Song Fight! Live, Western North America Tour, 2007

Post by **Lunkhead** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:43 am

In order to let Sven have his thread back, I thought I would make a new thread for this new idea.

The idea seems to be to have a series of Song Fight! affiliated shows (fightmasters permitting, of course) up the West coast of the US and on into the interior of the Northwester USn and up into Canada.

Ken found what looks to be a pretty sweet van rental server:

http://www.bandago.com/

Their rates seem low enough as to be within reach of the combined resources of groups of fighters. They have locations in LA, SF, and Seattle, which are all areas of relatively high fighter concentration.

If we had the locals on the tour stops provide the major bulky items necessary for a gig (drums, amps, PA if necessary) then we could travel pretty lightly and efficiently.

Furthermore, this would be an ideal subjcet for a documentary about our little community, blending road movie, concert movie, and profile of a social scene.

If anybody wants to add to or revise this summary, please do.

I think it's a big huge scary crazy idea, but it's also really exciting. I don't know jack about planning tours, and I'm guessing not many other people here do either, but that doesn't mean we can't figure it out.

jack · Post by **jack** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:54 am

Lunkhead wrote: The idea seems to be to have a series of Song Fight! affiliated shows (fightmasters permitting, of course) up the West coast of the US and on into the interior of the Northwester USn and up into Canada.

hopefully, one or both will join us on this journey into the abyss. i mean Canada.

whatever i can do to help facilitate making something like this happen, i'm willing.

it is scary and exciting.

that's why i'm interested. plus, it's not about the destination but the journey.

ken, do you know if the vanabagos are unlimited mileage? i did notice that they can be taken into Canada.

Post by **Lunkhead** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:15 pm

I've only read the Web site, I haven't called them, but it did sound to me from their FAQ and other info like at least going from LA to SF to Seattle would be OK. They did indeed say venturing into Canada was at least allowed. They also talk about how they reimburse people for doing oil changes every 3000 miles. So it seemed to me like they were expecting their customers to put on some serious mileage, at least in some cases. Probaly the only way to know for sure would be to call them up or e-mail them.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:10 pm

This IS a very exciting and scary concept. I would love to be part of it, but it's tough to say whether or not I will be able to. I will watch this thread with interest.

ROCK!

Glenn Case

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:22 pm

jack wrote:ken, do you know if the vanabagos are unlimited mileage? i did notice that they can be taken into Canada.

Bandago quotes page wrote:All rates are per day rates. 250 miles are included for every day you have the vehicle (i.e. 10 days = 2500 miles). Additional miles are .35 a mile.

How fun is all this, eh?

Road Trip!

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:45 pm

Hey PiGPEN, Denyer, Sausage Boy - I'll roll by in the Corolla and pick youse up - then we'll drive across the Nullabor and visit the Darkest Daves!
(that sounds like about 2 weeks of pure hell!)

jack · Post by **jack** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:28 pm

GlennCase wrote:This IS a very exciting and scary concept. I would love to be part of it, but it's tough to say whether or not I will be able to. I will watch this thread with interest.

ROCK!

Glenn Case

d00d, you are the spokane leg. without you, there is no spokane.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:37 pm

Not gonna come East? I can't go galavanting out West

-bill

drë · Post by **drë** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:55 pm

Hopefully by then, i will have gained some pounds, a couple of tattoos; so i can shave my head and become you guy’s roadie.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:19 pm

dre wrote:Hopefully by then, i will have gained some pounds, a couple of tattoos; so i can shave my head and become you guy’s roadie.

It's great to see a young man with an ambition in life

Post by **Spud** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:13 pm

Any ideas about timing on this? I would be glad to help in any way I could, including setting up a Seattle gig, and would love to make it to as many of them as possible.

SPUD

Post by **Lunkhead** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:25 am

How about incorporating an American summer 3-day weekend, such as Memorial Day, Independence Day, or Labor Day?

Future Boy · Post by **Future Boy** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:17 pm

The problem with coming into Canada with a van like that is that they'd probably never believe that you weren't going to be getting paid to play one or more shows. That would mean you'd need to have work visas from whatever venue you intended to play at. You could try to get tricky and have someone claim you are coming to record at their studio, but that could backfire.

Meanwhile, this is just my kind of crazy. I wish I could say for sure that I'll have that much vacation by the summer and be able to afford it. However, I kind of doubt I will.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:19 pm

ALso, remember, if GWB has taught us anything, "terrorist" and "tourist" are the same word, or at least sound the same.

mico saudad · Post by **mico saudad** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:21 pm

I'll chime in with interest... (definitely for a leg or two of the trip).
I'm also willing to help out with planning/organizing the Seattle end with Spud.
-sean

Post by jb » Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:30 pm

gimme dates. i have a two-month sabbatical to spend in the near future.

one month may be spent in Hawaii tanning my ass.

the other month I'd rather not spend sitting around my house, so start putting some details on this mofo, yo.

JB

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:45 pm

In the summer would be cool, since I'll probably have quit my job by then. Please come by Calgary!

Post by **Spud** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:47 am

Clearly, we would rather have you here AFTER you have properly tanned your ass, sir.

ken · Post by **ken** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:22 am

To put some actualness on this thread, here is what I propose for "Songfight West Coast Tour 2007"

Dates:
March 22 - ?

3/23 San Diego, CA - hosted by Seamus
3/24 Los Angeles, CA - hosted by prayformojo/State Shirt
3/25 San Luis Obispo, CA - hosted by Evil-E
3/26 day off/ travel
3/27 Bay Area, CA - hosted by Ken
3/28 Bay Area, CA - hosted by Ken
3/29 Portland, OR - hosted by Rabid Garfunkel
3/30 Seattle, WA - hosted by Octothorpe
3/31 Spokane, WA - hosted by Glenn Case
4/1 Moscow, ID - hosted by Marcus Kellis

I'm not so good with Geography, so speak up!

Ken

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:28 am

hahaha. stick me with april fool's day, huh?

sounds good. there's a small venue/restaurant in town, or I have some ins with the student union guys. probably we could find a good turnout here. college town. could simulcast on KUOI if we all promise to not swear (or start at 10pm). we might have to rename it the Left Coast and Inland Northwest tour, though.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:34 am

Interesting... guess I should start making friends with venues up here, heh.

Oh, and Ken, the Bay Area-PDX leg is a good 9-10 hours long, depending on weather. Glenn, what's the Seattle-Spokane trip like?

jack · Post by **jack** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:08 pm

Rabid Garfunkel wrote:Interesting... guess I should start making friends with venues up here, heh.

Oh, and Ken, the Bay Area-PDX leg is a good 9-10 hours long, depending on weather. Glenn, what's the Seattle-Spokane trip like?

ken and i did this drive together on the way to seattle. i still remember how long it was.....

of course i did most of the driving

maybe there needs to be a travel day between bay area and portland shows.