Tour Day 1 Recap: Melody Inn (Indianapolis, IN) 2.25.2011

Well we all survived day one of the tour. Still working out how we're packing the van at the end of each night and pooping in the woods, but so far so good. Only one casuality so far...and it was the keyboard on our computer. Something fell on it during our set.

Oh well I guess it builds character.

The show was a blast. We had two bands drop at the last minute, but everything worked out. Huge props to Phyllis who stepped up and played a great set to open the show.

Big thanks to all or Bloomington and Indy fans who came out to see us last night, espeically to Kris Murphy who joined us on stage for Long Neck Deep Curves to play some mean blues harp as you can see in the pic at the top of the page.

Also, I have to apologize for my lack of tweeting and picture posting thus far on the tour. My phone has lost the ability to hold a charge for more than 2 mins at a time (counting on the Sprint store folks in Bloomington, IN right now to set me up with a new one.... come on insurance protection plan..I know I pay $7 a month for you for some reason...)

If I had a chance I would have tweeted some pics of a lot of the cool record stores we checked out in Broad Ripple and downtown Indy. If you ever get a chance stop into Indy CD and Vinyl in Broad Ripple and make sure to say high to Annie behind the counter. Super cool place, super nice people, and apparently we just missed the guys from Cage the Elephant who were playing next door at the Vogue.

Anyway, it's time to go. Tony is getting stiff and he has asked me to show him some neck stretches. I will use all my Tony Horton learnings to help him out. Then it's off to Rhino's in Bloomington!

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Melody Inn (Indianapolis, IN) - 1/8/2010

Ok so I’m really late with show posts.  To get you up to speed, we left off on a cold and blistery night in early January at the Melody Inn in Indianapolis. I think we got hit by some skank asleep at the wheel the last time we went there so not getting in an accident with a sleeping person was a definite improvement. Good times.

The show was fun.  We rocked out with some great bands, re-united with some distant family, and drank with a Tuskan Raider.  Good times were sploodging all over the place, we even jammed on harmonicas with one of our good friends and fans Kris Murphy (dinosaur puke dude, from several blogs back).

Since I didn't get any pictures, I'll leave you with a tribute to Canada to show my gratitude to this beautiful country for letting the world Olympicize all over it.

New Year's Eve: Hello 2010!

So I saw a lot of new things on New Year’s Eve…unfortunately I ended up being too drunk to get any decent pictures and the person who I was depending on to take pictures instead ended up losing their camera…or it was stolen, checked craigslist… still not sure.

That said please forgive the shittiness of these pictures.

The first new thing I saw was Lincoln Hall. Couldn’t wait to check out Chicago’s coolest new venue since it opened a few months back. I really dug it…especially the ceiling fixtures…apparently.

I also saw the Fiery Furnaces for the first time. I dig their music, their live show not as much…but that’s how it goes sometimes.

After that we went to a friend’s sister’s house party, drank some champagne, hopped in a cab over to Durkin's (bar Mike works at), got kicked out at last call and then scampered home giggling uncontrollably. I believe the night ended with Grandma’s Boy, an ash tray full of tap water, and a spilled bowl of nuts... again more things I'd never seen before...two of those last three anyway.

Seriously though 2009 was the best year yet for Verona Red. THANK YOU to everyone who supported us this year. We are SUPER PUMPED for everything we have in store for you guys in 2010. WE LOVE YOU!


For some 2010 appetizers... two shows to get your lips wet.

Friday 1/8/2010 - Melody Inn

3826 N Illinois St, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208

Tickets: $5

Doors at 9 PM

With: The Locals



Saturday 1/9/2010 - at Subterranean

2011 North Ave, Chicago, Illinois

Tickets: $8 in advance: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=676225link

$10 at the door

Doors at 9PM

With: The Glide and The Locals

Melody Inn (Indianapolis, IN) 5/31/2009

This one started out with a bang… literally.. we got rear-ended less than 2 miles out of Chicago. Some beyatch claimed she fell asleep at the wheel cause she had been driving since Joliet…wow what is that 20 miles or something how can you stand to be in the car that long without going to sleep????

Wasn’t terrible…french fries went everywhere, and the back bumper got pushed down a bit…but its cool, we slapped her ugly mug and got back on the road.

When we pulled up to Melody Inn in Indianapolis a few hours later we were pleasantly surprised by the funkiness of the décor. It was nice to land in a legit rock club.’ This place is/was the shit.

The bathroom’s were even shittier and by shittier I mean better of course. Each tile had something profound drawn on it…this one inspired me to run for office.

See more bathroom art here ____

We had a good set at Melody Inn. We were on our own for this one so nobody got shots of our performance, however, we did have the pleasure of getting to watch one of the craziest bands I’ve ever seen kicking around the Midwest, the Trampskirts (http://www.myspace.com/trampskirts).

Ashley, the lead singer, looked like a member of the Lizzies from the Warriors (as Mike aptly put it).  She had a six pack that made me feel bad about myself.

The show was fun we danced, we cried, we saw a dude make out with a girl and then get punched by his wife. We packed up and made the four hour drive home that night.