fairwell Muslims, hello Soft Pack, hello Franz Ferdinand

yes yes, its everywhere, the Muslims changed their name to The Soft Pack. and upon closer inspection, they are playing with Franz Ferdinand at Canes Bar & Grill on Monday December 15th, aka 2 weeks from yesterday. the last time I saw Franz Ferdinand was when they were promoting their last album. the former roommate and I were making an IKEA run trying to finish furnishing our previous apartment, and 91x was camped outside and offered free tickets. actually two pairs of tickets, one to the real show at sdsu, which we gave to the Rhanors, and one to a preview at the casbah. i don't think i'll be able to swing free tickets this time, but it should be a good show nonetheless.

if you were me ... casbah tonight, cafe la maze tomorrow

if you were me, you'd be pulling your moves right out of the catdirt playbook. tonight, muslims take to the casbah stage for a show ArtFag is recording .... the muslims are the next grand ole party which is the next .. i dunno. they're all getting huge. don't miss it.

but i'm almost more excited about the supporting bands tonight, Fantastic Magic (which based on the description i read sound pretty cool) and The Carrots, a band from austin that's 50s doo-wop ish .... very modlins friendly.

and of course, tomorrow night, cafe la maze goes off with us playing a set or two. i think we're set to play around 8:30, but i'll correct this tomorrow if that's not the case. anyway, you don't want to miss either.

if you're a staple around ucsd, you've probably heard of both bands (the modlins/the muslims) as both will be playing the awesome north stage for friday's Sungod Festival along with the likes of Lady Dottie and the Diamonds, Frantic Romantic, The Drowning Men and many more.

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.