Standing Tall at Trophy's

Tuesday got off to a terrific start recording two songs, and then we headed off to Trophy's for our long-anticipated first shot at the Trophy's open mic night.

We showed up, signed up for the 10:40PM slot, chilled a bit at my new place, and headed back to the club to …

Two for One Song Day!

Woohoo! Ever just get a little song stuck in your head? Well, I had this little Donovan-style number making a big silly of itself as I drove over to Jeff's apartment, so I pulled it out and it turned into Professor Popinjay. He's our new imaginary friend!

Then, Jeff …

New song: "Needful things", New-Wave-meets-Stone-Roses

In addition to playing live tonight, we wrote a new song!

I came up with the music for this tune after listening to International Tweexcore Underground, I just had to whip up a New Wave-y little tune.

Reed took it and wrote up some words that should belong to a …

World Racketeering Squad, live at Conan's Pizza!

World Racketeering Squad had its second gig tonight, an open mic at Conan's Pizza, of all places. It was a very genial place with a crowd of enthusiastic regulars.

The stage setup was odd, as it was all on an enclosed riser meant to hold a couple of seats, with …

WRS live at the Green Muse!

Last night the World Racketeering Squad made its open mic debut at Austin's Green Muse Cafe!

Expecting a short slot, we decided on a couple of songs to perform, to show up and find out the Green Muse gives each artist 20 minutes to play! We revised our set list to …

New song: "Screwed you"

We wrote and recorded a new song last night! It's called "Screwed you", and it's a funky disco/soul song.

Reed showed up with the chorus in his head, and we built it up into a bizarre little tune. You can check it out here at our Virb page, in the "Demonstrations" …

"Feel so lost"

We wrote a new song last night, "Feel so lost", a sad-as-hell country song which, paradoxically, sounds pretty upbeat.

I just went to the Kerrville Folk Festival for the first time this last weekend, and I had an excellent time being exposed to so much great music …