tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54421792011-06-07T22:05:22.992-07:00Same Day ServiceSDS show journals and band newsmaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1140985607094147562006-02-26T12:23:00.000-08:002006-02-26T12:26:47.110-08:00for those of you that don't do myspace - here's a copy of sarah's recent blog...aarrgghh.we're standing at the indian takeaway place waiting for our food, when my phone rings(while in the uk, it's the sds phone). i don't really want to answer, b/c i'll get charged roaming since we're in ireland...but the number has called twice before earlier today, so i figure i should answer....just in case...maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1140899467830630272006-02-25T12:28:00.000-08:002006-02-25T12:31:07.840-08:00i'll try and do a summary of the last few show when i have more time...but right now, i want to talk about dublin. we are done with tour, so we thought dublin would be a good place to go for the weekend.There is a big rugby game here on sunday between wales and ireland, so the ferry ride over was crazy...lots of DRUNK welsh dudes and dudettes getting ready for the game. then today, we had sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1139801359117708262006-02-13T01:09:00.000-08:002006-02-12T19:35:01.336-08:00The last I heard is that when a band is on tour, they are supposed to play shows...however SDS likes to live on the edge, so we're doing it alittle different. Instead of playing shows, we're going to them. For the past couple of nights we've been staying in Glasgow at a friend's house(thanks Will), so yesterday we went to see The Shout Out Louds and tonight we drove to Edinburg for Motion City sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1139520754845866542006-02-09T13:24:00.000-08:002006-02-19T20:34:48.130-08:00feb. 5 - mine and sarah's birthday. we drove from rotterdam to france where we caught the ferry to dover and drove to london. showed up at our friend ross' house. he wasn't there, but lucky for us his flatmate chris was. we chilled at the house for a while, another flatmate, frazer made spagetti, and then we went to a local pub for a couple of birthday drinks. it turned out the owner of the bar maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1139053138373699422006-02-04T03:33:00.000-08:002006-02-09T13:00:48.160-08:00here's a QUICK overview of our week in Holland...then it's off to our 2nd home... england.we flew to london on jan. 25/26. Hung out at Gatwick for a few hours before catching a plane to Amsterdam. Went to the hotel in Amsterdam, sorted merch and fell asleep at 6pm until about 4:30 am. Bad idea - it completely messed us up for the next few days.Jan 27, 2006 Had McDonalds for breakfast (hurray maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1138627143716318542006-01-30T04:58:00.000-08:002006-01-30T05:20:56.363-08:00With the invention of Myspace, it makes the band website kind of obsolete. I wonder if anyone even looks at these blogs anymore. I'd say I might be wasting my time, but I think if nothing else, when I'm 50 it'll be fun to go back and reread...assuming that these blogs are still there.Anyway, we're in Europe again. This is SDS's 3rd tour across the pond. I can hardly believe it. Now if we can sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1132450294805559012005-11-19T17:19:00.000-08:002005-11-19T17:31:34.816-08:00We played a show in Covina last night at a sports bar called Rude Dog. It was pretty fun, and we seemed to go over well. Some friends came out and it was a decent crowd, except for the skinheads who told sarah they wanted to record us, and that since we're "all white" we could probably get hooked up by some aryian website whose name I won't bother mentioning. The bar has asked to come back andmaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1131335979252365662005-11-06T19:51:00.000-08:002005-11-06T19:59:39.276-08:00We're still in California.... nothing big to report. Christina booked us a show at the Cat Club on Sunset for Dec. 1.maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1130101501077249872005-10-23T13:50:00.000-07:002005-10-23T14:05:01.123-07:00California....the land of opportunity. More like the land of high gas prices, fast drivers, dirty air and really loud coyotes that howl all night. At least thats what we've experienced so far. Regardless, we're here and we're going to have fun.We played a show in Carlsbad, CA last night. It's just north of San Diego, on the coast. We got there a few hours early, so we went to the beach and sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1128106555046533472005-09-30T11:51:00.000-07:002005-09-30T11:55:55.053-07:00Man..i haven't written a blog in a long time. i guess cuz i use it more for tour journals than anything. Gone are the days where I write a show journal for every gig that we play. But, I figured I'd write alittle today. We played at The Red Dirt Cafe(that all rhymed) last night in Norman and it was really fun. The Gunship and The Purple Cow Story played too...both put on good shows...in slightlysarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1119590145116865392005-06-23T22:12:00.000-07:002005-06-23T22:39:12.153-07:00We made it back to the states safe and sound. We even got upgraded to business class for the flight home, which made leaving England a little easier. We're all sad to be gone and miss it already...if only there were rock clubs with indie dance nights in America!! On a good note though, we got to eat Mexican food last night and it was amazing!I need to go to bed cuz we have to leave at 5am to sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1118851114957359242005-06-15T08:51:00.000-07:002005-06-15T08:58:34.963-07:00The kids in Sheffield rule. We played a show here last night...it was totally last minute, i think it was confirmed on monday and the show happened tuesday...and still a bunch of people came out. We played right in the middle of a couple of political punk bands...which i'm sure made us sound super poppy. Everyone seemed to have a good time, and it gave us one more practice before Warped Tour.sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1118676446591850892005-06-13T08:26:00.000-07:002005-06-13T08:27:26.596-07:00finally made it out of london and to sheffield...the weekend was great...went to a cowboy/pirate themed party complete with fires, fights and a pirate ship, climbed a big fence into a castle in the rain....luckily no one slipped and impaled themselves on the giant spears...but christina did find the prison toilet and maggie fell out of a hole in the wall, and then we snuck into a creepy abbey at sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1118324551359101952005-06-09T06:31:00.000-07:002005-06-09T06:44:46.240-07:00Usually when I don't write for awhile, it means nothing is going on....but amazingly enough, we've actually been really busy. Some band stuff, but mostly going out and getting to know the london nightlife..haha. As we all know, I like lists, and since they are quick and efficient, and I've only got 10 minutes left on the computer, you know what i'm gunna do:- Played a cool show at The 12 Bar sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1116614494021416302005-05-20T11:40:00.000-07:002005-05-20T11:41:34.026-07:00spain rulz! today i was laying by the pool and as I reached for my water, i thought "this would be much nicer with a slice of lemon". so i got up, walked to the edge of the garden where I found the lemon tree and picked one. problem solved! (it was a good lemon too!)sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1116459252145059842005-05-18T16:13:00.000-07:002005-05-18T16:34:12.156-07:00here's a quick run down of what we've done since returning to our current homebase of London...we've been to a few shows... the highlight being Motion City Soundtrack. We'd played with them in Chicago a few years back... before they were "big time". It's really cool to see a good band grow from playing a decent show at Fireside Bowl, to selling out 2 shows in LONDON! They were great...I don't maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1115642938813991102005-05-09T05:24:00.000-07:002005-05-14T07:52:30.416-07:00We made it through the Switzerland/Holland mini-tour. I was so stressed out about it beforehand, but it ended up being alot of fun, we didn't wreck the rental(good thing too...cuz we didn't pay for any extra insurance other than the mandatory stuff) and we met a lot of really cool people.We took the ferry from england to holland...about a 5-hour boat ride. Pretty boring after the first 15 minutessarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1115400178737643962005-05-06T10:21:00.000-07:002005-05-06T10:22:58.746-07:00we've been driving ourselves around germany and switzerland for the past few days...it's very surreal. the shows have been fun...we'll write more when we're back home in london.sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1114779349357374162005-04-29T05:45:00.000-07:002005-04-29T05:55:49.356-07:00in case anyone is interested, like my mom for example, here's what we've done in London so far...we've been to a couple of punk rock shows....The Mercury League and Freaks Union (both English bands), and Phinius Gage (English) and Streetlight Manifesto (USA). It was fun hanging out with Streetlight Manifesto...I could understand everything they said. We also found out that one of their band maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1114541649890533412005-04-26T11:41:00.000-07:002005-04-28T05:32:43.313-07:00I'm going to try and do a quick wrap-up of the tour...if we don't do it now, we never will.april 13 was in York...we thought it was going to be a cool show...the venue was good, everyone was nice and york seems like a pretty hip town. (it was surrounded by a wall back in the day, that is still standing, although the city has now overflowed.) of course, it was raining when we got there, so we maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1113941604723289972005-04-19T12:19:00.000-07:002005-04-19T13:13:24.726-07:00Well, i didn't expect to be back on the blog this soon...but we've made it to Leeds and we're doing a bit of hanging out before we head to £ a pint night at The Dry Dock. Even though I've been to England enough times to be used to it, I still think its weird that I'm repeating things I've done in a faraway country. Anyway, since I've got alittle bit of time, and Paul is out of town and I can usesarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1113910920434490582005-04-19T04:40:00.000-07:002005-04-19T04:42:00.433-07:00Don't really have time to write the novel that will be my tour journal...but i wanted to at least write a note saying we're still alive. The shows have been cool, we've met some awesome people, and i'll write all the details in a few days when we're back in london.sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1113049446078011472005-04-09T05:07:00.000-07:002005-04-09T07:23:52.323-07:00The British invasion has begun, and it's been awesome. Before I tell details...i have to write about the most exciting thing that has happened so far. Alittle background first....last year when we were on tour in the UK with Shotgun Democracy(from leeds), we(SDS) realized that most boys other than Americans have foreskin...we found this out through some story-telling about the banjo string(sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1111967106844651342005-03-27T15:43:00.000-08:002005-03-27T15:45:06.846-08:00Hanging out at mom and dad's house in Oklahoma before we head off to Europe. Trying to get lots of stuff done before we leave, but I'm addicted to the Zuma game they have on their computer and I'm spending too much time playing it.It's cold here and Christina has the chicken pox....but at least the Easter Bunny didn't forget us. Woke up to a basket full of chocolate and jellybeans outside my sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1111619616577365842005-03-23T14:40:00.000-08:002005-03-23T15:13:36.580-08:00Another sxsw has come and gone...I can't believe it's over already. Christina managed to get herself sick...a combination of sun poisoning, too much Jager and lack of sleep. So, she is relaxing and trying to get better, while Maggie and I scramble to get last minute stuff done before we head to Europe. More about SXSW. I'm really proud of SDS this year...we met tons of people, did lots of sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1111130794973001242005-03-17T23:11:00.000-08:002005-03-17T23:26:34.976-08:00we're in austin. sxsw is going well. we're trying to smile alot, but the abundance of cute rocker boys is slightly intimidating. we've managed to find plenty of free shows, free food, free booze, internet, video games, and a jukebox with our CD in it. who needs an official SXSW badge... not us. we had a good show today...lots of people for 2 pm, and lots of other great bands. everyone seemed maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1110873346509314902005-03-14T23:35:00.000-08:002005-03-20T13:14:11.610-08:00Wow...two weeks of tour, and I only managed to write one blog. Either absolutely nothing exciting happened, or more realistically, I've just been too busy and tired to write. But now this part of tour is over...Shotgun goes home tomorrow(with the exception of Jonty), and we head back to Austin for the craziness that is SXSW.The last few shows of tour were pretty cool. I think Christina left off sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1110492003401175112005-03-10T13:54:00.000-08:002005-03-10T14:04:21.223-08:00THIS IS A REPOST OF CHRISTINA"S MYSPACE BLOG:"It takes a lot out of you, being on the road and all, but it's so worth it. We're on our second week of our tour with SGD and it's been a blast the whole time. We played at Kirby's beer store in Wichita, KS and that's always fun. Johnny Switchblade frickin' rizzocks!! All the rockabilly folk showed up..and I met this one bad ass rockabilly chick that maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1110044595375924992005-03-05T09:20:00.000-08:002005-03-05T09:45:07.516-08:00Tour has been great so far...with the exception of Dallas, and the fact that I haven't had a full nights sleep in a week. Although we met some nice people in the Big D the show was pretty lame. The PA hardly worked, only one mic, lots of technical difficulties, forgotten songs and we got screwed on our guarantee.But....to make up for it, the past couple of nights we've played 2 really fun shows. sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1109797130741627092005-03-02T12:52:00.000-08:002005-03-02T12:59:50.730-08:00The Shotgun boys actually got to Dallas 2 days ago, but I counting today as the first day of tour....because tonight is our first show. I'm excited, I know they're excited and we're all ready to start rockin'.Yesterday was spent trying to get the trailer and van organized..I think we did a pretty good job of it. It's so weird having a backseat in the van...it actually pretty comfy in there sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1108955102002046722005-02-20T19:00:00.000-08:002005-02-20T19:05:02.003-08:00Ok...so I'm trying to get in the habit of writing in the blog. Since we're getting ready head out on tour and I like to keep a tour diary, I need to start practicing.Last night we played the Punk Rock BBQ at Headhunters again. Once again it was really fun. I like that place alot. The only part that sucked was we were supposed to play with this Japanese band Camino, but they wrecked their van sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1108954891783552972005-02-20T18:59:00.000-08:002005-02-20T19:01:31.786-08:00arrrghhh. i hate when i look at the clock at realize that i've been sitting at the computer for the last 6 hours. Booking tours, answering emails, and editing this video: go here We finally got imovie for our crappy computer. Nothing like Adobe Premiere....but it'll do. 1 week to go...and the "big adventure" begins!! Oh man...maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1107812159072037932005-02-07T13:34:00.000-08:002005-02-07T13:35:59.073-08:00the show on saturday at headhunters rocked! we had so much fun...thanks to everyone who came out, and to everyone who sang happy bday and tried to get us drunk. woo!
maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1105602839374093692005-01-12T23:41:00.000-08:002005-01-12T23:56:08.083-08:00we've been lame about keeping up to date with the journals, but we've been pretty busy just hanging out. December seems like kind of a blur and I can't believe it's already middle of January.
We played a show with a great band from California called Single File on Jan.4... the show itself was so-so, but I think everyone had fun regardless and we played some new songs for the first time. The maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1102403144483316842004-12-06T23:55:00.000-08:002004-12-06T23:05:44.483-08:00Tonight Maggie and I went to see A Hard Day's Night for $1. It was awesome. I thought I'd seen it before, but it turns out I hadn't...so it was double-awesome. I love The Beatles, and it was funny watching the movie and thinking "those boys look like boys I would be friends with"....I guess all band boys look the same..haha.
Anyway, we've played a couple of cool shows lately. Yesterday was a sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1099264309253355912004-10-31T15:08:00.000-08:002004-10-31T15:11:49.253-08:00GO VOTE ON TUESDAY!!!!
if you have to stand in line for an hour, don't get mad. Remember it's a good thing...it means lots of people are voting.
we might not be able to actually pick our president, but we can pick everyone else....voting for house of rep, senate, and others can make a difference...plus you count as a statistic...which definately means something. If politicians see that peoplemaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1099062241181461142004-10-29T00:40:00.000-07:002004-10-29T08:04:01.180-07:00Sorry we've been so lame about keeping things updated... here's a quick review of our last month of shows...
we took a mini-tour up to Wichita, KS and back. We played Denton first, Oct 7 - something about opening bands in Denton, they haven't figured out "band ettiquette" and once again didn't stay for the show when their set was over. The pizza at JJs made up for it though, and thanks again tomaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1096930098589690592004-10-04T15:45:00.000-07:002004-10-04T15:48:18.590-07:00Our computer is messed up at the moment, which means the website can't be updated. We've got a some shows this weekend though that aren't on the website...so here ya go.
Thursday, Oct. 7 @ JJ's Pizza in Denton, TX
Friday, Oct. 8 @ Green Door in OKC, OK
Saturday, Oct. 9 @ Eagle Lodge(30th & Broadway) in Wichita, KS
Sunday, Oct. 10 @ 66 Bowl in OKC, OKsarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1094346330272064782004-09-04T17:47:00.000-07:002004-09-04T18:05:30.273-07:00We played some great shows last week. First on Aug. 26 we played at Jo's Coffee on South Congress. It was for their "Rock and Reel" series...a band plays and then when it gets dark they show a movie. We played before "Blue Crush", a cheezy but good surfer chick movie. Some friends came out (THANKS!) and lots of new people were there, which is always good. We also think that Benjamin maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1093376824202869232004-08-24T12:38:00.000-07:002004-08-24T12:47:04.203-07:00I got The Killers CD yesterday...I love it. I want a keyboard in my band...preferably with a cute emo boy playing it, but a cute emo girl would work too. Yesterday, I also went and saw the movie Saved!...it was great, very funny. It's the first Mandy Moore movie that i've seen...she was good.
So...there's my random thoughts for the day. We've been pretty busy lately, but nothing extremely sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1090378012816070722004-07-20T19:29:00.000-07:002004-07-20T19:46:52.816-07:00Not much is going on in the world of SDS right now. I've finally got pictures up from our Eurotour. I wish I could get paid for the amount of time that I spend sitting at the computer because we're all broke and at the moment I'm unemployed. But we are writing new songs and booking shows. Woohoo! maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1089067942155161562004-07-05T13:45:00.000-07:002004-07-06T16:09:29.326-07:00Sweet! I have a working computer and some time on my hands, so I gunna finally write about the last two weeks of tour. I have a feeling this might turn into a novel, but what the hell...I have lots of friends that work in offices, spend all day on the computer and could use a good read. I wrote some notes in my paper journal, so I wouldn't forget stuff, so I guess I'll start with that.
The Endsarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1088797769038285092004-07-02T12:47:00.000-07:002004-07-02T12:49:29.036-07:00I want to write a real blog...i really do. However, our computer is broken at the moment, i'm checking email at the free computer at UT, and I've only got 10 minutes left on my meter. Not near enough to time to write about the last two weeks of tour! If anyone has an old computer monitor they're not using...send it our way!sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1088449338137766702004-06-28T11:59:00.000-07:002004-06-28T12:02:18.136-07:00so as long as i am going to be spending to much time on the computer putting up pictures from europe, i thought i might as well overhaul the entire site. i'm tired of looking at the current one. i have time this week since i'm not scheduled to work again until July 5. For the time being if you want ot see some photos from england check the shotgun democracy page at http://maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1088096732964275942004-06-24T10:01:00.000-07:002004-06-24T10:08:40.710-07:00so we're back, safe and sound in TX...boohoo. We've had so much fun this last month...I can't believe that it's over. We'll be hanging out at the warped tour for the next 3 days and then it's back to real life. We'll update the website, photos, journals and reply to emails next week....I think we have about 600 digital pics to sort through. aiyiyi. Thanks to everyone in Europe who made this maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1087131009746500872004-06-13T05:47:00.000-07:002004-06-13T05:50:09.746-07:00English fact of the day: Most English men are uncircumsized. Trying to get a look at foreskin was a big priority...but didn't happen. Research purposes only mind you.maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1086874234153871392004-06-10T06:29:00.000-07:002004-06-10T06:31:26.903-07:00Only 3 days left in England. I'm sad.maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1086701860353776672004-06-08T06:25:00.000-07:002004-06-08T06:37:40.353-07:00***Taken from my tour journal***
"At the show in Lincoln. Super FUN! We played well despite some technical difficulties and Shotgun layed down the rock as usual despite more broken strings and Champy still being sick, and maybe alittle out of it from all the medicine he's been taking. DayQuil mixed with alcohol makes an already mellow guy, super-duper chill. The soundguy Steve is possibly one ofsarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1086604562708972152004-06-07T03:25:00.000-07:002004-06-07T05:15:42.813-07:00Just had a full nights sleep in a bed, am waiting in line for the shower, maggie and chris are off to the store to find makings for breakfast tacos(it's time for some real texas food...i'm sick of beans and stewed tomatoes), and i'm using the computer without feeling rushed. I'm one happy bunny!
Last night we played in Middlesborough. It was at a bar but it kinda felt like a legion hall show. Itsarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1086434182690889772004-06-05T04:13:00.000-07:002004-06-05T04:45:56.136-07:00here's part of an email that i sent my mom, thought it made for a pretty good journal as well.
(JUNE 2,2004) "quick message cuz this computer is slow. you'll never guess where we are...on a farm in somerset...we fed calves, saw cows hooked up to a milking machine, drank FRESH unpasturized milk, took a hayride up to the hills, and saw the smallest church in england. we also had a full on english maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1086433445828333922004-06-05T03:50:00.000-07:002004-06-05T04:45:06.756-07:00Not much internet access on this tour has forced me to do it the old fashion way...writing in a journal, then copying it to the computer. Trying to keep things fresh in my mind gets alittle hard, it all starts to run together.
***June 3, 2004*****
I'm sitting upstairs in the "band room" at RMs Rockclub in Wales, listening to Shotgun Democracy do their soundcheck, and all I can think is that sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-108636581610308302004-06-04T09:14:00.000-07:002004-06-04T09:16:56.103-07:00Tour is awesome...having sooo much fun. playing bristol tonight....hopefully won't get beat up by all the hardcore kids. more details when i have time...gotta go to the show now...late already.sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1085930650880052012004-05-30T08:14:00.000-07:002004-05-30T08:24:10.880-07:00Being responsible and getting the airport early is a great thing, but it sure does suck when you gt checked in really fast abd then have two hours to just sit around. Christina is playing gameboy, maggie is reading the paper, and i, obviously, am wasting money on the internet station. I guess its no more expensive to use this, that it is for the internet cafes in england.
We've had a busy sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1084978846332751732004-05-19T07:53:00.000-07:002004-05-19T08:00:46.333-07:00i can't believe that we are going to Europe in 2 weeks. I was getting really excited yesterday as I was updating the shows on our webpage. It's crazy how much can happen in a year...in a few months for that matter. We've been staying busy trying to get everything together for the tour. Merch, laundry, packing, etc. I'm doing my best not to procrastinate, since the two days before we leave, maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1084071786074821422004-05-08T20:03:00.000-07:002004-05-08T20:06:21.826-07:00Right now we are at our show in Humble, TX at Fuel Cyber Cafe. There are computers here..hence the name with cyber in it...so I thought I'd do a bit of blogging befoe the next band starts. We already played our set, it went pretty well, although I feel like we scared some kids away. Or maybe they were just distracted by the computers and video games. Sold some stuff though, so I guess there sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1083522144393881102004-05-02T11:22:00.000-07:002004-05-02T11:28:11.390-07:00So, after a night spent camping in the tick-infested, poison-ivy-covered Hoosier National Forest, a night spent camping in a "$20 a night, plus $4 for a TV and $4 more for a second bed" motel in Kentucky(it was camping, cuz we pulled the comforters off the beds and slept in our sleeping bags), a rockin' show in Louisville, and another night in the van, we are finally back in Texas. We're still sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1083170614653795742004-04-28T09:43:00.000-07:002004-04-28T09:46:39.623-07:00There's nothing like sitting in a library in St. Louis, after spending a night in the freezing cold van...with two days off looming in front of me. Right about now, I'd really just like to get the van and start driving home....I hate canceled shows!!!! Just a tip to kids that promote shows in small towns....if you don't think you can put on a show...just tell the band NO when they first get in sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1082879157844112142004-04-25T00:45:00.000-07:002004-04-25T00:48:59.233-07:00Just got home from the show at The Green Door in OKC, and it was Fun...with a capital F! Not sure it was best show we've ever played, but I had a really great time. It was our first time to play Green Door(after three years of trying to book a show...see persistence really does pay off), and I definitely hope we'll get to play there again.
The first band, The Kostellos, were cool. The crazy sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1082595017162607742004-04-21T17:21:00.000-07:002004-04-21T17:53:15.186-07:00So, i was reading through old show journals the other day, trying to remind myself of some funny stories that happened on the road(for an online interview), and i decided I really need to get back in the habit of writing. I know i've said this before, but I really mean it this time. I'm feeling much more motivated now that the band is staying busy, we're getting ready to tour and it's finally sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1080348243946290572004-03-26T16:14:00.000-08:002004-03-26T16:48:31.546-08:00 So, SXSW has come and gone. Maggie and I were away at a family reunion for most of it...unfortunately, since SXSW week is probably my favorite week to live in Austin...but we were supposed to get home Friday night(the 19th) and play a show on Saturday. This was going to work out fine...we could hang out Friday night, promote the show, see NOFX and mingle with celebs at the Spin party, then sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1078208957372601612004-03-01T22:10:00.000-08:002004-03-01T22:31:48.043-08:00New Orleans, LA - Feb. 28
left austin sat. morning at 8am, drove to new orleans, ate some beinets, played a dirty hippie/punk party in the wrong side of town for about 20 people, walked around bourbon street, got a glimpse of some very large breasts, ate a roast beef poboy, left new orleans sun. morning at 3:30 am. Drove home.
1000 miles, $100 of gas...and thats about it.
Austin, TX - Feb. 25
maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1077575740398195742004-02-23T14:34:00.000-08:002004-02-23T14:46:25.106-08:00***CHRISTINA WROTE THIS:
Wow, my first blog..isn't this exciting? Technically, I'm at work and should..you know..work or something. But, that's neither here nor there. Anyways, the show at The Backroom was a serious blast. I'll have to admit that I was a bit nervous 'cause Maggie and Sarah were in Europe for so long, but everything worked out as it should. Met some awesome people and even had maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1077133743359970002004-02-18T11:39:00.000-08:002004-02-18T11:50:58.140-08:00Maggie and I have just returned from England..no, we weren't playing, just a vacation. We had a great time and I wasn't quite ready to come home...although the nice weather in Austin made it alittle easier. Now that we're back, it's time to start working and playing again. We've got a few shows coming up this month(check the shows page for more info), some SDS mesh caps on the way, tours in sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1071859677025733092003-12-19T10:39:00.000-08:002003-12-19T10:48:51.106-08:00wow...it's been an amazingly long time since i've written anything on this blog. i'm surprised it hasn't been deleted or something. people have probably forgotten it's here...and no one will even read this. regardless, i think i'll write something anyway.
last night was our first show in austin since august. it was the debut of our new bass player christina, and it was tons of fun. we ended sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1060548297127986792003-08-10T13:44:00.000-07:002003-08-10T13:44:57.030-07:00this has been an awesome weekend. first, maggie and i finally got to go wakeboarding yesterday...woohoo! we both stood up first try, and maggie even caught alittle air. it was alot of fun, and hopefully we'll get to go again. then today i won tickets to The Blue Man Group from 101X...sweet. maggie and I had been thinking about shelling out the money to go, but now we don't have to.
i sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1059724765403142762003-08-01T00:59:00.000-07:002003-08-03T11:07:43.916-07:00tonight the practice space was over-run with giant cockroaches(tree roaches, palmetto bugs, whatever you want to call them). we kept getting interrupted as one of us would spot one, squeal and run to the other side of the room. it's really hard to concentrate on playing when you're on the lookout for a monster roach...although i did prove to myself that i could play the entire set without sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1058836287042297222003-07-21T18:11:00.000-07:002003-07-21T18:11:27.103-07:00well, another year of warped tour has come and gone...and I think this was the best year yet.
on friday, we played the san antonio show. we got there early, checked in(they remembered we were gunna be there...yeah!) and started waiting around to see what time we were gunna play. we assumed we were gunna play the Kevin Say stage, so we went ahead and loaded in our stuff(so we could drive the sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1058169530630855222003-07-14T00:58:00.000-07:002003-07-14T00:58:50.533-07:00first off...let me apologize for the possible zillions of typos...the e, d and c keys on my keyboard aren't working too well...i'll try to pay attention, but it's possible i'll miss a screw-up.
anyway, we made it home from tour. we drove from Portland to Salt Lake City where we had another night of camping in an RV park. While Angel was in the bathroom that night, the oldies station that was sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1057626908595789122003-07-07T18:15:00.000-07:002003-07-08T08:41:34.660-07:00the last few shows we've played have been awesome. we're chilling in Portland today, resting up for our 40 hour drive back to Austin. we've been hanging out with and playing shows with our friends from 800 Octane. Thanks again to Eric for setting up the shows and Dave for letting us take over a bedroom at his house. Here's the lowdown on the last week:
July 6 - Yesterday was the Portland maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1057108331482638102003-07-01T18:12:00.000-07:002003-07-01T18:12:11.536-07:00one lone cow, in the middle of a mountain road, at midnight. weird.maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1057105267280355932003-07-01T17:21:00.000-07:002003-07-01T17:21:07.330-07:00SHOW UPDATE
The July 4 show in Richland, WA has been moved to Ray's Golden Lion and starts at 8:00.sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1057105050465451382003-07-01T17:17:00.000-07:002003-07-01T17:17:30.483-07:00 Finally, we are doing my favorite thing of touring. We have found a university computer lab(at CSU Chico) where we are pretending to be students, and I have time to actually check and respond to emails, update the blog and hang out in the air-conditioning. I guess Maggie actually updated yesterday...but I've got more.
Yesterday before we left LA, we had to go to Guitar Center(since Maggie sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1057000930180524632003-06-30T12:22:00.000-07:002003-06-30T12:22:10.226-07:00we're hanging out in LA right now at one of Angel's friends from highschool. It's nice to have a place to just chill for while. I like to write lists, so here's my list of our latest news.
*as we were getting ready to play in Huntington Beach last night, i went to grab some sticks and couldn't find my stick bag, I guess I left it in Goleta. Fortunatly I had 1 extra pair in my stand bag. I'vemaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1056848045935550252003-06-28T17:54:00.000-07:002003-06-28T17:54:05.976-07:00At CompUSA in Goleta sneaking some time on the computers so i'm making this quick.
- van overheated in the desert
- won $12 at casino
- at awesome rolled tacos at taco surf in pacific beach
- slept in LA last nightsarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1056676546001079262003-06-26T18:15:00.000-07:002003-06-26T18:15:46.036-07:00we're sitting in Club 101 in El Paso...the show starts in a couple hours but we got here early, so we're just chillin', talking with the promoter and using their computer.
the drive wasn't too bad, other than almost hitting a couple deer, almost hitting a cat, and running over a weather balloon floating across the highway at 4AM...Angel thought it was a mini UFO. we got to Angel's parents' housesarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1056442146860292432003-06-24T01:09:00.000-07:002003-06-24T01:09:06.920-07:00just played our CD release show...had a fun time, played with some really good bands, and the turnout was decent. i was alittle disappointed because there were a few people I was hoping would show up that didn't...not a huge deal, but it makes me wonder about the austin music scene...
...and that's all I'll say about that. anyway, thanks to everyone that DID show up...you guys rock and I hope sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1056391285660918192003-06-23T11:01:00.000-07:002003-06-23T11:01:25.563-07:00 Well, our first two shows of tour were a success. On friday night, we played Norman, OK(mine and maggie's hometown) at the Opolis. Special Disaster Team opened and they rocked as usual....I guess that's why we always ask them to play with us when we go back to Norman. We were next...I think we played pretty well. I'm not totally used to my new guitar, which caused me to mess up a couple timessarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1056008176179127932003-06-19T00:36:00.000-07:002003-06-19T00:36:16.100-07:00Today we got six big boxes of CDs...yeah..finally they're here!! Well, not all of them, since we are picking up 500 cds in Portland when we are there on tour...saves on shipping!! I was alittle worried that we were gunna go on tour without the new album, but luckily the guys at CD Forge on totally on the ball. woohoo.sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1055977187088789762003-06-18T15:59:00.000-07:002003-06-19T00:40:49.283-07:00We met Dennis Quaid today and gave him our CD. As he was driving away, he was blasting SDS from the stereo. I don't usually get to excited about celebrities, but it's cool to know that our CD went into his CD player instead of the trashcan...although I suppose it could be in the trash by now.
Maybe he'll really like us, and be at our CD Release show on June 23 at Emos (10pm). Probably not, maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1054680462327916472003-06-03T15:47:00.000-07:002003-06-03T15:47:41.923-07:00So...Maggie told me I needed to write a journal for the APR show. I haven't written a show journal in awhile, so i might be kinda rusty...ha.
Anyway, the show was a CD release party for the AustinPunkRock.com comp. We had a fun time and I think the turnout was pretty good. A Still Second played first. They put on a good show...I wish there had been a few more people there to see them. People sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205290773156695773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1054541870106298142003-06-02T01:17:00.000-07:002003-06-02T01:17:50.156-07:00so after what seemed like endless months (really it was about 5) of designing cd cover art, getting together for pictures that never seemed to turn out, recording and waiting for the final master of the cd, and stressing about if we would ever be done, I think we are nearing the finish line. All of the files have been sent away to CD Forge, and if everything goes smoothly we can just sit back maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1054412005207224672003-05-31T13:13:00.000-07:002003-05-31T13:13:25.100-07:00sorry we've been lazy about updating lately. this is just a test for now, i got a new blog and want to make sure it works.maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442179.post-1099062717939153622003-04-18T23:43:00.000-07:002004-10-29T08:11:57.940-07:00I was talking to Dustin from The Riddlin Kids the other day and he mentioned that his band recently played a show in OKC. He said that there was a group of girls there all wearing SDS tshirts! So, whoever you girls are, I just wanted to say thanks for representing. It really makes us feel good to know that you support us.
Also, we played a show last week at a Georgetown backyard party. Besides maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972136446685073546noreply@blogger.com