Anyone still out there? Yep, we are still alive. We’re working on other projects, hanging with family, and generally just taking it easy for the moment. We will be back at ya. xoxoxo
28 February 2008 at 7:55 PM | Permalink
Date: Tuesday April 24, 2007 Subject: Holy Fucking Chicago!!!!!! Amazing!!!!!!!!!!! I already have a soft spot in my heart for this beautiful city on the lake full of history, architecture, great food & drink, and some of the best bands in the history of music, ever, period (Naked Rayun, Screeching Weasel, and Los Crudos, to name just a few). This show, however, was beyond my wildest expectations. The club, Subterranean, is a perfect place to play and/or watch a show. By the time we were done soundchecking, I was already pretty damn excited. my friend Don, a Philly ex-pat, was waiting for us and we went to the Handlebar for dinner and beers. When we got back to the club it was packed and Four Star Alarm was already playing. Jeff Pezzati was there, but I was too nervous to talk to him. I’m a loser and a cowardly one at that. By the time we went on, it seemed like everyone in the room was totally stoked, ourselves included. It was one of the funnest (is that even a word?) shows I can remember in chicago, despite some minor drama with the cl ub’s security. The Metro was rad last July, but we really enjoy playing smaller, more intimate, spaces. Anyway, thanks to the windy city for the good times, you bastards owned the dancefloor. Thanks to Dave Ruin for the beer, thanks to Jeff D., congrats to Shariq, and of course, all praises due to Naked Raygun for the Rat Patrol! Peace- yeems Today’s soundtrack: Panda Bear -”Person Pitch” Sex/Vid – “Tania” EP Pissed Jeans the Vicious – new LP Arctic Monkeys – assorted B-sides
25 April 2007 at 1:33 PM | Permalink
What’s up kids, grown-folk punx, and everyone in between! i’m writing from the van somewhere in between detroit and chicago. Just wanted to update everyone on what’s up and send out some thank you’s. First of all, big ups to everyone who came out to the Toronto show on Friday. That show was crazy crazy crazy. Insanely packed and totally fun, non-stop stage dives and a surprising amount of broken glass, but somehow kept a totally cool vibe with no shitty attitudes. I’m totally feeling the smart punx: total aggression & reckless abandon, but no stupid hostility. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Also, thanks to everyone who came to the afterparty and helped balance out the ratio of punx to jock/guido/yuppies. Hats off to Career Suicide & Fucked Up, and thanks to Hostage Life for opening the show) Last night we played a smaller show in Mt. Clemens, MI (because the Magic Stick in Detroit was already booked, I think). Sometimes its fun to take a risk and play in the middle of nowhere & see what happens. In this case it paid off. When the room’s not full it somehow forces us to work harder, probably because we feel more responsibility for creating the energy and setting the mood, the sort of thing that kind of happens spontaneously on its own in a sweaty, overpacked club. Anyway, I don’t think we could have pushed it any further into the red than we did last night, so thanx to the detroit-area kids who came out and danced and sang along. Also thanx to Thieves Agreement for playing and making the cool posters. We went out last night to celebrate Draft drummer George’s birthday. There was a really weird cowboy bar with a player piano and mechanical bull. Weird because its not a cowboy kinda town. Stranger still in a town with lots of big buildings but apparently no populati on whatsoever. Total weird 28 Days Later/post-apocalypse twilight zone last man on earth vibe. Anyway, totally stoked to play Chicago tonight. In the van today we listened to the new tracks that Miss TK & the Revenge just recorded. That’s Tannis & Ari’s other band. Totally awesome new wavey dance-punk. It rules. see you soon. Love, Yeems
22 April 2007 at 1:29 PM | Permalink
