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.

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.

CANCELLED!! - Channel Twelve 25, May 9th - All Ages Show, East County

UPDATE: THIS SHOW IS CANCELLED!!! We will not be playing Channcel 12 25 on may 9th!! sorry everyone for having to cancel yet another all ages show. just been having some bad luck, but we promise not to let you guys down again. at least we'll be playing the free Cafe Le Maze and Sungod shows. and we've got a really great show cooking at the Beauty Bar next month. here's the old post still .....

"as you all know, we're playing the great UCSD SunGod Festival Friday May 16th, and though we've been playing around the SD scene for a bit, it often encompasses mostly 21+ clubs. To remedy this, and to give some of the under 21 crowd a first look at us, pre-Sungod, we're playing an all ages show in East County at the new venue Channel Twelve 25 on Friday May 9th (one week before sungod), within the next week we'll announce the other band we're playing with but in the meantime, check out the venue and if you're a UCSD student and/or live out in east county, check out our myspace. hope to see you out there."

UCSD Sungod 2008 Lineup

here is the UCSD SunGod 2008 band line up ... according to The Guardian ... looks like there's a main music stage, a side music stage and a separate stage for comedians:

Main Stage
Coheed & Cambria (Headliner)
Sean Kingston
Little Brothers
The Aquabats
Matt Costa (Daytime Headliner)
Sleepercar- Two main stage acts TBA

Midway Stage (Comedians)
Laura Valdivia
Shery Wang
Chris Farbanks

North Stage
Lady Dottie and the Diamonds (Local Headliner)
Invietus
Masterpiece
Wylde Bunch
Bill Magee
Neon Trees
Radio Racer
The Modlins
The Drowning Men
The Muslims
DJ Artistic

UPDATE: though not listed on the guardian page, apparently DJ Z-Trip is also on the bill.

sungod 08 lineup announced!

on the main stage:
Coheed & Cambria (Headliner)
Sean Kingston
The Aquabats
Matt Costa
and more

on the North Stage:
Lady Dottie and the Diamonds
The Modlins
The Drowning Men
The Muslims
and more

for the full(er) listing, check out : http://ucsdguardian.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9923&Itemid=49

and, just for you, one random fact on one modlins bass player:

once upon a time, in a land far, far away, known as Pomona, inside a house made of glass (the Glasshouse), there was a show of epic proportions, as The Aquabats vanquished the evil from the land. but the vanquishing made the room hot, and a kind bouncer decided to distribute water bottles to the crowd. only, this particular time, at this particularly hot show, with this particular bouncer, the particular distribution method of choice was to throw the bottles as hard as could be straight into the crowd. and one hit me on the head. and left a lump.

UCSD Sungod 2008

little details are known ... but one tidbit i can say, we'll be playing one of the stages at RIMAC. locals Lady Dottie and The Diamonds will also be on hand for the day.

time to relive our college years. i dare anyone to attempt the 4 double shots of 151. she's a mighty beast.