Double Plus Good

Yes, “just another wordpress blog”. Our web?master? aka drummer managed to erase our pretty little theme. So until it’s new and fresh enjoy this one.

We’re stoked to show everyone our new video directed by Ross Lyerly for the song “Falls Apart”! We’re really stoked on the track and video, check it out below!

We had a very PURPLE experience in the recording studio with a special

I’d Die 4 Something Else –

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One more from the “Heart, Drive, Crash” EP series… Enjoi.

Something Else Wuthering Heights –

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Right… We just got back from a small little tour and decided that we’re going to put up some of our favorite remixes from our mix tape series Heart, Drive, Crash.

If you didn’t get a chance to pick up copies in the wild have a listen here when ever you feel like it.  Enjoi!

Fools Gold/Loop Line:

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Fuck yes! Day million of the tour, and we were rolling through Santa Barbara. It was kinda hectic, as Andy and I had played a show in SF and got to bed around 1am, and got up at 5:30 to make it to the radio station on time for our 1 o’clock on air performance. Extremely tired, and highly caffinated, we pulled through, and got to Santa Barbara with time to spare, and had a really fun time on air with ultimate dood Eric (not me, the DJ). KCSB has to be one of the coolest, biggest college radio stations we’ve ever been to. The people were really nice, and we had a great time.

After we finished our hang out sesh at the station, we had a few hours to poke around Santa Barbara, like tired hungry zombies. I fell asleep on the table at a coffee shop, and later in a park. It was perfect though since the weather was AMAZING!

After napping in nature (kind of) we toddled off to the Biko House, which was really awesome and made me miss being in college. The opening bands were Southern Belle and Mammory, who melted our hearts and wrapped the audience in yarn. The yarn was really fun to be a part of…until i had to pee and was stuck.  Both performers were simply the nicest people ever, and were also both gifted dancers, as were the rest of the attendees of the Biko Garage’s  evening soiree, and they showed us just how much they liked dancing. It ruled.

In between sets, we were treated to the room mates of our dancing friends, who were practicing their fire dancing skills in preparation for a trip to burning man. I don’t know where, but sometime in the last two years, I’ve lost my love of poi. My brief encounter with these beach-bum-stilt-walkers made me realize that I am going to quit my job and move to burning man and pursue a new career as a circus performer. I have yet to decide my specialty, but I have definitely narrowed it down to involve fire and basket weaving.

The next day we visited my family in Orange County, and Andy went to see some friends, and we reconvened and went to some intense bar in Costa Mesa. Day off was essential, and easy, as I lazed and ate most of the day. Today sees the most intense drive we will have for the whole of tour, then we shed our rock and roll garb and reenter society as every day working stiffs with secret powers. I’ll leave you with this picture, to remind you of the only reason you would ever think of stopping in Redding California.

So we’re on the longest stretch of driving that we’ve had to do so far, and its been an eventful couple of days.

We arrived early in Medford, which was a nice break from showing up right on time for the show. We laid by the pool and napped for what felt like a million years. After lazing for a good 3 hours, we went on radio KSKQ and did an interview which you can listen to on The Alternative Show’s Blog

The Ashland show was at my dear friend Amy’s gallery The MAda Shell Gallery” where we performed in front of a life sized portrait of the execution of Big Bird. This was our ultimate anarchist moment. There was butcher paper on the walls and all in attendance were encouraged to paint they’re visual interpretation of our music. The final result was some really cool sketches, outlines, and a cartoon ant saying “totally awesome”! It ruled.

We got up early and were ready to take San Francisco by storm. Unfortunately the wheels of our Honda didn’t seem to share our same ambitions, and we were stuck in Corning California for an hour getting new tires, which blew. Then our car decided the new tires were cool, and we got on our way.

We arrived in San Fran a little later than we though, but decided to grab some crepes, and then made our way to the Hemlock Tavern, which is a super clutch venue. Not only did we have a good crowd, but that crowd was made up of a lot of old friends, including a few that I haven’t seen in about 12 years, which was nutty and amazing. We played a fun set with SF band Endroit,3 and realized we have to be in Santa Barbara at 12 the next morning, so scurried back to the hotel and hit the hay. Anyone in the SoCal area who can get KCSB’s radio signal around 12:30 should tune in, we’ll be playing and interviewing before our show at the Biko House.

Day 2 into tour, and we actually didn’t feel very much at all like we were touring. A trip to Seattle and back in one day doesn’t really count. I guess that’s why the Portland show really felt like the beginning. Might I add that the Portland show FUCKING RULED! In addition to playing with two of the coolest new bands, Pocket Knife and WishYuNu, we got Stumptown moving! People danced they’re asses off and we had a blast, and saw a lot of friends and made a lot of new ones. Way to go Portland, really showed Seattle a thing or two about your dancing shoes.

We took the next day off, and kicked it around Portland. I hung with old friends and Andy went to Rontoms. As I had been out for like 3 nights in a row, and started Sunday with a morning bender that ended at the Doug Fir, I fell asleep promptly at six, and woke up at 8 the next morning giddy to get on the road. We arrived, enjoyed a few glasses of Ninkasi beer at the brewery, and got some grub, and were ready to play Cowfish. Cowfish is the new hip spot in Eugene, and doesn’t look like it belongs in Eugene. It was a really fun show and we saw a lot of old friends. Unfortunately a mic got snagged…boo. Post show we went out and met this guy, he was pretty rad.

Seattle is a funny place to start a tour. Let me start by saying that I”m totally into it. It’s a fun town! We arrived greeted by take-offs and landings of seaplanes, the smell of the

bay, and traffic…a shit ton of traffic. Luckily we made it to the bar way before sound check.

The bar was pretty cool. I’ve played Seattle twice before, but only in people’s basements, so it was kinda cool to see the people that go to shows at venues.

At the beginning of the night, we couldn’t really tell what kind of people went out to venues, mainly because no one was at the venue…We kicked up our heels and jammed, and wouldn’t you know, the people they came! It was some real life Field of Dreams shit.

We we’re happy with our set, performed well, and people had lovely things to say. The

following bands were really great too! Er Don and Tito Ramsey Were really great, wonderful people.

The next morning we played tourist for a split second at pikes place (ate some bomb Piroshkys and Donuts) and continued on our way to the Seattle Stumptown. We were skeptical, but ultimately pleased, as the interior was pretty damn hip.

Our way home was mellow and uneventful, which is probably good. Andy and I chatted for most of the way, and given that 24 hours together has = zero diva fits, we can safely assume that DoublePlusGood is officially the most successful bro/gay duo since Ernie and Bert! See if you can find the 10 differences between these two photos.

Wanna know why shit’s getting exciting? We just recorded our 2nd video!!! Hank Weintraub, director of Darkest Corner In Paradise, and head dude at 531 Productions shot this awesome clip for “Don’t Call Back” from our upcoming album “Here They Come, The Birds of My Youth”.

It was wicked fun, we turned our practice space into a tv set, everyone smiled too big, and we all did the mash potato. Keep your eyes out for the clip towards the end of fall.

In other news, we leave for Seattle on Friday to begin our tour. We’re super stoked to get out of town, and meet a lot of people. Again, if you didn’t read the last post, our tour sched is:

Aug 20th – Mars Bar, Seattle (with Er Don)

Aug 21st – Backspace, Portland (with Wishyunu, and Pocket Knife)

Aug 23rd- Cowfish, Eugene

Aug 24th – MAda Gallery, Ashland

Aug 25th – Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco (with Endroit)

Aug 26th – Biko Garage, Santa Barbara

Hope to see you all out there, also check out this trailer for 531′s most recent movie, The Darkest Corner Of Paradise!