the end/beginning

yeah yeah yeah. its the end of August. Last update was in April. Im busy alright. Besides, who the hell is reading this?

So Jordan Miller was next in the chain of drummers. It was only natural really. It fell in to place and was beautiful. We did what was supposed to be our final weekend's worth of shows beginning with a house show at Jacob Blade's place in Newbury. I was amazed at how fun the whole thing was. I think it was the first show since we released the EP as well so i had to do my awkward banter between songs of shameless promotion. It was a nice feeling though because there was really nothing to promote. We FINALLY finished our stupid little EP and all i wanted was for everyone in the world to hear it. There was really no band to push with it because the intention was to simply break up after that weekend. Whenever you announce a show as a "last show," however, everyone shows up and is ready to love your set regardless of what the last few months of shows were like. Its confusing dammit.

Saturday night on the other hand put me right back in the mindset of before the Friday show. I had booked a show at the Cobalt months before thinking we'd be doing this split-up, and kind of as a joke. I hadn't been in that room since Ember was around and hardcore was actually interesting. We show up and things were exactly how i expected. Lots of kids that were far too hip to watch a band that wasn't wearing tight black jeans, and quite possibly the biggest assholes i have ever encountered controlling a back door. We played to maybe 12 people, half of which were blood related to Jordan, but it was this night that two new members joined the group. Kelly Hackett filled in on shaker and Eric Johnson had an explosive performance on the tambo (we badly needed a tambo player.)

So for all of you that ask why I don't want to do this band anymore: shows like this are far too common these days. I remember being 16 and wanting to watch every single band at a show just because i was curious but Im starting to realized that these little dudes around here already think they know what you sound like based off of your shoes and your guitar. Although it was kind of ridiculous and very fun, we needed one more "last"show.

We set up a night with about three days notice at the Miller house. I couldn't have asked for a better house show. This is the way shows should be. I've met a lot of amazing people in this area since moving back here a year ago and somehow every single one of them were there. I don't feel like i need to describe too much about that night because if you are reading this, you were probably there, but i will say that it was probably one of the best nights I've had in Westlake Village.

So what now? Jordan and I are moving in together, thats what. We haven't really talked much about it but I know we'll keep playing maybe not under the name King City Speed Trap but under the same musical intention. I can't wait to start new. I love all of you new peeps that I've had the privilege of meeting this year. Thank you for helping me expand this from a little acoustic project to something tangible. That being said, i'm gonna keep playing alone because i love it and i cant really imagine not doing that at this point. I'm also going to try and update this a little more often than twice a year. I've been watching reruns of Californication and it has inspired me. Godspeed! you black emperors!