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btw, did you try Starbucks etc ?

little run up northward. Salt Lake City, Jerome ID, and maybe a stop by Great Falls MT where one of their favorite DJs is! They're out with Royal Bliss and Wayland - couple very cool and good-friend bands.

Hope they make it!

THANK YOU!!! Our needs are simple - all we need to do is keep them in the Top Ten. That keeps the imaging going, too. There we are, keeping up with the big guys and hot young things like Halestorm, Tom Keifer, Papa Roach, The Darkness, and December in Red. That we're able to compete at their level and even beat some of 'em really speaks for ACIDIC!

I appreciate this SOOOOOO much! I know it doesn't stack up one bit against some of the needs expressed here that are really serious and legitimate and deserving of much more important attention. But it's our little thing, and yes, it IS easy!

The lead singer is my kid.

If you think of it again today or later in the week, please by all means vote again! I try to do it every hour or so - but then again, I do need to sleep a little...

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(Said, done!)

We were talking rocks earlier, weren't we? Well, here's another kind of rock!

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If you think of it again later, by all means, vote again!

This mom says a BIG MOTHER'S DAY ROCK 'n' ROLL THANK YOU!!!!

There is a mother I care about very much, too: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=758708

I wish I could figure out how to vote more than once an hour. So this is what I came up with!

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We use little wins like this as talking points and promotion aids - to talk them up to bookers and venues and other promoters and bands. They'll be in Salt Lake City and Jerome Idaho this coming weekend (5/15 & 16)!

It's tracking your IP address, so you can only use that IP address once per hour.

So, you need a new IP address. The one method that's a bit of a long shot is turning off your cable modem for several minutes (or disconnecting it from the internet) and then turning it back on. If your cable modem is offline long enough, your ISP will give you a new IP address.

Let me scratch my head a bit more. If you're going to try this, I'd leave it off for at least 15 minutes. Yes, a PITA.

The Starbucks will have a different IP address. Hell, if you're really energetic and have time and money to spare, you can drive around town and hit all the wifi spots!

eta: proxies and VPN here http://www.iplocation.net/hide-ip-address

I SOOOO appreciate this! And I try not to bother DU with too many band-related requests. Everybody is busy and focused on other things - sometimes things that are a LOT more important and critical. But in one post recently, I mentioned that sometimes everybody needs a little frippery to get away from the more serious cares and concerns. So how 'bout a little rock band in a big competition then?

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Good job Mom!

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And by the way - I wouldn't mind getting some opinions from you guys. What do you think of the song? It's at radio now, in a bunch of different cities around the country, especially in the Midwest! They're gonna be out touring this summer and I will post the schedules. If anybody here can and wants to attend, then just let me know cuz I can put your name on the guest list.

Glad they are going so well. I'd love to go but I am moving to Europe this summer. Keep us posted. Having you as their biggest fan must be the coolest thing.

Thanks for sticking around with us a bit longer

This thread is just getting more and more distinguished!

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3 or 4 times THANKS!!!

Their stuff and their activity makes me feel young again. Hope it gives you that feeling also, Steve! (PS: glad you're back!)

I had to run out for several hours and by the time I got back, they'd really gained some ground.

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I remember you posting or sending me a video of them a while back--their sound has definitely matured. That was really good. Let me know if they're ever up in Seattle!

And for the record, they are definitely better than at least the "top" two bands, though I didn't listen to the others

I certainly think they're better than the top two bands - but I'm BIASED AS ALL HELL!!!!!

They're supposed to be in Spokane on August 14th for 2Broke 2Rock - which KHTQ up there co-sponsors. The station buys out the Knitting Factory for the night and all their listeners get in free and pack the place and go nuts - and the station books some great bands. We're already locked in!

Here's what happened at one of 'em:

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If we do sent them to Seattle - you will have a GREAT time! Let me know and I'll put you on the guest list.

I would love to--wish I knew my schedule that far out If you remember, please remind me!

and I like their video too! I'll vote again for them. Wait -- when is your birthday? Mine is Tuesday, the 12th. Happy Mother's Day and Happy Birthday!

We have two from Taurus, one from Scorpio and one from Sagittarius. Everybody gets along, and as you can see they make great music too!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! This thing goes on all week. As long as they can stay in the Top Ten, the video stays on the page where it's easy to find - and it rates right along with some very much bigger bands! So yes, please by all means feel free to vote again!

Messaging. I've learned a lot here that I apply to their case.

If anybody checks out more of their music, I'd love to hear what you think. The new album is "Creatures," and this video is the lead-off single from it. With a pretty girl who doesn't have to get nekkid to be alluring as all hell! She was really sweet! Then our guitar player got a date with the makeup lady (who was another pretty girl on hand that day)! Ahhh... rock 'n' roll...

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Glad to help

Hope you liked it! I look through some of these videos and, man, things have certainly evolved since I was young and rockin' out.

The guitar player and bass player usually take their shirts off in the middle of the show. The girls like that. I was reading on Facebook and saw a thread of posts that really made me grin. It was a bunch of girls. One of 'em posted a couple of photos of the boys onstage. Yep the shirts were off. She was talking back and forth with a friend who had missed the show and commented on the photos - "maybe I need to go check them out next time they play here!" She's right, too!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU - SO much! It makes them look awfully good. I loved what they wrote in the intro - "Upstart rockers ACIDIC..." Sooo proud!

NEVER in a million years thought I'd be backstage at the Warped Tour - in my 60s! I occasionally had to cover some event like that when I was working, but you get a different perspective when you wear a different hat.

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GOOD LUCK

I appreciate this so much! They've been working really hard for awhile now. And sometimes if you don't have a lot of money behind you or some big record company, you really struggle. But I can't NOT try to help. That kid's talent has grown and stretched rather startlingly.

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Appreciate this very much!

Hope you had a chance to watch the video. Ask me anything!

Our drummer told me it made them look like MEN - not kids anymore! They were all really pleased. Everybody had fun that day!

My one friend is a professional musician and another friend dabbles in videos but has never produced anything so refined.

I have to confess that it isn't my style of music. I'm old school. But, still. Quite impressive.

Everybody was really happy about it and liked the look of it.

I totally understand that the music isn't for everyone, but I appreciate your checking it out nonetheless!

It's actually kinda fun for me, getting a chance to meet up with people I've blathered to about some political outrage in other forums here. HERE we can relax and catch our breath and get off the treadmill and just have fun. I swear, that's all I listen to in the car - I have several of the band's albums and some of Michael's demos and stuff that didn't make the album but I happened to like a lot. That and the all news station with its traffic reports. Cuz if I'm in the car, I'm invariably gonna need a traffic report.

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'She's a combustion girl...'

Michael's lyrics have gotten better and more intriguing.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! Hope you liked the song - we all did! We knew it was a keeper as soon as he put it together. Our bass player, the resident hunk, contributed too. It's one of those things you can't sit still for.

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I can't tell you how much all this means! DU is the best. The BEST! So this is gonna be one of the anecdotes I'm gonna remember - when I stumble upon a possible new arrival (with a low post count). I'm gonna share this story. Proof positive how much this place is actually a kind of family. It's WAY more than just a political chat room.

We seem to be "The Little Band That Could"! No big record company or industry machinery behind us, and nobody from the Lucky Sperm Club! Just a bunch of hard-working, dedicated, and talented boys, doing what they love! By all means feel free to vote for them again!

I'm so proud of them! And I'm proud to share them with you guys in my DU family! These are my OTHER "birdies"!

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It was easy.

And thank goodness it IS easy, because if it's too complicated, I might not be able to vote!

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Gonna try Starbucks tomorrow!

and happy Mother's Day

One of my kids was here to share in it. He leaves tomorrow for the rest of the tour. Then, the other one arrives tomorrow night - with her fiance! They'll be staying for most of the week.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, AtomicKitten! The band is holding its own! With some help from DU!

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They sure are working hard - the album was in progress for about a year. This wonderful kid who was a year ahead of my son at high school drew the album cover art. He did an earlier album cover for us, too. VERY proud to showcase his visuals as well.

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You must be so proud! Typically not the kind of music I like (I prefer "calmer", more laid back music), but for the genre, I think they are great!

hear! A real serious chick song. I insisted it be on the album just because we all fell for it like several tons of bricks. They debuted it in an acoustic show and girls were getting choked up, and couples were cuddling!

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Last time I checked, I hadn't ever seen the number that high! Has to be the DU Difference!

Shit! Just looking around - so many of my friends are here! How cool is that? I have to save this thread - you guys, as usual, renew my faith, but this is the biggest example ever, personally (outside when I posted about my mom's passing).

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I'm really proud of them. Nice thing about the video is you can kinda see what they're like onstage. Except - nobody took his shirt off. The guitarist, Josh, and the bass player, Max, do that and it's pretty doggone nice. ACIDIC does a fun show. What I like is - checking out the audience when I'm at one of their shows. Everybody's smiling! Everybody's heads are bobbing along with the beat, hands in the air, responding. They do one cover - that KILLS. "Come Together" by the Beatles (personally makes me VERY proud - as a longtime Beatlemaniac. They're playing one of my songs! And doing it up First Class-style). I feel like that's one little bit of evidence that I did a good job as a mother. Played 'em both the Beatles in the car. And a bunch of other stuff too. But the BEATLES. And when my kid turns out to be a musician, that seems like it might have been one essential aspect of his early childhood education, to me. But then, I'm kinda biased. Seems to me every kid ought to get a little bit of exposure to the Beatles. Beatles music has influenced and informed EVERY rocker who's ever walked the earth after them.

...I'll check in later and vote again.

Best of luck to the band!

ACIDIC certainly has the wind at its back if DU is there! I am SO grateful!

You guys kept me company through some really awful times. DU itself played a huge role in keeping me sane during bush/cheney. It was comforting to come and hang here with everybody else who felt the same way I did about that whole nightmare. You guys have sustained me and helped me in the moral support department so many times by now that I've lost count.

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They leave today (Monday the 11th) to go back up north to finish the brief tour with the bands Royal Bliss and Wayland. This past weekend was kinda ridiculous. TWO bands sidelined for mechanical trouble in their tour vans - including us. Wayland lost the whole weekend. So did ACIDIC. For want of a missing hose!

We had a couple of frustrated promoters lamenting how this whole season in that area has been almost cursed! Another cool band, Eve to Adam, wound up having to cancel their whole tour through there. Just one of those things! Just fluke after fluke after fluke. And these are some good promoters. They don't mess up. DAYUM - I suspect the boys might be trying to cook up some surprise for the fans in one of those communities that saw so many of the shows scheduled to come through town get canceled. There are some smaller cities that are not exactly "go-to" places for the bigger bands and bigger concerts and festivals. But THOSE are the EXACT places where there are so many rock fans just almost starving for some great entertainment to visit. Kinda doesn't seem fair. They deserve the Rolling Stones and the Supremes and Elvis and James Brown and Beyonce! They're some of the best crowds in the world! They really appreciate it when somebody comes through town and puts on a great show.

ACIDIC does enjoy going to those places - as often as possible. We are not the Rolling Stones and Supremes and Elvis and James Brown and Beyonce. But our boys do go all out onstage! Even off stage. When they play "Come Together," Michael grabs his wireless mic and leaves the stage and prances around in the audience and vamps with people. Usually, during the chorus, he'll point the mic at some fan and have the fan sing it. It's really great! Lots of interaction.

and will try to remember to vote again.

I like their sound - reminds me a bit of Finger Eleven

Their sound has grown and evolved as they've grown, themselves. Last time they had a popular record, lots of people thought it sounded a lot like Jane's Addiction - which was funny because we didn't know a lot about Jane's Addiction back when we were playing our rock music in the car for both kids. When the band was getting started, Michael was a HUGE Green Day fan, and a lot of what he wrote did sound a lot like Billie Joe Armstrong. Michael found Green Day himself and introduced them to US, instead of it being us introducing him to some band. He even looked a little bit like Billie Joe Armstrong. People would comment on that, too.

Lately, though, with this album, we're not getting as much of the flat-out "that sounds just like so-n-so" anymore. There are always reminders of other stuff - like what you have expressed. I'll have to check out Finger Eleven. Subtle influences are everywhere. But no more sound-alikes. They've finally begun to develop their own sound! Everybody I've met along this path is influenced by the other bands they like - either famous bands or bands they grew up listening to, or local bands they like or other mid-level bands they've made friends with on tour.

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and will again.

Good luck to them.

Pretty good for a little indie band on its own, up against all these big shots with the big record deals!

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I'm a nervous wreck most of the time, but there's way more good times than bad times. And of course - with some just seriously kickass music providing the soundtrack. And they have enough war stories from the road to fill a book, and the oldest among them is only 25.

Happy Mother's Day proud Mom! And Happy Birthday!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 6000eliot!!! It was a VERY Happy Mother's Day. I just heard from the bass player's mom. She was THRILLED that they got back to town in time for Mother's Day. I was sworn to secrecy. Usually I try to keep the parents thoroughly posted about it and I didn't say a word. It was hard, but I managed.

I voted for "ACIDIC"!

Which one of them is your son?

It's been one helluvamazing experience, I'll tell ya! They're all as cute as puppies playing in big boxes of little yellow duckies. DAMN!

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This was a fun shoot!

Best of luck to them.

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Btw - they're headed to Great Falls MT for mid-week, then join up with Royal Bliss and their other tour partner Wayland - for Salt Lake City on the 15th and Jerome Idaho on the 16th.

If anybody here is around there, and wants to go check ACIDIC out, live, OR you're in Spokane, or Idaho Falls or Joplin MO or Madison WI or Kenosha WI or someplace like those cities where I know we have more gigs planned - PLEASE PM ME. I will arrange to put your name on the guest list. As I know more about the bookings and the tour routes ahead, I will post them so you know.

they want to make sure we aren't bots but dang, I had a phrase last night that I could barely see and it was long, lol.

I just had one that was really tiny.

Are they trying to discourage me?

Sometimes the letters (and an occasional number) are so weird-looking I've had to refresh and start over. And then sometimes it looks like somebody took a slightly fuzzy photo of the three numbers on somebody's front door mailbox. It's a mixed bag.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, Phentex! Saying thank you for all this help just doesn't seem adequate.

I am home today doing laundry and cleaning and of course that means procrastinating on the internet. Yes, I have seen the fuzzy messages, too. With the really long ones, I am surprised they are letting me through, lol!

In bird news, the hummingbirds are back and the other birds are going through suet like there's no tomorrow. Also, it's been so dry here I have been adding water to the birdbath like crazy. Seems like a bird jumps in before I even get back to my house.

Seems pretty clear they're the babies who just recently moved out of the nest because they're visibly smaller than the other birds including the adult Black Phoebes, and they don't have long tail feathers yet. But they sure know how to get to the little pile of birdseed! They must have been watching the grownups do it from their vantage point in the nest.

When I realized there were four, I named them Michael, Matt, Josh, and Max (again).

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Go, ACIDIC!

As long as they can stay in the Top Ten, everybody gets to see their video and things can start compounding!

I hear activity downstairs. Three of 'em in succession got stomach flu while they were out so Josh the lead guitarist sacked out here overnight. He lives a couple of hours away. We took care of him. The good news from the Battle Royale helped perk him up! That's a lot of YOU guys!

Thank you SO much, Heidi!

We're just so stoked that we got up into the Top Ten. All those other bands are far better-known than ACIDIC is. And yet we're holding our own! The imaging from something like this is really significant.

I don't expect us to outdo the two big guys (The Darkness and December in Red) or even Papa Roach. We don't have the big huge fan bases they do, or the record label support either. But just to gain admission to the little "club" here says TONS!

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I appreciate that so much! Especially today. It's as though the other bands' fans just woke up and they're all on the board. Frankly, I hate to see some band listed there and has no votes yet. So they're all represented. But OUR band Is hanging in there. And DU has a lot to do with that!

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Hey, haven't seen you in awhile - hope you're well!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Please by all means vote again if you happen to think of it.

...would accuse me of being a Democrat! (Well they are right but not because we Dems are known for rule breaking when it comes to voting). I am fine thank you, better than fine actually because my 'economics' just doubled thanks to our government. (Actually thanks to the citizenry who lately found it fashionable to treat us veterans a bit better than times past).

I seem to spend more time with 'chores' lately than DU, it comes with the new home out in the county and the neighbors expectations that I don't turn it into a slum.(They are mostly Republicans and it may not be wise to push my luck!)

FWIW I wasn't into any particular song over there, most of them sounded pretty 'generic'. Your son's band tied with one other in first place for me, they both stood out from the others so my vote was actually quite honest. You are of course welcome for what little help I provided. I hope things are well with you too. Your kid's band appears to be doing well, good to see that they are still at it. Should they make it really REALLY BIG, I hope they remember a special hard working band supporting mom who could use a nice new home too!
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Hey, your kid's got talent, whaddya do? Can't say we've been stage parents with him - he's led us every step of the way.

And yes, you can vote more than once. Once an hour! So I take full advantage!

And btw - they hold fast (and they are HELD fast) to "the ACIDIC Imperative" - which is: "Be humble and grateful and charm their socks off!"

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! They're still hanging on! They may not be #5 anymore but they're still in the Top Ten. Competition got heavy today!

Your vote is MUCH appreciated, my friend!

and Happy Belated Mother's Day!

It was a very nice Mother's Day, indeed. Quiet and mellow and blissfully uneventful! My kid came home early from tour and was here with us all day! His only regret is - he'll miss his sister's visit by about 15 hours or so, because he and the boys just left to get back on the road. But it means I get a longer, stretched-out, two-part Mother's Day, so I'll take it!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for the vote, btw! If you think of it, by all means vote again!

and I can see either of my kids doing this....done again!

Anything for calimary.

Love you TOO, Bobbie Jo!

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I looked after I voted again just now and noticed that ACIDIC has pulled even with another band that had passed them by this morning. GOTTA be you guys making the difference!

I've been keeping my eye on the clock since this crazy competition started. Is it time yet? Can I vote again yet?

Sometimes I've even awakened in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, and I'll grab my computer, vote one more time, then go back to bed.

Guess I must be obsessed or something...

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I'm gonna HAVE TO keep this thread. No way can I lose track of it. I told Michael that I invited DU to vote and that you guys were doing so. He was really happy to hear that. We do try to keep politics out of the band part. I even stopped posting a lot of stuff on my own Facebook page. The boys have fans in all parts of the country by now. Too bad they can't get to 'em as often as they'd like! And I sure don't want my own sometimes rather strident views to alienate fans of the band! I will say in some cases that it's been a reality check almost like a punch in the nose sometimes. It helps to remind me that not all red-staters are the nincompoops about whom I'm sometimes given to generalizing. I've found that the fan base is a bunch of really nice people. At least those with whom I've had encounters, either because I met them or because I've had Facebook conversations or message traffic with them. And I need that. They're just very dear - all the moreso because they love my kid's band.

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You're one of our "senior partners" here on DU. An honor for sure to have you on this thread! And you ROCK!!!

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