World Racketeering Squad videos--Green Muse Cafe Oct 11, 2007

On Thursday, October 11, the World Racketeering Squad played another open mic gig at the Green Muse Cafe here in Austin. We've been doing that regularly for a few weeks now, and it's a great time. Jules and John who run it are super cool, and they play great music when …

The magic of HAM

Hi there! Miss us?

Yep, we had a week away while I saw amazing films at Fantastic Fest, a cool genre festival at the Alamo South Lamar and Jeff focused on his webcomics (NSFW) and drawing.

But Monday night we came roaring back! We played our second engagement at Billy's …

Party mics & mixer

WRC will be playing our first full set at my Halloween party on Saturday, October 27th.
(yes, the first announcement. Details soon-ish.)

To bring the rock, we need two mics, stands, a mixer so we can plug everything into one amp, and the amp. If you have hookup or …

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 …