Vegas, are you Serious?

Ok, Y'all, here's the Vegas pics, or at least some of them. Overall, it was a great time and we were happy to see many of our friends there, including: Andrew, Terri, Mark, Michelle, Joe, Kelli, The Toasters, Voodoo Glow Skulls, RBF, Tazy Phillips, Fishbone, Westbound Train, Mo, Judd, Karl(Carl?) and everyone that I forgot, or met that night. (especially the girl with the "special backstage passes")let's just say they looked like this: (.)(.) and didn't work. Security was pretty tight that day, something about it being a State Park.
Anyhow, it was great fun, from the after-party to hittin the casinos the next day. I think that the big winner in the Pie crew was John Darby with about $200 in slots. I think that made up for what the rest of us lost. We had better luck gettin Guinness at the bar with the MOJU crew, (on Michelle's tab, of course(thanks!!!)). Ok, 'nuff said, check out the shots, we've got some special guest photographers this time.


This one was taken in our shitty hotel by the man: Moshe Koenick


(Big thanks to the dude that brought the tequila, it was much appreciated!!!)

These Pics were taken by JuddIrishBradley, and I think they came out real niice:

Jerry from Voodoo Glow Skulls, Moshe, Jorge



John and Jorge



Steve, Jorge, Toby, Andy



The whole band, right before playing...



These on-stage pics were taken by our good friends, Joe Simpson and his Girl, Kelli. We missed you guys at the after-party!

The Frizzle-Frazzle Tour '06

Ok, back from the-- frizzle-frazzle-fucking-cold-are-you-serious-bad-back-drink-ticket tour, and things couldn't be better with your friendly neighborhood Pietasters. We'd like to thank everyone that came out and helped us git down every night of last week. Here's the short list: The Tossers, the Stabones, the Fun Junkies, the Five Maseratis, the Planet Smashers, Cenzo, Lost City Angels, Big D and all you fuckers at the kids table. Uh ok, I shouldnt have started that, its gonna be a long list. Everyone that helped put the shows together, performed, and especially the fans. No thanks to those of you that were on the guest list FREELOADERS!!! I kid.....youre a great bunch of people....for me to (you know the rest).
Im SERIOUS it was a great time, and I hope that everyone of you got a chance to FEEL IT. Highlights were playing Fiesta with Tony and the boys from the Tossers, and getting to see Gregory Isaacs play in Burlington. GOOD GRIEF! He was amazing!
Anyhow, here are the pictures. Many of the pictures are courtesy of John Kang, and they are all courtesy of his camera, because mine was fucked up. Check them out, tell your friends, and I will try to get some shots in Vegas!!!

The Hotel bar in Philly

It may not look like it, but this is the Stabones, on stage at CBGBs

Pappy Jackson, Willy B -Independants, and Bartley -Stabones (duh)

Gettin crazy at CBGBs



John and Vinnie Nobile -Bim Skala Bim, Pilfers, Cenzo

Poster from the Rochester show

"Merch Twins Powers Activate!!!"

Gettin' Funky at the Band and Breakfast


Yeah, we played Bongos. We're a bunch of fuckin hippies.


Darby sleeps through his slice of Pizza. "But it was sooooo good!!!"

Eating food at Higher Ground with the Planet Smashers

Playing in Burlington, VT

More of the same

Jorge shows off his "Exile on Main St" Guitar book

Oh Shit, Are you Serious?

Vinnie rocks with Cenzo

John Kang and Ron from Lost City Angels, Spring Heeled Jack

MC J-Dizzle

It's been a long time.........

Well, I should stop saying when I'm gonna post on this, because It never happens.....Anyhow, here are some pictures that have been taken since the last post, sorry there aren't many live, check the website for those. Dont forget the message board here and we are all looking forward to a great tour starting Feb 24th!!!

Da New Ride

Show in Marshall VA with the Stabones

Making the Setlist

Bart preps for the show

The Stabones Rock

Food at Mother's Federal Hill Grille was awesome, especially dessert

Show at the 8x10 Baltimore

Toby and Johnny Joe

Onstage at the 8x10 courtesy Vic Brocato

Jeb plays his last show as official key'taster

Jer says "Seeya!" to Jeb

Long Live Crandall!!!

John Darby takes over on Jeb's ORGAN

Sound check at the Cat's Cradle

We were blown away by this amazing sketch on the dressing room wall

Andy's can of whoop-ass

930 Club Show

We would like to thank everyone that came out to the 930 Club last Saturday. 871 paid admission, and 70 on the guest list. Not a bad turn out at all! The show was a success, what with Trip Lizard, The Pressure Sounds, The Players and Rude Buddha opening up. I'd like to mention everyone that came to say hello to us, but there were so many, let me just say it was a good party. Oh, and some guy named Chris chickened out of proposing to his girlfriend on stage. Wherever you are, Chris, you made the right move!!!
The next day, we got together for a quick rehersal to hammer out some new songs with Carlos before he headed back to Dallas, and that turned out to be really productive. We worked on 2 songs and ate 4 pizzas......lol! Over all the song to pizza ratio was a little low, but what can you do? Afterwards, Jackson, D'Anj, Crandall, John Rockwinski and I went and saw The 40 Year Old Virgin, and laughed like crackheads on welfare day. thats about it. Next posts will be about the October tour with Big D and the Kids Table.

-Al

VA Beach Show

Here's the report of the Jewish Mother show.
The food was great, they know how to make a Turkey samwich in that joint. We hung with my highschool buddy, and Iraqi war vet Dave Taxson. (Jer and I watched him change his tire. WooHoo!)Many beers later, We watched Backside Slappy play. Those guys mush have signed a bomb deal, cuz they had all new gear. Next was 33 West, good as usual, except that they didn't know who Blur is/was. We played our set, joined by our trumpet whiz Mike Trumpet (i wonder where he got that name?), who seems to know our songs better than me, despite never practicing with the band. After the show, the real fun began. Jackson had ordered 7 chocolate eclairs from the restaurant, which came in handy later. (They make them fresh there, possibly the highlight of the whole event)
Next, we decided to go to the beach, at 3:30 AM. The water was so nice, we all said fuck it and jumped in. There were also bigger waves than usual there, possibly due to Ophelia. The bonus to this part is that we were joined by 3 topless girls in pietasters thongs. It's good to be the band. We were all on top of the world, until we were woken up at 6AM to go home. (sometimes its not so good)
-Al

Pictures from Europe

Ok, Folks, here it is! Pictures I took in Europe of our trip from Sept 23-31. As I said in the last post, this tour was a celebration of Rob's upcoming wedding. Therefore, you may not recognize some of the guys in the pictures, so here is a short list of some of the dahs that you will see. Jeff: Rob's best man and member of Plans Plans. HT: Trumpet player in the Legwarmers and videographer. SK: Matt Kelly, member of the Five Maseratis and Legwarmers. John Darby: Bass player in the Five Maseratis. Andy Gilmartin: Pietasters tour manager. Bartley: Merch guy and Stabones lead singer. Chris: our English Bus driver. Ernesto: owner of the coolest bar in Holland (and wife Wendy). Rich and Daz: our crazy Scottish connection. All others were incidental, or don't matter. Enjoy!

Rob starts it off right!!!

Andy and the guys in the airport

Airport bar

Jorge sports his Doody-free

Heathrow Baggage Claim



Daaa Bus


Dressing room in Norwich


Jackson and SK


English Breakfast....mmmmmmmmmmmmm


The World's End and The Underground (the club we played in London)


Inside the Bar


Camden Market, London


Carlos, Rob and Toby outside the venue, Isle of Wight


Jeff and SK, Isle of Wight


Darby, Isle of Wight


Beast rides from the Scooter Rally, Isle of Wight





Some pictures of the guys doin their thang

The Skipper


Jorge Toby and HT


Carlos' quote on Prawn and Mayonnaise Sandwiches "Tastes like food in England"


Bartley in the morning


Bobby Rob


Rich is a member of the Scottish CSI team


For Fans of the Beard!!!


Amsterdam (only one picture? Sorry, we were only there for 2 hours!)


Jer and "Don" Ernesto


Chris Jer Rich and Daz outside of Ernestos


SK and Bartley chillin'


DJ Reno: The Sounds of Sittard


Five Maseratis Rock the House


First Pie Set


Steve and Miss Wendy


Paul and Ringo (Beatles Set)


More Pie


Daaaa Fans


Hands doing the Devil's Work


Some Guy....Please let us know who you are....


Al and Rich livin' Large


Andy Jeff Darby Rob and Toby


Back in DC!!!


Ok, There ya go, hope you enjoyed it, and I will try to do the same for the trip in October.

All Day,
-Al

Muse Fest

Well, last saturday was the Muse Fest, near Ithaca, NY, and it was a surprisingly good time. Nice weather, and a well-mowed field contributed to a pretty good camping-festival. We arrived early, as traffic was light, and watched some of the earlier acts on the Rock stage, and Skateboard ramp. Eventually, LaPlaca arrived, and then it was OK to start the drinking. The whole time i was cursing myself for not having my camera, because it was so nice out. We played around 8:30, and had a good response from the crowd. People literally came out of the woods to come check us out. After the show, we continued to hang around and enjoy the party. The stars up there are trippy, Man!!!! We want to shout out to the Brakes, from Philly, who we met in the beer-ateria, after the show. They seem like great guys, and we will likely play somewhere on the East coast with them soon. After that, it was back to the Band and Breakfast to play original Nintendo, and sleep. As for the Europe pics, I have plenty of available space here, so I will post them as soon as possible.

-Al