Fort Rodolfo: Not Small Enough. Show I.

Oh man, so on Friday we had the best show yet. After a few changes the final line-up for night was: Brahmans, Wilderness, Joyce Manor, Big Kids and lastly 1994!

Brahamans came through and delivered us their first presentation in front of a live audience. It was pretty tite. Brahmans this night was Shane and Julian, they reminded me of a young Upsilon Acrux or Planets, their set was fast, distorted and no vocals. With a little more practice this band can really bring on the maximum shred. I really hope this band records soon.

After Brahmans, Wilderness graced the floor with their wild-style of punk, dance, riot grrrl hits laced with sweet riffs and sassy vocals. Wilderness is Laura, Andy, Danny and Andre from West Covina. They played a handful of songs and showered us with silly string. Please check em' out, theyre one of my current favorite local bands and their next show is their CD release show so go!

Third up was Joyce Manor, theyre sweet dudes from Long Beach and can really play some good pop punk to drink to. What other redeeming qualities do they have? Well, they're putting out a 7" split w/Summer Vacation, just got signed to 6131 and also have an affinity for The Smiths.

Now consisting of two members of Spires, Big Kids was originally Jason(Spires) on guitar and Al Paca on drums and shortly Chris(Spires) also joined for second guitar. Well, on this night Jon from Ed Hoculi took part in this rock n' roll entity too by playing bass. Pop punk with heavy riffs \m/

1994! need no introduction but I'll give you one anyway. If you know me, I've talked my ass off about this band. This is the band Omar, Eric and I took 12 days off from 'life' to follow up and down the West Coast on their tour w/Spires last year. Then a month later flew out to the East Coast(best week of my life, read my earlier posts if you care or have the time) to see them a couple more times as well as going to other shows and Be Happy Fest in Philly. Finally my beloved tios were back and playing their first show of the tour at Fort Rodolfo. 1994! is Chris(guitar) and Mike(drums). Theyre often compared to Tiny Hawks because theyre a two piece that carry the melodic and abrasive qualities as well. With that said, just listen to them. While youre at it, listen to Boyfriends which is basically 1994! plus two dudes with all four playing slower and cuter.

 Anyway, after the show we all partied, went out and got vegan fish tacos and a handful of us stayed up til sunrise. Once I woke up I made vegan pancakes for everyone with blueberries and strawberries for toppings. Apparently, some neighbor from another street called the cops but they didnt show up til' about two hours after the show. Pfffft, way to go. I want to apologize for the quality of these photos, Im not used to taking pictures with a digital camera.

Thanks for coming out and making this night amazing. Come out for July 17th!

<3

Paul

All Day Fun Day July 3, 2010

Hey kids, my good friend Jason set up this really amazing fest called ALL DAY FUN DAY! The line-up is pretty solid. The flyer is pretty self explanatory except it doesnt mention how much it is to get in. Im thinking its $10. Im not too sure but I'd go regardless if I didnt live so far and without any real means of getting there. By all means go if you are in the area!

here are links to all the bands:

1994!

Satie

Towers
Spires

Big Kids

Deadman

Stoakland

Dogs of Ire

The New Trust

Defiance, Ohio

Drowning With Our Anchors

Mothercountry Motherfucker

All Day Fun Day!
The Continental Club
1658 12th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

I couldn't find any links for Mothercountry Motherfucker so if anyone has a link to anything of theirs, send it on over.

Peace,

Paul

Have nothing to do this Summer?

Here is a list of bands coming through town. When I mean town, somewhat locally within a 70 mile radius because their is hardly anything going on in Orange County. Most of these bands are in the punk/hardcore genre or what have you. I'll be posting more shit on here too. Keep in mind I dont have internet so I dont get to go 'online' as much as I'd like to. In other words, bear with me.

Comadre/Glasses(Germany)

7.28 Wednesday. Che Cafe, San Diego.

7.31 Saturday. TBA.

8.07 Saturday. Kinda Like  A Fest 6, Half Moon Bay(I know this is nowhere near here but I've gone to this event the past two years and its ALWAYS a good time).

8.13 Friday. TBA, LA.

www.myspace.com/comadre

www.myspace.com/glasseshc

Thou/Moloch(England)

6.12 Saturday. Che Cafe, San Diego.

6.14 Monday. Vacation Vinyl, LA. 7pm EARLY SHOW.

6.14 Monday. The Smell, LA 9pm LATE SHOW.

6.15. Tuesday. Hyde Park Half, Inglewood. w/Dangers

Click here for Thou's website

www.myspace.com/molochscum

1994!/Big Kids

6.25 Friday. The Seldner House, LA.

6.26 Saturday. Back to the Grind, Riverside.  w/Rogue State and Summer Vacation.

6.27 Sunday. East Side Cafe. w/Summer Vacation and Color Chromatic.

www.myspace.com/1994theband

www.myspace.com/oaklandbigkids

We Were Skeletons

7.16 Friday San Diego/Riverside

7.17 Saturday. Fort Rodolfo, Laguna Hills. w/Maladie, Satie, Towers and Dogs of Ire.

www.myspace.com/wewereskeletons

Good Luck

6.02 Wednesday. Che Cafe, San Diego.

www.myspace.com/wearegoodluck

Maladie

7.17 Saturday. Fort Rodolfo, Laguna Hills. w/ Satie, Towers, Dogs of Ire and We Were Skeletons.

8.15 Sunday. Back to the Grind, Riverside. w/Rogue State and Nunca Invierno.

www.myspace.com/maladiemaladie

Fort Rodolfo Summer 2010

First of all, sorry for my lack of posts. We haven't had internet at the Fort in quite sometime now. Im currently at the El Toro Library using their wifi and to tell the truth I just might spend my summer 'in a dusty library.' ANYWAY, while Im here Im going to give you the scoop on what is going on at Fort Rodolfo this Summer.

June 19th, Saturday 6 pm CANCELED.
Too many bands keep dropping this show. Sorry.



June 25th, Friday 6pm $4 w/ canned food(optional)

1994!(Lancaster, PA)
www.myspace.com/1994theband

Big Kids(Oakland, CA)
www.myspace.com/oaklandbigkids

Joyce Manor
www.myspace.com/joycemanor

Wilderness

www.myspace.comteamwilderness

Brahmans

*Summer Vacation is not playing anymore, sorry.





July 17th, Saturday 6pm $5 w/canned food(optional)
Towers(Philly, PA)
http://www.myspace.com/toweringsound

We Were Skeletons(Lancaster, PA)
http://www.myspace.com/wewereskeletons

Maladie(Tijuana, Mexico)
http://www.myspace.com/maladiemaladie

Satie(Tijuana, Mexico)
http://www.myspace.com/satie666

Dogs of Ire(Riverside, CA)
http://www.myspace.com/dogsofire




July 31, Saturday EARLY SHOW
Ordstro
www.myspace.com/ordstro

Miischa
www.myspace.com/thebrothersdick

+ some very special guests


There you go, these are the shows for the summer. Canned food is optional, not mandatory. However, every can that is collected is going to Santa Ana Food Not Bombs. As I've said before, I'd like to thank my neighbors who put up with our shinanigans. With that said, Im going to revise the rules at Fort Rodolfo.
- Respect our neighbors and their property, if it wasn't for them I wouldnt be able to host these shows.
- Shows start on time and must end at 10pm
- as you can see, alot of these bands are coming far from home. Therefor, please pay the full price. Rest assured, shows are no more than $5. Exact change is advised. Canned food is optional.
- No smoking in the garage.
- Refrigerator is off limits, this has been a problem before. If you dont live at the Fort, you have no business in the fridge.
- Show respect to your show attending comrades and hosts.
- No drama.


Thank you for spending your time reading the updates. Come out and have a good time and make some noise. Flyers will be up soon.
Rock n'roll,
Paul

Fort Rodolfo
23462 Caminito Lazaro
Laguna Hills, CA 92653

People Stuff, Pt. IV

9.24.10

- This is our last full day in Philly, when we woke up Maddie took us to the zoo to fly in the hot air balloon. Unfortunately the weather was 'hazardous' so we didnt get to go up :/

- Maddie then dropped us off at a record store, I dont remember what I found their this round other than Melt Banana, Mclusky and You and I CDs.

- Once we were done, we went to some other record store. Let me start by saying this, GOLDMINE. About a hundred dollars later I walked out with original pressings of  Clikitat Ikatowi's River of Souls, Ordination of Aaron's Immersion in a 90 mph world, Food Not Bombs Comp(feat: Swing Kids and Indian Summer), Ringfinger's Decimal, Antioch Arrow's The Lady is the cat and In love with jets, I Can't Live Without It comp (feat: Botch, Guyver-One and In/Humanity) LPS, a Kodan Armada/Whats yr damage split 7" and a Inhumanity 7"

- Damn, I'm trying to remember what we did afterwards... I dunno but we went to Brooklyn, New York to see Hop Along.

- If you aren't familiar with Hop Along, do yourself a favor and listen to Francis right now: www.myspace.com/hopalongqueenansleis

- So Francis was playing as a full band again, I guess she does that now and did a back to back set with Nether Friends. I dont remember them too much but they played pretty well. Anyway, Francis played and dedicated a song to us then finished her set with Beyonce's Single Ladies(Put a ring on it)

- After the show we made it just in time to buy a pastry from Food Swings(awesome NY vegan goodness) and bring some back for Francis and Mark.

- We went to a White Castle, I gave into temptation because we dont have those in CA. Then we got pizza for the last time. At this particular pizza parlor, there was a dude who had the Edward Rob Pattinson 'look.' Anyway, Edward was way out of his element(or too belligerently in his element?) stooping over the counter and running around in the kitchen getting  yelled at. Oh Edward.

- The ride home back to Philly did not lack the much needed 90s hits.

(Omar with side burns to die for and me with shorter hair at the zoo in Philly. Photo by Maddie)

9.24.10

This is the day no one wanted to come.  Maddie took us to an Ethiopian restaurant and at this point Im broke as a joke so I get mango juice. We went to the airport and did our routine good-byes. About 6 hrs later, I was on the exact opposite coast. The night before we were at the foot of the Atlantic and now I was sleeping by the Pacific.

Thank you Omar for taking me to the East Coast and fronting the money for the plane ticket I still owe you for. Maddie for being the sweetest of all hearts mainly because Eva is an adorable dog and for letting us stay at your place, drink your booze and drive us around. All the following bands for either housing us, driving us around, playing a show we went to, partying in your house and with us, drink your booze and for being a band: 1994!, Boyfriends, MALEGOAT, Algernon Cadwallader, Hop Along, Spires, Elder, Teenage Cool Kids, Daniel Striped Tiger, Apeshit! and Ed Hoculi.

To all the new people I met along the way whether in a fleeting moment or in a drunken haze or both, I hope we stay friends/keep in touch. In order of appearance. Maddie(PA), Joey(MA), Bean(PA, next time we're in New York fuckin' party with us), Dizzy(NY), Mowgli(KY), Gregory Labold(PA, thanks for talking some sense into me), Raf(PA) Francis and Mark Quinlan(PA), Yosuke, Masa, Jun, Hajime, Kazuke(Japan), dude who was in Street Smart Cyclists and now in Snowing(we need more Smiths/Morrissey talks), Matt=Tank for telling me I have pretty hair(I still do), Matt G.(PA, thanks for the burrito) and lastly EVA!

All you cool cats and dog should write me a letter, that would be a pleasant surprise.

Paul Chacolla

23462 Caminito Lazaro

Laguna Hills, CA 92653

People Stuff, Pt. III

9.22.10

- Our beloved Joey after providing us a night of endless laughter and endless dart games always resulting in who can throw the worst, Joey leaves to go back home in Boston. I was too tired to go with him to the train station.

- Omar and I woke up hours later to take the train to Lancaster to visit Uncle Chris and Uncle Mike (1994!/boyfriends), Uncle Mike is a no show.

- We found a comic book shop across the street from the station, I bought some gifts here. Shit was tite. 

- Uncle Chris showed us around, we ate pizza, bought records and drank beer back at the house.

- We played with an awesome dog, listened to good music, ate homemade food(?), Raf gave us the new We Were Skeletons album(MARVELOUS), drank more beer on a three-story roof, talked about 'life', went on a conquest for more beer, gave Uncle Chris a hug at 5am and went to bed.

9.23.10

- Omar and I woke up and we went off to Senorita Burrita(s)? for some awesome burritos made by Uncle Chris and Matt

- Stryper(the Christian glam metal band from the 80s) was unloading their bus and were playing across the street from the burrito shop that night. Most of wished we were going there that night instead.

- Omar and I walk to the train station and took the train again to Paoli, PA where Maddie would pick us up and take us to Baltimore for the 1994!, Spires, Teenage Cool Kids show.

- Then we saw said show, got pizza and said our good byes to friends and 1994! and Spires.

- We drove back to Philly, this was one of those 'it was a really nice drive' kinda drive. 90s pop hits were to be played endlessly.

People Stuff, Pt. II

9.20.10

 - After regrouping, we take the train back to Philly. I drunkenly slept in a railcar.

- We arrive just in time before Be Happy Fest starts. Here is the line-up from what I remember. Algernon Cadwallader, Malegoat, Teenage Cool Kids, Daniel Striped Tiger, 1994!, Elder, Best Friends and some more bands.

- After the fest we go to Maddie's and freshen up a bit.

- We head for South Philly to Big Mamas Warehouse where Algernon Cadwallader, Malegoat(an awesome band from Japan!) and our dearest friend Uncle Chris from 1994! party hearty into the wee hours of the morning. Lots of rock n' roll fun, met new people and jammed til our hearts' content.

- I also failed at learning how to saw anything in Japanese.

9.21.10

- Woke up on a couch confused.

- 14 people pile in a minivan.

- We all left Big Mamas to run up the same stairs Sylvester Stallone ran up in Rocky!

- Everyone was hungry so we got pizza.

- Omar, Joey and I hang out around Philly looking for record stores. A Vagabond comes up to us and says 'What does the left butt cheek say to the right butt cheek? If we stick together, we can stop this shit.' We gave him a few dollars, wouldn't you?

- Maddie, Joey, Omar and I go to Baltimore to see Algernon Cadwallader, Malegoat and Elder. We missed Elder but made it in time for Malegoat's last set in the U.S. before heading back to Japan. Masa made a point to inform the crowd that he loves pizza, oh you!

- Everyone says good-bye, exchange gifts and contact information. I will always love these people.

(left to right: Joey, Mowgli, Kazuke, Peter, Gregory, Uncle Chris, Jun, Craig, Hajime, Yosuke, Me. Bottom row: Omar and Masa)