It feels good to be back in town.
Thank you to everyone who came out to our two recent San Francisco shows. After three months away from playing in the city, it was great to play in front of hometown crowds. Thank you to everyone at the Eagle for their hospitality, thank you to our friends for attending, and thank you to Them Hills and Tartufi for playing and being awesome. Since the night was in celebration of Lynne’s 30th birthday, and because we’re hilarious jerks, we spent the days leading up to the anniversary of Lynne’s birth secretly learning Tartufi’s “If We Had Daggers, They Would Fly” to honor and embarrass our dear friend. There is nothing quite like watching the members of the band you’re covering realize that they’re being covered. Expressions change from general interest to confused discomfort, and then to something resembling joy or happiness. (Usually. Sometimes, things go in a different direction.) The night ended at Brian and Neil’s new apartment, where a “party” (eight or so people hanging out in the kitchen talking about things that only get talked about at 3 in the morning) featuring “snacks” (a cardboard box filled with leftover produce) “raged” (was held at a low volume out of respect for the neighbors) until “sunrise” (when Mark started talking about slicking hair back). Lynne said “L M N O hotdog” a lot and told us about all the things she didn’t believe a word of now that she was 30.
The next night found us hosting a show at the Ghost Mansion, my house, featuring acoustic performances by Biagio Biondolillo, Birds & Batteries, members of Dame Satan, and Neil and myself. There was plenty of intermingling, which was awesome. We joined Dame for a few of their songs, including a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire,” Michael “Fourth Meal” Chopko sat in on a bunch of our songs, and Andy and Jumpy joined in for a cover of David Bowie’s “Five Years.” Biagio and Anna were great, and so was Birds & Batteries. It was great to hang out at home and host a show. There will be more in the future, so we’ll keep you posted. The night was also recorded, so, with any luck, we’ll have some listenable audio to post at some point in the future.
That’s it for now. We’ll probably get one more post in before the end of the year. There have been some reviews of “Dog’s Hymns” trickling in, and we’ll get those up on the site at some point in the near future. Thanks for reading.
