I always liked the name of our band, but never has it seem more appropriate than last Saturday night at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano! We opened for The Motels, (puts on best Troy MClure voice) you might know them from such songs as "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer." (/Troy McClure) Anyway, Martha Davis was amazing, and I was really impressed by some of their new material - really good stuff!
So getting back to the "fallen" thing, here's what happened. We're about two-thirds of the way through a fantastic set, and up comes one of our biggest crowd-pleasers, "Welfare Cadillac." I start with some swinging bass while Bobbo's talking to the crowd. He's got them in the palm of his hand, hanging on every word. The rest of the band comes in and we're off and running. As we come up to the solo Bobbo and his wireless guitar go running off the left side of the stage and into the crowd. He's making a loop through the audience out front and is heading around to the stairs on stage right. But the house lights are all down and it's pretty dark in there and well, you'll have to see for yourself what happens next!
Never a dull moment with The Fallen Stars!
Friday, January 25, 2008
Putting the "fallen" in The Fallen Stars!
Friday, January 18, 2008
My amplifier went kablooey!
We're in the middle of rehearsal last night, and I noticed that my bass amp is sounding strange. Thin, tinny, not it's normal big bass-y self. After we finish running through the set it's crackling and popping and making some very suspicious noises so I put it down for a bit. A few minutes later I go back and hit a note and... nothing! Not a single sound comes out! So now I have a huge show tomorrow night and no amplifier. This is not good. Looks like we'll be hitting the guitar stores tonight. Oh boy, fun. *sigh*
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Back from the Pacific Northwest
Just returned from our whirlwind 3-day tour of Seattle and Vancouver. Didn't sleep at all last night, except for an uncomfortable hour or two of catnapping on the plane from Seattle. The Blue Rodeo show was amazing, got to go backstage and meet the band. Very cool. Will be posting pictures later.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Canada, here we come!!
A few days ago my dear husband and I were chatting about one of our favorite bands, Blue Rodeo. If you've never heard of them, go check them out now. They're huge in Canada and have been making amazing albums for almost 25 years now. Seriously. Go.
So we're talking about how we'd love to see them live, but they rarely tour the U.S. However, it turns out that they're touring Canada right now and will be playing two nights in Vancouver this weekend. The conversation goes like this:
Him: Vancouver's not that far, right? (Mind you, we live in Southern California.)
Me: Well, it's too far to drive there and back in two days, but it's not far to fly. I think we need passports to fly to Canada though.
Him: Hmmm. (Looks at map) Seattle's kind of close to Vancouver. Could we fly there, then drive to Vancouver?
Me: I suppose, as long as I'm back for work the next day.
After some intense online shopping for flights and car rentals, suddenly we have a three day trip to Seattle and Vancouver, leaving tomorrow! The only thing we don't have booked yet is a hotel, but if any of you know anyone in Seattle or Vancouver that might be willing to put us up for a night, we'd be eternally grateful. Floors, couches, barcaloungers, we're not picky!
Fun with blenders
In search of the answer to the age old question, "Will it blend?," the host throws all types of items in the blender - iPhone, Bic lighters, Chuck Norris, just to name a few. This is a great concept for creatively demonstrating the power of a product! And it's strangely satisfying to watch an iPhone get reduced to a pile of black dust in seconds!
Will It Blend? | Presented By Blendtec
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Into the wild blue yonder
Today's moment of zen. Sit back, relax, and watch it go.
Epic Paper Airplane Flight
