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We got together at the venue at around 8:00 PM. Met Lee from Simon pretty early on, who was incredibly good to us. I traded him a copy of the EP for a t-shirt. Dana came to the show and got some pictures which I cannot wait to see. We ended up with a small crowd but there were indeed some familiar faces in the room. Since Ethan Grim brought his B.C. Rich Warlock, I used my Samick and Robert from Clouded Son loaned me his Vox amp (I have GOT to get one of those.)The set went off without a hitch for the most part. I thanked everyone for leaving prom early to come see us. I got to play second guitar on a few of the tracks (enjoying the axe most on “Song For Vara”). “Call and Response” was on-target as usual. I completely forgot the words to the new song, “A Novel Idea”, but the music itself sounded pretty good. I ad-libbed my way through it and had a good laugh after it was said and done. “Vanity Tax” was great, “Discontent” is always good and to me was even better Saturday night than it was in March. I think I tried to make a joke about Mary Hinkley and ended up saying something about Henry Winkler having shot his husband. We wrapped up with “Automata” which sort of left things on an edge—it’s not a closer like “Survival” is, that’s for certain. We got lots of compliments from the other bands for doing something different, and the sound guy said this performance smoked our last one.

The good part about opening is you can just stop and enjoy everyone else’s shows and we did just that. Seafood Hotline and Simon mine from heavier places, but both are remarkable at what they do. Seafood Hotline are a somewhat sick duo who honest-to-god recapture the fury and strangeness of indie-label Nirvana, and I loved the hell out of it. Joe from the Hotline is such a cool guy, he made mention of us throwing down in Murfreesboro sometime. I can see doing that sometime. Simon were hilarious and heavy, stoner rock with a sense of humor and some art-rock leanings. They also take established songs and completely nuke the arrangements (their version of the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the UK” is price of admission alone).

Altogether it was a good show. I’m already looking forward to May, and then to recording the album.

Remember, if you have any questions for the band, e-mail me at Heidi-at-Shortwavedahlia.org and I’ll whip them off to the lads post-haste for a response.
We’ll be posting any questions and answers we receive every week on Friday.

Our first question submission came from onyxblue1 over at LiveJournal who asked:

Where did they record the EP?

Answer:
All the tracks on the EP (and everything apart from the two live performances to date) were recorded in the studio in my home. “Call and Response” was mostly recorded in the rental home my wife and I were in before we bought our current home. Several of the early tracks were started there as well.

Good question!
–Jack

Any burning questions for Shortwave Dahlia? Song Influences? Lyrics? Tech/Geek questions?
Send them along and let the band satisfy your curiosity!

Hey guys!

We’ve reopened the Message Board at the Shortwave Dahlia Official Website!

Click here to go directly to the Message Board

If you haven’t checked out the Official Web page yet, you can find a metric ton of audio clips, images and news on the band there.
We’re continuing to make changes and updates to the page to add some neat features and news for upcoming projects & shows.

Swing by and check it out!

We’re going to be rolling out a new tune called “A Novel Idea” this Saturday at Neil’s. I don’t want to tell you a whole lot about it, but we’re all very excited about it and look forward to sharing it with you.

Remember, be sure and get there at 10:00 sharp–we plan on starting up promptly. Oh, and go see Clouded Son at Neil’s Friday night with Chess Club and Star & Micey! I’ll be there.

Love and gourami,
Jack

I find myself spending more and more time lately paying attention to a wonderful site called last.fm, where you can track and share your music listening habits with others. I’ve also set up Illuminated and the 2007EP so that if people listen to them, it will track correctly.

Here’s where you come in (of course). If you’re not already a user, go sign up. It’s really sharp, you can find out about other artists (through the tastes of the friends you make there) and sometimes even download free music. We’d love to show the magnitude of our music’s following, and you fine people are who we depend on to be as loud as possible about it.

Oh, and friend me…the username is (of course) shortwavedahlia.

See ya,
Jack

I wanted to make everyone aware that we’re the first act on that night. The show starts at 10:00 PM and hopefully we will take the stage right at around this time.

Of those of you who plan to attend, is there anything you’re itching to hear? We’re still deciding what to play that night.

I am proud to announce the reissue of the EP released under the moniker The Jeta Grove. These songs, recorded from 2000-2004, represent an important step in my progression as an artist and, while the recording quality and execution are amateurish the songs are well-written. I still get comments on “Tabula Rasa” from time to time and hope everyone who gives these songs a chance finds their own favorite.

It will be available exclusively in our mp3 store, located at our MySpace profile (http://www.myspace.com/shortwavedahlia). Each of the five tracks are available individually at $0.99/track, and a bundled package will be sold at the low price of $3.00.

Thanks for listening and continuing to support this crazy dream.
Jack Alberson