We are ecstatic to once again welcome the 'Kings of Raucous Desert Surf'...the 'Mighty' Madeira and the 'Windy City's Lords of Libation', the Cocktail Preachers, to Champaign, IL on Saturday, May 30.

The bands will be playing in a great beer garden at Mike & Molly's (105 N. Market St., Champaign, IL 61820). This venue has hosted the Coffin Daggers, the Heavies and Go! Tsunami in the recent past.

When: Saturday, May 30
Venue: Mike & Molly's
Address: 105 N. Market St., Champaign, IL 61820
Time: ~8:30p

More information to come! Hope to see you there!

Jet Sterling, Cosmic Spy
www.surfabillyfreakout.com

Bwaa haa haa haaaa....

Looking forward to a good party with the Madeira and the Cocktail Preachers on May 30th at Mike & Molly's in Champaign.

In addition to the music, we will be hauling over the 10'6", 200lb Midwest Tiki Monolith: "Korn-Tiki". We will be whipping up some tropical cocktails, have a Tiki carver and perhaps more mid-century vendors. But I know music rules these boards...and just check out those bands!

Jet Sterling, Cosmic Spy
www.surfabillyfreakout.com

Any suggestions on what to offer the surf guitar gods, so I don't go goofy (again) and agree to swap days with the other day shift guy? I don't want to repeat my goof that caused me to miss Cincinnati. I am free that weekend, otherwise.

Matt

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StevieMartini
What a cool flyer Jet. Nice!!

Second that! Awesome! Thanks, Jet!!

Jet Sterling
Beware of the two-headed Pongracic/Martini Surf Monster!

That's pretty frightening!!

Jet Sterling

Surfabilly
Any suggestions on what to offer the surf guitar gods

Well, if you are talking about an offering to the 2-headed monster, I know the part in the fez likes these...

If you are talking about making an offering to Korn-Tiki...he seems to like the exotic maidens...
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Mmmmmm, exotic maidens.... The non-fez part of the 2-headed monster will also happily accept an offering of an exotic maiden. Oh, wait, the non-fez part of the 2-headed monster is married! Down, boy! Nevermind.

Seriously, thanks Jet for putting this together, we are really excited to play this show - especially since we'll also be celebrating our fifth anniversary, our first show having been on June 5th, 2004. It's gonna be a great time, and it'll be great for both bands to stretch out a bit and play longer sets than usual given that we're the only two bands on the bill. It'll be a blast!!

Ivan
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Unfortunately I can't make it 'cause the (insert desired profanities or vulgarities here) I work for have suspended me for 3 days for reasons that are more their fault than my own...they're just covering their own asses. This means I gotta stretch my money for the next couple of weeks, so damnit I can't even enjoy this coming weekend like I wanted to.

IF I do happen to show up, either somebody managed to convince management that I didn't need to be suspended, or I've hit tonight's $223 million PowerBall jackpot. I won't hold my breath (might pass out) or cross my fingers (might get cramps) on this, but life tends to suck when there are people that I wouldn't waste a squirt of piss on that make my life hell "because they can."

I just hope I have a really good seat in the peanut gallery, when they get to hell 'cause I'll be pointing at them and laughing at them for thinking they'd actually make it to heaven.

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Brian
Wow, sorry to hear that Matt!

I'll be there! Anyone else?

Possibly some video Brian?

Ryan
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Should be a good time. We are setting up a bit of an outlandish set for this thing...which we are installing starting at about 2p today. The gig will be outside and I have been watching the 10-day forecast for 10 days and have been on an emotional rollercoaster (than thing changes every 15 minutes).

Should be an interesting crowd at this based on the people who have contacted me. I do know that there will be a bachelorette party in attendance - not sure if they are doing a scavenger hunt...but who knows Brian, you might head home sporting a refreshing hickey!

Jet Sterling, Cosmic Spy
www.surfabillyfreakout.com

You drive a Pinto? Better be careful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glcj0szvevU

Danny Snyder

"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo

I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac'

Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta

Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party

Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF

I'm glad I was able to make it out, even though the Pinto ended up having an issue on the way there; not as bad, on the way back, but I knew what I was dealing with. When I did get there, I offered that "it's a 28 year old (29 actually) car...things can happen." Brian and I, along with Ivan, Patrick, Todd and Dane of The Madeira and Ivan's buddy Kristen (sp?) from Wisconsin were at the Cowboy Monkey when the downpour happened, to the point we ended up paying our tabs inside. It had stopped by the time we walked back to Mike & Molly's, where we found out that, according to radar, it was still a go for the show being outside.

After The Cocktail Preachers had performed, I told Phil of about 8 - 10 passersby that had stopped outside the fence during their set. If they didn't know what surf music was about before they walked by, they got a good example of it when their curiosity caused them to stop for a bit. Phil told me that, during The Madeira's set, he'd walked down to the end of the block (to Main & Market, I'll guess), and said he could hear the music from that far. This was the first time I'd seen The Cocktail Preachers without Bruce on rhythm guitar, and with his lap steel, but Phil had brought his theremin, and The Cocktail Preachers proved that there can be a place for theremin in surf instrumental music. From one of the threads here, about non surf songs as surf instrumentals, we (the audience) found out that the Beatles' "Please, Please Me," and the White Stripes' "Fell In Love With A Girl" can work as surf instrumentals.

Having missed seeing The Madeira in Cincinnati (Covington, KY), last month, I'm glad that I was able to make this show, being their last in the U.S. before their tour of Italy. From the last couple of times I've seen them, and this time was no different, it seems that the intro to "Sandstorm" at the beginning of their set is a "warning" of the musical "assault" that's about to ensue. Sure, one could grab onto something, at that point, and hope the "assault" don't get them, but I'd be willing to bet that, by the end of the song, you'll be dancing along with everybody else...even if it's just moving one's hips a bit, or tapping a foot side to side, like me (I've never been known for an ability to dance). Maybe it's the Middle Eastern influenced rhythms that mesmerize people, I don't know, but once The Madeira "gets ya" with "Sandstorm, they don't let go until the end of their set. And, of course, we're "dumb enough" to ask for more...but we got one more out of The Cocktail Preachers, as well, so it was all good.

DannySnyder
You drive a Pinto? Better be careful:

LOL! That potential was limited to the sedan and runabout models, between 1970 and 1976, and mine is a 1980 wagon. A lesser known fact, and mostly because of the marque involved, is that the same potential existed with the 1974 to 1976 Mustang II, for being nothing more than a rebodied Pinto (a "Pinto in a tuxedo," as I've seen it described at a Yahoo! Pinto group). I'd like to thank Jet for having gone to where I'd "broke down," although a shot of ether had got me going again. The drive back to east central Indiana was less eventful, with the only thing I had to worry about was, the fajita sandwhich (at Cowboy Monkey) and 4 Red Stripes (1 at Cowboy Monkey, and 3 at Mike & Molly's) "haunted" me several times along the 191 miles. It's just a good thing I had the quarter windows and vents open because, for having to run the heater to keep the engine happy enough, at least I wasn't "haunted" for too long each time.

Matt

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