Cartel@ IOTA this Saturday...

[Fico]

Jaguar, the girl called Eddy show must be some sort of matinee (early show) as Kosmo said...She's not part of the later bill that includes us. We are scheduled to have load-in and soundcheck at 6:30pm so I reckon her performance will be finished by then.
 
 helicon, I was actually handing out the samplers last night..glad you liked it...alas I don't sing..I'm just a humble bass player who keeps his shirt on  :p

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

You can read more about them in todays Post, but I think A Girl Called Eddy is actually the opening act for Keran Ann. And yes, it's a 3 pm show.

[Arlette]

And here's WOXY playing Cartel again.  Polly Jean, great tune.  I hope to be there.  I know of Brice Woodall; his former band sounded a bit like Radiohead (not a total ripoff, but similar), and he does good pop singer/songwriter stuff.
 
 Hey Fico, in case you missed it, the DJ on WOXY just said, after Polly Jean was done, "Hey, I'm really digging this band Cartel, from DC.  You should go to carteldc.com to check them out.  They have a 5 song EP that's great.  An unsigned band.  Check them out."
 
 (Paraphrasing, but that's the essence.)
 
 Cool plug!

[Fico]

Originally posted by Arlette:
  And here's WOXY playing Cartel again.  Polly Jean, great tune.  I hope to be there.  I know of Brice Woodall; his former band sounded a bit like Radiohead (not a total ripoff, but similar), and he does good pop singer/songwriter stuff.
 
 Hey Fico, in case you missed it, the DJ on WOXY just said, after Polly Jean was done, "Hey, I'm really digging this band Cartel, from DC.  You should go to carteldc.com to check them out.  They have a 5 song EP that's great.  An unsigned band.  Check them out."
 
 (Paraphrasing, but that's the essence.)
 
 Cool plug!

Wow that is outstanding news for us!!!...the folxs at Woxy have been above and beyond nice to us...we really just sent out a press kit to them not knowing what to expect and all of a sudden we get played a couple of times a day and they read our bio on the air or mention our future shows...and we're chuffed about it...traffic to the website is up, cds sold online are up, attendance to shows is up...so Woxy is partly to blame for that..and we couldn't be happier!!
 
 It's great to hear you'll be coming to the show..make sure you say hello either before or after the show..there's lots to do on any given night and that people care enough to come to our shows has never (and hopefully will never) been lost upon us..
 
 Cheerio!

[Bags]

Fico, have you sent the same stuff to Indie 103?  I know a lot of folks are listening to that station and internet stream.
 
 
 http://indie103.fm/

[Fico]

Originally posted by Bags:
  Fico, have you sent the same stuff to Indie 103?  I know a lot of folks are listening to that station and internet stream.
 
 
  http://indie103.fm/

I think we might have, but I'd have to check our spreadsheet to be sure...we literally have a list of about 350places where we've sent our EP to.
 
 Which brings me to my beef with the hipster kids... they're so easy to dismiss a band when they make it yet they have no clue what it takes...the time, money, effort, frustrations, etc..entailed in trying to make this happen...how I long for the days when a label will take care of our band business..

[poorlulu]

we hate it when our friends become successful..........
 and when they are dominican republican it's even worse then....
 
 that's a pretty sweet mention from woxy.......i just hope you realise that the band member with the squiffiest hair is going to have to blow all the dj's.
 
 quid pro quo clarice..............

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I'd like to go to the show, but it seems probably that both days of my weekend will be spent writing a paper for school. And I don't work well when I'm out late.  

[Fico]

Originally posted by poorlulu:
  we hate it when our friends become successful..........
 and when they are dominican republican it's even worse then....
 
 that's a pretty sweet mention from woxy.......i just hope you realise that the band member with the squiffiest hair is going to have to blow all the dj's.
 
 quid pro quo clarice..............

Yes...but he'll also have the benefit of taking the first cut on the femeninas...
 
 Me? I just want to have internet access to come here once in a while and debunk all your myths about the rocanrol lifestyle...oh, and I want to play on the OC...We can always sit down and have a proper Argentinian meal with Diego and his tight pants  :p

[Fico]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  I'd like to go to the show, but it seems probably that both days of my weekend will be spent writing a paper for school. And I don't work well when I'm out late.    

That's alright Charlie..we'll be at DC9 on the 22 opening up for Early Day Miners...

[SPARX]

Originally posted by Fico:
  Hello loonies,
 
 We're playing Iota this Saturday. Hope some of you can stop by and catch our set..other opening bands are listed on the Iota page and it looks like it'll be a fun night all around...see ya there!
 
 www.carteldc.com
 
 

Hey Fico,just had a chance to listen.Good stuff!!If your interested in radio play outside of DC via the airwaves and the w.w.w. PM me when you get time and I can give you some contact info.Keep up the good work!!

[kosmo vinyl]

welcome back SPARX,  long time no read

[SPARX]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  welcome back SPARX,  long time no read

Thanks,I left a job that gave me  time for access while supposedly working hard.They finally got DSL here in my neighborhood so I'm up and running at home.I have no patience to endure dial up so I was w/out for awhile.Good to be back,just figuring out board  name changes at this point,but it's becoming apparent.Noticed your keeping busy.How are things at Mojo's ,they're doing well I hope?I'll be visiting here more regularly.Hope everyones doing well.

[LostSoul]

Fico, top notch show on Saturday...well done lad...

[Fico]

Originally posted by Lost Soul:
  Fico, top notch show on Saturday...well done lad...

Yeah thanks a lot!!..thanks to HoyaSaxa and anyone else who showed up but couldn't say hello...'twas our first show at Iota and we enjoyed it a lot..Iota is definitely one of the best managed places we've played at..real class all the way around. The crowd (208 paying customers!!) was great to all the bands in the bill and it was quite refreshing to play for people who enjoy music and are happy to leave their pretentions at home...
 
 See you guys next Tuesday the 22nd at DC9..we're opening up for Early Day Miners...