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PRACTICE THEN PERFORM September 4 2009
Last night. Rhythm Natives at Sound Street Studios for rehearsal.
Tonight. The band plays at Dakota Live Music Lounge with Keys N’ Krates in Santa Monica. See you there.
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WHAT’S THE NAME OF THIS BAND September 3 2009
Below is coverage from their successful night at the Pasadena Jazz Institute last Saturday, August 29. Great vibe, great crowd, and most of all, great music. The jazz lounge went out with a bang, for sure.
My boy Gabe doing “I Shot the Sheriff”:
Special guest John Avila sits in for this amazing song:
This has been another Chicharon Adventures production. See you all for the next one.
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LAST FRIDAY NIGHT September 2 2009
I’m finally posting about this…
You know from all the rehearsal posts that I - along with Christine Aquino, Rhythm Natives, and The Big Pill - was involved with Hand and Heart‘s tribute to Michael Jackson held last Friday, August 28 at the MBar in Hollywood. The show was a success, and I really want to thank everyone that came out to support the cause and to support us. I hadn’t performed in quite a long time, but making a comeback with my best friends was an amazing experience. On top of that, I was able to share the stage with the two bands that CA works with. By the end of it all, I stand very humbled and truly blessed.
Our friends Gerard and John Erick took these black and white images of the night.
As if this post isn’t long enough, here are two videos from the night. Enjoy.
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LATE SUMMER TEES September 1 2009 CA New Releases
Finally released - the second installation to our summer line. They are in the shop now.
CA BASEBALL
This one is pretty self explanatory - classic baseball shirt with our name written across it. Oh and the pig is on the back of it. There are two colorways: white/black and white/asphalt, printed on unisex American Apparel ¾ raglan shirt.
PEOPLE POWER
This one is my favorite. After the death of Cory Aquino last month, we felt compelled to release a t-shirt about her. After all, we do consider ourselves a cultural brand. As she continued her husband’s message of democracy, the people power revolution was well underway. The series of protests resulted in Cory’s election into presidency and was actually the inspiration for subsequent demonstrations that ultimately ended communist rule in Eastern Europe. The photo behind the text is an actual photo from a protest, taken in 1986. Look closely, and you’ll see the crowd holding up Cory posters and throwing up the signature L for laban, meaning fight. There are two tees: black and white, both with “Chicharon Adventures” on the back in yellow – the color of the revolution.
LIVE & DIE
We’re all fans of Tupac, what can we say? This is both an ode to one of the best rappers in history, and an ode to our home state of Cali. We actually did a sample run of this design on a navy tee. It sold well at Backside and at various events where we were vendors, so we brought it back for this run. There are three colorways: black/grey, white/black, cranberry/white.
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