http://monolidic.com Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:55:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en oh yeah. so that thing about the EP. well, you know. 2009 is the Year of Change. and economic uncertainty and anxious futures. in January we finally moved out of our lockout space in Burbank. no more practice space for the time being, which is just as well since we're focused on ... http://monolidic.com/86/march-new-years-update/ http://monolidic.com/84/lord-im-discouraged/ several pics from Saturdays drum recording session at Red Rockets Glare. im also trying out Wordpress' image integration to see if i like it... usually id just do it manually... Duane with his head in the tom. recording the drums was an intense and grueling experience. in the background is Wendy the in-house ... http://monolidic.com/80/progress-on-the-ep/ fueled on red bull, gatorade, peanuts and banana chips, we tracked drums for 8 hours yesterday at Red Rockets Glare Studio. it went well, but a few more years of practice would have helped. pics coming shortly... today we're onto the bass... http://monolidic.com/79/drums/ i just did some minor updating of the website on the technical side. you probably wont notice anything different. no shows as of this moment, my friends. lately weve been getting prepped to head to the studio to record our EP. we're shooting for an end of August date. maybe September? ... http://monolidic.com/77/end-of-june-update/ Friday was our first time playing Judo Chop, a monthly Japanese rock event in Little Tokyo at the 2nd St Jazz Bar in Little Tokyo. ive been to the jazz bar before and i distinctly remember there being a bottle of Santory somewhere in the shelves last time i went ... http://monolidic.com/76/debrief-20080502-judo-chop/ ah well. it was a losing effort. i wouldn't mind so much if some of the finalists didn't consist of cheesy ads like the following. it makes me question the entire concept of democracy. i guess there's a reason why the "people's choice awards" isn't as relevant as the Academy ... http://monolidic.com/75/cheese/ sorry, had to say that. we have a show coming up THIS Friday at Judo Chop in Little Tokyo at the 2nd St Jazz Bar. the cover is $7. we go on at 830 PM. it's Friday, so dont worry about going all the way home -- just drop by after ... http://monolidic.com/74/judont-know-who-you-messing-with/ i hated our high school marching band growing up. even though they are/were easily the best high school marching band in California (only losing state once in the past fifteen years) and brought some notoriety to the school (something to distract observers from noticing the gang violence and almost 50% ... http://monolidic.com/71/marching-band/ two members of Monolidic (Allen, David) are one of the few in Los Angeles that will get one their bikes almost daily to run errands or go to work. Dave's got an awesome foldable (for easy storage and carry) bike and i've got a bike of the fixed gear variety. ... http://monolidic.com/67/earth-day/