To UCSD & Beyond

While the Celtics trounce King James in the East semi-finals, the Modlins receive semi-final official word on Sungod 08 plans : we are set to rock the North Stage at 4pm, next Friday, May 16th. So if, like me, you weren't too excited about dropping $60 to see the Offspring XFest, maybe this will excite you: Modlins @ 4pm, Frantic Romantic earlier in the day (1pm-ish), fellow SDiegans The Drowning Men, The Muslims, Lady Dottie & The Diamonds, plus Matt Costa, The Aquabats, Say Anything, Sean Kingston (you're way too beautiful, girl) (just as long as you stand, stand by me), and Coheed & Cambria. Just to name a few...

And in anticipation of that, we Modlins will play a few songs for all of you, on UCSD's own KSDT radio station, tonight at 8pm. And if you say "but I'm not going to go to KSDT to watch you play, and I don't even know if they broadcast..." then to that, we say this: you will (in theory) also be able to stream Modlins, live, to the living/dining/family/computer/bath -room of your choice, just by going to

ksdt.ucsd.edu

at 8pm tonight.

And in case after reading all that, you are now thinking "man, this is weird, but now I am thinking I could really stand to have a nice dinner next Tuesday evening, maybe with some good background music...", well then boy are you in luck. Because in between all this UCSD madness, The Modlins are also coming to Cafe La Maze, in National City, to entertain the dinner guests therein, next Tuesday (May 13th). Word on the CatDirt street is that it is, in fact, a "totally awesome place to hang out". So there.

If You Were Me (Early Friday Edition)

so this friday is gonna be jam-packed, and i think you can make it to three (count it THREE!) amazing shows in one night, if you've had enough caffeine. First up, The Modlins at KSDT Studios on UCSD campus. we're playing a free all ages set at KSDT to support our appearance at UCSD's SunGod the following week. Why not catch us early in a far more intimate environment? that's from 8-9pm ..... after our set wraps up, don't bother helping us with our gear. there's no time! you gotta jet off (assuming you're 21+) to the Whistlestop to catch our arch-nemesis's The Frantic Romantic kick off their set, approx 9:30ish, and following them is the massive pop outfit Red Pony Clock (whom we will be playing with later in May at Chasers, don't miss it!).

"but eric, how are we going to make it to a third show if we're already at the whistlestop?"

oh well, i'm glad you asked that ... see whistlestop shows are notorious for ending pretty early. Sam's a cool guy and doesn't want to ruffle the feathers of the neighbors, so that show's gonna wrap up by midnight, maybe sooner .... on the other hand, the Ken Club is notorious for running late. the earliest i've seen a friday ken club show start is 10:30.... so i'm guessing you might only miss Thin Man (or Wild Weekend, depending on who's playing first, i've heard good things of both), but you're almost guaranteed to make it in time for part of one of their sets and the entirety of Grand Ole Party's set. there's really no need to go into detail of the musical juggernaut that Grand Ole Party has become (coachella anyone?), so we'll just hope that the room isn't too packed. worst case scenario, head to the bar side and share a drink with rosey. not sure if they'll be charging for this show (i wouldn't be surprised), but since the first two are free, it's like 3 shows for the price of one (or none, depending)

so that's right, get your beauty rest on Thursday, it's gonna be a long night.

Live at KSDT Studio, Friday May 9th!!

sad about the cancelled all ages show? well turn that frown upside down, The Modlins are coming to KSDT studios on UCSD Campus May 9th at 8pm, one week before the uber-huge SunGod Festival goes down. Catch a sneak peek of us in a much more intimate environment, tearing through the hits. The show is free, all ages, and if you live on campus, or in the general UCSD area, it's close. super close (know the old student center?)

details to get to the show here. if you can't make it out, but want to listen live you can stream the show here. just follow the "listen" link.

In-studio performance, KSDT 4/18

details are still a little fuzzy. we'll hopefully get them shaped up in a week or so. but we'll be doing an in-studio performance at KSDT, free all ages show on Friday April 18th.

KSDT is the internet radiostation for UCSD campus in La Jolla: http://ksdt.ucsd.edu/