New Member Added/Pop Noir Has A Drummer

Please help us welcome Nico to the band. You may know him as the drummer from Enjambre, but now you'll know him as the drummer from Pop Noir! We're very happy to have him.
Check out our first three shows as a three-piece band:

December, 7 2006 at Red Dragon Studios (FREE DRINKS all night!)
1444 N. Higland Ave. (Highland @ Sunset), Hollywood, California 90028
Cost: $10

December, 10 2006 at PLUSH (all ages)
207 N Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, California 92832
Cost: $8.00

December, 20 2006 at Indie Rock Posada at JC Fandango w/ Los Abandoned + Go Betty Go!
1086 N State College, Anaheim, California
Cost: $8

And just in case you're wondering, the rehearsals are sounding incredible.

See you soon!

That's Fancy!

Tuesday night we visited the TV studio where the wonderful "That's Fancy" program is filmed, and performed for their cameras and a small studio audience. We'll have more details on when you can see it soon.. but I'll tell you what we do know.

That's Fancy airs Fridays at 8:30pm and Saturdays at 1:30am on Adelphia/Time Warner Cable (Ch 95: Buena Park, Fullerton, Placentia, Santa Ana, Ch 97: Anaheim, Villa Park, and Ch 98: Brea, Yorba Linda, Anaheim Hills). I think our show will be on next friday (not tomorrow) and will run for a month (so that's eight times).

Great! Like I said, we'll give you more info as we hear about it. Also, if you don't live in Orange County (or those areas of Orange County), it'll be up on YouTube soon.. so we'll keep you posted on that, too.

Until then, here's some wonderful photos of the set from our pal, Kim (KC Photography).

Welcome Back!

We returned home from our European conquest Thursday night, but we've been working non-stop since then on an animation (part of our other project, Fantastic Heat Brothers, a design/illustration thing.. we'll have a website soon, you'll hear about it).. so we've not had a chance to fill you in on the final days of the adventure.. Unfortunately, I'm far too tired to fill you in on those details now.. so I'll just have to post a video from our final UK performance (this time around).
So, here it is, us playing In Like a Lion at Dublin Castle in Camden, London:


Oh, and I just found this video of us playing Paint It Black at the same show.. good old YouTube!


So.. I think I might have to go to bed now, try to rid myself of this jetlag before our big Troubadour show on Wednesday. Speaking of which.. go to that!

Okay, I'm off. Goodnight!

VIDEOS

Here are some videos for you to enjoy, readers!
1)Performing at the Windmill, Brixton, last night:

(sorry that gets cut off halfway through, our camera ran out of memory)

2)Luke keeping warm outside the Midland Hotel, in glorious Manchester!:


3) Luke keeping warm outside the G-Mex Centre, in glorious Manchester!:

It really was cold.

We'll be posting more fun stuff soon enough. Tomorrow is the show we've been waiting for, Club Fandango at Dublin Castle, Camden!

Bonfire Night

In Paris we were going to visit Pere Lachaise cemetery, just around the corner from our hotel, to see Jim Morrison's grave.. but we woke up too late. And besides, we're not really Doors fans. We did get to visit a souvenir shop by the Garde du Norde train station, though. French people love Zorro (and nudey coffee mugs)! At least that's the impression we get.
We did a bit of touristy business today with our cousin, Issy, stopping by the Pirate Castle. I actually have no idea what it is, but it has a "Pirate Club", and it's located on a little canal where, apparently, dead bodies are always turning up. What a treat!
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Speaking of dead bodies, here's Luke threatening Issy with a knife at a bar in Primrose Hill (where lots of posh celebrities like Kate Moss go)!

It's Bonfire Night tomorrow, so of course everyone is celebrating tonight. There's fireworks going off everywhere. We joined in the festivities with some sparklers.

Very mature!
Okay, well, I think we might be going out to "party it up" (is that a phrase anyone has ever used? Luke insists upon using it) here in Camden. Wish us luck! We have a show tomorrow though.. so we'll have to make sure we get some beauty rest! Teehee.
Also, I think my toe is either broken or badly sprained. I fell down some stairs.. or rather, fell up some stairs. Some sitars. Ha.
Take that, Guy Fawkes!

A Bientot

We have now completed Phases I and II of our European conquest (Manchester and Paris) and are now heavily underway with Phase III (London). These past few days have been very busy. Here are some pictures, although I doubt they really do our activities justice.
Let's try to do this in order of occurence...
Here's Luke taking refuge from the Manchester's bitter weather inside a phone booth:

and getting into the Halloween spirit outside One Central with a spooky lime mask by Corona:
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Now, here's a picture of.. I don't know, actually. It was a golden statue hanging from the ceiling of La Fleche D'or, the club we played in Paris:

and a really blurry picture of our first French performance:

(We'll have more pictures from this show soon.. as well as the rest of our European gigs).
Before I continue with this little photo-diary, I'll give you some details on the Parisian gig. It was packed! We were very surprised by the turn-out, considering we were completely new to the country.. but I don't want to sound as though we're blowing our own trumpets, as it were. The people at La Fleche had a pre-gig dinner for us and the other bands; wine and veal! How very European. It was all so civilized! After the show we wandered over to our hotel (all our gear in tow.. a miserable trip!) to get some sleep. The room was, for lack of a better word, crap. The door handle came off when I tried to open the door! Here's some photos of the room:

Notice the red glow on the wall, it comes from this:
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Isn't that excellent? Right outside the window! Even the curtains didn't block out the light from that thing!
So now we're in the home-stretch, as they say. We'll be seeing you soon, which in French is: A bientot!
Love,
Joe