Patrick Essay on FF in Vice Mag, Join our band, KFJC Special this Sat!

Howdy,
 
Three quick things:
1. MY ESSAY ON FF IN VICE MAGAZINE

 
I wrote an article for VICE about the joys and pain of being in Flaming Fire, why I ended the band and then started it over again, and how you can feel the joy and pain with us. VICE called the article:  "LONGEST BASSIST WANTED AD IN HISTORY, OR HOW TO START AND THEN DISSOLVE AND THEN RESTART MANY, MANY BANDS AGAIN" Which is entirely accurate -- we really do need a bassist, plus lots of other folks, including you. (Very geeky references to Elric, G-Force, and Strikeforce: Morituri also included.) Please leave a comment so all the 17-year-old kids reading this article will think someone actually listens to our music.
 
Here it is:
http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2009/01/new-york---long.html
 

2. JOIN FLAMING FIRE FITNESS TODAY!
If you'd like to join our fitness band (read the above Vice article for more information), you should! We'll have our first rehearsal on the first Wednesday or Thursday that it is likely to be dry and above 40 degrees in Williamsburg's McCarren Park, and announce it the week before. You can get healthy and get that adrenaline, spiritual power of rock at the same time. I realize the idea of singing or playing guitar and running sounds hard, but we've practicing for three weeks now, and it's easy. You only have to know how to play in the most rudimentary sense, and the lightweight amps we're using cost $20 at Guitar Center. If you'd like to play guitar or drums with us, let us know. If you want to run and sing, you just need running sneakers and a red tshirt or red sweatshirt. (Wear the red tshirt over something else if you're cold.)
 
If you didn't sign our mailing list, email me and let me know you'd like to participate, I'll send you the demos of the new running songs.
 
3. SAN FRANCISCO's KFJC SPECIAL ON FLAMING FIRE THIS SATURDAY AT 9 PM, EST.
This KFJC show is narrated by Neil Gravel, and will feature new FF tracks, interviews about our West Coast FF Family, live tracks from our West Coast Flaming Fire [featuring Sheila Bosco (Faun Fables), Leon Dewan (Dewanatron), Joe Armin (The Aerosols), Anna Copa Cabanna (herself), Josh (The Aerosols) and myself]. We've been playing with Sheila, Joe and Josh once a year for about 4 years, so it's great to finally document it.
 
It's on 6 PM PST on Jan 31  in the Bay Area, 7 PM in North Datoka MST, 8 PM CST in Texas, and 9 PM EST for you New York types.
 
Tune in here:
http://netcast6.kfjc.org/listen.pls
or here:
http://www.kfjc.org/netcast/index.php
 
Love,
Patrick
 
P.S.
FLAMING FIRE II
APRIL 24
ISSUE PROJECT ROOM
232 3RD STREET, 3RD FLOOR
BROOKLYN, NY
ALL AGES