high diving ponies

last two shows before recording the new album...

2010-05-21T11:41:00.000-07:00

May 28th 2010
riot room
w/ noah’s ark was a spaceship, radio city, the belated, inaeona
kansas city, missouri

June 10th 2010
replay lounge
w/ wheels on fire (OH), chick fights
lawrence, ks

live recording from a recordBar show in March....

2010-05-18T08:32:00.000-07:00

i set a zoom h2 microphone in the middle of the room at a show we played at recordBar a few months ago. the vocals are a bit loud, but it turned out pretty good.

1. pissing off all the right people
2. sleeping bag
3. the world has no plans for you
4. archetype
5. kids know
6. easy
7. disappointed
8. urine
9. shockwaves
10. details

http://highdivingponies.com/liveAtRecordBar/hdp_recordBar_march2010_mp3.zip

love/josh.

black tambourine

2010-05-12T10:02:00.000-07:00

MayShows

2010-04-26T09:20:00.000-07:00

casino economy links / a few more local shows

2010-04-07T12:48:00.000-07:00

our newest album, casino economy, is mixed.

you can get it here...

http://highdivingponies.com/releases/casino_economy/high_diving_ponies_casino_economy.zip

11 songs.
basic tracking by chris cosgrove.
additional tracking by josh thomas.

josh thomas - guitars, vocals, noise
alheim amador - bass
justin brooks - drums
steve williams - cello
joey henry - noise banjo, vocals

mixed by me.

we're playing with a really good band from omaha called noah's ark was a spaceship on saturday may 1st at the replay in lawrence.

we're playing may 4th at the riot room in kc with another really good Nebraska band, this one from Lincoln, pharmacy spirits. lite loins, thadd from the armory's new band, is playing the show too.

our last two shows were recorded, but they haven't been mixed yet. hopefully we'll have that done soon.

love/josh.

(cassette tapes (fractals in heat (GOODWILLIES VERSION)))

2010-03-16T09:25:00.000-07:00

first run of the GOODWILLIES VERSION of fractals in heat is done. 17 tapes for sale. $5 at shows. email band(at)highdivingponies(dot)com if you want to order one, $5 for the tape + $2 shipping/packaging.

details

2010-03-15T17:39:00.000-07:00

i wrote a song last week that i like a lot.

the working title is 'details'.

here's the acoustic demo i recorded right after i wrote it...

details demo

we had practice yesterday to work on some new songs and get a set ready for the shows at the end of march, we played 'details' a few times, i think it already sounds pretty good...

details (rehearsal recording)

lyrics:
i know you're trying to help, but you're not, so please stop.
cheap things cost, they cost a lot, they cost a lot.
leaving out important parts of history.
leaving out important details.
leaving out details is lying.

we have another march show booked now. saturday march 27 @ the replay lounge in lawrence with tre orsi & karma vision. should be a good one.

we have 20 cassette tapes made for the GOODWILLIES version of fractals in heat.

download link

if you want a tape, we'll have them at shows, or you can email me (band(at)highdivingponies(dot)com) and i'll mail you one, $5, for real.

love/josh.

working on the third album

2010-02-24T09:45:00.000-08:00

it seems like not finishing anything has become my style.

we got the pro tools sessions from chris cosgrove about a month ago for the seccond album, and i've almost got the mixing done, but we're already starting on a third album. the first album (fractals in heat) still hasn't been released because i stopped mixing it when we started on the 2nd album (casino economy). if i don't finish mixing the 2nd album soon, i'm pretty sure i'll lose interest and just start working on tracking the 3rd album.

i need to take some focus drugs and make lists of things to do to get these first two albums done, or i might just let them die. if you want a copy of either one, i can send you a link to a zip file of the latest mixes or something.

here's an mp3 from practice a few days ago, we're working out parts for the new songs that will be on the third album. this song is called 'shockwaves'.

http://highdivingponies.com/demos/02212010/shockwaves2.MP3

we'll be playing a few kc shows this spring, and we'll probably do some regional touring in the fall. we're playing at recordBar with a pretty awesome band from vancouver called brasstronaut on march 29th.

and we're playing with a really, really awesome band from lincoln called pharmacy spirits at the riot room on tuesday may 4th.

i'm sure we'll be playing some lawrence shows this spring too.

if i can pay attention long enough, i'll try to finish up the first two albums and get the goodwillies remix of fractals in heat put on tape before these shows we have coming up.

love/josh

last show of the year is tomorrow

2009-11-13T09:57:00.000-08:00

where to start....

there's been lots going on lately. first off, apologies to those who came out to the pistol last tuesday, there's a long story about why we couldn't play that involves the pa breaking, the show starting late, people bitching people out about lack of functional equipment, people walking out, people apologizing later, people from new zealand that we like (batrider) that didn't get to hear us play... but i'll save that for some other time, or maybe i'll just forget about it.

i've been playing bass for witch and hare for the last few months. they've been one of my favorite local bands for a few years. they played the last spidermums kc show and they played the first high diving ponies kc show. a few months ago, amy said they were looking for a new bass player, so i offered to learn the bass parts and play shows with them. it's been fun learning their songs, they're in a style i've never played before, and i haven't played bass for a band in a few years.

last sunday, witch and hare played the last show at a house venue called Harrison Fort with Talk Normal, Wet Hair (well, they didn't play because the cops showed up), and there was a short noise set by a new band with matt (the church, spell master), sorry i don't know the name.

about halfway through the witch and hare set, the cops showed up. they were banging on the doors and windows, so we stopped the music, but no one let them in. then a cop opened the window from the front porch and climbed in, completely illegal.

the people that live at the house were being really nice to the cops even though the cops were total dicks. somehow someone got pepper sprayed. so i started getting our equipment out of their house as fast as i could, the pepper spray was making my throat and eyes burn. on the way out, i fell down and almost broke my ankle. interesting evening.

tomorrow i'm playing in two bands at the brick. witch and hare (i'm playing bass) are playing at 10pm, burger kingdom will play at 11, and high diving ponies will play at midnight.

more bullets

2009-09-30T11:47:00.000-07:00

-- recorded 12 new songs with chris cosgrove saturday
-- tim (GOODWILLIES), erik (burger kingdom), steve (our cellist) will be adding overdub parts soon
-- show at LEMP in STL friday with .e and other cool acts, all ages, $5
-- show at emerald (1200 block of union in the west bottoms) with burger kingdom and mr.history saturday, big dance party next door.
-- finishing mastering first high diving ponies album (fractals in heat)
-- dyed and cut my hairs today
-- girls just want to have fun
-- old crow and donuts

kthxbai

2009-09-02T08:49:00.000-07:00

a) thanks to the people that've come to our last few shows
a2) thanks to the people who've bought our new merch
2) we're not playing any shows this month
3) we are recording 13 new songs on september 29th
H) the factory workers are playing this saturday at davey's uptown
7) OCT 3rd baby birds are going to be back and we're playing the emerald space.
11) in november, 23 songs on a mixture of CDRs, tapes, vinyl, and flash drives.
13) some tape splits with some good bands will be done right around then too.

kthxbai

friday in kc

2009-08-17T07:50:00.000-07:00

@FOUNDATION
1221 Union Avenue
WEST BOTTOMS
KCMO

HIGH DIVING PONIES
N.NOMURAI (STL)
DEAH TOP
HOLY MOTHER EXHAUST
MATT DILL

starts at 9pm.
we go on about midnight.
$5.

super rough recording of a new song

2009-08-11T09:31:00.000-07:00

on sunday, al and justin came over and we played a bunch of songs they'd never heard before. this is one of them, called "pissing off all the right people". we played it a few times so they could get the basic structure, then i hit record. this was recorded about 15 minutes after they'd first heard the song. i like their parts a lot, and i feel like i haven't posted enough stuff lately, so here you go.

pissing off all the right people

lyrics:

i should probably stop
explaining things
i don't understand

pissing off all the right people

_____________________

this will be on the tape we put out this fall.

we're going to put out a CDR, a 7", and a tape, all with different songs, about 25 total, this fall sometime. we'll also have a flash drive with everything i've ever recorded on it (high diving ponies, spidermums, bodisartha, etc).

all 25 high diving ponies songs will be released in 320k mp3 and flac lossless formats.

love.josh.

twattering

2009-07-17T10:37:00.000-07:00

happens here....

https://twitter.com/highdivingpony

new recordings are happening.

i'll post the tour CDR soon probably.

love/josh

august first will be our last bar show for a few months.

2009-07-17T10:36:00.000-07:00

high diving ponies

GOODWILLIES

.e

of course you realize...

saturday august 1st

@ the brick

1727 mcgee

KCMO

21+

thanksTHANKSthanks

2009-06-29T11:12:00.000-07:00

the last few weeks have been really awesome.

chomp womp soda fest was great.
thanks to everyone who played, promoted,
hosted, helped in any way.
total lurv.

minneapolis was super amazing too.
i threw up SO MUCH.
washed the hangover away in a lake.

thanks to brian, the bands we played with,
and the lovely people who let us
crash in their apartment
and led us into a lake.

we've got lots of new songs,
but we haven't had time to record them yet.

al will be in mexico for about a month.
there will be more shows in august.
probably another soda fest this fall.
maybe a finished full length this fall too.
who knows? not me.

.love/josh.

CHOMP WOMP SODA FEST

2009-05-29T14:53:00.001-07:00

this is the biggest show i've ever tried to put together.

it's hopefully going to be really amazing.

the band list is stacked...

CHOMP WOMP SODA FEST
JUNE 19TH
THE PISTOL & FOUNDATION
1219 UNION and 1221
UNION (WEST BOTTOMS)
KCMO

HIGH DIVING PONIES
BURGER KINGDOM
ROOFTOP VIGILANTES
BOO AND BOO TOO
FORTUNING
BLEACHBLOODZ
GOODWILLIES
WRONG CROWD!
THE CALAMITY CUBES
SPELL MASTER
THE FACTORY WORKERS
DEMON HORSE
ECHO OF THE ELMS
NONRETURNER

LIVE ART BY THE RATHAUS

TWO STAGES
14 BANDS
FREE CAKE
FREE SODA
FREE FUN
FREE FREEDOM

there will be a small cover, i don't know what it is yet though.

SPREAD THE WORD

roy orbision cover

2009-05-29T14:04:00.000-07:00

gaurav came over a few weeks ago and we recorded this....

mp3 download

it's called "blue bayou".

it's going to be on a lotus plaza tribute album.

nothing i do matters anyway

2009-05-29T14:01:00.000-07:00

every week or two, i'm going to upload a new demo of one of the songs that will be on our full length. it's mostly recorded, but it needs more feedback/noise, and i need to do more mixing on it.

this is the original acoustic demo for "nothing i do matters anyway"

mp3 download

entitlement

2009-05-29T13:57:00.001-07:00

this is a demo of a new song we'll be re-recording soon with the full band.

it's called entitlement....

mp3 download

practice recording

2009-05-29T13:53:00.000-07:00

we made up some stuff the other day.

i had a few room mics up while we were making up said shit.

here's one of the songs, no name yet.

mp3 download