here's a new song to commemorate the release of my new album, Master of None.

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Hi there,

hey folks,

hey ya'll,

a few weeks ago i did a call-in performance for KDVS radio.

it is online now. check it:

http://phoningitin.net/shows/387-Golden-Gram

081508 blog

well, i think we really hit our stride tonite.
we played near kansas city to about 20,000. 2 weeks into supporting jack johnson, things just came together.
everyone had a great show.
the crowd was on our side. i have a good feeling we won over some kids tonite.
and there were actually even some requests from the crowd. some folks knew who we were.
the tour has been amazing so far.
let me just recap the first two days.
7/31, 4:00:
meet up at studio in the afternoon, grab gear, take shuttle to airport.
in tow is our new bass player, cameron, who is also in his own rad band called somehow at sea. previous bass player patrick and his lady had a beautfiul baby boy so he is off the road for the moment. arrive at airport, usually we wait in line and have to deal with oversize and extra baggage fees ranging from $100 to $1500, but this time we followed a tip we got from the band mute math and used the skycap.
he met us on the curb, got all our extra/overweight stuff on the plane with no extra charges, and even got us to the front of the security line and all we had to do was tip well. awesome! thanks mute math.
i hate flying, but this flight was super smooth and i was fine. get to hotel around 2, go have a drink with pat's bro. try to sleep for 3 hours. no good.
up @ 5:45 to meet the van that takes us to whatever chicago morning show we played on. good morning chicago? can't recall. do an acoustic version of "chicago x 12" then back to the hotel, check out, meet the van to take us to lollapalooza. it is now about 10. get to the grounds, meet our bus and our driver named red. get some breakfast, listen to bang camaro (=awesome) rock the early afternoon crowd, then play the myspace stage around 1. hour long set, cameron's first with us, unless you count the morning show, we kicked it to about 12,000 i think. then we packed up and went over to the kidzapalooza stage. even though it was mostly adults it was still cool.
jeff tweedy played a few songs and then we did a few acoustic jamz there too.
have some dinner, see some grizzly bear, stephen malkmus, then when malkmus ended, they cleared off the stage and we sat on the edge to watch radiohead.who i have never seen. mind blowing. i can't believe how great they sound live. what a great day. but wait, there's more!
towards the end of radiohead's set, we took the bus over to schuba's to play with dr. dog. my favorite band! so great and awesome to see those guys again. we played with them at a sxsw showcase back in march and i am in love.
found out about them from a daytrotter.com session. which you must look at if you haven't. it's free! so anyway, they let us use all their gear like the sweethearts they are.
they rocked for 45 minutes. not nearly long enough, and then we rocked the sold out crowd for an hour or so. hung out with the dogs and then headed to the van for some chappelle show and sleep. i think we all knocked out around 3:30 am. 22 hours later. cameron was impeccable. we figured if he could survive that baptism of fire, he'd be fine. and he was, with flying colors. so, there you go. more soon....

love,

golden

and i will, but for now, here is a video of a song we recorded, filmed at my house before our enchanted forest opening. love, golden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd5EJVHeuio

hi folks,

we are on tour with death cab for cutie and it is awesome.
its our first tour on a bus and so far so good.
we have lots more free time than usual.
so i figured i'd start writing more regularly.
spirits are high lately, we played red rocks the other nite and it was prety much amazing.
that place rules and i think we rose to the occasion.
tonite is kansas city and then on to columbia.

dr. dog posted a track from their forthcoming album.
i'd listen to it if i were you.

cheers,

golden

hey everyfolks,

i am back on tour again, check the rogue wave site for dates, but i am pretty much gone until july.
hopefully i will see many friends while i am out.

in the meantime, or perhaps, in the real time scenario, we just got hooked up with this thing called kyte. they gave us a video phone and we can upload videos as soon as we make them, so we are trying to do at least one a day.
you can watch them as soon as they are posted on our myspace, facebook, etc....
and you can add it to yr own page. i just did it on here too.
click get & share and follow the directions.
easy peasy!!!
it should be really funny, we hope. we think we're funny anyway. let us know.

also, stay tuned for the new video for chicago x 12 starring rogue wave and BOB ODENKIRK!!!!! yes.

love each other,

golden

hey,

been a while.
thanks to those who have been coming to the missouri lounge, the nights are getting better as i find more 45s. it is getting to be rocking soon.

more rogue wave, new album out. busy.

golden gram record still in progress, a few more songs to go. maybe next year.

be well and love each other.

cheers,

goldeee