i have been pursuing PME (my comedy hip hop group) for about 4 years now and have recently had some further success since our radio debut last year. we are still actively looking for some representation and a contract but no luck as of yet (i am making some great contacts at work though) after a while the radio play dwindled and we were anticipating our new album. we dropped it, (our second record) last fall and finally (after a lot of crap) played out for the first time about a month ago. the show went great there was about 250 people there and surprisingly all screaming our lyrics right back at us. we've got to meet a TON of really cool people that have been loyally listening to us for a long time. i have to say, i've never been in a band before, played only one show and had so many people know my lines better than me :) i am also horribly out of shape. our set was like 20mins and i was totally killed afterwards...in my defense, i did run around like an a-hole the whole time. we're booked again in september...a little over a year since "attack of the crackels" dropped and only playing our second show. it's really cool to see how much hype we can build before we play out though...i think this way is better than just playing every month and overkilling it. we're recording again...actually we have just confirmed dan weyandt from ZAO will guest on this new one (for those of you who know dan...he will be screaming). about 6 songs are developing and we should be done by christmas.the lucky strikes (my other band) are still playing about 3 times a month. we have played some larger shows than we're used to lately and we've got one coming up in pittsburgh that will be especially big. we're playing the DVE steelers tailgate party and also possibly the dve coffee house on 102.5 fm in sept. we are really looking forward to that show. we're also planning to record sometime before next year.
the fabulous grundle brothers are still playing our weekly open mic night at scooby's in greensburg. things are going well there too, we've been seeing some great crowds and having a lot of fun.
i just realized that i had an unmoderated comment about my googenshizer brew that i made a while back...justin, it turned out really well. i decided to add a pound of clover honey to the mix and it really paid off. i only made about 50 bottles and after my family and friends all got theirs, well...i have 2 bottles left...i suppose that means that it was a success! here's a picture. looks good huh? it's still fermenting in the bottles so i can assume that it's 28% alcohol by now.
oh what else...work is still really busy, although the video stuff has slowed considerably. training camp has started for the steelers and i have been @ camp once a week to film and take pictures for the DVE steelers page. on top of all this, i have been freelancing in what little spare time i have. kelli and the dogs are doing very well...here are some pictures...
me and kelli @ jam night
stewie (black) and squiggy (brown). chillaxin on the couch.
dj bonics from 96.1 Kiss FM joins us (the fabulous grundle brothers) at jam night.
well kids, until next time
(which i hope will be sooner than later...)
