///9-4-08. The Red Room. Kennewick, WA.
opened for Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (brooklyn, ny). what a rad rad place the 'ol Red Room is. staff and everyone were so good to us... had home-cooked lasagna and an epic salad. some chips and salsa. and a bunch of veggies and fruit. it was pretty heavenly. show was fun too. we played a 30min power set, then cleared out for the MBAR team. enjoyed their set as well. they were good peeps. thanks to Caleb and Bryson and all the rest of the staff and family for such a rad start to our little mini-tour.
here's a link to a review of the show in the Tri-City Herald:
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1362/story/306415.html
and here's a link to some video from our set courtesy of the Tri-City Herald:
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1330/story/306543.html
after the show we packed up and headed to Portland... rolled in late night and crashed with the Mees's.
///9-5-08. Music Fest Northwest. Portland, OR.
spent the day chillin in Portland and helping out around Tender Loving Empire headquarters. played that night at Slabtown as part of the TLE Showcase for Music Fest Northwest with labelmates Nick Caceres, Super XX Man, Jared Mees & The Grown Children, Boy Eats Drum Machine. we played right in the middle. the turnout was fantastic... especially considering all the amazing bands playing at the same time... the TLE Showcase slayed it. friends and friends of friends. loved everyone's set. wouldn't have wanted to me anywhere else all night...
here's a link to a review of MFNW with some kinds words about our set:
http://www.nonstarvingartists.com/Members/zaphmann/zaph-mann-on-music/archive/2008/09/16/musicfest-nw-2008-it-added-up-to-what
here's a link to a whole bunch of photos from the night (thanks SAM!!!):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tenderlovingempire/sets/72157607148884225/
///9-6-08. Music Fest Northwest. Portland, OR
we took this day off to hang out with friends and check out some music at the festival... got some QT in with Milo and Jess and Noah... and Jared and Brianne Mees... hung out at some industry panels... munched some pizza and traded witty small talk and booking tips... stood in line to see Ratatat and Les Favy Fav... settled for free ice cream from the Ice Cream Man... later that night caught our old friend Justin Ringle with his band Horsefeathers at Holocene... super quiet and rad... from there saw our buddy Sean shed some drums for The Wherewithals at Rotture... then some of the Hillstomp set at Slabtown before heading for sleep... early morning looming ahead...
///9-7-08 Moscow Food Co-op Parking Lot Party: 35th Anniversary Celebration Moscow, ID
got up at 6am and headed inland toward Moscow... had a parking lot party to help setup. i used to work at the MFC and used to be such a huge part of all three of our lives, so we were pretty excited to be a part of this celebration. this show would also be the first of 7 shows in a row we'd play with our buddies
LOW RED LAND from San Francisco. www.myspace.com/lowredland
Ben Walden kicked the party off with some cameos from Von Walden (dad) and Henry... Dan Maher followed despite having been stung on the tongue by a hornet that morning. the Kim and Kenna delivered a spectacular update on the status of the Co-op on behalf of the Board of Directors... and after them Low Red Land slayed some Co-op folks of all ages, shapes and sizes. our set started right as it was getting dark... for a sunday night, Moscow sure brought it's game face and a bunch of people shredded some dance moves on the asphault. it was super fun. all in all, another Co-op success.
we post-partied at the new Shari's in Moscow. 24 hour grazing. we grazed hard all crammed into a cozy little booth. 4th meal had some guest stars in Mary Packer, Andy Jacobson and Sara Foster -- who would end up housing Low Red Land and Cam for the couple of days we were there...
///9-8-08 John's Alley. Moscow, ID
slept in. then slept in some more. Cam took Ben out for a run on Moscow Mountain... and hooked Mark and Neil up with some bikes for a little Palouse bike ride... we all met around 4pm and destroyed ourselves on the basketball court out at Mountain View Park. after some showers we cruised over to Jerry & Amy McMurtry's place for some BBQ, beers and we all helped crank out some homemade ice cream for desert. pretty epic.
show that night was off-the-hook. even on a Monday night, Moscow represented hard. and the Alley got danced and danced and danced till last call. it was pretty ridiculous in the fun factor.
///9-9-08 The Empyrean. Spokane, WA
The Empyrean has become a little bit of a home away from home... always excited to be there... with friends like Rhea and Chrissy and Michelle and Mike and Sean and his brother etc etc etc.... Sara Foster even came up for the show... it was a decent crowd for a Tuesday. locals Dominik Bar and The Farm Circle sandwiched the other two of us... Low Red Land shredded. The Farm Circle closed. what a rad group of kids. sweet tunes. a harp! lots of instrument switches. fun fun stuff. we scored some cookies then cruised to Couer d'Alene to crash with my sister.
///9-10-08 The Badlander Missoula, MT
thai spicy thai spicy thai spicy put all of our digestion systems through the ringer... those of us willing and qualified, employed the Wild Turkey to battle the intestinal demons... to mixed success. show was put on by Mike from Dead Hipster. we opened. dusted off Combover to kick the show off. it was a playful and fun set for us. Low Red Land followed with the thunder. locals Wartime Blues closed out the night why the rest of us celebrated being in Missoula...
got to catch up with our old Moscow friends Mamie and Kevin before the show. what sweethearts! oh my. it was awesome. we crashed at their cozy pad that night. so so nice of them. especially since we had another early morning awaiting us...
///9-11-08 Common Ground Cafe McCall, ID
got up around 7am for an ambitious day of driving and exploring. we were excited to take Low Red Land over Lolo Pass and along the Lochsa as we crossed back into Idaho. and we all had our sights set on Weir Hotsprings... as they were stoked to experience some natural hot springs...
just had to make a quick stop as we were all still processing the Thai Spicy experience...
turns out there's bears in them there hills...
drove a little ways more down the road and parked. after a nice little hike we were all bathing together on the side of a mountain... Bort (mark's dog) included:
Bort couldn't stop attacking the water. she's fierce and relentless:
we then began work on the Neil Thompson mansuit calendar for 2009...
then we continued on down through the epic spine of idaho drive... rolled into McCall around 4pm and slammed out setup at the Common Ground... all spiffied up since last year... new stage location... bigger stage... sand pit for dancing and chillin... Brian and Pam are awesome. please please support this place when and if you're ever in McCall. they've always been really good to us and do a lot for that community...
show that night was rad. great turnout. lots of dancing. big moon. 9/11. Ben (low red land) recently took part in Run For the Fallen... a non-political run to honor all the men and women that have lost their lives in Iraq. check it out: www.runforthefallen.org those guys lost a really good friend in the war, just two weeks before he was supposed to come home. pretty moving talking with them about it. this run sounded incredibly moving.
hung out with some locals into the wee hours. crashed at a nice cabin that was generously provided by Ben's ex-girlfriends parents. super cozy night for all of us.
///9-12-08 Visual Arts Collective Garden City, ID
super casual morning in McCall... then hit the road for Boise. stopped just south of Banks to go swimming in the Payette. sun was out. water was crisp. it was awesome. continued on and hit up Chiang Mai for some better Thai food than what Thai Spicy had to offer in Missoula...
show that night was a little disappointing turnout-wise. headliners System & Station rolled in late since they were coming all the way from Denver... we started a little before 9:30. we had a nice little crowd of folks that had come out. some buddies and some new friends. it was rad. most of them stuck around for Low Red Land, but when System & Station started there were just about 10 of us there. they had had a long day of driving, but they did there best to energize.
a new friend of ours, Mary Anne, took some photos... here's a link:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=260371418&albumId=1236561
///9-13-08 First National Pocatello, ID
all week we'd been talking about doing a SPORTS show. it had been decided that we'd pull out all the stops for the tour closer in Poky. it's a fun place and we knew it could handle it.
show was awesome. a perfect way to end what turned out to be a very successful tour with Low Red Land. all around. they're rad. we all got along marvelously. very very similar wavelengths. they have a new album that just came out yesterday. it is sooooo good. go to www.myspace.com/lowredland to hear more and find out how to get yourself a copy...
sweet local band Spondee opened the show with a set of fun fun pop tunes. def. check them out: www.myspace.com/spondee123
here's some photos and videos from the SPORTS! night tour closer at the First Nash... go to www.myspace.com/finnriggins for more photos from this night and all of this tour...
NEIL
MARK
BEN
GILBERT
LISA
CAM
LOW RED LAND -- WEIGHT OF NATIONS
LOW RED LAND -- LANDMARK
LOW RED LAND w/ Lisa Simpson -- HAWK'S DIE (acoustic)
FINN RIGGINS -- A WHALE, A FISH
show ended with an unprecedented and pretty epic SUPER JAM with all of FINN RIGGINS and LOW RED LAND on the stage. unrehearsed and unscripted, we unleashed a 15min or so psychedelic improv to celebrate a love fest week of touring together. i suspect we all will tour as one once again... not sure when, but odds are very good that it will happen... thanks to everyone that made it out to any or all of the shows!! it was a super fun tour. appreciate all of you support, your energy, your dance moves, your generosity and good spirits.
///more details on our Fall US Tour to be announced soon. know for sure that we'll be making some appearances at the CMJ Music Festival in NYC and several other dates out East... full, regularly updated, tour itinerary at www.myspace.com/finnriggins
thanks for listening!!
///reporting for all of us finn rigginses
//gilbert
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