5.5 years later...

thanks again to everyone who came out to the Whistle Stop Bar on friday night. to all our friends and family who drove in from Orange County, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Arizona, and beyond. to Swim Party for setting the stage. to DJ Claire for keeping the dance party going. to Sam, Scott, and the rest of the Whistle Stop for having us one more time. to Rosey, Natalie, My, and any other blogger and friend we forgot.

on May 15th, 2005, we four Modlins played our first show together at The Whistle Stop bar. i (alex) had never even been to South Park before that, despite living in SD for 3.5 years prior. here are a few photos from that first show...









and here's a few from our Farewell. also one more shoutout to everyone who joined us at the end for All You Need Is Love...







Farewell Show photos by Alex Sibbald

Farewell Show - This Friday!

To all our faithful friends and fans,

The time has come for the last gasp, the final hurrah, the closing scene! We'll be playing our Farewell Show this Friday Night, August 20th at the Whistle Stop Bar in South Park (fb event here). Kicking the night off is Swim Party, our dear friend band who will be playing a special set full of covers and lo-fi versions of their own songs. DJ Claire will also be there to spin some sweet tunes. The show is Free (I know, ridiculous right!?) and starts at 9pm. Expect tons of songs spanning our entire catalogue and a few surprise guests. Come say "goodbye" ... We hope to see you there.

The Modlins are Coming ....

to

The Whistle Stop Bar

2236 Fern St. San Diego, Ca 92104

Friday, August 20th @ 9pm

with

Swim Party and DJ Claire


p.s. and Tom, yes we WILL be playing that one song off the Andrew EP.

with friends like these... (swim party & friends @ the whistlestop)

i didn't make it out to this but the other Modlin fellows were there, plus lots more friends. will missing this be my one regret of 2010? maybe, maybe...

"alright, alright, does anybody here, does anybody here know the lyrics to King of Carrot Flowers by Neutral Milk Hotel? everybody who knows those lyrics needs to come forward and sing this with us"

thanks, guys, that was awesome

Where Does It End? tours more than we do...

tracking on UPS is great, since it looks like we'll actually have the shipment of lots of new cds, potentially tomorrow, with plenty of time to spare before next Friday (see you at the Whistle Stop!). but at the same time, it kind of makes me feel like a bum. i mean, here it is the end of May, and we Modlins have so far played in 5 states this year: CA, OR, WA, AZ, and NM : but our cds have already been in 4 states, just over the past 15 hours! i guess all i can say is, Where Does It End?

Where Does It End? - CD Release Show

Swim Party & Writer - Split 7" Release

let's see ... Swim Party + Writer + Whistlestop + 7" release = SUPER AWESEOME. seriously, it's shows like this that make me really hate my job. unless you're gonna be freezing your ass off in Erie Pennsylvania, you best be making your way out to the Whistlestop next Friday 2/27.


i miss having a social life.

Happy Friday the 13th

(photo taken from SD:Dialed In Rosie's recap of Modlins + Exfriends @ Whistlestop, friday the 13th of April, 2k7)

and now, another poster to scare you. and by scare, i mean please.



yippee cay ay yay! Friday the 20th of February, 2009!

This Friday, The Whistlestop, with The Donkeys

word

with shakes like these

no, not milkshakes. although that does sound good right now. maybe i should go eat lunch before blog posting... anyways, 5.4 outside of Chino, good times. almost rocked me as hard as The Casbah last night. yea, you like that transition? i thought so. pictures, and possibly video evidence, to come later this evening, but in the meantime, just a quick shoutout thanks to everyone who came to see us last night, which included, but was not limited to, all the guys from Swim Party, Roxy Jones, Joanie Mendenhall, the most excellent Cafe La Maze crew, Stoph's brother Tom (visiting from the ILLinois), and 4 out of the 5 irish guys who are spending their summer living in the apartment next to mine. and a huge thanks to Apes of Wrath, The Happy Hollows, Eef Barzelay, Tim Pyles the maxmister master of ceremonies, my roommates who got home from Vegas at 3am Monday morning but still stuck it out, all the other ladies, and everyone else who stayed through the whole show. It was a bit of a late Monday night, but what a great one!

We're getting ready to log a few more hours in various studios, as we are jealous of all these other bands with their CD Release shows left and right, but in the meantime, see you Friday at the Whistlestop, and hopefully, at the Ken Club later that night!

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.