I showed up on time for this show to say HI to people, but then went home to drop off my tools from work and change into more "rock and roll" clothes. When I got back, White Knight had already played, but they were the least of my concerns, considering they are from LA and I could probably see them again soon, if I want to. I heard The Sundowners rather well from the back yard where I was hanging out, catching up with my bandmate in ANS, Mark, who is also in Kicking Spit. The Sundowners sounded pretty poppy, but in a more competent way, they could actually play their instruments and had starts and stops and changes, not trains wrecks of varaying frequency and heroin breaks like most touring poppy punk bands in this country right now.
I had first seen Kicking Spit at Bronzefest in New Jersey last April, and they were decidedly better this time around, being in the midst of a full US/Canada tour and gettin' tight. The default comparison is Dinosaur Jr., with a strong trio in effect and lots of wild wah wah wankery and drum fills going on. Definitely more punk than Dino J, and they play a Discharge song in the set to prove it.
Next was my first time seeing Knifey Spoony in the Bay Area. The first being when Genesis Climber crossed paths with them in Richmond Virginia while we were both in the midst of summer US tours. Knifey is some sort of twisted catchy rock with a dark side, played by a bunch of way shaggy weirdos.
After the show me and members of K.S. and K.S. hung out and ate a lot of MUSHROOMS.
Ah, another epic (is there any other kind?) Genesis Climber tour has come to an end. So let me share with you my thoughts, hopes... dreams?
This is how the tour actually turned out. Quite a bit different than we anticipated.
Above: An early draft of what we were trying to do. Booking sure is easy!
Above: The T-shirt count and merch price list. Maturity has been reached.
Wednesady, June 9: Thrillhouse Records, San Francisco, CA w/ Street Justice
Thursday, June 10: The Womansion, Oakland, CA: w/ Shitty Fucker, Farticus
Friday, June 11: The Artisory, Portland, OR: w/ Exit Collapse, Stag Bitten, Fist Fite
Saturday, June 12: The Red House, Olympia, WA: w. Sharkpact, Meconium, Doom Eyes Sunday, June 13: The Green House, Seattle, WA: w/ Sugar Skulls, Same Sex Dictator, Throne Of Bone
Monday, June 14: Day Off. Van fixing, then driving to SLC
Tuesday, June 15: The Studio, Salt Lake City, UT: w/ Sin Orden, Digne Y Rebelde
Wednesday, June 16: Blast-O-Mat, Denver, CO: w/ Expiation, Jungle Juice, Sin Orden
Thursday, June 17: The Studded Bird, Kansas City, MO: w/ No Class, Dark Ages, Sin Orden
Friday, June 18: Day off in Iowa City
Saturday, June 19: Medusa, Minneapolis, MN: w/ Myrhh, lots of other weirdos...
Sunday, June 20: Pen 15 Club, Duluth, MN: w/ Children Of Euler, Voyages, Black Rites
Above: This note was left for me at Mike Wilson's house in Duluth
Monday, June 21: Memory Lanes, Minneapolis, MN: w/ Cadet, Moonstone Continuum, Children of Euler
Tuesday, June 22: Lothlorien Co-op, Madison, WI: w/ Defiance OH, Deep Shit, Toby Foster, Technicolor Teeth
Wednesday, June 23: The Borg Ward, Milwaukee, WI: w/ Jeff The Brotherhood, Natural Child, Dear Astronaut, Quest For Fire
Thursday, June 24: Lost Cross, Carbondale, IL: w/ Black on Brown
Friday, June 25: Skate Park, Bloomington, IN: w/ Butt Piss Saturday, June 26: Freedom Farm, Clinton, MI: w/ "Rob" on acoustic guitar
Sunday, June 27: Day off hangin' on the farm
Monday, June 28: Soggy Dog House, Lakewood, OH: w/ I Am The Sky, Slugging Percentage
Tuesday, June 29: The Mousetrap, Pittsburgh, PA: w/ Free Clinic, Manic Ritual
Wednesday, June 30: Day off, drivin' down the road...
Thursday, July 1: L'esco, Montreal, QE: w/ Desert Owl Friday, July 2: 242 Main Street, Burlington, VT: w/ Horse Spirit Penetrates, Rough Francis Saturday, July 3: The Democracy Center, Cambridge, MA: w/ Horse Spirit, Ski Mask, Rotten Apples
Sunday, July 4: Media Mansion, Northampton, MA: w/ Greyskull, Horse Spirit, Sharkee Katz
Monday, July 5: John Doe Jr. Records, Greenfield, MA: w/ Deliverance, Horse Spirit, Sharkee Katz (Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore were at this show, but left before we played. Sucks for them!) Tuesday, July 6: Apohadion Theater, Portland, ME: w/ Horse Spirit, Asian Mae, Shonny Babby Cry Cry
Wednesday, July 7: Bitches 'n' Beaches in Maine. Klonopin party in a 120 degree apartment in Providence that night
Thursday, July 8: Port D'or, Brooklyn, NY: w/ John Steeltoe Ensemble, Horse Spirit
Friday, July 9: Distant Castle, Worcester, MA: w/ Red Friends, Horse Spirit, The Terribles
Saturday, July 10: Tommy's Tavern, Brooklyn, NY: w/ Raw Nerves, Olde Ghost, Mortals
Sunday, July 11: Fuck Mountain, New Brunswick, NJ: w/ Black Birds, Prosthetics, Flesh Temple
Monday, July 12: Day off spent in Philly hanging at the warehouse...
Tuesday, July 13: Day off. Drove from Philly to RVA. Went to see Voetsek at Strange Matter.
Wednesday, July 14: Frank's House, Richmond, VA: w/ Sports Bar, Knifey Spoony, Raw Nerves, Mauser.
Genesis Climber and therefore Boca de Fuma crossed paths with another of the internet's greatest blogs, Two Holes Are Better Than One, in which Frank Bucalo shotguns a different kind of beer each day and posts a video of it. On the night of July 14th, 2010 you can see Frank and members of Genesis Climber and Knifey Spoony shotgunning whatever they could get their hands on. Cool!
Thursday, July 15: The Boiler room, Asheville, NC: w. Boy Lion, Proletariat
Friday, July 16: The Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN: w/ Networks
Saturday, July 17: Anarchtica, Chattanooga, TN: w/ Pigs,
Sunday, July 18: The Fire House, Birmingham, AL: w/ Raw Nerves, Korova
Monday, July 19: 1117 East Freeway, Houston, TX: w/ Baygon Vert, PLF
Tuesday, July 20: The Majestic Dwelling Of Doom, Denton, TX: w/ Red Faced Laughter, Geistheistler, Xril Arms
Wednesday, July 21: Lamar Street House, San Antonio, TX: w/ Sweaty Cleopatra, Gloam
Thursday, July 22: The Broken Neck, Austin, TX: w/ Raw Nerves, Chest Pain
Friday, July 23: Cole St. House, Austin, TX: w/ The Young, Cruddy, Dikes Of Holland
Saturday, July 24: The Trainyard, Las Cruces, NM: w/ Fungi Girls, Far Corners
Sunday, July 25: Day off "hanging" in Phoenix
Monday, July 26: The Underground, Nile Theater Basement, Mesa, AZ: w/ Ceremony, etc.
Tuesday, July 27: The Pink Mailbox, Isla Vista, CA: w/ Raw Nerves, El Mariachi, Break
Thursday, July 29: Kimo's, San Francisco, CA: w/ Sister Fucker, Prizehog
Saturday, July 31: Victory Warehouse, Oakland, CA: w/ Sorrower, Purple Rhinestone Eagle, Flood, Pins of Light
Check the crappy camera phone pictures I took on the road HERE.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
My camera phone shit the bed somewhere in Texas, so here's the last of the tour photos. Enjoy!
