ok,
hello.
we played a kick ass noise pop show tonite.
yeah. all the bands ruled. minipop, irving, and the comas.
rad. i felt so at home.
so now i am going to go away.
zach is coming to get me in 20 minutes.
europe here we come!
and now,
i am probably pretty unreachable for a while.
no cel phone, no laptop.
love,
gg
off to europe.
tonite we play slims for noise pop.
rock and roll.
last nite ruled @ lobot, birds of america, the impossible shapes (bloomington!!), and jens lekman were amazing.
that jens has got a voice on him.
ok.
so, there was a cool article about lobot and rogue wave and the cool thing we have going in oakland in the east bay express.
check it
http://music.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2005-02-23/music/music.html
so there.
here are our euro dates.
i love it.
1-Mar-05 Netherlands Amsterdam Paradiso
2-Mar-05 Netherlands Utrecht Ekko
3-Mar-05 Netherlands Rotterdam Rotown
4-Mar-05 Germany Berlin Huxley’s support Jimmy Eat World
5-Mar-05 Germany Berlin Mudd Club
6-Mar-05 Germany Hamburg Molotow
7-Mar-05 Germany Cologne Underground
8-Mar-05 Belgium Gent Vooruit
9-Mar-05 Belgium Brussels Botanique
11-Mar-05 Spain Valencia Matisee
12-Mar-05 Spain Mallorca Teatre lloseta
13-Mar-05 Spain Barcelona Apolo
14-Mar-05 Spain Madrid Moby Dick
15-Mar-05 Spain Algeciras (Cadiz) Escuela Politecnica
16-Mar-05 Spain OFF? possible small show in north -
17-Mar-05 France Paris La Peniche Alternat (on a boat?)
18-Mar-05 UK London Barfly
then we're home for a week. then we go to portland to make another record.
and then.
and then.
yes.
love,
gg
we're in portland at our friend brandon's house. he just gave us a demonstration of how he makes kick ass acoustic guitars. they are amazing.
tonite we play doug fir, we had a great show there last time, so hopefully it'll be even better this time.
life on the road. is crazy.
what a strange way to live.
i do love it though.
seattle, eugene, then home for 2 days, sort of.
our noisepop show is on the 26th at slims, then we leave for amsterdam early the next morning.
have i said that already?
thanks to those leaving comments and emails, sorry i haven't had more time to respond.
oh yeah, there is a homecoming party/show of sorts @ lobot gallery on the 25th.
impossible shapes, jens lekman and birds of america are playing.
maybe i'll see ya there.
lobotgallery dot com.
love,
gg
we're in OKlahoma. tonite is bittersweet becuz the gallants leave us.
our last show together.
i love them. their music and the people. texas was alright. it didn't meet my expectations, but maybe next time. tomorrow we have our first day off for almost 3 weeks. hopefully we will get to ride go carts.
love,
gg
it happened.
2 days ago. on february 6, i fell in love with nyc. i have always liked visiting, but never felt like i could live there.
now i know i could. in williamsburg probably.
it is a long story that i'm not going to tell here, but something changed for me this weekend.
you can't slack off in new york city. you have to have your thing together or you just won't make it.
its where people move when they've done everything they can in their town.
maybe someday i will have the chance.
i am so tired. we had to to drive from nyc to chapel hill, NC today.
the shows in nyc were awesome and things are going really well. we all need some rest.
love,
gg
i am sittin in the fix cafe, next to sound fix record store in williamsburg.
we just rocked and instore here and we rocked the mercury lounge last nite.
now we go to boston, then hoboken, then back to the mercury for another sold out show. jeez. i had no idea. i am loving life, but am feeling a little exhausted lately. i cannot complain.
love,
gg
i am sitting in the case western reserve university campus bar called "the spot". the two gallants just started. and they rule.
they have been ruling every nite since we hooked up with them.
i am in love.
it's a powerful tour.
we've been eating healthy for the most part. damn you white castle. and chic-fil-a. other than that, things are rocking. the shows have been well attended, we were coaxed into doing a double encore in chicago. that sold out. and so did columbia. it is awesome to be able to play for more than 40 minutes. we get to try out all the new songs we are thinking about putting on the next record.
OK. can't stay long, gotta rock.
love,
golden gram