Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Practice Blue Balls = New Blog Post

Hello there, punk rockers! Since we were supposed to have practice tonight but had to postpone it to tomorrow, I got home itching to do something Kamikaze related.  In lieu of driving my car straight into my bitchy neighbor's Saab,  I decided to post a blog entry about all the exciting shit we've been up to and will be up to in the next few weeks.

Vlad's - Thursday, March 31
First up, we are playing a show on Thursday, March 31st (that's this Thursday, people!) at Vlad the Retailer on Heliotrope at Melrose.  You may remember we played a few shows at Vlad's last year, but at our last show there in August, we were forced to shut the show down by the Los Angeles Fire Marshall before we even had a chance to play.  For all we know, that could have been the show that skyrocketed us to the top (more popular than Katy Perry's cleavage), but alas, we will never know.

Cowabunga, indeed!
Anyway, ever since that show we have been begging The Retailer to throw gigs again, because it is a really cool spot and he's the only person who has ever congratulated us for literally rocking the art off of his walls.  Unfortunately, that really hasn't been feasible - until now. Vlad's is in a new space (at the same intersection as the old ones) and let me tell you, it is awesome.  Brad and I went to check it out tonight, and it amped me up even more for this show on Thursday.  The walls are blood red with black accents, there is a loft area where people can watch the bands from above, and there is tons. of. cool. shit. everywhere.  For example, when we were there tonight, I got this sweet TMNT shirt for $5, Power Axe CD and an Abba Zabba - and I wasn't even there to buy anything!  I've previously gotten an awesome dress there and hooked Brad up with an extendable fork so he can easily finish my leftovers.  Seriously, I am always wanting to buy everything when I go to Vlad's, and I feel good about buying stuff because he is supporting local businesses and artists by selling their wares and letting us musicians play in his space.  In addition to all of this, the line-up for this show is AWESOME. Power Axe is a two piece in khaki shorts and pastel polo shirts, Spider Problem are our lovers and ever since we played with The Slighted at Mime School last year, I keep their record on my iPod and listen to it all of the time.  In short, come for the awesome shit that Vlad sells and stay for the music!

Japanese Benefit Show - Wed, 4/6

Whew! Okay- next up is Wednesday, April 6th, we are playing a benefit show at the Redwood Bar for the Japanese Red Cross.  I don't know if you've heard, but there was a motherfucker of an earthquake off the coast of Japan earlier this month, which subsequently caused a devastating tsunami and major nuclear crisis.  So far, there are over 18,000 casualties and hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced by this trifecta of shittiness. When I heard that Sassafras was putting together a show to raise money for these victims, I jumped on the opportunity to help out.  If you need convincing, watch this, wipe your tears and then come to the Redwood Bar on April 6th. If you need further convincing, April 6th is also the last day in my 25th year of life, so come mourn the passing of my first quarter century.

Again, we are lucky to be part of such a great line up for this show. We are excited to be playing for the first time with Roman Candle Wars, who we recently met through our producer Jason. He just finished recording their first EP, Wildfire. Like I mentioned earlier, our buds Sassafras put the whole thing together, and our close friend Lukas (the honorary 4th member of Kamikaze) is now playing in the Sass, so I am really looking forward to rocking the stage with them again.  Sex Wolf brings some sexy grungy punk to the table and alt-rockers Brainspoon make us long for the days of flannel shirts and acid washed jeans.

So... now that I've written a manifesto, I bid you farewell, and hope to see you at least once within the next ten days.  We have three or four new songs in the works and will be debuting one of them on Tursday at Vlad's so come to hear it first and head bang with me.

Keep rockin',

Nicole
Kamikaze