tragicomedy
9/3/2008
the summer that wasn't : our handsome bassist and resident hairdo of the band-- Eric Abert--has had one shitdog of a summer. severely twisted his ankle not once but twice at the Riot Room here in KC a few months ago, then when our window was bashed out in SF this past tour it was only his bag that was stolen. then he got roughed up and fined by the Arizon Border Patrol for a little something that should be decriminalized anyway. ahem.
the most recent harshing of Erics' mellow came while on vacation at Playa Escondida on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. he and his girl and 2 other couples had rented a boat to go snorkeling and had just returned when he and the other guys jumped out to pull the boat ashore. as they began to get it ashore a huge waved crashed in--pushing the boat on top of his legs almost up to his waist.
could've been much worse but apparently was fairly traumatic. got 7 stitches by a "medic" in his shin (see above) and bruised-up his legs like an old peach. the remainder of his vacation was pretty much shot and he had to arrange to have a wheelchair meet him at each airport. still is hobbling and laid up, totally unable to work.
however : we will rock tonight and beyond, stitches or not. in fact we have october dates lined up that take us to CMJ and back via some new towns (for us), with magnetic morning. rock waits for no man. or stitch. please make every effort to cheer for our injured soldier, and buy all of his bands' merch. it's really cool. special events planned so please read carefully.
THE OVER-SATURATION TOUR OF MO-KAN CONTINUES :
| September 2008 | ||
| Wednesday 09•03 | Kansas City, Missouri The Record Bar | w/ System and Station (portland) @ 10pm, TLAT @ 11pm and a screening of LIFE IS PLEASURE DVD at 12am sharp. 21+, $8. |
| Wednesday 09•10 | Kansas City, Missouri Power and Light District KC Live Stage | Homegrown Buzz Showcase, w/ Paper Cities. AA, free to the public, TLAT @ 8pm! |
| Saturday 09•20 | Lawrence, Kansas Replay Lounge | w/ the Dactyls and Love Lke Fire. 18+, $3, TLAT @ 12am. |
hope : many folks have ordered our new film Life is Pleasure, and we hope everyone is enjoying it. it was not fun to make, but it was fun to be finished with it. if you didn't notice in the above listings, we are having a SPECIAL SCREENING EVENT AT THE RECORD BAR ON SEPT 3RD, 2008 directly following our blistering live performance. it's a nice chance to see it on a larger screen and at a higher volume than one might normally. we'll be selling the DVD for only $10 that night only. if you already own the DVD, we'll take $5 off of another item. that's how we roll.
and bounce.
ae
http://myspace.com/thelifeandtimes notes
http://thelifeandtimes.com merches
http://desotorecords.com padres
http://myspace.com/hawthornestreetrecords vinyls