The Stripe Stripe Fiasco

Thank you everyone from coming out to the show last night! You guys killed it! It always feels good for us to come out and play a show after spending so much time in the studio (or garage, as it may be) writing and demoing, it is good to get out and play for such a great crowd and with such fantastic other bands. One Sun One Moon was a great opener, and the Cosmonauts were so much fun! Thank you  again!

-RJB

TSSF shirts are now available! We have a ton of them, and will be selling them for $10 (they are usually $15) a pop at the Larimer Lounge show this Thursday, the 3rd. We are working on getting an online store up, but for now if you are interested send an email to thestripestripefiasco@gmail.com and we can get you a shirt!

We have men’s shirts in: S, M, L, and XL

and Women’s shirts in: S, M, and L

-RJB

Ah, recording. It’s seems to be that time in my life again, where I get to spend countless hours with three of my best friends and three of the most talented people I know (how I got into this band, I have no idea) putting our musical ideas onto tape, or more correctly, a hard drive, but you get my point. I feel like Riley Breckenridge from Thrice, as I’m always nervous about it. I want nothing more than to get it all right, have every note be perfect and right on beat, but there is also a part of me that strives for the emotion of playing live. I want it to sound like we do live, but better. This time though, we’re doing it ourselves (for the most part)  and I really think we’ll be able to capture the essence of what The Stripe Stripe Fiasco is. Only time will tell, however.

-RJB

Computer…check (obviously)

Appropriate blogging music…Depeche Mode’s Violator…check

Last beer from fridge…check (rats)

Ok let’s do this!

As promised, the first installment of videos from our live concert at The Buffalo Rose on May 27^th 2011. Special thanks goes out to Chris Nicolson of Clear Mountain Productions http://www.clearmountainproductions.com/

who did a very wonderful job of filming and editing these videos on a reasonable budget. Of further note, these and the following videos are not going to be released in any particular order, just videos and songs that I felt we played particularly well that night. For today’s post we are featuring “Wrecked If I” and “Diary.”

First, a little bit about the Venue. The Buffalo Rose is probably one of the most under rated venues in the Denver Metro Area. Located in historic downtown Golden it sports a large stage, a main floor, a balcony, and a great sound tech. However, the Buffalo Rose holds a special place in The Stripe Stripe Fiasco’s heart. It is located in what most of our band calls home. I remember when I was young and it was Golden’s only biker bar…located right next to my elementary school.  Didn’t matter what day it was, there were always plenty of Harley’s in the lot and plenty of rugged individuals who all looked the same drinking and carrying on in the grand tradition that was set forth by their founders. And every Monday my mother and other concerned parents would have pick up the condoms off the jungle-jim…but I digress. Since then, the elementary school left, and the Buffalo Rose has since cleaned up a little. A friendly environment for bikers and rockers alike! FYI…I love a good Harley as well as the next man. I would ride if I thought I had the skill not to kill myself on one of those things. I just can’t help but point out the silliness of the people who ride them. I hope they can take a joke…

Anyway, our first Featured Song is “Wrecked If I.”  This song was written shortly after being exposed to My Bloody Valentine and is an attempt to dip into shoegaze. For those of you who do not know who  My Bloody Valentine is, “Loveless” is one of the more revolutionary albums ever made. This song is a band favorite and has gone through a couple of iterations before we settled on the version you here now. You can get a recorded version of it on our E.P. which you can purchase from our store. If you are expecting me to tell you what the song is about…I give you more credit than that. You are an avid music listener…the proof is that you are on the site. Maybe it would be a good idea to post the lyrics to our songs?

Next is Diary, a song that was largely written by Rachel King and is a good example of why we call ourselves skitzRock. Rachel can really show off her pips in this one…and I think she does in this case. I always felt that this song in particular opened up a lot of doors for the band. Especially the more soulful aspects of rock n’ roll.

I really hope you enjoy these videos…more are on the way!

Cheers  -RS

funny…I wrote more about the venue then the actual music.  Oh well, better luck next time Rich you’re out beer. Hop to it.   *Hop Hop Hop Hop Hop Hop*

Well, it’s been a while since my last post…sorry about that. My job didn’t stop when we went on tour, so I’ve been catching up and getting slammed (busy). But you don’t want to hear about that, you want to hear about our first west coast tour.

It started out rather auspiciously on August 12th, 2011. One of our members was really ill, and almost immediately our RV (a.k.a. “The Mallard” a.k.a. “Mint Julip”) started making funny sounds. Still, we were determined to make it, and so we marched up Vail pass at an impressive 15mph. When we got to Grand Junction, our member became entirely too sick to keep going, so we decided to seek professional medical assistance at the local college. After many harrowing adventures our member was admitted to an E.R…and I got drunk in a Wal-Mart parking lot…this was a first for me. That was day one.

The next day…with a clean bill of health, we started out for LA once more. Unfortunately we weren’t going to make our first show at The Whiskey-A-Go-Go, but we still had friends to see, and I really needed a sandy beach damn-it. We arrived in on Sunday at an RV park on the beach front…directly under LAX and next to water treatment and power plant district. It was impressive. We spent Monday tooling around the Sunset Strip and various other parts and I have to say West Hollywood is a pretty unique place…the best part of LA for me… Someday maybe I will be able to afford it. CAN’T WAIT!

Tuesday we set off for San Francisco…just because. When we arrived we were immediately confronted with an awkward situation. Where do you park a 38ft RV and Trailer in San Francisco? The locals didn’t know either. We finally decided AT&T stadium was the best bet. We then had great seafood dinner on Fisherman’s Wharf and spent a night on the town. We spent the next day scampering about San Francisco, specifically China Town…someday I’ll tell you to scam a free shower from 24hour Fitness. San Francisco was good to us and generally accepted as the best part of the trip.

It was time to get to Eugene, OR. We arrived early Thursday morning, we weren’t going to miss this show. We cleaned up at Bobby’s Mother’s friend Vai’s house. I hope that’s how you spell it. We then had dinner at Bobby’s Mother’s other friend Patty’s house and stayed there. Friday we got in a quick rehearsal and were ready to play our first show at The Black Forest.

We killed it and there was great audience…it’s about this point that events began to run smoothly, and thus became less interesting. We struck off for Seattle Saturday morning and played another great show at Café Venus and The Mars Bar, one of our best performances ever I’d say, those who were there saw something great.

Sunday, 2:00Am, we start the long burn from Seattle back to Denver. We had to be at work on Monday. I should probably tell you what the funny sound “Mint Julep” was. One of our cylinders wasn’t firing correctly. The consequence being that we drove the distance at an average speed of 40mph and it took 32hrs. In conclusion there were ups and downs, but we all made it back safe and not hating each other. I wanna go again.

Next, we will start releasing videos from our show at the Buffalo Rose. Also, recording of our first full length album is underway.
Cheers, -RS