Rider Fail

As fans of the Fail Blog, we often times find ourselves noting fails of our own.  Such was the case the other night during an otherwise brilliant show at Denver's own Larimer Lounge.  We encountered what we dubbed a Rider Fail.  

If you are unfamiliar with what a rider is, check out The Smoking Gun's list of band's riders (I like the Chili Pepper's meditation room).  A rider can be described as a list of junk the venue/promoter provides a band to make them more comfortable on their tour.  The Spinto Band has one of these.  While it is rarely filled, when it is, we get quite excited.  We have items like a veggie tray w/hummus, a case of beer, case of water, and the all important chips and salsa.  

We sometimes receive a smattering of these items.  Denver was one of these nights, but we got a kick out of which items the promoter chose to include.  Something is noticeably absent.  Have you ever eaten salsa with apples?  It's on the same plane as having a meditation room without an area rug or aromatherapy candles.

The blurriness here represents Tom's confusion as to how we can eat the salsa:

We consider this a Rider Fail, but perhaps one could consider it a Bartender Win.  The bartender needed some salsa for his NCAA basketball party the following day so he decided to charge it to the show budget while conveniently forgetting to bring any tortilla chips.  Either way we had a good laugh about it and left the salsa, untapped, atop the counter.  We prefer it Spicy anyway.

Ocarina of Rhyme

If you haven't heard of Team Teamwork's Ocarina of Rhyme yet, I thought I would post this link here for everyone to download.

We have been rocking out to it in the van.  It's pretty fun for all of us Zelda fans.

Lost Woods - Clipse

Hyrule Market-Common

The Owl - JayZ

TOURannosaurus Rex

Southbysouthwest was funzo, but now it's doneso. The real action is just about to begin:

The SPINTO BAND North American Tour 2009!

03.23 - Tuscon, AZ - Club Congress * #
03.24 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland ^ #
03.25 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill #
03.27 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court #
03.28 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge #
03.29 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown #
03.30 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon #
03.31 - St. Louis, MO - The Billiken Club (St Louis University) %
04.01 - Chicago, IL - Schuba's %
04.02 - Newport, KY - Southgate House (Parlour) %
04.04 - Sate College, PA - Bar Bleu
04.05 - Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House %

We're particularly excited about the dates from Salt Lake City to St. Louis as we missed those cities the on our last tour.

But that's not all. We've got a couple of local shows in celebration of our 10th (yes, 10th) anniversary of playing our first show, a high school battle of bands. We came in second that time. Let's hope we get enough votes this time around!

4.10 - West Chester, PA - The Note
4.24 - Kennett Square, PA - The Kennett Flash **

We will be sharing the stage with tons of awesome groups, noted above by the following symbols:

* = Golden Boots
^ = Light FM
# = Maps & Atlases
% = The Rural Alberta Advantage
** = The Sin City Band

Come out and see us for possibly the last time in a while!

More South by Southwest Infotainment

Not sure how many of you guys have your minds on Austin right now, but we certainly do. I mean, just look at this poster!

Some of the finest music in America will be heard in Room 710 that Saturday night, courtesy of Park the Van Records!

Also, here's a little infocard about our shows you can look at, print out, and use to write on the back when and where the Vivian Girls are playing: