February 27, 2015: fare thee well Church Shoes|||greetings new Zoltars' record

Opening scenes from Trailer Space Records for the final show by the Church Shoes boys, with Street Arabs and The Golden Boys; closing scenes from Hotel Vegas for the The Zoltars record release show with Beth Israel and Ghetto Ghouls.


PHOTOS:

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VIDEO:

The Golden Boys - "Run Away"



The Golden Boys - "Sidewalk"



The Golden Boys - "Dirty Fingernails"



Church Shoes - "OK"



Church Shoes - "The James K Polk Motel"



Ghetto Ghouls - "35 eyes"



Ghetto Ghouls - "Planky"



The Zoltars - "16-17-18 Living"



The Zoltars - "Sincere"



The Zoltars - "Out of my Head"

February 14, 2015: RR VD

Opening scenes from Mohawk with The Stabbies and Flash Boys; middle scenes from Cheer Up Charlie's with Church Shoes; closing scenes from Beerland with Borzoi.


PHOTOS:

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VIDEO:

The Stabbies - "Rise Up"



Flash Boys - "Shitty Things"



Church Shoes - "Fort Wayne Woman"



Church Shoes - "Loose Teeth"



Church Shoes - "High and Naked"



Borzoi - "Adult Contemporary"



Borzoi - "Online Customer Comments"



Borzoi - "Sexy Leper"

October 22, 2014: Schooley's records release show

Scenes from Schooley's records release show @Hotel Vegas with the Shawn David McMillen Band, the Church Shoes Boys, and John Schooley and His One Man Band.


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

Shawn David McMillen Band



Church Shoes - "Sleeping in the Basement"



Church Shoes - "Loose Teeth"



John Schooley and His One Man Band - "Look Out Mabel"



John Schooley and His One Man Band - "A Thing You Gotta Face"



John Schooley and His One Man Band - "Doubleneck Stomp"

September 13, 2014: JWC record release

Scenes from Hotel Vegas for the release celebration of John Wesley Coleman's new Burger Records album, "The Love That You Own". I missed Wes's 8 p.m. sober set and the first couple of bands, but got there in time to see the Ghetto-Birds, the Church Shoes boys, the Crack Pipes and Wes's tipsy-turvy 1 a.m. set.


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

The Ghetto-Birds - "Pedestal"



The Ghetto-Birds - "Dykmatyzed"



The Ghetto-Birds - "Time Bomb"



The Ghetto-Birds - "She Don't Know"



Church Shoes - "James K. Polk Motel"



The Crack Pipes - "Jerkin' the Dog"



John Wesley Coleman - "We Could Be Looking For the Same Thing"

July 25, 2014: A lotta Beerland/a little bridge

Most scenes from Beerland with Borzoi, Church Shoes, Meet Your Death and OBN IIIs; a few late night scenes from the Hangover Breakfast bridge show with Ghetto Ghouls and Slash & Spread.


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

Borzoi - "Draino"



Borzoi - "Hang 10"



Borzoi - "Digits"



Meet Your Death - "Love & Death"



Meet Your Death - "Elephant Man"



OBN IIIs - "No Time For The Blues"



OBN IIIs - "The Rockin Spins"



Ghetto Ghouls - "Living Alone"

April 9, 2014: AbominableMexBirth+AGDResidency

Opening scenes from The Abominable Mex's birthday party at Trailer Space Records, with Church Shoes, Coma in Algiers and The Gospel Truth; closing scenes from A Giant Dog's Wednesday residency at Hotel Vegas, with John Wesley Coleman and AGD.


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

The Gospel Truth - "Heaven is Ugly"



The Gospel Truth - "Human Zoo"



A Giant Dog - "Another World"



A Giant Dog - "All I Wanted"

April 5, 2014: David, Daniel and the Church Shoes boys

Opening scenes from Cheer Up Charlie's with David & the Israelites and Daniel Francis Doyle & the Dreams; closing scenes from Hotel Vegas with Church Shoes.


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

Church Shoes - #tossed

March 16, 2014: Day Six

SouthBy 2014, day six: daytime and early evening scenes from Uncle Doug's Chili Dog Fest (at Side Bar and Empire Control Room) with Jon Langford and Skull Orchard, John Wesley Coleman, The John-Pauls, Texas Never Whispers, Chicon, Simple Circuit, The Golden Boys, The Dead Space, R.A.D., Cheetah Chrome, Spray Paint, John Schooley and the Houserockers, Obnox, Sweet Talk, Amplified Heat, The Ardent, Tyler Keith and the Apostles, Church Shoes, Dikes of Holland and The Ugly Beats; nighttime scenes from Beerland with The Blind Shake, Shark Toys, Borzoi, Massageinist and Dikes of Holland.


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

John Wesley Coleman - "Jesus Never Went to Junior High"



Chicon - "El mero mero"



R.A.D. (Rhett and Dean)



Spray Paint - "Ultimate Umpire"



Sweet Talk - "Never Alone"



Tyler Keith and the Apostles - "Do It For Johnny"



Tyler Keith and the Apostles - "Desperate Measures"



The Ugly Beats - "Motor"



The Blind Shake - "Can't Stand Life"



The Blind Shake - "Calligraphy"



Shark Toys - "Talk and Talk"



Borzoi - "Body and Mind"

February 15, 2014: the Church Shoes boys (and others)

Scenes from the Mohawk with the Hex Dispensers, Spray Paint, the Oblivians, John Wesley Coleman and the WhateverTheBandIsCalledThisWeek, and finishing up with the Church Shoes boys.


PHOTOS:





VIDEO:

Hex Dispensers - "Are You an Assassin?"



Spray Paint - "Day Sniffer"



John Wesley Coleman - "Bad Lady Goes to Jail"

January 19, 2014: RADChurchShoesOneHitters

Daytime scenes from Trailer Space with R.A.D. (Rhett and Dean) and the Church Shoes boys; nighttime scenes from Burger City Rock'n'Roll at The Grand with One Hitters.

PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

R.A.D.



R.A.D.



Church Shoes - "Fort Wayne Woman"



Church Shoes - "High and Naked"

November 13, 2013: Church Shoes tour kickoff

Scenes from Hotel Vegas for the Church Shoes tour kickoff, with the Golden Boys and the Stuffies. The Golden Boys also took the opportunity to dust off some seldom-played selections in preparation for their marathon appearance at F1FanFestThingy.


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

Golden Boys - "Electric Wolfman"



Golden Boys - "Curtains"



Stuffies - "No One's Gonna Miss You"



Stuffies - "She's Not There"



Church Shoes



Church Shoes

October 25, 2013: Schooley, Church Shoes +

Scenes from Hotel Vegas with John Schooley and His One Man Band, Dirty Streets (Memphis, TN), Ghost Dance (Springfield, MO) and Church Shoes.

PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

Church Shoes - "Lady Love Me Lousy"

September 14, 2013: Flesh Lights/JWC/Church Shoes

Scenes from Beerland with Church Shoes, John Wesley Coleman and Flesh Lights.


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

Church Shoes



John Wesley Coleman



John Wesley Coleman

July 13, 2013: Ugly Beats @Carousel Lounge +

Scenes from the Carousel Lounge's 50th Anniversary celebration with the Ugly Beats!
But first...Church Shoes @Trailer Space!


PHOTOS:




VIDEO:

Ugly Beats - "Three Chord City" & "Motor"



Ugly Beats - "Up on the Sun"



Ugly Beats - "Come On"

January 5, 2013: freeweeking it, pt. 3

Scenes from my third day out at Free Week 2013, with Church Shoes, John Schooley and His One Man Band, Dikes of Holland and the Crack Pipes @Beerland.

PHOTOS:



VIDEO:

Church Shoes - "Overpass Suicide"



John Schooley and His One Man Band - "Bo Diddley's Dog"



The Crack Pipes - "I'm a Moon Man, Baby"

November 15, 2012: it's Beerland o'clock

Scenes from Red 7 (with SsserpentssS) and Beerland (with Air Traffic Controllers, James Arthur's Manhunt, Ghetto Ghouls and Church Shoes).

PHOTOS:



VIDEO:

Ssserpentsss



James Arthur's Manhunt



Ghetto Ghouls - "DDR"



Church Shoes - "High and Naked"

September 9, 2012: Brandon's birthday party @Trailer Space

Scenes from Brandon's birthday party @Trailer Space with Golden Boys, Church Shoes, Coma in Algiers, Marriage and Kingdom of Suicide Lovers.

PICS...



VIDS...

Golden Boys - "Didn't I Tell You Babe"
(sorry about the cheesy funhouse effect, but I thought it looked funny).



Church Shoes - "Kill Your Dog"



Coma in Algiers - "Breeders and Their Spawn"



Kingdom of Suicide Lovers - "Back to the City"


Another video of the Golden Boys...
http://youtu.be/mobYP1YVE_w?hd=1

Click here for another Coma in Algiers video (Warning: the song is sweet as punch but the video might give you a headache, and the song may not be quite that sweet).
http://youtu.be/_OREExwP3Ug?hd=1

August 10, 2012: Lola-Cola "Tough Love" Release Party

Record Release show for Lola-Cola's debut single "Tough Love" b/w ""You Gotta Mouth on You". Beerland was the venue and Lola-Cola's musical guests were Church Shoes, John Wesley Coleman and Gospel Truth.

First, some PICS...


...and, here is some VIDEO from the show.

Lola-Cola - "Tough Love"



Gospel Truth - "12ax7"



Gospel Truth

May 30, 2012: TheBlindShakestivus (2)

There was more than one holiday last week (at least for me). Here are some photos and video from Day 2 of my personal holiday, TheBlindShakestivus @Trailer Space Records with Spray Paint, Blind Shake, Church Shoes and Teenage News!

PICS...



VIDS...

Spray Paint playing "Hyper Believable"



Spray Paint playing "Psychic Doug"



Spray Paint playing "Spock Fingers"



The Blind Shake playing "Hurracan"



The Blind Shake playing "Man Leaves House"



The Blind Shake playing "Seriousness" and "O' Rider"

April 26, 2012: Church Shoes @Trailer Space

After over a month of no live music, I was finally able to go to part of an early show @Trailer Space and see Church Shoes!