St. Patrick's Songfight - Los Angeles - March 19th

mico saudad · Post by **mico saudad** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:06 am

Excellent, we hope to see you there!

(I doubt we'll get to do any improv during the show because there are 6-7 bands and only four hours, but I guarantee it will still be a blast!)

mico saudad · Post by **mico saudad** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:21 am

When I moved to LA a friend gave me a worn out P-Bass. I stripped the paint off of it, replaced the pickups (with brand new EMG Select P-Bass pickups) and electronics, and created a design on the bare wood using a soldering iron, a blowtorch, and metal leafing. I also replaced the cheesy black electronics cover with one made of cedar.

The (hopefully) completed Viracocha Bass will be debuting at the show on Saturday, and it is for sale. All it needs is a couple more coats of finish and some intensive buffing. Pictures follow:

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:28 am

sean you are my hero. i especially like that last photo of the headstock.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:18 pm

That's pretty like whoa.

prayformojo · Post by **prayformojo** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:47 pm

Frikkin ass sweet. That's all I can say about last night's show.

...ok, I can say more. I'll post a show review later. All of the bands were awesome, and the crowd was into the entire gig. So much fun!

mico saudad · Post by **mico saudad** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:36 pm

Alright I promised it would be done within two years and here it is: the audio from last nights show plus several pictures.

http://www.abcdarian.com/sfla/

Nota bene:

- Sorry to all for laming out and crashing last night. I look forward to hanging strong in Boston.

- Sorry to Loyalty Day because my computer crashed and I missed your first song

- I also apologize for the camera operator being rather gus-o-centric

Other than that let me just say that everyone's set was so much fun and of course as usual everyone was really cool and willing to pitch in to make songfights rock.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:01 pm

Sounds and looks like you all had fun. I'm digging the disco ball hanging there.

heidi · Post by **heidi** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:12 pm

the recordings sound good, sean! i'm glad for that because I was only able to stay for 1.5 sets and I was really bummed out about that. Hooray!

Jefff · Post by **Jefff** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:36 pm

Boutros Boutros-Gracias?

ken · Post by **ken** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:42 pm

Great show all! People said it was one of the most consistently good shows we've put on. I had a great time meeting, hanging out, and playing with everyone.

Thanks to Sean for putting on a trouble free event.

Audio sounds great and I look forward to having the time to explore all the tracks and photos.

Be well,
Ken

prayformojo · Post by **prayformojo** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:15 am

Jefff wrote:Boutros Boutros-Gracias?

Ha!

Those recordings are great. Thanks Sean! Can't wait to listen to them all and re-live the booty-bass thumping, phatt freestyle flow of everyone's sets again.

Edge of LA · Post by **Edge of LA** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:03 pm

I need to look at this forum more often. How did I miss this show?

It would have been fun to come 'round. Well, I was up the street at the Roxy anyway.

I suppose next time.

***Listening to the audio now.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:04 pm

Wow, that was a lot of fun. Breaking it down with the hootnanny, yeah. Great to meet the 'fighters I hadn't met yet. You rock, Sean, for putting it together and the smoothness of the gig, especially for us performing n00bs, heh. Glad to have the audio, too.

Max a.k.a. Albatross grabbed some video on his digital camera, one from each set I think (well, except ours, heh), and I'll be linking those once I get the AVIs compressed down into MPEGs. Each is only 3 minutes long (camera limitations), so there's some groovus-interruptus. Just warning y'all.

Too much fun!

Albatross · Post by **Albatross** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:28 pm

Rabid Garfunkel wrote:Max a.k.a. Albatross grabbed some video on his digital camera, one from each set I think (well, except ours, heh), and I'll be linking those once I get the AVIs compressed down into MPEGs. Each is only 3 minutes long (camera limitations), so there's some groovus-interruptus. Just warning y'all.

I got two from JB's set, one each from LD, pfm, and Gus. Sorry, Ken, none from your solo set.

Anyway, what an exhausting yet exhilarating week. I think our maiden gig went about as well as we had a right to expect. Everyone performed so well and was so amazingly cool, and I got to knock two items off my life's "to do" list:

1) Play a real gig on an actual stage
2) Sing Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk To Fuck" in a karaoke bar

So, to Sean, Ken, Chris, JB, Sam, Heidi, Erin, Bob (wherever he is), and anyone else I'm missing, it was a distinct honor and pleasure to meet you all. You are princes among men, princesses among women, and true forces for good in the universe.

Post by **Lunkhead** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:07 pm

Great job everybody! It was a really fantastic show, and I was repeatedly impressed by how nice and cool everybody was. This community is really an amazing phenomenon and I'm grateful to be a part of it.

The Primitive Screwheads were great, and I never would have guessed it was their first performance. Ken's solo set was pretty emotional. I had a blast playing with Chris, Ken, and JB for the PFM set. JB's set was so awesome! It was obvious he and Gus had had some time to rehearse the songs, and Ken had obviously learned them pretty well on his own. Best Red Robot backing vocals evar, as someone said. Of course I had fun during the LD set, and last but not least Gus rocked! Sean, your songs really shine with that group.

Thanks to Sean for doing so much of the work of making the show happen. I can't wait for the next one! Maybe another Bay Area show some time in the next couple months?

Post by **Lunkhead** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:48 am

Wow! The recordings are great. Ken, you rock!! You stepped up to the drumming plate and hit a grand slam, no doubt. Again, good job everybody.

ken · Post by **ken** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:50 pm

Yes. Best Red Robot vocals ever!

Ken

Post by **Lunkhead** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:48 am

More pictures!

http://www.bozos.com/pictures/songfight ... _la_2.html

They're a tad grainy. Sadly I think my camera is on the fritz. Also its batteries died and I didn't get any pictures of Gus.

Otherwise I got some decent ones.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:44 am

Lunkhead wrote:More pictures!

http://www.bozos.com/pictures/songfight ... _la_2.html

They're a tad grainy. Sadly I think my camera is on the fritz. Also its batteries died and I didn't get any pictures of Gus. Otherwise I got some decent ones.

Hey, sweet. Dig it. Thunderdome!!!

(and I swear I'll get the compressing done of the fragments of video from the show up real soon now)

j$ · Post by j$ » Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:58 am

Now I don't like to suggest that I don't have a clear mental picture of every songfighter ever, but cool as the pictures are, they mean next to nothing to me without those clever alt text things that say things like 'Ken looms out of the darkness' or somesuch ...

j$

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:16 am

ooohhhh those are nice drums... are those yours Ken???

Post by **Lunkhead** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:07 pm

J$, Ken is the guy playing drums. Leaf, the drums (along with the guitar and bass amps) were part of the rental package.

Row 1:
1. Some of the crowd, with Ken in the center-ish and PrayForMojo on the far right
2. Rabid Garfunkel

Row 2:
1. Rabid Garfunk and Albatross, aka the Primitive Screwheads

Row 2 picture 2 through Row 4 picture 2 = Ken

Row 4 picture 3 = PrayForMojo

More later...

St. Patrick's Songfight - Los Angeles - March 19th

DAMMIT