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THE MINK
Saturday August 21st, The Backtones at THE MINK in Midtown Houston TX. Show was originally scheduled at Argentum, but moved due to AC problems… Not cool in Texas in August. so there you have it, its gonna be awesome! everyone’s gonna get laid tomorrow night at THE MINK from 10:30pm-12:00 midnight in the unisex bathrooms.
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Recording Rage
Woke up on a torn couch this afternoon, washed down 2 benedryls with 2 cups of coffee and raced to Sugarhill Studios. “Good friend” Dan Workman (He hates when i introduce him as our producer) was recording Johnny Falstaff singing Backups to our new song “Pillbox.” Dan went psycho banana trippy on the mix while i dozed off on his couch. It was freaky surreal. I remember thinking, if this is just a dream, im gonna be pissed. Last week was spent mixing with our other producer (He hates when i call him my friend) Steve Christensen and his 2 obese cats. Steve insists that you drink his coffee… so you do. Problem is its too thick to drink through a straw so i used my fingers. We raged! We screamed! We laid dueces! The “Bane” of Steve’s existence is our new song “Bandera.” 6 violins, 3 cellos, trumpets, trombones, timpani, french horns, oboes,… everything you can imagine that Ennio Moricone used scoring The Good The bad and The Ugly… Its been a mixing nightmare and would be complete if we can get all the hard drives talking and not crashing. Gonna try again this week. Todd has been scoring the orchestral arrangements for the remaining songs with his 4 yr old son “Pickle.” Pickle calls me Window. Ross (Man behind the curtain) has been AWAL since he bagged a gig making 2 videos for Muslim country star Kareem Salam. We miss you Ross. All in all, we’ve got about 8 songs in the bag, and another 4 or 5 that are 75% finished. Dim light at the end of the tunnel getting brighter. I cant express the gratitude i feel for having such amazing people surrounding the Backtones.
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Kelley Devine
Kelley is from the same shit-hole small town I’m from. She never said much. Come to think of it, she didn’t smile much either. Perhaps because in Cypress Texas it behooves one to march in a straight line and do what you’re supposed to. We used to sit at suburban stoplights on the backs of horses. Once green, we would race down a long grassy path (she always won) to the creek and surrounding wooded trails. Damn i miss that. Anyway so 15 years go by and I start bumping into Kelley here in Downtown Houston. She’s an artist now and when i say artist, i don’t mean some lazy scenester schlepping paint on a canvas while on acid. She’s a brilliant talent!So Kelley texted me recently that she sold one of her favorite sculptures and I could tell she was torn about it. Selling work is an artists livelyhood, It’s the means to exist and live to fight another day. So why sadness?Artists like Kelley bore deep. Their work is the product of time, devotion, sacrifice, risk, passion, history, and emotional regurgitation, but with Kelley, there is a one-of-a-kind product. Once sold, she’ll probably never see it again. It would be the equivalent of the Backtones selling a song to Joe Schmo and never singing it ever again, never hearing it, never feeling it. -
Forever/Converse
I’m going to a mall tomorrow. Not to find a copy of the Backtones single “Forever” on the Converse “Get out of the garage” compilation that is distributed nationwide at Journeys stores, but to find the hottie holding the CD in this picture.
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Quiet Before the Storm
Greetings Everyone… Where to start???
Southern Backtones will appear calm and dormant for the month of May and June, however in reality, things couldnt be more turbulent. Every Spring singer Hank Schyma races around the country photographing tornadoes, hail and lightning in America’s Great Plains. This is no metaphor… He’s already bagged 7 tornadoes so far this year. Check out the insane footage HERE…
Hanks passion for storms will also be evident in the new upcoming album “La Vie en Noir” on a cut we like to call “Monster Show.”
CATASTROPHIC SKIES!!! is a new single, short film and video by local Texan Comrads PALE. Director Sean Duke, producer/DP Chase Rees, co-star Hank Schyma and a nasty slew of crew and sexy extras made the scene for 3 days to churn out… Well, no words can describe the accomplishment! Sit tight for more news of the premiere.
We’re Coming Out! GUNS BLAZIN!!!
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