad words in our songs but also said "Shit" when it was pointed out to him.
November 9th 2005 @ Elbo Room (647 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA, 94110 - MAP) With Trainwreck Riders, La Plebe, and Love Songs.
Dang, what a fun time!!! It's hard not to have a fun time when the La Plebe guys are around. (As a side note, Alberto from La Plebe is coming over next week to lay down some trumpet on some new Love Songs. Yeah, new stuff...finally...) Thanks to Morgan and the Trainwreck Riders (who just won a Goldie Award for Best Local Discovery and to everyone else who saw fit to have a good time. Oh, and Big Thanks to Matt Shapiro for being one of the only people I didn't grow up with who still stands by DRI's "Four Of A Kind".
October 30th 2005 @ Golden Bull (412 14th St., Oakland, CA, 94612 - MAP) With Love Songs, Shitkickers, and the Double D's.
I think some pictures should sum this show up nicely.
October 15th 2005 @ Sierra Nevada Croom Theatre (800 College Drive, Incline Village, NV 89451 - MAP) With Love Songs, Rad Times, EMDC, Solve For X, and DJC.
Nobody over 18 was here except for the bands and the chaperone. Chris (who is in 2 of every 3 Tahoe bands, and who is 15) set up the show and it was great. Really, great. He said we could stay at his house because "[my] parents are Christian and they have to let you in." After the show and before heading back to Chris' we asked for a tour of Lake Tahoe's North Shore (i.e. the casinos). Being only 15 Chris had to stay away from one casino because his bus driver moonlighted as security and would recognize him. We went anyway because it was apparently easy to sneak into the pool/spa area. There, spa-side in the crisp Sierra air, Chris regaled Annie and me with tales of high school politics and unrequitted teenage love. Then, when the conversation lulled, he said, "I have some bottle rockets." It was a truly throwback experience. Thanks to Chris and Mad About Music and the 17 year old girl who kept trying to spank Jackson and to everyone else who had anything to do with the show.
Thursday, October 6th 2005 @ Taqueria Vallarta (3033 24th St. San Francisco, CA 94110 - MAP) With Boom Boom Kid, Los Dryheavers, Outraged, Love Songs, Sputterdoll, and DJ Chaos.
If you were there you'd know what a truly amazing and special show it was. So many people, such a good atmosphere, such good bands, a taco shop....so awesome. Check the pics.
October 2nd 2005 @ Gilman St. (924 Gilman St. Berkeley, CA 94710 - MAP) With AntiWorld, Last Days of Jesus, Love Songs, Boom Boom Kid, Outraged.
A thrash band, an Argentinian Latin rock band, a Slovakian goth band, a corpse paint punk band, and us. Blessed are the shows of melodic diversity.
October 1st 2005 @ Workman's Circle (1525 S Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, 90035 CA - MAP) With Cinder (from Barcelona), Love Songs, Hit Me Back, Scrotums, and Max Ward.
The show was in a Jewish community center in a Hacidic neighborhood on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. Yet the audience was about 10% white. Can't say we went over that well but it was fun nonetheless and the other bands were way rad. Max Ward, by the way, is not actually Max Ward. Danzig's house, by the way, looks like this.
September 30th 2005 @ The SoundBox UCSC (301 Heller Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 - MAP) With Boom Boom Kid, Love Songs, This Is My Fist, Abi Yoyos, with Skeleton Closet.
What's particularly cool about this show is that with the exception of Boom Boom Kid I've recorded all these bands, including the two that canceled.
September 10th 2005 @ Unity Skate (2188 Railroad Ave. Livermore, CA 94550 - MAP) With Love Songs, Runaway Tim, Pretty Lights Below, and Dead and Darlings.
After this show I think we got more guestbook and myspace posts than ever before. All with good things to say, and all from young girls. Quite a shift from the predominantly gay boy audience we had when we first started playing a couple years ago.
September 3rd 2005 @ Coffee to the People (1206 Masonic Ave at Haight, San Francisco, CA 94117 - MAP) With Abi Yoyos, This Is My Fist and Bookends. This was a special all acoustic show.
Having never done anything like this we weren't expecting what we got - packed audience, good response, fun performances. Oh, and free hot chocolate!
September 1st 2005 @ The Balazo18 (2183 Mission St. & 18th St., San Francisco, CA 94110 - MAP) With Love Songs, Ed Munschi, Whiskey Sunday, Singularity, and The Wobblies
Kind of a slow, mellow Thursday night in the city. Nothing too noteworthy except after the show I took the Frenchies back to my place to watch farting videos. Damn, I love the French.
August 18th 2005 @ El Rio (3158 Mission St & Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, CA, 94110 - MAP). With Montezuma, Hella Fitzgerald, and Love Songs. A benefit for Brian Saxsenmeier's wrestling team getting to the Gay Games in Chicago 2006.
Last night my 'other' band played at a burlsque show where we were surrounded by a collection of lovely ladies in various states of undress (www.rocketqueens.com). I was hoping for an equally unique evening, this time involving some dudes in various positions of sportmanship, but the night turned out much less photogenic. Montezuma and Hella Fitzgerald were entertaining and creative and fun to watch but what's most interesting to me is that they are two bands who make us look like a serious, non-joke band for a change.
August 13th 2005 @ Magoo's Pizza (364 S. Livermore Ave, Livermore, CA - MAP) With Kramers, Runaway Tim, Mustapho and Love Songs.
15 years ago I would have wondered if the kids of Livermore could read much less Rock, but that's because I was from Pleasanton and that's just how small towns work. But you don't see us playing Pleasanton these days and having an awesome time now do you? No, we go play Livermore if we want some fun and Rock in the tri-valley, damn right!
August 12th 2005 @ The Blank Club (44 S Almaden Ave, San Jose, CA 95113 - MAP) For Dean's going away party. With PTL, The Freak Accident, Ed Mudshi, Idiot Bitch, and Love Songs.
I missed IB's reformation show because I was forced to move the van, how lame is that. I missed the ENTIRE set!
July 12th 2005 @ Cherry Bar (917 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94107 - MAP) With Love Songs, Bad Dirty Hate (Osaka, Japan), Crunch PushUps, and Hella Fitzgerald.
Following Hella Fitzgerald and Crunch Push-Ups - two bands heavy with schtick and comedic entertainment value - and then Bad Dirty Hate who were short, tight and fast (the way music should be), was tough. In comparison we seemed lifeless and, let's be honest, not very tight - at least by our standards. We'd like to blame it on the fact that Sunday we spent the day cracking ribs, bailing on concrete, skinning knees and getting severely sunburnt. Whatever, we weren't too impressed with our performance. However, I received this email about 30 minutes after the show:
OK, ready? Not that anyone asked, but here's my review: You guys were incredibly, incredibly good. I say "incredibly" not only because it's true, but also because I expected you to suck, and you very clearly didn't. What a negative nelly I was-but color me surprised, you guys can actually play. I also liked that I could hear a lot of different kinds of influences in there- metal, blues, and god knows what else, maybe punk? You made it look easy and you seemed to be having a lot of fun up there, and that's more than enough for me. I might actually have to buy a CD. Scary.
July 7th 2005 @ The Caravan (98 S Almaden Ave., San Jose, CA 95113 - MAP) With La Plebe and Love Songs.
I'm glad La Plebe were there to make this show rad, because we certainly didn't make anyone's night! While they played tightly, correctly and completely we played sloppily, erroneously, and not always till the end of the song. To sum up - La Plebe = AWESOME, us = not-so-awesome. Thanks to Rob for giving us the show though and thanks to La Plebe for being super nice guys.
July 2nd 2005 @ Fort Ryland (243 Ryland St., Reno, NV 89501) With Pink Black (CD Release), Love Songs, Rad Times, and Annie.
Of course Reno treated us like kings and fed us a fantastic dinner and breakfast but my recent diet of spinach/brocolli/tomato/carrot/apple/banana/yogurt smoothies prohibited me from enjoying more than half a spring roll and a salad. Sorry Reno for seeming like an ingrate but damn, it all sure smelled good!! Get the new Pink Black CD, it's so super awesome and I'm not saying that just because I recorded it.
June 12th 2005 @ Golden Bull (412 14th St., Oakland, CA, 94612 - MAP) Alcoholocaust Presents: Love Songs, Snitches Get Stitches (Seattle), La Plebe, Angry for Life.
I honestly don't remember much about this Golden Bull show except that Bradley had to drive home to use the bathroom and I didn't, even though Seth and I ate the $1.50 pizza from the place around the corner.
Saturday, May 21st 2005 - Oslo, Norway @ Blitz (Pilestredet 30 c, 0164 Oslo, Norway, Tlf: 22 11 23 49).
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Friday, May 20th 2005 - Drove from Sweden to Norway..
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Thursday, May 19th 2005 - Sandviken, Sweden @ Kungen (Fredriksgatan 35)..
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Wednesday, May 18th 2005 - Uppsala, Sweden @ Ungdomens Hus Uppsala. With Love Songs and Confused.
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Tuesday, May 17th 2005 - Day off in Linköping, Sweden..
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Monday, May 16th 2005 - Linköping, Sweden @ Skylten. Love Songs, Alliance, At Direction, and Emmy o Rikard. 19:00, 30 Kronor. Oljud.com. For more information on Linköping, listen to the song "Sweet-ish.".
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Sunday, May 15th 2005 - Sex ferry ride to Stockholm from Helsinki with drunken Finns and Swedes..
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Saturday, May 14th 2005 - Helsinki, Finland @ Oranssi. DIY fest with Love Songs, Hero Dishonest, Kyklooppien Sukupuutto & Sur-Rur.
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Friday, May 13th 2005 - Pori, Finland @ Baarikaappi. With Abduktio, Unity Murder and Love Songs..
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Thursday, May 12th 2005 - Tampere, Finland @ Vastavirta Klubi. With Abduktio, Riot Patrol and Love Songs..
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Wednesday, May 11th 2005 - Rovaniemi, Finland @ Karhu Bar. With Love Songs and Drainage..
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Tuesday, May 10th 2005 - Day off in Rovaniemi, visiting the Arctic Circle, seriously..
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Monday, May 9th 2005 - Luleå, Sweden @ Lillian..
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Sunday, May 8th 2005 - Umeå, Sweden @ Hamnmagasinet..
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Saturday, May 7th 2005 - Got to see Bruce Banner in Stockholm. Fucking goddamn right, beotches!.
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Friday, May 6th 2005 - Nyköping, Sweden @ Slakthuset..
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Thursday, May 5th 2005 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubb Statskupp With Love Songs, Smalltown (Oskarshamn), and Kamikatze (STHLM)..
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Wednesday, May 4th 2005 - Day off driving to Stockholm, Sweden..
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Tuesday, May 3rd 2005 - Lund, Sweden @ Repeater (Mejeriet, Stora Sodergatan 64, Lund, Sweden) With Love Songs, BustUps, and DJ Andy..
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Monday, May 2nd 2005 - Spent driving from Germany to Sweden. Picked up an Italian living in Denmark along the way..
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Sunday, May 1st 2005 - Husum, Germany @ Speicher Husum. With Love Songs and Hallo Kwitten..
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April 16th 2005 @ The Balazo18 (2183 Mission St. & 18th St., San Francisco, CA 94110 - MAP) With Pidgeon, Evacuee, Sex With Girls, Love Songs, and Child Porn.
Best part about Balazo's new location...NO STAIRS! And the photo exhibit of Scandinavian Black Metal was as informative as it was entertaining. With any luck we won't run into any of those people while driving through the Scandinavian forests.
April 9th 2005 @ 13th Dimension (111 McPherson St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 - MAP) For Niki's Birthday Party! Love Songs, Tulsa, S.P.A.G., The Shudders and more to come. Pirates vs. Zombies costume theme.
The bruise was a mark given to me (Craig) by the guy with the accordian (Dylan). I was wearing a long sleeved shirt, a hoodie AND a leather jacket when he bit me and still he left a mark. In other news, check out Jack and I's packages!
April 2nd 2005 @ 924 Gilman St. (Berkeley, CA) With Love Songs, Angry For Life, The Skyflakes, Darlington (TX), The Singularity.
Where have all the Long Hairs gone? For all the poppy bands that played tonight you'd think there would have been ample hair flying from the stage but no.... Remember when every band had at least one Long Hair in it?
March 20th 2005 @ Golden Bull (412 14th St., Oakland, CA, 94612 - MAP) Alcoholocaust Presents Love Songs, I Will Kill You Fucker, The Bowel Tones.
It's good to know we're not so sissy that we can't still play a show with I Will Kill You Fucker. Alcoholoscott (who was awake and drunk the 24 hours previous to showing up) told me he billed the show with his favorite Odd Bands Out. And so it was - a rockabilly band with Dave Mello, a two-piece grindcore band, and us. Like, totally fun.
March 12th 2005 @ Magoo's Pizza (364 S. Livermore Ave, Livermore, CA - MAP) With Haunted Pines, NRA (Netherlands), Love Songs, and Runaway Tim.
I never thought I'd say this, but Livermore is starting to Rock.
March 11th 2005 @ The Balazo (Mission St. & 18th St. in San Francisco, CA 94110) Benefit for the family of Gary Webb. With Love Songs, Abi Yo Yos, and Rum & Rebellion.
Three ladies named Kate showed up.
March 6th 2005 @ Mexican Cultural Center (2100 Main St, Santa Ana, CA) With Love Songs, Scarlet Fever and the Beatings.
An afternoon show in sunny Santa Ana. Paul not only set up the show but also cooked up a huge burrito feast for everybody. We left the van wide open in the sun and let it dry out for the first time since we got it about a year ago. And there we sat, with a bunch of our new LA friends, and Jethro (the guy who drew a bunch of the art for the CD), eating burritos in our blessed van. Shit, we even sold a shirt!
March 5th 2005 @ Poison Apple (8714 S. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90044) With Harry Balzogna & the Teenie Weenies, Love Songs, Broken Needle, and Bruised Voilet.
We were deep in South Central so I shouldn't have been surprised that someone tagged my van, but I was defintely pissed. Until I realized the assailant used a dry erase marker. Thanks to Dingy Danny and all the bands who played tonight. I called in some favors to have some old friends play and/or come visit and the majority of them did. This night was a success in my book, and not only because one of Bradley's online buddies (and apparent personal chef for Andre 3000) made us some radical burritos and cookies (thanks, Emily*!)
March 4th 2005 Cafe Kashmir @ (3817 Tweedy Blvd. South Gate, California 90280) With Love Songs, Left Out, and Zipguns.
Cafe Kashmir is a humble arthouse/coffee shop but that didn't stop them from hauling out a huge-ass smoke machine while we played. Jack quite literally headbanged his way off the stage and into the cloudy darkness for an entire verse before headbanging his way back to the stage. From now on I think Jack should only travel from point A to point B while headbanging. This may not go over so well when we are in line to board the plane for Europe but we'll headbang that bridge when we come to it.
February 19th 2005 @ Jelly's Cafe (295 Terry Francois St - Pier 50, San Francisco, CA 94158 - MAP) With Love Songs, Hiker Biker, and Pigeon.
We played just a few hundred yards away from the monster truck rally at SBC Park where, incidentally, Alan was yelling himself hoarse for the Gravedigger. In addition to Hiker Biker and Pidgeon both being top notch bands, the coordinator for the venue made sure I was way, way too liquored up before we played. In the words of Manville town Drunk, Jeff, we were "more annoying than usual."
February 12th 2005 @ Half Moon Bay Community Center (535 Kelly St., Half Moon Bay, CA. 94019 - MAP) With Love Songs, Lights Out, Second Opinion, Death Spares Not the Tiger.
People (kids) were actually making out while we played! Could there be a higher compliment?
January 16th 2005 @ Golden Bull (412 14th St., Oakland, CA, 94612 - MAP) Love Songs, Creepy, Double D's.
As if a reference to boobs wasn't enough to win me over the Double D's also threw out cupcakes. Rule of thumb: if Hal's involved it's probably gonna be pretty fun. Creepy had Dave Chavez from Hot Rod Shopping Cart playing bass. He seemed to be fairly sober which was noteworthy because the only times I've seen him he was always fall-off-the-stage drunk. At least. For being 21+ the show was a buttload of fun. And the pizza around the corner was only $2/slice with a free soda. Better still, I think the pizza and/or soda hit my stomach in a bad way but since I lived only a mile away I was able to drive home and 'rectify' the situation without missing a band! Thanks to Alcoholoscott for having the patience to give us a show after a year of us flaking.
January 15th 2005 @ The Balazo. 
(2811 Mission St. & 24th St. in San Francisco, CA 94110 - MAP) With Texas Thieves, Whiskey Sunday, The Singularity, and Love Songs.
If you're cool with the Balazo staff they are super awesome back. I've heard some bands and patrons getting all negative on them but Balazo just runs a tight ship. How else are you going to maintain a sweet, cheap art gallery/venue in the Mission? Whiskey Sunday = better than ever. Singularity = friendly like a box of dark chocolates. Texas Thieves = a better D.I. than D.I. has been for 15 years. Good night, good new friends.
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