1.25.09 Commercial Taphouse live mp3s!

Our first 2009 gig at Commercial Taphouse went great! All the peeps were out, and we played our asses off. It’s always funny to think about how the band sounded and to make a judgement, but I really think we were “on” that night. We tried some new segues that worked okay. I particularly liked putting the John Carpenter Number 5 piece in the middle of One Armed Swordsman. Number 5 is from the movie The Fog, so imagining a one armed swordsman slowly walking through fog is perfectly okay. Honest. Enjoy!

1.25.09 Commercial Taphouse, RVA

Set 1

1) Turtle

2) Silence

3) Security Lock

4) GTO > Mr. Mansfield

5) Nero

Set 2

1) One Armed Swordsman > Number 5 > One Armed Swordsman

2) Across the Roof > Winterlight

3) Through a Glass Darkly

4) I Crudeli

Ah Sweet 90’s.

So for our great t-shirt launch, we joined forces with the designer/DJ Kenneth Close for a night of 90’s fun at Cous Cous here in Richmond.  He DJs 90’s songs as part of 240 Minutes, a monthly feature at the restaurant.  He also designs sweet t-shirts under the name fLuX RaD, and since he just designed a new shirt for us, we thought it’d be great to join forces and celebrate the 90’s and awesome shirts.  The 90’s part worked great, but not so much with the shirts.  Basically we didn’t think about the whole thing where people at bars don’t buy shirts, but they buy alcohol. Luckily the show was packed and everyone still seemed to enjoy our avant renderings of 90’s classics!

The highlight for me was when we brought my friend Larri Branch to the stage to rhyme over C.R.E.A.M. by Wu Tang Clan.  Epic times.  Also we did a song called Rage Songs, that was really just the riffs from 5 different Rage Against the Machine songs all played straight through.  It was a goofy idea that seemed to work pretty good.  Also…Them Bones!

We will soon add the ability to buy our shirt on the site, but for now it will be at all of our gigs.

1.17.09 Cous Cous, RVA

1) Turtle

2) Heart Shaped Box

3) Them Bones

4) Black Hole Sun

5) C.R.E.A.M. (w/Larri Branch)

6) Rage Songs