The Hotel Cafe, 7-17-09

We built this show up as if Jesus himself was going to return in the middle of it. Luckily, it was a good show, so no one formed any sort of disappointment/hate mob after the show. Two new songs, and a new cover, a horn section, a backup singer, all mixed in well to create another solid entry in our monthly visits to the Hotel Cafe.

Live Life Now
Torquemada
Stranglehold
I Do
One More Chance
Another Heartache (new, first time played)
On the Sideline
Let it Fall (new, first time played)
Change Your Heart
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel, first time played)

The OC State Fair

Nothing beats rocking out sandwiched between beers of the world, funnel cakes, and a sand sculpture of Weird Al's head. Also, nothing beats following a senior citizen balloon hat contest, and self-censoring anything that remotely resembles a swear word in your songs because there's a family with their little daughter dancing to your music in the front row.

Our good friend Edgar documented the festivities, so we will have pictures and video uploaded soon.

BUTTON BLOG!!! 2.0

In an attempt to have some measurable progress for the band... a Quiet button was placed in the visitors log case at the top of Mount Baden-Powell yesterday at approximately 12:30PM. Now the highest known elevation a Quiet button resides is 9,407 ft above sea level.

Brendan loves it when I post my "Robert Frost, Walden bullshit."

~Matt

The Mint, Los Angeles, CA 7-9-08

After years of playing out in LA, we played The Mint for the first time last night. We followed Kevin Hearn, multi-instrumentalist extroardinnaire for Barenaked Ladies. We were lame enough to actually cover a Barenaked Ladies song in honor of the evening-- but we think it went over a-ok. And Kevin's crowd was nice enough to stick around for our set, which isn't typical of an LA gig, so thanks to all those lovely people for giving us a listen.

The set:

Live Life Now
Change Your Heart
Stranglehold
Everything and Nothing
Break Your Heart (BNL cover)
One More Chance
The Company You Keep
On the Sideline
Torquemada
I Do

Quiet Button Reaches New Heights

Yesterday, around 3:30PM, a Quiet button was placed in one of the "Visitor's Record" tins on the top of the Cucamonga Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains -- about an hour from Los Angeles. As far as I know it is the highest place where a Quiet button resides at 8,859 feet above sea level.

Not that anyone really cares. I just thought I would share... (that is the essence of blogs though, right?)

~Matt

Gigography - Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ 6-26-09

A drive out to the 100+ degree desert for our first out of state show. There was a lot of sweating. A big thanks to local AZ band The Great Migration for giving us a backline and saving us a trailer rental.

You Can Have it All

Torquemada

On the Sideline

The Company You Keep

One More Chance

Everything and Nothing

Change Your Heart

Caravan

Setlist Renaissance Hotel, Hollywood, 6/25/09

We went out in style at the Renaissance. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it such a fun show!

Live Life Now
Nothing is Forever
Come November
It Would Be Funny
Summers Gone
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Beauty in Sadness
Torquemada
I Do
Sir Duke

She Will Have Her Way
Change Your Heart
Stranglehold
Suit Yourself
The Rapture
Let it Out
I've Just Seen a Face
On the Sideline
One More Chance
Everything and Nothing
Caravan

encore:
The Company You Keep
I've Got A Woman