VISITED SETH FROM HUNX & HIS PUNX AT HIS VINTAGE SHOP/RECORD SHOP/SALON YESTERDAY, AND IT KICKED DEE DEE’S ASS. THANK YOU TAMARYN FOR LEADING THE SHOPPING SPREE. FOUND THE PERFECT EVERYTHING WITHIN TEN MINUTES. MIGHT GET A HAIRCUT NEXT TIME!
FESTIVAL BABIES
08/20/2010
REHEARSALS IN LOS ANGELES AT THE SISU SPOT. “PARTY BABIES” SIGN PICKS US UP FROM THE AIRPORT IN OSLO. BAMBI TESTS OUT THE VAN BED. OSLO ARCHITECTURE. DEE DEE PERCHES WHEN SHE FLIES. “PLEASE WAIT HERE TO BE EATED.” DISASTROUS SOUNDCHECK IN NORWAY, THREE HOLY GRAILS FRIED. (MET STUART MURDOCH!) OSLO HARBOR. BREATHTAKING SANDY. SWEDISH DRESSING ROOMS WITH NON-WORKING 45″ PLAYERS. SOME OF THE BIG PINK. COPENHAGEN IS FULL OF STYLISH PEOPLE. BRUSSELS WATER CANALS. PEACE. ANTWERP STUNS. STALKING BOBBY GILLESPIE. BRUNO WIZARD! BAMBI DOES HER STAND-UP ROUTINE. SIMON LOVES LIVERPOOL. BROUGHT TO YOU BY DEE DEE. BREATHTAKING SANDY #2. COMMUTING TO WORK. ITALIAN R&R. ST TROPEZ BEACH CAMPING. SUMMER WITCH. FLAMING SMILES. BLACK LIPSTICK 4 LIFE. PAUL COOK!!
STILL LITTLE FINGERS
08/10/2010WE ARE HOLED UP IN WHAT SEEMS TO BE A LAKESIDE VILLAGE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. TOMORROW IS THE SECOND TO LAST SHOW IN VIENNA, FOLLOWED BY THE LAST SHOW IN ST. MALO. IT IS STRANGE TO RECONCILE THE FIRST HALF OF THIS TOUR WITH THE LAST, AS THEY WERE/ARE VERY DIFFERENT BEASTS.
OFF FESTIVAL IN KATOWICE, POLAND SAW US REUNITED WITH FRIENDS AND GEAR-PROVIDERS THE RAVEONETTES, AND INTRODUCED US TO THE MADNESS THAT IS THE FLAMING LIPS. (TRUTH BE TOLD, DEE DEE SPENT THE LATE NIGHT LEARNING COVERS AND SKYPING — SOMETIMES SHE IS THE ANTI-PARTY GIRL, BUT IT’S ONLY BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THE OTHER DUM DUMS CAN HOLD THEIR OWN.)
***STAY TUNED FOR A PHOTO TOUR DIARY***
IN RELEASE NEWS, BELOVED HELL, YES! RECORDS OUT OF ITALY JUST RELEASED A NEW (OLD) SONG CALLED “STIFF LITTLE FINGERS” BACKED WITH THE FIRST-EVER BALLAD, “D.A.L” — GET IT WHILE YOU CAN HERE!
BACK TO LIFE
07/21/2010WE HAVE BEEN SO BUSY ON AND OFF THE ROAD, WE HAVE ACCUMULATED SO MANY ENTERTAINING PHOTOS OF OUR SHENANIGANS. NO TIME TO REMINISCE NOW, SO YOU’LL HAVE TO MAKE DUE WITH PHOTOS FROM TODAY AND A FEW DAYS AGO. WE PLAYED A MOSTLY-METAL FESTIVAL IN SWEDEN, WHERE WE MET AND HUNG WITH THE BIG PINK, AND TODAY, A DAY OFF, WE WANDERED ANTWERP, BELGIUM FOR HOURS. OUR FEET HURT, BUT WE SAW QUITE A FEW POODLES, NOT TO MENTION THE MOST PERFECT SHOPPE PEDDLING WARES FIT FOR ONLY THE COOLEST GIRL/GRANDMOTHER.
COME AUGUST, WE HIT THE ROAD WITH VAMPIRE WEEKEND AND BEACH HOUSE. IN OTHER STRANGE NEWS, WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE SUPPORTING MGMT IN THE UK AND EUROPE IN SEPTEMBER.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST!!!!!!! WE ARE ALSO SO AMAZED TO ANNOUNCE WE’RE SUPPORTING OUR NAMESAKES THE VASELINES IN OCTOBER ON A BABY TOUR OF THE USA. SEE OUR MYSPACE FOR DATES HERE!
WEST COAST HERE WE COME
06/22/2010DUM DUM REUNION STARTS IN OAKLAND TOMORROW. MANY KISSES TO HUNX & TAMARYN FOR THE USE OF THEIR PRACTICE SPACES. PLEASE JOIN US ALONG THE WAY:
| Wed-Jun-23 | Oakland, CA | New Parish |
| Fri-Jun-25 | Portland, OR | Hawthorne Theatre |
| Sat-Jun-26 | Seattle, WA | High Dive |
| Tue-Jun-29 | Sacramento, CA | Blue Lamp |
| Wed-Jun-30 | San Francisco, CA | Bottom of the Hill |
| Thu-Jul-01 | Los Angeles, CA | Echo |
| Fri-Jul-02 | San Diego, CA | Casbah |
| Sat-Jul-03 | Costa Mesa, CA | Detroit Bar |
“I SORRY // I WANNA KISS YOU”
06/15/2010SANDY ISN’T IN ENOUGH OF THESE, BUT I PROMISE SHE EXISTS! DDG’S FIRST REAL UK/EURO TOUR WAS UNFORGETTABLE, AND HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS:
SANDY & PRE-TOUR REHEARSAL WEEK FUN
05/12/2010DDG HOLED UP IN A FRIEND’S BAR TO REHEARSE WITH NEW DRUMMER SANDY ALL OF LAST WEEK, CULMINATING IN A SWEATY, IMPROMPTU SHOW. ALSO SQUEEZED IN FILMING WITH CHRISTIN TURNER FOR “BHANG BHANG, I’M A BURNOUT!”
