October 18th @ Club Midway

Ok... so... my internet connection is gone so I've only been able to log on in tiny spurts here and there and therefore haven't had a chance to post this blog yet. But now (thanks Mark and Jacob!) I'm just putting up what I have and I'll fix it later.

Here goes.

So. Here I am. It's 2 am and I'm eating a tuna fish sandwich. Why? Because I'm a Tarka. And we Tarka's enjoy tuna fish when we've had a long night of drinking and general rowdiness.

Where to start? There are so many "first of all's" that it's hard for me to know where to begin... first of all, thank you so much everybody for coming out! Especially when there's a Mets game on! Especially when there's such an important Mets game on. :) Go Mets! And I'd like to give a very special thank you to Mr. Chris Neal (should I not be using your real name Christopher?) for coming all the way from fucking BOSTON to see us. (Yes, you have reclaimed your number one fan status. *grin*) Now, it's not just that Chris drove down from Boston. It's that Chris drove down from Boston, saw our show, then drove BACK to Boston. I thought I was the only one crazy enough to do such a thing, but no. No, I was proven wrong. It's good to have friends. :)

Have you ever been to Club Midway? It used to be "Scenic," but now it's Club Midway. It's really nice, I think. It's one of the many clubs nowadays that has a bar upstairs and a stage downstairs. What do you guys think about that? I kind-of like it. It makes me feel special for seeing the rock show, to be honest. Like I know a secret and feel cooler for knowing such a thing. *shrug* Probably just me.

We spent the first hour or so chillin' in the back room, hanging out, and just sort-of wasting time. John and I got there first with the majority of the gear. Poor Frankie had to bring hardware, even though they had some there, because I told him the wrong thing. *sigh* It's always something.

Well, if you weren't at the show tonight, you missed quite the performance. We had not one, but three, count em', THREE female fronted bands. We were joined tonight by the very lovely Spanking Charlene and our good friends Stephanie and the Ghost Town. Who played one of my favorite Misfits songs ever. YES! Sweet!

What is there to say really? It was fun. My guitar broke. I was drunk. Good times. :) I've decided I like being drunk. We'll see if I still feel that way tomorrow...

Set List:
-Without You
-This Happens
-Don't Look Back (Ice Scream Song)
-Princess
-Guiltless
-That Girl
-Longest Time
-Stuck In My Head
-Try So Hard

October 13th @ WPUB.org

Thanks everybody for watching and listening! Well, I know at least one person was watching and listening. (Thanks Chris Neal!!! *grin*)

Guess what?! Saysha and I were on the radio yesterday! How fun is that?! First, I'd like to thank our friend DJ Max for having us on The Boxed Set. We had a REALLY great time and can't wait to go back. (Next month maybe?)

We were meeting at Pace at quarter to 6 and I, thanks to the wonders of public transportation, was very hungry and cranky when I got there. Here's the deal- I was just coming from work and I had PLENTY of time so I figured I'd just grab something to eat when I got there, because I knew I was probably going to get lost. So I get on the 6 train and I make the mistake of not transferring to the express train at Union Square. I just wasn't paying attention and didn't notice until it was just about too late and I thought, "eh, why bother? I'll still get there and I've got time."

HA! So the 6 train decides that it wants to stop, repeatedly, for long periods of time, for absolutely no reason whatsoever. ! I was passed by THREE express trains on my way. Three. Not including the one I missed. Damn I felt stupid. But anyway, I got there, Saysha and Max found me because I was at the wrong building, I bought a pretzel which calmed me down considerably, and then we went on. Yay!

We got to go through the CMJ collection and pick out some bands, I got to play "Insomniac" by Echobelly and Saysha picked out an older R.E.M. song, "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" from "The Best of The I.R.S. Years". Good times!

We played our recorded version of "Try So Hard" which everyone's heard because it's the one from our myspace page. We recorded that in our rehearsal space, what do you guys think? Because we're contemplating recording a whole album like that, but I don't know if it's too lo-fi for everyone... I think it rocks, but that could just be me. :)

Did everyone see Saysha doing all her fancy yoga poses? She did a headstand and "The Phoenix". Sick. Did you see? She's so talented! I love her.

I played two songs, "Not That Bad," which we played once before at The Continental, and "Consider Me Gone," a brand spanking new song that I've never played outside of our rehearsal space before.

That was actually pretty special because that's a little glimpse into how Stewart songs become Stewart songs. They almost always start off as me playing some song on my guitar in my room (which is also an electric by the way, I don't own an acoustic guitar), recording it on my computer, and then I give copies to the band, we speed it up, rock it out, and there you have it. It's fun to hear the difference I think. I like both ways, but of course, the Stewart way is the better one.

And yes, it wouldn't be a musical event without everyone picking on me for my pop culture ignorance. *sigh* It's ok, I know it's because you love me. And yes, I really didn't know who Keith Moon was. (I still sort-of don't, but, let's pretend I remember... he's a drummer right? *grin*)

WPUB.org

Stewart on WPUB.org tonight at 6!!!

Saysha and I are going to be in the studio with our friend, DJ Max from "The Boxed Set", tonight from 6-7:15ish. They even have a WEB CAM! To check it out go to:

http://www.wpub.org/

And click on "Tune In" in the bottom left corner.

"Put on your ripped fish-nets and crank it up to 11 cause we're gonna rock in the WPUB studio for ya." -DJ Max

October 3rd @ Sin-e

Why am I so short? I was just looking at all the pictures from the show, and I'm SHORT! Why didn't anybody tell me?! I mean I know I used to be short, but apparently I'm tiny and I didn't even realize. Huh.

Last night. Hm... We had a SOUND CHECK! A real, honest to god, all to ourselves SOUND CHECK! Crazy! Frankie and I were there first- he's such a cutie. He was all ready to go, outfit on, hair done, drum bags unpacked. I pulled around the corner with my hair all frizzy, in my jeans and t-shirt, sans make-up, looking clean, but mildly disheveled. Exit the Ordinary showed up and I thought they were John. "I bet that's John!" But then it was them. They're from Detroit and I really liked their set.

Saysha arrived in her yoga pants and John showed up straight from work. I don't know what happened because at the end of our sound check I was so happy because it sounded so good, but then we went on and it's as if we were all deaf suddenly because we couldn't hear anything. And I do mean anything. I guess I could hear my vocals, but other than that, we couldn't hear anything. Poor John was going off of instincts alone. :) And I apologize if my guitar went out of tune, I really couldn't tell, cause as I said, couldn't hear it at all. But everyone who saw the show seemed to think it sounded great, so I'm still sticking by my "sound checks are a good thing" philosophy. Seriously. I like sound checks. *grin*

Frankie and I ate. John and Romeo hung out. Saysha went home to change. It was such a chill night. I felt like we were on tour, even though we were home. Just because we had so much time to putz around with nothing to do. It was nice I thought. I may be alone in thinking that, but I like taking my time and doing nothing. It makes me calm and happy. And a happy Andrea is a good thing, believe me. Ask the band- I've been in a foul mood lately and the poor things have all been very supportive, even in my crankiness. GR! Cranky! :)

We did some new songs, including the ever popular "That Girl" which... I have to say, is probably the best song I've ever written. And I didn't think it was going to go over that well, because it's so mean and angry, but I'm glad everyone seems to be finding the humor in it. I mean it's supposed to be funny, but it's also just so angry it's hard sometimes to know if people are going to be able to see that as funny. But how can you not like a song where you get to say, "Yay whores" ?

We had to wait for the Laborers to finish up with my amp so we had a little impromptu party in our rehearsal space. (Sorry Geoffrey! That's why I disappeared... ) It's right around the corner. I went in to put some stuff away and it turned into this whole hanging out and taking pictures and drinking 40s thing. That's not true, we were joined by the Strictly Platonic crew (minus Imogen unfortunately) and they were drinking 40s. I kind-of think of Strictly Platonic as our little brother who's always getting himself into trouble, but is so cute. :)

You wanna know what the best part of the whole night was though? It was John running on the big cable wheel in the street. I actually SCREAMED it was so cool!

For anyone who doesn't know, John's from Arkansas and is one of the coolest people I know. He was walking down the street and saw this huge metal wheel that they wrap cable around (I think) and jumped on it and started running! Sick! People in the buildings next door were cheering him on and clapping and telling him to keep going. I tell ya- it was pretty amazing. I wish I grew up in Arkansas.

That's it I guess. (Happy now Joe?! I had class and a quiz today and I was good and went to bed last night when I got home instead of writing about this nonsense. *grin*) We had fun, but that's pretty typical. I hope you guys did too. It's always nice to see you and I really really really do appreciate all your love and support. It really means the world to me, you have no idea. :)

Until next time...

Set List:
-Try So Hard
-Don't Look Back (Ice Scream Song)
-This Happens
-Princess
-That Girl
-Guiltless
-Longest Time
-Stuck In My Head