First off- sorry for the lack of bloggin. There’s no
excuse. My eleven year old sister Linden has reminded me dozens of time that I
needed to post something. But I didn’t. Life was fairly busy and it’s comprised
of much more weed pulling and coffee slingin then playing/writing music
unfortunately. BUT at long last here is a random tidbit for ya
Today, I’d like to break the silence to tell you
about a local venue called “The House Cafe” located in downtown DeKalb. This
little hippie-ish joint is on my mind because we play there this Saturday for
the third time (insert casual plug for upcoming show here http://www.facebook.com/messages/?action=read&tid=id.319233018163211#!/events/187471944709350/).
Now, over the past years we’ve played at colleges, high schools, eleven coffee
shops, churches, houses, a park, a Culvers burger joint, and a mall. We’ve
played for weddings, fundraisers, birthday parties, open mics, and grand
openings. We’ve opened for a Johnny Cash Impersonator, a British chap, friends,
strangers, a rap group, and a metal/hard rock band. We’ve met a lot of people,
and grown a lot. We’ve interacted with people who were incredibly fun to work
with and we’ve worked with people…..who were absolute nightmares. With all that
said, I must say, I love to play at the House Café. Here’s a bunch of random
facts about the House. The café is an odd combination of things that you wouldn’t
necessarily think would go together, but somehow blend together to make
something really sweet (kinda like cheddar cheese on a slice of apple….sounds weird
together but in reality - surprisingly good). Sorry for the horrible analogy I
really like food and think about it often.
Random
Facts about the House Café
- It’s a coffee shop-
- The House features tons of awesome local bands
- It has very random crazy intense hippie art EVERYWHERE.
- The sound guy is genuinely nice
- They are a coffee shop that serves wine and beer (bottles and tap)- http://www.thehousecafe.net/menu.php
- It’s an independent coffee shop
- It has a real stage with real lights
- It is groovy
- They have speakers…..so I don’t have to load all of my gear into my 96 Dodge Grand Caravan, this makes me sooo happy
- The staff at kickstand productions (who have booked us to play at the House) are friendly, down to earth, and incredibly supportive of the local music scene.
- They have microphones…..not just a chair for performers to sit in….
- They have hula hoops on hand so that people can hula hoop to the music if they feel so inclined-true story
- There are often men there with beards that Jeremiah Johnson himself would envy (see picture below)
- It’s a local venue that can hold a ton of people but still feel intimate and familiar at the same time
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It’s been a long road over the last several years
and every day I become more and more grateful for the people who encourage and
support our music. I definitely am thankful for all you (friends, fans, and
family), and I am also very thankful for places such as the House Café that have given us opportunities to play and
organizations such as Kickstand productions that have made it all possible. If
you ever get a chance you really have to check out the House Café-stolen
pictures from a google search to follow-
