Hey cats and kittens,

Our good friend Valis at the Trip Inside This House blog is doing another Summer Solstice compilation - a whole cd of songs called Trip Inside This House! We just put our contribution together this week - Sonic Daydream (Trip Inside This House) and shipped it off to Valis by deadline (whew!) and we’re pretty pleased with the results. Check it out yourself and let us know what you think.

This song was recorded at Chamber of Sounds studio in downtown Tucson (otherwise known as jamie and cristina’s house!)

love and peace
the modeens

One of the first things I noticed about Tucson, aside from the saguaros and frequent use of the word ‘dry’, is the abundance of tater tots available in the cool eateries in town. And I love me some tater tots! Well, we’re in luck coz we’re playing at one of our fave places in Tucson, Red Room. Red Room is an unusually long (and red) room just off the famous Grill on Congress Street. You never know what kinda music you’ll find, but it’s always something tasty! So we’re heading on down Saturday April 25th to sing some songs and eat some tots. No cover but lotsa beer, food and interesting people!

Tommy Tucker is the sonic appetizer for the night at 10pm. Then we follow in hot pursuit at 11.

xo
cristina

just dropping word that we are getting along swimmingly with our new adopted hometown of tucson, az. been meeting lots of great people - playing lots of great jams - and getting used to the dryyyyyyyyyyyyy air. in short, we’re really digging it - got a gig coming up in feb (see gigs) and lots of local bands, movies and happenings to catch up on. more updates soon!

We’re moving!! That’s right, we’re leaving lala land and moving to that funky, hoppin yet down-to-earth desert town, Tucson, AZ in just a couple of weeks! We’re super excited - especially because we’ll be living in an actual *house* and turning it into our own recording studio. We’re ready to break out of apartment living and make as much noise as we want!

But we have one last chance for the local angelenos to groove on with us. Here’s the scoop as only phil can bring it:

So, as I know you’re all die hard Modeens fans and can’t stand the thought of never seeing the band again, we’re going to suit up in our super-hero costumes for one last rockin performance at our favorite haunt, THE CINEMA BAR, this SUNDAY, 11/23! It’s going to be an all day affair, starting at 3:30pm! If you’re up for a BBQ, the grill will be fired up out back, so bring your meat or veggies or tofurkey and cook away!

But don’t just come to see us - there’s also gonna be a JAM - so bring yer guitar or whatever noisemaker you’re into and hop onstage!

If you’ve never been, the CINEMA BAR is located at 3967 Sepulveda, Culver City, 90230
http://www.cinemabar.net

Please come down and help us rock the joint in this very special farewell performance!

First, if you like psychedelic rock from the sixties, Trip Inside This House is the blog for you! Curated by DJ Valis, TITH digs up old stuff you’ve never even heard about but will go gaga over!

And he’s a big supporter of modern bands carrying on the torch, so he likes to interview musicians with all kinds of cool questions. One of his regular features is The Wayback Machine (remember Peabody and his boy??) every Monday. And he’s featured two Modeens!

Cristina’s trip

Jamie’s trip

Jamie’s also on their new Solstice Compilation!

We’re a little late getting these out, but Psych Circus 3 was the best one yet! Check out these videos:

BROKEN WHEEL

MR JONES

SHOWDOWN

And The Shivas turned out to be an awesome band to watch! They’re very young but they know what it is to rock - check out their myspace!

gotsta run - more news comin soon!!

keep cool,
the modeens

check out our new song with the new lineup, Empty Pockets!!! You can hear it on our myspace page: myspace.com/themodeens.

we recorded this for Barry Conley’s recording class and Jamie mixed it up so freakin fine - please let us know what you think!!

also, we got a treat of a gig coming up - starting this afternoon at the famous Cinema Bar in Culver City, we’ll be grillin and hangin on the back patio and then a great lineup to help polish off the weekend. Click Gigs for more!!

chow!
the modeens

We’ll be apickin an agrillin at the Cinema Bar, Sunday, June 22nd. Though the Cinema Bar is called the smallest honkytonk in the world, it’s big on vibe and good feelin’s. And it’s *twice* as big if you bring the party to the back patio! In our group of friends, grilling’s an art form - so feel free to judge their work in person - and bring some meat/non-meat of yer own! Click here for the deets.

new song “Empty Pockets” and other videos are up on youtube now!

but wait, lemme tell you about our lineup. we’ve just added mike medina from houston, tx via seattle, as drummer and phil has moved to second guitar - and we are super-psyched with the sound!!

please check out empty pockets below and go to http://www.youtube.com/themodeens for a whole slew of ‘em. Oooooohh, look at the pretty colors!

Empty Pockets :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt2ueD45zNk

Bring the pass for $2 discount