Beer vs Rock

There are rock bands so good that you'd go see them even if it were at a venue that did not serve alcohol.

HIATVS is not one of those bands and we humbly and fully embrace that reality. In fact, we exploit the synergism between our musical performances and the beer consumption that seems to amplify its quality sometimes as much as five fold.

The Chips Are Down - Half a Day Left to RSVP!

Hey everyone!

There is only one day left to RSVP for the house concert via the Kickstarter with a suggested donation ($5).

Please do so if you are planning to attend.

GO HERE - www.kickstarter.com/projects/476400861/a-hiatvs-house-concert

The house concert is happening no matter what, but if we do not hit the funding goal for food and drink (the band is pro bono!), we will have to switch to a BYO food/drink model.

And that's fine - we have done it before - but we really prefer if you can contribute via the Kickstarter so we can hit our goal and get a good idea of head count and funding level.

Thanks and HIATVS loves you!

Manwich

Road Tripping

I am road tripping to Milwaukee with my drummer buddy Jon and we are going to rock a wedding with the country band, DRIVEWAY THRIFTDWELLERS. Tomorrow we are road tripping up to Minocqua to play a putatively awesome Halloween party at the Minocqua Brewing Company and I am really geeked to be road tripping and rocking. Jon is a great drummer and this band is awesome too. I actually feel like I have to up my bass and vocal practice to maintain the proper performance quality this band deserves. But then we have band practice and I realize everyone is struggling with the material too and feels similarly like they have to up their game. Collectively, I think that is a good thing. We are all giving it our all and that is the stuff that awesome, successful bands are made of.

Rock Fuel

Dudes who work at pizza places swagger around acting aloof and cool, but they still are dudes who work at a pizza place. There is no amount of chubby, comic book afficianado smugness that can trump that sad fact. Don't get me wrong. I worked at a pizza place in high school. I did not aspire to it. I did not take pride in it. Indeed, it sucked. And so I more or less embraced the suck, did my time, and got out.

That said, I do like the fact that the employees at Roman Candle Pizzeria in Middleton WI seem to enjoy their jobs. That is mainly because I am here waiting for them to whip me up a couple of 'zas and I would be a lot more worried about spittle or fingernails in the pizza sauce if these were malaise-ridden, angsty, service drones who hated THE MAN.

The Roman Candle is a good place. They have a ton of vegan and veggie options for the pizza. It's not cheap, but I give them high marks for accommodating granola types and style.

I decided to be generous and spring for 2 pizzas for HIATUS band practice tonight. Lord knows I have consumed a decent amount of the band's hard earned beer fund, so it is about time I contributed. Not that my rocking awesomeness is not payment enough, but I am just that kind of guy.

So here I sit at Roman Candle waiting for them to complete the "rock fuel" that will power the band practice of the greatest and best Wisconsin cover band to date.

These hipster pizza dudes have no idea what their toils are going towards. If they did, they would bow down before me and offer me the 2 pizza pies for free, with much humble praise and prostration. But I am not looking for accolades. I just want a belly full of pizza to tide me over during the martial arts exercises that compose a HIATUS band practice.

On Thursday September 20, HIATUS puts all our skills to the test when we rock the arses off the people at Capital Brewery in Middleton. 5 to 9 PM.

Be there.

Or DIE!

Last Call for Rockahol (and Free Beer)

Hi. Just a reminder that tomorrow is a rare Hiatus House Concert, in honor of Cinco de Mayo and scuba diving (feel free to costume it up). It's from 5 PM to whenever. The beer (from Capital Brewery...no cheap beer for our fans) is FREE. Bring something to share, like a side dish or dessert (extra beer is ok too). Our next show isn't until June 23 at Crivestivus Festivus, and that one is way the heck up in NE Wisconsin (you should still try to come though...the beer is FREE there too!).

So, get your butt down to this party tomorrow. Great people, ample parking, no hassles, rock, and beer.

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