I feel stuck between feeling like I have a lot to write about and nothing to write about. Right now I'm just forcing myself to pick something.

Uh... I thought I was going to pick something.

Oh! I know!

Sons Of Nothing to return to Steamboat Springs and debut in Grand Junction

We're all very excited about these two shows coming up on 23 and 24 September. We played Steamboat before (see my online spew about the show) in January. We left the town looking forward to coming back again. It was a nice size crowd, big room, and, in the end, the management treated us decent.

Since then, the agent that booked the show fell out of good relations with the management at Levelz (the venue in Steamboat Springs). There was talk of an offer which was insultingly low considering the crowd we drew the last time we were there. So... nothing ever came of it.

Recently, however, some things have changed, we're playing Levelz again, and everyone seems stoked.

Speaking of changes, Thom hasn't mentioned this on his blog, but there's been some changes in the makeup of the band. By all accounts, this is a very welcome and satisfying change for all involved- not because we hated the way things were before, but because we just needed change.

(How's that for vaguery?)

I'll make sure it's "cool" before I disclose details.

The other show will be at The Mesa Theater in Grand Junction. We've never played the venue or the town, but our hopes are high. The photos on the club's website indicate this is a seriously rockin' place.

So, anyway, these two shows in Colorado will mark the first OTR shows with the new band "constitution" and I think everyone's stoked about knocking some paying attendees on their butts with the show.

The band has been rehearsing like mad, it seems. They were in recording mode- laying down basic tracks for the new CD, but with the changes within the band and these shows coming up, the mode changed. Last I heard, the plan is to go back into recording mode come October.

What I've heard of the basic tracks already recorded is nice. "Mr. Serious," for example, has really benefited from so much stage time. The recorded version captures a lot of the live feel of the song.

We'll also be debuting some new tech at these September shows. A new mega-giga-supa-neato fogging system will become a regular component of these and future shows. We may be introducing a new video projector as well.

And, speaking of video, we will be debuting new video and visuals at these shows as well.

Sound exciting doesn't it? Makes you want to tag along to Colorado, doesn't it? Well... do it! Grand Junction isn't that far! It's barely in Colorado!

Whew. I did it. I wrote about something.