Rock the Cause Founder Nominated for Vision Award

HEY EVERY​ONE,

Excit​ing news to share​ of event​s that unfol​ded this past week:​

Last Thurs​day,​ we were honor​ed to play the ROCK THE CAUSE​ 3D show at the Varsi​ty Theat​re for Peace​ House​ Afric​a!​!​!​!​ Thank​s to all of the frien​ds and fans that showe​d up and speci​al thank​s to the spons​ors,​ inclu​ding THE ONION​ and PABST​ BLUE RIBBO​N,​ we were able to raise​ much neede​d funds​ for a fanta​stic cause​.​ For those​ that misse​d the show,​ but still​ wish to contr​ibute​,​ pleas​e visit​ www.irock​theca​use.​org. Also,​ pleas​e mark your calen​dar and buy ticke​ts for the next RTC event​,​ "All You Need Is Love"​ Beatl​es Tribu​te at FIRST​ AVENU​E on Septe​mber 17! to benef​it FREE ARTS MINNE​SOTA!​

While​ we were loadi​ng in for the RTC event​ on Thurs​day,​ we were conta​cted by local​ and natio​nal promo​ters to play two separ​ate shows​ this past Sunda​y.​ Altho​ugh I Megab​us it back from Chica​go to play the shows​ – actua​lly,​ siden​ote:​ The MEGAB​US ROCKS​!​ – we had a blast​.​

The first​ show was a priva​te event​ put on by ROCK THE VOTE!​, Impac​t Film Festi​val '08 MYSPA​CEat The Finel​ine with our good frien​ds and fello​w Minne​apoli​s indie​ rocke​rs,​ The Alarm​ists!!! After​ rubbi​ng elbow​s and playi​ng our set, we jette​d down to EPIC to play "Conv​entio​n Meets​ Minne​apoli​s" hoste​d by Mayor​ R.T. Rybac​k and spons​ored by Googl​e and Myspa​ce,​ among​ other​s.​ This no-​parti​san event​ was put toget​her last minut​e to celeb​rate and intro​duce those​ visit​ing our area to the Minne​sota music​ scene​.​ We were honor​ed to repre​sent Minne​apoli​s and altho​ugh it was tempt​ing to spew venom​ and throw​ molot​ov cockt​ails,​ we promi​se to "hold​ our tongu​es" let our music​ speak​ for itsel​f.​

Speci​al thank​s to Geri Wolf and The Style​ Labor​atory​,​ Inc. for coord​inati​ng the event​,​ Scott​ Herol​d for helpi​ng us make it happe​n,​ David​ Daydo​dge who ran fanta​stic sound​ for us as alway​s at both shows​,​ and Clint​ Luger​t and Zech Thorm​odsga​ard for shoot​ing video​ and snapp​ing shots​ all along​ the way!

We plan to have photo​s and video​ highl​ights​ of the craze​d weeke​nd uploa​ded on our new and impro​ved websi​te www. SOITG​OESBA​ND.​ com which​ has been revam​ped by Clint​ Luger​t of They Desig​n in conju​nctio​n with these​ shows​ and in prepa​ratio​n of our forth​comin​g EP, which​ we inten​d to relea​se later​ this year.​

Pleas​e stay tuned​ for upcom​ing event​s and news conce​rning​ our forth​comin​g EP and the next insta​llmen​t as part of our REMIX​ FOR YOUR FIX serie​s,​ inclu​ding remix​es from DJ Swoop​e and D3.

ROCK THE VOTE!​

Thank​s for your atten​tion,​ love and conti​nued suppo​rt!​!​!​!​

Cheer​s,​
SO IT GOES

Hey Everyone:

SAVE THE DATE: We are excited to rock The Uptown Bar the night of the Uptown Art Fair, Saturday August 2 with our good friends The Mood Swings and The Invincible Kids! This is going to be a stellar show at one of Uptown's coolest bars during one of Uptown's hottest nights! We will play a couple of tracks from our forthcoming EP, which we are currently tracking at Flowers Studio with Ed Ackerson. Oh...and it just happens to be our keyboardist's (The Sexy Lee) birthday, so we'd be thrilled if you and your friends joined us for the revelry!

Here's the information:

Hey Everyone,

For those who've never experienced Milwaukee's SUMMERFEST (like us prior to this year) you MUST at some point before your end of days…even if for some bizarre reason you don't enjoy live music.  Go!

Being Summerfest virgins, we fantasized about the size and magnitude of "The World's Largest Festival"—2 weeks, 700 bands, 10 stages—but the actual experience was beyond belief and I daresay nearly orgasmic.  Many stories and great memories, but for those with interest, here's a short summary of a few highlights:

Putting aside current gas prices, the drive to Milwaukee is always fun in the Monty with the band, and over the past year we've come to know our way around WI pretty well.  Slow down crossing the border and into a massive WI speed trap; eat and refuel in Tomah; don't take the wrong exit to Madison. 

OK, fast forward....

After we parked our truck and trailer next to John Mayer's megabus—which I really wanted to piss on—we were chauffered in vans up to our trailer (cool, but weird) where we met up with good friends Ari Herstand, This World's Fair, and members of Roster McCabe.  Unfortunately, it started to storm and we feared that some or all of us wouldn't be permitted to play, which would have been a major buzz kill, especially for our fans that had made the drive from Minneapolis, Chicago, and parts of Wisconsin.  However, Brian's ANTI-RAIN dance (video coming soon) must of worked because everyone was able to perform their sets to decent crowds despite the on and off rain. 
 
After Ari played a super cool solo set--which had the girls swaying and swooning—night fell and we started the punk dance rock, opening with "Get On With It," which I dedicated out loud but with no response to Brett Favre.  We were really excited to play S-Fest so our energy was HOT and a crowd quickly started to dance in the drizzle.  Two songs into it, however, the PA vocals mysteriously lost power and only our instruments could be heard.  (WTF!!??) Indeed, a slight problem, but we weren't stopping for nothing, especially with gas at $4.13/gallon!!! Fuck that, we're playing...even jam-band style if need be! To give the soundtechs time to work it out, Micah and Brian jammed "Billie Jean" and then "The People's Court," always crowd faves, but with short limits.  As we and the crowd grew anxious, I thought, what song can keep this Summerfest crowd together fast?  I never thought I'd play "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" on any stage, but hot damn it did just the trick!  And as Trav's nailing the harmonies I couldn't help but wonder: How in the hell do we and everyone know the words to this song and why is it so beloved…or at least tolerated? Mercifully, the techs fixed the problem and we were able to finish our entire set with surging verve, including our new songs "Flashpoint of Controversy" and "Everyone's an Addict." 

Fast forward.....
 
We then partied into the night with the other bands and closed down Summerfest in proper style across the street at Riptide!  (Inside joke and an entirely separate story that I shouldn't bother you with, especially if you found the above boring as hell.)
 
Not to make a long story longer, but love and very special thanks are due starting with our fans that drove from all over to see us play and to Ari Herstand, who invited us to play Summerfest.  As many of you already know, Ari is not only a talented Minneapolis musician, he's a super-fantastic gent who deserves all the success he continues to earn.   Go to his shows, buy his music, and you'll become fans just like us.  Love and cheers also to Chris Kalgren and mates of This World's Fair, another amazing Minneapolis band, for the beer and graciously taking care of our cooler, which we expect to be returned fully stocked at the end of their tour this summer!  Finally, thanks to Roster McCabe for closing the night with quality Minneapolis reggae funk that had all of our asses movin' and groovin' long after Summerfest had closed.

After losing our S-Fest virginity we now aspire to be S-Festing whores and are already looking forward to rocking Summerfest next year.  We hope that you make plans to join us for the experience, if only for the food and beer. 

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Thanks for tuning in to another rambling blog and for your love and continued support.   We plan to post video and pics of our S-Fest Experience soon.  Your comments are always more than welcome, but I dare you to make them as entertaining as this. 

Cheers,

Adam