Last weekend, I played Campfire Fest.  As you can see, it lived up to its name.  It was the first show I’ve played where I woke up in a tent, swam in a lake, and spent the entire day in flip-flops, all without leaving the “venue.”  I’ve played a lot of shows in my life, so it’s extremely rare that any show has more than one “first.”  This is what I loved about Campfire Fest.  It was different.  I saw twenty or so performers play over two days, and all of them were acoustic.  This isn’t to say that it wasn’t loud…we were loud enough to get the park ranger to threaten to call the sheriff.  (But we were also charming enough that he didn’t.)  In the end, I met a lot of new friends and heard some amazing musicians. I think this is the first weekend that I really felt like acoustic music was powerful.  Sure, songs or performances can be powerful, but my love of punk rock has given me the permanent assessment that being plugged-in is superior, and playing acoustic is just the absence of electrical options.  After this weekend, I feel differently.  We had two days of music without electricity and it didn’t seem boring or mediocre.  Indeed, it was invigorating.  There may come a time when we cannot access electricity as readily or cheaply as we do now, and I no longer fear that possibility, since I know that we will always have plenty of music regardless. I also have to give recognition to the good folks who came out to the basement show in New Jersey a few weeks ago.  I didn’t have a lot of time to play shows during my east coast visit, but we sure made the one show count.  To be frank, it was the best show I’ve played as Attica! Attica!  I say that because the participation was so enthusiastic… incredibly enthusiastic, in fact.  Some people knew the words better than I did.  Additionally, my friends in Barcode Youth played “Five Year Plan” with me, and they made it sound really, really amazing.  Damn, those boys can shred.  Hopefully, we’ll get to do it again sometime soon.  And it’s always great to see my old tour buddies in The New Dress, especially since their new songs are so good.  Now would be a good time to say that I’m going to be back East for a good while.  I’ll be working, but hopefully I have some shows up my sleeve as well.  Keep an eye on the shows page for updates.  Until then, - Aaron
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Last weekend, I played Campfire Fest.  As you can see, it lived up to its name.  It was the first show I’ve played where I woke up in a tent, swam in a lake, and spent the entire day in flip-flops, all without leaving the “venue.”  I’ve played a lot of shows in my life, so it’s extremely rare that any show has more than one “first.”  This is what I loved about Campfire Fest.  It was different.  I saw twenty or so performers play over two days, and all of them were acoustic.  This isn’t to say that it wasn’t loud…we were loud enough to get the park ranger to threaten to call the sheriff.  (But we were also charming enough that he didn’t.)  In the end, I met a lot of new friends and heard some amazing musicians.

I think this is the first weekend that I really felt like acoustic music was powerful.  Sure, songs or performances can be powerful, but my love of punk rock has given me the permanent assessment that being plugged-in is superior, and playing acoustic is just the absence of electrical options.  After this weekend, I feel differently.  We had two days of music without electricity and it didn’t seem boring or mediocre.  Indeed, it was invigorating.  There may come a time when we cannot access electricity as readily or cheaply as we do now, and I no longer fear that possibility, since I know that we will always have plenty of music regardless.

I also have to give recognition to the good folks who came out to the basement show in New Jersey a few weeks ago.  I didn’t have a lot of time to play shows during my east coast visit, but we sure made the one show count.  To be frank, it was the best show I’ve played as Attica! Attica!  I say that because the participation was so enthusiastic… incredibly enthusiastic, in fact.  Some people knew the words better than I did.  Additionally, my friends in Barcode Youth played “Five Year Plan” with me, and they made it sound really, really amazing.  Damn, those boys can shred.  Hopefully, we’ll get to do it again sometime soon.  And it’s always great to see my old tour buddies in The New Dress, especially since their new songs are so good. 

Now would be a good time to say that I’m going to be back East for a good while.  I’ll be working, but hopefully I have some shows up my sleeve as well.  Keep an eye on the shows page for updates.  Until then,

- Aaron

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