Swamp tour!

Swamp Tour! One of the things I love most about playing music is being able to weave it in with visiting friends and family. In a few weeks I will do just that!

 July 30th- Savannah (house show) shhh July 31st- Jacksonville, FL @ Underbelly w/ Canary in the Coalmine, Tobacco Pat, and Lucky Jukebox Brigade
August 1st- St. Augustine, Fl @ TBA, but Jacob Hamilton is hooking it up! 
August 3rd- Gainesville, FL @ Loosey's w/ Whiskey & Co, the Treats and Company Man 
August 5th- Athens, GA @ Highwire Lounge w/ Outer Spaces(probably). 
August 6th- Asheville, NC ???

West Coast 2012

I'm not the best at updating my blog, I apologize. In late May/early June I toured out west with Tim Barry and Kevin Seconds. I got to play a lot of really cool shows and took even cooler pictures. I also got to meet some really incredible people and catch up with some old friends. I had a really great time. Here are a few of the pictures I took. LAX

Gallivanting around Silver Lake. We played a show in Long Beach at the Alex's Bar, which is where they shoot bar scenes for True Blood. If I watched the show I would probably be way more excited about it, but this is their bathroom filled with creepy cupie doll paintings.

Las Vegas is just as weird and saturated as you think it's going to be before you go. Then you get there, and the reality of its weirdness is more than you can process at the time. I took an embarrassing amount of pictures here, but these are the highlights:

At first, you're all like 'Oh, cool, Tupac,' but THEN you're all like 'holy shit, is that a little person Mr. T??!!!!'

and I ran into Zoro at the drug store.

I got to see Rancid from backstage, which felt a lot like grown up me giving 15 year old me an epic time-traveling high five. We also went to Tempe, AZ. I met people from all walks of biker gang life from weekend warrior moms and dads, Buddhist bikers and actual Hell's Angels.

We also stopped off in at a gift shop in the middle of nowhere Nevada and it did not disappoint.

This is me in front of a giant cactus.

This is San Diego.

This is I-5 North.

The thing about these pictures is that they were taken one after another. Ocean to my left, mountains to my right.

Weird tits.

This dog almost brought me to tears.

Every show or town has its pluses and minuses, but I would say overall the most amazing place we went on the tour was Black Butte, CA. Really amazing, beautiful place and people.

I ate delicious donuts in Portland, and saw a few old friends.

In Seattle I saw more old friends, my cousin and SLEEP!

After Seattle I flew back to Richmond, slept as much as I could and got ready to hit up the east coast. It's been a really great summer. Stay Gold, Julie

Whoa!

man, the last few months have been a whirl of really awesome things, both musically and lifewise. it's rad, it's exhausting and exhilarating, too. a while back tim barry asked me to sing a few tracks for his new record, and of course without hesitation i said yes. it was really neat getting to be a part of the process, and i think the final product is awesome! his new record, 40 miler, it great and you should definitely check it out.
tim, josh small, andrew alli and myself played a record release show on friday the 13th and it was a really amazing time. i met a lot of really great people and it was such a thrill to play all the songs that the four of us have been collaborating on for the last few months. you can check out the record at www.chunksaah.com. promise you'll like it.
i have started playing some music with my friend wess brockman who is in several richmond bands, including the super rad fire bison. we will be playing a show with my new york buds, fletcher c. johnson, at cous cous in richmond on may 3rd. here is a track that we worked on together and recorded in wess's room.


i am also putting out a 7inch in late may and couldn't be happier about it! my good friend talia miller is putting out and i'm so stoked.

here is a list of my upcoming tour dates, more will be added probably. the best way to find out is to go to timbarryrva.com

stay gold.
julie

TOUR DATES

WEST COAST DATES- all with Tim Barry and most with Kevin Seconds.
May 25th, LONG BEACH, CA- Alex's Bar
May 26th, TEMPE, AZ- Yucca Taproom
May 28th, SAN DIEGO, CA- Casbah
May 29th, VENTURA, CA- Zoey's
May 30th, SAN FRANCISCO,CA- Thee Parkside
June 1st, PORTLAND, OR- Hawthorne Lounge
June 2nd- SEATTLE, WA- El Corazon

EAST COAST DATES w/ Tim Barry, Josh Small and Andrew Alli
June 8th- CAMBRIDGE, MA- Middle East Upstairs
June 9th- PROVIDENCE, RI- Fete Music Lounge
June 15th- PHILLY, PA- Johnny Brenda's
June 16th- NEW YORK, NY- Santos Party Room
June 23rd- CHARLOTTE, NC- The Milestone
June 30th- RICHMOND, VA- The Camel
July 7th- WASHINGTON, DC- The Red Palace
July 14th- VIRGINIA BEACH, VA- The Jewish Mother
July 21st- CHAPEL HILL, NC- Local 506
July 28th- BALTIMORE, MD- Ottobar

a couple of richmond shows!

on friday, january 27th, i'm playing a show in richmond with josh small and austin lucas. it's a house show, which is awesome. http://www.facebook.com/events/209186169162637/
and on february 16th i'm playing a show at steady sounds records with screaming females. i am excited about this show.
i am also playing the next week on feb 20t at the camel with christopher paul stelling. this is his website, christopherpaulstelling.wordpress.com

cool.

BANDCAMP

i've made some babysteps into more modern times and i now have a bandcamp. there are five songs you can download, and mant more to come. you can check it out... or not. it's whatever.

stay gold, julie

january stuff!

i'm playing a few shows this month. monday, jan. 9th, i'm playing in savannah. my grandma might come, just saying.

after that, i'm heading to gainesville for a few days and playing a show at the lunchbox downtown on thursday, january 12th. here's a facebook event link, http://www.facebook.com/events/166925320082265/

and then back to richmond! on friday, january 27th, i'm playing with austin lucas and josh small. here's a link to that: http://www.facebook.com/events/209186169162637

and hopefully sooner than later i'll have some new music recorded and maybe even a record closer to summer. the world might be ending this year, but i guess that's all the more reason just to go H.A.M. on things. you feel?

stay gold, julie

Witched, Young Adult Fiction, Little Master and Me!

this show is going to be awesome. promise.

MARCH MADNESS

okay, march isn't actually going to be that wild, but i am playing a few out of town shows. and maybe one in richmond, too. i am also going to try and get a few weekend tours around virginia set up, so watch out!
march 16th- pittsboro, nc house show
march 17th- chattanooga, tn sluggo's with hot new mexicans and eric nelson. woo woo!
Also, i'm going to have a few cds for sale at steady sounds on broad st, here in richmond. i just need to stop being lazy and bring them by there. AND i have really cool t shirts now, too. madness!

stay gold, julie

SHOW ON FRIDAY, 2/4/2011

hey guys this friday i'm playing a REALLY rad at the triple here in richmond w/alison self and we are the willows. this is going to be a really great show. starts at 10pm, $5.go to my facebook for more details.
hope to see you there!

CD release and more!

hi friends! november has been pretty wild so far, but not in a crazy 'life's a party' kinda way, more like holy shit, i have work and school everyday.... that kinda way.
on thursday, november 18th, i'm playing a show at cous cous with fletcher c johnson, from brooklyn, and the sundials, too! i made a pretty rad flier!


two days later, also at cous cous, i'm djing with my friend, shelley.
i think i made a pretty cool flier for that as well.


Shelley owns a thrift store called books, bikes and beyond. profits from the store go to support bookson wheels. books, bikes and beyond will be hosting a benefit show for the flying brick library on dec 5th. the line up is tim barry, josh small, rameysaurus and myself. so come and jam with me.

OH! and if you want one of my new CDs, julery, you can come to anyone of these events, check out rumors boutique on harrison st or go to interventionrecords.com

stay gold and be kind,
julie

things are happening.

recently, i've kinda felt like jerri blank in 'strangers with candy.' i'm back in school and am taking a lot of classes with people that are ten years younger than me. sometimes, i'm all like 'whatever, i'm older and mysterious.' but sometimes i think really hard about what to wear to my writing class because the cool girl is in it, and i want her to like my outfit. and i'm doing all kinds of 18 year old things like ditching class to go play shows and going on road trips, but it's better now because i'm old enough to get into bars.
on wednesday, october 13th, i'm playing a show at the camel with dark, dark, dark (from MN), liza kate and zac hyriziak. i just recently heard of dark, dark, dark. they rule, and i'm skipping my psych class to go.
october 31st i'm playing the fest in gainesville, which will be a lot of fun. last year i was getting over the swine flu and had to write 12 page paper. i don't think i'll have a paper due this time, and swine flu doesn't even exist anymore.
hopefully, i'll also have a real legit album for sale by then, too! i'll definitely have t shirts that i think are pretty cool.
anyhoo, i have to finish my math homework and think about how to braid my hair for class tomorrow.

stay gold,
julie

tourcation recap!

my good friend carrie recently moved to austin, tx. after getting to tx she realized that she left her dvd player in richmond. she was very insistent on me retrieving the dvd player from her old roommate, michael and bringing it to her while on tour. this ended up being more of a challenge than initially anticipated. the short story to this is that michael was an accident, he's fine, but his car had to be in the shop for a bit. the dvd player was in said car, and that proved to be a challenging circumstance. the dvd player eventually made it to me in the wee hours of the morning that i left for tour. michael's a trooper and a good former roommate.

i buckled myself and the dvd player in, and we were off for our tourcation/operation safe return.


our first stop was in columbus, oh. i had been through columbus a couple years ago when i was the merch girl for my friends' band, show me the pink. we made an hour detour on our way to cincinnati to go to columbus to go to buckeye donuts. it's the best donut shop ever according to zach archibald. i'm not sure how great the donuts are, i'm vegan and the donuts aren't, but their iced coffee isn't bad.
i played a show at the monster house. everyone there was incredibly nice. ryan, who set up the show, and his roommates were so nice and welcoming. i even lucked out and got my own bed! the show was rad, too. there, i met a band from oakland called knifey spoony, which is a hilarious simpsons reference, so you know they're good.


they ended up helping me with a show in oakland through a guy named 'miguel in oakland.' more on that later.

this is a picture of knifey spooney hangin' tuff with the dvd player.



then it was of to chicago. i had never been to chicago before, but i knew that i would like it. it's home of this american life, oprah winfrey, michael jordan, kanye west and shellac (and many others). what's not to like? i was right, chicago was great.

in chicago i met up with an old friend who would be my travel buddy until oakland. we met while living in gainesville, fl and briefly were in an amazing, but factitious hip hop group called fashion, fashion! with such hits as 'outting in my audi' and 'that bitch hit my car (oh, no! she didn't).'

ladies and gentlemen.... catharine!


we took i-90 all the way to seattle. i-90 is a beast, a beautiful beast, but a beast none the less.
at one point, late in the night in minnesota, i had to pee. we exited off the interstate and went looking for a gas station. what we found was SO much better than a gas station. unable to find a gas station open anywhere, we pulled off into a series of warehouses in hopes of finding a good pee spot and that's where we discovered this:


the jolly green giant! (also proved to be a good place to pee)

after that we were on our way to the badlands. the badlands are magical! and yes, this experience is enhance if you listen to bruce springsteen on the drive. we'd hoped to see bison, and even though we didn't see any, i didn't leave unsatisfied.


i found out my show in olympia was canceled, so i called up an old florida friend, sara, who now lives in seattle and was able to stay with her. i blame nirvana and the movie 'singles' for making me think that seattle was foggy and bleak. seattle is beautiful! so beautiful!


from there we made our way down to portland. on the way i fulfilled a high school dream.


portland was awesome, too. in portland we picked up my friend ashley, who had been traveling and farming for the past 4 months.
this is ashley: we stayed at her cousins' place, who lived in the most hard to get to neighborhood i have ever been to. e v e r. despite this they were really sweet and let us cook food in their house.
i played a house show in north portland and it was great.
from here i went to lake shasta, ca. i was really excited about this show. and love the idea of musicians getting together, playing music and camping in the mountains. unfortunately, this was the beginning for me of some weird cold that still hasn't totally gone away. it was made worse by the high altitude. the whole time my ears were ringing and my throat was sore. even still, the show was great and i met some really great people! the drive was pretty, too.

next on the list: oakland!

as mentioned earlier, knifey spoony put me in touch with miguel in oakland. without hesitation, miguel agreed to put together a show. and even though it moved locations a few times before finally settling at a coffee shop on telegraph, it was totally rad and lots of people came out. a few old friends from florida came as well. maren and matt.
another rad thing about oakland is this dive bar called eli's. it's owned by a guy from richmond, and, just our luck, they were having a southern barbecue the day we got there. oakland is also where we met up with my friend skids.
ladies and gentlemen: skids.
this is where catharine peaced out.

from here we went to ventura, ca.

disclaimer: all the of the shows i played were great. everyone i stayed with was amazing. the following statement is not to discredit that, but should, instead, show how AMAZING it was.

the show in ventura had to be my favorite. i played at my friend michael's house. it's called the 86 house. which caused momentary confusion for me in an email from michael titled '86 show.' '86' is kitchen talk for all out or no more, but my concerns were assuaged once i read the email. right when we walked in i was hugged by no less than three strangers. michael arranged for us to have a room to sleep and our own bottles of wine. we were also assured that in the morning there would be bagels and coffee waiting for us, including tofutti spread! brook dalton played first, he ruled. and this is michael. and i was pleasantly surprised to find out that my friend lindsay recently moved there, too!
all in all, the show was a success and i really met some of the most exceptionally nice people i've ever met. and i've met some nice ass people.
another awesome thing about the 86 house was the art. it was covered in art, and all but a few pieces had the number 86 in it somewhere. really beautiful.

from here we were off to san diego. two good friends of mine now live there, erica and ashley . ashley had been sleeping, but erica and i decided to liberate her from rest!
that night i played an odd show, but it was a show none the less. the whole time i played there was a girl in front dancing.... i don't play danceable stuff, but she worked it out. she also was my greatest defender. a group of people were talking really loudly right by the stage, she turned to them and yelled "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" and they did. she made my night. her and the jukebox at the bar next door that had turbonegro, otis redding and the replacements.

then the long haul that looked like this until we got to austin.
also, on this trip i saw so many windmills. and they are magical. each one.

in austin i got to finally reunite carrie and the dvd player. they were both so happy.

i also got to catch up with some old friends from the hot minute that i lived in dc. we were all interns together and they ended up getting married.
brook and bo!
thanks to my friend jen, i was able to play a really neat show at the mohawk. i played inside after a really great patio show from dax riggs, who was in acid bath, which is a big deal if you like stoner metal.

from here we had another long haul to florida.

the next show was in st augustine, fl. i went to college in st augustine for a bit, but really hadn't been back there in a good 7 years or so. my friend, rich, set this show up and it was definitely the wildest venue. it was called ring of fire and it calls itself as a 'honky tonk.' it had piles of hay, barrels of peanuts and stuffed animal heads all over. above the stage was a big sign that said 'howdy.' and this served as the backdrop.

also, the bathrooms were labeled as followed: dude's and chick's

real talk.

the next day i played in gainesville. gainesville is my hometown and is one of my favorite places to play. my family lives in gainesville, but had never seen me play. i always thought that they didn't want to, but it turns out they were just waiting to be invited. oops.
i played after a misfits themed alleycat race. logically, there was a misfits cover band, and that ruled. and this guy was in it.

the next night i played in savannah. savannah is a magical, crazy city. the social worker in me wants to move there and try to make it better, the regular person in me says just go visit and take pictures of graveyards. savannah has the best graveyards.



i played a show at samita's house, a friend that i met through an old roommate.

remember back in california when i said i was feeling sick?

well, in savannah this had turned into almost unable to speak with a hacking cough. i spent the whole night not talking. fortunately, the other performer had brought a pa, otherwise no one would have heard me at all. i ended every song with a cough, and my weird raspiness hit an all time high. with that said, it was still a good time and beautiful night for a show.
this is samita this is her backyard. these are her chickens!
at this point i only had one more show to play in roanoke, and it wasn't for another day. ashley and i decided to head back to richmond. i couldn't think of a better remedy than my own bed to help cure my sore throat. i went back home to richmond and slept! it was great.

the tour ended a bit lackluster. on my way to roanoke i got a flat tire. through a miscommunication with the insurance company it ended up taking a lot longer to get a new tire on the car. once i was back on the road i hit really intense rain and thundershowers. the kind where anything over 40mph feels unsafe and you can barely see in front of you. it was hopeless at that point. there was no way i was going to make it to the show on time. i called the venue and apologized, returned to richmond a bit disappointed and out $80 on a new tire.

wah wah wah.

but the good news is i swam in the pacific ocean, saw alcatraz, got hugged by multiple strangers, returned carrie's dvd player, met really amazing people, caught up with some really amazing friends, witnessed the magic of windmills and got to go on tour across the country! and that rules.
tourcation forever!

stay gold, julie