Kiwis of the South Pacific Update
Kiwis opening for Calvin Johnson at the Eyedrum, 2003
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Tonight the Kiwis are playing a show at 141 New Street, which will be 10 bucks. Don't know when it starts or who the supporting acts are or even if we are headlining. There was a time when I would show up to a Kiwis show and be upset that after being a band for years we were still having to open up for people all the time. That time is long gone. Being in the Kiwis is like being in a really low-maintenance relationship that is easy and often fun but really doesn't amount to a whole lot. I can imagine a Seinfeld-style coffee shop discussion about this band.
Anyways the lineup has once again changed. Josh is no longer the drummer and now Melissa is no longer the other drummer and so it's back to me and Pedro. I will be using a loop pedal to make live drum loops, playing guitar and singing along to these and Pedro will be singing and switching between playing bass and keys. The record that we should be selling, "Shangri-La", we were supposed to finish back when I had a girlfriend a full presidential term ago. Pedro still talks about buying a van and going on tour and I'm wondering who he is going to bring because we lose more band members than Spinal Tap.
I still do it for a couple of reasons; nostalgia, mostly, and I really like the music we make. Which is good because we're still playing the same songs we played in 2003.
If you like those songs, come out and see us!
It's going to feel like another 'reunion show' and I realize why that is, it's cos I always think 'this is a waste of time i should just quit' and i've felt like that for half a decade now and sometimes I actually do quit but then once or twice a year someone who really liked us back in the day will set us up with a show and it's like, there's really no reason not to do this, it'll be fun.
You can download a trillion Kiwis songs on the official website. The songs all kick ass. In a parallel universe we really could have been something.
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