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Monday, February 28th, 2011
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10:09 pm - into the sea, you and me... and a giant squid!
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on friday, 18 march 2011, come and swing it with dj horrid and the creature from the black lagoon, whilst theXplodingboys churn out a surprise party set from the dark side at lovecraft, portland's majestic new cthulu-themed bar, located at 421 se grand avenue!
rsvp at facebook, or check out the event on our new website.
we'll see you in a couple of weeks!
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| Thursday, December 9th, 2010
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1:41 pm - new website, birthday
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dear friends, fans, and ghosts from our past:
it is with great pleasure that we announce to you the launch of our new website (new site, same address). not only does it not look like some 23 year-old from the year 2000 designed it (*cough*) but it is also database driven, which means that we will be able to have a much better and more coherent presentation of what it is that we do.
we have a lot going on behind the scenes this winter, including breaking in our new bassist, michelle (from the oblik, if you saw us play with them). michelle is also the friday night kj at chopsticks express ii (a place i lovingly refer to as plastic forks ii, as they were out of chopsticks one night). she's a veteran bass player whose favourite cure album is pornography.
last night we met up to make plans for the upcoming year. we hope to see you as these plans materialise.
thanks for your dedication and continued interest. today is our eleventh birthday as a band. in ten more years, we'll be able to buy beer!
thedrowningman
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| Sunday, October 24th, 2010
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12:14 am - 10/16 saturday night with theXplodingboys and dj catalyst recap
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Greetings.
we held this show on 10/16 Saturday Night! Perhaps this is the first you've even heard of it. This show was kind of a mess from when we started looking for venues to when the night ended. But it ended well, and was a great way to end both our performance year and our time with Enrique Ugalde, AKA Soriah, on bass guitar.
we didn't book the show until almost two weeks before the date, so we had very little time to promote. We also weren't sure what the DJ line-up was going to be, and DJ gregarious ended up not showing up at all. In the end we got a fairly low turnout, but we made the best of it. If one new person sees our show, it's worth it, and one did. Perhaps several. Hearing that Berbati's Pan has decided to stop having live bands at the end of 2010 a few days later helped to explain why the venue appeared minimally enthusiastic about the whole thing.
however, all's well that ends well. theXplodingboys played four short sets, punctuated with DJ sets provided by DJ Catalyst. we played a variety of songs new to the lineup, as well as a few more debuts for the band. thedr9wningman even wore a (the, we're pretty sure) bear suit to start off the third set!
here are the songs that were performed:
1
boys don’t cry
play for today
high*
the big hand
primary
charlotte sometimes
2
10:15 saturday night
birdmad girl*
the caterpillar
the upstairs room
a night like this
close to me
3
in between days**
just like heaven**
let's go to bed*
just one kiss*
the lovecats
lovesong
4
three imaginary boys
fascination street
a strange day
jumping someone else’s train
sinking
killing an arab
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a forest
*new songs
**bear suit!
if you were there, thank you for coming out! if you weren't, we look forward to seeing you down the road.
~it used to be the dust that would lay here when I came here alone...~
-daniel
p.s. we followed up the next day with a photo shoot, once again with Adam Michaud of New World Industries, to both commemorate the 2010 line-up and capture the first images of what we hope will be a long, happy engagement with our new bassist, Michelle Pecchia of The Oblik. Look for those images soon!
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| Friday, August 20th, 2010
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11:32 am - dante’s faith will tear us apart again 19th august 2010
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greetings, friends, fans, and sleeping children:
the dante's show was a hit. about 150 people attended on a thursday night. my wife said it was the best show we've ever done.
fortunately, we got it on film.
for those who keep track, here is our setlist for the evening. i would sincerely like to thank all of you who braved sleep deprivation on a friday to come out and see us. to the continuous fans, thank you for your support. it means a lot to us. for those who are just tangentially interested in us, thank you for your support, it means a lot to us.
faith will tear us apart:
a strange day
in your house
play for today
just like heaven
fascination street
lovesong
[faith album]
holy hour
primary
other voices
all cats are grey**
the funeral party
doubt*
the drowning man
faith*
[faith single]
charlotte sometimes
[/faith album]
the big hand**
the caterpillar*
the lovecats
the upstairs room
lament
10:15 saturday night
killing an arab
sinking
[encore]
in between days
a forest
*first time ever played in the band's history (debut)
**new song this year
we would also like to thank the venue for making it possible for us to play this set. the sound was amazing! we'll let you know here first when the viideo comes out from this show.
until then,
there's nothing left
but faith...
-thedrowningman
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| Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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1:59 am - 19 august at dante's
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we have a confirmed date and opener for our faith will tear us apart show. true to its name, i've been struggling with my role as a musician at large. as i eXperience the so-called curse of the cure's music (robert and simon considered the band a curse) i'm dealing with a whole new set of inadequacies, issues, and problems. and since this is livejournal, you get to hear about it if you wish.
 here are the details of the show...
that's right, faith in its entirety.
won't you join me and my incredible band to watch us be consumed by the total release and the enquiry of the faith album? please, drink yourself to oblivion even though it is a thursday night. it is all a part of the self-destruction that we all regularly take part in. you'll have to do it for me, because this album will take too much out of me and i need my wits about me. alcohol dries me out, and that doesn't work when you are singing for 2+ hours. i recommend taking the neXt day off (hell, i am). it is august; it is summer in the northwest. i'm sure you can use a three-day weekend. let's celebrate what we have...
thedrowningman
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| Saturday, May 8th, 2010
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10:13 am - 30 april recap: yesterday, i got so old...
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as one ages, their sense of time actually shrinks. weeks seem like days, days like weeks.
part of me has thought that our memories and perception of time are a function of how long we've been doing the internal mind-recording of our life. but blogs like livejournal allow us to write these things down real-time as they are happening to us. in this age of cheap memory, are our memories cheapened?
i will assert that that is hardly the case. i think that the mind is the ultimate player in this and that its recollection of things, while really good when triggered with a scent or a touch, is awful at remembrance for just remembrance's sake. time seems to flow so quickly as we are older because we only remember big events. similarly in the history books, history of a thousand years can be taught in a day by perusing only the major events. but you're never getting the whole story.
i've now been at this more or less ten years. in cure-time that was when robert was in the kiss me era. he'd already been through the drugs of the pornography era, simon had already left the band and come back, porl had rejoined a couple of years ago. the band had already imploded, essentially breaking up, during the time of the top. boris had already left the thompson twins to be in the band, and he'd finally gotten a full-time keyboard player.
ten (or so) years into it, i'm starting to feel this way. the last ten years have been rocky. early on in the band, it was difficult to keep members in because it was 'just a cover band'. a keyboard player had always been difficult to track down, and once tracked down, hold on to (to the eXtent that i actually played keys for several years in the band). when gino left, we had essentially broken up... i scrapped a crew together in 2003 to play a show in seattle for halloween that year; but we were in the top era of the band at that time, four years in.
going to master's school put this on hold, more or less, for another year, and somehow i was able to resurrect it (much of the energy i needed at that time was garnered through lorenna and ross, who both kept the fire burning for me). but now, i am feeling like we're finally doing what we've been meaning to do. our lineup is solid (although our bassist isn't permanent... we still have a contingency plan so there's no panic or implosive worries), we're blowing through the songs (our repertoire is very big, especially considering we've only been a unit for about 5 weeks), and after reviewing the recording we had taken at the tonic, we're finally playing these songs they way i've always wanted to do them.
i understand more and more why robert thought to give up on it in 1989 in the disintegration era. being in a band, especially one like ours who works their ass off and still maintains families and day jobs, is eXcruciatingly difficult work. but the high you feel after playing, after sharing this passion with the crowd and with fans... it is immeasurable.
i went to a barbecue the day after our tonic show, and a long-time friend and fan gushed about how what we do brought her back to when she was 15. seeing the cure now doesn't even do that because of all the changes in time, place, and people. that re-creation is eXactly what i've been working toward and i think we're finally there.
while on stage at the show, i was dealing with this temporal mind-fuck. in the audience were people who have been there the whole time, since the actual first show, and people who had never seen us before (but had been waiting to). our new, devoutist-of-fans was also there, and i almost started crying when i climbed up on stage. during strange day, i couldn't help it... i just let it happen, which was disguised in the little fit i throw at the back of the stage during that song. that song breaks me down nearly every time.
this last show gave me a bit of hope for the successes of playing music. it gave me the confidence to even get out of the doldrums of the bar scene where we are generally underappreciated monetarily yet treated very well by our fans. we're now a crew of pretty savvy musicians and we're looking for a way to hold on to this so that the tenets of capitalism and money don't corrupt the art that we're doing. money has been dogging me with bands for 15 years; and i'm now starting to just shy away from the money and do it more for the art. but in our society, when you spend that much time on something, you eXpect to be paid for it in some real way.
our facebook page has 27 followers. in this age of marketing, i've always felt a failure in my ability to market the band. i now know that the measure of any success with a band is its marketing prowess... something i sorely lack. i'm looking for help at this point to make this band what i want it to be. but it has to be bigger than me, more than what i alone can do. i need to give up on my control and my notions, not that i haven't been willing to do that in the past. since things are moving toward facebook, if you are reading this, would you please become a fan on facebook? facebook provides us an opportunity to see who our fans are demographically. we've noticed more and more parents and people (mostly women, at 67%) in their 30s and 40s. that doesn't lend itself to a show at a bar, and we're trying to tailor our events to match who we're playing to. and as always, if you're a fan of ours and you want to see us somewhere, or you can help in any capacity, i will say now, as always, i can certainly use the help. i want to revamp the website, i want help with flyers, i want connections to different events and venues. i am a very busy person in my normal life and i only devote one day a week to this band; i'm in another band and i have a life outside music. i don't want to see this wither due to my lack of attention to it. new energy, new blood, new hope will assure its success. this isn't my baby... it is all of ours.
that said, i've put my heart, my money, and all of my energy in to this project. at times i've really felt unrewarded by it in the past, like it wasn't worth my time and effort. but seeing an old friend break down into tears because of the awesome time she had at our show... that makes it worth doing.
i want to thank my band for being completely awesome that night and off stage. we are amigos, we are partners in music, and it is impossible for me to do this without the companionship and musicianship of this band. this is the 4th or 5th lineup this band has had (it is hard to measure what constitutes a 'new lineup'. is that a swapping of keyboard players, or a mass eXodus of 3 or 4 members? i generally just go with the latter), and i'm happy we are doing what we're doing.
so, here's the set list; new items that we've never played before (in ten years!) are starred:
Holy Hour
Play For Today
Just Like Heaven
Charlotte Sometimes
In Your House
Other Voices
A Strange Day
Hanging Garden*
Inbetween Days
Lovesong
Lament
Lovecats*
10:15 Saturday Night
Jumping Someone Else's Train*
Sinking
Killing an Arab
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All Cats Are Grey*
A Forest
that night, i was so happy that so many requested all cats are grey. george and jill (a new fan) both talked to me about it in the audience that night. being able to give that to them felt pretty good.
so, we're going to put up video from this show pretty soon. it is just a lot of work/effort to do. our plans to do a show at an old church are in the making, but i'm really going to need help to make it happen. it can't happen with our current, lacking infrastructure. it will require a newer website, ticketing, and relationships with venues who may be tenuous about having a band play there; nevertheless, i know you guys: no one reading this will ever hurt anything in any venue. simply put, money is the monster here and we can't fund the risk of not having people show up because they can't get daycare or have to work that night. if you want it bad enough, as i do, we're going to have to figure out a way to do this together... which has been my aim all along.
much of this, i probably 'shouldn't' be saying. it looks bad, it isn't the right thing to say to people. contrary to the items in this, i'm not worried a lot about money; it is just one of the things that makes all of this difficult because we have to put up a lot of the money and rarely break even. it doesn't make a lot of sense to do that, and i'm trying to change the model for us. but i've also taken an oath to be more authentic, more transparent. this is what's on my mind and this is the forum for that. so, this is the real me... hopefully you'll forgive any trespasses.
i need you, the fans, to be more vocal, more involved. i need you to tell me what you want to hear, what you want to see, and who you are. so speak up... my email is always active (cedric at theXplodingboys.com).
thanks for your ear, and thanks for your years,
~thedrowningman
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| Friday, April 30th, 2010
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1:16 pm - show tonight
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thedr9wningman
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this is a quick reminder: theXplodingboys will play tonight at the tonic with unknown pleasures and the oblik. show starts at 9.
we're releasing three new songs that we've never played before. one is in the form of an encore, so you're going to have to ask for it...
please welcome our new members viktor, enrique, and ashkelon tonight. it will be glorious.
kissing in the rain,
thedrowningman
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| Thursday, April 1st, 2010
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1:00 pm - lineup changes, 2 shows
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greetings, friends, fans, and cure-freaks,
recently, we've made a change as a short-term effect. theXplodingboys have currently enveloped the projekt band soriah. that's right, not only has ashkelon sain (trance to the sun, submarine fleet, soriah) rejoined the band, but the throat-singing eXtraordinaire partner, soriah has joined us as a temporary simon gallup before he leaves the us for the summer to mongolia to continue his throat-singing practice. our newer member, viktor andromeda of the 80s-inspired pink noise remains as our keyboardist (and back-up vocalist), and daniel and i are still playing our respective roles as drummer and singer.
we will be celebrating another birthday by playing an off-the-cuff free show again. this time, we're going acoustic and we're going to keep it loose. enrique's birthday is actually today (happy birthday to him!) and we will fool around with acoustic instruments and percussion and pump organs in true unplugged fashion. i've even got a kazoo! obviously this is unadvertised, as we just decided to do it yesterday. anyway, if anyone can make it, enrique's party starts around 21:00 tomorrow (and will go pretty late as he drives a cab and gets up really late) and his address is 1541 sw upper hall st, which is between goose hollow (the neighbourhood) and the vista bridge.
that said, i would like to remind you of our neXt official show at the tonic. we will be playing with the oblik and unknown pleasures (a tribute to joy division) on 30 april. the tonic is located on ne sandy blvd and the show will be 7$. please join us when you can, and we plan to play as much as possible in may while we have enrique on board. don't worry, we have a replacement for him already lined up...
so, please join us, and feel free to forward this to whomever you wish to... we need help getting the word out.
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| Thursday, February 18th, 2010
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11:03 pm - spring plans
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dearest of the sleeping children,
theXplodingboys will come out of hibernation this summer with a nearly all-new lineup. last summer, we had an eXodus of three members who have been replaced by a dynamic team of seasoned members. we will unveil our new bandmates at a private birthday party on the 6th of march. if you would like to come, please just email me or message us here and i will forward you the appropriate means to rsvp.
we also have our first public show of the year planned for 30 april at the tonic lounge on ne sandy and 31st. we're also discussing a second gig in may. so, yeah, that's what's up in a nutshell.
in more personal news, i am currently laid off an looking for employment. i recently signed on with roxy epoxy and the rebound as their drummer (we'll see if i can keep up) and the rebound will be playing shows in march and april, i believe.
that's all for now.
'the innocence of sleeping children
dressed in white and slowly dreaming
stops all time...'
-thedrowningman
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| Sunday, December 6th, 2009
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2:24 pm - going through the years
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we're nearing the beginning of our tenth year as a band (year X!). i'm attempting to put up a new website, and in doing so, i've reordered and reorganised all of our old material. flyers, shows, pictures... it has been a blur through the years (usually pictorially and usually on purpose [wink]). i've worked with some great people over the years and i continue to draw from past members as band members when someone leaves. some people have continued to be great friends and some have moved away or dropped out of my life completely. nevertheless, there has been a lot of joy in doing this project.
my new keyboardist is a great example. he's given us new energy and new blood. we found him almost accidentally, and every practice session he's excited and on top of every detail. i love this guy. his own project seems to be going very well, and it is simply a joy to work with him.
i'm hoping to share a little bit more of myself in the next coming years. i've been sort of reluctant to do so, but i'm now coming to the realisation that this is really my band and that i could share myself a little more, faults and all. for example, i may start using my own artwork in the website; despite the fact that i'm a terrible artist. it doesn't matter. it is me. and people will expect and accept that.
a lot of times i feel like, well... like robert does: that with every change in members that the band may be on its last legs... like this is the final combination of members. yet things always progress, and every time something changes, there is always a positive. i keep renewing the urls, i keep promoting things, i keep getting good feedback and keep getting new fans.
so, we'll see how this goes. as long as i live in this city, i assume the band will continue. i do have my eye on relocation in the future, but it won't be for a little while still. meanwhile, i'll continue to get fatter just like the real robert smith. and in the interim, i hope to entertain you as best as we can.
much love and thanks for ten great years...
thedrowningman
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| Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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2:47 pm - congratulations to the cure
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what a wonderful celebration of our iconic, wondrous, beautiful, dancing, itching, scratching, fevered, loved band. we love you so much and thank you for your efforts, inspiration, and all you bring to an entire generation or three of listeners.
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| Friday, November 13th, 2009
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10:53 am - new social media
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dearest fans:
in the ten years that i've been doing this, it seemed that an email list was enough. but with web 2.0, there are thousands of ways to connect.
as a promoter, honestly, this makes my job more difficult. it is more difficult to get through the noise, and it is more difficult to get ahead. with facebook and twitter, livejournal has nearly gone the way of the dodo. and one of my greatest worries is a complete bombardment of our fans with a constant, annoying message of the handful of shows that we do every year.
that said, each medium has its own strengths and weaknesses. livejournal is a true blog, which allows a fan to get more information than I would say many of the other media allow, including some of the more intimate details that i may choose to share with you. myspace allows us to share our music. facebook gives us a critical mass of users that many of the other sites simply cannot do, although it is the most difficult, by far, to manage from a logistical standpoint.
our website, in my opinion, is woefully out of date. but i'm not a webnerd anymore and i'm becoming less and less able to manage it. i can do the basics, but the technologies i employ are definitely 1999 in calibre. attempts at improving that have been, well, botched. i could certainly use some help if a fan could put something together in a quick, easy, meaningful way. i have strict standards for what i want to see stylistically, but other details i would be happy to leave to a designer. i have a little bit of money for this cause and may be able to raise more upon our rebirth in early 2010.
with that said, i simply want to invite you to pick and choose whatever medium you like, full-well knowing that the message will be the same. longer posts like this will be cross-posted to livejournal, linked through facebook and twitter, etc. etc. a dizzying amount of pointers on my end will happen, but i'm happy to do it if it means that you come to our show and that i'm not bombarding you. i will do my best to coordinate and connect the messages and leave none of you out of the loop.
additionally, if any of you want to help out via just being a part of the band as a promoter (that means artist, poster-maker, website designer), i'm learning that the day-to-day of my life eclipses my abilities to be a singer, promoter, manager, booker, photoshop nerd, etc. by all means, feel free to contact me and i will do what i can to make it worth your while.
this has been a team/family effort. we've had tremendous support from band members, their wives, and just friends. that said, after a few years of sort of coasting on my earlier momentum, i'm taking a bit more of an active role in resurrecting this beast after the loss of 3/5 of our members this summer. i truly wish all of them the best and i will appreciate the years of service that they've given me and the band.
sometimes, i think we've peaked. that i should give it up. and then amazing talent comes to us, and the level continues to improve. we're currently a bit unstable, to be honest with you. i'm not sure how the new members will pan out or gel with one another. i feel that it is a bit radioactive. but radioactivity has its benefits. and the sheer, raw, powerful, blistering passion of each of the members for this music is being felt by daniel and i right now. we've never had an all-male crew before. i have to say, it is a bit strange to me, to be honest... but i'm liking it. not because it is all male and we're going to start watching football or anything, but just because these boys are really good at what they do and bring to the table.
i look forward to another year, and i take it step by step. this email came off much more morose than i had intended. i'm not feeling morose about anything at this point. i'm at a point, i suppose, where i'm recognising my own faults and i'm willing to ask for assistance. as it is said in sinking, 'i am slowing down, as the years go by'. that is true. but it is by no means a negative. i'm instead drawing to the band more capable and active members who will help me even more. i'm able to draw more power from within the older i get, and i hope that is reflected in our interpretation of the songs we all adore.
"slow my steps and start to blur
so many years have filled my heart
i never thought i'd say those words"
-primary
thedrowningman
vocals | management | lipstick
theXplodingboys, a tribute to the cure
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| Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
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10:43 am - the curse at the roxy
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hey fans, friends, and people who otherwise care,
i'm in los angeles on vacation. i attended convergence last weekend on the elegant queen mary with m. while i am down here, i hooked up with the local cure tribute called the curse and actually jammed with them last night. their guitarist is porl-caliber... i was amazed. their drummer had to work in the morning, and the practice went fairly late into the night, so i filled in on drums for them for the last hour and a half of practice.
i'll actually be joining them on stage for a couple of songs, so if you're a fan of us in la or happen to be here for some reason, come on down. the show is called thirty imaginary years and they're actually playing a lot of new material (which sounds good when you see the guitar work done live). it is at the roxy in hollywood on saturday night. they're playing two sets and it should be fun. you can buy tickets on line for a discount.
'scarred turned backward cold
curled like an embryo'
-thedrowningman
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| Sunday, April 12th, 2009
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12:16 pm - the know set list
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greetings all.
the know show was in fact not a no-show, and was great fun. it was dark and the sound system was minimal but everything worked out pretty well--it was like practice, really, except that we usually have the amps facing us...
it was great to meet some new folks as well as seeing our favorite familiar faces. forgeries and dj wednesday were excellent and everyone seemed to be well received. thanks again to forgeries for inviting us along.
here is the list of songs that we played:
push
inbetween days
fascination street
primary
other voices
charlotte sometimes
a short term effect
m
10:15 saturday night
killing an arab
boys don't cry
a night like this
thanks to all for coming out!
-daniel
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| Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
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9:09 am
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 this saturday, we're joining forgeries at the know for a cheap-o show in the alberta arts district. the know, like all bars, thankfully, is now non-smoking, which makes the place bearable--it is no longer a smoke-box.
due to the way the neighbourhood works, the show starts early and ends early; both bands have to quit by 23:00; we're planning on being on stage around 21:00.
show is 3$; venue is at 2026 ne alberta. dj wednesday will accompany us.
by the way, we're reworking the date on the wonder ballroom show. we will not be playing 1 may. we'll let you know, though, when it will be. we're just pushing it back a bit.
alright, hope to see you saturday.
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| Monday, March 30th, 2009
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10:09 pm - new show! 11th april 09 at the know with forgeries and dj wednesday
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theXplodingboys are headed up north... to north portland, that is.
we are pleased to announce an 11th april 09 show at the know with forgeries and dj wednesday! tXb will be playing a stripped-down (ok, only one keyboard) show. the forgeries, with members of once in the sun, princess ugly and and faith and the muse, will open the evening by slathering you with dark and danceable indie rock and post-punk goodness, and dj wednesday will fill in the blanks. be sure to dress warmly.
$3 (cheap!) doors open at 8pm and theXplodingboys are on shortly after 9pm.
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10:06 pm - thanks for coming out! (from 7 march 09)
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wow, the 6th march tonic lounge show was so much fun! many props to unknown pleasures for having us as well as totally rocking joy division, and also to broken bodies for a great misfits set to kick off the evening. all three sets were well received and it looked like absolutely everyone enjoyed the whole night. the tonic's a great venue as well. many happy returns? we can hope.
here was our set from last night:
the figurehead
a hundred years
pictures of you
charlotte sometimes
primary
other voices
a night like this
a short term effect
from the edge of the deep green sea
a forest
we kept primarily to the older stuff, seeing as how the other two bands being covered were both gone by 1983! many thanks to the new folks for being patient with the older, not-that-kind-of-post-punk cure that was decidedly different than what bb and up offered up. rest assured, we will be returning to the pop for our next show at the WONDER BALLROOM on may 1st! we hope to see a lot of you out for that show.
laughing in the mirror,
daniel
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10:04 pm - radio show podcast now available! (from 11 feb 09)
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the appearance of theXplodingboys on the Musicology show on portland AM 970 is now posted! click on podcasts, then musicology. we are halfway through section 2. clicking the "subscribe" button will get you there faster. or perhaps this will work...
thanks!
-daniel
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9:18 pm - set list from lola's with adrian h and dj kenny
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hi there.
I'm Daniel. You may know me as that other theXplodingboys person from Myspace, the one behind everyone at shows that you've never seen.
I've been posting blogs there for some time. I will be copying them here as well, starting from early February. Enjoy...
from 8 Feb:
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greetings.
our first show of 2009 went very well, we thought. the lola's stage was great, the crowd was engaged, adrian h and the wounds put on a mesmerizing performance complete with a short opening documentary about them, and dj kenny rocked 80's socks as he always does.
here were the two sets that tXb played:
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push
pictures of you
inbetween days
primary
other voices
the walk
one more time
10:15 saturday night
scared as you (wish b-side)
from the edge of the deep green sea
2
fascination street
just like heaven
halo (wish b-side)
charlotte sometimes
piggy in the mirror
a short term effect
a hundred years
a night like this
a forest
thanks to all for coming out. if you missed us this time we'll be playing portland's tonic lounge on 6 March with unknown pleasures (joy division tribute) and broken bodies (misfits tribute)!
sixteen white legs and a row of teeth,
daniel
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1:58 pm - upcoming shows: 7feb, 6mar
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greetings theXplodingfans,
this is a reminder about our upcoming shows.
when: 7 feb 09, saturday, 8pm (we start at 9pm)
who with: dj kenny and adrian h and the wounds. this is a cd release party for adrian h's new self-titled disc
where: lola's room, at the crystal ballroom.
how much: 10$
why: because we haven't played since august and it's about time!
also, we've just confirmed a show with portland's new joy division tribute unknown pleasures.
when: 6 mar 09, friday, 9pm (we will be on second)
who with: broken bodies (misfits tribute) and unknown pleasures (joy division tribute)
where: the tonic lounge, 3100 ne sandy blvd
how much: 6$
why: because punk and post-punk is good stuff.
7 feb details:
theXplodingboys will open and close for adrian h and the wounds' cd release. accompanied by dj kenny (probably the most underrated and best 80s dj in portland), this will be an evening to remember.
tXb are unveiling some new favourite b-sides at this show and it will be the first show to kick off 2009 for us. we're eXcited to be playing some new songs from the top, pornography and kiss me..., and even some non-album tracks will be played!
show is 21+, $10, tXb hits the stage at 9 and midnight. adrian will go on at approximately 10.45
the crystal ballroom (which hosts lola's room) is located at sw 14th and w burnside
6 mar details:
we're eXcited to announce that we will be playing with the brand new joy division tribute called unknown pleasures. rounding out the lineup will be broken bodies, a misfits tribute. so there you have it... all shades of the greys of punk in one room!
the show will be friday 6 mar and will be 6 bucks. tXb hits the stage second. unlike most of our shows of late, we won't be going on really early. and we'll be playing a shorter, but eXplosive, set.
so come out with your eyeliner, tight pants, spikes, leather jackets, fishnets... you know the story. we'll party like it's 1982.
http://thexplodingboys.com/shows.html
thedrowningman
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the eastern sky grows cold
winter in water colours
shades of grey..."
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