Life of the Parties

The Parties - Autumn Girl (mono single version)

2011-04-28T07:22:00.000-07:00

Here's a genuine outtake from the Coast Garde sessions. We recorded two versions of this song. The "Sweethearts of the Rodeo" version made the record, but here's the "Notorious Byrd Brothers" version for your curiosity and enjoyment.

The Parties - live in Berkeley 11/2010

2011-02-25T11:53:00.000-08:00

Not much new to report, so here's a video of us playing in Berkeley last November.

THE PARTIES CD Release Week! Show 4 - The Hemlock Tavern

2010-11-18T09:00:00.000-08:00

OK, OK, so record release week has gone on a little longer than seven days. Well, what can we say? We're still excited about our new record! Come on down to the Hemlock this Friday and help us celebrate. We're playing with two of our favorite bands, Trevor Childs and the Beholders, and The Love Dimension. We'll also be celebrating someone's birthday so the level of excitement is sure to be higher than normal.

Also, there's a piece about us and the show in this week's SF Weekly. Click here to check it out!

November 19, 9PM
The Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk Street, SF
with Trevor Childs and the Beholders
and The Love Dimension

THE PARTIES CD Release Week! Show 2 - The Make Out Room

2010-11-02T02:30:00.000-07:00

Our new record officially drops today so help us celebrate the release this Wednesday at the Make Out Room! We'll have copies for sale and there are some great bands playing with us.

Penny Arcade w/ host Raul Sanchez
THESE HILLS OF GOLD
THE PARTIES
REDEYE (France)
HANSI (solo)

http://www.makeoutroom.com/

THE PARTIES CD Release Week! Show 1 - Halloween at Hemlock Tavern

2010-10-29T11:22:00.000-07:00

The Parties CD Release Week

starts on Halloween

at Hemlock Tavern!!!

This Sunday, October 31, we will be playing as a mysterious 60's band...who could it be?

We'll be joined by the fabulous Lotus Moons and The Crazies Will Destroy You.

9:15pm - The Lotus Moons
10:15pm - THE PARTIES
11:15pm - The Crazies Will Destroy You

$7 cover, 21 and over

The Hemlock Tavern

1131 Polk Street

San Francisco, CA

This is the first event of three to celebrate and promote our new Rainbow Quartz release "Coast Garde". As an added bonus, if you show up to all three shows this week you'll receive a free copy of the new record!!!

Oct 31 - Halloween Party @ Hemlock Tavern, SF

Nov 3 - Penny Arcade Showcase @ Makeout Room, SF
Nov 7 - Lennypalooza @ Starry Plough, Berkeley ALL AGES!!!

Cheers,

THE PARTIES

Mister Suave's Mod Mod Interview

2010-10-27T12:11:00.000-07:00

The Parties were interviewed a couple months ago for Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World, a great podcast with a lot of great music. We talk with Rob Suave about what we're listening to, making the new record, and Billy Squier's second album. You can listen to the interview here.

The Parties New Record, CMJ, and Halloween!!!

2010-10-20T10:29:00.000-07:00

Hello There, lots of stuff to report!

The Parties new record COAST GARDE drops on Tuesday, November 2 - available on iTunes, Amazon, and finer record stores everywhere!

We have posted two brand new tunes on the website for your listening pleasure - go to http://www.thepartiesrock.com to check’em out.

To celebrate the release of COAST GARDE we are proud to announce PARTIES CD RELEASE WEEK!!!

Beginning on HALLOWEEN…

Sunday, October 31 at Hemlock Tavern in SF we’ll be playing as a surprise 60’s band…mmm who could it be??? We’ll also play a bunch of tunes from the new record. Joining us on the bill are our friends THE LOTUS MOONS and THE CRAZIES WILL DESTROY YOU.

Wednesday, November 3 at Makeout Room, we’ll be playing The Penny Arcade Showcase hosted by Raul Sanchez with THESE HILLS OF GOLD, REDEYE (France), & HANSI (solo).

And finally,

Sunday, November 7 at The Starry Plough we’ll be playing a very special benefit show for Lenny Gill simply entitled LENNYPALOOZA!!! This is an all day, all ages fest featuring The Titan-Ups, Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen, The Midway Delta, Loretta Lynch, The Parties, East Bay Grease, Pancho-San, and Adam’s new side project - I Love My Label (A Tribute To Stiff Records).

THE PARTIES AT CMJ

We’re playing CMJ in New York City this Saturday, October 23 at Local 269 at 10:15pm. If you have friends in NYC spread the word! If you live there come on down!

Local 269

269 E Houston St.

New York, NY

Thank you all for your support!!!

The Parties Update / Free Show at The Crescent Hotel, SF Oct 16 / New Record / CMJ

2010-09-22T10:59:00.000-07:00

THE PARTIES

Lots of stuff going on in the next few months with The Parties!

FREE SHOW - OCT 16
First, we'll be playing a Free Show on Saturday, October 16 at The Burrit Room in the Crescent Hotel! This is a fairly new live music venue near Union Square in San Francisco. There will be dj's, cocktails, & dancing as well as Live 60's Rock n' Roll.

Crescent Hotel
417 Stockton Street, near the tunnel and Union Square

NEW RECORD
Our new full-length album "COAST GARDE" will be released on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 on Rainbow Quartz. We are preparing a special website with tracks from the new album that you can preview before it comes out. Stay tuned.

CMJ MUSIC MARATHON - NYC
The Parties are heading to New York City for CMJ. We play on Saturday, October 23 (venue and time TBA). The CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival, is one of the world’s most important platforms for the discovery of new music and cutting-edge films and will take over New York City from October 19-23, 2010. http://cmj2010.com/

SHINDIG!
The Parties tune "Kensington Avenue" is featured on the latest Shindig Compilation free with this month's issue - Shindig! 18 Sept-Oct 2010, Out Now!
http://www.shindig-magazine.com/index.html

That's it for now,

The Parties

visit us at - thepartiesrock.com

The Parties at the Knockout 9/15/10

2010-09-13T11:00:00.000-07:00

Spinner interview

2010-03-22T11:15:00.000-07:00

Jeremy had a conversation with Tara Lacey from Spinner recently. You can read the interview here. Any factual errors are courtesy of AT&T's wonderful cell phone service. (For instance, Rob is from San Jose not Santa Fe!)

Acoustic set on KALX - January 8, 2010

2010-01-23T02:20:00.000-08:00

We had fun hanging out with Rubberband Girl a couple weeks ago on her great radio program. Here's a 17 minute clip where we played a few songs, chatted a bit, and goofed off (per usual).

Summer Mini-Tour Recap

2009-08-03T21:44:00.000-07:00

Wow, what a fun trip! We kicked things off at the Blue Lamp in Sacramento. This is a great little place to play and Roger, who put the bill together is a super cool dude. The mysteriously monikered Musical Charis opened the show, and were great. A real talented bunch of kids. We went on second and perhaps did our best show of the week, which is all the more remarkable since it was Rob's first with us. He did an amazing job at all the shows. For this tour, Blue Skies For Black Hearts opened their sets with an acoustic number which they would perform from the bar. This worked especially well at the Blue Lamp, really getting a potentially apathetic audience involved in the music. Afterward, Rex, Rob and their entourage headed back to the city, while Jeremy and I stayed with our pal James, the consummate host as always.

Friday evening we high-tailed it to Fresno to play Audie's Olympic. This club (formerly Club Fred) really surpassed our expectations. Cool vibe, and an amazing sound system that rivals many of the clubs here in SF. We arrived just in time to see our friends the Bye Bye Blackbirds open the show. They were super solid as always. Our set got off to a rough start with some technical problems, but went OK. Fresno is freaking hot. I think it was the first show we've played without jackets. Ever! Blue Skies totally threw down the gauntlet that night. They were obviously blown away by the supreme awe inspiring wonderment that is The Parties in Sacramento so they retooled their set Friday in an effort to compete with us. I would say of the four shows of the tour that one was their best. Great energy and songs and the club's magic PA made them sound even more fantastic. Jeremy and Rex said these guys were good, but they're always blowing smoke up my ass so I was genuinely surprised that these boys had it in them. If it wasn't for our technical problems, I'm sure we would have handily taken the prize that night, but I gotta give it to Blue Skies. After the show the three bands had a nice 3AM tailgate party in the back of La Quinta, fulfilling Ian's (from the BBB) recent urge to drink beer in a parking lot.

The next day on the way down to LA, we made an attempt to record a song in the car using the 4 Track app on my iPhone. I think we got a little ambitious. We decided to take a crack at the Who's "So Sad About Us" and in typical Parties fashion, we had to over-arrange the vocals. At one point we decided to do all the vocals live to one track which sounded great while we were recording but sucked royally on the playback. Rob, expressed it best when he said, "While you guys were singing I thought to myself, 'Wow, I'm part of something really special right now', but...(shakes head in pity)".

Saturday was our night at the International Pop Overthrow festival. We were excited to play the Knitting Factory for the first time, but I had no idea it was right in the thick of glitzy downtown Hollywood. So bizarre. I'm used to the NYC Knitting Factory which rests comfortably on a nice quiet block in SoHo, but this one might as well be situated in Disneyland. The sound (in the Front Room) was pretty terrible and once again we were plagued by technical problems. One thing the Parties do to compensate for an off night is to ramp up the excitement, so Saturday night Jeremy and I were jumping around like idiots. BSfBH once again turned in a nice solid set so I'm going to have to give that night to them too. After us was our pals the Waking Hours who cranked the enery level beyond the red. Holy living fuck. Things culminated in a frenzy with Tommy ripping bass strings off with his teeth and cracking the body of his Rick 330 completely in half. I had stepped outside during that part of the set and when I came back in, my bandmates were as white as a sheet and Jeremy showed me a photo of the destruction. I once read an article about Eric Rudolph, the dude who set off a bomb at the 1996 Olympics and lived in the Appalacian wilderness as a fugitive for five years. At one point, during Rudolph's self-imposed exile, his brother, in an act of protest against the government's ongoing pursuit of his sibling, cut off his own hand with a table saw and mailed it to the FBI. I got the same chill down my spine when I first read that part of the article as I did when I looked at Jeremy's photo of Tommy and his destroyed guitar. The look of detached mania in Tommy's eyes is something that will haunt me for years to come. But they sounded great and were totally badass!! The highlight of the evening for me was hanging out (albeit breifly) with my friend Paul who I've known since first grade and hadn't seen in 10 years. He heard about the show like a 1/2 hour before our set time and cruised over. Paul rules!

Sunday morning we took Jeremy's friend Ray - who kindly put the four of us up - out to brunch, then headed down to Long Beach for our final night in SoCal. We hooked up with the BSfBH boys at the Yardhouse and had some tasty beers. Afterwards, Jeremy and I dropped Rex and Rob off at the motel for a nap and headed over to a BBQ where The Commotions were scheduled to play. The Commotions feature our friend Marriane who is soon to be married to our other friend Shawn from the New Fidelity. Shawn, Dan and Billy from New Fi were all there and we had a lovely old time hanging with them. Unfortunately, we had to leave before the Commotions set to load in at the Que Sera where we were scheduled to play that night. We put them on the guest list and were delighted that they all showed up for our show later on.

Sunday night, as we had hoped and anticipated, was a complete blast. Blue Skies and The Parties were scheduled to play with a local band, that never showed up, giving us ample time to set up and check the sound and ultimately dick around on stage! We got Mike from Blue Skies to join us on "Breaking Hearts" and took a stab at "Radio" with Pat and Paul. We even got the New Fi to help us with a couple Who covers. Complete drunken chaos but fun as shit. Wayne Everett from Lassie Foundation and Terry from Greater California were also in attendance. Next time, we'll have to get those guys up on stage.

It was at the end of that night that we parted ways with BSfBH who were headed down to San Diego for one last show before heading back up north to Portland. I can't adequately convey how much fun we had with these dudes. I met them all not a week ago and they already seem like brothers.

Thanks to everyone who came out to our shows over the past four days. We all had a ton of fun playing music for, and hanging with y'all. We're all totally excited to head down that way again soon.

Summer Mini-tour 2009

2009-07-15T14:38:00.000-07:00

The Parties are heading down to LA with our friends from Portland, Blue Skies For Black Hearts to play the International Pop Overthrow Festival as well as a few dates along the way. If we're rolling through your town, come out and see us! There are a couple pending dates not on the list (SF and another one in LA), so check the Parties Facebook or MySpace pages for updates.

Jul 30 - Sacramento, The Blue Lamp
Jul 31 - Fresno, Audie's Olympic
Aug 1 - L.A., The Knitting Factory
Aug 2 - San Diego, The Soda Bar

Some of you are probably wondering, "Who's playing drums?" Well, we're currently working on Rob from Rex's other band Sugar Spun to join us, otherwise Paul from Blue Skies will fill in.

Rock!

The Parties on KALX

2009-06-06T22:26:00.001-07:00

Thanks to KALX and Rubberband Girl for hosting us. We had a blast!

Reverb.

2009-05-03T10:04:00.000-07:00

Don't mess with 12 strings.

2009-05-03T09:59:00.000-07:00

2009-05-03T09:41:00.001-07:00

Greetings from my phone!

SXSW 2009 recap

2009-03-24T11:25:00.001-07:00

We spent a few days in Austin, TX where we played a couple shows and saw a ton of great bands. We also drank a ton of cheap and often free beer.

DAY 1

Props to Paul Tyler for the sniper rifle Telecaster transportation method.

A mural in the Austin airport letting visitors know that giant women are always welcome here.

First stop, the Spin magazine party. Hot Leg brought it big time. The drummer Darby was quite a nice chap!

Glasvegas. We respect your courage guys, but I don't think American hipsters are ready to embrace the nipple shirt. Maybe next year.

The High Life was free all day... except during the headliner.

Echo and the Bunnymen sounded great!

E&TB had their own private makeshift rum and coke bar where the roadie would make drinks for the band. Definitely going in the Parties rider for next time.

I don't know how they managed to get Dylan to play rhythm guitar for them.

This is what the festival is all about, Will Sargent's guitars hanging out with Metallica's. Heartwarming.

Cover of new solo record titled 'Adam's Next'

Brisket at the Ironworks. Tasty!!

Little Steven about to introduce the High Dials, "Trevor, you boys put on a good show. If you go over 17 minutes, I'll break your legs."

Outrageous Cherry. Second female drummer of the day with a two-piece kit.

The Magic Christian. How does Cyril Jordan have MORE hair than back in the 70's?

James Iha sitting in with Hanson at Pangea.

DAY TWO:

The Hoa-Hoas at the The Rockin Tomato pizza joint. A charming group of Canadians. For some reason this one photo looks like it's from 1976.

The Disrealis. Our favorite Canadian ski team!

Look, Trevor's OK!

Wavy Gravy sighting.

John talks to original Woodstock organizer Michael Langston about a possible "Partiestock"

Our favorite Kentuckians, The Broadfield Marchers. (Yes, we played with bands not from Canada!)

Justin Hawkins from Hot Leg/The Darkness takes the opportunity to snap a photo with Man Rock pioneer Adam Symons.

1AM and we finally take the stage at the Rainbow Quartz showcase.

The two themes of the weekend were Canadians, and white jeans.

John Morgan's going to sit down at the Rhodes and play a little song for you.

The windows behind us opened up to the street. That dude with the backpack watched the whole set from there. (and by "set" I mean "my ass")

Late night Whataburger. After packing a week's worth of SXSW into just one day, John Morgan is DONE.

DAY 3:

Finally, a nice Mexican style breakfast and a decent bloody mary.

Graffiti from the men's room at the Ginger Man. I have no idea what Austin has against the color spectrum.

In all it was a great trip. Thank you, Austin, you were a wonderful host to the Parties!

The Parties hit SXSW!

2009-03-16T13:02:00.001-07:00

Symons covers Springsteen

2009-02-06T23:01:00.000-08:00

Adam performs a little tribute to the Boss.

The Parties in LA, January 2009

2009-01-27T15:48:00.000-08:00

We had a fun trip down to LA to play Downtown 81, and The Prospector in Long Beach. 2/3's of us were sick but we still tried to bring it! Once again the guys in The New Fidelity proved themselves to be stand up guys. Shawn and his fiancee put us up and fed us eggs and 2lbs. of bacon Monday morning. Can't argue with that.

Here's a little travelogue John put together. Being in a band is just like "Turn the Page" by Bob Seger!

byrds-top 10 (songs they played....not necessarily wrote!)

2009-01-09T18:41:00.000-08:00

10. changing heart
9. we'll meet again
8. satisfied mind
7. ballad of easy rider
6. my back pages
5. I am a pilgrim
4. bells of rhymney
3. all i really want to do
2. chimes of freedom (ties with) hey, mr. spaceman
1. I feel a whole lot better

**definite NO WAYS- "turn, turn turn," and "i knew id want you"
reasons "turn, turn, turn" has been played to death (thank you "freedom rock" commercial, and "i knew id want you" just plain sucks)

Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man, Christian Life, 100 years From Now...all could have made the list, but I was in a 12 string mood...not pedal steel. Ill post my top 10 country songs soon.

Top Ten Byrds Songs, Part 2

2009-01-09T12:05:00.000-08:00

Jeremy's list is pretty good, but he missed some of my favorites.

10. She Don't Care About Time
9. All the Things
8. Wild Mountain Thyme
7. Everybody's Been Burned
6. Goin' Back
5. I Knew I'd Want You
4. Hickory Wind
3. Eight Miles High
2. Mr. Tambourine Man
1. Feel a Whole Lot Better

Runners up:
He Was a Friend of Mine, This Wheel's On Fire, It's All Over Now Baby Blue (the'65 version), Draft Morning, Wasn't Born to Follow, Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man, Oil in My Lamp

Least Favorite: Mind Garden!

Top Ten Byrds Songs

2009-01-08T23:53:00.000-08:00

Here's my top 10 songs the Byrds recorded...
10. Goin back
9. She Don't Care About Time
8. 8 Miles High
7. 100 Years from now
6. The Christian Life
5.It's All Over Now Baby Blue
4. It Won't Be Wrong
3. All I Really Want To Do
2. I Knew I'd Want You
1. Wasn't Born to Follow

Just missed the list...Get To You, You Don't Miss Your Water, Set You Free This Time, Mr. Tambourine Man, and My Back Pages...oh yeah and Ballad of Easy Rider.

Upcoming Shows January 2009

2009-01-08T11:01:00.001-08:00

Jan 17 2009 - Silver Factory Studios, Los Angeles
with the New Fidelity and Sidewalk Society

Jan 18 2009 - The Prospector, Long Beach, CA
with the New Fidelity

Jan 22 2009 - Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA
with the Bye Bye Blackbirds and The Shore

Jan 24 2009 - Luke’s Lounge, Dixon, CA

New York City

2008-11-14T13:21:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago we hopped on a plane and flew out to NYC to play the Rainbow Quartz Showcase at CMJ.

"I'll have a bloody mary and heinekin please."

All that you can't leave behind.

It's an omen.

We were invited over for an amazing sushi dinner by the wonderful Joe Chonto and his equally wonderful wife Ren. Man this was just what the doctor ordered! Good food, wine, and a place for Adam to restring!

Friday!!!

2008-11-14T13:02:00.000-08:00

Good times all around!

Call you local college radio station and tell them you want to hear The Parties! We've been added to a ton of stations across the country.

And if you're in SF tonight come have a drink with us and dig on the psychedelic light show.

Knockout 11/14

2008-11-03T18:55:00.001-08:00

Halloween Party at the Eagle!!

2008-10-30T13:38:00.001-07:00

Rainbow Quartz CMJ showcase this Saturday in NYC

2008-10-22T11:32:00.000-07:00

Record Release Weekend Recap

2008-10-19T12:54:00.000-07:00

What a great weekend for celebrating the release of the new CD. The show at Old I in Sacramento was a lot of fun. It was a pleasure to finally meet the High Dials, and get completely blown away by their set. Great guys to watch perform and to drink with.

(the Highly Dialed soundcheck)

Jay Shaner & the Cowboy Killers also did a great set and James the drummer was kind enough to let us crash at his place, make us a late night spaghetti dinner, and let John bang on the piano until 4 in the morning. He actually came up with a pretty cool song. I hope he remembers how to play it!

(the Morgan/Powers hit factory)

Last night at Hotel Utah was incredible. I can't remember the last time I played a show that went so perfectly well. The place was packed and pretty much stayed that way until the very end. Guillermo spun some great tunes between sets, and both the High Dials and the Parson Redheads were phenomenal. I mean that in all regards. The Redheads were the kindest, sweetest bunch of folks you could meet, and their talent on stage was truly inspiring. And the Dials were just a class act all the way. Trevor unnecessarily apologized for playing a long set (which felt to me like 20 minutes) while the rest of the band cleared the stage of their gear faster than I've ever seen in my life. Those guys are freaking pros!

Furthermore, the support from both bands was just tremendously cool. Looking out into the audience during our set and watching Brette from the Redheads dancing around in her gym shorts, or Seamus from the Dials trying to air drum in the John Morgan style, all adding to the Party vibe was awesome. And we were all psyched when Parson Sam jumped on stage with us during a cover song with his technicolor tambourine. That dude is just a natural born star. But most importantly, our friends, family, and the random music fans that kept the place packed all night were fantastic. We greatly appreciate the enthusiasm and we're flattered that we were not allowed off stage until we ran out of material. Everyone just made the night a complete success. Thank you all!

TONIGHT! at The Old Ironsides-Sacramento

2008-10-17T14:39:00.001-07:00

Sacramento this wknd is a hotbed of action, including scooter mayhem.
If you are traveling toward the Burgundy Topz Rally, stop off afterwards
at Old Ironsides

Old Ironsides
1901 Tenth St.
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 443-9751

to see us shake it with The High Dials
http://www.myspace.com/theoldironsides

'Can't Come Down' available Tuesday!

2008-10-10T19:35:00.000-07:00

We're very excited to announce that The Parties new record "Can't Come Down" will be available this coming Tuesday. To celebrate, we will be having a record release party at the Hotel Utah Saturday, October 18. Joining us will be one of our favorite bands (and label mates) The High Dials. This is going to be a fun show! Our friend Guillermo from Lambrettaworks will be spinning tunes between sets, and organizing a scooter ride to the show. So come early and check out the sweet vintage scooters.

Saturday October 18th, 9pm, $10
at
Hotel Utah
500 4th Street @ Bryant
San Francisco, CA

with The High Dials
and The Parson Redheads
DJ Go Go Guillermo

oasis new LP-BUY IT!-Dig Out Your Soul

2008-09-29T20:05:00.000-07:00

So, my pal, just gave me a copy of the new Oasis record. Grand stuff!
There are a couple of sluggers on the new LP, but overall, it's pretty darn good.

Here are some of my other favorite OASIS tunes. I'm especially nuts about
Heathen Chemistry.

1. Little By Little
2. Song Bird
3. Born on a Different Cloud
4. Stop Crying Your Heart Out
(all off Heathen Chemistry)
5. Let There Be Love
Honorable Mention-Lyla

Zak Starkey is playing drums on the new record, which is also pretty rad.
But, in true Oasis fashion, he was fired like all
the other drummers who have come before him.

mods and the rockers

2008-09-27T09:53:00.000-07:00

Today, we are helping some dear friends at Lambretta Works open their vintage scooter shop.

It's a family fun affair, with DJ GO GO Guillermo spinning psych and soul from 730-9PM, and we go on right after.

Lambretta Works is located in the Mission at

3265 17th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110

Bring your scoot, and shake a tail feather. And for those who are interested in purchasing a vintage Lammy, this will be an excellent time to come and sniff the merchandise.

Other valuable links: http://www.scooterbbs.com/
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/bay_area_vintage_scooterists/message/839

10 best and worst

2008-09-13T23:44:00.000-07:00

guess i'm the last one to get on the bandwagon...again! nevertheless, here's my list.

best

10.for you blue
9. baby you're a rich man
8. getting better
7. She said she said
6. Across the universe
5. I me mine
4. I'm only sleeping
3. Rain
2. And your bird can sing
1. Happiness is a warm gun

least

10. act naturally
9. martha my dear
8. yesterday
7. hey jude
6. the long and winding road
5. got to get you into my life
4. ob-la-di, ob-la-da
3. #9
2. don't pass me by
1. yellow submarine

top ten best vs. top ten worst

2008-09-13T14:04:00.000-07:00

after seeing jeremy and adam's posts about their favorite beatle tunes of all times, i think i need to jump on the bandwagon. so, here is top ten BEST!!! and ten WORST!!!!

top ten BEST
10. Sexy Sadie
9. I'm So Tired
8. Across the Universe
7. I'll Follow the Sun
6. Cry Baby Cry
5. Misery
4. If I Needed Someone
3. I'm Only Sleeping
2. She Said, She Said
1. Rain

top ten WORST (all Beatles songs are awesome...but force yourself to create a "top ten worst!" do so, and be cleansed!
10. Why Don't We Do It in the Road
9. Back in the USSR
8. Helter Skelter
7. Fixing A Hole
6. Goodnight
5. The Fool on the Hill
4. One After 909
3. Little Child
2. Revolution #9
1. The Long and Winding Road

Revolver Fact...

2008-09-12T13:20:00.000-07:00

Anyway I just found out an interesting fact on Wikipedia. Capitol released Yesterday and Today in June 1966 which includes 3 tracks that appear on the British Version of Revolver which wasn't released until August 1966. So basically America got to hear I'm Only Sleeping, Doctor Robert, & And Your Bird Can Sing before before the Brits!

Jeremy's Top Ten Beatles Songs

2008-09-11T12:02:00.000-07:00

Parties rehearsals as of late have been great as we prepare to release our new record. Adam is an awesome guitar player, watch out for our dueling 12 strings! So we've been tightening up all the tunes on the record but we've also been having a little fun playing all kinds of covers, some for real like who tunes and kinks tunes, but most of the time we're just fucking around. We did rock n' roll by led zeppelin the other night, the INXS Kick record, and a bunch of hair metal tunes, but last Tuesday night we played a Beatles tune and it was bad ass! So we are going to cover it. I told the band that it was in my top ten of all Beatles songs and I got to thinking, well is it? With so many rad songs could I actually condense this list into 10 songs? Here's my first try...

10. Tomorrow Never Knows

9. I Feel Fine

8. Dr. Robert

7. I'm Only Sleeping

6. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

5. I Should've Known Better

4. If I Needed Someone

3. She Said, She Said

2. Rain

1. And Your Bird Can Sing

It's kind of Revolver heavy! Songs on that just missed the cut...Lovely Rita, Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Across the Universe, Don't Bother Me, You Can't Do that, Sexy Sadie.

John? Adam? Rex? Maybe we can get a band consensus.

Upcoming Shows

2008-09-07T14:53:00.000-07:00

Oct 17 - 9:00PM
Old Ironsides, Sacramento, California
with the High Dials and Jay Shaner

Oct 18 - 9:00PM
Hotel Utah, San Francisco, California
CD release with The High Dials and Parson Red Heads

Oct 25 - 10:00PM
Arlene’s Grocery, New York, New York
CMJ Showcase with the Capstan Shafts, The Broadfield Marchers, The Telepathic Butterflies, Orchid Highway, Myracle Brah

Deluxe Beatles Reissues

2008-08-28T09:48:00.000-07:00

Everyone owes it to themselves to track these down:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20200609/page/20

I know I'm supposed to be opposed to piracy, so if you don't own any of that stuff currently, I suggest going the record store, buying all the Beatles CDs, throwing them in the garbage, then downloading the needle-drops.

State of Affairs, August 2008

2008-08-28T09:22:00.000-07:00

Holy crap, the second half of 2008 is going to be crazy. We have a bunch of shows booked around the time of the record release, including a CMJ show in New York and the record release party at Hotel Utah. We'll be hitting the pacific NW at the end of the year and we're also trying to line up another jaunt down to LA. Watch this space for upcoming details.

We are the Parties.

2008-08-26T14:18:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our blog. Here you will find all manner of ramblings from the four members of the bay area rock combo The Parties. Topics will most likely include (but will not be limited to) the following: live shows, recording, guitars, skinny pants, drums, scooters, beer, other bands, and quality footwear.