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Band Trials and Triumphs

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

The short story is that we finally have an ass-kicking, road-worthy band, contrary to my as-recent-as-December belief that it might be completely impossible. It’s hard enough to find great musicians who have spare time for a new project, and want to work with your music, and who have the drive are sober enough to get […]

The Journey in 3 minutes

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Brock put together this vid of the 5 month experience to date.
[youtube width=”425″ height=”355″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc06wFv6aag[/youtube]

The Rest of Mexico

Monday, April 14th, 2008

As any who follow closely know, we´re not too good at making schedules, but when we do we usually stick to them pretty closely. Except when we have to veer. Here´s the anticipated trajectory for our way home over the next several weeks, including the towns where we´ll be playing. Drop a line if you […]

Mexico City GIGS…

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Miercoles 19 Marzo
8:30 Bicicleteada en Angel de la Independencia con Las Fabulosas Bicitekas
10:00 Concierto en el T Gallery (Saltillo No 39)
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Jueves 20 Marzo
Gloreta de Insurgentes (por confirmar) o Bside
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Viernes 21 Marzo 21:30 hrs
Pendulo Zona Rosa (Hamburgo 126)
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Sabado 22 Marzo
Chopo 12 pm Centro Cultural Chopo
Circo 20:30 pm (Museo Anahuacali, Calzada Pacifico Diego Rivera)
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Domingo 23 Marzo 12 […]

CD Back Cover in Spanish

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

This was edit from the original into spanish
by Dante, Andrea, and Chava in Morelia.

From Mazamitla to Morelia (5 days worth)

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Okay… now, I’ll catch you all up on the ride from Mazamitla to Morelia. There are five days of riding through the countryside to talk about, so I’m breaking it down day by day to the best of my memory.
We left the cabin in Mazamitla on Monday, February 25th, and headed out of town on a different road than that of […]

MORELIA!!!

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

We got here, to Morelia, relatively early yesterday and it’s beautiful. It was a great ride (comfortable with very few struggles), so Brock and I were cruising pretty fast… we actually cruised right to the longest way through the town, on accident. It added a few hours to our trip but we got to see […]

Uphill to Mazamitla and back down and back up again…

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

First: Huge thanks to my friend, David Demarest, for letting me use his patented water-proof bag. It’s super useful. www.DemarDesigns.com. THANKS! Well, I’ve been writing this blog for a while now, bit by bit as I’m near a computer, and finally finished it on March 1st. A lot has happened along the way, so this is a long one. […]

Chapala, Ajijic, and the Sweat Lodge

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Written around February 22nd or so. Last I wrote, we had just played the University and were getting ready for a 42 km trip from Guadalajara to Chapala. Well, Friday, I made it to Chapala… barely. I had a little trouble with one particular uphill climb. A mild heat exhuastion issue, but once I rested I […]

Critical Mass and ITESO in Guadalajara!

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Written on Febeuary 14th. We (Los Ginger Ninjas and about 400 other people) rode through downtown Guadalajara last night from 11:30p til 1:00a. It was a police excorted route. They do the ride, which they call ¨critical mass¨ every Wednesday night and Sunday morning. When we all got back to the square we performed for the […]