Mel and I are going down to city hall an anonymous building on Airport — what’s up with that? — to get our marriage license today.
Maybe I should take a shower or something first.
she’s in a feature film! with real stars and maybe a budget and stuff! … check it out!
if you’ve got ADD, she’s about 38 seconds in, and standing next to Tom Cat, a roller girl alum who’s been hiding out in Mexico for a few months now…
All of this leaves us wrestling with that bastard, Pride.
Tuesday was awesome.
Like: lifetime high-score board, deathbed reminiscing, bitchin’ in almost every way.
Thanks so much to everybody who came out!
Right before the gig, I got a message from Billy Steve. He’s a friend of mine, a bad-ass guitar player, the first musician in Austin whom I said, “so, I’ve been thinking about starting a band” to. He pointed me to Brandon (on bass) and Dan (on lead guitar), and I’m in debt to him now for that, damn it.
He wrote:
Here’s some simple rules to remember.
- The harder you hit the strings, the better the guitar sounds.
- All PAs suck, so you know that term “eat the mic?” Learn it, know it, live it.
- Never tell the audience you’ve made a mistake. According to Laurie, even the most horrible fuck ups are noticed only by other musicians, and they don’t need you to tell them you’ve fucked up. I’m still working on this one, but it’s never too soon to develop a good habit.
Okay…. good luck… I’ll see ya’ll at the Scoot Inn
I read these words of wisdom to the band at a pre-show dinner Mel put together. Dan said he already knew about hitting the strings harder. And Mel only screwed up her face once during the show — when we started a song, and she thought she was playing a piano, and it came out as an organ sound.
thanks to wildwood graphics, we got merch! a lovely 3×5 sticker for our debut gig…
We’re ready to preach the good word of rock ‘n’ roll. Send love letters and blasphemous rumors to D the B at dave @ stjoeschoir dot com.
Or to book the band, call D the B at 512-788-5414.
Be lead into temptation; be delivered from evil. These are some of our favorite people, places, and things.
Many of our header images are shamelessly stolen from bighappyfunhouse because they’re awesome.
This flickr viewer is cool, but a little flummoxed by the narrow page width. Maybe you should check out the source of the pictures or just go straight for the full-page flickr slideshow.
Join us at the Carousel Lounge on Tuesday, June 19 for our first show! Big thanks to Jerm Pollet for letting us join his crazy-fun Variety Pak. The sideshow last time featured improv comedy and trampoline dancers. (There was also that time my friend and I prettied up the clowns on the outside mural with red lipstick…)
Don’t forget: the Carousel bar sells beer & wine… and you’re welcome to bring a bottle of your favorite poison to top off a $1 set-up. We’ll be bringing the essential B Vitamins (Bushmills and Beam) to lead you into temptation.
Temperance may be a virtue, but gluttony is more fun.
November 11, 2007
Beerland
7:30 p.m.
Our lead guitar player, Dan Murphy, is celebrating his 40th birthday that day, and so we’re celebrating at one of our favorite bars in town. We’re also mourning that this will likely be his last show with the Choir for a while, as the bastard’s moving to California. (In the noble pursuit of love, so it’s hard to be too mad at him…) Come on down and tie one on with us. It’s a school night, but we’ll be going early.
October 24, 2007
Continental Club, Houston
9:30 p.m.
St. Joe’s was a part of Wicked Wednesdays, our friend Eric Tucker’s dream of letting you hear 4 bands play, see a bunch of burlesque dancing, do a lot of drinking, and still get a solid night’s sleep. (The man is a genius.) … Our first road trip!
July 6, 2007
Scoot Inn
9:00 p.m.
w/ Peter Elliott & The Sellouts
The pre-wedding gig. It’s all a distant memory now, but the wisdom lives on.
June 19, 2007
Carousel Lounge
9:00 p.m.
@ Jerm Pollet’s Tuesday Night Variety Pak
Aw. That one’s over. We rocked it, and then wrote about it.
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - A prisoner who went missing from a jail in eastern India for almost 24 hours was found by prison guards snoring on the roof of the jail, officials said on Friday.Raju Gaji, 19, arrested for banditry and theft and sent to a jail in Kolkata earlier this month, told police he was bored with the prison routine and wanted to catch up on some sleep.
“We had sounded the alarm and were looking for him everywhere, but he could not be traced,” B.D. Sharma, a senior police officer told Reuters.
On Thursday afternoon, prison guards heard loud snoring from one of the buildings.
“They climbed on top of the roof and found Gaji sleeping,” Sharma added.
A groggy Gaji seemed surprised when he found himself surrounded by guards pointing rifles at him, a senior jail official said.
