To promote our upcoming show (to benefit the Humane Society) at the Art Bar on Saturday, we were invited to perform live on the air on 99.3 FM in Columbia last night. Let me tell you, we had no idea what we were walking into. We really didn’t know what song to play since this was a Covers show that we’re doing. We finally decided on what David Bowie song to cover on the air. We really couldn’t do an LC song because of the lyrical content of them, so we picked the cover. Of course, that also let the cat out of the bag that instead of paying tribute to Tykes With Guns, we’re now doing it as Tykes With Guns Butchering Bowie.
I gotta say, we pulled Queen Bitch off. I botched a line in the middle, but I don’t think anyone even noticed. In fact everyone said we sounded pretty good. It was quite fun too.
I had a blast catching up with Katy from the Humane Society. I haven’t seen her in years and it was fun to reconnect.
Now I’m looking forward to Saturday’s show a lot more. We’ll be doing a set of semi obscure Bowie songs. Most people probably won’t know ‘em, but that’s what will make it fun for us.
Rock!
Here’s the Flyer for the Sept. 4 show at the Art Bar. Katy Rocks! Click the pic to go to the Facebook event page to RSVP. Yeah. And see the post below this one for all the crazy details of said show.
We were invited to be a part of this awesome event that’s part fundraiser/part back to school bash. There’s going to be a lot of promo surrounding it from the organizers so it’s looking to be a pretty big deal. We were asked to participate and then we found out that the night was a bunch of locals playing tribute shows to their favorite bands. We don’t do a whole lot of covers so we originally thought about doing a Rick Springfield set. Then we remembered this one band that we saw about 10 years ago in Columbia. They were a badass local band that did everything that we want to do now. We actually cover a couple of their songs in our live set now (“Nuthugger” and “Liberia”). So, we’ll be a Tykes With Guns tribute band for the evening. We’ll be playing a complete set of songs that the LC has never played live before.
Anyway, here’s the full details straight from Katy. She rocks by the way…
The Humane Society and Chi Psi Fraternity present the USC Back to School Bash on Saturday, September 4th from 4pm-2am at Art Bar in the Vista! All proceeds will benefit The Humane Society’s Spay/Neuter Clinic and Cruelty Prevention Programs. There will be food from UNO Chicago Grill, a ping-pong tournament and local cover bands!
Ping Pong Tournament 4-8pm
$10 entry fee for 4 member teams
Prizes: Gift Certificate from UNO Chicago Grill, $25 Gift Certificate to Columbia Arts Academy & $100 Recording Gift Certificate to The Jam Room!
Local Cover Bands 8pm-2am
$4 cover charge
Bands: Evil Empire (Rage Against the Machine)
Colour & the Shape (Foo Fighters)
So Hush Hush (The Pixies)
The Lovecrafts (Tykes with Guns)
Chase Asmer (various covers)
Sponsored By:
UNO Chicago Grill
Free Times
WXRY-FM
Art Bar
Columbia Arts Academy
The Jam Room
Here’s the facebook event page so you can get your RSVP on…
And finally, here’s some of the promo that’s going to be done..
- WIS-TV interview Saturday August 28th at 9am
- WXRY-FM Unsigned Night Sunday August 29th at 8pm Interview and live on air acoustic performance by the Lovecrafts
- WXRY-FM Interview Friday September 3 at 4pm
- WACH FOX 57 Tuesday August 31 at 8:10am
So tune in to the TV stations to hear about the event and maybe even catch a glimpse of the LC on the air or tune into the radio and hear us rock out acoustically for you.
So yeah, guess we need to practice!
Our next show will be announced shortly. This one will be a one time only special show with a setlist we’ve never played before. We’re looking forward to it. Also, it will not be @ New Brooland. Details coming soon!
That’s right, just check out the show report page to watch video of the ENTIRE show. All you have to do is click on the song title to be whisked away to the youtube video. All of the between song banter and heckling is included for your amusement. Hope you enjoy. If not, that’s ok too. You’ll just have to be left out of the loop when all your buddies are chatting about these vids around the water cooler tomorrow morning. You don’t want to be that guy do you?
First off, here’s the show report (at least my perspective) of the show last Saturday night at New Brookland. If you were there, feel free to add your comments on that page as well. We’d love to hear what you thought.
In addition, check this out…
Website Stats
I love seeing what people search for to find our page. The bottom ones are always the best. I mean, c’mon, “rick springfield live on a robot,” “richard bearboy on tagged.com,” “love crafts for him.” I especially like that last one, y’know, since I’m obsessed with porn. At least according to the Free Times! So yeah…
photo by Julie Bernard Owens
Thanks to the kids that came out to New Brookland Tavern last night. It was great to catch up with some old friends and to meet some new friends. Full show report coming soon, but to me (and a few folks I talked to), this was our best show yet. We may have been a little off in a few places, but this was the most fun one. Awesome.
Here ya go…spread this one around like the Herpes. Awesome.
Rock so hard you can climb it.
Click on the picture to confirm you’re coming on facebook! And don’t forget…see the previous post to hear the new rough mixes of songs from our upcoming album. One of them finished less that 24 hours ago.
Here ya go. If you’re a member of the mailing list, here’s a couple more rough mixes for you to critique. In addition to “How to Hide an Unwanted Erection,” we now present you “Bounce” and “Chicken & Porn.” If you’re not a member, here’s how to sign up…
If you’re already a member, just go the page and rock out with us! Here’s a nice fancy link.
And don’t forget…JULY 10th, we once again ROCK New Brookland Tavern. This one’s a headlining gig, so we need your support on it. We may very well have a special discounted ticket deal for you too. Details coming soon.
