Alright, i'll start by addressing the show we were planning with the Skanky Possum on the 15th. It's not happening now, and i'll tell you why:
So we were supposed to play at East Austin Trailer Eatery (E.A.T.) with a collection of bands from the Skank Family Mixtape (if you don't have this yet, i suggest you get it here http://www.skankypossum.bandcamp.com/). With a successful show put on last month, I was disappointed when Talib (who is a major contributor and all-around-cool-guy heavily involved in the hapenings and events put on by Skanky) told me that they had a falling out with E.A.T. Apparently it's over some legal issues, where Skanky doesn't want to be associated with their "movie night" in which they may be screening copyrighted materials for free. Smart move, guys. Good news is T informed me that they're scouting for new replacement venues, so we'll see where that goes.
Second, let's talk Austin City Limits festival.
No, we're not playing this year. Again. I know, I know, crazy right?
But our good friends from GIVERS (11:45 Friday @ Honda Stage), Mynameisjohnmichael (2:40 Sunday @ BMI stage) and Speak (12:40 Sunday @ BMI stage) are playing. These guys are fantastic. I think Speak won best new austin band in some reputable publication last year (and did i mention they're on the Skanky Possum mixtape?), MNIJM had a very successful tour recently, and when we played with GIVERS at Emo's outdoors they were just all-around nice people who put on a very fun show. These guys deserve to blow up. and fast. If you haven't heard of them, you better do some research before you go to ACL so you don't miss out. You'll feel left out when everyone else around you is singing their songs and you're standing there with folded arms. www.myspace.com/mynameisjohnmichael & www.myspace.com/hearspeakhere & http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/giversmusic
Lastly, I would like to point out that my childhood-bestfriend-and-former-roomate-turned-transfer-student-at-Tulane-business-school-in-New-Orleans is coming to visit us on the 14th-17th.
We will be picking him up from the airport with a sign that reads "Babcack", long story. His name is Sean Kozar-King and if you would like to meet him then dial up our digits because you do not want to miss out on this guy's schenanigans. I can promise you nothing productive will be happening that weekend. in a good way.
That's all for now, if we actually do another show before November 19th @ Maggie Mae's then i will be sure to post it here.
always flourish,
Michael
