Tuesday, August 7, 2007

SHATTER YOUR DAY!

The second of the three Celebrated Summer anniversary shows happened on Friday August Third inside of Legends comics which houses CSR. I was super nervous about this show since it was a lot to plan for and I really did not want anything to go wrong. Luckily I had the help of Tom, Moo, John and Robs to make things easier and in the end it turned out great. Deep Sleep went on first and I was a bit distracted/nervous not just because of trying to do everything but also my Mom and Sister, her husband and their children and my Aunt were all there. It was great to see them and they all seemed in really good spirits, especially after all the free Pizza, Root beer and cupcakes(Moo made them!) I had gotten for this thing. Anyways we played pretty well and it was fun/surreal to be playing at the store in the spot normally where it's kids playing Magic the gathering.
Deep Sleep (Mom and Aunt on left) Pics by Eldon Baldwin

I got a few pretty amazing presents, one being this great painting by Jeriminus (who has done other excellent art for the store)
another being this great cake set from Amanda Sobus and Jesse Kuzniarski

cakes! Pic by Eldon Baldwin.

Moo made amazing cupcakes and gave me a sweet card. Photos of the cupcakes and uneaten cakes soon!

For science played an awesome set next and I have photos coming soon!
After them The Ergs played and the crowd was jumping around and singing along like crazy. They played songs from almost all of their releases and even "stinking of whiskey blues" for me!


The Ergs pics by Eldon Baldwin Set list Pic by Me.

Next up was Philly Punk Legends F.O.D.! They were super nice and completely hilarious! They brought some free porn to give away and put on a really energetic set. It was getting a bit late by this point so the crowd had thinned out but it was their loss for sure as these guys ripped!

F.O.D. Pics including setlist by Eldon Baldwin.
Cleanup was super easy and It could not have gone better. I'll start taking suggestions on who should play next year now!

Monday, August 6, 2007

MINE!

Showed up today thanks to Moo!!!


FAT NATION!

On July 18th Deep Sleep was lucky enough to play in the parking lot of the Warehouse Next Door in Washington DC with Fucked up(CANADA), Government Warning(RVA) and FIYA(FLA). Originally Cloak Dagger were supposed to play but their drummer broke his hand so that was that.
Lots of good friends at the show and although we played first and the sound was still being fiddled with it was a great time and a nice change to play outdoors.


Deep Sleep

I was inside when FIYA played but by the time Government Warning went on I was right up front. Kids went off and GW played a great set. Fucked Up went on next and although the crowd reaction was not as strong as it was for GW they got a great response and played really well. Overall a pretty great time and big thanks to Katty Otto for putting it all together, she did a great job.

EAT RICE!

July 27th was the first of the three Celebrated Summer Anniversary shows. The Charm City Art space was the location and we were honored to have both Conquest for death (CA) and BREAKFAST (TOKYO) to set things off. First up was The Cult Classics (MD) with some high energy thrash that got the circle pit going. Patrick from CC was also the one responsible for booking this show so my thanks go out to him twice over. Next up Deep Sleep played and although we were more Punk then thrash and more Pop than fast I think we did a pretty good job and I had an awesome time playing in addition to being honored to play with Breakfast. Conquest for Death was up next and pretty much tore the roof off of the space with energy and jumps I have not seen in forever. Also they were fast as hell and amazing musicians along with being incredibly friendly. conquest for death


Breakfast were as good if not better than when I had previously seen them in Tokyo in 2004. They started off with a barrage of skate-thrash and then broke it down into the Jazz punk that sets them apart from almost everyone. The kids circle pitted to the Thrash and Danced it up for the Jazz. It was amazingly fun and the perfect vibe for the first of the anniversary shows.


Breakfast

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Lucky Lisp

Monday I left the store in the capable hands of Pat Martin so that me and Moo (Melissa) could make the Trek to Philadelphia To see Morrissey play his make up show at the Mann theater.
The week before we had caught awful traffic heading to the Deep Sleep/Fighting Dogs/Criminal Damage show at Disgraceland so this time we prepared with a fully charged Ipod and a much earlier start.
We need not have worried as we hit no traffic and had plenty of hours to kill before the show which we filled doing a decent amount of shopping. Moo picked up the new Isis 2xLP at the Relapse store and a reasonably priced copy of the Smiths "hatfull of hollow" LP at Beautiful World Syndicate. I grabbed a sweet copy of the Ripcord "your choice live" LP also at BWS and a rad Tokidoki shirt at some random shop on South St.

We hit the Mann and as soon as we walked through the gate met some really cool Hardcore kids from Richmond. Turns out they had walked from central Philly for miles to get there! After promising to meet up with them after the show to give them a ride back we found our seats and waited for the show to start. The set was pretty heavy on the new stuff but overall I was really into it. Lots of joking with the crowd, shaking hands and stage invasions (toward the end) I also was pretty excited for Moo being excited, as this was her first time seeing Moz.

Here is the Philly set list:

THE QUEEN IS DEAD
FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE
YOU HAVE KILLED ME
ALL YOU NEED IS ME
IN THE FUTURE WHEN ALL'S WELL
WHATEVER HAPPENS I LOVE YOU
THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE
LET ME KISS YOU
EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
I'M THROWING MY ARMS AROUND PARIS
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT
IRISH BLOOD ENGLISH HEART
THE NATIONAL FRONT DISCO
DISAPPOINTED
I WILL SEE YOU IN FAR OFF PLACES
I JUST WANT TO SEE THE BOY HAPPY
GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA
AT LAST I AM BORN
LIFE IS A PIGSTY
HOW SOON IS NOW
LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS



The ride back to the city was super fun with our new friends. (Names are escaping me right now) Here is some sample dialog :

"I think we parked our car on that street"
"That street is AWESOME"!

Great kids for sure and it reminded me that really only in Hardcore and punk do you just hook up with random new friends so easily based on a shirt someone might be wearing.

The next day me and Moo had a great walk around Philly and some time in a nice shady park before heading home. We split up for a bit and then met back up at Reptilian/Ottobar to see Modern life is War play with some pretty awful "Emo" Bands. We hung around just long enough for the last MLIW chord to ring out and then bailed for Fells Point and some Pizza and hanging out on the waterfront.

While at the always awesome Reptilian I picked up "You're gonna miss me" A film about Rocky Erickson.
After Fells Point we headed back to Moo's place to check it out. Having been a fan of both the 13th Floor Elevators and Rocky's solo records I was super glad to be owning this. Much darker in tone than the somewhat comparable "Devil in Daniel Johnston" but still amazing. Great footage throughout his career and a compelling and heartbreaking story of a family under very serious stress. Well worth checking out.