AUSTIN, TX 7/16-17/05
Austin is awesome!!!!
we woke up in super happy fun land and were shaken out
of bed by the owners scrambling to clean up because a
telemundo truck was out front ready to film?? they
were having a community forum regarding the minute men
that were volunteering their time to 'protect' the
mexico border. the camera crew were roaming around
getting footage of everything. i was wondering why
everyone was looking at me with strange expressions,
then joey was nice enough to tell me that i still had
a drawn on molest-ache, a uni-brow, and rosy cheeks.
we were waiting around frantically for an overnight
package that george sent us from LA. he sent the
fucked up spare helmet we had so that we would roll
into austin with complete robo-gear. the fucking
thing was supposed to be delivered the day before...
i called george and got the tracking number and
searched to find that they supposedly already
attempted to deliver it and had left a note on the
front door. neither of these things were true. i
called the local post office and lied that i was going
to get fired from my job (of unemployment??) if i
didnt get that package to austin tonight.
the guy battled with me for a while then finally got
off his ass and saw the package was sitting in the
next room. i got him to agree to send someone over
immediately and he did. the USPS is like pulling
teeth but once in a while you run into someone that
can actually be helpful and take initiative.
we blasted the fuck out to austin..
we made the drive through bush country and got to the
gem of texas. none of us are very big on texas.
houston was a pretty shitty city... lots of driving
and lots of nothing. then you get to austin and its
fucking amazing. brimming with creative and excited
people who are just out to get drunk and have fun
right now!!! too many people plan out having fun at
some future date for some occasion... lame lame
lame... austinites, austinians, whatever the hell
they are called are out to have a crazy night when
they leave their houses.
so its out first ever show in texas and we are playing
a saturday night at Emo's?? holy shit!!! our austin
homies from those peabodys set it up and they arrived
to the club. it was hugs all around and we knew fun
shit was going to go down. those guys are not only a
great band but they are the fucking nicest and coolest
guys.
we first played with those peabodys at the silverlake
lounge (which we are no longer allowed to play at) and
the first words we ever exchanged were the 8-bitters
offering them pot brownies. that night we also played
with the penfifteen club and it was the first time
junko (the greatest person in japan) saw the robots
play.
those peabodys also played mr. t's at what we thought
was going to be our final show ever cause we were
disgusted with the election results. (we had plans to
move to holland) two days later those peabodys played
at all tomorrows parties in long beach on the queen
mary.
enough enough. get back to the show and emo's...
we got to see our homette from redlands, our swisha
house homie rich, mike (the DJ, not the peabody
drummer), and our fellow previous travel companion
homie INSERT THAT GUYS NAME
the mormons kicked things off and people were
trickling in. there were a group of guys there that
came specifically to see the mormons and they were
loving it!!! josh broke a string during the set and
didnt have a spare. the mormons are hustlers and they
dont slow down for anything so they kept going.
josh switched out guitars but didnt have a strap for
it so he said fuck it and played strapless. anti-log
tracked down a string and replaced the broken one and
josh swapped back out between songs.
they played a great set and the emo's sound system
really did well for them. the sound guy really did a
good job with the mormons sound and it was a great
show.
the next band to play was tia carerra. they are kind
of an improv jam band with what seemed like some
structured parts. a no vocal 3 piece. now the term
'jam band' for us could easily be changed to 'too lazy
to write a fucking song' but it wasnt the case at all
with tia carerra. they had an edge to their songs and
somehow weirdly reminded me of 400 Blows. both bands
have a large focus on the drummer keeping things tight
and interesting. both bands are three piece groups.
if you traded 400 blows singer Skot for a bass player
and if the 400 blows guitar player had a wah pedal and
used it, you could have some really close comparisons.
maybe im reaching, i dont know. but if both of those
bands played together i would definitely be at the
show.
then it time for 8-bit to play. lots of people had
rolled into the club and the robots were drunk and
ready to go. they asked those peabodys to set up on
stage so they could rock it as soon as the robots were
done. shit, bitch, robots don't need no stage
anyhow....
the robots went to work and were bumping their way
through the crowd and working the ghetto-robo shit
they way they know how to. anti-log had hurt his leg
earlier on the tour and pulled something while doing
one of his david lee roth high kicks. midway through
the set he snapped the highest kick he's probably ever
pulled off and he felt a bunch of things tear behind
his knee. they finished out the set and were stoked
for the positive crowd response and for the set of
texas rock that those peabodys were about to bring.
those peabodys took the stage and you could tell from
the first beat of the first song that they own emo's.
their sound was completely dialed in. you coulda
easily made a live album from the set they played. it
was great to see them play on their home turf and they
fucking pegged it.
so you all know, those peabodys are a three piece
band. clark plays bass, dances like a madman, and
sings on more than half of the songs. adam plays
guitar (he's also rumored to be austins best drummer),
sings on several songs, and pulls mean ass guitar
riffs that sound like classics the first time you hear
them. mike plays and teaches drums and is the fucking
nicest guy. when the ro-bros were wandering the
country for their robo-mamas funeral, mike put them up
for three days on their way back home. its such a
super bonus that their band kicks ass cause they are
the fucking coolest guys in texas, hands down.
they played the best set of any band we've seen on
this tour and were in awe at how great they were live.
if you like hard southern rock with fat guitar lines,
look up those peabodys online and on myspace. you
definitely wont be disappointed.
after the show we met a really nice guy named franklin
from a band called the murdocks. he invited all of
the mormons and the 8-bitters to crash at his house
and invited those peabodys and other homies over to
drink. his roomates, elisa, lauren, zane, andrew were
cool but i dont think they were to stoked on us. they
were all really nice and dealt with all of us anyway.
zane was really cool and partied down that night. one
of homettes brought a bottle of cazadores and we got
all fucked up.
everyone got to crash on the carpeted floor. im not a
huge fan of carpet as opposed to hard wood unless you
are talking about sleeping on it. carpet is like a
message with a happy ending compared to sleeping on
hard wood.
we survived our first night in austin and celebrated
with hallucinogens. anti-log was walking with a
pronounced lip and robo-t was nice enough to tell him
to stop being a pussy. anti-log shut the fuck up and
went to bed along with everyone else
Austin day 2
we had a day slated to be off today but robo-t hooked
up a last second show at the red eye fly. when the
kids of whidney high were in austin filming for that
johnny knoxville movie 'the ringer' they played at the
red eye fly and the booker remembered drinking with
robo-t. he slated us in to play after two other bands
that were already scheduled to play.
we hung out during the early part of the day at
franklins house and got to shower. again, i dont
think his roomates were too happy with 10 stinky fools
using their shower but they dealt with it anyway. the
girls were sisters and were really cute. franklin is
dating one of them.... good job franklin!!!
we had to scram because everyone at the house was
going to a female roller derby match. i guess there
is a big roller derby scene in austin and those girls
kick ass. we wanted to go but are broke as hell and
couldn't afford to buy tickets.
we headed out for ice cream because this awesome girl
named valerie said shed hook us up with free ice
cream!!! thats the second time on tour we had cute
girls donate ice cream to our gypsy cause. we had
badass ice cream and took pictures in their photo
booth. valerie fucking rules!!!
mike from those peabodys drove by the ice cream shop
and lead us to adam's house. adam has a cool ass
house and we started getting the drinking going. a
bunch of people headed over and drinking and
conversation took off.
eventually we had to head over to the red eye to play.
austinites/austonians seem to have some beef with the
place but it was nice enough and they let us play with
no notice. they also hooked us up with free lonestar
beer so we were stoked.
we got to the club and realized that valley arena were
playing. we played with those guys a long time ago in
LA. they are a band out of long beach and are nice
guys. they played their set and we all talked after
they played. they mentioned coming to oklahoma city
with us the next day to jump on the show with us.
cool enough cause we jumped onto their show.. it was
set.
the guys that showed up the night before to see the
mormons showed up again at the red eye fly and rocked
out to the mormons set. the club was pretty dead
cause it was a sunday night but the mormons again
managed to play a great show. i am convinced that it
was the best joey has ever played. he played the
drums with a lot of aggression and was on through the
whole set.
those peabodys guys showed up to the club as 8-bit was
about to start. mike the DJ was spinning across the
street at the 710 and he asked if we would be
interested in playing there as soon as the set was
done at the red eye fly. but of course....
so the robots launched into their set but anti-logs
high kick was more of a foot sweep. he couldnt lift
his leg more than a foot off the ground. the show was
really fun and the tallest guy we've ever seen at a
show was really cool and having fun dancing and
interacting with the robots.
the show ended and the robots invited everyone across
the street to the 710. the club cleared and everyone
made the trek. we got into the club and it was full
of tattooed and tough looking girls. it turns out
that we walked into the austin roller derby teams
afterparty!!! it was ON!!!
the robots quickly set up but only had one mike with
about a 3 foot chord. fuck it, lets go....
the robots jumped into a completely different set and
the roller girls were going crazy. it was hot as a
bitch so the robots started shedding clothes and the
roller derby girls started putting on helmets and
spinners. it was so fucking fun!!!
at one point, the captain of the roller derby team was
on anti-logs shoulders during his entire verse of a
song. it was crazy crazy fun and there is a shit load
of really good pictures.
after the bar closed, the derby girls invited to
robots and crew over to a pool party across town. we
looked for the mormons to give them the 411 but they
had already rolled to the guys house that came to see
them play. the robots kidnapped josh and headed to
party.
there is this big ass house with a big ass pool and
the robo-crew quickly jumped in the pool. there was a
gallon bottle of rum rolling and people were tipping
that bitch upside down taking monster hits off that
shit. none of the girls had bathing suits so they
started getting naked and jumping in the pool. since
the girls were naked, the guys felt bad so the guys
got naked too. there was a gang of nude people
running around including 8-bitters, peabodys, and the
really tall guy from the club.
people were weird about camera flashes but there were
a couple pics taken of the pool and naked people.
the party eventually wound down and the posse of
different musicians headed to taco cabana for some
late night eats. we all rolled back to adams house
and scrounged for any stray beers that were there.
there was lots of joking and lots of funny shit going
on but everyone eventually crashed out all over adams
house. completely fucking plastered...........
amazing times in austin!!!!
we woke up in super happy fun land and were shaken out
of bed by the owners scrambling to clean up because a
telemundo truck was out front ready to film?? they
were having a community forum regarding the minute men
that were volunteering their time to 'protect' the
mexico border. the camera crew were roaming around
getting footage of everything. i was wondering why
everyone was looking at me with strange expressions,
then joey was nice enough to tell me that i still had
a drawn on molest-ache, a uni-brow, and rosy cheeks.
we were waiting around frantically for an overnight
package that george sent us from LA. he sent the
fucked up spare helmet we had so that we would roll
into austin with complete robo-gear. the fucking
thing was supposed to be delivered the day before...
i called george and got the tracking number and
searched to find that they supposedly already
attempted to deliver it and had left a note on the
front door. neither of these things were true. i
called the local post office and lied that i was going
to get fired from my job (of unemployment??) if i
didnt get that package to austin tonight.
the guy battled with me for a while then finally got
off his ass and saw the package was sitting in the
next room. i got him to agree to send someone over
immediately and he did. the USPS is like pulling
teeth but once in a while you run into someone that
can actually be helpful and take initiative.
we blasted the fuck out to austin..
we made the drive through bush country and got to the
gem of texas. none of us are very big on texas.
houston was a pretty shitty city... lots of driving
and lots of nothing. then you get to austin and its
fucking amazing. brimming with creative and excited
people who are just out to get drunk and have fun
right now!!! too many people plan out having fun at
some future date for some occasion... lame lame
lame... austinites, austinians, whatever the hell
they are called are out to have a crazy night when
they leave their houses.
so its out first ever show in texas and we are playing
a saturday night at Emo's?? holy shit!!! our austin
homies from those peabodys set it up and they arrived
to the club. it was hugs all around and we knew fun
shit was going to go down. those guys are not only a
great band but they are the fucking nicest and coolest
guys.
we first played with those peabodys at the silverlake
lounge (which we are no longer allowed to play at) and
the first words we ever exchanged were the 8-bitters
offering them pot brownies. that night we also played
with the penfifteen club and it was the first time
junko (the greatest person in japan) saw the robots
play.
those peabodys also played mr. t's at what we thought
was going to be our final show ever cause we were
disgusted with the election results. (we had plans to
move to holland) two days later those peabodys played
at all tomorrows parties in long beach on the queen
mary.
enough enough. get back to the show and emo's...
we got to see our homette from redlands, our swisha
house homie rich, mike (the DJ, not the peabody
drummer), and our fellow previous travel companion
homie INSERT THAT GUYS NAME
the mormons kicked things off and people were
trickling in. there were a group of guys there that
came specifically to see the mormons and they were
loving it!!! josh broke a string during the set and
didnt have a spare. the mormons are hustlers and they
dont slow down for anything so they kept going.
josh switched out guitars but didnt have a strap for
it so he said fuck it and played strapless. anti-log
tracked down a string and replaced the broken one and
josh swapped back out between songs.
they played a great set and the emo's sound system
really did well for them. the sound guy really did a
good job with the mormons sound and it was a great
show.
the next band to play was tia carerra. they are kind
of an improv jam band with what seemed like some
structured parts. a no vocal 3 piece. now the term
'jam band' for us could easily be changed to 'too lazy
to write a fucking song' but it wasnt the case at all
with tia carerra. they had an edge to their songs and
somehow weirdly reminded me of 400 Blows. both bands
have a large focus on the drummer keeping things tight
and interesting. both bands are three piece groups.
if you traded 400 blows singer Skot for a bass player
and if the 400 blows guitar player had a wah pedal and
used it, you could have some really close comparisons.
maybe im reaching, i dont know. but if both of those
bands played together i would definitely be at the
show.
then it time for 8-bit to play. lots of people had
rolled into the club and the robots were drunk and
ready to go. they asked those peabodys to set up on
stage so they could rock it as soon as the robots were
done. shit, bitch, robots don't need no stage
anyhow....
the robots went to work and were bumping their way
through the crowd and working the ghetto-robo shit
they way they know how to. anti-log had hurt his leg
earlier on the tour and pulled something while doing
one of his david lee roth high kicks. midway through
the set he snapped the highest kick he's probably ever
pulled off and he felt a bunch of things tear behind
his knee. they finished out the set and were stoked
for the positive crowd response and for the set of
texas rock that those peabodys were about to bring.
those peabodys took the stage and you could tell from
the first beat of the first song that they own emo's.
their sound was completely dialed in. you coulda
easily made a live album from the set they played. it
was great to see them play on their home turf and they
fucking pegged it.
so you all know, those peabodys are a three piece
band. clark plays bass, dances like a madman, and
sings on more than half of the songs. adam plays
guitar (he's also rumored to be austins best drummer),
sings on several songs, and pulls mean ass guitar
riffs that sound like classics the first time you hear
them. mike plays and teaches drums and is the fucking
nicest guy. when the ro-bros were wandering the
country for their robo-mamas funeral, mike put them up
for three days on their way back home. its such a
super bonus that their band kicks ass cause they are
the fucking coolest guys in texas, hands down.
they played the best set of any band we've seen on
this tour and were in awe at how great they were live.
if you like hard southern rock with fat guitar lines,
look up those peabodys online and on myspace. you
definitely wont be disappointed.
after the show we met a really nice guy named franklin
from a band called the murdocks. he invited all of
the mormons and the 8-bitters to crash at his house
and invited those peabodys and other homies over to
drink. his roomates, elisa, lauren, zane, andrew were
cool but i dont think they were to stoked on us. they
were all really nice and dealt with all of us anyway.
zane was really cool and partied down that night. one
of homettes brought a bottle of cazadores and we got
all fucked up.
everyone got to crash on the carpeted floor. im not a
huge fan of carpet as opposed to hard wood unless you
are talking about sleeping on it. carpet is like a
message with a happy ending compared to sleeping on
hard wood.
we survived our first night in austin and celebrated
with hallucinogens. anti-log was walking with a
pronounced lip and robo-t was nice enough to tell him
to stop being a pussy. anti-log shut the fuck up and
went to bed along with everyone else
Austin day 2
we had a day slated to be off today but robo-t hooked
up a last second show at the red eye fly. when the
kids of whidney high were in austin filming for that
johnny knoxville movie 'the ringer' they played at the
red eye fly and the booker remembered drinking with
robo-t. he slated us in to play after two other bands
that were already scheduled to play.
we hung out during the early part of the day at
franklins house and got to shower. again, i dont
think his roomates were too happy with 10 stinky fools
using their shower but they dealt with it anyway. the
girls were sisters and were really cute. franklin is
dating one of them.... good job franklin!!!
we had to scram because everyone at the house was
going to a female roller derby match. i guess there
is a big roller derby scene in austin and those girls
kick ass. we wanted to go but are broke as hell and
couldn't afford to buy tickets.
we headed out for ice cream because this awesome girl
named valerie said shed hook us up with free ice
cream!!! thats the second time on tour we had cute
girls donate ice cream to our gypsy cause. we had
badass ice cream and took pictures in their photo
booth. valerie fucking rules!!!
mike from those peabodys drove by the ice cream shop
and lead us to adam's house. adam has a cool ass
house and we started getting the drinking going. a
bunch of people headed over and drinking and
conversation took off.
eventually we had to head over to the red eye to play.
austinites/austonians seem to have some beef with the
place but it was nice enough and they let us play with
no notice. they also hooked us up with free lonestar
beer so we were stoked.
we got to the club and realized that valley arena were
playing. we played with those guys a long time ago in
LA. they are a band out of long beach and are nice
guys. they played their set and we all talked after
they played. they mentioned coming to oklahoma city
with us the next day to jump on the show with us.
cool enough cause we jumped onto their show.. it was
set.
the guys that showed up the night before to see the
mormons showed up again at the red eye fly and rocked
out to the mormons set. the club was pretty dead
cause it was a sunday night but the mormons again
managed to play a great show. i am convinced that it
was the best joey has ever played. he played the
drums with a lot of aggression and was on through the
whole set.
those peabodys guys showed up to the club as 8-bit was
about to start. mike the DJ was spinning across the
street at the 710 and he asked if we would be
interested in playing there as soon as the set was
done at the red eye fly. but of course....
so the robots launched into their set but anti-logs
high kick was more of a foot sweep. he couldnt lift
his leg more than a foot off the ground. the show was
really fun and the tallest guy we've ever seen at a
show was really cool and having fun dancing and
interacting with the robots.
the show ended and the robots invited everyone across
the street to the 710. the club cleared and everyone
made the trek. we got into the club and it was full
of tattooed and tough looking girls. it turns out
that we walked into the austin roller derby teams
afterparty!!! it was ON!!!
the robots quickly set up but only had one mike with
about a 3 foot chord. fuck it, lets go....
the robots jumped into a completely different set and
the roller girls were going crazy. it was hot as a
bitch so the robots started shedding clothes and the
roller derby girls started putting on helmets and
spinners. it was so fucking fun!!!
at one point, the captain of the roller derby team was
on anti-logs shoulders during his entire verse of a
song. it was crazy crazy fun and there is a shit load
of really good pictures.
after the bar closed, the derby girls invited to
robots and crew over to a pool party across town. we
looked for the mormons to give them the 411 but they
had already rolled to the guys house that came to see
them play. the robots kidnapped josh and headed to
party.
there is this big ass house with a big ass pool and
the robo-crew quickly jumped in the pool. there was a
gallon bottle of rum rolling and people were tipping
that bitch upside down taking monster hits off that
shit. none of the girls had bathing suits so they
started getting naked and jumping in the pool. since
the girls were naked, the guys felt bad so the guys
got naked too. there was a gang of nude people
running around including 8-bitters, peabodys, and the
really tall guy from the club.
people were weird about camera flashes but there were
a couple pics taken of the pool and naked people.
the party eventually wound down and the posse of
different musicians headed to taco cabana for some
late night eats. we all rolled back to adams house
and scrounged for any stray beers that were there.
there was lots of joking and lots of funny shit going
on but everyone eventually crashed out all over adams
house. completely fucking plastered...........
amazing times in austin!!!!
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