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By Teresa Shipley.

This weekend is the official start of spring, and Boise couldn't have special-ordered a better beginning than the reality. The sun was warm, the breeze was cool and a profusion of recreators graced the north side of town.

Trek Bicycles hosted its annual demo day at Ninth Street's dead-end behind Camel's Back Park, offering cycling enthusiasts the chance to test ride their latest full-suspension innovations on dirt, or sample road-worthy steeds that nearly match the caliber of Lance Armstrong's Team Radioshack's rides.

Twenty miles down the road, Kristin Armstrong hosted a women's cycling clinic that was so well-attended that she had to fly in a support team from the Bay Area for assistance. The clinic is the first in what Armstrong hopes will be many throughout the United States this year. Some are geared toward women, some toward masters—in cycling parlance, that's the competitive folks over age 35—some toward juniors and some for the average Joe who just wants to pedal a bike.

If you missed either event not to worry. You can find out more about Trek Bicycles at World Cycle, and you can find out more about Armstrong's future clinics at kristinarmstrongacademy.com .

Meanwhile, keep pedaling. Boise weekends will cater to two-wheelers from now until fall (and maybe longer).

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• SXSW Mar 20th — World's Greatest Ghosts at Portland Indie Industry Party at The Liberty

been driving north thru texas and oklahoma most of the day on our way to Tulsa... several wrecks, construction and general traffic have us running late for our show tonight at the Soundpony Lounge — a rad bicycle bar right next to the historic Cain's Ballroom. we're playing with The Bears of Blue River (chicago) and Blue Skies For Black Hearts (portland) at Soundpony and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is playing next door at Cain's. all of us coming from SXSW, going to feel like an extension of the festival i'm sure....

the last day of SXSW in Austin for us was pretty epic. started with waking up to a sudden turn in the weather as it had turned very unseasonably cold for Austin (as low as 38 degrees!). but the festival went on without much delay or hesitation. still masses of people and bands all over... we played a day party out E 6th St at a cool bar called The Liberty - in their backyard - put on by Tender Loving Empire, Riot Act and Smoke Signals Booking and dubbed the Portland Indie Industry Party. we were honored to be invited to play with our buds Jared Mees & The Grown Children + World's Greatest Ghosts + Shellshag (nyc) + Boy Eats Drum Machine + Wampire as well as Blunt Mechanic (seattle) + All Smiles + Carolyn Mark. despite the cold, we all used it as a rallying point (that and the free beer) and definitely made the most of it. Wampire got down to their undies during their last song and Cam rocked our whole set in just his boxers, scarf and stocking cap. Northwest represent. tough blooded. our set was fun. cool crew there to experience it with us, and the sun came out briefly in the middle of Hraka. it was awesome. here's what The Oregonian had to say about our portion of the show as well as some other SXSW comments and Sasquatch sighting: Oregonian SXSW review

we had to rush and pack up to get to our load-in for our official SXSW showcase back down 6th in the heart of the festival... literally 1/2 mile away and yet took us almost an hour because of traffic. it was nutzzz. our show that night was at Habana Calle 6 a cool little joint along the creek/canal running through town and we were thankful — with a 1am slot — to be on the inside stage. this show was hosted by Burnside Distribution and also featured Visqueen (Seattle) + Parlour Steps (Vancouver, BC) + Dave Rave (Hamilton, ON) + All Smiles (Portland) + Tiger City (Brooklyn).

we had been joking all week — with the 1am Saturday slot for our official showcase — that we were playing the "SXSW afterparty" and it certainly had that feel to it as many of our friends and other show goers made it their last stop of the festival. in fact, we were shocked how many people were there and were pretty moved by all our friends that made the effort to be there. as well as a bunch of other folks with apparently nothing better to do in the midst of some 100 other bands playing at the same time. pretty awesome. thank you thank you thank you! after dealing with the Brooklyn band dragging their feet on and off the stage and playing long and trying to play longer before we put our foot down and made sure they left us some time to play. !!!!!!. the show ran on time all night until their set. we started 30min late with only 30min till we had to be done because of closing time. we were fired up and we let 'er rip. it was cathartic. it was awesome. thanks to everyone that was there! it ended with our friends and teammates Jared Mees, Nathan Walker and Ryan Dornfeld on stage dancing and clapping and singing along with us and the rest of the crowd (lisa on the floor in their midst) for an extended version of "A President, A Pacifist, An Auto Restorer".... couldn't have asked for a better way for our first SXSW experience to culminate. we milked the after party with our new friends Niall, Paul, Will, and Gary from Autumn Owls (Ireland) that we met in Vegas at the Neon Reverb Festival 10 days earlier. they're hilarious. psyched they helped close the festival down with us.

after a solid 5 hours of sleep we showered up and headed for one last breakfast taco mission than hit the road for Tulsa. SXSW a crazy blurry week of memories behind us. thanks to our friend Polly for the cozy place to crash the last couple of nights!!

• breakfast tacos!!! Austin, TX

more updates and photos soon. hopefully. if you haven't already, check out Gavin Dahl's (official BW correspondent at SXSW) accounts from the festival. we met up with him throughout the adventure and he was constantly seeking out awesomeness. he's got some great photos and interviews from the last week.

wild wild wild. what an amazing experience. made tons of new friends and deepened several other friendships with folks from all over. can't imagine having a better time. can't wait for next year. can't wait till there's an Idaho showcase. official or unofficial. let's make it happen!

in the meantime, our spirits are high! still buzzing from one of the most amazing experiences we've had yet as a band and pumped to be heading out East for 2 months playing a bunch of places we haven't played since 2008! full updated tour schedule at myspace.com/finnriggins

thanks to all of you that continue to show us love and support. means a ton. hugs.

thank you
gilbert

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The city of Austin has been overrun by musicians and concertgoers. Here are some SXSW images and videos.

• Texas Guitar Show

• Daedelus and Nocando

• Finn Riggins

• Why Haven't They Sued Girl Talk? panel

• Line for Attack Attack!

• Bin Laden Blowin' Up on 6th Street

• Ana Tijoux and Invincible

• Candy Claws

• Pivot

• Truckasauras

• Aether

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Playing after saint pattys day is always a funny experience. Either everyone is too hungover to come out again or they do come out but have a look as if they are goin to fall over any second. We rolled into Boulder and hooked up with our friend Josh from Smooth Money Gesture(woot woot!) who works at the best sandwich place in Boulder called "Snarf's" and then made our way down to connor oneill's to scope the scene. Connor's is a groovy lil irish pub that brings in great music and has probably the coolest staff we work with, always wanting us to play songs off our album that we never play anymore.
We started the set acoustic with some mellow folk songs Ive been playin with just Hawk and I and carried the acoustic vibe on into the EE set until the room filled in a bit. Some other friends of ours from the band "Hot soup' Mirco and Adrian came by and got to get mirco up on sax for 4 or 5 tunes. Mirco's probably the best saxophone player Ive ever played with and pretty much can light up any tune we throw at him. We did a noodly Blue Bossa>Smokey Joes Cafe>No Doctor combo with him adding some extra jazz n funk feel. After a quick drink at set break the college crowd began to arrive and get the dance floor movin.
I noticed a young sexy black girl dancing wildly in the middle of the floor beginning to approach the stage and crawling over my pedal board like a cat. She then started "freaking" Tom and he claims she "bit him on the ass" during his bass solo!!! She then came over to me and started grabbing my groin as i was trying to solo but wasnt doing to well under the circumstances. I finally shoo'ed her off and we wrapped up the tune, sending her dancing out of the room now that the music was gone and the spell was lifted. Having a good laugh with the employees while packing out we bailed and headed to Denver to party with YAMN who had just played their 1st headlining show at the FOX theatre in Boulder! Cocaine and whiskey kept us up till dawn laughing and chatting about funny tour stories. On our way to Fort collins to play with some local bands we've never met so gettin stooooked!!! out-
J/EE

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In my final Spain visitation post, I could play up any number of different angles, but here are the final three highlights/lowlights...

• This isn't my eye, but it illustrates how scary I looked.

1) An insufficiently clean pair of contacts netted me a mean stye on my final full day in-country, so I was driven to the local pharmacia where, unlike American dispensaries, patients can be prescribed medicines on the spot based on whatever symptoms they're displaying. I paid 2.5 euros for a tube of antibacterial cream and was back out the door in under three minutes. A Spaniard in a similar situation in our country wouldn't dare hope for comparable treatment from our health care system.

• The Spaniards taught me a thing or two about food and community.

2) My "eat what's on your plate" childhood training and vomit reflex towards shellfish duked it out on my last day of work in Spain. In celebration of their Falles festival, our Valencian hosts cut out of work early to partake of a massive paella, freshly prepared over a roaring fire in a back patio area. Chock full of lobster and shrimp, watching the witches' brew come together tested my ability to overcome years of picky eating. As is their custom, they heaped a mega-serving onto everyone's plates. Surprise of surprises, I actually liked it. I still bear no love for the rubbery texture of shrimp, but the flavor combination of the paella was absolutely outstanding. And sharing not only the food but the communitymindedness of my Spanish compatriots was a unique experience.

• If this show isn't everything it's cracked up to be, I'm going to track that British girl down and recoup my expenses.

3) Stuck in a horribly cramped seat, sandwiched between three strangers for the 10.5-hour flight from Paris to Seattle, I struck up a conversation with a British national on her way to Vancouver, B.C. to visit friends. I admitted being a huge fan of the original versions of Life on Mars and The Office, and asked her what her own favorite British TV show is. "Only Fools and Horses," she said. And she guaranteed I'll like it—a bold statement from someone who'd exchanged less than five minutes of conversation with me. I plan to put her assurance to the test—and soon. Look for my findings in print or here on the Cobweb.

All in all, despite losing luggage, missing out on a great tour of historic Valencia, suffering an infected eyelid, eating shrimp and being forced to talk to strangers, my trip to Espana was a resounding success. Everyone on the planet could learn a lot by getting out their country to hobnob with foreigners once in a while.

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my feet hurt. my legs are pooped. my heart is strong and my spirit is high. been a wild wild time at SXSW so far. i think the best way i can sum up the experience thus far is sea of humanity, bands bands bands bands bands, sunshine, breakfast tacos, bbq, mardi gras, party, friends. friends especially. over the last several years with all of our touring we've made a lot of musical friends from all over the country and a festival like this brings us all to one place at the same time. had a very similar experience when we played the CMJ Music Festival in NYC in 2008. thus far that experience has been heightened here in Austin over the last 4 days. pretty unreal to be so far from home and to have so many friends convened here. unreal. and awesome. since rolling in on Tuesday we've bumped into or played with friends World's Greatest Ghosts, Jared Mees & The Grown Children, Horsefeathers, Or The Whale, Birds & Batteries, French Miami, Man/Miracle, Tempo No Tempo, Wampire, Boy Eats Drum Machine, The Points North, Candy Claws... and bumped into and hung out with all kinds of other friends from all over. it blows my mind. and i love it.

• SXSW with eric (world's greatest ghosts) + gilbert + jesse (wgg)

yesterday after our day party at Side Bar here in Austin we cruised to Houston for a SXSW Overflow Fest at the infamous Super Happy Fun Land... which also embodied the same spirit. Boise homeys out here in the area right now on tour themselves Revolt Revolt played early to get the night started... soon after it was apparent that we were going to be partying amongst ourselves and we certainly made the most of it and helped the night live up to the Super Happy Funness... World's Greatest Ghosts + Boy Eats Drum Machine + Jared Mees & The Grown Children are some of our closest musical buddies and it fired us all up and we danced and sang along to each other's set... and then to new friends Dangerous Ponies from Philly who were super super fun. it was a classic night. hadn't had that much fun since... well... the night before in Austin... but oh well. it was awesome. as was tonight. it's true. i love tour. i love music. i love friends. right now i'm really loving Austin.

• Super Happy Fun Land - Houston, TX

two big shows tomorrow here at SXSW. playing a big day party at The Liberty with all kinds of friends... have goals of catching more sets of other friends around town... including new Austin buddies Woodgrain and hopefully Birds & Batteries... then we play our official showcase at Habana Calle 6 tomorrow night at 1am. going to be a long day. seems like going to sleep would be wise... hmmmm... ok

goodnight
gilbert

PS how about some more photos first... including the last corn dog i will eat on this tour... if not ever. sooooo big. totally over corndogs now. such a shortlived craving. check this monstrosity out

• biggest corn dog ever?

PSS how about some more photos?

• Super Happy Boy Eats Drum Machine Land

• Super Happy Fun Land SXSW Overflow Fest - Houston, TX

• Typewriter Museum - backyard show - SXSW - Austin, TX

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The warden of a Corrections Corporation of America prison in Oklahoma where an Idaho inmate was killed by other inmates in 2008 is in Boise this week with a CCA transition team, after a shakeup in the leadership at the privately-run Idaho Correctional Center.

CCA, which manages Idaho's largest state prison, removed warden Phillip Valdez and assistant warden Daniel Prado from the helm at ICC this week after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the prison alleging extreme levels of violence which violated prisoners' constitutional rights.

Valdez and Prado remain employed by CCA and will be reassigned, CCA spokesman Steve Owen told citydesk in an e-mail.

Timothy Wengler was named interim warden at ICC, having been transferred from the 1,600-bed Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minn., which was shuttered in February because of a lack of customers.

• CCA
• Fred Figueroa, North Fork

And Fred Figueroa, warden at CCA-operated North Fork Correction Facility in Sayre, Okla. toured the Idaho State Correctional Institution on Wed. as part of the CCA transition team.

"IDOC is working with Mr. Figueroa and the other members of the team to provide for a smooth transition," said Idaho Department of Corrections spokesman Jeff Ray.

Inmates at ISCI recognized Figueroa from their time spent at North Fork. Idaho housed inmates in Oklahoma between 2005 and July 2009 when 188 were brought back to the state and bunked at ICC. One source told citydesk that Idaho inmates saw Figueroa as a fair warden.

But one Idaho inmate was killed by other prisoners at North Fork under Figueroa's watch. On the evening of June 25, 2008, David Drashner, 51, of Canyon County was attacked and killed by other inmates. The Chief Medical Examiner in Oklahoma City ruled the death a homicide and according to a report obtained by citydesk, Drashner died from a traumatic brain injury.

We have not been able to determine if anyone was charged in Drashner's death.

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If you happened to catch Craig Wright’s The Pavilion at Boise Contemporary Theater last fall—a tearful tale of reunited high school sweethearts played by Hollis Welsh and Dywane Blackaller—you’ll be excited to hear that BCT is tackling Wright once again.

As a part of their 5X5 Reading Series, BCT has invited director Evan Sesek to bring to life Lady, the story of three childhood pals who embark on an annual hunting trip in the woods of Illinois. Armed with guns and 30-odd-years of emotional baggage, the three middle-aged friends soon realize that they are about as opposite as can be. Though the BCT performance won’t feature any sets or costuming, audiences are invited to watch the trio dissect their opinions on the Iraq war and strive to find common ground in this paired down, intimate production.

Catch the performance at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 22. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students or those under 25.

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• Roger Simmons and Vern Bisterfeldt make their papers.

Former Ada County commissioners Roger Simmons and Vern Bisterfeldt filed to run for the Ada County Commission this afternoon.

Simmons is a former reporter who sat on the commission for 10 years, ran the Idaho Lottery for former Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and now works as a semi-retired lobbyist and consultant. Bisterfeldt spent his career at the Boise Police Department before serving on the Ada County Commission and is currently on the Boise City Council. They will run on the same platform against Rick Yzaguirre and Chairman Fred Tilman.

Yzaguirre beat Simmons in the 2002 GOP primary, and Simmons is itching for a rematch.

"The individual that I'll be running against is just sort of filling the chair," Simmons said of Yzaguirre, also calling him an "empty suit" and saying that he just votes with whichever commissioner screams the loudest.

Bisterfeldt will challenge Tilman in the Tuesday, May 25 GOP primary. He stressed that when he was on the commission from 1987 to 1999, there was a lot more cooperation between the county, its cities and the Ada County Highway District, and that it was a lot more fun.

"There's so many more things we can do when we work together with the smaller cities," Bisterfeldt said.

Simmons has been a critic of County Commissioner Sharon Ullman, who is not up for reelection this year. In 2001, when Simmons and UIllman served together, he actually filed a harassment complaint against her.

Simmons said he thinks Ullman ought to endorse him, since she has also been a critic of Yzaguirre, even pushing a criminal complaint against him in 2005.

Simmons and Bisterfeldt presented a five-point plan that they say they can accomplish within two years on the three-person board:

1. Let Ada County residents vote to change the commission from a full-time, three-member panel to a five-member part time panel with a full-time county administrator.
2. Openly negotiate with the cities to lower the amount they have to pay to utilize the Ada County Courthouse.
3. Spend more money on economic development and job creation, starting by bringing horse racing back to Idaho Downs (formerly Les Bois).
4. Lowering county property values to "more realistic levels to reflect the current housing market."
5. Consolidating county EMS with fire departments countywide.

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Yeah! Friday! Weekend! Two whole free days to binge-drink enjoy the great outdoors!

But wait ... Is there something, we're forgetting? Something important happening ... Jeez. This always happens on Fridays. What was it?

Oh right ... the Iraq war. Oops.

Believe it or not, despite having cost untold billion of dollars, wrecked the United States' credibility internationally, killed somewhere between 100,000 and 1 million Iraqi civilians (there is no actual count) and more than 4,000 United States citizens, along with decimating the Iraqi economy, increasing the level of global terrorism, creating a human rights catastrophe and empowering Iran's "Danny Bonaduce of a President," this craptacular event is still going strong. Sure, it has given Matt Damon beefcake roles in mediocre thrillers, but even pre-invasion, you couldn't swing a dead cat in Hollywood without it resulting in a mediocre thriller vehicle for Matt Damon. So why is this thing still going on?

Probably because after seven years, we've pretty much stopped paying attention. And, caught up in the furor of the health care debate and the raging culture war at home, so have our leaders.

From 5-6 p.m. today, the Idaho Peace Coalition, will be demonstrating outside Senator Mike Crapo's office at 251 E. Front St., calling for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, so that the money being spent on them can be reallocated to education which has recently seen heavy cuts in Idaho.

“Something is terribly wrong when Idaho taxpayers spend $2 billion on the Iraq war and occupation while Idaho schools and universities are slashing budgets and raising tuition. True security and prosperity will come from education, not from empire building,” said Diane Roberts of the Idaho Peace Coalition, in a press release to Boise Weekly.

So take an hour out your weekend to stop by the protest. And don't worry. The mountain bike trails will still be there at six.

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Questionland wants to know: is there a restaurant in town that serves fried pickles? There's a pregnant woman out there somewhere waiting to slather them in ice cream.

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• Andrew Crisp
• William and Raul, on the microphone tip

Former U.S. Rep. Bill Sali resurfaced this morning unda' the rotunda, wearing a suit and, according to Eye on Boise, rapidly chewing gum. After being chastised for arguing at a committee hearing, Sali huddled with the press to announce his "surprise" endorsement of Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador, who is running for the seat Sali held two years ago.

"We have debt levels that are out of control, we have pressure to raise taxes like never before, there's a need to have someone who understands that the answers for our country lie in smaller government, leaner government. We need to send the right person to D.C. I think it's important that Idaho send the right person into that fight. I will be throwing my support behind Raul Labrador for Congress," Sali said.

Sali claimed Labrador didn't know he planned to back him, but just told him to "be there." Sali also said, slyly, that he had until 5 p.m. today to file for another position.

Labrador confirmed he had not expected the endorsement, but made it clear he'd spoken with Sali.

"It is a surprise, but it's an honor. I thank him, I thank his wife, who took the time to speak with my wife about what it's like to live in Washington. This endorsement shows the excitement for our campaign ... I'm not beholden to anybody but the people of Idaho. I will stand up against not just my enemies, I will stand up against my friends," Labrador said.

Labrador wants to unseat Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick in the November election, but first faces a crowded Republican primary in May. His primary opponent, political newcomer Vaughn Ward, had more money and high-level endorsements, including from Sen. John McCain.

Sali honored Ward's military service, but lampooned his experience.

"Sending Vaughan Ward to Congress is like sending a boy scout to Iraq," Sali said.

It was a crowded Republican primary in 2006 that vaulted Sali into the national spotlight from his House post at the Idaho statehouse.

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Gov. C. L. "Butch" Otter appeared on national television last night talking about the Idaho Health Freedom Act, which he signed into law Wednesday. He was the first governor in the nation to sign such a bill (Virginia passed a similar bill, but the governor allowed it to become law without his signature).

The bill requires Idaho's attorney general to sue the federal government if the state is forced to require health coverage for Idaho citizens. Some three dozen states are considering such measures, what Otter is calling a Constitutional mass. In the two clips below, Fox News' Neil Cavuto lets Otter say "Constitutional mass" several times while CNN's Anderson Cooper fires back: "What do you mean by Constitutional mass?"

Otter waffles on the question, instead claiming that Congress does not have the Constitutional authority to pass the health reform bill that Democrats in the House plan to approve on Sunday. Cooper says that question of federal authority was laid to rest after the Civil War.

Cavuto asks an interesting, and related, question too, though he lazily pins it on unnamed Otter critics: Does this bill create havoc, with the 50 states deciding not to follow federal law, even in matters of the military. They say (unnamed critics) that, "you are the one inciting danger," Cavuto posits.

Otter also maintains that the health reform bill is unfair because it treats states differently. We find no reference to individual states in the full text of the bill, but USA Today assures us (sorry, only link i could find this morning) that the special, vote-buying provisions for Nebraska have been struck but that Louisiana (and maybe Florida, according to Otter) will still get extra Medicaid funding because they are in natural disaster recovery areas.

[UPDATE: Otter spokesman Jon Hanian acknowledges that the Nebraska deal has been removed from the bill, but told citydesk that there are new carve-outs for Tennessee, and that North Dakota, Montana and Connecticut, as well as Louisiana are still getting special treatment. Hanian cites Fox on this and WaPo has an eerily similar story too. Oh, that's an AP story.

“The governor’s concern remains … we were led to believe that this process was going to be transparent ... The process wasn’t going to be questioned,” Hanian said.]

Watch and compare the two interviews below (and thank Fox for not embedding an ad with their clip! And, note the awesome speed reader in the bottom right corner ... Who says Fox can't do snark?):

Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com

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Hello friends! We are rolling across Texas now, and since our last entry, we have played Bryan, and Houston. Today we headed out to Austin for the massive SXSW fest. We only set aside one day for the week long party, as we have many other dates in the area, and little time to do everything. We are stoked to see the sights, and of course hear the sounds.

We left San Angelo Wednesday morning and headed to Bryan, TX. The day welcomed us with sunshine and fresh air. The drive was about 6 hours, trekking through farmland and small towns. We arrived at Stafford on Main (venue), and strolled around town a bit. Bryan is an interesting town, kinda old, and looks like they are trying to bring it back some. They had a great coffee shop called the Village, and a store called Earth Art, that reminded me of Boise's Dragon Fly, or Eyes of the World. It was St. Patrick's Day, and the venue began to fill up fairly quickly. They had the police stop by a few times earlier in the week regarding noise, so they asked if we could set the band up in front of the stage, further away from the back door. It made for an interesting set up, but all of the bands managed to make it work. We went on second after Robbie Hazen and the Riot (Miami), and were well received. We made time after the show to mingle with the locals a bit, check out the other bands, and then headed out for Houston. The drive was for two plus hours through windy highway roads. We scored a motel 6, and they let us check in early at 5 am. They had a pool, and the weather was good enough for a quick dip....minus an oil slick or two......

We headed the the next venue Super Happy Funland around 5pm. The building was HUGE! They had massive murals painted on all the walls, and several rows of old theater seats.

There were T-Shirts for sale, and art was hanging everywhere. They had a grand piano located to the left of the stage, and various band members were taking turns playing it. Idaho friends Finn Riggins rolled in just as we were about to go on. It was great to see familiar faces from home. Our set went well, and despite a slim crowd due to the earliness, we had a great time.

After our set, we loaded out, and picked up our Boise friend Jen Orr at the Airport in Houston. She has joined up with us for the rest of the tour. She is working on her Crossroad Angel site, a music directory for independent/underground musicians. We came back to the venue, and watched the bands play until about 1:30 am. Due to our airport run, we weren't able to check out Finn Riggins. We are fully confident that they threw down the moves in representing Idaho. There were 11 bands total on the bill, and all of them had something unique to offer. Brian, Jason, and the entire crew of SHFL were more than hospitable. We will definitely be heading back when in Texas again.

Upcoming Dates:
SXSW • March 19th
San Antonio @ the Mine Shaft • March 20th
San Antonio @ Music Connection • March 21st
El Paso @ Bombardiers • March 22nd
Tucson @ Gooch's Place • March 23rd

For all tour dates, music, and other news, check out these sites:
http://myspace.com/revoltrevoltmusic
http://revoltrevoltmusic.com
If you would like to buy our record, & look at some of the other bands on the Spark and Shine Label, go here:
http://sparkandshine.com/revolt-revolt
We will have all of the SXSW insanity posted asap!
Hope all is well with our friends at home in the city of trees.
Best
RR

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