:::: January 29, Sunday
:::: Sia (Zero 7)/Beth Orton Listening Party
:::: w/ State Shirt @ Creative Grounds
Hear two new records from Astralwerks Records [Sia's (of Zero 7)
"Colour The Small One" & Beth Orton's "Comfort
Of Strangers"] along with a special acoustic performance by
State Shirt.
Creative Grounds, 30042 Glendale Blvd., Atwater Village, CA 90039
(323) 661-9955 map
4:00pm-6:00pm | Free

Hey!!!!!!! Just played a couple shows yesterday…. and have another show today. Rudy’s Barbershop was a real cool place to play, although there was a lot of hair everywhere. Thanks to everyone that came out for the show! Here are a few pics:

Had a great turnout for the Wax Poetic show… Thanks to everyone that came out!!! Got to play in front of a bunch of really nice pieces by Shepard Fairey, the guy that is responsible for all of those OBEY GIANT posters. Neato!! A coupla pics:

:::: January 28, Saturday
:::: Sia (Zero 7)/Beth Orton Listening Party
:::: w/ State Shirt @ Rudy’s Barbershop
Hear two new records from Astralwerks Records [Sia's (of Zero 7)
"Colour The Small One" & Beth Orton's "Comfort
Of Strangers"] along with DJ’s and a special acoustic performance
by State Shirt.
Rudy’s Barbershop, 4430 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027 (323)
661-6535 map
| www.rudysbarbershop.com
1:00pm-3:00pm | Free

:::: January 28, Saturday
:::: Sia (Zero 7)/Beth Orton Listening Party
:::: w/ State Shirt @ Wax Poetic Gallery
Hear two new records from Astralwerks Records [Sia's (of Zero 7)
"Colour The Small One" & Beth Orton's "Comfort
Of Strangers"] along with WPG DJs and a special acoustic performance
by State Shirt.
Wax Poetic Gallery, 3208 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505 (818)
843-9469 map
| www.waxpoeticsalon.com
6:00pm-8:00pm | Free

If you’re in the LA area, you should go check out Shepard Fairey’s art exhibit at Wax Poetic Gallery in Burbank, CA. He’s the guy that is behind all of the Andre The Giant / OBEY posters and stickers you probably have seen plastered all over the place. It was cool to meet him at the opening… As a kid growing up in Massachusetts I spent many nights plastering the original ‘Andre The Giant Has A Posse’ stickers all over street signs.

::: Wax Poetic Gallery
::: ObeyGiant

I will be playing in front of Shepard’s artwork in the gallery on Saturday January 28th at 6pm. Come on by, check out the cool art, hear some music. The show is also a listening party for the new Sia and Beth Orton CDs, so come to check out that as well! Lastly, half of the gallery is actually a salon, so come by and get your hair cut too.

State Shirt @ Wax Poetic Gallery
Saturday January 28th @ 6pm
Wax Poetic Gallery
3208 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505 - FREE

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Just over three years ago I bought this lovely 66 Buick Skylark. I couldn’t believe I was finally buying a classic car. I was actually laughing out loud the whole way home. She ran pretty good when I got her. She was finicky though… had quite a few issues (like the massive exhaust leaks that filled the cabin of the car with fumes) but it still was a fucking cool ride. Problem is that I wasn’t (and still am not) mechanically inclined… AT ALL.

When it started to give me endless trouble (more fumes giving me really strange headaches, failing brakes, slipping transmission, dying in the middle of the 101 freeway…) I concluded that it would be a “great idea” to learn how to restore this car to it’s former glory.

With one Buick website as my only guide, I ripped out the interior, bought new seats, took out the tired motor, bought a new motor and transmission to drop in… new suspension… new brakes… even more I can’t remember. With over 2 years of tinkering (with a lot of help), and way to much bread spent… somehow it still remained only about 20% complete. After almost cutting off three fingers in a freak engine stand accident I decided that I was done wiith this shit. I think that she was telling me she didn’t want to be saved. I guess it was her time. And I really don’t have any business working on a car. I didn’t spend weekends as a kid “wrenchin’” on the Chevy with my dad. I was too busy writing dumb songs on my 4-track.

Now her pieces and parts are separated, off to be used in other Buicks by people that are way smarter than I am. The hood gets sent to a guy in Kentucky. Her tailights get used in a Skylark in Maine. Her frame gets a second life in a ‘66 GTO. I was hoping that she wouldn’t die. And I don’t believe that she did.

::::: stuff i’m listening to now 12.13.05 ::::

> Joy Division - Closer
> David Bowie - Low
> Cave In - Beyond Hypothermia
> Nick Drake - Way To Blue
> Pop Will Eat Itself - This Is The Day…This Is The Hour…This Is This!

::::: stuff i’m listening to now 11.17.05 ::::

> Don Caballero - Don Caballero 2
> Crowded House - Recurring Dream
> Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
> My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
> Man Is The Bastard - D.I.Y.C.D.

::::: stuff i’m listening to now 10.31.05 ::::

> Hayden - Elk-Lake Serenade
> Maximillian Colby - Discography
> Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
> Sebadoh - Bakesale
> R.E.M. - Up

::::: stuff i’m listening to now 10.17.05 ::::

> 13 & God - 13 & God
> Alexi Murdoch - Four Songs
> Fugazi - The Argument
> Rocket From The Crypt - Hot Charity
> Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism

::::: stuff i’m listening to now 09.30.05 ::::

> Remy Zero - Villa Elaine
> Toad The Wet Sprocket - Bread and Circus
> Rorschach - Autopsy
> Jason Falkner - Necessity: The Four-Track Years
> Brendan Benson - One Mississippi

Thanks to everyone that came out to On The Rox on the 28th. The show was super fun… a lot of new people, a lot of friends… And an awesome set by Kobol.

here are some photos of the show (courtesy of Janey Consolver):