Well Planet Earth, as I am sure you all already know (probably the martians too; at least the ones who watch network television), today is a big day for My Dear Disco and the world, yes: My Dear Disco is actually literally unbelievably officially famous (as determined by the Universal Association of International Fame Board).

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Ever since our song “My Dear Disco” was used in a promotional commercial for Melrose Place’s Episode 9 (Season One of the new Melrose Place apparently), everything has changed for us.  The grass is greener, the sky is bluer, and we have a much greater appreciation for the potential drama inherent in our music.

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I know, I know what your probably thinking: “What in the world must their families think now that these boys and lady are famous?!”

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Well here is what they think:

Exhibit 1:

Did they have the rights to use this song?  If not you have a very clear and good case for copyright infringement.  Did I ever tell the story about this dude from my highschool whose song was illegally used in a Chryster commercial?  He went to the bank on that one.  But I guess its also flattering, right?
Peace.

[Brother]

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Exhibit 2:

dude that’s f***ing sweet! holy s***! You should get a sweet ass royalty check for that. not that thats what you’re all about but it has to be said. mom and dad MIGHT come to [city] to see a sweet political comedy on sunday with me. you and your better half are invited. awesome bro, i’m so proud of you guys. Love [brother].

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Exhibit 3:

--it’s so awesome.  do you see that someone {from the youtube comments} wants to know what the song is?  please write back to them…love, mom and dad--we are so proud of all of you!!!  your big break!!!!!

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Exhibit 4:

-- this is awesome!! How totally cool. It must feel very surreal. I can’t wait to hear about how they picked you guys up. Did you get paid for this? How does it work?

Keep me posted and we can’t wait to see you in Dec.

xoxoxox {sister]

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Exhibit 5:

That’s cool, [band member]. My Dear Disco will be famous.

Love,

Mom

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Exhibit 6:

Melrose Place?? Hi [band member]! I just read on twitter that My Dear Disco is on Melrose place… IS That True????????????????

Please let me know and [family member] and I will watch it !!!!!!!!!!!

I love you!!

xoxoxoxoxo

[sister]

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As more responses roll I’ll keep you updated.  Exciting times these days…

You have to check this out — we’re in the new Jurassic Park movie!

psyche.

But seriously, check out this amazing ad for the Kalamazoo Block Party we’re playing this saturday . . .

click this link:

http://www.downtownblockparty.com/

Oh . . . oh my — it’s the festies again!  Yup, time to get out that tent and finally buy some new undies. 

Then take those crisp and clean nether garments and come celebrate the world with us this summer!  This is exactly where we will be:

May 22: Bella Madre (Geneva, MN)

May 24: Hookahville (Thornville, OH)

May 30: Beginning of Summer Block Party (Kalamazoo)

June 4: Wakarusa (Ozark, AR)

June 20: Kentucky Pride (Louisville, KY)

June 26: Top Of the Park (Ann Arbor, MI)

July 23: 10,000 Lakes Festival (Detroit Lakes, MN)

July 30: Party in the Park (Chicago, IL)

August 1: Northalsted Market Days (Chicago, IL)

August 7th: SummerSounds (Greensburg, PA) 

September 4th: YpsiTucky Jamboree (Ypsilanti, MI)

 

This is how excited we are about the festies.  Except our undies will be newer.

Well friends, the time has come!!  We’ve been across the country and back — we’ve seen a rubber band, we’ve seen a peanut stand, we’ve seen a needle wink it’s eye . . . but there is nothing we get more excited about than playing for our peoples in A2!!  It’s gonna be cRaZy — we got some new material and nutty surprises that are sure to delight even the most avid pitchfork fan.  

 

We have two nights — the first is an all-ages show at the Neutral Zone, Friday the 10th.  The next night we’re playing our 18+ show at the blind pig.  Just the lights we’ve got set up for these shows will send you to a land Richard Simmons never knew existed!  

 

Please, RSVP and invite your friends on facebook — it’s the easiest and fastest way to get the word out. 

 

N-Zone:

 

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=66761361380&ref=ts

- If you RSVP for the neutral zone show, we’ll give you $1 off at the door.  yup, just that easy.

 

B-Pig:

 

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152972640149&ref=ts

Notice: you can buy advance tickets to the blind pig show!!  Please, save yourself some time and money, it only takes a couple minutes.

http://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&cobrand=blindpigmusic&performance_id=944792

 

Summary:

 

Neutral Zone, Friday 4/10 

7pm doors, 8pm show

$12 door, all-ages

 

Blind Pig, Saturday 4/11 

$10 adv/$12 door (GET THOSE ADVANCE TICKETS! CHEAPER! FASTER! STRONGER MATERIALS!)

9:30 doors, 10pm show

 

The first week of tour — including H’update #2!

This Tuesday, we leave to go on tour for an entire month!  The tour is called, yep — you guessed it — the Michigan Bailout Tour.  We’ll be on the road with some of our very favorite michigan bands (and people): The Hard Lessons, The Great Lakes Myth Society, The Javelins, and Deastro.  Oh boy oh boy oh boy we just can’t wait to get into some of that warm weather.  And silky smooth grease.  Stay tuned for stories from the road!

 

Here’s a nifty map of the routing that we are looking at:

 

View Larger Map

 

 

 

We are delighted to let you know that we will be performing at this years Wakarusa and 10K Lakes Festivals!!

The press releases just went out, and our name was included in line-ups featuring Dave Mathews Band, Widespread Panic, Wilco, Galactic . . . kind of staggering.  

 

 

 

Anyone whose been to these festivals knows exactly how raging these weekends will be.  If you’re typical rage levels were the size of the average twinky, imagine a twinky the size of a hallway and 30 feet long.  

 

 

We hope to see you there!

What you are about to read is an epic tale of hilarious disaster.

 

After yet another gorgeous, relaxed day spent in Boulder, we packed our bags and boarded the veggie bus, less than thrilled about driving east into stormy weather and grey skies. On the bright side, our tour karma  had been pretty amazing so far, so we tipped our hats to Colorado and yelled a fond “Farewell!” as we warmed-up the bus. 

“Wait…uh, I think the brake lights are stuck.”
“Stuck? What do you mean? They look fine to me.”
“Yeah but I mean they’re not working—like, they don’t respond when you press the brakes—they just stay lit constantly.”

 

First Problem:

 

The brake lights don’t work. We mess around with fuses and wires for an hour, then decide to hit the road regardless. We’ll drive slowly and make sure to turn cautiously—the most important thing is that we get to Kansas for our gig tomorrow night.

 

Part  Two:

 

About 20 minutes after our departure, we see flashing lights in the rearview—we’re being pulled over. The brake lights…
“Howdy officer—is there a problem?”
“Well, you failed to signal a couple miles back, and you were swerving onto the shoulder a little bit—is everything OK?”
“Yes , sir, absolutely.”
“No drinking or anything?”
“No, sir. I must have forgotten to signal, and this trailer’s a little difficult getting used to.”
“Yeah, I know how those things are. Well, I’m not gonna give you a ticket or anything—just make sure you signal, and try not to swerve that trailer.”
Christian hands the officer a CD, and we get back to driving. Good thing he didn’t notice the brake lights…

 

THEN (Part Three):

 

After an hour of driving into the heart of eastern Colorado, Joey stands up.
“YO—Christian, turn the lights on! Turn the lights on! I think there’s grease back here!”
And he was right. We flip the cabin lights, only to find that THERE IS GREASE EVERYWHERE!! Oozing down the center aisle of the bus, slathering our clothing and sleeping bags. We are literally in the middle of nowhere—and in fact, it’s quite beautiful outside. The stars are the brightest we’ve seen on the tour—the air is clean and crisp. We’re in the desert.

Which means…there’s a lot of dry dirt everywhere. In a quick-thinking moment of genius, Justine grabs our emergency  snow shovel and starts padding the floor of the bus with dirt. Several of the band members are skeptical—we’re shoveling dirt into a bus filled with garbage oil—-but it actually works. We get the mess reasonably cleaned up, transfer our personal belongings to the trailer, and FINALLY start heading to Kansas.

 

Part Four: The final chapter—

 

When we heard a loud pop and started smelling burning rubber, we knew we were screwed. We’d only been on the highway for 25 SECONDS!! Our tour karma had reversed. This  was the last straw. We opened the hood and found the serpentine belt tangled in a knot and half-melted.

 

As the the tow truck pulled-up, I couldn’t believe this was all happening—WHAT A DAY! Sitting on the hotel bed, it seemed like the only thing we could do was laugh and have a beer.

 

And the beer was perfect.

More BOULDER BLISS!!!

Which means…more walking in sunny downtown, more visiting of heady book stores, more goat’s milk cappuccino…this town is wonderful.

After a beautifully lazy day, we drove the short distance to Denver (about 35 minutes), loaded gear into the club, and chowed down on some sandwiches and pizza (compliments of Loren from the Larimer Lounge). I dropped my sandwich on the ground (open face down) half way through the eating process, but was able to recover most of it (5 second rule).

The house sound engineer (Joey) was an awesome dude, and he did a great job handling the 7-piece madness that is My Dear Disco. After the opening bands (Josephine and the Mouse People and Vonnegut) had finished playing, we took the stage and rocked a hard-hitting set. The room was pretty full, and for our first time in Denver, I think we turned some heads and got some booties moving.

 

The Denver Post even covered the story with a really nice review that you can check out here!:

http://blogs.denverpost.com/reverb/2009/01/26/my-dear-disco-vonnegut-the-larimer-lounge/

 

Thanks to the wonderful bartenders Brooke and Janelle (spelled correctly I hope?), we were able to trade two copies of our album for two pitchers of tasty Colorado brew. That’s what I’m talking about…

Back to Boulder for more sunshine, coffee, noodles, ice cream—-this place has it all!!

—The [rewind] button

Boulder is a sweet town.

We arrived at The B-Side Lounge with plenty of time to load-in, set-up, walk around town for a bit (and get lost), and still make it back to the club for sound check.

The staff at the B-Side are some of the nicest, coolest people we’ve met on the road. In addition to hooking us up with more grease, Matt (the head chef) made us some killer tacos and rice. Morgan, the house sound engineer, did an awesome job mixing us and made the vibe totally relaxed. And to top it all off, Andy (the bartender) was what I like to call a “Cool Ade” guy. In other words, this dude was so awesome, I would drink the cool ade if he told me to…you know what I mean?

The show was a blast, and after we finished playing, we all jammed-out to the DJ for the rest of the night. Luckily for us, our good friend (and an Ann Arbor legend) Justine Anthony just moved out to Boulder, so we crashed at her place for the night.  Dane (her house mate) and I stayed up late rocking some acoustic jams, and the rest of the guys in the band built a sweet sleeping fort. Dane also cooked some delicious redskin potatoes with mushrooms, spinach, and onions, smothered in Cholula hot sauce. PERFECT midnight snack!

We awoke the next morning to an absolutely gorgeous day: 60 degrees with the sun shining bright. After a couple hours of relaxing outside, we walked into town and got some coffee at The Laughing Goat. I had a goat’s milk cappuccino, which was honestly one of the best things I’ve ever tasted.

What’s with all this great coffee and beautiful weather? Colorado really has it figured out…

–The [rewind] button

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