Fresh off our barn burning show at the DNA Lounge this last weekend, the band’s dance card is quickly filling up. We are gearing up for our Valentines Day shows throughout February. We will kick off the Sugar Shack Love Fest on the Friday 12th and roll it on through to a do not miss show on Feb. 17th with veteran acts Deeper and The American Professionals. The American Professionals have just released their newest EP The Specialist and will be rocking some of the best power pop you’ve ever heard. Deeper are one of the Bay Area’s favorite bands for a damn good reason. Killer riffs and a great stage presence will blow your mind. Be prepared on that night for some of the best music San Francisco has to offer.
As 2009 winds down, we want to wish you and yours a very Happy Holidays and thank you for a great 2009. We look forward to 2010 and have a big plans throughout the coming year. We will be playing more shows and releasing our EP next year. Along with new songs, recording, and touring outside of the Bay Area, we’re very excited about the next 12 months.
Even though we weren’t able to put out a new song for Christmas this year, check out our song from Christmas past, Pictures of You and grab a free copy of it at the same time.
Thanks to everyone for all of your support in 2009 and we want to hear from you in 2010.
The Socialized Christmas Craptacular rolls to an end this evening at the Abbey Tavern (4100 Geary St., San Francisco) with our friends Tom Trono and Disasters of The Past. The fun starts at 9 PM.
We are going to miss our pals Dave & Matt from Disasters Of The Past. They are moving back to New Orleans at the end of this month. We want to wish them the best and send them off with style tonight.
We are also planing on showing the complete raw footage from the Never Be The Same video shoot this evening. That works out to be one hour’s worth of footage. We probably won’t be playing ‘Never Be The Same’ for the entire hour, but stop by and check it out!
Thanks to Headslide and The Real for a great time at The El Rio last night. It was the first time we had played there and we had a great time hanging out with old friends and making new ones as well. It was great to see Michael Ritz again from the Never Be The Same video and I had a great time with the couple from Illinois before the set as well.
I also had a chance to work out my new bass at that show, too. I’m looking forward to getting a little more familiar with her in the coming years as well She’s a monster.
Don’t forget that the 1st Annual Socialized Christmas Craptacular continues on Friday the 18th at the Abbey Tavern at 9 PM. That show promises to be a hell of a lot of fun because we’re playing a neighborhood show and expecting all of our local friends and neighbors to drop by as we have our neighborhood Christmas party that night.
Also our dear friends Matt and Dave are leaving California and heading back to New Orleans after 5 years in San Francisco. We want to wish them a safe trip and wish them all the best that night as well. Be sure to come on by and don’t forget that it’s free!
The Socialized Christmas Craptacular kicks off on Wednesday, December 9th at the El Rio & Friday, December 18th at the Abbey Tavern!
A two night extravaganza, the 1st Annual Socialized Christmas Craptacular is a long standing Christmas tradition that your cool drunk uncle would have shown up to if only he knew about it back in the day.
Too much egg nog? Not a problem! There is no egg nog allowed at the Craptacular.
Too sober? Not a problem! Booze flows like a whiskey-polluted mountain stream at The Christmas Craptacular.
No woman? Not a problem! Women fall from the sky like drunken snowflakes at the Socialized Christmas Craptacular.
December 9th at El Rio will feature The Real, Headslide, & Socialized. There are no toys for the children because there are no children allowed. It’s a bar, people. Screw the mistletoe. Bring on the dancing girls!
December 18th at Abbey Tavern features trapeze artists and a drinking bear that wears a hat. Socialized will also be playing and there will be booze you can pay for and free walks home for all!
Don’t miss the festivities this year like you did last year. Don’t be the only one left out of the party! Grab your boots and that dopey hat that you like and join us for an evening of slack! We promise that your uncle will not be there.
Thanks to everyone who showed up and supported us at our last show. For our next trick, we will be playing on Wednesday, December 9th at The El Rio. We’re opening for The Real and Headslide that night and looking forward to a great evening.
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 09 Location: The El Rio. 3158 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94110-4560 Opening for Headlining with The Real & Headslide Start Time: 9 10 PM
Saturday November 7th we went downtown to the studio with the cinematographer, Brian Tasker for the video that will be shot in a few hours for our upcoming single Never Be The Same.
We toured the sets at Studio 100 and had a moment to goof around on set as well.
Our drummer André will be the cameraman for the entire shoot. As we write this, he is in the other room testing out the Arri SR3 that he will be lugging around for the next 5 days of shooting.
We will be updating our Facebook and Twitter pages throughout tomorrow’s shoot. Join us for the fun and good times as we try to help out and also stay the hell out of the way as well.
Dave's pretty beat up from mixing 'Never Be The Same' all night.
SF's own Frank Chu is excited about the band's new release.
October proved to be a very productive time for the band. Although we didn’t play any shows and have any new songs to promote, we did finish tracking and Dave started mixing our new single.
In October we also laid down basic tracks for 3 other songs and started writing 3 new songs as well. For a month that was supposed to be relaxing for us, it turned out to be one of the most productive months we’ve had in a while.
On top of all of the behind the scenes work there is the strong chance of a Socialized show this month as well. Please stay tuned to this station for more information and showtimes very soon.
Also this month, Sunday the 8th to be exact, André and Brian Tasker will start shooting the video for the new single Never Be The Same. It’s an ambitious project with a 5 day shooting schedule and around 160 scenes. We will post behind the scenes news from the set as the shoot progresses.
In the meantime, for all of our fans and friends who are not in San Francisco you might not recognize the gentleman in the picture. This is Frank Chu. He is San Francisco’s Emperor Norton for the 21st century.
Like the Wiki page states he is one of San Francisco’s “best-known eccentrics” and is beloved by all of us in San Francisco. You might come to San Francisco for the cable cars and the sourdough, but we strongly recommend spending a minute talking with Frank when you are downtown. He is friendly and kind and has a message for the ages that we all can learn from.
Screw the cable cars. Buy Frank a Budweiser and learn a thing or two.
While we continue to work on the next batch of new songs we wanted to thank you for your support and release a couple of musical curios.
The Karaoke version of Tricycle is for those of you who have burned out on The Beatles Rock Band and have lost that loving feeling around midnight in your local bar. Download and burn your own copy of Tricycle. Print out the lyrics and walk proudly down to your local/bar/pub knowing that you are one of a kind. Stick your chin out and hand your CD to the Karaoke Matron and Trike out to the amazement of the other patrons. You. A True Original.
(Depending on the demand we might post the air guitar chords for you as well.)
The second bonus song is the evil twin of the Karaoke version. That’s right kids, it’s the A Cappella version of Tricycle.
Thrill to the 4-part harmonies, the oohh la las, the jungle gyms, the colored chalk, & the vocal stylings of The 3rd Ave. Mens Chorus.
TO LISTEN:
If you want to listen to any of the songs, just click on the song title.
TO DOWNLOAD:
Right-click on the link above of the song that you want (Karaoke or A Cappella versions). A menu will appear. Choose either ‘Save Target As…” or “Save Link As…” and save the song to your computer. Remember where you saved it!
Next up: Tricycle: Flogging A Dead Horse Dance Mix.
She’s a monster.
A two night extravaganza, the 1st Annual Socialized Christmas Craptacular is a long standing Christmas tradition that your cool drunk uncle would have shown up to if only he knew about it back in the day.
While we continue to work on the next batch of new songs we wanted to thank you for your support and release a couple of musical curios.
The second bonus song is the evil twin of the Karaoke version. That’s right kids, it’s the