GLASGOW

EAST. COAST. TOUR.

2010-05-06T09:55:00.004-05:00

INTERNET!

Your favorite neighborhood opera-rockers have decided to undertake yet another foolish, hair-brained scheme. Glasgow will be setting sail (in a van) up the Eastern Seaboard this month, in vain attempts to hoodwink innocent bystanders into enjoying our music. Hopefully, with enough converts, we can eventually turn our penny-ante operation into a nickel-ante operation. Because while a penny saved is a penny earned, nickels hurt a lot more when you throw them at people.

Ouch.

The whole shebang starts with a big BIG kickoff show at House of Blues Parish Room on May 14th. Headlining that night will actually be Glasgow's own Alexis Marceaux and her amazing band.

Here's the itinerary (redundant of the show list on the top of the page):

May 18th: Athens, GA - Rye Bar
May 19th: Chapel Hill, NC - The Cave
May 21st: Philadelphia, PA - Green Line Cafe
May 23rd: Burlington, VT - Radio Bean
May 24th: Washington, DC - IOTA Club and Cafe
May 25th: Wilmington, DE - Blue Parrot
May 26th: Charlotte, NC - Evening Muse

If you are someone who lives in any of these locales, if you know someone who lives in any of these locales, or if you know someone who knows someone who lives in, around, or near any of these locales, don't hesitate to use harsh force to get yourself, your aqcuaintances, or perfect strangers to these shows. Extreme duress is a proven catalyst for a good time.

We'll be updating about our tour to an annoyingly regular degree pretty soon, so stay tuned to this blog, our Facebook page, and especially our Twitter (yuck, I know).

Be very afraid America. Here we come.

-S

Jazz Fest Jubilation

2010-04-22T19:01:00.003-05:00

We're as happy as this guy.

Hello again Internet,

Just in time for the 40th-ish annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, we at Glasgow have some crazy, fun, and exciting things going on.

FIRSTLY: Our very own Alexis Marceaux will be performing with her own band at the Lagniappe Stage at 12:35pm Friday April 23rd (Click here for a full schedule of that day at the Fest).

SECONDLY: Glasgow proper will be hitting the streets a few nights during the Festival, including playing Le Maison on Saturday April 24th w/ Silent Cinema (tix here, Facebook event here) and May 2 at Circle Bar with Vox and the Hound.

LAST AND MOST CRITICALLY: As you might have heard, Glasgow will be opening for Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas at Republic on April 29th. YEAH YOU RIGHT.

So, no matter what, whether you like it or not, we'll see you out there, somewhere.

Party time, excellent.

-S

GLASGOW WARS!

2010-04-11T20:40:00.003-05:00

Glasgoogle

2010-04-01T13:43:00.002-05:00

Just something neato: some folks lobbying to get Google Fiber in New Orleans made this video, using 'Birth of Joshua' and 'What Goes Up' from our new '1986 EP' in the background. John Goodman looks like he really enjoys the music. See for yourself, and read up on Google Fiber. It's seriously the future.

Bring Google fiber to New Orleans from Andrew Larimer on Vimeo.

Exciting stuff. See you at Dragon's Den.

-S

Post SXSW, Spring has Sprung

2010-04-01T13:20:00.002-05:00

Boy, SXSW this year sure was a hoot. We got to hang out with famous people and play in some of the coolest places on Earth. In the aftermath, we've been busy keeping up with new friends we made out there and exploiting (benevolently, of course) our new contacts.

We've got some exciting upcoming events. On Friday, April 2, we'll be rocking the roof off the Dragon's Den alongside carnival freaks Dirty Bourbon River Show and Houston's finest Wild Moccasins. The madness begins at 10pm.

Then, on April 16, we're going to be doing a STAR WARS-themed show at Republic New Orleans (!!). More on that to come. We can hardly handle the anticip...

THEN, we'll be doing a couple Jazz Fest night shows, one at Maison on Frenchmen St. on April 24th, and another at Circle Bar on May 2. These will feature a ton of insanely great talent. We'll be blogging about them individually closer to show time. VERY EXCITING STUFF.

FINALLY, we plan to embark on an East Coast tour at the end of May. We're going up to New York and back, making many stops on our way. Details still in the works.

We've been getting more into this twitter business. "Follow" us, if you'd like. See how I used the jargon there? That's what you're supposed to say: "Follow". Yeah. @Glasgowband is our name on there. So go "tweet" something about us, maybe. See? I did it again. No big deal.

Until next time. See everyone at Dragon's Den.

-S

The Latest and Greatest from Austin

2010-03-19T19:02:00.002-05:00

Hello!

Been a crazy couple of days here at SXSW. Making blog posts is tough with all this whirlwind of gigs, conferences, and schmoozing. However, you can get a pretty good moment-to-moment account of the happenings here from our perspective by checking out our annoyingly frequent twitter feed: http://twitter.com/glasgowband, or at http://glasgowband.net right there at the top of the page, in big stupid letters.

Salutations from Austin!

-S

FOBURG FEEVA!

2010-03-11T19:03:00.002-06:00

We're on this episode of Launchpad TV near the end. A couple of the people in charge of Foburg Fest, Mark Heck and Rachel Puckett, tell it like it is. This show is way cool!

Watch live streaming video from launchpadlive at livestream.com

Hooray!

-S

Fests, Fests, East and West

2010-03-08T15:14:00.007-06:00

Internet!

We've just gotten rested up from our weekend in Lafayette, where we had a grand time rocking the Artmosphere as part of the second ever Geronimo Festival. There was a great turnout and absolutely perfect weather. Couldn't have asked for a better Saturday.

Next, we are revving up for an event that will certainly find its way into the annals (heh) of New Orleans' musical history, Foburg Fest. It's going to be a 3-day extravaganza (March 12-14), 90+ bands, 10+ venues, and way too much fun for one weekend. Foburg serves as a pre-SXSW platform to route SXSW-bound bands through New Orleans. It will also help acquaint penny-ante New Orleans mistrels like us with seasoned national acts. We'll be headlining the Blue Nile Upstairs on Saturday, 3/13.

FINALLY, we'll be spending most of next week at the illustrious SXSW Conference and Festival, mostly because Glasgow is playing at Agave on March 17 (1:00pm) and at House of Commons on March 18 (7:30pm), all in wonderful Austin, TX.

What a month! Stay tuned for wild and wacky updates from festival-land.

-S

IT'S HERE!

2010-02-21T09:32:00.003-06:00

The 1986 EP has arrived! To celebrate this occasion, we've composed a quatrain:

The 2010 Winter Olympics

are in Vancouver, not Saskatchewan;

The 1986 EP is free? How simplistic!

So go out and getchu one.

Or, if rhymed verse isn't your cup of tea, get it by CLICKING HERE.

HOORAY!!!

-S

THE COUNTDOWN - 1 DAY TO GO

2010-02-19T10:23:00.004-06:00

Oh boy, oh boy! We are tapping our toes and nibbling our cuticles in anticipation of tomorrow's release. We are SO excited, in fact, that we've decided to do something INSANE and make it absolutely FREE.

Yes, no fooling. Absolutely, 100% gratis. No charge. Zero dollars and zero cents.

Well, here's the deal. It will be as free as you want it to be. That is, you can feel FREE to make a donation, if you like. It's a name-your-price scenario, although the recommended price is ZILCH because we strongly believe our music is, well, priceless.

Yup. Paint. Suck it.

And, while we've (possibly) got your attention, don't forget this amazing weekend of shows:

TONIGHT: Glasgow w/ We Landed on the Moon! and Elsinore at Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge

TOMORROW NIGHT: Glasgow w/ We Landed on the Moon!, Elsinore, and Sun Hotel at One Eyed Jack's in New Orleans

We'll see you there, wherever 'there' may be.

-S

THE COUNTDOWN - 2 DAYS TO GO

2010-02-18T08:55:00.009-06:00

After today, two more agonizing days until you can download our funky fresh new jams.

As loyal followers know, this 1986 EP will contain five (5) selections of our original indie-rock opera 1986. So, without further around-the-bush-beating, we present to you now:

THE STORY OF 1986

On January 1st, 1986, a prostitute, Mary, gives birth to a son, Joshua. We learn that the father, Joseph, met Mary on an impromptu, late-night tryst and developed a brief, secret, and passionate relationship with her, despite his prominent (and public) position in military politics and his blond-haired, blue-eyed wife back home. Mary gets pregnant and, wishing to start fresh and shed her ill-repute, decides to have the kid. By this time and despite many promises to provide for Mary, Joe has fled back to his "happily married" existence in Washington and won't return Mary's many attempts to get a hold of him.

[Riveting! The plot thickens...]

It turns out Joseph is an appointee of the National Security Council, who are deeply entrenched in a secret weapons-for-hostages trade with Iran during the Iran-Iraq War. As if that wouldn't draw enough intrigue, the NSC, on a somewhat random power trip, decides to funnel some of the profits from their arms dealings to subsidize the Contras, a Nicaraguan guerilla group who opposes the communist regime in that country. [Oh no they didn't!] Due to the subversive nature of these activities, Joseph is made to keep them under wraps by the rest of the Reagan cabinet. (Joseph's character and plight is very literally based on an amalgam of real-life former National Security Advisors Robert McFarlane and John Poindexter, perhaps with a little Ollie North thrown in for completeness.)

[Now THAT'S edu-tainment!]

Mary spends the year trying to track Joe down, both to get him to acknowledge his son and to do what she can to intercede when she realizes she can sway her baby's father from his ill deeds (which she picked up on via happenstance pillow talk during their romance). Mary [Magdelene, anyone?] is convinced that since Joshua [ = Yeshua = Hebrew for 'Jesus'] has "saved" her from her former life of prostitution, so can he save Joseph [of Nazareth? Snap.] from his shame of deceiving the American people and many of his colleagues in Washington (notwithstanding his adultery with Mary).

[Brain has officially exploded. I don't think I want to know what happens next.]

Too bad. Joseph travels overseas to nullify the NSC's deal with Iran. The whole thing ends in a standoff between Joseph and the NSC's Middle-East middleman, a high-ranking Hezbollah militant. Mary, still in pursuit and baby in arms, get caught in the conflict and is taken hostage.

[How ever will this situation be resolved?!]

Sorry, you'll have to wait for our big premier in May. But know that the ending is pretty epic.

-S

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS!

2010-02-16T20:27:00.003-06:00

No, not a countdown for the days it takes to get rid of a Mardi Gras hangover.

This Saturday, February 20, Glasgow will be releasing our 1986 EP in an internet-only format through Band Camp (It's a site where you can post your music for download. It can look like this one belonging to fellow New Orleans synth/math/metal/excellentness Big Rock Candy Mountain).

The 5-song EP will be made up of selections from our upcoming indie-rock opera 1986. The plot spans from January 1st to December 31st of this watershed year for Cold War politics. The songs all deal with events of the year (Chernobyl, the Challenger disaster, the Iran-Contra Affair, etc), each of whose significance is used allegorically and paired with events in the fictional A-plot.

More of the story of 1986 will be revealed as the countdown soldiers on. Can't wait to spill the beans.

Until tomorrow, goodnight and Happy Mardi Gras!

-S

Behind the Scenes with Glasgow

2009-12-14T08:47:00.004-06:00

Below is a little homemade video of us making a trailer to our indie-rock opera '1986'. We filmed it in a theater space inside the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA), a performing arts conservatory for high school students, of which 4 out of 5 of us are alums (George was in Nicaragua at the time). They were kind enough to let us use the space and put up some decor of our own. We appreciate the privilege immensely.

As the days wear on, we'll be revealing more, little by little, in a heartachingly slow and deliberate manner.

Because we're jerks.

Love,
-S

Nineteen Eighty Sexy

2009-12-09T22:44:00.004-06:00

Larger than life

So, Saturday we'll be filming a trailer for our rock opera and thought we'd run by Party City to pick up some supplies. Naturally, I was distracted by the ginormous gumball machine.

We'll also be releasing some tracks from the opera as our '1986 EP' just in time for the holidays. It's our little way of saying "Feliz Kwanzaa".

Hello, beautiful.

-S

ArcenEAUX MY GOD

2009-11-22T19:13:00.003-06:00

This is a teaser of Glasgow's drummer Jon Arceneaux "going postal" at the end of the as-yet unreleased Glasgow song of the same name. The video was captured from Alexis Marceaux's cellphone as Jon tracked the part in the Mid-City home of our recording engineer Rick Nelson. It's the same place we recorded the violin, cello, and vocals you hear in the snippet. Look for the full song, plus four more from our rock opera on the 1986 EP, coming next month.

-S

Triple Trouble

2009-11-19T10:08:00.004-06:00

Yup. 3 Ninjas. Went there.

Fri. 11/20 - Martin's Lounge in Jackson, MS w/ Furrows
Wed. 11/25 - Mule's Cate Street Pub in Hammond, LA w/ Alexis Marceaux Band
Sat. 11/28 - Artmosphere in Lafayette, LA w/ The Picardy Birds

One week(ish), two much fun for one night, three amazing opportunities to get your Glasgow on. So, don't four-get, or you might have to plead the Fifth. Insert more terrible number puns here. Egh, we might have to eighty-six this whole blog post.

Just to make sure it all adds up, we've decided that in order to multiply our chances of success, we needed to divide and conquer. We hope you all come out in record numbers. We're counting on you.

High-fives,
S

Voodoo hangover

2009-11-16T14:15:00.003-06:00

Random Glasgloating:

Got some interesting coverage from a couple cool places 'round the country from our Voodoo appearance.

Examples:

A Dallas-Ft. Worth TV station was there and hung out with us backstage. Very nice guys.

Also, NewOrleans.com was there strutting their stuff, too.

There's more where that came from, but I'm pretty sure you are tired of looking at us rock and be awesome.

Love y'all.

-S

Glasgow: New Orleans Party Animals

2009-10-22T01:58:00.002-05:00

In case you missed this past Friday's Aladdin-themed Glasgow show at Republic, NewOrleansPartying.com was on site filming the whole affair, including an off-the-cuff interview with the whole band. We were perhaps a little besotted with beverage that night, for there was an open bar. Let's be honest; it's something one can't pass up in this economy. Witness the insanity.

An interview with just us (apologies for possible incoherence in advance):

Thank you everyone for making that night such a success. We'll see you at Voodoo!

-S

Nothing Quiet on the Eastern Front

2009-10-20T11:26:00.004-05:00

Susan Cowsill and Sam Craft at Voice of the Wetlands Fest earlier this month

On the heels of an INSANE Aladdin-themed show at Republic in New Orleans, the Craft Brothers have set off on an East-Coast tour with veteran songstress Susan Cowsill (of '60s family band The Cowsills). The Bros will return just in time for Glasgow's Voodoo Fest appearance, Friday 10/30 at noon.

To see how close this whole operation comes to your neck of the woods, visit Glasgow's MySpace or Susan's MySpace. Not coming by you? Move!

In other news, the band's got a lot in store, including Glasgow's original Indie-Rock Opera '1986', including a free EP and some videos for the opera coming out in November, and live performances of it around the country this coming Winter and Spring. VERY EXCITED.

See you soon!

-J, S

Arabian Night-life

2009-10-09T12:47:00.003-05:00

Hello, internet.

Just writing to show you that our Oct. 16th show at Republic in New Orleans is plugged on NolaNitelife.com, a culture and lifestyle website about hip and happenin' goings-on in the Crescent City.

So, this means you need to come to the show. Don't be foolish. Get more details here.

Also, the theme of the show is Aladdin! Abu, the Genie, Jasmine, the Magic Carpet... so many costume ideas, so little time!

-S

Groovy!

2009-09-15T12:57:00.004-05:00

In need of something to make you feel smart? Groovescapes is an incredibly well-written and well-maintained music blog, focusing on the Southeast, 'specially New Orleans/Baton Rouge/Lafayette. The blogmaster made an incredible eloquent and positive review of a recent Glasgow show at Carrollton Station in New Orleans.

Hooray!

Glasgow in the studio?!

2009-09-08T22:19:00.004-05:00

All those ludicrous rumors are validated by this exclusive, revealing footage.

We've been hard at work tightening the bolts to an indie-rock musical about love and loss in the mid-80s. It's called '1986'. Apropos.

A not-so-secret is that we're going to be releasing a 5-song EP to promote the thing, probably at the end of October. And it's gonna be totally FREE, just like the best things in life.

This is us laying down some percussion overdubs. We're so cute.

Stay tuned for more sneak peaks of the musical.

-S

Sam and Alexis do the Robot

2009-09-01T14:20:00.002-05:00

We just posted a video of Glasgow's fearless leader Sam Craft (fearless referring to that haphazard animal carcass atop his cranium) and the illustrious Alexis Marceaux performing the Glasgow original Robot. You gotta go to our Facebook page to watch it. Enjoy.

http://www.facebook.com/glasgowband

-J

Tattoo Cool for School

2009-08-26T15:01:00.004-05:00

The first 100 visitors to our merchandise table at our Friday, 8/28 Back-to-School Blowout at One Eyed Jack's (click for tix) get their own sweet Glasgow temp tat.

Don't miss out... ...or the hammer will find you.

-J

Come to One Eyed Jack's on August 28th. OR ELSE.

2009-08-24T15:20:00.001-05:00

COG vs. Glasgow from Milo Pinkerton on Vimeo.

Don't be a Stranger

2009-08-24T14:48:00.004-05:00

Greetings again, residents of the internet. We've been scarce lately, amping up for our sure-to-be-insane Back to School Blowout at One Eyed Jack's on Friday August 28th, wherein Consortium of Genius has vowed to destroy us with campy, Ed Wood panache (you MUST see this video).

In the meantime, a random bit of fun:

The inaugural issue of the Dirty South's newest music periodical contains a sweet blurb about Glasgow about which we couldn't be happier. Get the entire issue in .pdf form here. We're in the very last section called Songs of Summer. Co-Editor-in-Chief Dominique Minor had benevolent words for our awkward, circus-anthem "Stranger".

You can listen to Stranger in its high-fidelity entirety on our website (www.glasgowband.net). It's the second song on our player in the upper-right.

Check out Dominique's own blog, frustratedmusicjournalist.blogspot.com.

See you at One Eyed Jack's.

-S

Friends with Benefits

2009-08-05T10:12:00.007-05:00

During our set at the Green Room in Covington, LA on Saturday, an amazing photographer and friend Dominic Dagradi took some mind-numbingly awesome photos.
You can see his work at DominicDagradi.com and see all of the show pictures Here.

-J

THIS JUST IN

2009-08-03T14:58:00.002-05:00

From a highly-regarded source, we have learned a goofy little rock band called GLASGOW will be opening up for Augustana (VH1, David Letterman, the Today Show, 'The Hills', etc) at House of Blues New Orleans this Wednesday, August 5. Doors at 7, we play at 8. $15. Come class up your hump day evening.

-S

Fan Art

2009-07-28T23:47:00.003-05:00

This gem was sent to us by Isaac Taylor of Hattiesburg, MS.:

Needless to say, we are stunned and speechless (although certainly not blogless). Isaac attended our Friday, July 24th show in Hattiesburg and we hung out with him a great deal after the gig. We were first intrigued by the guy after learning that he came to the show even after getting in an accident that totaled his car just an hour or so beforehand. This, however, is truly above and beyond. Our hats are off to you, Isaac.

-S

Tour Highlights: Grand Marais, MN

2009-07-27T09:26:00.009-05:00

Our lodgings on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Eat your heart out, Thoreau.

After the Craft Brothers' whirlwind across the amber waves of Waffle Houses and some amazing Glasgow gigs closer to the homefront, we returned panting for air and eager to tell stories. One of our first stops on the Craft Brothers/Susan Cowsill tour, we stayed for a several-day stint on the picturesque North Shore of Lake Superior, in the resort town of Grand Marais. It's like the Aspen of Minnesota. And it's pretty much in Canada.

Susan Cowsill and husband/drummer Russ Broussard taking in the scenery. Eat your heart out, Nights in Rodanthe.

The Naniboujou Lodge. This is where we brunched one morning. This is just the dining hall. And it's all-you-can eat, so, eat your heart out.

Grand Marais, MN is famous for stockpiling discontinued junkfood. This particular chocolate bar is very old and will probably make you hallucinate. Don't eat your heart out.

The gigs in Grand Marais were fun and short, so there was plenty of time for recreation. The weather was cool and dry, most agreeable and quite contrary to the pressure cooker of a typical New Orleans summer. The beach was a our regular spot for repose and deep introspection. It was there that, with heavy hearts, we bode farewell to paradise.

Jack on the rocks, anyone? Drink your heart out.

New Orleans Music Online gets Crafty

2009-07-08T09:16:00.005-05:00

So, New Orleans Music Online's Jay Mazza did his homework about our summer exploits.

Meanwhile, Jack and Sam are on a whistlestop tour of these great United States, all strung out, with the world on a string, no strings attached.

Last night we spent the night in beautiful St. Louis in Susan Cowsill's booking agent's house. He has a boat. And a lake to put it in.

Good morning, St. Louis

Thursday evening we'll in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at their famous Waterfest. We'll be jamming alongside some New Orleans favorites like Paul Sanchez (Cowboy Mouth) and Mark Mullins (Bonerama), and playing before So-Cal's neo-swingsters Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

Stay tuned for randomness.

-S

Red Stick Recognition

2009-07-01T16:50:00.003-05:00

The congenial folk at Baton Rouge's Tiger Weekly made a fine plug for our Independence Day Extravanganza.

Just sayin.

Have a lovely week.

-Jack

Glasgow Gris Gris -or- Don't mind if we VooDOO

2009-06-26T14:13:00.006-05:00

All our lucky rabbits' feet have hippety hopped Glasgow into the 2009 edition of the Voodoo Music Experience. Big shots include Kiss, Eminem, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, The Flaming Lips, and a whole heck of a lot more. Look out for Jack and Sam to be lending cello and violin services to local boy Andrew Duhon's Voodoo set as well.

...

Mmmmm we have another sweet, tasty morsel of Glasgow news, but it will have to wait 'til the next blog post. Must pace these things you know. Don't want to spoil dinner. All this food talk is making me hungry. Is that new secretary back with lunch yet?

-S

Tour Highlights: 1126 House

2009-06-19T11:01:00.004-05:00

Jon, left, is not wearing any pants in this picture. George, left center, is OK with that.

Last night we had the honor of headlining the inaugural show for 1126 House, a hip new house show joint in Hattiesburg. It's about a mile from Southern Miss and the neighbors are sweet. It was an unforgettable night of merriment and camaraderie. Friendships were forged and lives were changed. Forever. (Cue 'Salsbury Hill' by Peter Gabriel.)

Bands play for donations and a couple guys from some prominent Hattiesburg/Meridian, MS bands run the place not-for-profit style. Bands can sleep there, get fed, get showered, get free wireless internet (hence, this blog post). Hattiesburg people are generous, as we continue to learn.

Chase these cats down the information superhighway on MySpace. They also host the site hattiesburgmusic.com. It's a cool, interactive hub a la NewOrleansIndieRock.com.

Party time. Excellent.

The globetrotting continues. See you there.

-S

Random exposure

2009-06-08T23:11:00.002-05:00

Baton Rouge's Tiger Weekly blogged some pictures of us opening up for Third Eye Blind this past March. Check it out internetters!

http://www.tigerweekly.com/theblogs/?p=307

Summer summer summerTOUR

2009-05-18T11:52:00.011-05:00

The Craft Brothas ca. 1991, in our summer summer summertime attire.

Starting in late-ish June and stretching through the end of July, Glasgow and the Craft Brothers will be embarking on a fun-in-the-sun, bar-none, how-the-midwest-was-won, water-gun, hamburger-bun, bull-run 'round the southeast and up the Mississippi valley.

The first leg takes Glasgow from Mobile, AL to Austin, TX and back home again. Then, Jack will trade in his guitar for a cello as the Craft Brothers meet up with Susan Cowsill and her band in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for some dates in America's heartland.

Who is Susan Cowsill?

She's famous.

Susan was in a family band called The Cowsills from Newport, Rhode Island who made several hits in the late '60s, including "I Love the Flower Girl" and "Hair". The Cowsills served as the inspiration to ABC's the Partridge Family.

She's the cute one in the middle.

The family band split soon afterward (parents just don't understand, right Will?). In the '70s, she rocked solo on Warner Brothers records and started a band in the '90s called the Continental Drifters. She's played with pretty much everybody from Hootie to Jackson Browne. For all the in-between details, check out her website: SusanCowsill.com or just Google her.

All our tour dates with Susan or as just plain Glasgow are at the top of the page and on our MySpace. In this fickle world of effervescent strings, things are always subject to change, so pop in regularly to make sure your little black book matches ours. See you on the road.

-S

This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps

2009-03-29T16:12:00.011-05:00

Awesome fun at our Meridian, MS show.

First, George introduced us to all kinds of crazy Mexican candy. Why a Nicaraguan knows so much about Mexican candy we don't know. We had this tamarind paste that was pre-stuck to a spoon, and some brown goo in a bag and all of it was salty. But my question is why the heck would somebody put red pepper into a squeeze tube and call it candy? Or those dried shrimp in a bag? Who does this? I demand names.

Aparently it's not a good idea to flash a camera at people in the back seat of a car. Because then they look like this:

In the middle there is Delila, who came with us for merchandising. She's got good road-trip stories. Or at least good stories to tell on a road-trip. Also stories about tripping in the road. But no stories about tripping while driving on the road. Because that would be a DUI.Our adventure took us to Meridian Underground Music, a super-cool joint dedicated to hippie paraphenalia, music, and musical instruments. It's owned by a cool chap named Wayne Williams, who puts on shows there twice a month. Check them out at Myspace.com/meridianunderground

There was an Al Green impersonator after us. His name is Mel Cole, "The Legendary Las Vegas Al Green Impersonator." He was awesome.

Al Green was promoting Cassandra Sloan for Mayor. We've never had band picture with a Mayorial Candidiate before. She talked about setting up more live performances in Meridien. Cool Stuff. All the best of luck to her. Keep up with The Meridian Star for more info on Ms. Sloan.

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Here's the headliner, Baak Gwai, who were loud and fast and butt-kicking. Real troopers about the cold.
See them at http://baakgwai.com

And here we have the Dark Sundays, an awesome folk-indie outift. Props to singer Logan, who has the stones to play a pink guitar. And to his girlfriend Darcy who let Jack borrow her coat.

http://myspace.com/darksundays

National Headwound Appreciation Day

2009-03-27T09:55:00.000-05:00

Jack vs. Stick

2009-03-23T15:16:00.002-05:00

"Stick? It was more of a log. Either way, wooden and begat from a tree," recounts Jack Craft in his version of the events of this past Saturday night outside Mandeville, LA. In a bizzare bonfire-building incident, Jack was wounded from a projectile fragment of conifer branch. Standard investigative procedures point to a relatively common wood-chopping error. Jack's account says otherwise. "[The rest of the band and I] were just sitting there-- we had just made a bonfire and were adding wood to it. We were drinking beers and telling stories and then-- out of nowhere-- damn stick hit me in the face." Accident? Think again. We believe this to be yet another instance of vicious stick-on-human crime.

We are currently on the lookout for a piece of wood 18-24 inches long, approximately 3 inches in diameter, probably hiding in the temperate, evergreen woods of northern St. Tammany Parish. Tips may be submitted anonymously by calling: 1-800-555-DAMNSTICKHITMEINTHEFACE. Help us fight the epidemic. Don't be another statis-stick.

Fully-Charmed Kinda Night

2009-03-20T17:58:00.003-05:00

Indeed, above is your favorite neighborhood rock band, plus our dynamite publicist Kelly Rayner (she hates when I call her "dynamite") sharing an embrace with Third Eye Blind's charismatic frontman Stephan Jenkins taken in the green room at the House of Blues in New Orleans after we opened up for them on 3/18. Stephan popped in our room right after our set and mused: "You know, it's like Bono said to me after we opened up for U2 in San Francisco: 'What's the point of us going on now? You wrecked it." Mind you, 'wrecked it' is a good thing coming from an Irishman, apparently. We'll take the redirected compliment any day. Later on in the night he gave members of our entourage gifts of organic cereal and rice milk. What a guy.

We befriended Mr. Jenkins as the night wore on, collectively waxing poetic over Abita Amber at Ryan's pub down the street from the venue. We found out he knows a heck of a lot about microfinance, particularly the movement currently being spearheaded by Kiva. We share his spirit for it, as does our close associate Erica Trani, manager of IN Exchange, the coolest store in New Orleans--nay, the PLANET.

A good time was had by all. Let's do it again sometime.

Live Review: New Orleans Indie Rock Fest II

2009-03-20T17:55:00.001-05:00

Live Review: New Orleans Indie Rock Fest II

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NOLA INDIE ROCK FEST II

2009-03-05T12:50:00.002-06:00

Glasgow is thrilled to headline night 3 (Saturday March 7th) of this season's New Orleans Indie Rock Fest, the premier event for original rock in the city. New Orleans' rock scene is remarkably fertile right now, with some of the best of the bunch playing this 3-day extravaganza. There's Caddy Whompus, an amazingly prodigious (18 & 19 yrs old!) noise-pop duo; the undeniable blues/folk/rock collective known as Silent Cinema; The Public is making their long-awaited return after the tragic loss of their bassist Ryan Plattsmier; The Pharmacy, who came all the way down from Seattle to be a part of the scene here because they heard of the amazing work being done by the New Orleans Indie Rock Collective to help unite the scene here; the list goes on.

This festival is the New Orleans rock scene made manifest. The camaraderie is palpable and the amazing music speaks for itself. Its a pleasure to share an event with these bands and an honor to headline the final night.

Here's the breakdown, in case you've been away on mission work in a remote jungle:

Thursday 3/5 | Hi-Ho Lounge
Caddy Whompus
The Pharmacy
The Blue Party

Friday 3/6 | One Eyed Jack's
Silent Cinema
The Zydepunks
Big Rock Candy Mountain

Saturday 3/7 | The Howlin' Wolf
Glasgow
The Peekers
The Happy Talk Band
The Public

Get discount passes for the whole weekend at http://www.neworleansindierock.com.

Free compilation CDs are given out at every show.

Come out and catch some phenomenal bands this weekend. Also, stick around for Glasgow. ;)

Glasgow's on TV! Sort of.

2009-02-25T10:18:00.004-06:00

SPIN Earth captured some magic we made at Louisiana Music Factory earlier this month. Check it out:
Glasgow on SPIN Earth

New Kids on the Blog: Newly Christened Band Members Recall Disturbing Christening Ceremony

2009-02-13T20:46:00.007-06:00

In an ironic turn of events (I'm talking about the actual ironic and not the foam-latte-I'm-not-religious-but-I'm-spiritual Alanis Morisette definition of ironic), drummer Jon Arceneaux and Nicaraguan George Elizondo experienced a surge of positive feelings and overall positive well-being after witnessing singer Sam Craft's emotional outpouring of the lyrics "And I cry, all the time...." during a recent band practice. Oh, yeah, they're in the band now too.

A similar story arose yesterday when Jack Craft accidentally crashed his computer while installing new stability software. However, an emergency Congressional hearing found that the only connection that could be found between these two events were their origins on the elder Craft's computer keyboard.

Glasgow is playing tomorrow night, Saturday February 14, at Northgate Tavern in Baton Rouge.

Expect Rock and single people.

-Jack

WILLKOMMEN, BIENVENUE, WELCOME

2009-02-11T11:26:00.008-06:00

This is our inaugural blog post, so to celebrate the occasion, here's some levity for you:

Well, back to life and all its unrequited pursuits.

-Sam