Hey everyone!!!!
I just wanted to write to thank everyone for the outpouring of love and words of encouragement.... it all means so much to me, and it really has helped to keep me in a positive frame of mind.
As you all might know by now, in April of 2005, I was hit by a car while riding my bike. Ever since, I've been in some form of pain from that date, and by the time we reached Jacksonville, it was completely unbearable. I had trouble carrying our equipment, and during our set, it became extremely painful to move my right arm. After we played, I couldn't bend over to take the pedal off my bass drum. Carly and I made the difficult decision to cancel tour and drive home... it was hard because playing music is what we love to do, and we love driving across the country hanging out with you all and sharing our passion with you.
Right now, I'm not playing my drums, and it's tearing me apart... but I know it's for the best - I have to heal. We're still planning on playing the Fest in Gainesville at the end of October. We'll probably play two or three shows on the way down. After that, we plan on taking a break from playing live so that we can work on new songs... we have 3 almost finished now! also, we're also trying to convince a certain sweet band from Philly (hint: a.c.) to do some sort of tour with us this spring. Yeah!!!
Other stuff....
-I posted our new shirts for sale! Everything is up on the myspace page.
-I'm starting to work on the art for Carly's classical piano album... her music is unbelievably beautiful!!!! The cd will be out by the end of the year. Check out her music at: http://www.myspace.com/carlycomando
Sooo....
Again, thanks so much for all your support! Stay in touch!!!
Love!
tom p.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Tour Cancelled.
Hey everyone..
We're really really really sad to say that the rest of our tour has been cancelled. Tom was hit by a car 3 years ago, and has been suffering back and neck injuries ever since. He goes in and out of feeling the pain, but when we were in South Carolina it came back in full force. We tried to get through a set in Jacksonville and he just couldn't do it. We're really upset and bummed out, but trying to stay as positive as possible. We're going to take this time to get Tom the proper medical help he needs, and rest his crazy drumming muscles so that he doesn't risk permanently damaging his back.
We are so sorry and we apologize to everyone who has worked so hard on booking our shows and helping out with this tour. We will make it up to you when we're ready to get back on the road, hopefully in the spring. We are also going to play the Fest in Gainesville at the end of October, and then take a rest so that Tom can continue to get better.
Thank you for your support, understanding and for making the short tour we had an amazing one.
We love you all so much!
Love,
Carly and Tom P.
We're really really really sad to say that the rest of our tour has been cancelled. Tom was hit by a car 3 years ago, and has been suffering back and neck injuries ever since. He goes in and out of feeling the pain, but when we were in South Carolina it came back in full force. We tried to get through a set in Jacksonville and he just couldn't do it. We're really upset and bummed out, but trying to stay as positive as possible. We're going to take this time to get Tom the proper medical help he needs, and rest his crazy drumming muscles so that he doesn't risk permanently damaging his back.
We are so sorry and we apologize to everyone who has worked so hard on booking our shows and helping out with this tour. We will make it up to you when we're ready to get back on the road, hopefully in the spring. We are also going to play the Fest in Gainesville at the end of October, and then take a rest so that Tom can continue to get better.
Thank you for your support, understanding and for making the short tour we had an amazing one.
We love you all so much!
Love,
Carly and Tom P.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Is our tour vehicle a lemon?
I don't know. Probably not.. but I guess when you've put at least 20,000 miles on it from touring it's likely to have some problems here and there. Sadly it happened on our first day of tour but luckily we were close to Tom's house to have it fixed. Tom's dad is da bomb mechanic and totally awesome dude, so with his help, we should have the minivan taking over the world in no time!
Every tour the Service engine light comes on, but we were told when it blinks to start worrying. After Berea Fest 2008, it started blinking. The source of our troubles has been the Spark plugs not firing correctly. See diagram:
Fun, right?
We will test the Chevy today on our drive to Philly to see if she's ready for more driving..
We'll keep you posted!
Love,
Carly and Tom!
Every tour the Service engine light comes on, but we were told when it blinks to start worrying. After Berea Fest 2008, it started blinking. The source of our troubles has been the Spark plugs not firing correctly. See diagram:
Fun, right?
We will test the Chevy today on our drive to Philly to see if she's ready for more driving..
We'll keep you posted!
Love,
Carly and Tom!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Golden Ghost vs. Pac-Man....
So, ever since the cd as come out, the most common response to the artwork is "oh hey... that's the Pac-Man ghost!"... or something along those lines. I just want to clear things up - I did NOT get my inspiration from Pac-Man.... even though the first video game i ever played was the good ol' yellow chomper, it's not where i pulled my ideas from. I totally respect everyone's feedback (praise and criticism), but i just wanted to get it straight. check it out....
the album art:
Pac-Man art:
The place where i mainly pulled the inspiration came from Japanese "superflat" art, such as the art by Takashi Murakami (who recently did Kanye West's "Graduation" album art). I wasn't trying to rip anyone off, i was just looking at the superflat style to help push me to do something that i haven't explored in my own work.
Takashi Murakami:
the album art:
Pac-Man art:
The place where i mainly pulled the inspiration came from Japanese "superflat" art, such as the art by Takashi Murakami (who recently did Kanye West's "Graduation" album art). I wasn't trying to rip anyone off, i was just looking at the superflat style to help push me to do something that i haven't explored in my own work.
Takashi Murakami:
New shirts for tour!!!!
I've been working pretty hard the last couple of weeks trying to come up with some new ideas for this tour's shirts. The "big text" shirt was something i've been wanting to do for a while, but didn't have the time to work on it.... i'm really happy with how it looks! I'll probably be printing it in a bunch of different colors.... maybe a "rainbow pull" ala No Age... but cooler... i hope... hahaha. anyway, here they are:
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