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Canceled show at the Empyrean Coffee House

Dan Gayle — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:28:08 +0000

I’m a bit disappointed, but the show that I was supposed to tonight, Tuesday January 12, play at the Empyrean Coffee House in Spokane, Wa got, canceled.

The Pioneers of Prime Time TV and Courtney Marie Andrews were on their west coast tour, dubbed the “Famous Toxic Cancelled Tour” by Thomas, and they were supposed to roll into town here and we’d get our jam on.

My poster for the canceled January 12, 2010 Empyrean Coffee House show

I have a couple of new songs up my sleeve, and I’d probably have had Thomas and Jon accompany me a bit, since they’re awesome like that. Thomas and I go way back, and he’s like 1000% better than I am, so he could play what I was going to play probably better than I could, even without hearing it. And Thomas says that Jon is 1000% better than him, so who am I to argue.

But, as these things happen, the Empyrean couldn’t get its new location opened in time to play there as scheduled. (The irony is that they’re set to open the day after, on Wednesday.)

Given the long drive, they decided to find another gig in Seattle instead of driving across to Spokane, which leaves me out of the loop.

Oh, poo.

Anyway, here is a taste of what they would have sounded like:

p.s.
Look at that weirdness: Jefferson Elliot painting on stage with the Pioneers. Way to go Jefferson!

The Pioneers of Prime Time TV Media Watch

Dan Gayle — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:14:40 +0000

With the Pioneers of Prime Time TV on tour, I thought it would be appropriate to start a “watch” for any news and/or reviews popping up on the intarwebs. So, with no further ado:

And of course, the videos:

Anyway, I know there are more. I’ll keep you posted.

Pioneers of Prime Time TV cover Iron and Wine’s Radio War

Dan Gayle — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:07:41 +0000

I thought I’d give a shout out to some of my old roomates down in New Mexico. Their band, The Pioneers of Prime Time TV played a beautiful cover of Iron and Wine’s “Radio War” at the Uller Fest.

In the video, Thomas the lead singer and guitarist, and Dave the bassist, are my two roomates from back in the day in Seattle. We would all get together and jam into the wee hours of the morning, but not usually anything remotely as folksy as this. It seems that all of us who lived in that house together, that I know of, have mellowed out a bit in our musical tastes.

Although, I should say, Thomas and Dave were always playing more folksy stuff anyways off to the side.

Anyways, their band is great, and if you ever get a chance to go down to the Las Alamos area in New Mexico, you should check them out.