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Friday, May 23	Austin, TX	Headhunters
Saturday, May 24	San Antonio, TX	Jiggers
Sunday, May 25	Corpus Christi, TX	Dr. Rockit's
Friday, May 30	Fort Worth, TX	Lola's
Saturday, May 31	Galveston, TX	Yaga's
Friday, June 13	Fort Worth, TX	The Speakeasy
Thursday, July 3	Fort Worth, TX	The Moon

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Friday, May 2 at the Blue Grotto in Fort Worth, TX

04.13.2008 » Darth Vato Turns 6

Holy crap. Our band has been around for 6 years now. That's 209 shows, 4 recordings, and a metric ton of methane. We are celebrating our 6th birthday this week with a pair of shows in the north Texas region. See us Thursday at the Boiler Room in Denton or Friday at the Moon bar in Fort Worth. When you see us, be sure to tell us how you can't believe we've made it this far. And then pour out some beer to our Fort Worth comrades who didn't make it six years. Who would have thought that our brand of 'texicali dub' and 'sloppy, white boy reggae' would last for 6 years? It's probably a medical miracle that I have not succumbed to gas inhalation.

03.30.2008 » The Fort Worth Speakeasy

What a great night! Pablo & the Hemphill 7 were friggin' awesome as usual. I thought we played a kickass show as well. Thanks for coming out. I'm thinking we'll have to do one of those shows every couple of months. Nothing like a reggae party. BYOB and $5 at the door. For future reference, the Speakeasy in Fort Worth is a club located under the Competition Music store on E. Lancaster. Hope to see you there next time. As for us, we'll be headed to Austin in a couple of weeks. Then we're back to Denton and Fort Worth for a 2-show weekend.

03.02.2008 » NOFX Weekend!

I'm bruised up from the pit. We saw NOFX at Stubb's in Austin on Friday night, and then we saw NOFX again at the House of Blues in Dallas on Saturday night. I took a crapload of pictures and videos, and I'll have those up later this week. I'm not even sure what to say at this point. NOFX just might be the greatest punk band of my generation. I'll never forget seeing The Decline performed live in Austin on Feb. 29. Oh yeah, by the way, we met Eric Melvin, NOFX's second guitar player. Nicest guy ever. And on a side note, my buddies went to the Houston show and said that Smelly and Fat Mike fought on stage during Bob, and Fat Mike got a tooth knocked out. Punk as fuck!

02.18.2008 » Back from Corpus Christi

Goodness. That was an awesome weekend. Thanks to everyone who showed up to the Moon bar in Fort Worth and/or Dr. Rockit's Blues Bar in Corpus Christi. We had a blast. You may have noticed that we added another guitar player to the mix. That's Joshua, but everyone calls him Bird. He kicks ass, so buy him a shot next time you see us play. By the way, I hope you are enjoying our new material. The new CD may be a few months away, but we are taking every opportunity to play our new songs. Also, early is a funny word. Just ask Eric. He can explain everything. We hope to see you this weekend at the Ridglea Theater as we open for Spoonfed Tribe and their weapons of mass percussion.

02.16.2008 » Kerry All Better - Doing It Twice This Weekend!

Holy crap! I'm feeling much better. Thanks for all your prayers, support, flowers, cards, gift cards, winning lottery tickets, etc... I'm all better ready for action. And it's a good thing, too, because we are playing 2 times this weekend. Saturday night in Fort Worth at the Moon. Sunday night in Corpus Christi at Dr. Rockit's Blues Bar. I hope to see you all there. At both shows even.

02.08.2008 »
Kerry Gets Flu, Show Gets Cancelled, CD Release Gets Delayed

This has definitely been one of the worst weeks of my life. I'm lying in bed all week, coughing too much to sleep, shivering like I'm freezing, though my temperature is over 100 degrees, wishing for a miracle from Jebus, hoping that I don't have to cancel our Austin show with Sunglasses & Mushrooms, hearing about how our CD release is going to be moved back a bit, probably to May. But it's all good because I'm getting better and our CD is going to kickass no matter when it comes out. And we're headed down to Austin a month from today to play at Maggie Mae's. So take that, Type B Flu. You can't hold me down forever. I hope I'm not tempting fate with that one.

01.06.2008 » New Video for 'Going Down with the Ship'

Hey everybody! Okay, hey you two who actually see this page. I got around to doing some video editing of a song we recorded on New Year's. It's called Going Down with the Ship. Trust me, it's a good one. Check it out. And also, Happy Birthday to Jon. We hope your next 25 years are as good as the show we played today for your party. I think that is wishing you well. But really, how did we sound?

01.02.2008 » Cleaning Out a Hard Drive

Well this is pretty crazy. I found an old recording of Steve and I playing. It's really old. Definitely before Darth Vato was even a band. It's a track we called Dolphin Dub, and it's just the two of us noodling around on guitar and bass. I threw in a bunch of dialogue from the movie North Shore, an 80's classic for sure. To really give it that we-stole-this-sound-from-Slightly-Stoopid style, I threw in a track of waves crashing in the background. Seagulls and all. How awesome is that. This track might as well be off The Longest Barrel Ride and be called Castles Made of Sand. Just push play:

01.01.2008 » There's a Freeze Up Coming!

I heard it was going to freeze tonight. Any excuse to quote Operation Ivy. That's what I always say. How about the fact that it's 2008. According to the Chinese calendar, 2008 is the Year of the Rat. I hope rats are good luck or something. Maybe it means less car trouble or maybe even more beer consumption. Who knows at this point? We're just gonna keep singin' and dancin' and havin' a good time. Next show is at 6th Street Live (or Lola's). Get there already.

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