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[Sep. 28th, 2009|02:52 pm] |
| [ | effect of paxil |
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| [ | audio damage |
| | Ministry - "Cannibal Song" | ] |
So we played the big I:Scintilla Acoustic Hoedown on Saturday. Aside from the subzero temperatures that froze my fingaz, it was a pretty good time. Here's the set list:
Prey On You
Cursive Eve
Translate
Winter (Tori Amos)
Crazy (Patsy Cline)
On The Road Again (Willie Nelson)
From A Wasteland To A Dream
Nutshell (Alice In Chains)
Hollowed
Bloodletting (Concrete Blonde)
And here's ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) darknes contributing his cowbell talents to "On The Road Again":
Also...
THE NEW E.P. HAS BEEN DELIVERED. INFO/PRESALES COMING IN A COUPLE DAYS! |
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| Prey On You |
[Sep. 1st, 2009|10:27 am] |
| [ | effect of paxil |
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| [ | audio damage |
| | The Doors - "Love Street" | ] |
The formal announcement and audio samples will come next week, but in the meantime here are the cover art and track listing:
1. Prey On You
2. Ammunition
3. Hollowed
4. Prey On You (Sebastian R. Komor Mix)
5. Prey On You (Studio-X Hard Dance Mix)
6. Prey On You (Cylab Mix)
7. Ammunition (C/A/T/ Mix)
8. Hollowed (Indigent Mix By Die Warzau) |
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| Two Upcoming Chicago Shows |
[Aug. 14th, 2009|09:57 am] |
| [ | audio damage |
| | Tool - "Reflection" | ] |
Wow. It has been a while, eh? More updates and an EP announcement coming soon. In the meantime, here are two shows coming up:
Saturday, August 29 @ 8pm
Abbey Pub, 3420 W. Grace St., Chicago, IL
$20 in advance, $26 at the door, 18+ to enter
with Project Pitchfork, Fragmentation, and DJs
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100727309503
Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2135214
Saturday, September 26 @ 10pm
Lucky Number Grill, 1931 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
$5 cover, 21+ to enter
Acoustic set featuring new and old songs along with a few select covers. With DJs Chri5 Harri5 and Spatula.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=72749349944 |
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| Help The Warehouse in La Crosse! |
[Feb. 19th, 2009|02:52 pm] |
| [ | effect of paxil |
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| [ | audio damage |
| | Social Distortion - "When The Angels Sing" | ] |
I received this email the other day:
First of all, I want to thank you for your support of the Warehouse. I would not be contacting you directly if we weren’t badly in need of your help. You might have heard of our predicament through our (many) bulletins, or from whrocks. com. If you haven’t heard of our problem, I’ll give you the lowdown.
We’re in debt. A lot of debt. Current bills are the pressing concern, however. Put frankly, we need $23,435 by March 10th if the Warehouse is going to have a chance at making it through this.
Back in June, we lost a tenant whose rent basically allowed us to keep bringing awesome music to you/giving you a place to play your awesome music. Since then, our bills have been piling up and piling up, and now it has gotten to the point where we need some serious help.
This is where you come in. We have this awesome widget which allows you to donate money to us online. It’s an unbelievably easy process, you can donate using Paypal, a credit card, or even a check card. We need your help to keep the Warehouse going, more than ever before. Please donate as much as you can, $10, $20, $100, or $23, 435. The link to donate is: http://widget.chipin.com/widget/id/1979f473ba5246c4
If you don’t have the ability to donate, please help spread the word. Post bulletins, write messages, talk to your friends.
In case you don't know, I’m Mara. I started volunteering at the Warehouse in November. Before I started volunteering, I never even imagined the amount of work that goes into keeping a place like the Warehouse together. I cannot possibly explain to you how much work is involved behind the scenes. The amount of work that Steve, Rich, and Kyle put into making shows happen is unbelievable. Matt, Scott, and Phil are also volunteers who are an integral part of making shows happen.
The behind-the-scenes financial aspect of running the place is also far more complicated than I ever imagined.
Permits, insurance, royalty fees, electric bill, gas bill, trash removal, phone/internet, taxes, property taxes, furnace repairs, electrical upgrades, water bill, sound system fix-up... the list is ridiculous.
We've got the keeping the Warehouse together part, if you have the financial part. We're counting on everyone for this one.
<3Mara
The Warehouse is a Midwest institution. Their walls are covered with a literal Who's Who of the best musicians of the past 17 years (not to mention a healthy collection of 90's industrial rock). If you can help their cause in any way, you'll be doing a Good Thing. |
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| RE:BLOG |
[Feb. 19th, 2009|02:45 pm] |
| [ | effect of paxil |
| | lethargic | ] |
| [ | audio damage |
| | Social Distortion - "Sick Boys" | ] |
I have severely ignored [public] blogging over the past several months. Expect updates on a very regular basis for the foreseeable future. The first order of business is to share my [public] recap of The Immortal Tour. Look for it soon. |
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| REMINDER - Cruxshadows/Ayria/I:Scintilla at The Highdive this Tuesday! |
[Nov. 10th, 2008|03:17 pm] |
Greetings!
A final reminder that The 2008 Immortal Tour will be visiting The Highdive tomorrow. Here are the details:
Tuesday, November 11 @ 9pm
The Highdive, 51 Main St., Champaign, IL
$8 advance tickets, $10 at the door, 19+ to enter
Featuring The Cruxshadows, Ayria, I:Scintilla, and DJ Nhyrvana
Advance tickets are still available here:
http://www.ticketfusion.com/store/one/index.html?store_id=2153&cid=&page_type=sched
Also, the official pre-party for The Immortal Tour will be tonight at C-Street. Here are the details for that:
Monday, November 10 @ 9pm
Chester Street Bar, 63 E. Chester St., Champaign, IL
$3 cover, 19+ to enter
Featuring DJ Hal0n & DJ Twinscin
Advance tickets will be available for purchase tonight as well. Along with excellent drink specials.
Thanks! Hope to see you at both events! |
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| TIT:LOG, Day 23 - Immortality vs. Domination. |
[Oct. 4th, 2008|01:35 am] |
As a huge fanboy, I find it extremely cool that our drummer, Vince, played for Sister Machine Gun during their final tour in 2004. Falling easily within my Top Seven Bands Of All Time and despite what everyone says about Chris Randall being an asshole, SMG definitely has a special place in my heart. With that said, it excited me to no end when Vince presented me with CR's guitar strap before we started TIT. I'm not sure why I felt the need to share this, but at least it makes a good segue into this:
Charles Levi (L) and Miguel Turanzas (R) from Sister Machine Gun, 2004
After our stay in Salt Lake City, we made the exciting drive to Boise, ID. When we arrived, we found the venue to shockingly exceed expectations. However, in the end, the crowd turned out to be smaller than Decatur, IL. We knew that it would be one of the smaller shows of the tour and it certainly didn't help that the venue got changed ten days before. Regardless, we played an excellent, full set and afterward I turned it into a full-blown Drunk Night (only the second of TIT - St. Louis was the first).
We made the Boise-Seattle drive yesterday, of which about 40% was drop-dead gorgeous. Tonight is our second of three nights here and I've been loving every second of it. We're staying with Ayria's drummer, Mike, in Capitol Hill and we've been trying to experience as much of the restaurants and shopping as possible. Last night I passed on 80's night, but I'm about to head off to Mercury for a taste of the Seattle scene.
We play El Corazon tomorrow, but with a bit of a caveat. Apparently it got double-booked with 80's metal icons, Helloween. The plan is for the mullets to clear out by 9pm, immediately followed by our load-in and sound check with the goal to start the show by 10:30pm. I'm a bit apprehensive about this, so wish us luck for a smooth transition.
Lastly, I uploaded 1100+ pictures to our relatively new flickr account. I don't have a good camera, so the vast majority were actually taken by Ayria's keyboardist, Jeff. Here is the link:
http://www.flickr.com/iscintilla
And here is a taste:
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| TIT:LOG, Day 20 - Corporate Sponsored. |
[Sep. 30th, 2008|02:00 pm] |
After our show in Kansas City, MO last week, we headed over to the Kansas Speedway area to dabble in the releasing of merch income. The complex not only contained the racetrack itself, but also a rather sizable outdoor mall with all of the typical orbiting restaurants and superstores. The mall's parking lot was home to dozens of promo booths from all of the usual corporate suspects: AT&T, JVC, Toyota, etc, etc. Half of The Immortal Tour was wandering through the wonderland of sample sizes and promo games when two booths caught our eye: Vitamin Water and NOS energy drink. After some sweet talking and sob stories, we convinced the reps of both booths to supply us with adequate amounts of each product to help us continue the journey around the country. In the end, we made off with over $250 in vitamin/energy drinks and quickly stowed it away in our vans.
If that weren't enough for corporate aid, here's a bit more. We recently were informed that we are one of 100 bands selected for Taco Bell's Feed The Beat contest. Like all online music contests that utilize "voting", the main goal is to draw visitors to the sponsor's website(s) and not "help" the "contestants". SIDE NOTE: If I get one more email from some shitty pop-punk band in California (whose name is of the form, "NOUN-NUMBER") that wants me to vote for them so that they can play the 24th stage on the Warped Tour, I'm gonna... That said, I only submitted I:Scintilla before the tour started because I was interested in the $500 Taco Bell gift certificate that is awarded to the top 100 bands. Now that we have made that cut, I really could give two shits about trying to win recording time in a "real studio" with a "professional producer". Just gimme the 7-layer burritos and shut the fuck up.
Our Salt Lake show on Sunday was good. The venue, Area 51, was definitely cool as far as alternative clubs go. Multiple floors, a cool decor dedicated to its namesake, and a staunch dedication to alternative music were all attractive features. The live stage room left a bit to be desired, but worked out well. The one complaint could be attributed to the funky scheduling for the night. There were three bands, two dance performances, and DJs scheduled for the night that ran 6pm-1am. For some reason, the powers that be thought it best to put us on at 7:30 and push Ayria and CXS back to 10:15 and 11:30 respectively. At the time, I wasn't too excited about "opening" for the dance performers, but it turned out that we played to a comparably sized crowd as everyone else. In the end, the SLC crowd was EXCELLENT and we saw our second best merch night of the young tour.
We're in the midst of a two-day vacation in Salt Lake. Yesterday was Mountain Day, which consisted of hiking and tramming up to 11,000 feet with Ay:scintiria and our gracious SLC hosts. Below is my mighty arrival to the mountain base:
Tomorrow we're on to Boise, followed by Seattle on Saturday. |
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| TIT:LOG, Day 17 - Things to do in Denver when you're a hippie. |
[Sep. 27th, 2008|02:44 pm] |
Welcome to TIT:LOG (The Immortal Tour: Life Of a Guitarist). I had the full intention of kicking this beast off a few days before leaving, but the stress that is preparing for a tour of this magnitude got the best of me. I also found that while on tour, both free time and wi-fi access are available, but rarely at the same time. I will certainly make every attempt to keep the LOG updated at least on a semi-daily basis. That said, let me provide a quick overview of the last 17+ days:
- There have been challenges met, challenges failed, and challenges ignored.
- There have been crowds that exceeded expectations (Tulsa, OK), those that disappointed (Decatur, IL), and those that blew us away (Chicago, IL).
- There have been shows where we played exceptionally well (Minneapolis, MN & Kansas City, MO & Denver, CO).
- There have been venues that were absolutely beautiful (Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN) and others that needed improvement.
- There have been promoters that killed us with kindness and professionalism (Tulsa, OK & Kansas City, MO) and others that needed improvement.
- There have been only minor technical inconveniences.
- There have been two shows where the sound crews were awful and Rogue ran sound for all three bands (Tulsa, OK & Fayetteville, AR).
- There have been too many crossings of the Mississippi River.
- There has been a lot of downtime and gaps and that will continue for the next eleven weeks.
- There have been many times where we lost all conception of space and time.
- There has been no better band to share a van with (Ayria) and no better band to support (The Cruxshadows).
- There has never been a better experience than this.
I am currently sitting at a Denny's in Denver, CO. Last night we played at a place called Owsley's, which is part of a five-venue hippie conglomerate that requires Grateful Dead music to be played at all times. The place didn't completely suck, but it definitely ranked amongst the lower tier of the venues we'll see on the tour. Nevertheless, the crowd was excellent, we played a great set, and we had a great time. Today is a Drive Day through the mountains to Salt Lake City. Many more words and photos to come! |
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| If you build it....... |
[Sep. 3rd, 2008|12:52 pm] |
| [ | effect of paxil |
| |  rejuvenated | ] |
| [ | audio damage |
| | Poe - "Haunted" | ] |
From Saturday's "warm-up show" in Cedar Rapids, IA:
NOTE: That is a Bud Light tall can. That mantis had some serious size...and dance moves. |
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| Fearless bohemians with more tour dates |
[Aug. 28th, 2008|01:52 pm] |
| [ | effect of paxil |
| |  okay | ] |
| [ | audio damage |
| | Wumpscut - "Maiden" | ] |
Three things:
1) We will be on Fearless Radio tonight at 8pm (Central). Last November's appearance was quite fun/goofy and this one I'm sure will be the same. Tune in here:
http://www.fearlessradio.com/
2) We will be performing at the New Bohemia Music Festival this Saturday, August 30 in Cedar Rapids, IA. We will be headlining the Nexus Entertainment Arts Stage (7251 Mount Vernon Road SE) at 8:30pm. Unfortunately, I'll be missing Murder By Death as their set will be overlapping with ours. Visit this link for more details:
http://www.newbohemiamusicfestival.com/
3) More tour dates/venues added:
THE IMMORTAL TOUR 2008
FEATURING THE CRUXSHADOWS, AYRIA, & I:SCINTILLA
09.12.2008 Tulsa, OK (The Marquee)
09.13.2008 Fayetteville, AR (Teatro Scarpino)
09.14.2008 Nashville, TN (Hollywood Disco)
09.15.2008 St. Louis, MO (Dante's)
09.17.2008 Minneapolis, MN (Varsity Theater)
09.20.2008 Chicago, IL (Reggie's Rock Club)
09.21.2008 Decatur, IL (Wake The Dead Cafe)
09.24.2008 Kansas City, MO (Davey's Uptown)
09.26.2008 Denver, CO (Owsley's)
09.28.2008 Salt Lake City, UT (Area 51)
10.01.2008 Boise, ID (The Bouquet)
10.04.2008 Seattle, WA (El Corazon)
10.05.2008 Portland, OR (Fez Ballroom)
10.07.2008 San Francisco, CA (DNA Lounge)
10.09.2008 Los Angeles, CA (Safari Sam's)
10.14.2008 Tempe, AZ (TBA)
10.15.2008 Albuquerque, NM (Launchpad)
10.18.2008 San Antonio, TX (Atomix)
10.23.2008 Dallas, TX (The Lizard Lounge)
10.24.2008 Austin, TX (Elysium)
10.25.2008 Houston, TX (Meridian)
10.26.2008 New Orleans, LA (Hi-Ho Lounge)
10.27.2008 College Station, TX (Schotzi's)
10.30.2008 Indianapolis, IN (Talbott Street)
10.31.2008 Milwaukee, WI (Miramar Theatre)
11.01.2008 La Crosse, WI (The Warehouse)
11.07.2008 Columbus, OH (Skully's Music Diner)
11.08.2008 Detroit, MI (Small's Bar)
11.13.2008 Cincinnati, OH (The Dock Complex)
* 11.15.2008 Pittsburgh, PA (Pegasus)
* 11.16.2008 Ithaca, NY (The Haunt)
* 11.18.2008 Northampton, MA (Divas Nightclub)
* 11.19.2008 Cambridge, MA (TT The Bear's Place)
* 11.21.2008 Portland, ME (The Asylum)
* 11.22.2008 Albany, NY (Valentine's)
* 11.23.2008 Rochester, NY (Water Street Music Hall)
11.26.2008 New York City, NY (Pyramid Club)
11.27.2008 Washington, DC (Town Dance Boutique)
11.28.2008 Virginia Beach, VA (TBA)
11.29.2008 Charlottesville, VA (TBA)
12.03.2008 Raleigh, NC (Lincoln Theatre)
12.05.2008 Atlanta, GA (Masquerade)
12.06.2008 Jacksonville, FL (9th & Main)
12.07.2008 West Palm Beach, FL (Respectable Street)
* Ayria will be replaced by The Azoic |
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| I:Scintilla - U.S. tour this fall w/Cruxshadows & Ayria! |
[Aug. 21st, 2008|02:05 pm] |
| [ | effect of paxil |
| |  hyper | ] |
| [ | audio damage |
| | Siouxsie & The Banshees - "Spellbound" | ] |
THE IMMORTAL TOUR 2008
FEATURING THE CRUXSHADOWS, AYRIA, & I:SCINTILLA
09.12.2008 Tulsa, OK (The Marquee | ALL AGES)
09.13.2008 Fayetteville, AR (Teatro Scarpino | ALL AGES)
09.14.2008 Nashville, TN (Hollywood Disco | 18+)
09.15.2008 St. Louis, MO (Dante's | 18+)
09.17.2008 Minneapolis, MN (Varsity Theater)
09.20.2008 Chicago, IL (Reggie's Rock Club | 17+)
09.21.2008 Decatur, IL (Wake The Dead Cafe | ALL AGES)
09.24.2008 Kansas City, MO (Davey's Uptown)
09.26.2008 Denver, CO (Quixote's True Blue)
09.28.2008 Salt Lake City, UT (Area 51)
10.01.2008 Boise, ID (The Boutique)
10.04.2008 Seattle, WA (El Corazon | ALL AGES)
10.05.2008 Portland, OR (TBA)
10.07.2008 San Francisco, CA (DNA Lounge)
10.09.2008 Los Angeles, CA (Safari Sam's | ALL AGES)
10.14.2008 Tempe, AZ (TBA)
10.15.2008 Albuquerque, NM (TBA)
10.23.2008 Dallas, TX (The Lizard Lounge)
10.24.2008 Austin, TX (Elysium | 21+)
10.25.2008 Houston, TX (Meridian)
10.26.2008 New Orleans, LA (Hi-Ho Lounge)
10.27.2008 College Station, TX (Schotzi's)
10.30.2008 Indianapolis, IN (Talbott Street)
10.31.2008 Milwaukee, WI (Miramar Theatre | ALL AGES)
11.01.2008 La Crosse, WI (The Warehouse | ALL AGES)
11.07.2008 Columbus, OH (Skully's Music Diner | 18+)
11.08.2008 Detroit, MI (TBA)
11.13.2008 Cincinnati, OH (The Dock Complex)
* 11.15.2008 Pittsburgh, PA (Pegasus | ALL AGES)
* 11.16.2008 Ithaca, NY (TBA)
* 11.18.2008 Northampton, MA (Divas Nightclub)
* 11.19.2008 Cambridge, MA (TT The Bear's Place)
* 11.21.2008 Portland, ME (The Asylum)
* 11.22.2008 Albany, NY (TBA)
* 11.23.2008 Rochester, NY (TBA)
11.26.2008 New York City, NY (TBA)
11.27.2008 Washington, DC (Town Dance Boutique)
11.28.2008 Virginia Beach, VA (TBA)
11.29.2008 Charlottesville, VA (TBA)
12.05.2008 Atlanta, GA (TBA)
* Ayria will be replaced by The Azoic
More tour details and updates can be found at http://www.iscintilla.com/tour. Please note that there are still ~30 more dates to be announced. We are definitely looking forward to seeing you this fall!
Related Links:
http://www.cruxshadows.com/
http://www.myspace.com/cruxshadows
http://www.ayria.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ayria
http://www.iscintilla.com/
http://www.myspace.com/iscintilla |
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| Bring out the SCIMP! |
[Aug. 6th, 2008|10:14 am] |
| [ | effect of paxil |
| |  mischievous | ] |
| [ | audio damage |
| | Prick - "I Apologise" | ] |
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| The Blue Whale must swim on... |
[Jul. 30th, 2008|11:57 am] |
| [ | effect of paxil |
| |  hungry | ] |
| [ | audio damage |
| | Pink Floyd - "Nobody Home (Live)" | ] |
I'm selling my 2000 Ford Explorer Limited, affectionately known as The Blue Whale. It is a great vehicle and I would have no intention of selling it if it weren't for the upcoming tour. We just need something bigger (15-passenger van) to hold two bands. More details here:
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/car/774006966.html
If you know anyone that would be interested, let me know and I'll cut a deal. |
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