| Tour Blog: Day 2 |
[Mar. 11th, 2006|02:48 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  optimistic | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Some indy-cafe-kind-of-stuff | ] |
Ok, so Odessa is one hell of a shit-hole town. The kids organizing for Anti Racist Action, however, kick some serious fucking ass. The show went allright, but the club owner kept a big fucking chunk of the door. Kind of shitty for a benefit show. We really wanted to stay at the party they had for us after the show, but unknowns in Tuscon caused us to leave early.
I'm currently sitting in a cafe in downtown Tuscon. Dave and Bobby are out scouting around for a possible alternate show. Why you ask? Because the guys in charge of our show here have yet to call us back with the location of the house party we're playing. Whee.
My phone doesn't work outside of the OKC metro area, so I've turned it off. Fuck US Cellular. I'm having a blast regardless of all of this. A road trip was just what I needed.
I just overheard Ben on the phone saying we're probably going to end up playing 2 shows tonight. Fucking awesome. I'm gonna go do something now.
Hail Satan,
Patrick. |
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| Tour Blog: Part One |
[Mar. 10th, 2006|08:13 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  Back-of-the-van nap time | ] |
We begin our saga at my drummer Bobby's house in Moore. The van is loaded, we're all awake, I want a burrito, and away we go. First stop: Odessa, TX for an Anti-Racist Action chapter opening. More to come. |
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| Ok, an update. |
[Jan. 30th, 2006|04:49 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  Devilish | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The world slowly tearing itself apart | ] |
Well, a lot of stuff happens. Some of that stuff happened between now and my last post. For example, I imbibed liquor somewhere in that time span. Pizza might have happened. There was no panda.
The job has changed, for those in the dark. I'm a professional salad-tosser now. It's neat.
The band is touring in March, which will probably change the employment status bit. That's ok, I don't really like tossing salad anyway. I do, however, like touring. In theory. Just think, free booze across America. We've been hitting the studio hard lately to prepare for it. To hear rough examples of said studio-hitting, click here.
My driver's liscense is still suspended. I can get it back now, but there are a lot of fees involved, so I won't. It would have expired tomorrow anyway. Walking is good for the health, right?
It's time for a vacation from reality. Sweet oblivion. Got any?
Honor thy Dark Lord.
-Patrick. |
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| And this is what the devil did... |
[Dec. 2nd, 2005|05:03 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | Not anti-good, Just pro-evil | ] |
Friday, December 02, 2005
And this is what the devil did...
This one is being sent from a realm of awesome that most of you readers will never experience or understand. Just try to bear with me and keep an open mind.
Ok, so this is an update. I did some stuff in the last month. Very interesting stuff. Don't you wish that you did things this interesting? I know. But you don't, so stop trying. It's really not worth the effort. You will never acheive this. Ok, to the point.
I no longer work at Ruby's Diner. Those fascist bastards just couldn't cope with the free-form awesomeness that is my life. I moved in with Guss and Brother Cole. We have a most righteous townhouse duplex on the west side. Very spartan, very beery. Another tattoo has been aquired, more to come soon. For now I will have to settle for a Burtin-ish bass cleff on my upper back. Very black, a bit itchy.
I got a phone. No, you can't have the number.
The band is moving along at a steady pace, with many shows booked and an upcoming release in the near future. It'll be on vinyl, so fuck you non-record-player-owning losers. Losers like me, who also doesn't own one. Look out for us on 12/14, 12/29 with Jake Armstrong on guitar for one night only, and 01/09. They are all at The Deli.
Did I mention that I'm awesomer than you? Send money. Really. I'll work for food or booty at this point. Sugar-mama applications will follow shortly, to be turned in in triplicit for approval by committee.
That is all for now.
Hail Satan,
Patrick.
p.s. None of you will ever be as awesome as me. I used linux for this post. I will watch Polar Express now. |
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| So, |
[Oct. 17th, 2005|08:26 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  bouncy | ] |
I got out of jail today. Go me. |
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| Well here's a big fucking surprise... |
[Oct. 9th, 2005|06:55 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | I will destroy you all! | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Space Hog - Cruel To Be Kind | ] |
You Are Whiskey |
You're a tough drinker, and you take it like a man
That means no girly drinks for you - even if you are a girl
You prefer a cold, hard drink at the end of the day
Every day, in fact. And make that a few. |
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| And again, for those not in The Gunship Community |
[Sep. 27th, 2005|03:55 pm] |
The Gunship will celebrate their mighty return on Thursday, Sept. 29th, at the Red Dirt on campus corner. This will be our first show with new lead guitar player Ben Carter. He has a much different style, so expect a different, stronger, faster Gunship. With horns. Yeah, I like horns. We open around 10:30, followed by Purple Cow Story. Same Day Service (!!!) headlines. As always, Band-aid applications are to be turned in to Jason the super-duper guitar tech for review and approval. Probably more of the latter, we are all about equal opportunities and shit. Should be a $5 cover.
Also, we're playing a hurricane benefit at Meacham Auditorium on Saturday, oct. 1st. Show starts 1pm, The Gunship around 9. Lineup on the flyer is (in order): Poncho Villa and the Welfare Checker, The Needles, BC, Blazer Blaze, Home Grown Tomatoes, Simple Tree, The Hex, Radial Angel, The Gunship, Ghost of Monkshood, and Klipspringer.
$10 at the door
$8 with a flyer
$5 kids under 12
Free kids under 5
All proceeds go to the American Red Cross. |
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| Quite a day! |
[Sep. 26th, 2005|08:44 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Ben Folds Five - Brick | ] |
So, I only had to work 1 job last night! That meant scotch at Casey's new place! I like scotch. I like some other things about last night, but am probably alone in that. Ah well. Can't be an angst-ridden, hair shakin', hard drinkin' rocker if you get the girl, right?
Got new photos from Scott Mellgren. They fucking rock. He got some great ones of Jake's last show with The Gunship. See them here. The top ones are of Klipspringer's set, we're further down the page, as we played last.
Fuck it,
Patrick. |
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| Heh. |
[Sep. 22nd, 2005|07:31 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Ministry - T.V. II | ] |
I made dinner for The Decembrists at Ruby's tonight. They came in after the Diamond Ballroom stop of their tour! My brother is all about that band, so they autographed one of our menus for him. I totally just scored ten billion coolest big brother in the universe points! He didn't get to go to their show (school night) but now he can show that to all of his friends who did.
Oh, and deep-fried twinkies will be on the menu. We were gonna name 'em after me, but Hosty always sings about nasty state fair food, so we're gonna call them Hosties! Thinking about letting them go 2 for $1.49. I don't think anyone will finish one, but they're awesome none the less!
Be excellent to each other. |
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| Moving on up... |
[Sep. 19th, 2005|08:01 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | Not anti-good, just pro-evil | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Jamiroquai - Do It Like We Used To | ] |
So, I'm the head cook at Ruby's now. Who would've thought that I would be put in a position of any responsibility? I'm going to live up to this one. Yep.
All of the cooks are bass players. The manager is in ESO. Yep, it's just a bunch of degenerates cooking all night for way too much money. But we do it well. When I listen to music in most places, it's on a boombox only audible in the kitchen. At this place, we listen to Ministry's Psalm 69 on the resteraunts PA. No Muzak for Ruby's!
Oh, and The Gunship will celebrate their mighty return on Thursday, Sept. 29th, at the Red Dirt on campus corner. This will be our first show with new lead guitar player Ben Carter. He has a much different style, so expect a different, stronger, faster Gunship. With horns. Yeah, I like horns. We open, followed by Purple Cow Story. Same Day Service (!!!) headlines. As always, Band-aid applications are to be turned in to Jason the super-duper guitar tech for review and approval. Probably more of the latter, we are all about equal opportunities and shit.
Hail Satan,
Patrick. |
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| This thing is too cool for words... |
[Sep. 14th, 2005|06:38 am] |
Go to this site, and find out your superhero name.
http://www.rainbowanimations.com/supername.php
I got "The Super Leprechaun" - What the fuck?
In other news:
I got off work at Shuttle today around 10:30. At 11:30, I get a call from Chad of ESO. "Do you want a job? Can you get to Ruby's Diner in 20 minutes?" Yes, yes I could. I like money a lot. And this will be a lot of money and a lot of fun. The place opens at 10pm and closes at 3pm. They serve beer. At 6 in the morning. When I get off of work. Now, here's the best part: It's owned by the same girl that owns The Deli. That means nearly all of my money comes to me because of her. She books the shows at her bar!
So come on in. I'll be there Tuesday through Friday, 10pm-6am. You can order a beer with your scrambled eggs and listen to Rock 'n Roll. |
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| It's time to play the music game! |
[Sep. 13th, 2005|04:52 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | I'mnotAnti-good,justPro-evil. | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Portishead - Pedestal | ] |
1. Open up the music player on your computer.
2. Set it to play your entire music collection.
3. Hit the shuffle command.
4. Tell us the title of the next ten songs that show up (with their musicians), no matter how embarrassing. That's right, no skipping that Carpenters tune that will totally destroy your hip credibility. It's time for total musical honesty. Write it up in your blog or journal and link back to at least a couple of the other sites where you saw this.
5. If you get the same artist twice, you may skip the second (or third, or etc.) occurrences. You don't have to, but since randomness could mean you end up with a list of ten song with five artists, you can if you'd like.
1) Kiss - God Gave Rock and Roll to You
2) Prince - Purple Rain
3) Lamb - Wonder
4) Reverend Horton Heat - Bails of Caocaine
5) Misfits - She
6) Ben Folds Five - Selfless, Cold, and Confused
7) Spacehog - In the Meantime
8) Pansy Division - Homo Christmas
9) Horror Pops - Baby Lou Tattoo
10) Portishead - Pedestal |
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| A Very Odd Morning. |
[Sep. 4th, 2005|07:36 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  distressed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Spacehog - Cruel To Be Kind | ] |
Saturday morning I was walking home from a party. About a mile into the walk, I noticed that all of the dogs I passed were barking at me. This is a new one for me, as dogs very rarely bark at me at all. Wonder what could have changed. |
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| Allright. |
[Aug. 29th, 2005|10:54 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | Evil | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Gorrilaz - Kids w/ Guns | ] |
Ok, so this week:
Played last show with Jake on Wednesday. Much awesomeness was had. We had a capacity crowd at The Deli, and the sidewalk outside was packed too! Rocked one hell of a fucking bass solo following/blending from one hell of a fucking drum solo. Spit beer all over Dave. Not intentionally, I was a bit inebriated and meant to aim at the crowd. Too bad I was facing the wrong direction. Humped my bass a bit.
After, we had a party in my backyard to celebrate the show and for our last night in the house. The cops should have come. Really. Drunk people in trees screaming and throwing sticks is the best idea anyone has ever had. I fell asleep in my flowerbed at dawn. Jake slept on the porch.
Had sad going-away time with Jake for the rest of the week. It was sad. He's all gone away to New York now.
I live at my parent's house for now. So there's a phone. Make use of it.
More news: I've had just about enough of the real world. I've been acknowledging it for a couple of years now and have decided to beat a full and hasty retreat to my own personal parallel universe. The one that intersects with this one at key points of my choosing. So find me there.
Hail Satan,
Patrick. |
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| I'm so silly. |
[Aug. 23rd, 2005|01:38 am] |
Ok, so to all who might have been confused by my post earlier: the 24th is Wednesday. We play at The Deli on Wednesday. Party in my backyard after.
Be excellent to each other and always honor your dark lord,
Patrick. |
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| The Rock Never Stops...Until Tomorrow |
[Aug. 22nd, 2005|01:54 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | Evil | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Exitium - Only In Death | ] |
Allright folks, its finally happening. Jake's last show with The Gunship is tomorrow. We're headlining The Deli for this little shindig, and no less than MUTHERFUCKING KLIPSPRINGER ARE OPENING!!!! That place is going to rock harder than anything has rocked before. The sky will clear, the planets will align, and even the dirt will be clean.
So if any of you people ever come to a Gunship show, this would be a good one to see. Happens Wednesday (the 24th) at the Deli. Klipspringer plays around 10:30, The Gunship goes on midnight-ish. This will be our last one for a while, as we have to get a new lead guitar player.
Come on out and give the baddest of mutherfuckers, Jake Armstrong, the send-off he truly deserves.
As always,
Hail Satan. |
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| Rock one last time... |
[Aug. 19th, 2005|07:52 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | Evil | ] |
| [ | music |
| | ringing in my ears | ] |
Allright folks, its finally happening. Jake's last show with The Gunship is next week. We're headlining The Deli for this little shindig, and no less than MUTHERFUCKING KLIPSPRINGER ARE OPENING!!!! That place is going to rock harder than anything has rocked before. The sky will clear, the planets will align, and even the dirt will be clean.
So if any of you people ever come to a Gunship show, this would be a good one to see. Happens next Wednesday (the 24th) at the Deli. Klipspringer plays around 10:30, The Gunship goes on midnight-ish. This will be our last one for a while, as we have to get a new lead guitar player.
Come on out and give the baddest of mutherfuckers, Jake Armstrong, the send-off he truly deserves.
As always,
Hail Satan. |
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| Tonight! Tonight |
[Aug. 6th, 2005|04:42 pm] |
Okay folks,
The Electric Shit Orchestra + The Gunship = Awesome, right? That's JUST what I said too! So seriously, you have to go. Seperate, they're both insanely awesome + cool. Awecool...Coolsome... No...
The Electric Shit Orchestra + The Gunship! The Electric Gun Orchestra! The Electric Shit Gun! The Gunshit! Or howsa bout... THE COOLEST FUCKING SHOW IN THE UNIVERSE!
Tonight (Sat.) at Mr. Bill's. ESO opens around 10:30, Gunship headlines...later on. 18 to enter 21 to drink. |
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| Argh! |
[Jul. 28th, 2005|10:35 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  Fucking Fuckers | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Type O Negative - We Hate Everyone | ] |
Somebody stole my bike! That makes me want to kick puppies.
Maybe it doesn't really count as stealing, they did leave their bike where mine was. Too bad my legs are too long to ride a BMX... |
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