Ideamen

Breakfast Club (Hi-Fi) was a fantastic success. Packed house, good friends, some family, and cupcakes. Yes, cupcakes. Plus we finally got to see (and get) the 7-inch vinyl split with "Horses Head" on it. Super-duperThanks to Joe for not only letting us crash at his place, but also buying us breakfast and leading us to the expressway on the way out. Currently driving home to Chicago to take showers and stuff before the Reggies show. We loaded up the other Rotten bands gear into the trailer - packed full to capacity by Dave and Chris. Rotten Ron and Michelle hitched a ride with us, so now we're finding out how much weight we can *really* pull in this thing.

Played Columbia Street West in Ft. Wayne, IN. Really nice place, superb sound system, Only 2 people there for a song or two... But the folks were nice, and we didn't leave broke. Had our first sleep in the van at a rest area. Dave's laptop took a poopy all over Marks lap, leaving him a little wishing he had sent it in on the warranty a month ago when the battery stopped charging. Good thing Timmy brought his, or Dave couldn't play with his fancy schmancy new aircard at 70 miles an hour on the expressway. Oh what fun it is to ride, in a 6 man wireless sleigh. See you in Ohio!

We had fun at the Melody Inn in Indianapolis, followed by a *wonderful* stay at Dave's sisters house (we love you Beth!). What a great way to kick off the tour. They have a really good sound system there, topped off by Mike, the absolute most on top of it door guy/sound guy/bouncer ever. Casual Interruption, Xevious and Caesar Holiday were all really cool folks. To Xevious - six, eight, blue green orange red!
Hi Amy Jo!

Oh yeah, we're finally shaking off the cold and getting out on the road. Rotten Records has arranged for a handful of it's bands (Ideamen, Polkadot Cadaver, Vampire Mooose and Karen Page) to hit up a South By Southwest show in Austin Texas, and they booked a bunch of shows for us to play. But that just wasn't enough for us, so we booked some more! Here's the list thus far (we'll update this post as the TBA shows fall into place):

Mar 10 2010 8:00P
Tour Kick Off
w/ Zevious (NY), Casual Interruption (Indy) & Cesar Holiday (Indy)
Melody Inn
Indianapolis, Indiana

Mar 11 2010 8:00P
Columbia Street West
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Mar 12 2010 8:00P
Rotten Records Tour
The Breakfast Club (Hi-Fi)
Lakewood, Ohio

Mar 13 2010 9:00P
Rotten Records Tour
17+
Reggie’s Rock Club
Chicago, Illinois

Mar 14 2010 7:00P
Rotten Records Tour
Cicero’s
University City, Missouri

Mar 16 2010 8:00P
Rotten Records Tour
Jerry’s Bait Shop
Lee’s Summit, Missouri

Mar 17 2010 8:00P
Rotten Records Tour
Eagles Lodge
Wichita, Kansas

Mar 18 2010 7:00P
Rotten Records Tour
The Conservatory
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Mar 20 2010 4:00P
Rotten Records’ SXSW Party
Lucky Lounge
Austin, Texas

Mar 21 2010 8:00P
Rotten Records Tour
The Boiler Room
Denton, Texas

Mar 23 2010 8:00P
Rotten Records Tour
Vino’s
Little Rock, Arkansas

Mar 24 2010 8:00P
Rotten Records Tour
House Of Thor
Memphis, Tennessee

Mar 25 2010 8:00P
Rotten Records Tour
The Muse
Nashville, Tennessee

Mar 26 2010 8:00P
Rotten Records Tour
Bernies Distillery
Columbus, Ohio

Mar 27 2010 8:00P
Rotten Records Tour
Yesterday’s
Wheeling, West Virginia

Mar 28 2010 7:00P
w/ Now Soon Nowhere & TBA
Otto’s Shrunken Head
New York City, New York

Mar 30 2010 8:00P
w/ Now Soon Nowhere
TENTITVE
The Khyber
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mar 31 2010 8:00P
Tentitive
TBA
Baltimore

Apr 1 2010 8:00P
Tentitive
TBA
Pittsburgh

Apr 2 2010 8:00P
w/ Rosedale (powerpop from Canada) & 12 Track Radio (Michigan acoustic pop)
Old Glory Studios
Canton, Ohio

Apr 3 2010 8:00P
w/ Downtown Brown, Against The Grain & Crotchetcatpause
Small’s Bar (Detroit)
Hamtramck, Michigan

Melody Inn ~ 317.923.4707 ~ melodyindy.com