Is it really April? Did we really play all those shows? Are we really back home getting ready to play another good string of shows? I think the answer is yes!
March had to be one of the most exciting months I've experienced personally in some time. Beginning with all the awesome shows we did with Alice Bag and ending with our trip to the Mid-South. I think the best way to illustrate our shows is with some good old fashioned video footage! And thanks to everyone who donated to our Kickstarter project, we are in the midst of editing our documentary. At the moment, we are not sure when it will be finished. We're still waiting on some other footage. And there are a couple of you who are slated to be in the documentary, but we have not filmed you yet…
In the meantime, here are some highlights from last month:
Women Who Rock Conference
Women Who Rock Oral History Project
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/38791040?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="295" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/38791040">Women Who Rock Oral History Project Preview</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1848471">Angelica Macklin</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
The Babylon Death Party
Downtown Music Hall on St Paddy's Day
The Jackalope
Hardtails
The Mid-South was great as always! I got to see so many old friends and family at every single show! And it was so warm… springtime is so hard for me in the PacNW, because the days are getting longer, but it's not really getting warmer. It's like a bad joke. This is the time of year I long to be in Texas or Arkansas or Southern California. But not Florida. I never yearn for Florida. Sorry mom.
Next time we fly South, we will NOT play a show the very next day. The band really needs a day to adjust to the weather. It was in the low 80s and very humid out when we played The Jackalope in Austin. When we finished our set, Gorilla went outside for fresh air, and there was none! It was cooler in the venue than outside. He started feeling really bad and his face turned white and his eyes were going dark. We think he was a bit dehydrated, so we had to leave the venue before all the other bands were finished. When we got back to Natasha's apartment, Gorilla took 6 or 7 hours to recover. After that, we were gold! We hung out in Austin checking out the local scene at Trophy's, and then I hit the MEOW lunch, and then we drove to Hot Springs, then to Little Rock, then drove to Georgetown, TX the next day, back to Austin that night, and then we flew home the following day!
When we got home from our trip, I was thinking, wow, cool, we have a couple of weeks to relax before we start playing out again. WRONG! My friend and videographer, John Dorman, emailed to let me know he was going to be in town the next week and wanted to shoot video! Remember that Kickstarter documentary we were pushing? Well, we finished filming just last night! John headed back to Boston this morning.
So? What's next, you ask?
Well, while John is editing footage for our documentary, we have some great shows coming up this month! Here are the flyers!
We are also preparing to record this summer. As I mentioned in our last newsletter, our recording had been postponed due to my bicycle accident. I am mostly recovered, and my voice is mostly working. So we are scheduled to record with Jack Endino in July. We are totally stoked! And the timing couldn't be any better! By that time, we will have been together over a year and have over 20 shows under our belt. What a perfect way to celebrate! At the moment, we are aiming for an October release. We'll keep you posted.
Until then, we want to thank everyone who contributed to the success of last month's events:
Alice Bag Medusa Women Who Rock Community In Arts NW Collective Tony James Kook Teflon Steve Dave Starr Harris Ashanti Sarah Huxold Scott Walker Luke Papineau Linda Scott Thomas Valle-Guatemala Christina Radocha The Mabry Family Melody Danford Heather Pierce Ron Mabry-Smith Gloria Staggs Jay T Conrad | Texas peeps Arkansas peeps Natasha Marilyn Bircho Birch Melissa Lane Kristen Counihan Shannon Harris Samantha Allen Witchburn Transfer LIFTOFF! Glittercore The Many Persian Z's Seeing Blind In Cahoots Furniture Girls Sightseer Darrius Willrich Rob Marcus Lucifer Darrell's Critical Sun | Home Alive Documentary Steven Sterne Tony Rivera Julia Hensley Marcy and Ed Harrington Tim Daniels Richard Reynolds Kari Asadorian Fluke Fanzine Scott Reynolds Rob-O Connor Andi Stracner Ana Mae Cupcakes Kyle Caldwell Jonathan Seeber Neil and Nancey Martin Brenda Scallon Amy Denio Heather Ward Troy Lund Tanya and Devin Briggs Steve Goodin |
Much love!
J-kNee