Speaking of the House of Bourbon (please note the use of the heavy-handed segue way), I allowed myself to be over-served by tender cousin Jim Beam. I can’t remember if I did the caterpillar or any other such dance moves, but I definitely remember pogo-ing on the balcony while singing along to Death Cab and BK. If my unbridled enthusiasm for our tourmates distracted anyone from their own attempts to enjoy the evening’s proceedings, then I do apologize. Can’t take me anywhere.
I sure had fun, though.
-Mark
Author: Centro-matic
Houston/Numbers w/ Ben Kweller, Death Cab for Cutie (cancelled).
A bit of advice for aspiring stagehands- do not plug the lights and the PA into the same circuit-thingy. (I hope I am not being too technical here.) Bad things will happen. Rock shows will not happen. Hundreds of fans waiting for hours in the rain did unfortunately happen. I must say that if the same thing had occurred at a nu-rapmetal show, the crowd would not have been anywhere near as gracious in their drenched defeat. It sucked not being able to play after driving down to H-town, but we salvaged the evening by drinking margaritas and Mexican beer with Scott’s folks. (They always make a Houston roadtrip worthwhile, and Steve Danbom knows more about rock than all of us put together: http://www.danbomgeophysics.com/.)
-Mark
November 2003 European Tour
Here is the black and white slideshow from Europe. The music is “All The Lightning Rods”. This download is over 5mb, so high speed access is going to help.
Click here for photos of the tour.
November 2003, European Tour (2)
Here is a color slideshow from the Centro-matic Nov. ’03 European tour. it’s a couple of megs, so it may take a while to download. Matt took the photos. the music is “Suregrip Maximum” from the line.connection.aim cassette.
Click here for photos of the tour.
Flashes & Cables CD/EP
Release date: 01/2004
1. Flashes & Cables
2. Guillotines Hung Together
3. Why Are they Playing So Loudly?
4. Flashes & Cables Relax/Recline
5. Infernoesque Grande
6. Love You Just The Same
Love You Just The Same CD
Release date: 09/2003
1. Mighty Midshipman
2. Flashes and Cables
3. Argonne Limit Co.
4. Biology Tricks
5. Strahan Has Corralled the Freaks
6. All the Lightning Rods
7. Reset Anytime
8. Picking Up Too Fast
9. Spiraling Sideways
10. Supercar
11. Silver Plate Complaints
12. Breathe Deep Not Loud
13. Without You
Welcome Convalescence CD
Release date: 04/2003
01. New Brookland
02. Saint Augustine
03. Smelling Medicinal
04. Everglades
05. Like a Madman
06. Evangaline
07. Ariza / 284
08. The Splinter Angelic
Murder of Tides CD
Release date: 04/2002
1. Murder Of Tides (Westerlies)
2. Commonly Linked
3. The Riot Jack
4. Philo Manitoba
5. Karcher’s Contacts
6. Re-run Pills
7. River Koltolwash
8. In A Motionless Way
9. Tent Of Total Mystery
10. The Yellow Signals
Distance & Clime CD
Release date: 08/2001
Track Listing:
01. The Connection’s Not So Civilized
02. Fountains of Fire
03. Scrap the New Rails
04. To Unleash the Horses Now
05. Tundra (Part Seven)
06. The Given Geography
07. Truth Flies Out
08. Janitorial on Channel Fail
09. On the Sagtikos
10. Actuator’s Great
11. Tonight Is Not It
12. Decorated Equals
13. Patiently Standing
14. Upton to Riverhead to Mastic
15. Call Down the Systems and the Ranks
Opportunity CD/EP
Centro-matic + Vermont = Opportunity – CD/EP
Release date: 02/2001
01. Old Blue (Centro-matic, written by Vermont)
02. Strong Sentences Within (Centro-matic)
03. Celebrated Departure (Centro-matic)
04. Little Blonde Hairs (Vermont)
05. What To Do (Vermont)
06. Say Something/95 Frowns (Vermont, written by Centro-matic)