last two shows before recording the new album...

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....

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

MayShows

casino economy links / a few more local shows

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)))

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

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

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