New Song… Sgro… Shanghai Thrills!
Just listened to a great new song by Andrew Sgro from the band Shanghai Thrills… They band was out here in Denver this past March on tour.
Well Sgro and the guys are back in the studio working on the latest album…
The song is featured here with a great article!!
http://almostalist.com/2008/06/16/exclusive-song-from-shanghai-thrills/comment-229
check out the new song!
Enjoy… this is another great one
Flatlined Band… the story goes on… The Van Really Sucks
Here is more of the story about one of my bands…Contrary to the name this band has not Flatlined with all the problems they have experienced. on the tour… what has happened so far would put some bands down for the count… But, Jimi,Wes, Brad and Chris once again show us that “the show must go on” and these guys do it with a light hearted spirit… that just make you smile and say Job well done!!! Please remember that they are sleeping in the van on this tour… and now they are sleeping with the gear….
Here is the latest chapter…
If after you have watched this and are so moved… drop them a few dollars in their paypal account to help them out… jimibattle@gmail.com These guys will be forever grateful!
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Marlene ~ Indienink Music
The Trailer – The Prick – The Police
If you didn’t read this in my last post… Please do now! This is what happened a favorite band of mine … “Flatlined”> As they are out on tour!
“Flatlined” proves that there are bands out there that “it is all about the music” and perservering even when all goes against them…
Marlene ~ Indiennk Music
The Trailer – The Prick – The Police
our van is sweet. you all know it to be true… so sweet in fact that the alternator decided to stop working in a parking lot in calgary… we got our friends leanne and jana (thank you two wonderful women) to come and help us out. they helped by charging our battery with their car – following us for 5km or so until the battery was dead, and charging it up again.. took 3 charges to get to the club, but we made it! feeling a little bummed about the alternator thing, we unloaded and set up in the club.
we are relaxing have a pint, forgetting about the van and prepping for the show when a waitress runs over and informs us our trailer might have just been hit by a car. we high tail it outside – fast..
what we found there made four grown men cry. a smashed left wheel cowling, sideways rim and flat tire… some fuck head had plowed into our trailer while parked on the side of the road (legally i will add – for those of you that know our technics, this time was legit). a crowd of onlookers proceeded to tell us the story over and over – probably because of the vacant expressions of hopelessness in our eyes..
apparently a chubby black dude in a white ford explorer flew into our van. now this might be slightly illegal – but if you are from calgary read the next part very carefully:
the licence plate of the white ford explorer (another witness said it might have been silver) was either:
ABBEY K or
ABEBE K
if you know this person please follow them and find out where they live. there will most likely be damage to the front right fender of the vehicle. they hit our trailer and ran off. thats right – fucker got out of his vehicle, surveyed the damage, then proceeded to leave the scene. now the cops are looking for this person – and if they find him he is in a heap of trouble – but as of yet we haven’t gotten the call.
problem for us is that we are in way more trouble without a trailer then the dude that hit us… without his insurance we are unable to get our trailer fixed or replaced.. so until we find this guy we are in trouble – help us find this fucker if you are from or live in calgary!
back to the story – i digressed with vigilante anger there for a second…
we surveyed our van and found that the hitch on the van itself was damaged. this lead us to believe that the impact must have been impressively strong considering the hitch is made of 2 inch steal and rated for 5500 pounds. knowing now the guy didn’t just glance off the tire, that he hit it like a sledghammer we check the frame of the trailer. its toast.. bent and warpped bad – which usually leads to a write off..
the trailer and van were towed that night – to seperate locations. van to have its alternator replaced, and the trailer to an impound where its future will be decided later. jana was nice enough to let us sleep at her place – but we only rested for about 2 hours before starting the next day of figuring out how the fuck to stay on tour…
in order for us to continue the tour we have had to pack all 4 guys, gear and luggae into th van alone. imagine taking something thats 200 sq feet and squeezing it into an area 150sq feet with four dudes and 8 bags… i have no idea how we did it.. but we are still on the road – albeit uncomfortably…
