Saturday, July 20, 2002

 

I play drums and sing in three bands at the moment. All three are progressing in leaps and bounds musically and creating great music that people actually enjoy! Pictured above is the mainstay of Splintered Tree. Dan Lippincott, AKA Deejay Drunken Monkey, is in the center of the photo and serves as main songwriter for the band. Ryan and Marwan on the outsides also play in Fojimoto. Nice photo innit? Splintered Tree has been around for quite some time. Lippincott is a native of St. Louis and writes music inspired by blues artists like Son House and Blind Willie Johnson, but adds a sense of surreal humour and modernity that borders on punk or folk music from today. He does a song I'm quite fond of that tells the story of how he likes to meet friends in the worst part of the town, cuz it guarantees him they'll be happy to see him. The place? 16th and Mission. The song is called Dark Town, and I get to scream "crack rock!" in the choruses. heh heh.

Fojimoto is going through a growth spurt right now. Upcoming gigs include July 27th (my birthday, so bring presents or drugs) at the Hotel Utah with Priscilla Ederle and John O'Brien. We are also playing a gig on August 26th at the Makeout Room in San Francisco's sunny Mission district, which I am super stoked for.... We'll be playing with a couple of bands we've never played onstage with before, and they are quite good.: The Red Thread and The Papercuts.

Oh, one bit of knowledge to drop on ya:

Dont let the bastards bring you down

posted by Hog 11:47 AM