11/29/08 Starline (Fresno, Ca)

After a glutenous Thanksgiving lots of friends were in town and it seemed like everyone was ready to get away from their families and hear some music.  Musically it was an incestuous night.  Jay Rossette opened the show with Awall on drums and Quetzal on bass.....so I must admit it was bangin.  Then Jay and Quetzal stayed on guitar/bass and I(awall) went to the front to grab the mic.  I think it took the crowd a few songs to realize that Jay Rossette Project had ended their set and 40 Watt Hype had started theirs.  The highlight of the night was the spontaneous invention of the "Timbale waterfall"  no its not a drink (but that does sound good).  Richard Juarez and Marisa Orduna(she is the musical director of an all female mariachi that performed at the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing) were in attendance.  So was conguero Javier Navarette, a Fresno native who has gone on to play with the heavy weights of the Latin community.  During one of the songs, Javier jumped on congas and ripped then Richard, Marisa and me grabbed a sticks and rotated soloing on the timbales  As one person stopped the next person in line would pick up.  The rotation got faster and more intense thus creatin the first ever timbale waterfall.  If anybody has video or pictures of it please send them to me(info@40watthype.com).  I think there may be a clip of us on youtube.  Thanks everyone for coming out and supporting us, it was good seeing some people in from out of town.

VOTE NOV 4th!!

For all the people who have been stuck on myspace/facebook or haven't taken a breather from texting eachother or watching "The Hills" this is a notice----there is a national election tomorrow that will elect the next president. The candidates are Barack Obama and John McCain. Also the propositions are in full effect. So don't be an ill informed, unmotivated, complaining but not participating young person and get your overly stimulated, ADHD ass to the polls. so before you make another sad face or write LOL or OMG or make the face with the tongue coming out the side. pretend like your 1000 texts a month depended on it. Or that the next president might make myspace taxable income. Go speak your mind! (no you cannot text your vote or submit your vote through a myspace comment, you have to physically go outside to your local polling place, where other real people with direct you to cast your ballot. remember what the great political analyst dj ez dick said "get the d(^ out your throat and go vote!!"

1031/08 Babylon (Fresno, Ca)

Aw yes, Halloween at the Babylon in Fresno, Ca.....We've done Halloween shows in Durango, CO, Gunnison CO, and Sun Valley ID and this one was no different. The thing about Halloween shows and Halloween in general after the age of 18 or so is that it is an excuse for girls to wear the things the wish they could wear everyday in public. But now they have a reason....its halloween. Its time to dress up as a sexy- fill in the blank "What are you dressed up as?" "I am a sexy nurse"...."What are you?" I am a sexy vampire" ....."What are you? "I am a sexy homeless person"... "what are you?" "I am a sexy special needs child." Don't get me wrong no one is complaining, but ladies lets get a little more creative with the costumes. From the fellas I saw a few joker/nurses, ghouls, baseball players, a 6 ft genitals complete with all anatomical parts. As a band Sean was dead Elvis on the toilet, JD was a bag of weed, DP was a mad scientist, Kevin was a bud plant and I was Billy Ray Deville the redneck glam rocker. More Than Without opened the show, they do a dead on Sublime, a couple times I thought jukebox was playing. O.C.T. from San Diego followed up with a high energy set that got the crowd moving. The night was behind schedule so we didn't hit until about 12:45 so we didn't have a whole lot of time to bang. The costume contest was pushed back and the crowd wanted us to play more but it was out of our hands. It is pretty surreal to be onstage getting yelled at by a drunken Elvis and headless monster to play more! Here is a shot from the drumset of the crowd....