I was checking out the video from the Off Broadway show and wow, the audio sucks hard core. The video isn’t too bad though. Dino also video taped it and recorded the audio into his Mac with a pretty good mic. I’ll have to see how his stuff turned out and then I’ll start putting something together.

Thanks again to everyone who came out to the show. We had a lot of people come up to us afterwards that had some really nice things to say. That means the world to us.

Last night’s show went extremely well. It’s rare for me to feel as good about a show as I did about last night’s show. We played really well and the crowd was great. We’ve got a bunch of video but it will take me a while to get it all together and get it edited. I’ll get it on here as soon as I can.

After the show a bunch of us went to Kristopher Curtis’ place. He’s got this totally bitchin’ loft right downtown St. Louis. He’s also got everything you need to make a party memorable when there are a bunch of musicians in attendance: a guitar, a bass, an organ, drums, percussion, and a virtually endless supply of Grey Goose vodka.

Kristopher is the proud owner of this wicked old Ludwig snare drum over which Dino wet his pants. Dino decided that he needed to overthrow Kristopher’s ownership of said drum. He proposed they haggle over it the old school way. Kristopher agreed. They would have to fight over it. I have the video. The video was extremely dark so I had to put this horrible effect on it just so you could tell what is going on. It’s still totally worth the download. Listen closely to the comments. Dino’s “Let’s get it on!” is the best. Followed by “Can we take all the sharp objects away from Dino? He’s dangerous ’cause he’ll cheat” and “Somebody’s gonna end up pregnant here”.

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Here are a bunch of pictures from last night.

Dino, Kristopher, and Tammy just hours before Dino and Kristopher would become arch enemies.

Angel and I still haven’t quite figured out our new camera so we have countless pictures that look a lot like this.

…and this.

This is the front door of the club. That guitar neck is from the guitar I attempted to smash at The Drew Johnson Band’s CD release party.

Mike Gregory’s cock. (photo by Angel Johnson)

Nate and Dino. Dino carried that drum around with him the entire night.

See?

I’m not exactly sure what’s going on here but it appears that Todd is about to blow Gustave as a going away present.

More Dino and Nate.

John Dear making it look easy. (Angel’s in the background)

Christopher Gustave.

Kristopher Curtis is a master at delivering the most unforgettable photos.

Me singing the books of the Bible. This photo also features Tammy’s boobs.

Mike and me playing “More than Words”.

This is the view from Curtis’ apartment. I’m particularly proud of this picture.

The Formula Kid with Kristopher Curtis and Christopher Gustave.

This is Tammy pretending she likes Kristopher.

This next photo almost burned my eyes out when I was editing it. This is Kristopher doing some sort of Goatse pose.

Late in the evening Gustave asked me if he could play around with my camera. He is an amazing photographer. People pay lots of money for his photos. Of course I told him to take as many pictures as he wanted. The next few are his. Way cool.

Angel’s titties by Christopher Gustave.

Here are the kinds of things I have written in my date book for tomorrow’s show.

-Make sure Angel washes some black socks.
-Don’t forget the cam corder.
-Buy a blank tape.
-Don’t forget the set lists.
-Change the strings on the Tele.
-Duct tape.
-Take Riley to mom’s at 4:30.
-Meet at the warehouse at 7:00.
-Pray that the fever blisters on your lips go away by tomorrow.
-Run through Waterloo a few times before you leave the house.
-Take a change of clothes.
-Stop being so nervous.

Our show at The Pageant is confirmed. It’s Saturday, February 18th. Getting to play there is no small potatoes. I’ve had the pleasure of playing there on five different occasions and it is always an amazing experience. As the Drew Johnson Band we did a Hendrix tribute, a George Harrison tribute, opened for G. Love and Special Sauce, opened for Eric Johnson, and opened for Eddie Money (don’t laugh…that crowd was awesome). Thanks to Mike and Rebecca at Entertainment St. Louis for hooking us up with this opportunity.

We’ll take the stage at 10:00 PM sharp. We’ve got some free tickets. If you’re interested, email me…drew at the formula kid dot com. I will mail them to you if you like. Or if you just have to have them sooner, come to the Off Broadway show this Saturday night. We should have them by then. Speaking of which…

Don’t forget.

We will go on around 10:00. Show up early to get a seat.

From the buzz I’ve been hearing so far it looks like we’re going to have a pretty nice sized crowd at Off Broadway this Saturday night. I already know of at least one pre-show party that’s being planned. Hopefully the buzz is true. I’ve expected a big crowd before and wound up playing for the bar owner and my mom…and that’s only because I called and begged my mom to come.

Word ’round the campfire is we might be playing a show at The Pageant in February. We’ll keep you posted.

I found some video of the band Kristopher Curtis and I used to play in called Koffterweid. I haven’t posted any video lately so I figured I could put this on here. I think this is the only live recording I have of this band. This was the era of my life where I thought I was Stevie Ray Vaughn. This is me trying to prove it.

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This next one is sweet. Angel caught Riley singing in his room the other day. If you’ve never heard the “I like to move it move it” song this probably won’t be as funny but check it out anyway. I’d like to apologize for the state of his room when this was shot. He’s three…give us a break…he likes to move it move it…he likes to break it break it….he likes to mess things up mess things up.

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“No blog for three days?!?” “Have you stopped loving us?” That’s just a sampling from some of the emails I got today. (total lie)

OK so here’s the latest. Angel’s gall bladder is fooked. It’s official. Her general state is getting worse by the day. She pretty much feels like dog shit all the time. She’s supposed to call the surgeon in the morning to get the surgery scheduled. You can read her blog about the whole situation at her MySpace page. www.myspace.com/angelfish5 (You’ll have to copy and paste the links from today’s post. The links scripting is fucking up right now)

Thanks to everyone who came out to Colossus to see me play last night. We had a rip roarin’ good time. Getting to see Kristopher Curtis dance in the spirit while I sang the books of the Bible was worth the price of admission any day. Especially since it was free.

I had the rare opportunity of being treated like a rock start last night. Near the end of the night I broke a string. I only had about fifteen more minutes to play so I figured I’d just say fuck it and call it an early night. Well it just so happened that Dave from Killer Vintage was there. www.killervintage.com (Killer Vintage is a wicked awesome guitar shop right across the street from where I was playing) He came up to me and asked if I wanted him to go grab me a guitar. I said “That’d be great”. So he runs over to his shop and in about 2 minutes he returns with a sweet-ass Martin acoustic with the price tag still on it. I finished out the night in high style. Thanks Dave.

I also learned that Christopher Gustave is moving to Arizona next month. Gustave did all of the photography and artwork for the Drew Johnson Band album…and all of our posters and promo materials. The Six Comforts project was also his brain child (see the Audio page for some excerpts from that album). Chris and I worked very closely together to make that whole thing happen. We were very close friends for a few years but over the last two years or so we’ve seen each other less and less. I don’t know why…it’s just one of those things. So I was definitely not happy to hear that he’s moving. I just get the feeling that there’s a very good chance I’ll never see him again. I certainly hope that’s not the case. Godspeed Gustave.

I finished all the guitars for Waterloo yesterday. I used that old Deluxe Reverb and the tracks sound great. The guitars in the chorus are super messy-fuzzed out-over the top-pure butter. I drove the front end of the amp with a Tube Screamer and turned the amp all the way up. It sounds like the thing is about to explode. Nice!

Mike, Nate, and I got together today to work on vocal stuff. They’re really starting to coming together. Very happy. Don’t miss this show next weekend.

I love hearing myself talk…especially hearing myself talk about me. I’m sure you do too. So here’s some more.

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This poster is sweet. It’s an original design by our friend Kevin Weidemann and inspired by the lyrics to Lunar Beams. Do not miss this show people.

I did the blog as an mp3 today so if you want to hear the latest recording news and info about my wife’s internal organs click here.

Rated R for strong language and spousal abuse.

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