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01:33 pm
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Fall Update with Pictures
Life has continued to be very busy this fall, but at least we're pretty much done getting settled in finally. The house is furnished and our routines are pretty well established.
Work is boring today, so here are some highlights from recent weeks, ( with pictures... )
That's all for now...
Current Mood:  bored
Current Music: Soundgarden - Somewhere
Tags: halloween, wii
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03:42 pm
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How About That Local Sports Team
In baseball, I was pleased to see both of "my teams" (the Twins and the Rockies) get into the playoffs, although it's too bad neither of them could advance... At least the Rockies managed to win a game.
However, this has started out to be quite a year for my football teams, the Vikings and the Broncos.... I actually didn't expect much from the Broncos, I didn't realize they're as good as they are until they beat New England. (The same team that put up an incredible 59-0 against a team that's supposed to have one of the better defenses in the league, the Tennessee Titans).
6-0. Almost half way through the regular season, and both of my teams have yet to lose a game. I'll have to admit both teams have required some good fortune to get where they are... An unlikely tipped-pass gave the Broncos a last-second win in one of their first games, which was only slightly less likely than the last-second blown field goal by the Ravens on Sunday. But despite their record, the Ravens are one of the better teams in the league, in my opinion, and the way the Vikings man-handled them in the first half was simply impressive.
A few years ago, while debating football with a local Packers fan, I said the reason the Vikings can't make it to (let alone through) the Super Bowl is because of a lack of a truly good quarterback. I said "If we had Brett Favre on the Vikings, we could probably win the Super Bowl too." I wasn't expecting a 40-year-old Favre to be able to do it, but heck, maybe he can.
A few weeks ago, I told someone how awesome it would be to see the Rockies and Twins in the World Series this year, since it would be a win-win situation for me. (Or, more like a win-lose-lose-win situation, since no matter what happens, I would be both cheering and griping.) But now I'm starting to wonder if we could see a Super Bowl between the Vikings and the Broncos. And of course the Vikings would win, because I've been a fan of them for much longer.
Still, I have to mention that I don't think either team is anywhere close to the best in the league. For the NFC, I'm still not sure if the Vikings can beat the Giants or the Saints, and the Eagles have been troublesome when they're not playing like morons. Even the Packers can pose a threat if they can secure a wild card spot, which should be easy in the NFC. The AFC is full of dangerous teams, including the Steelers, Patriots, Colts, and maybe even Cincinnati (the worst 4-2 team in the league).
So, making it to the playoffs should be a cake-walk for both of my teams at this point, but getting to the Super Bowl will certainly be a challenge, and I wouldn't bet any money on either team winning it. But if there's a year to hope, this is it...
In other news, I wish this cold would go away. Caught a bug within 1 day of arriving in Minnesota 2 weeks ago, and I still haven't recovered. Working from home appears to have killed my immune system's resistance.
Current Mood:  sick
Tags: broncos, football, vikings
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02:51 pm
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In Other News
Work is quite boring today, which I suppose is a good thing, so I'm going to ramble about some of the things going on here in Colorado...
( Kind of a long ramble, so click here if you want to read it... )
Lastly, for anybody who cares, I'll be visiting Minnesota for a few days next week. We're driving up on Saturday, arriving late in the night, and I'll be heading back the following Friday evening in order to get home on time to see Dethklok and Mastodon in Denver that Saturday. Rachael will stay in town a few extra days for her niece's birthday, and she'll be flying back the next Monday evening. So if anybody has anything special going on next week, let me know and I'll see if it fits into my already-tight schedule. (Got a few family birthday things, a Monday night Vikings-Packers game, a major project release for work, and a work happy-hour, occupying various evenings of the week...)
By the way, for anybody who was wondering what Brett Favre gives to the Vikings that they hadn't had before, I think that question was answered with 0:02 left in the game yesterday. What a finish! Also, go Rockies, and go Broncos! (3 out of 4 of "my" teams won yesterday, and at least the Twins didn't lose any ground on the Tigers.) I can't begin to describe how awesome it would be for me to have the Twins play the Rockies in the World Series.
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze
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03:09 pm
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Camper Van!
We bought a camper!
( Pictures here )
It's an 84 Xplorer, built on a Dodge Ram frame, and extended an extra 3 feet for the back bedroom area, plus a domed roof for extra headroom. The engine runs surprisingly well for the age, and the interior is in great shape. It combines all the amenities of a fully-functional RV with the versatility and muscle of a V8 van (350 engine). There's a bed, bathroom with shower and sink, kitchenette with fridge, sink, and stove, dinette table that folds up and becomes either a 2nd bed or bench seating, and lots of little storage spaces. It also has a trailer hitch in case we ever get an ATV or boat. I wasn't really planning on getting a camper just yet, but when I saw this ad on Craigslist, I couldn't really pass it up.
So this opens new doors for our Colorado experience. For one thing, we'll be able to go camping on a moment's notice without having to worry about finding a campsite or pitching a tent. The National Forests around here have tons of off-road campsites where you just drive up a dirt road into the mountains, find a nice flat area among the trees, and park. We saw many people camping out in the woods when we camped in Poudre Canyon over Labor Day weekend, and I kept thinking "now that's how you do it, no need to pay for a campsite, no neighbors to bother you, complete freedom."
While we were camped at our campsite next to the main highway on the canyon floor, we had to deal with some a-hole campers fifty yards away blasting loud heavy gangsta rap at 12:30am while we were trying to sleep, and frequent loud trucks rolling by now and then. And all we could do is try to deal with it (although I did confront the wannabe thug playing the rap after trying to fall asleep for 2 hours, and he turned it down enough for us to get to sleep).
So anyway, now we'll be able to camp pretty much wherever we want, and we won't even need to worry about setting up a tent or keeping bears from getting our food.
Another advantage of having the camper is being able to make trips back to Minnesota much more comfortable. We'll still drive the car for some trips, such as our 1-week visit coming up in October, but whenever we're going to be spending a while on the road (such as dual-trips that involve both Rachael's family in North Dakota and my family in Minnesota), we'll be able to take the camper and sleep wherever we want while we're on the road. And since it's a van rather than a full-size RV, we'll get pretty good gas mileage and be able to make good time on the road (12mpg average, and easily capable of maintaining 70mph).
The downside is that now I have to figure out what to do with my other van, the Chevy conversion van converted into a cargo van. At first I was thinking I would just sell it, but then I had an idea today: cheap moving services. So I posted a Craigslist ad to rent out myself with the van for $20 an hour for hauling large items or helping people move. Not a full-fledged moving service, just helping them do their own moving. I don't want to try to compete with the real movers, but I figure I can get $20 an hour for helping people move or haul appliances home or whatever. Hopefully I don't piss off the local moving companies by undercutting their rates, but I emphasized on the ad that I'm not offering a full service moving operation, and I'm only intending to cater to the people who would not want or cannot afford the professionals anyway.
Current Mood:  excited
Current Music: Dire Straits - Walk of Life
Tags: camper, camping, colorado, mountains
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05:21 pm
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Hello from Colorado (with Pictures!)
I know I said I'd have a lot more time to post once I moved to Colorado... And, well, I will have a lot more time, eventually, once we're done getting settled in and unpacked. We moved a month and a half ago, and we're still not done getting settled in. But we're almost done. There are just a few boxes left that still need to be unpacked, and a few items that we still need in order to finish furnishing the house.
I don't have a lot of time to get into details at the moment, we're going to City Park for a kickball game in a little while. Looks like it'll be perfect weather for kickball, since the airflow is moving westward at the moment, and the regular afternoon thunderstorms are blowing off the mountains to the west instead of down here. So pretty much no chance of rain.
Anyway, here are a bunch of pictures from our first 6 weeks of living in Colorado:
( 27 pictures of mountains and other scenery )
More to come! Also, I'll be visiting Minnesota for a few days for work during the first full week of October. I don't think I'll have time to see very many people, but if anybody has anything interesting going on that week, let me know. But I already have plans for watching the Vikings/Packers MNF game, so that day is already booked.
Current Mood:  busy
Current Music: Soundgarden - Searching with My Good Eye Closed
Tags: colorado, mountains, pictures
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12:53 pm
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Yard Sale Going On Now
For anybody interested in pawing through our junk, our "Name Your Own Price" Yard Sale is going on now. Details here:
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/gms/1266116290.html
Current Mood: busy
Tags: moving, yard sale
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09:10 pm
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The West Is The Best
I've been talking about it for years, and it has been "official" for months, but I'm finally getting around to making a formal announcement about it.
In late July of this summer, just about a month from now, I'll be moving (with my new wife) out to Colorado, probably either Loveland or Fort Collins. We won't know exactly where until we find the house we're going to live in for the next year. I don't want to rent an apartment because I like the freedom and peace of living in a house, but I don't want to buy a house until we've been there for a while, so we're just going to rent a house for a year while we scope out the place and figure out where we'd like to live. Also, I don't want to spend a lot of time and money flying/driving back and forth to find a place to live, so I'm actually just going to find a place on the day that we move our first load of stuff out there. I'll throw the first load in storage while we look at houses and fill out the application for the one(s) we like most, and then we'll have a place ready for us when we make the final move at the end of July.
Anyway, for those who still live in Minnesota and still visit the LiveJournal (which doesn't seem like very many, for which I curse FaceBook), we'll be having a going away party at our current place (in Saint Anthony Village, near NE Minneapolis) on Saturday, July 11th. We have lots of leftover booze from our wedding reception, so we're hoping to consume as much of that as possible, thereby reducing the amount of open bottles we need to travel with (or more likely, give away to our roommates).
The following day, Sunday, July 12th, we'll be having a "name your own price" garage sale to try to get rid of as much stuff as we can. I figured it'd be a bit easier and more fun than hauling all that stuff to the Salvation Army or wherever, and we might make a few bucks in the process. We have a lot of stuff that's too nice to just throw away, but not important or valuable enough to move, so we'd like to give away as much as possible.
The painful part of this process has been selling the music equipment that I can't justify bringing... I'm keeping my most valuable items, like my Gibson Les Paul, Lakland 5-string bass, Ampeg SVT4PRO amp-head, etc, but I just sold a Marshall amp/cab and 2 Ampeg bass cabs today, all of which had a lot of sentimental value but are just too big to haul down there. And since I won't be in any bands for a while, I won't need anything other than some practice amps. It was a shame to see them go, but at least I got a decent price for them and I don't have to worry about finding room to haul them down.
Other than the melancholy feelings that go with moving away and leaving a 30-years-in-the-making life behind, I'm really quite excited to be moving away. I've always longed to live by the mountains, and it's a lot warmer in the winter there, so I'm 90% sure I'll be happier there. And best of all, I'll be able to telecommute to work, so I won't have to worry about finding a new job, and I won't have to wear stuffy work clothes or commute in traffic anymore. Heck, that's probably the thing I'm looking forward to most.
Also, I just came up with a new drink. It's kind of like a raspberry kamikaze, except it isn't. 2 parts clear rum, 1 part triple sec, 1/2 part peach schnapps, 2 parts raspberry lemonade, and a splash of lime juice, shaken with ice and strained.
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Wilco - I'm A Wheel
Tags: colorado, moving
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05:59 pm
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Stained Glass Rabbit Farewell Tour
Ok, it's not really a tour, but it's still our first show in over a year, and last show forever... Those who remember my posts about SGR shows from last winter probably thought the band wasn't still around, but we actually took some time off from shows to do some recording and try to manage our busy schedules. We've progressed quite far and recorded a 4-song demo (which you can hear on our MySpace page or on www.stainedglassrabbit.com). And all that just to call it quits.
Well, it's not a total loss, we had a lot of fun in the process, but I'm moving away in July (which I haven't formally announced yet), and the singer/bassist is quite busy managing a local pizza shop (Paisano's) and is going to be starting work on some sort of solo music project of his own. So, it just made sense to hang up the rabbit ears and go out on a positive note.
And that positive note will be played at the Fine Line on Tuesday, June 23rd (next week!). There's no cover charge and drinks are 2-for-1, so there's no reason for anyone to say they can't afford it (unless they're opposed to walking a few blocks from the nearest free street parking).
Here are the details:
Who: Stained Glass Rabbit / The Stone Pages / The Main Drag / Dedmondson
When: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, Doors: 7:00pm, Show: 7:30pm (we'll probably play around 10pm)
Where: The Fine Line Cafe in downtown Minneapolis (318 First Ave N)
Other info: 21+, 2-for-1 on ALL drinks, free with comp ticket (just print that page and cut out the ticket part)
If you don't have a printer and want one of the free comp tickets, let me know, we have tons of them. I'm not sure if there will be a cover for people without a ticket, but it's probably best to have the ticket just to be sure.
And for those wondering about the fate of my other band, Lothario, they will be continuing on without me, and are currently in the process of picking a new bassist. As for a farewell show for me to say goodbye to the hip-hop stage, that is still to-be-determined. They have a show lined up for the Fine Line on Saturday, July 4th (quite an opportunity, if you ask me), but I'll be at a friend's wedding that night, so that'll be their first show without me. However, I still might play one last show sometime after that, depending on when and if it gets scheduled.
Current Mood:  sleepy
Current Music: Simpsons theme song on TV
Tags: band, music, shows, stained glass rabbit
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08:29 pm
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Now Hiring
Once again, the company I work for is looking for employees. With all the talk of unemployment rates and economic woes, you wouldn't think it around here... There's a significant shortage of good employees, and we're having trouble finding qualified candidates.
So, if anybody out there is looking for a job, and has a significant level of computer-savviness, we're looking for some people to fill some developer positions. Specifically, we're looking for .NET developers (VB6 to start with, but it would eventually transition to C#), but any amount of programming skills would probably carry over, and they're willing to train if necessary.
Basically, the trait that matters most is an overall level of intelligence and reliability. And a good understanding of computers. And, knowing the people on my friends-list, there is no shortage of that here.
So, if any of you are looking for a job, and have programming skills, let me know. Doesn't really matter if you're in the Minnesota area, the company I work for has employees all over the country.
I think we're also looking for someone with SQL Server / DBA experience.
So if you're either unemployed or not happy with your current employment, and you think you might be qualified, let me know. I get a referral bonus if you get hired, so I'm more than happy to help you get a foot in the door... (And if you know someone who might be interested, feel free to send them here.)
Current Mood: sleepy
Tags: jobs
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01:17 pm
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Lothario at The Fine Line Tonight!
I'm not going to post a lot of detail, because I know that anybody who wants to know more can find out by going to the official Lotharioband.com website.
The main reason for my post is the excitement of seeing my band's name on the HOME PAGE of the Star Tribune's website... Go there and scroll down a bit until you see the "vita.mn" listing... First link under "Today's Events" says "Deepsoul Deities, Lothario and G8". (Note: King Tuesday is also playing, but they got added to the bill late, so they didn't make the Fine Line's listing.)
I'm quite excited about this show... I listened to some of the other bands we'll be playing with, and I was rather impressed. Previously, we've mostly just played with typical pre-recorded-track rappers who run around on stage with a few friends yelling into mics, but most of tonight's acts are live-band groups, and it's not just hip-hop, there's going to be some soul and funk in the mix. I think it'll be a good fit for Lothario's diverse sound, and hopefully there will be a large crowd.
This is our first time playing a "weekend" at The Fine Line (they consider Thursday through Saturday to be the prime nights). The Fine Line has "local music showcases" on Mondays through Wednesdays as sort of a minor-league for scoping out the local talent. Bands that manage to impress and draw a decent crowd on those days are promoted to Thursdays, and eventually they get consideration to open for national acts on Fridays and Saturdays, or even to get a headlining spot if they do especially well. We played Monday, we played Tuesday, and we played Wednesday, and now we get Thursday. Only a matter of time before we're playing Friday and Saturday.
We've had Friday and Saturday shows several times before, but this is the first time at the Fine Line. It's easy to get a Friday gig at The Red Sea, but I don't like playing there...
If you're bored tonight and wanna see some good local hip-hop/funk/soul bands, come to the Fine Line with at least $5, and we'll see you there! Bring an extra $5 if you want a copy of the brand new Lothario Live CD.
Oh, by the way, almost forgot to mention: we got a review written up in a new local magazine called Mill City Scene:
http://articles.millcityscene.com/sites/hiphop/blog.asp?TopicID=387
Check it out if you've got a minute!
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Rush - The Main Monkey Business
Tags: band, lothario, music, shows
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06:14 pm
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Adopt-A-Kitty!
I've been dreading this post for a long time, because I really don't want to give up my Kitties... But, I have no choice, Rachael is severely allergic to cats, and so I have to find someone to adopt my beloved Kitty.
But I won't give her to just anyone. My preference would be for someone I know to take her, so that I might be able to see her now and then, or at least know that she's in good hands.
For those who have never met Kitty, she is arguably the friendliest and cuddliest kitty of all time. I've known a lot of cats in my life, and I have never met one like Kitty.
( A Brief History of Kitty )
Kitty's exact age is unknown, but since she was estimated at 2-3 years old when I got her, 9 years ago, it's safe to assume she's probably about 11-12 years old by now. The good news about that is that adopting Kitty won't be a very long-term commitment. I don't know how much longer she will live, but considering her weight, I'd say she probably has about 3-5 years left. She's getting to a point where she has trouble jumping up onto the bed, and she won't even try jumping on anything higher than 3 feet. She's declawed in the front, and is also missing her top 2 canines (they were pulled out last year). But despite her limitations, she seems to be in very high spirits, and doesn't act like there's anything wrong with her at all.
I have kept both Kitty and Deuces up-to-date on their vaccinations and check-ups, and I can arrange to have their medical records transferred to the veterinarian of your choice. During a recent check-up, they both received a clean bill-of-health, with the only potential concern being Kitty's bad dental hygiene. (I got her a thing of dental floss, but she just can't seem to figure out how to use it...) Seriously though, there are 2 teeth that might fall out within the next few years, but she'll be fine since she tends to eat without chewing anyway (a habit she picked up when she first started having tooth problems).
My timeframe for finding someone to take Kitty is pretty loose, the only requirement is that I need to find a new home for her before I move out of my apartment. My lease ends on February 28th, so ideally I would like to give her up at the beginning of February or late January. In addition to getting Kitty, you would also get her food dishes, a litter box, all my leftover cat food and litter, a few miscellaneous cat toys, a leash and harness, and perhaps a kitty bed (although Deuces seems to use that bed more, so it might end up going with Deuces...). I also have a small carrying cage, although it's probably too small for Kitty, so I think that will be going with Deuces. However, Kitty is pretty docile, so I never have to put her in a cage when I bring her places, I can simply carry her in my arms.
So in conclusion, I regretfully have to ask: do you or anyone you know want to adopt my wonderful kitty, Kitty?
( Numerous pictures of Kitty (and Deuces) )
Current Mood:  melancholy
Current Music: The Sound of Animals Fighting - On The Occasion of Wet Snow
Tags: kitty
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11:17 am
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Lothario presents Hip-Hop Night at Station 4
This Friday, December 12th, Lothario will be headlining our first "Hip-Hop Night," featuring numerous talented local hip-hop acts, hosted by Carnage the Executioner. This is our first stab at organizing and promoting our own event, and we're quite optimistic about it.
What: Hip-Hop Night presented by Lothario
Where: Station 4 - 201 E 4th St, St Paul, MN 55101
When: Friday, December 12, doors at 8:30pm, music at 9pm
Cost: $5 at the door
Who: Lothario
L.W.P. (Mahdi, Victor Vagabond, and MC Flow)
Wize Guyz
Andre Lipsey
Mally from the 612
Mic 101
Hosted by Carnage the Executioner
Featuring other special guests
Details can be found at www.lotharioband.com and www.myspace.com/lotharioband.
"Lothario Live" CD now on sale!
We will be selling our brand-spankin'-new live album for a mere $5 at the show. It's a full-length CD featuring a compilation of our favorite songs performed live at various shows over the past year, including a few songs that will not be on our upcoming studio album.
( Flyer: Lothario presents Hip-Hop Night at Station 4 )
Current Mood: excited
Tags: band, lothario, music, shows
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08:56 pm
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Engaged
Years ago, I posted some rants about a girl I like, named Rachael... Well, now we're engaged! We started dating a little over a year ago, and sometime next spring we'll be married.
The exact details are to-be-determined, mostly because we're having trouble deciding what to do.
For one thing, we want to have a low-key, inexpensive, informal ceremony... We've been thinking of having that ceremony in Hawaii, with only a select few close family members and nobody else. Then, we would have a large, even more informal reception back home, something simple and easy.
However, even getting a select few family members to Hawaii is challenging, so we're considering maybe having the ceremony here, but still sticking with the simple/informal/relaxed approach. We'd still go to Hawaii anyway, but that would just be the honeymoon, not the ceremony.
The main thing that's keeping us from moving forward with planning is that we can't figure out what the best place would be for a ceremony and/or reception.
Ideally, I'd like to find a place where we can have a big outdoor party, with a big barbecue and beer and a bar and a DJ... Basically like a barn-dance kind of thing. The problem is that most outdoor-type places don't allow all those things. Some places allow amplified music, but not alcohol. Some places allow most of the above, but require that you use their catering service or cost way too much...
So, maybe somebody here has a suggestion about this. Does anybody know of a place where we could have a big ol' barn dance and barbecue with kegs and grills and whatnot, that doesn't cost way too much and allows us to provide our own food and drinks? Or at least something that comes close to that? (I'm willing to compromise if we can find something close to ideal.)
Any ideas? Any advice?
Current Mood: excited
Tags: wedding
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05:46 pm
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Lothario playing at The Red Sea - Saturday, Sept 6th
I don't have time for details, so I'll let the flyer do the talking:
We also just got tentative confirmation for another Fine Line show on Monday, September 15th. We actually had to turn down September 10th because the guitarist will be out of town, but that's fine with me because doing 2 shows within a week of eachother would be a bit much.
Hope to see you there!
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Casanatra - Analysis
Tags: band, lothario, music, shows
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05:07 pm
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Reminder: Lothario at The Fine Line
Free show at The Fine Line! Tickets available online or from any band member.
When: Tuesday, July 15 - doors at 7pm, music at 8pm. Lothario might play early, so don't be late!
Where: The Fine Line Music Cafe
Cost: $3 at door, free with advance ticket!
Line-up:
8:00pm Catalyst Dialog
9:15pm Lothario (or maybe earlier - Catalyst Dialog will probably have a very short set)
10:30pm The Hot Box
11:15pm Frozen Tundra
Notes: 21+ show, 2-for-1 drinks!
You can print out free tickets from the Fine Line's website, or you can get free tickets from any band member.
Current Mood: busy
Tags: band, lothario, music, shows, the fine line
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06:48 pm
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Lothario Shows Coming Up!
Lothario has 2 shows in the near future:
Friday show at The Red Sea
This Friday, July 11th, Lothario is opening at The Red Sea. We asked for an earlier set because it's the birthday of a friend of the band, so we'd like to be able to go celebrate after the show. Also, we know a lot of the fans don't like to stay out too late (one side-effect of having an older-than-average fanbase), so we try to get early gigs whenever possible.
When: Friday, July 11 - doors at 9pm, music at 9:30pm. Lothario plays first!
Where: The Red Sea Bar
Cost: $7 at door, $5 with flyer - contact any band member to get a flyer! (Or, print one from here, but be careful because that's an animated GIF and it alternates between the Red Sea flyer and the Fine Line flyer - make sure to print the Red Sea side...)
Line-up:
Lothario (first)
Junk Yard Dog
Crooked Creations
Notes: 18+ show
Lothario returns to The Fine Line
We played the Fine Line back on Wednesday, June 11th, and it was a blast. They were sufficiently impressed to invite us back for another show, and we're excited to play there again. More importantly, we're looking forward to getting a good recording from this show. We were supposed to get a DVD of the show from our last performance, but there were technical difficulties with the DVD burner, and the recording was lost. Hopefully we'll get a successful recording this time, because we'd really like to update our demo with recordings of live performances.
When: Tuesday, July 15 - doors at 7pm, music at 8pm. Lothario might play early, so don't be late!
Where: The Fine Line Music Cafe
Cost: $3 at door, free with advance ticket!
Line-up:
8:00pm Catalyst Dialog
9:15pm Lothario (or maybe earlier - Catalyst Dialog will probably have a very short set)
10:30pm The Hot Box
11:15pm Frozen Tundra
Notes: 21+ show, 2-for-1 drinks!
You can print out free tickets from the Fine Line's website, or you can get free tickets from any band member.
As usual, you can find all the details of the shows, as well as audio, video, and pictures from previous shows, at our MySpace page or the band website:
http://www.lotharioband.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lotharioband
Hope to see you there!
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Stephen Ashbrook - The Hard Part
Tags: band, lothario, music, shows
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05:50 pm
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Lothario at The Fine Line - FREE TICKETS
I know it's short notice, but for anybody who might be interested, Lothario is playing at The Fine Line tomorrow night, going on stage shortly after 9pm, and we'll be done by about 10:15, so you'll be able to get home and get to bed at a decent hour. We're play second, I believe, and the first act starts at 8pm.
And best of all, we have FREE TICKETS available through the Fine Line's website. There is a link to print out the tickets at our website, www.lotharioband.com, in the Shows section. Or, you can just go here: http://www.finelinemusic.com/adv_tickets.html. The tickets are free because this is a local-music-showcase, which basically means that The Fine Line is trying to gauge how much draw a band can pull in. The assumption is that a band that can pull a lot of people to a free show on a weekday would also be able to draw a lot of people to a paying show on a weekend. Plus, they make money off of drink sales and people who forgot to bring their free ticket (the cover is $3 without the ticket).
So, if you want to see a free Lothario show tomorrow night, print off one of those tickets (or several - bring your friends!), come down to the Fine Line, and tell them you came to see Lothario (they'll ask so they can tell who to give credit for bringing you to the show).
And if you can't make this show, there's another Red Sea show coming up next month, on Friday, July 11th. We're also playing first at that show (by our request), so those who can't stay late will be able to catch our set and get home a decent hour.
Also, check out our MySpace page for new music, pictures, and 2 videos from our last Red Sea show!
Or, heck, here's one of the videos right here:
( Click here to see the video )
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Epicurean - Behind the Chapel Walls
Tags: band, lothario, music, shows, the fine line
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07:34 pm
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LOTHARIO DEBUTS TOMORROW
Don't forget, the long-awaited debut of Lothario occurs tomorrow night at The Red Sea Bar. Lothario will be headlining, with opening acts Victor Vagabond, Thresh, and Majesti. Music starts at 9:30 and we expect Lothario to go onstage sometime around 11pm. We may go on earlier, so don't be late!
The cost at the door will be $7, but it's not too late to get an advance ticket for $5, and we can also give out flyers that will get you in for $5. Contact any band member if you want one of these tickets or flyers.
Details of the show can be found on our website at www.lotharioband.com, or at our MySpace page at www.myspace.com/lotharioband.
Also, if you can't find parking on the streets, there is a parking lot behind the bar that costs only $2. So, if you save $2 by getting an advance ticket or by bringing the flyer, you can spend that $2 on parking.
See you there!
Tags: band, lothario, music, shows
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05:45 pm
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Reminder: Lothario Tomorrow!
Don't forget, Lothario's first gig ever is occurring tomorrow at Gasthof's. More information here.
It will be a late show, with the music starting at 10pm, and probably 4 acts total. We don't know yet what spot in the line-up we'll be getting, but I can send out text messages as soon as I know to anybody who might be interested in going if the show isn't too late. We'll find out sometime between 9pm and 10pm. They'll be drawing the line-up from a hat or something like that, so hopefully we'll get the first spot (10pm).
And if you can't make it to the Gasthof's show tomorrow, the official debut will be at The Red Sea in the Cedar/Riverside area, next Friday, May 16th. More information here.
Hope to see you there!
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: At The Drive-In - Pattern Against User
Tags: band, lothario, music, shows
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06:08 pm
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Finally! Lothario Debuts!
In case you haven't already heard the news, the long-awaited debut of my primary band, Lothario, is coming up very soon!
We actually have 2 shows in the near future:
The Lothario Preview: Mario Keller's Bar (Gasthof zur Gemutlichkeit), a.k.a. Gasthof's - Wednesday, May 7, 2008, sometime after 10pm. $5 at the door. We won't find out exactly what time we play until after we get there, so it might be 10pm, it might be 1am, or anywhere in between. There will probably be 4 acts (all hip-hop), and they'll draw names from a hat before the show to determine order. If you want to go to a show that doesn't go so late, go to the "official debut," below.
The Lothario Debut: The Red Sea Bar (The Green Room) - Friday, May 16, 2008, 9:00pm. $5 in advance (with flyer), or $7 at the door. This is our official debut, and the set will probably be about an hour and a half, so definitely worth checking out. We will be playing first, shortly after 9pm, so you won't need to stay up late (and besides, it's a Friday!).
You can listen to some of our demo songs on our MySpace page, at http://www.myspace.com/lotharioband.
More information, show details, and pictures can be found on our official website, www.lotharioband.com.
We spent years trying to find the right line-up for the band (the guitarist role was a bit of a challenge), and we've been working on completing writing our songs and getting ready for these shows for the past 6 months. It's been a long time coming, and we're finally ready to debut.
Hope to see you there!
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Dream Theater - Disappear
Tags: band, lothario, music, shows
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