we're back! Whistlestop Friday!

hey all, we're back in town after our (too) short jaunt around the soutwest. Thanks again to Action Cat , former young americans, Sister Cities , Panic! and Lousy Robot for some fun times. Check all these guys out, they're worth the listen. quite a shame the tucson date didn't work out, but hopefully we'll make it there one of these days. and of course, Huge Thanks to The Roman Spring for making it our best trip out of town yet. they're playing april 20th at the casbah with Dirty Sweet. you know you'll be there.

but now that we're back, mark your calendars for this Friday! We're home and hitting up the best free friday night stop ... the Whistlestop!!! playing with the Billy Midnight offshoot, Bobby Fantasy!!! 21+, 9pm, and free as the air you're breathing. assuming you breathe air. and are living. cause if you're dead, well, we don't need your business. no zombies allowed.

If You Were Me (and not going on tour)

.... you'd have a pretty sweet line-up of show coming up. here's the breakdown (and extensive rambling since today is basically my friday) ....

Thursday, April 3rd:

if you were me, you would for sure hit up TNT at the MOCA in downtown. Exfriends are playing with F.U.Z.Z. and Longstay. according to the ex-friends mailinglist, they play from 9-10pm. after that, you'd better haul ass over to the beauty bar to catch Frantic Romantic, The May Fire and Fascination .... though now that you're thinking about it, last time the first band started at 9:30 (sorry Joanie! we started at 10 ... i didn't know!) so maybe this plan will be a failure. well, if you were me, you'd maybe have to skip the exfriends cause you already caught them last wednesday at the Ken, and you haven't seen frantic romantic in awhile (esp since their Alibi show got cancelled, and you're bummed about it). Anna Troy is also playing the Ken thursday, but you just saw her at the Casbah on sunday, so you can skip this one. bummer also, red pony clock is playing chasers and you haven't seen them in awhile .... geez. okay, thursday just sounds exhausting, so much good stuff.

but if you are me, you'll be playing The Beauty Bar in Vegas with The Roman Spring and Action Cat, you'll be up second. you will drink lots. there will be dancing.

Friday, April 4th:

holy! if you were me, you would be pissed that they didn't just add (The) Swim Party and The Henry Clay People to the "THE FEST" at the casbah. Casbah does it up again with The Sess, The Muslims, (the?) Vision of a dying world, (the?) red feathers, (the?) fantastic magic. so yeah, Ken Club's got a small but super sweet line up, Casbah brings the heat. You haven't seen the Sess or fantastic magic, and it's been awhile since you saw vision of a dying world. and you saw swim party last friday, but you really liked Henry Clay when they played Zombie Lounge a couple months ago. so again, you hate everyone. you'd probably learn how to split yourself in two, and send your doppelganger to one of the shows. (you also probably know at least one person who is strongly considering going to Viejas Dreamcatcher for Bret Michaels "Rock Of Love". and not in an ironic way).

but if you are me, you'll be playing at The Ruby Room in Phoenix with Sister Cities (who apparently are the next best thing since sliced bagels), The Former Young Americans and, of course, The Roman Spring. you are are also pretty happy the high is suppose to be 85 degrees as opposed to 105 the last time you played there.

Saturday, April 5th:

if you were me, you'd probably be tired from the work week. you'd do some laundry, maybe hit up Torpasta. Then you'd probably head to the casbah for a pretty sweet "out of towner" night. The Little Ones (from LA) are playing and ever since you were called a "Retro Rock version of The Little Ones" in Performer Magazine you've been meaning to check them out live. you've also heard good things about Ra Ra Riot and The Morning Benders, so you figure "yeah .... that sounds good." Echo Revolution is also playing the Beauty Bar that night for their CD release, so you thought about hitting that up, but since you caught them at the casbah for the Staring at the Sun CD release, you've had your fill for now.

... but if you are me, you just crossed into uncharted modlin terriority, and you're gearing up to play your first New Mexico show at The Tiki Lounge with Lousy Robot and Cherry Tempo. oh yeah, and THE ROMAN SPRING.

Sunday, April 6th:

YES!! boy are you happy. if you were me, you'd be loading up on some Stone Beers and heading to The Habitat to check out Dave Williams and Trash Can Fires. you love The Habitat, yes you do. and Roy, that guy's alright! afterwards, you've thankfully worked out the schedules and somehow managed to find away to catch everyone at the Zombie Lounge (including Writer and Joel P West) and everyone at the Ken (including Roxy Jones). you're pretty proud of yourself. look at you, so smug. you act like your shit don't stink. and it don't!

but if you are me, you'll be playing your last show of the tour at The Hut with Tucson locals Ultramaroon. did i mention Roman Spring will be playing too? Heck Yeah!

and if you are me, this will be your road map:

you also are wondering if this whole "if you were/if you are" thing makes any sense. you're sorta realizing it doesn't .... but you don't care either way, you're gonna keep doing it.

you also don't understand the concept of "labels for a post" and went ape shit.

you shouldn't quit your day job.

Official April Tour Announcement!!! TV Appearance!!!

so this is the "official" announcement of our short jaunt east with our good friends The Roman Spring. Albuquerque called, and we listened. If you live in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson or Albuquerque ... tell your friends ..... The Modlins are coming ......

04/03/08 The Beauty Bar (Las Vegas) w/ The Roman Spring, Action Cat
517 Fremont St
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

04/04/08 The Ruby Room w/ The Roman Spring, The Former Young Americans
717 S. Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85004

04/05/08 The Tiki Lounge w/ The Roman Spring, Lousy Robot
313 Gold Ave SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

04/06/08 The Hut w/ The Roman Spring, more TBA
313 Gold Ave SW
Tucson, AZ 85705

as if that wasn't enough, we also have a kick off show of sorts at the Casbah that we may have mentioned before. but if not, Sunday March 30th is a Free Casbah show, with Free Food, and Free "Staring at the Sun" Compilation CDs. It's also our last date in town before our ill-fated jaunt eastward. you'll not want to miss it. oh and did i mention that in support of this show we'll be playing the morning show on KUSI. Check Local listings for which TV channel it's on. we're slated to go on at 9:30am (for all you early risers).