hello invisible readers,
just to let you know that we have a video posted of ourselves playing a song on our myspace page. you can go there and watch the video. it was recorded at the new moon with me, jesse, scott, namiah, jessica, and emily all performing. it's kind of noisy and grainy. but there you have it--modern technology.
happy new year,
steev for TIC
12.04.2006
LAST SHOW OF THE YEAR!
so we've come to the last show of the year. we'll be playing on saturday at the bremen cafe in milwaukee. to our dismay, we will be without a rhythm section. but to our delight, we will be playing with our good friend and commrade jeremiah nelson aka patchwork. he's really good. hopefully there will be one other performer opening, but we're not sure who it will be.
so please everybody come out and show your support. this will be our last performance for a while as we try to figure out what we want to accomplish next with the band. the ep is finished with some new songs posted on our myspace, but it is not yet ready to be released. we'll keep you updated.
happy celebrations,
steev and TIC
so we've come to the last show of the year. we'll be playing on saturday at the bremen cafe in milwaukee. to our dismay, we will be without a rhythm section. but to our delight, we will be playing with our good friend and commrade jeremiah nelson aka patchwork. he's really good. hopefully there will be one other performer opening, but we're not sure who it will be.
so please everybody come out and show your support. this will be our last performance for a while as we try to figure out what we want to accomplish next with the band. the ep is finished with some new songs posted on our myspace, but it is not yet ready to be released. we'll keep you updated.
happy celebrations,
steev and TIC
10.30.2006
What is a national bellwether?
hello "friends," here's to good intentions!
our sparkling new 5-song ep called "national bellwether" is now mixed, mastered, and sitting around on a cd-r. packaging and release information will be arriving later this year or early next. we think you will all love it and come crawling back to us, tears streaming down your faces.
the songs on the new record are bursting with nervous energy and will make for some frantic swaying, i can tell you.
the first "single" is up on the myspace for copious downloading. "the leaves are falling and so am i" is an ode to being insecure at a time when "security" is all the rage. i'm sure you all remember those days!
steev
hello "friends," here's to good intentions!
our sparkling new 5-song ep called "national bellwether" is now mixed, mastered, and sitting around on a cd-r. packaging and release information will be arriving later this year or early next. we think you will all love it and come crawling back to us, tears streaming down your faces.
the songs on the new record are bursting with nervous energy and will make for some frantic swaying, i can tell you.
the first "single" is up on the myspace for copious downloading. "the leaves are falling and so am i" is an ode to being insecure at a time when "security" is all the rage. i'm sure you all remember those days!
steev
9.18.2006
o my good glory. . . i just heard the coolest thing. and it wasn't that garrison keillor was doing a split ep about minnesota with sufjan stevens (although that may or may not be true). no, this is something entirely unrelated to public radio. it was a song that we finished recording last night in the dank basement studio of jeremiah aka patchwork. i will hopefully have a rough mix up later this week. the song is called "the leaves are falling and so am i" and it combines the best of all possible sounds--noise, strings, a choir, a catchy chorus. it's all very exciting. the record is almost finished now and will most likely be "released" in 2007. we have one date left this fall--saturday, september 30th in west bend at pillllars cafe. it's a great venue, all ages, smoke-free. we're playing with juniper tar again, so everybody should just come and watch.
steev
steev
7.17.2006
Recording
we're a week into recording our new ep. scott, namiah and i put down the initial rhythm tracks last sunday, then emily put down cello on tuesday night. i went back this weekend to add acoustic guitar, banjo, and one electric guitar line. what do we have left? jesse has been put on notice to perform electric guitar. piano needs to be done and also vocals. we're still a way from finishing, but it's turning out great. we're recording with jeremiah nelson--sometimes known as patchwork--in his home-made studio amidst the detritus of the algoma building in oshkosh. the original 6 songs have been cut down to 5. the last song "the long defeat" will most likely go on our next EP "ghost stories" which we will hopefully record later this year. we recorded a demo of it, but the song is still too new to put on the ep.
a couple of shows in august:
TIC with patchwork on the 5th at the rock island cafe in neenah
and
TIC with Scourge of the Sea on the 15th at indie coffee in madison
come out to cheer us on and listen to the new tunes,
steev
we're a week into recording our new ep. scott, namiah and i put down the initial rhythm tracks last sunday, then emily put down cello on tuesday night. i went back this weekend to add acoustic guitar, banjo, and one electric guitar line. what do we have left? jesse has been put on notice to perform electric guitar. piano needs to be done and also vocals. we're still a way from finishing, but it's turning out great. we're recording with jeremiah nelson--sometimes known as patchwork--in his home-made studio amidst the detritus of the algoma building in oshkosh. the original 6 songs have been cut down to 5. the last song "the long defeat" will most likely go on our next EP "ghost stories" which we will hopefully record later this year. we recorded a demo of it, but the song is still too new to put on the ep.
a couple of shows in august:
TIC with patchwork on the 5th at the rock island cafe in neenah
and
TIC with Scourge of the Sea on the 15th at indie coffee in madison
come out to cheer us on and listen to the new tunes,
steev
6.26.2006
successful? who among us can really claim to be successful at anything we accomplish? am i a successful songwriter or musician? did i write a good song? if so, why am i performing it for free, to five people in a coffee shop on a thursday night? unless i'm so successful that only certain people really "get" what i'm trying to say or do. i said to emily that i'd obsess about this for three days--today is day 3. we drove up to appleton to play at the copper rock and not a single person showed up from our mailing list. nobody showed up that we knew, period. there were a handful of people sitting in booths, but nobody so much as clapped most of the time. we just kind of looked at each other and smiled. it's one thing to play for nobody in the basement of the oshkosh public museum, when at least you know you're going to make enough for room rent. but to play for nobody and make nothing? that sucks. i mean, i read about bands who played for empty rooms on their road to success, but not when they were almost 30, with three kids and a full time job. so BUGGER OFF!!
[steev]
[steev]
4.09.2006
we got back last night at 2:30 am from a nice show at the bremen cafe. we played with juniper tar, who should have their own tv series, and opening the show was janet schiff and her band. i think it was our first show with this line-up: me on electric guitar, jessica on piano, emily on cello, scott on bass, and namiah on the drums. everything went well. thanks to everybody for coming and to janet and "the tar" for playing with us. we're in the midst of a shakedown of sorts right now--working on new material and looking for new shows in new places. our next performance will be in oshkosh with Madison Greene. that will be a benefit show. details forthcoming. we hope to showcase some new songs with our current line-up. and right now i'm listening to my wife watch "elizabethtown" in the next room. all i hear is like a montage of vintage rock ballads or whatever. i'm not interested in watching it at all. goodbye.
2.17.2006
so punk planet finally got around to reviewing our cd. it's a mix of good and bad. i'll give you the exerpt, then i'll give the whole thing.
the exerpt:
"The Inkwell Collective delivers with its beautifully crafted folk-inspired indie rock, braiding a cello and viola seamlessly into rock band standards like the guitar and piano."
sounds good, right? ok, here's the rest:
"But the lyrics, my goodness, the weak sauce lyrics! Listening to words distracts from the music; you can't help but think that the "wordsmith" behind it all is trying too hard to achieve the kind of lyrical finesse of the likes of the Weakerthans or Neutral Milk Hotel. Vocalist and guitarist Steev Baker's voice is strong and capable, but you just can't get over the words spilling from his lips. Baker says so himself, "lately I've learned to think and speak in cliches" ("My use of metaphor"), and he continues in the same song to treat us to this: "You were the miracle and I was the skeptic / I was the gash and you the antiseptic / You are an animal and I'm a carnivore / You are the oxygen but I'm afraid I'm underwater [sic]." There are times when you can't help but feel as if you're listening to words he wrote in his high school poetry journal."
so there you have it! i don't have any comment except to say that i'm glad to finally get an outside view of the album. and now back to my high school poetry journal. . .
steev
the exerpt:
"The Inkwell Collective delivers with its beautifully crafted folk-inspired indie rock, braiding a cello and viola seamlessly into rock band standards like the guitar and piano."
sounds good, right? ok, here's the rest:
"But the lyrics, my goodness, the weak sauce lyrics! Listening to words distracts from the music; you can't help but think that the "wordsmith" behind it all is trying too hard to achieve the kind of lyrical finesse of the likes of the Weakerthans or Neutral Milk Hotel. Vocalist and guitarist Steev Baker's voice is strong and capable, but you just can't get over the words spilling from his lips. Baker says so himself, "lately I've learned to think and speak in cliches" ("My use of metaphor"), and he continues in the same song to treat us to this: "You were the miracle and I was the skeptic / I was the gash and you the antiseptic / You are an animal and I'm a carnivore / You are the oxygen but I'm afraid I'm underwater [sic]." There are times when you can't help but feel as if you're listening to words he wrote in his high school poetry journal."
so there you have it! i don't have any comment except to say that i'm glad to finally get an outside view of the album. and now back to my high school poetry journal. . .
steev
2.12.2006
post-rock wisconsin
we're playing a show on february 25 with west bend-based rock band canyons of static. they're an instrumental post-rock band like others you may have heard of--explosions in the sky, mogwai, godspeed you black emperor, mono, etc. etc. i've been poking around the internet, looking for other such bands from wisconsin. it turns out there are currently quite a few. so here are the bands with links (mostly from myspace):
wooden robot is an all-acoustic act with upright bass, saw, dulcimer and other traditional instruments.
canyons of static combines guitar, drum, and bass with violin and piano and also project original films over the band while they play.
wood & wires are from madison and they have a viola player!
frail by design augment their sound with samples and electronics.
sounds like braille has a traditional 3-piece rock line-up. and they rock.
pillllars caffe
225 S. 5th Avenue
west bend, wi
25 february
7pm $4 cover All ages!
with singer/songwriter dan klotz and post-rock band canyons of static
1.09.2006
NEW FOR 2006!
what's new with you? not much here. we've been trying to get together to work on new music for the past few weeks, but between chicken pox and observances, it's been difficult. emily and i did get to record cello for "leaving wisconsin", which you can find at my solo site. it will be the title track for a collection of demos i hope to finish this year. of course, that's what i said last year. . .
the collective is playing a show in oshkosh at the water city grill on january 26th, so everybody should come and listen there. hopefully we will be doing some interesting things there. or maybe it'll be embarassing. either way, come over and get a drink and listen to some sad music.
demos of all of our new songs are now available on the website. they may not be there for long, so if you'd like to hear the basic structure (mostly just acoustic guitar and vocals) of some new songs, head over to our dot com.
i'm doing a solo show on friday the 20th of january at the new moon. i'm going under the name "inkstained" and will hopefully be accompanied by emily and kara. also performing is stephanie ott/tuesday parker as "the daffodil mafia," krist krueger as "southerly," and andrew johnson as "holly & plastic." they all rock, so come and check out a very different take on acoustic music. maybe i'll just call it "post-folk." i don't think anyone uses that term yet.
post-steev
what's new with you? not much here. we've been trying to get together to work on new music for the past few weeks, but between chicken pox and observances, it's been difficult. emily and i did get to record cello for "leaving wisconsin", which you can find at my solo site. it will be the title track for a collection of demos i hope to finish this year. of course, that's what i said last year. . .
the collective is playing a show in oshkosh at the water city grill on january 26th, so everybody should come and listen there. hopefully we will be doing some interesting things there. or maybe it'll be embarassing. either way, come over and get a drink and listen to some sad music.
demos of all of our new songs are now available on the website. they may not be there for long, so if you'd like to hear the basic structure (mostly just acoustic guitar and vocals) of some new songs, head over to our dot com.
i'm doing a solo show on friday the 20th of january at the new moon. i'm going under the name "inkstained" and will hopefully be accompanied by emily and kara. also performing is stephanie ott/tuesday parker as "the daffodil mafia," krist krueger as "southerly," and andrew johnson as "holly & plastic." they all rock, so come and check out a very different take on acoustic music. maybe i'll just call it "post-folk." i don't think anyone uses that term yet.
post-steev
12.06.2005
they found a hand, they found the dollhouse room
it was very cold on sunday afternoon when we pulled into the oshkosh public museum parking lot. the museum is kind of a cool place--an old mansion that has been turned into a local history museum with some nice interpretive exhibits and the apostle clock. they also host traveling exhibits, and just had one about pirates which featured a sweetly dessicated corpse--for the kids, of course!
anyway, it was cold and we loaded all of our stuff up. jessica was sick, but played anyway, even after we forgot the cables for her piano (she drove home and got them). we were led into a small, well-lit room in the basement. this was the dollhouse room, being filled with three large, fully decorated and peopled doll-sized buildings. there was a space for us against one wall and a few rows of chairs set up. emily and jesse showed up and we proceeded to play the oddest "show" ever. we started playing at noon and basically nobody showed up until after our well-earned cookie and "perked, spiced cider" break at 1:30. at 2:00, the four of us called scott and told him not to come; namiah never showed up, which is all the better. we did have a packed room for our set of inkwell collective songs from about 2-3. then the puppet show started upstairs and we were playing to ourselves again for the next half hour. oh, an 80 year old woman stopped by as we played christmas carols and noted that it was nice to hear some good music, not that pounding noise! which i can only assume meant that she had probably not heard our earlier set.
so, this gig was stranger than my high school reunion gig, but it paid 7500% more. although we were basemented, it was still kind of a fun way to spend a cold afternoon. thanks, oshkosh public museum. see you next year!
the inkwell collective
it was very cold on sunday afternoon when we pulled into the oshkosh public museum parking lot. the museum is kind of a cool place--an old mansion that has been turned into a local history museum with some nice interpretive exhibits and the apostle clock. they also host traveling exhibits, and just had one about pirates which featured a sweetly dessicated corpse--for the kids, of course!
anyway, it was cold and we loaded all of our stuff up. jessica was sick, but played anyway, even after we forgot the cables for her piano (she drove home and got them). we were led into a small, well-lit room in the basement. this was the dollhouse room, being filled with three large, fully decorated and peopled doll-sized buildings. there was a space for us against one wall and a few rows of chairs set up. emily and jesse showed up and we proceeded to play the oddest "show" ever. we started playing at noon and basically nobody showed up until after our well-earned cookie and "perked, spiced cider" break at 1:30. at 2:00, the four of us called scott and told him not to come; namiah never showed up, which is all the better. we did have a packed room for our set of inkwell collective songs from about 2-3. then the puppet show started upstairs and we were playing to ourselves again for the next half hour. oh, an 80 year old woman stopped by as we played christmas carols and noted that it was nice to hear some good music, not that pounding noise! which i can only assume meant that she had probably not heard our earlier set.
so, this gig was stranger than my high school reunion gig, but it paid 7500% more. although we were basemented, it was still kind of a fun way to spend a cold afternoon. thanks, oshkosh public museum. see you next year!
the inkwell collective
11.21.2005
the bremen cafe
thanks so much for the turn out at the bremen cafe. we had a fine time playing there. i only hope we didn't piss off the establishment as apparently we were supposed to play last instead of second. then nearly everybody left after our set. i was battling the vicious flu bug that night and am still kind of sick today, but i think that was our first performance in a while where i didn't forget any lyrics. . .
we have a few more shows to close out 2005:
dec. 4th at the oshkosh public museum
Noon-4pm we'll be doing a couple of sets and some christmas songs during their annual holiday open house. the museum is small, but has great exhibits and is free! so if you're in the area, come on over to see us.
dec. 10th at the wonderful world cafe in sheboygan
8-10pm
this is a "solo" show with me, kara, and emily. i'll be playing over two hours of my songs acoustically. so if you like that kind of thing, and you live near sheboygan, come on over. they have good food and coffee there; and we get paid in tips!
dec. 17th at the new moon cafe in oshkosh
8-10pm
$3 cover
we're playing our annual mid-december show at the new moon. southerly is opening and no longer micah. also we'll have some artwork on display there, but i'm not sure by whom. it's a mystery!
jan. 26th at the water city grill in oshkosh
9-11pm
21+
we're the background music for drinking. you can watch sports and listen to us play! it's the perfect combination! sports! sports! sports! i like when they kick the ball.
steev
thanks so much for the turn out at the bremen cafe. we had a fine time playing there. i only hope we didn't piss off the establishment as apparently we were supposed to play last instead of second. then nearly everybody left after our set. i was battling the vicious flu bug that night and am still kind of sick today, but i think that was our first performance in a while where i didn't forget any lyrics. . .
we have a few more shows to close out 2005:
dec. 4th at the oshkosh public museum
Noon-4pm we'll be doing a couple of sets and some christmas songs during their annual holiday open house. the museum is small, but has great exhibits and is free! so if you're in the area, come on over to see us.
dec. 10th at the wonderful world cafe in sheboygan
8-10pm
this is a "solo" show with me, kara, and emily. i'll be playing over two hours of my songs acoustically. so if you like that kind of thing, and you live near sheboygan, come on over. they have good food and coffee there; and we get paid in tips!
dec. 17th at the new moon cafe in oshkosh
8-10pm
$3 cover
we're playing our annual mid-december show at the new moon. southerly is opening and no longer micah. also we'll have some artwork on display there, but i'm not sure by whom. it's a mystery!
jan. 26th at the water city grill in oshkosh
9-11pm
21+
we're the background music for drinking. you can watch sports and listen to us play! it's the perfect combination! sports! sports! sports! i like when they kick the ball.
steev
11.09.2005
various topics, some of which will interest you
just got back from a kind of late practice. namiah, our current drummer hopeful, has decided not to play with us on thursday (i guess that's tomorrow since it's a quarter of 1 in the morning), citing various issues, none of which have to do with us particularly. but rest assured, he's coming along nicely and should hopefully play with us on december 17th at the new moon.
but tonight scott, emily, jessica and i recorded a song on my portable recorder. it's not the best quality, but you can at least hear what we're up to lately. the song is called "newfoundland" and it's been put into regular rotation in our setlist since mid-summer. i'll post it in the next few days on our website, so look for it there.
still no news on recording, but i have a few new songs so we have a lot of stuff to choose from. old songs like "book of job" and "don't try" (arguably the first official inkwell collective songs, along with "small town skin" and "medicate!"), a couple of tunes that were left off our last cd ("ghost story" and "ECR", neither of which we play live anymore), new versions of old songs ("they found a hand. . ." has improved dramatically along with "my use of metaphor") and a whole slew of songs new this past year: "domestic fiction," "o lord have patience," "i need you to fail so i can succeed," "did you find russia," "newfoundland," "the leaves are falling and so am i," "bloodstains," "middlewest," "moscow, idaho."
some of these songs will appear on my solo cd "leaving wisconsin," which i haven't really worked on in a while, but which i have lots of ideas for and which i hope to get out before sufjan steals my state from me.
be sure to come and see us in milwaukee on the 19th! we need all the support we can get!
best,
steev
for the inkwell collective
just got back from a kind of late practice. namiah, our current drummer hopeful, has decided not to play with us on thursday (i guess that's tomorrow since it's a quarter of 1 in the morning), citing various issues, none of which have to do with us particularly. but rest assured, he's coming along nicely and should hopefully play with us on december 17th at the new moon.
but tonight scott, emily, jessica and i recorded a song on my portable recorder. it's not the best quality, but you can at least hear what we're up to lately. the song is called "newfoundland" and it's been put into regular rotation in our setlist since mid-summer. i'll post it in the next few days on our website, so look for it there.
still no news on recording, but i have a few new songs so we have a lot of stuff to choose from. old songs like "book of job" and "don't try" (arguably the first official inkwell collective songs, along with "small town skin" and "medicate!"), a couple of tunes that were left off our last cd ("ghost story" and "ECR", neither of which we play live anymore), new versions of old songs ("they found a hand. . ." has improved dramatically along with "my use of metaphor") and a whole slew of songs new this past year: "domestic fiction," "o lord have patience," "i need you to fail so i can succeed," "did you find russia," "newfoundland," "the leaves are falling and so am i," "bloodstains," "middlewest," "moscow, idaho."
some of these songs will appear on my solo cd "leaving wisconsin," which i haven't really worked on in a while, but which i have lots of ideas for and which i hope to get out before sufjan steals my state from me.
be sure to come and see us in milwaukee on the 19th! we need all the support we can get!
best,
steev
for the inkwell collective
10.05.2005
Years of dust. . .
For the 7th year in a row, we played at the Little Farmer Apple Orchard in Fond du lac. This was my very first brush with public performance nearly a decade ago (my brother ben lugged his drum kit 150 miles to play on a few songs), so i feel a little nostalgic whenever i go there. it was also the place where i proposed to my wife and the place where we conceived our first child. just kidding.
so i volunteered through this group i'm a part of to be in charge of the little farmer weekend this year. i did the sound and contacted people to play. there were several folk-singers of the pete seeger type, a few of the bob dylan type, and a bluegrass band. then we played. jesse brought his acoustic guitar and the very large pedal array and kara, emily, and jessica also played. it was very dusty and hot, but there were a ton of people there. it's hard to say if they "dug" us or not, but i did give a copy of the cd to a guy from the oshkosh public museum. he wants to get a program started where every sunday afternoon musicians are broadcast live from the museum and we might possibly be invited to play.
next we play the kewaskum kettle kountry kolors festival. i still don't know who'll be playing the show; jesse and kara won't be there, but me, emily, jessica, and scott at least will be. sounds exciting, no? no. no it doesn't.
steev
For the 7th year in a row, we played at the Little Farmer Apple Orchard in Fond du lac. This was my very first brush with public performance nearly a decade ago (my brother ben lugged his drum kit 150 miles to play on a few songs), so i feel a little nostalgic whenever i go there. it was also the place where i proposed to my wife and the place where we conceived our first child. just kidding.
so i volunteered through this group i'm a part of to be in charge of the little farmer weekend this year. i did the sound and contacted people to play. there were several folk-singers of the pete seeger type, a few of the bob dylan type, and a bluegrass band. then we played. jesse brought his acoustic guitar and the very large pedal array and kara, emily, and jessica also played. it was very dusty and hot, but there were a ton of people there. it's hard to say if they "dug" us or not, but i did give a copy of the cd to a guy from the oshkosh public museum. he wants to get a program started where every sunday afternoon musicians are broadcast live from the museum and we might possibly be invited to play.
next we play the kewaskum kettle kountry kolors festival. i still don't know who'll be playing the show; jesse and kara won't be there, but me, emily, jessica, and scott at least will be. sounds exciting, no? no. no it doesn't.
steev
9.27.2005
Folks like us are doomed. . .
I was minding my own business (as per usual) on the internet and found us in a couple of places: Green Bay Press and also the Appleton Post Crescent.
We got to play a cool show at the New Moon Cafe in Oshkosh on Saturday night. Southerly had asked if I wanted to open for him, and I was figuring on it being a solo show, but then a bunch of other bands were added to the list and we ended up being one of 6 performers that night. In addition to us, Southerly, and the Willis, there were some other cool bands. Old Seed , from Canada, is a great singer/songwriter with a strong, authentic folk voice, great lyrics, and some nice guitar work as well. An indie-pop band from Milwaukee, Those Royals , was also on the bill. They played with a ton of energy and had some cool songs--a kind of noisy hipster lo-fi pop band. They were really good and I got a chance to talk to the singer after the show. Turns out he plays in Juniper Tar sometimes! (We just played w/ Juniper Tar a few weeks ago in West Bend) If anyone is in Milwaukee reading this, they should check out Those Royals and Juniper Tar. Both excellent bands, although pretty different in sound.
sb
I was minding my own business (as per usual) on the internet and found us in a couple of places: Green Bay Press and also the Appleton Post Crescent.
We got to play a cool show at the New Moon Cafe in Oshkosh on Saturday night. Southerly had asked if I wanted to open for him, and I was figuring on it being a solo show, but then a bunch of other bands were added to the list and we ended up being one of 6 performers that night. In addition to us, Southerly, and the Willis, there were some other cool bands. Old Seed , from Canada, is a great singer/songwriter with a strong, authentic folk voice, great lyrics, and some nice guitar work as well. An indie-pop band from Milwaukee, Those Royals , was also on the bill. They played with a ton of energy and had some cool songs--a kind of noisy hipster lo-fi pop band. They were really good and I got a chance to talk to the singer after the show. Turns out he plays in Juniper Tar sometimes! (We just played w/ Juniper Tar a few weeks ago in West Bend) If anyone is in Milwaukee reading this, they should check out Those Royals and Juniper Tar. Both excellent bands, although pretty different in sound.
sb
9.01.2005
From my inkstained hands to yours
The Drummer
Thanks to Jeff for drumming 1 1/2 shows with us. The half show was a short set that me, jeff and emily did at the new moon with tuesday parker. Jeff is now at bible college. Have fun, jeff. We have a new temporary drummer in Omar Mendez. Why is he temporary? Simply because we don't have a lot of "drummer shows" lined-up the next few months. But we do have a ton of shows to close out 2005. Details will follow.
The Violinist
Jordan Santiago, child prodigy and FUN-LOVING CHUCKLE-HEART, is playing a few shows with us this fall. How many? As many as we can stand.
The shows
Please check out our myspace page for updates on our fall show schedule. We have a lot of things planned, including playing with a few great bands, playing outside, and Jesse doing push-ups, onstage. A few of the bands we'll be playing with are Southerly, No Longer Micah, and Juniper Tar. Visit us at our shows and cheer us on! Do a little dance!
An Early Retirement
We're talking about taking some time off of playing live in the winter to record a new cd. We might do that.
until next time,
steev
The Drummer
Thanks to Jeff for drumming 1 1/2 shows with us. The half show was a short set that me, jeff and emily did at the new moon with tuesday parker. Jeff is now at bible college. Have fun, jeff. We have a new temporary drummer in Omar Mendez. Why is he temporary? Simply because we don't have a lot of "drummer shows" lined-up the next few months. But we do have a ton of shows to close out 2005. Details will follow.
The Violinist
Jordan Santiago, child prodigy and FUN-LOVING CHUCKLE-HEART, is playing a few shows with us this fall. How many? As many as we can stand.
The shows
Please check out our myspace page for updates on our fall show schedule. We have a lot of things planned, including playing with a few great bands, playing outside, and Jesse doing push-ups, onstage. A few of the bands we'll be playing with are Southerly, No Longer Micah, and Juniper Tar. Visit us at our shows and cheer us on! Do a little dance!
An Early Retirement
We're talking about taking some time off of playing live in the winter to record a new cd. We might do that.
until next time,
steev
8.01.2005
more art, please!
you really should plan on coming to see this show:
"Rock is Art"
in celebration of local rock music
the inkwell collective
heller mason
the willis
happy
@ the algoma club
september 3rd
7pm-11pm
$5 cover 21+ (sorry, kids!)
this is during and after the gallery walk in oshkosh, so if you're a supporter of local art, be sure to check out the aural art scene.
best,
steev
you really should plan on coming to see this show:
"Rock is Art"
in celebration of local rock music
the inkwell collective
heller mason
the willis
happy
@ the algoma club
september 3rd
7pm-11pm
$5 cover 21+ (sorry, kids!)
this is during and after the gallery walk in oshkosh, so if you're a supporter of local art, be sure to check out the aural art scene.
best,
steev
7.08.2005
Explanations, explanations
Hello friends, here we are again in the center of a lusty July, wishing for that elusive swimming pool, those creamy pudding pops, the valuable lessons learned from the "teaching time" at the end of G.I. Joe. You know what I mean--nostalgia for the simple midsummer days of youth, before indie rock, before you knew of deconstructionism, when those cornfields were actually cornfields and not just subdivisions named after cornfields. But I've always been accused of taking things too seriously and yesterday I was exhorted to listen to Dr. Phil and try to hang on to my childhood. Look, I don't think the terrorists are doing that, so why should I? You know?
Anyway, we're booking a few more shows; we've got stuff on through October including a date at the infamous Kewaskum Kettle Kountry Kolors (KKKK) and a date in Shawano at Beans and Books. So we're stretching our boundaries and loving everybody with great gusto and YOU SHOULD SEE PEOPLE STARE AT JESSE'S GUITAR PEDAL ARRAY! There were literally two people bowing to him at our last show, like the Ewoks to C3PO!
Keep looking around the net for us and keep coming to see us play. Thanks for all of the support. I'll leave you with this:
WARNING: The Harry Potter books
*Blur moral boundaries
*Desensitize children to the occult
*Portray witchcraft as harmless entertainment
steev
Hello friends, here we are again in the center of a lusty July, wishing for that elusive swimming pool, those creamy pudding pops, the valuable lessons learned from the "teaching time" at the end of G.I. Joe. You know what I mean--nostalgia for the simple midsummer days of youth, before indie rock, before you knew of deconstructionism, when those cornfields were actually cornfields and not just subdivisions named after cornfields. But I've always been accused of taking things too seriously and yesterday I was exhorted to listen to Dr. Phil and try to hang on to my childhood. Look, I don't think the terrorists are doing that, so why should I? You know?
Anyway, we're booking a few more shows; we've got stuff on through October including a date at the infamous Kewaskum Kettle Kountry Kolors (KKKK) and a date in Shawano at Beans and Books. So we're stretching our boundaries and loving everybody with great gusto and YOU SHOULD SEE PEOPLE STARE AT JESSE'S GUITAR PEDAL ARRAY! There were literally two people bowing to him at our last show, like the Ewoks to C3PO!
Keep looking around the net for us and keep coming to see us play. Thanks for all of the support. I'll leave you with this:
WARNING: The Harry Potter books
*Blur moral boundaries
*Desensitize children to the occult
*Portray witchcraft as harmless entertainment
steev
6.22.2005
i was an island to you
so it's summer now. officially. and it's 100 degrees in the coffin factory. we've been making plans to record this summer and the first step is finished--scratch tracks of vocals and guitar have been created. now we wait to see what happens with a drummer. as a whole, i'm not completely happy with the songs we've got this time around, but i would like to hear them completed. . . anyway, we've got a bunch of shows in july and are trying to find more for the future, but the going is tough. keep watching this space for more details of anything exciting. finally, you can go here to listen to and download a demo of a new song we're working on.
thank you,
steev
so it's summer now. officially. and it's 100 degrees in the coffin factory. we've been making plans to record this summer and the first step is finished--scratch tracks of vocals and guitar have been created. now we wait to see what happens with a drummer. as a whole, i'm not completely happy with the songs we've got this time around, but i would like to hear them completed. . . anyway, we've got a bunch of shows in july and are trying to find more for the future, but the going is tough. keep watching this space for more details of anything exciting. finally, you can go here to listen to and download a demo of a new song we're working on.
thank you,
steev
5.26.2005
dear guilty hands let me look at you one last time. . .
how are you? i am fine. it was hot on tuesday night at the coffin factory and FYTS was practicing next door, which always makes it hard to concentrate on being slow, quiet, and sad. but we got to run through a new song that i don't know if i like or not. perhaps i'll post a demo of it online? perhaps.
we're now on myspace. visit us here and add us to your friends!
a couple of new shows added and a few more in the works, as they say. we'll also be starting that recording soon. jessica and i are careening to the left side of the map to lay down guitar, piano, and vocal tracks in a few weeks at "cat haven" studio in mt. horeb (home of the mustard museum). then who knows what'll happen? jon will be drumming on the disc, which is always a grand thing.
also, we're finally going to be at a real website. for information coming soon.
nodding your way in silent greeting,
steev
how are you? i am fine. it was hot on tuesday night at the coffin factory and FYTS was practicing next door, which always makes it hard to concentrate on being slow, quiet, and sad. but we got to run through a new song that i don't know if i like or not. perhaps i'll post a demo of it online? perhaps.
we're now on myspace. visit us here and add us to your friends!
a couple of new shows added and a few more in the works, as they say. we'll also be starting that recording soon. jessica and i are careening to the left side of the map to lay down guitar, piano, and vocal tracks in a few weeks at "cat haven" studio in mt. horeb (home of the mustard museum). then who knows what'll happen? jon will be drumming on the disc, which is always a grand thing.
also, we're finally going to be at a real website. for information coming soon.
nodding your way in silent greeting,
steev
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