Swindletone Podcast #4

The 4th installment of the Swindletone Podcast was plagued with technical difficulties. In today's show Best and Worst lists are presented, a Valentines Day recap, and a brand new segment called: The Long, Hard Look in the Mirror. Guests include: Aaron Van Geem (www.alivetheatre.org), Gary Jones (www.maitriclothing.com), along with Shane and Lawrence in studio.


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The Breakdown
00:00 - 15:53: Pitter Patter and Best/Worst: 2009
15:54 - 29:54: Aaron Van Geem from Alive Theatre and Best/Worst: Music
29:55 - 39: 38: Gary Jones from Maitri Clothing
39:39 - 51:33: VD Recap with Lawrence
51:34 - 1:03:27: New Segment: The Long, Hard Look in the Mirror
1:03:28 - 1:05:24: The Wrap Up

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I've been very busy with school and work. The last few posts began a few weeks ago but have only been published as of tonight. Posts below include: Handfuls V3, Alive Theatre, and the SB recap!

Coming up on the next Swindletone Podcast:
Shane back in studio! Best/Worst nominations for 2009 and Best/Worst Music edition, Gary Jones will call in to promote Maitri Clothing and Aaron will give us more info on Alive Theatre's Cherry Poppin Festival. Let's not forget Lawrence, Esteban and yours truly delivering all the regular ST Podcast segments. We will be recording Podcast 4 on Monday. If you want a plug, better get emailin!

Swindletone is looking for content! Submit any content to swindletone@gmail.com
If you've heard the show, you've heard me talk about it being "your show." Which it is. I only want to continue the show to have fun and give everyone a chance to be heard. Send me anything you would like me to mention on the show and I will deliver. I'm off to Shane's house. CIAO!

Alive Theatre Cherry Poppin Festival

Aaron

Remember my friend and yours, Aaron Van Geem? Yes, he stopped by Swindletone Podcast #3. Yes, he dresses like a bum. Yes, he is part of Alive Theatre out of Long Beach. Don't forget about the Cherry Poppin' Fest. 3 consecutive weekends from February 20th thru March 8th.

http://www.alivetheatre.org/
http://www.myspace.com/alivetheatre

Handfuls V3

Here is what is being played over at Swindletone as of late:
The Beach Blvd. Comp, John Hiatt Bring the Family, Otis Redding The Soul Album, The Allman Brothers Eat a Peach, The Band Rock of Ages, Van Morrison St. Dominics Preview, Elvis Costello Armed Forces, Bloodstains Across Australia. Not Pictured: Black Flag Slip it in, Government Issue and James McMurtry Childish Things.

Hi Barbara!

I went to Santa Barbara a few weeks ago to visit Shane and his band, Russki Robot, drink Crown Royal and eat lots of food. I also saw Fopma who has a white dude fro. Here's the scoop:

After editing and uploading the third podcast I finally went to bed around 1 a.m. knowing that Lawrence and Monkey would be at my house at 9 a.m. to pick me and Andrew up for the weekend getaway to SB. I woke up to a phone call from Andrew wondering what time he could come over. First I dropped some philosophy on him by telling him how my mind travels much like Christopher Columbus when he was trying to find India: far and wide. As in, Chris Columbus traveled far and wide in search for India but to no avail. Then I told him to come over, hung up, got out of bed, showered, brushed my teeth etc., ate a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch and waited. Lawrence texted me to let me know that he would be a bit late. Since they were going to be late I decided to drive to the ATM once Andrew arrived. After we cruised to Wells Fargo while listening to The Smiths we got back to my house. I was taking my backpack, guitar and sleeping back out to the living room when I saw a car pull up through the little window in the front door. A white convertable with Lawman (Lawrence) and Monkey in the front seats, top down and Tenacious D blasting was in the street. Lucky for them it wasn't raining...yet. We packed the car up and were on our way. Grey skies were ever present when the car overheated and we had to pull over right before we got out of L.A. county. After about an hour we were back on the road but had to stop in Ventura to put more water in the engine. At this point I started taking pictures.

This is the Second stop of the trip. Car trouble turned a 2 hour trip into a 4 hour journey

We noticed Monkey's new shoes during this stop. He kept telling us how they were shrinking because we had to keep the heater on in order to keep the engine cool. It's still no excuse for a lack of fashion sense.

I guess its better than wearing the same shoes as everyone else

Lawman giving the okay. This became the gesture of the trip.

Shane greeting us in the parking lot of his apartment complex

This is La Superica in near downtown Santa Barbara. A little pricey but there was a line outside of the door when we pulled up. Good Mexican Food that came highly recommended.

At La Super Rica (or is it La Superica, please, someone help!) I got a grilled steak taco, marinated pork taco, a really wild tamale and a Negra Modelo. I shot some fresh lime on both tacos and added salsa. The tamale did not have meat nor did it have cheese. Instead it had corn, zuchinni and some random ingredients under a creamy sauce. Nonetheless, it one of the best tamales I've ever had. Did I mention the Negra Modelo? I was craving one of those for a few weeks. Also with lime, also delicious. After eating we hit downtown SB. Not many pics from State Street but I got some shots from the surrounding neighborhoods.

Totally


Not So Scary, Not so bum or dumpster filled alley.

Big Anchor

After State Street we went back to Shane's and started to wind down. The time between getting back to Shane's is a bit fuzzy. The next thing I remember was being at the house where we would later party down. Shane and his band set up their equipment while Lawman, Monkey, Andrew and I goofed around.

Shane introduces Andrew to Monkey. Monkey introduces the world to his party vest that matches his shoes.

Some dudes never take bad pictures. These dudes are not those dudes. DUDE

Andy showed up early to make sure he got a good seat for the bands

Lawrence takes shitty photos. First: the crooked one, then...

...the off center one

Shane had to finish practicing with his band so me and the other dudes (DUDE!) went to Fopma's house where we sat on his big ass couch and talked about the Guinness Book of World Records. Whenever I've been to his house Andy Brown sticks his nose in a book and Fopma throws on The Minutemen. I can't complain. After that Shane met up with us and we went to eat Woodstock's Pizza. $54, two pizzas and an hour later we were, again, stuffed with food and ready to party down. Monkey rocked 8 slices making his vest tighten around his midsection. I almost forgot to blame Andy for ordering the Mediterranean Pizza...which sucked.

We went to the liquer store that has a wall (an entire wall) of booze where we got Crown Royal and Pyramid. Later, I would take the Crown pouch and decide to use it for collecting sea shells. We walked back to the house where Shane's band was playing. Here are some pics:

Russki Robot

Cello?

Eat your heart out, Tiny Tim

Who's anthony? Who's anthony?

Greg Johnson only endorses bands that play telecasters with vintage bridges. Like mine...

What does a group of dudes (DUUUUUUDE) from Socal visiting Santa Barbara do on a Saturday night? PARTY DOWN! What does "PARTY DOWN" mean? I'll show you.

First things first: pick the guy you want to get really drunk and embarrass in front of all of his friends

3 shots of patron, 9 Caribou Lou's and 26 vicodin's later he'll tell you he started the goddamn Chicago fire, now that don't necessarily make it fucking so!

This is Natalie (note the red sweater). Pictures don't have to be worth 1000 words. This one is only worth 3: GUILTY AS CHARGED

At one point during the night, I saw Andrew (guitar player/singer for Russki Robot) walking away with a girl in a green sweater. At first I thought, "Oh no, trouble in paradise." See, Natalie is Andrew's lady. She was wearing a red sweater for a majority of the night. When I saw Andrew making haste away from the party with a green sweater wearing woman of the night, I did the math. Then I checked my answer in the back of the book and found that Natalie lost her red sweater and hijacked a green sweater to wear for the remainder of the night. Close call, Greg.

This is a perch. It's what we do. For the record: Shane was sober.

I got all these suckers to look straight into the flash

"Dudes! Perch next to the chick that passed out, quick!"

This girl was a gold digger. We chatted until she found out the contents of my pockets was not gold...

...but chapstick, keys, a notebook, phone, capo, pen, pencil, wallet, half a stick of gum, matches and some coins.

We taught this swedish guy how to perch

Then I taught everyone how to do the toe point. Don't quit your day jobs.

We crashed at Shane's apartment that night. His floors are super hard but good for your back if you sleep on an old, ratty mattress like I do. In the morning Andy and I, being the oldest ones, were up first and eager to take a morning stroll through Isla Vista in search of the Sunday paper. Breakfast burritos and the one eyed pirate bum filled the morning with rays of sunshine. We all piled back into Lawman's car and headed home. The drive south was far less hazardous than the drive north. I made it home in time to unpack, take a shower, make a trip to the grocery store, upload all of my pictures and begin this blog. Weeks later, I am finally finished. If I had not started school I would've shared more via prose but you might have to find me in a gloom or catch me in a dream inside my lonely room (there is no in between) If you want to hear the rest. Name that lyric and I'll buy you lunch!

Thanks to Lawrence, Monkey, Andy, Shane, Andrew and Ami (RUSSKI ROBOT!), Natalie, The Black Velvet Sun, Nutrition at Glance, GOO, Swedish dudes (BUKSAWA!), Crown Royal and everyone we met over the supercharged SB weekend. You are the real heroes.

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