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OK, I finally got all the important stuff done, and I can take a bit of time to write about the last weekend. All in all, it was a big success and we had great fun, though, damn, it was exhausting! We were able to make enough door money and sell enough merch to cover hotel rooms for three nights and all the gas (1600 miles in an SUV!), which is almost a miracle! Thanks to everybody that came and bought our stuff!

[sorry, very long - maybe somebody is interested in reading all this!]

The trip started for me with a drive from Michigan to Indianapolis on Thursday evening, to spend a night at Dane's (our drummer) house. We got up at 7 am (he even earlier) and then headed to Todd's (our bass player) house since we were taking his SUV. Patrick arrived to Indy from San Diego the night before, so he was still badly jet-lagged. We left Indy before 9 am, and set out for DC - an 11 hour drive. Todd, God bless him, loves driving and drove the ENTIRE trip, every leg of it. Unbelievable. Anyway, we arrived to the Velvet Lounge around 8 pm, and ran into Paul, the lead guitarist of the Atomic Mosquitos. The club was still closed, so we went to get some Thai food a few blocks away. The club is right on the edge of a seedy area, so we made sure to head in the right direction! We got back to the club around 9 pm, and there were quite a few people there already, including many familiar faces and old friends. Having played around the DC area for two years in the Space Cossacks I still know many people around there, and it was a trip to see them all again. It was my first time playing in that area since the Cossacks' final show in the summer of '00. Of the distinguished guests, in addition to the members of the other bands, we had in the audience John Dietrich, Joe the rhythm guitarist of Reverb Galaxy, plus Woody and his three friends that drove all the way from Richmond (thanks for the drive and for the nice review, Woody!). And of course Stephen Blickenstaff - though he also plays for the Atomic Mosquitos! It was definitely great to see Steve, John and Woody again!

The Tritons took the stage first, rather late - at 10:30 pm. A very cool band, with the lead guitarist playing ALL THE LEAD on his Jaguar Baritone/Bass VI! (It had a tremolo mod, though I'm not sure what kind of trem system it was.) They played a bunch of more obscure classics, such as Beyond the Surf by the Tornadoes and Rising Surf by Richie Podolor (I think), plus a bunch of other stuff, including many originals (the lead guitarist played many of the songs way up the neck in order to be in the same octave as the original recordings). I really enjoyed their sound, though I must admit that the Jag Baritone is a bit one-dimensional sounding after a while. Definitely doesn't resonate like a regular guitar and isn't as versatile. But still, they have an original sound, they played really well and I enjoyed hearing them. Though I must admit that all of us in the Madeira started getting a bit anxious as the time was nearing 11:30 and they were still playing. Given that we had two more bands to play, and that we were headlinining as well as feeling DEAD tired after a very long day, we definitely started getting antsy. Thankfully, they finished shortly after.

A quick change of bands, and the Atomic Mosquitos went on. I'd never seen them play live before, but I've really liked their first two CDs. I kinda suspected that they sounded even better live, and boy, I wasn't disappointed! These guys are GOOD! They have the sound down pat, and a ton of great songs. I was really impressed. Their drummer Craig Stang is an old friend who even filled in for the Cossacks drummer (who, BTW, was supposed to be there, but didn't show up, which was disappointing) for a few gigs, so it was great to see him with such a good band. Paul has got the art of surf guitar down, both the playing and the sound, and Sean is a truly gifted bass player with a remarkable melodic sense. Their most recent addition is the second guitarist Joe, who is simply excellent on his Strat, trading off the leads with Paul. I was really impressed! They played a bunch of stuff off their first two CDs, as well as many songs from their upcoming album, which seem really strong. They're working on this, their third, album slowly but surely, on their own, and I hope it comes out sooner rather than later!

Sadly, I had to leave about half way through their set to change and get ready for our set. I think it was close to 1 am when we went on (despite the Mosquitos cutting their set short since we were running behind - thanks guys!), but there were still probably some 40-50 people there, which was more than good enough for us! A very enthusiastic crowd, too. Patrick had some problems with the amps that we borrowed, but as soon as that was fixed we blasted it out for about 45 minutes, playing two Cossacks songs (Tsar Wars and Planet of the Apes), about half a dozen songs from the new CD and another half a dozen from Sandstorm and Ruins. I couldn't believe that everybody stuck around until the end. We even played a two-song encore. Though it was almost 2 am, the adrenaline kicked in and we had a blast. A good sound system in the club and a sound engineer that was capable and helpful helped a lot. And thanks to the Mosquitos and the Tritons for the drums and amps - really appreciate it!

When we went outside, there were a ton of cop cars around. We started hearing the rumours (which later proved to be true) that several people were shot and one killed just a block away from the club right around 2 am, shortly after we finished. Don't know what was behind it. That was a bit surreal and weird, but at least we were able to load up all our stuff without worrying about being bothered by any unsavory elements, as the place was crawling with cops.

We stayed in a hotel in Maryland, half way to Baltimore, so it was around 4 am when we finally hit the sack. Damn, we were TIRED by then! And nothing spells out "rock'n'roll glamour" more than four guys sleeping in one hotel room! Well, at least we had two queen size beds.

More to follow...
Ivan

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Thanks for posting Ivan! I love "tour diaries". Can't get enough of that stuff.

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Yes, that is all very nice but for God's sake, WHAT PICKS WERE YOU USING? ROTFL

This is awesome! I can't wait for the rest of your report!

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Can't wait to hear your take on the Asbury show. You guys were great there.

I forgot to mention in my last post that we (certainly I) were a bit nervous before the show since we hadn't played a note together since our last show, which was three months ago. But with such distances between us it was simply not possible to practice before the tour. It definitely showed in spots, and the set was sprinkled with mistakes, which are really irritating, but I guess it wouldn't really be a surf music show if there were no mistakes! I totally blew the bridge in the second song of the set (El Caliph), and remember thinking, "hell no, this is NOT the way this show is going to go down!" I concentrated really hard after that and things went better. But we were all really relieved to have that first night behind us. Man, if we were able to practice and gig all the time, I think we might be dangerous! Or not....

Anyway, we slept till Noon on Saturday (2 pm checkout - rock'n'roll hours!), cleaned up and got some lunch and left for Asbury Park, about four hours away. We got a bit lost as we got closer, but finally arrived around 6:30 pm. Asbury Park looks kinda like a war zone. Very sad, as I understand it was once ('20s and '30s) a vibrant resort town. But it seems to be slowly reviving. I hope so. Asbury Lanes is an old bowling alley, about two blocks from the ocean, and it's very cool inside. The stage is set up over the center three or four lanes. There was a private party from 7 until 10 (gay bowling, as Tommy already explained), and when we walked in we saw the Coffin Daggers soundchecking. The Mosquitos had apparently already come and gone, and the Nebulas hadn't gotten there yet. We met the Daggers at the Hot Rod Hula Hop in Columbus, OH last August. I was very impressed with them then, so I was greatly looking forward to seeing them again. We went up and said hi, and they're just really nice people, very down to earth and warm. We unloaded our stuff and went for a walk on the boardwalk, where we ran into them again. After talking and hanging out for a while, overlooking a rather beautiful beach, we decided to get some food, which proved to be a bit difficult. We finally found a place called the Adriatic Restaurant which had me excited, thinking it was a Croatian place - alas, it was a basic Italian restaurant, but with good food - and a waitress with one of the thickest Juy-zee (Jersey) accents imaginable! It was a source of quite a bit of amusement among us, actually! I gotta say it was one of the highlights of the trip to sit with those guys and gal and just get to know them, talk about surf music, and shoot shit. Great fun! Viktor is very optimistic that surf music will blow up big very soon - I'm not so convinced, but Klas' objections aside, here's hoping! We went back to the club, walking past a very cool amusement park - and thought maybe we should be playing there! When we got to the club the Nebulas were there, so we chatted with them for a while. Hadn't seen them since we played together at Chicago Exotica '05, and it was really nice to see them again. Again, just a great group of guys, and I always get a kick out of hanging out with them.

The club has is a great stage loading and unloading system, where all the equipment can be unpacked and ready to go right behind the stage, and as one band finishes they move their stuff to one side of the backstage and we bring in the new gear from the other side of the stage. And the sound is great backstage, since it's basically just a curtain separating them. So, this time I was able to just sit and listen to all the bands without worrying about having to get ready. The Atomic Mosquitos went on first, around 10:20, and played another great set, more or less the same as the night before. The club was playing soft-core porn on the screen behind them, which was a bit weird! Not that I was complaining too much, but it was definitely distracting! However, the band sounded just as good as the night before - good thing they were facing away from the screen! I forgot to mention that they bring the great Stephen Blickenstaff up on stage to play the theremin on a few songs - and the thing is, Steve actually PLAYS the damn thing! Doesn't just make noises with it. He's able to play full melodies, which was pretty fantastic. That's a very nice addition to their sound.

We went on second, after a quick change (we used all their gear, except for my Showman amp). It was a kinda of a strange gig initially. The venue is so big that though there were quite a few people there, it still seemed pretty empty. People are bowling around you, and even the people in front of the stage get kinda swalloped up in the dark. As a result I felt very removed from the audience, and I started getting self-conscious and a bit tense. But it was OK. It was a nice stage, and the sound was very good. The audience reception was very good, too, and thankfully, people started coming up front in larger numbers as we played, making it look fuller. As we were getting to the end, I pointed out Patrick and asked the audience to pay special attention to him for the next song, which was Rogue Wave, as he plays really fast on that one. Well, sure enough, he broke a string half way through it - which almost never happens! Must have been a jinx! We had to finish it without him, and he got on the floor and started changing the string. Fortunately, Sean of the Mosquitos offered him Joe's Strat, and we were able to finish up the set with that. It was a fun set, and I was very happy with our playing and the reaction we got.

We got off the stage and the Coffin Daggers were next. Man, these guys are INTENSE! Such a great band! Every one of them is a great player, and they have a gritty yet sophisticated sound that's pretty unique. Viktor is a phenomenal guitarist, and plays through a cranked blackface Pro Reverb (that he told me he found in the trash!), with a vintage Echoplex and a reverb unit (and occasional fuzz). We chatted for a while before and after our sets, and it turns out his biggest guitar influences are DD and Ritchie Blackmore - and they cover an obscure Shadows track on their first CD! We are definitely soul brothers! Smile They blasted out a powerful set, with an extended version of Caravan being a particular highlight. Peter the drummer played some amazing stuff on that one! And the the organist is definitely not there just as eye candy! She made their sound huge, and played some awesome stuff. I just love this band. I bought their CD-R (their 2002 CD is sold out, so they were just selling CD-R versions of it) and their two singles aftewards. The CD is really good! Go check out their myspace page for some samples of their stuff. They're also touring maniacs, having toured Europe a couple of times already, and constantly hitting the road in the US. They're working on their second full-length now, and I'm sure it's gonna be amazing. We'll be hearing a lot more from the Coffin Daggers!

After another quick change, the Nebulas came on - playing all their own gear, amps, drums, etc. And man, they've really got their image down pat. It looks amazing. The lights were low, the kick drum head was lit up, the Showmans were stacked neatly, making up an imposing wall, and now there is also the cool Farfisa on there. They came out with the skull masks, and proceeded to crank out a set that lived up to their high standards. The sound was thick and wet, made even thicker by their new organist Phil. As several people have already pointed out, he really adds to the band sound, especially evident on the Surfaris' Similau where he played the sax parts - man, it sounded SWEET! I was also thrilled to hear that they are working on another album, this one with the organist. Anyway, I don't know how the hell they do it, but they played most of the set with the skull masks on - it was HOT on that stage, and they must have been sweating buckets with those things on. But what can you say, they look pretty awesome in them, and it made their entire set so much more effective as a show, rather than just a band playing music.

I felt for Mike the lead guitarist, and Phil the organist, as both of them had to drive back to Boston that night (5 hours away) to work early in the morning, and were not going to be able to get any sleep. We talked about them playing earlier in the evening, but they wanted to use all their own gear, while the rest of us were sharing the drums and the bass amp, so it didn't make sense to do it. But it must have been a very long day the next day for those two. The sacrifices we make to play this surf music....

We all hung out for a while after the Nebulas set. Unsteady Freddie was there, a couple of people from SG101 including JohnnyMosrite, Keith from Pittsburgh (6.5 hours away!) with his wife, both of whom have come to some of our other shows, so it was nice just to chat with everybody, including the other bands. LOTS of good vibes and camraderie, and the night was definitely a big success. We drove about half an hour away, towards NY, and this time got an unexpected bonus of two rooms with king-sized beds though we only reserved one with two queen-sized beds! Whoo-whooo! Got to bed at 4 am again. Rock'n'roll indeed....

One more to come....
Ivan

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Ivan,

I'm really enjoying the mission reports. I'm having visions of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles." My friend Bill, the broadcaster from CSPAN in DC sends his regrets. He caught the same cold you did.

Ivan, you'll have to try to check out Anti's Restaurant in San Pedro in August. San Pedro, between Huntington Beach and Hermosa Beach, has a large Serb/Croation population and this place has a nice local flavor.

IvanP
... but I guess it wouldn't really be a surf music show if there were no mistakes! ... Man, if we were able to practice and gig all the time, I think we might be dangerous! Or not....

Those are some very wise words. Remember surf music is all about rock'n'roll.

IvanP
Viktor is very optimistic that surf music will blow up big very soon - I'm not so convinced, but Klas' objections aside, here's hoping!

Actually, I am optimistic for the future. One reason I started the Pulp Fiction thread was to point out what happened and hopefully avoid it in the future.

T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S

Great reads Ivan! It's like re-living the experience from a different perspective.

It was a great time and an honor to hang out with and get to know the Madeira those few days. Hopefully we can do it again sometime. Maybe in a little less crime-ridden neighborhood in DC next time. Although that kind of added to the excitement? Wink
Or maybe in your neck of the woods next time. Who knows?

Hey and speaking of the Rock and Roll experience, did you guys remember to trash your hotel rooms? We forgot... dammit!!

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OK, time for part III! Thanks to everyone for the nice words - glad to see a few of you are enjoying this self-indulgance on my part!

I forgot to mention that the soundman at the Asbury is a really great guy and got a fantastic sound out of the sound system for all the bands. I think that's worthy of note since it's so rare. Most soundmen really don't have a clue when it comes to surf music, sadly. Not the case for these two shows!

OK, we woke up on Sunday pretty wiped out after non-stop travel and gigging and late nights of the last 48 hours. Dane kinda destroyed his left hand the night before, and had several open wounds (the guy hadn't even TOUCHED his drums since our March show, due to an extremely heavy work schedule and being a good husband and dad to two small kids - I don't know how he can play like that without even practicing, it's simply astonishing). So, the first order of business after we had some lunch was to get some ointment and 'second skin' (or something like that) for him to patch up his hands. Then we set off for what we thought would be a less-than-an-hour drive to NYC. Well, we forgot about the Holland Tunnell! Two hours later (4 pm) we arrived at the club - and got a parking spot directly in front of the club! Surf gods were smiling. As we were there way early and Dane had never been to NYC before, we decided to walk around the city. I know it reasonably well, so we set out for the Washington park to see the arch, and then for Ground Zero and the Wall Street. That took about 2.5 hrs of walking, which probably wasn't the best idea since we were completely exhausted afterwards! But it was a perfect day, and we badly needed some fresh air and exercise. We took the cab back to the club - and thought we would die since the driver seemed like he was barely hanging on to sanity and came extremely close to mowing down a few pedestrians! Wow. Welcome to NYC! When we got back to the club Viktor and Peter of the Coffin Daggers were outside, so we chatted with them for a while, and then left to go to 2nd Ave for some dinner. He recommended a Thai restaurant there but as we had that in DC we opted for pizza, thinking, hey, NY pizza is good stuff! Sadly, the pizza joint we picked had the most mediocre pizza ever - very disappointing. Well, whatever, we were able to recharge our batteries a bit and went back to the club.

There were a bunch of people there by that time, the second band of the night was already playing. I was about to go in see them when I was approached in quick succession by about half a dozen old friends and ex-students. I ended up catching up with all of them, and missed the first three bands entirely, which was a bummer. I did get a chance to see the Ninth Wave for a while, and they sounded very good. Otto's is a wild place. A small room in the back, with a long corridor connecting it to the main, narrow bar area. The sound is well contained in the back room and doesn't leak much into the bar area. So, you could sit and have a drink and talk with people, while still hearing the bands at a reasonable volume. I did just that with a friend I hadn't seen in 10 years - he used to play the second guitar in my last non-surf band, Razor 18, our band for two years, '93-'95. In fact, Robb was the very first rhythm guitarist for the Space Cossacks when I first started putting that band together. He only lasted about two months or so, and didn't play any shows, but he was there at the very beginning and helped me get that whole thing off the ground. So, there was a lot to catch up on.

The Atomic Mosquitos were next and I was able to only catch a small part of their set, regrettably. Again, too many people to talk with! But the few songs I heard were sounding amazing - those guys seemed on top of their game for every gig this past weekend. The sound in the back room, though it is very small, was absolutely great. Drums were mic-ed, but everything else was pure, and it filled the room with a beautiful surf sound. The vibes were off the charts, too, being a tiki/exotica place, and the entire audience consisting of people that clearly understood surf music and knew what it was all about. Unsteady Freddie has done a great job with educating people, you've really gotta hand it to him!!! There were probably about 50-60 people there (maybe a bit more), which was plenty to completely fill up the main room and a part of the corridor - not bad for a Sunday night on a holiday weekend.

Next was our turn. Again, we were pretty tired, but the adrenaline kicked in and carried us through. UF came up and introduced us and off we went. It was a really good time to be so close to all the surf afficianados and see the smiles on their faces as they were blasted with high-intensity waves of reverb! Freddie looked like he was going to explode from the pleasure! I don't think I'll ever forget that. Laughing Things started off well, but then Patrick popped ANOTHER string on the second song (still El Caliph)! I suggested earlier that he change all the strings on the guitar, since usually once one goes the rest are about to go to, but he never got to it. At least he was prepared for it, so he had the Atomic Mosquitos' Strat on stand-by, but that's when some funky tuning issues started coming up. The next few songs made me really paranoid that we were ALL out of tune with each other! It was probably the case that Patrick was off with the rest of us, actually. After a few songs, we took a minute and tuned up, and things were much better afterwards, though it still seemed like we were out of tune at moments. Well, anyway, the rest of the set went very well, and the intensity was high. We finished up but were prompted by the club promoter Frank Wood to play one more, so we did Planet of the Apes, and tried to quickly get off the stage so the Coffin Daggers could get on. Everybody was really good about keeping things on schedule, and remarkably we were still on time after six bands! A testament to everybody's professionalism - and Freddie's sheer determination! Frank Wood most likely played an important part, too - BTW, that guy is a character of historic proportions! A proud self-described DeadHead in his mid-to-late fifties with a gray bushy beard and a signature hat and big glasses, the guy has a voice more gravely that that of Wolfman Jack! And he's constantly cracking jokes and/or threats, referencing his checkered past as a former mafioso as well as the security guy for the Dead, Patti Smith and the New York Dolls! A truly unique character, with a giant force of personality. Frank will NOT be ignored! But he runs a tight ship and seems to really look out for the bands that play his club.

The Coffin Daggers came on shortly after us. I was packing away my gear outside, and again talking with everybody, including the Ninth Wave members, mostly Mike and Sandy, who are wonderful people and huge fans of surf music. It was so much fun just talking with the people that I missed most of the Daggers set, which really started bugging me as the time passed. So I finally broke off the conversations and went to see their last few songs. I caught Caravan again and an AMAZING encore, a b-side of their second single, I think called "And next.. Tranya!" or something like that (I don't have it with me at the moment). A fast, Russian sounding surf tune, Viktor is absolutely amazing on it. Man, those guys sounded so good that i was got really bummed out to have missed most of their set. But it was good seeing all the friends again and talking with the other bands, too, which we proceeded to do for a while after the Daggers were done. The camraderie and good vibes were off the charts afterwards, and it was hard to leave. We finally got going around 2-2:30 am, and drove out to Elizabeth, NJ, staying at the same hotel as the Mosquitos. I had mapquest directions, but they were pretty bad and we got lost twice trying to get to the Holland tunnell - in the end we just followed the Mosquitos, thank God for Blickenstaff's GPS! By the time we got to the room and went to sleep it was already 3:45 am.

We got up promptly at 8:45 am, didn't shower, just got into the car and started heading home, as we had a 12 hour drive, and Dane and Todd had to work early the next morning. Todd again did all the driving, cheerfully, too. The guy is a maniac. There were some battles about what we would listen to on the way home: indie rock (Patrick), prog (Dane), eighties (Todd) or surf (me). We all compromised a bit and listened to everything. However, it was my birthday or monday (what a way to spend your b-day - in a car for 12 hours with three other unshowered guys - again, the glamour...), so I exercised my prerogative and had them listen to surf music for the final several hours of the trip. To be honest, besides Todd the rest of us seemed in a big of a fog, utterly exhausted from everything. We got to Todd's around 10 pm, I loaded up my car, drove Dane to his house and drove to my parents' house north of Indy, finally arriving at Midnight, barely functioning. Got a lot of good sleep, spent some time with my parents in the morning, and then drove another two hours home, arriving around 3 pm.

I had traveled 2000 miles in those five days, and came down with a cold when I got home, together with getting hit by the seasonal allergies which come every year around this time. I'm still not fully recovered, in fact am feeling pretty miserable. But hell, we had a grand time, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat! We don't get many chances to play rock star anymore, so we'll take them whenever they come. And it was so great to meet old friends and make so many new friends, see new places, and hear these fantastic surf bands! It was an amazing combination of bands, and that on its own made the whole thing worthwhile. It was truly a great experience. Thanks to every one of you that came to the shows, and most importantly to the bands for being so generous and lining up these shows (especially Paul of the Mosquitos, Viktor of ghe Daggers and Jim of the Nebulas). We hope we can repay the favor one day, and, God, it would be really great to see you all again and hear you play.

We have an Indy CD release show in four weeks, and then a month after that another high speed weekend in SoCal. Can't wait! Thanks for reading this far - if you did! Hope it was somewhat interesting. I had fun remembering the whole weekend - it was certainly highly memorable!

Ivan

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That's really cool, Ivan. Sounds like a great time.

I'm exhausted just scrolling down the page that far, let alone reading it all in one sitting Laughing

I'm glad to see you've come around on the band wearing costumes thing Ivan Wink

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I'm exhausted just scrolling down the page that far, let alone reading it all in one sitting Laughing

Try writing it! Shocked I clearly have too much time on my hands....

I'm glad to see you've come around on the band wearing costumes thing Ivan Wink

Hmmm, well, in some cases. The Nebulas definitely make it work - but then, I am convinced they'd be just as good and effective without the whole getup. And certainly more comfortable!! Smile Talent always wins out in the end.

BTW, I forgot to highlight the hard work and tireless promotion by Unsteady Freddie. I really need to single out his contributions to making the Sunday gig the success that it was. I have to say that though Freddie may sometimes come off a bit heavy-handed on SG101, he really couldn't be a sweeter guy in person. And there's no question that his heart is in the right place! He loves the music, loves the bands, and does what he can to make the music more widespread and to make sure the bands get a good deal out of the gigs. and you know what? He's doing it. He's making it happen. We are really grateful, Freddie. Hope to see you again soon!!

Ivan

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Thanks, Ivan!! What a great narrative! Where is the Indy CD release Show?

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I'm exhausted just scrolling down the page that far, let alone reading it all in one sitting Laughing

Try writing it! Shocked I clearly have too much time on my hands....

I just got the new Continental. I'm surprised you have any flesh on your fingertips after seeing the lengthy Dick Dale reviews. Dare I call it a thesis?

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I just got the new Continental. I'm surprised you have any flesh on your fingertips after seeing the lengthy Dick Dale reviews. Dare I call it a thesis?

Ferenc, let's just say that it's been a very hectic six months. I also have an academic book coming out later this year, and two economics articles in the next few months. Rest has been elusive.... But things are looking way way up...

I hope the DD piece is not too long for people to read!

Ivan

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Ivan

I enjoyed your surf-n-roll diary. I think I went food shopping that same weekend.

Tim

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Ivan,
thanks for the in depth reviews,
I really would have loved to come out for those shows,
but I couldn't do Canada and those.
Sad

it just makes me more eager for Aug. to get here soon.
I've got some cool stuff in store for the sg101 convention,
I hope you guys can get there for it by noon,on Sat.
see ya then,

Jeff(bigtikidude)

Ivan, Thank you for the kind words and praise. We really had a great time playing with you guys and the Atomic Mosquitos and the Nebulas. You guys really tore the roof off Otto's. Two amazing nights in a row! All the bands at Otto's really excelled ( all those surf bands, and not one version of Mr. Moto! - fantastic ).
Both Madeira albums are phenomenal, and the new one sets a pretty high standard. I really hope you guys come this way again. Viktor

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