Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 118

Some behind the scenes from Shank Hall at last night's tour kickoff during the Great Milwaukee Flood of 2010. I'm still working out exactly how best to shoot with the iPhone 4, so sorry if it doesn't look great yet, but we'll be shooting every day on this tour, so hopefully by the end I'll have it figured out!



Direct download is right here: http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspotrm118-1877155.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 117

A little bit from Concerts on the Square in Wausau and an explanation of what the Major Arcana tour is all about.



The direct download is right here: http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/SRM117-1873183.m4v

Sunspot Prehistoric Video : "Bleed Me Free" and "Young Love" - Shine 97 Concert

Pleather, mohawks, sequins, and braces(?!) - Eat your heart out, Fashionistas! This may be the earliest video that we have on the web. It's from March of 1997 at a benefit concert in the Stock Pavilion at UW-Madison. This is before we called ourselves Sunspot and we hadn't even been playing together for a year yet. The sound quality is a little rough, it's a transfer from a VHS copy of a Hi-8 tape, and our friend, Kyle, had to keep coming onstage to help Wendy fix her bass drum (Hey man, thanks for that.)

Thinking back on that show, it was a pretty awesome experience. That was the first show that we ever played with BoRd and we got to share the stage with Pet Engine (who I thought was the coolest band in Wisconsin in the 1990's.) Originally, the organizers advertised the show as being headlined by The Gufs, but something happened and they had to cancel (which caused Ben to have a grudge against them for years, ha. Since it was a benefit for Camp Heartland , Ben's response when anyone used to bring The Gufs up was "Those heartless bastards hate kids with AIDS", in fact he still might say that.) We were all about 20 years young in this video and for some reason, I was determined that a beard made me look more like a badass, especially with a bandana. Yeah, I was wrong about that.

These are two songs that don't make it out at live shows anymore, either. We hadn't seen it (or thought about it) in over a decade, and when you see how many ridiculous chains I'm wearing, we thought you'd be glad we shared it.

Anyway, next week we'll start seeing new Sunspot Road Manias as we kick off the next six weeks, which is going to be our busiest season ever! Brand new live show, new songs and we'll be bringing it all around the country and then doing a final Homecoming show in Madison on August 14th to make our first live DVD. So, this will be a pretty short trip down Memory Lane because we're in the process of making a lot of new ones.

"Summer Day" (Longest Intro Ever) at WYOU

We're taking a break for the next two weeks as we get the July shows ready to roll and we finish our preparations and production for the Major Arcana Tour, but we don't want to deprive you of the deep, deep, borderline nasty love that we have for you in the meantime. So, here's another video (this one's not Old School because it's not even a year past.)

It's probably the longest intro to Summer Day we've ever done. We just kinda rolled with it because, well, we could. It was for WYOU's telethon in October 2009. We were introduced by Darth Rokker from Maximum Ink and we played that night with our good friends in Axiom. The sound quality is great, thanks to Kasper from Ghost Town for doing the mixing.

WYOU is an awesome community access station in Madison and they always need support because keeping crazy people on the air is important AND they support local and independent music. www.wyou.org

Sunspot Old-School Video : "Prozac Girl" WAMI Awards 2004

To tide you guys over this week between Road Manias, let's take a little trip in the Wayback Machine all the way back to the Aughts, all the way back to April 26th, 2004 at a a live performance for the 2004 Wisconsin Area Music Industry Awards. Picture Northern Lights Theater at Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee, WI. Picture a good deal of Milwaukee's music scene all dressed up, hanging out and getting lit up in one place. Picture a ton of old ladies smoking cigarettes and seducing the one-armed bandit. Picture us- young, fresh-faced, and beautiful.

And yes, we did bring a different set of clothes to go between the stage and the ceremony.

We also included some of the footage of our deep and poignant acceptance speeches for Rock Band of the Year!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 116

Sunspot visits The Buzz Bar for their first show in Watertown, WI! Special thanks to Terrence (who apparently had a baby at the show) for the footage of us playing.



The high quality direct download is available here (~38 MB):
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_116.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 115

This episode includes a zen-like drive to Edgerton, Saturday MAMAs festivities, and the roaring after-MAMAs party with Government Zero and John Masino at The Annex!



The high quality direct download is available here (~110 MB):
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_115.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 114

Another action-packed weekend with shows at Legends & Mifflin Street Block Party in Madison, and with Caroline's Spine at Howie's in La Crosse. This episode also includes backstage interviews with our friends in Sexy Ester and Shinobi Ninja! Special thanks to our friend Terrence for the Mifflin footage of us playing!



The high quality direct download is available here (~73 MB):
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_114.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 113

Weekend of April 23-25: Recap of shows at the Dry Bean in Fitchburg and a test run of Major Arcana at Hog Creek in Mosinee, WI! Special thanks to Mike Shiffler for taking footage at Hog Creek!



The high quality direct download is available here (~83 MB):
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_113.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 112

Weekend of April 8-10: Tales from Waukesha, Racine, and Wisconsin Rapids. Learn the origin of the venue name "4 Stools Short"; learn how the band got their Thanksgiving turkey early.



The high quality direct download is available here (~100 MB):
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_112.mp4

Sunspot and Broadjam on Channel 27!

Here we are featured on Channel 27 WKOW with the very cool Madison music company, Broadjam, as they get an award for being a "Business To Watch" in Wisconsin for 2010.

Thanks to Jeff Angileri and check out the full story right here!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 111

A weekend complete with two Sunspot "all-nighters": Kathy's Pub in Rochester, MN and Siemers Cruise-In in Walworth, WI.



The high quality direct download is available here (~55 MB):
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_111.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 110

Day three of the 2010 Austin Adventure features a Broadjam.com Photo Scavenger Hunt, bonus show at Hoek's Death Metal Pizza, a GoGirlsMusic showcase at Trophy's, and the final, bittersweet load-up of the van before the drive home. Special thanks to Swami & Terrence for photos and footage!



The high quality direct download is available here (~74 MB):
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_110.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 109

A recap of Friday 3/19/10 in Austin: Nuclear Tacos, fun on 6th Street, and bMUSEd Music Fest!



The high quality direct download is available here (~100 MB):
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_109.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 108

Another update from the 2010 Austin trip. More van talk, Whataburger, footage from the 3/18 show at Aussie's, and an uff-da with Axiom and our Austin friends!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 107

The first leg of our Fifth Annual trip to Austin during SXSW, this episode may not be the most eventful but it's a real view of life in the van during an extended (21-hour) drive. Join us in the van as we roll through Iowa and Missouri, whilst doing some final preparations for our shows tomorrow & Friday. Note, the resolution is intentionally lower for this episode so we could upload it from the van.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 106

A short, sweet update from our show at Neighbors Social Club in "The Sha" (Waukesha, Wisconsin) on 3/13/2010. This episode includes show footage from both on-stage and audience vantage points, a quick discussion about upcoming travel plans, and an end-of-night "Uff-Da" sendoff!

Special thanks to Charles Waschbisch for sending us his audience footage of "Mr. Foff"!



The high quality direct download is available here (~50 MB):
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_106.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 105

This episode is chock full of music! Featuring excerpts from March 4th, 5th, and 6th shows, this episode highlights many of the bands with whom we shared the stage(s) last weekend.



The high quality direct download is available here (large file! ~79 MB):
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_105.mp4

Old School Sunspot: "Freakshow" in Milwaukee, WI 8/21/2004

I recently unearthed this video of us performing at Shank Hall in 2004. We opened for Chicago band Redshirt and had a great time performing at the legendary venue. Interestingly, the two shows we have done at Shank Hall were both in 2004; the other show being on Valentine's Day with our friends Rainy Day Crush. Hopefully we'll get back there again one of these days because it's a nice stage with great sound... and who doesn't love playing in front of the wee Stonehenge?!



You can download the full video here:
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_2004_shankhall.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 104

Sunspot travels to Rochester, MN and Richland Center, WI. Mike, Ben, and Wendy discuss hoarfrost, the van runs out of gas, and more!



The direct download is available here:
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_104.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 103

Sunspot returns to central Wisconsin: This episode features footage from the Udder Run snowshoe race in Athens, WI, clips from the 2/6 show at Victory Lanes, and Viewer Mail.



The direct download is available here:
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_103.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 102

A quick update from rehearsal!



The direct download is available here:
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_102.mp4

Old School Sunspot Video: "Step On It" at Harley Fest in Thiensville, WI 6/24/2000

That's right friends, we had to put the Wayback Machine into overdrive to get this footage. It was taken when we played at the Harley dealership in Thiensville, WI for Milwaukee Bike Week.

Watch carefully to see a special appearance from our friend "Spider", who repeatedly told us to turn down and ultimately unplugged us because he "didn't like music". Such sweet, sweet memories!



You can download the full video here:
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_2000_harleyfest.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 101

The first Sunspot Road Mania of 2010! We're taking press photos and hanging out at Market Square Theater (thanks to them for letting us shoot there, see a movie there soon!) Thanks to Devious for taking the shots, being patient, awesome, and a very talented friend!

Old School Sunspot Video: Wyatt's Torch Aurora, CO Jan. 7, 2007 "When The Revolution Comes"

Sunday night in a Denver suburb at the beginning of January? You bet we'll be there.

Thanks to Barb from Sweet Revenge Management for taping the show and sending it to us and thanks to the dearly departed Wyatt's Torch for hosting a great night to finish off one of our most fun tours.

You can download the full video here: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_wyatts_torch.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 100

At long last... We proudly present the 100th episode of Sunspot Road Mania!

This episode features a retrospective of the past year. We had so many exciting and fun events that it was honestly very difficult to boil down to a 10-minute episode. But the process of reviewing the year was great and reminded me just how lucky we are to be surrounded by incredible people and places!

Enjoy the video and feel free to comment with your favorite Sunspot moment from 2009!



If you want, you can download the complete file here (warning, it's about 116 MB).

"Path of Most Resistance" Pop-Up Video

It's "Path of Most Resistance" all done up VH1-style. You can download the song, purchase the album, and check out the full lyrics at http://sunspot.bandcamp.com/track/path-of-most-resistance.



You can download the Pop-Up at http://www.sunspotmusic.com/sunspot_path_of_most_resistance_popup.mp4 or view it on YouTube directly at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CqKGemQeKo

If you're looking for the original video, you can watch it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYOucORr1ks

A Holiday Greeting from Sunspot

Sunspot wishes you a very happy Holiday Season this year!



And don't forget that you can find Sunspot gifts for your loved ones at store.sunspotmusic.com.

You can watch our message directly on YouTube or download the movie file here.

Old-School Sunspot Video "Prozac Girl" 2001

That's right, friends, the hits just keep on coming. This is the third week in a row we've brought you "classic" (classic, ha, there's nothing classic about the peroxide blonde in this video and did I steal that bowling shirt from a Big Lebowski convention?) Sunspot songs that have been sitting on VHS for the past few years.

This one's a live performance of "Prozac Girl" from the James Madison Memorial High School Arts Week in 2001.



Next week, we'll be back with some newer material (maybe another pop-up video if we can work up enough jokes this weekend) but since we're reaching the end of the Aughts, I thought it would be fun to check in on where we were at the beginning of the decade. We have hours and hours of tape from Sunspot concerts, tours, and television appearances over the past few years so we'll be putting up videos from all throughout our history on the weeks in between podcasts. By the way, we'll be coming up on our 100th podcast soon and I promise we'll do it before the end of the year, we'll definitely be featuring the highlights from this year's Sunspot Christmas Party on the 19th!

Old School Sunspot Video: Meat Market

This one's even older than last week's, but just in time for the holiday, here's another one from the vaults. "Meat Market" is the first actual music video we ever released (thanks to our man, Steve Concotelli for putting it together!) from our first album, Radio Free Earth. Live, we usually dedicate it to Bullwinkle's (a wonderfully sleazy dance club in Madison that the aforementioned Steve introduced me to on underage night when I was still in high school), and we didn't know at the time that years later, Sunspot would host two CD release parties there and before it was full of butt-shaking, sweaty, oversexed young adults dancing to techno (and my favorite, 80's night!) it was a club called Headliners that hosted everyone from U2 to Sonic Youth to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

The footage from the club we're playing at in this video is the fondly remembered and long-lost O'Cayz Corral and funny enough, the studio we're recording in is Cactus Studios, which was in the basement of the building that now holds O'Cayz' successor, The High Noon Saloon.

This year I'm thankful that I no longer sport that goatee (or that wicked gut!) but I'm also thankful for the fact that we've had over a dozen excellent years of writing songs, playing shows, traveling, and generally carrying on in the most ridiculous fashion possible. And we're positively thankful that we've got a lot to be really excited about what we've got in store for 2010.

Change The World Old-School Video

I almost forgot we had this one. Wendy's first video editing project was a mash-up of some of our live performances throughout the late 90's set to "Change The World" from our first album, Radio Free Earth. We sent this tape out to booking agents right around the turn of the century and I thought you guys might enjoy a trip down Memory Lane with us.

I just got a decent Elgato video capture card, so I'll be going through the VHS collection and putting up "classic" stuff as I find it!

I think I have at least 4 different hair colors in this video as well.

"More Than My Degree" Pop-Up Video

Here's our version of Pop-Up Video for "More Than My Degree" off the Singularity album.

"Grand Guignol" Pop-Up Video

For all the people that missed their World Premiere on the WYOU telethon awhile back, here's our version of Pop-Up Video for "Grand Guignol" off the Singularity album. Let us know if you enjoy them and we'll make some more soon

Radio Ad for Max Ink Halloween Spooktacular 2009

Check out the radio ad for this year's Halloween party at The Annex! You might recognize the songs they use. ;)

No cover, free food, and FREE BEER! With us, The Skintones, Axiom, and Lords of Discipline. It's gonna be the most fun Halloween show we've had for a long time.

Thanks to Rokker and Paul Schluter from Megatone for putting together the ad!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 99

Some September snapshots with Sunspot stopping by Eau Claire, UW's Engineering Hall in Madison, and Cudahy - with some music by Velvet Dog from Milwaukee.



Download it here.

No Place Like Home

Everyone wants to escape their small town, everyone thinks they're a fish out of water or a man out of time.

But sometimes the last place you want to be is the place where you belong the most.

This one has a Police meets U2 meets Weezer vibe.



Lyrics and download available at: http://sunspot.bandcamp.com/track/no-place-like-home
Or download the full video by clicking here.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 98

Sunspot at McAuliffe's in Racine and Liquor Sweets in Milwaukee with Billy Orphan, The Andes, and Cynergy 67. Special guest: JJ McAuliffe, himself!



Full download right here!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 97

Sunspot performing at Noah's Ark, hanging out at Memorial Union Terrace, and East Towne Mall the weekend of July 25th, 2009.



Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/Sunspot%20Road%20Mania%20-%20Ep.%2097%20(Medium).m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 96

Sunspot from Merrill, Wisconsin Rapids, and Madison hanging out the weekend of July 17th. Plus, a two-nosed cow from the Lincoln County Fair, a graveyard walk in Wisconsin Rapids, and see the new WSUM studios!



Direct download at http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_96.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 95

Sunspot partying at The Majestic July 15th opening up for Cowboy Mouth. The song "Tell The Girl Ur Sorry" from their set is in there as well. You can view this sweet baby in HD on YouTube right here.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 94

Sunspot on the way and back from an undisclosed location as they talk about their new CD/DVD, Singularity, and prepare for their upcoming shows.



Direct download is right here: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/Sunspot%20Road%20Mania%20Episode%2094.m4v

Grand Guignol

"Grand Guignol" is a hard rock anthem about the people who just have to make a big deal out of everything.

Le Theatre du Grand-Guignol was where Parisians used to go to get shocked. They specialized in naturalistic horror plays that were over-dramatized, ridiculous, and over the top. It now comes to mean any gruesome or gory drama or event.

We all know at least one person who loves to turn every night into drama night, and this song is for them.




You can download the MP4 of the video right here and download the MP3 and check out the lyrics right here.

Hypnogogic

Here's the video for our latest single, "Hypnogogic", about the state between waking and dreaming. The split seconds where your dreams seem solid and appear in the real world. Full lyrics and the MP3 is available for download at http://sunspot.bandcamp.com/track/hypnogogic and the video is available for download at http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/Hypnogogic.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 93

Sunspot at the Madison Area Music Awards 2009, celebrating their award for Video of the Year, and discussing the release of their new CD and DVD on June 12th, 2009.



You can download the full movie file right here.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 92

Here we go on the way and back from The Terminal Bar for our show on May 2nd, 2009. It's our first experiment with an HD podcast (at least the YouTube version, the downloadable version is a more reasonable resolution!)



Download it right here!

Trashy Hot Video

Here's the video for our song, "Trashy Hot". It's a first-time experiment, we handed out some video cameras to our friends and had them record us live doing one take of the song at our show on March 28th at The Frequency and then we put it all together.

Thanks to Wyatt Bowman, Steve Harrington, Jeff Klahn, Dave Conner, and Matt Apps for their fantastic camerawork!




Download the full-quality version here.

"Dig Your Grave" - LOST Video

Here's something to keep the LOST party going even after the show is done tonight and since next week there's no new episode, here's a montage video of my favorite character from LOST, John Locke, set to our song, "Dig Your Grave".



Warning: ***MAJOR SPOILERS*** for every season of the show up until the fifth! Download the song at http://sunspot.bandcamp.com/track/dig-your-grave and of course, ABC and Touchstone own all the copyrights to the footage from LOST, no infringement is intended.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 91

Sunspot in Polo with Axiom. April 4th, 2009.



Click here to download the episode directly.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 90

Friday through Monday morning of Sunspot's trip to SXSW 2009 in Austin, Texas! Split into three parts for YouTube's 10-minute rule.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 89

Sunspot arriving in Austin this morning after the 19 hour straight drive!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 88

Live from the van on the way to SXSW 2009!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 87

Mike talking about the weekend, along with some footage of Binky Tunny and The Farmland Chokehold as well as some shots working in the Raw Tracks studio for our March song release.

Download the full quality version here.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 86

Here's the new Sunspot Road Mania that we recorded on Sunday on our way back from a great weekend in Northcentral Wisconsin.



You can download the full file right here.

Tunguska

Here's the video for our song, "Tunguska". Click on the title to download it directly at 640x480 quality.



For anyone unfamiliar with The Tunguska Event (and are wondering just what the Hell the simile is in this tune), please check out this link for more information.

Uncanny Valley

Video for Sunspot's song, "Uncanny Valley". Lyrics and more information can be found here.


This is our first video with the homemade green screen, so please let us know what you think about it.

You can download the full-quality version here http://www.sunspotmusic.com/Uncanny%20Valley.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 85

Sunspot back at Smart to record the first three of 2009's singles with Eric Katte of www.raw-tracks.com

Sunspotmusic.com is still down so we don't have the full quality MP4 up yet, but here's the YouTube video.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 84

A little bit of live footage from Ballyhoo's in Merrill, WI and our ride home talking about our tour of the haunted basement!



Download the full MP4 here http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/Sunspot%20RM%2084.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 83

On the way back from Minneapolis and Eau Claire, January 4th, 2009.

Click here for the direct download and click here to subscribe to Sunspot Road Mania in iTunes!

Square Root of All Evil

Video for Sunspot's November Song Release, "Square Root of All Evil". Special thanks to The Frequency in Madison and Neighbor's Social Club in Waukesha.



Click here to download the full-quality video!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 82

Sunspot inaugurates the new van!



Direct download right here!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 81

More from the end of the Road Rally.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 80

More from the TAXI Road Rally in LA!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 79

Sunspot Road Mania from Day One of the TAXI Road Rally 2008 in Los Angeles.

Go Pack

Now that the election's over, we can relax and focus on what really matters, rock music and the Green Bay Packers. Here's the video for "Go Pack" which you can find on the Tailgate Tunes II CD, available online here or at any Shopko store. Thanks to everyone that helped out with the video and Madera Music for putting out the album!



You can also download a high-quality version of the video here.

Path of Most Resistance

Here's the video for Sunspot's October single, "Path of Most Resistance". You can download a high quality version of the video right here.

More Than My Degree

Here's the high-quality downloadable version of our new video for "More Than My Degree" Check it out here: http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/More%20Than%20My%20Degree.mp4

Sweet Relief

Here's the full-screen and full-quality MP4 file for our new video for "Sweet Relief".

http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sweet_relief.mp4

2012

Here's the video for our new song cut with some scenes of their favorite post-apocalyptic flicks!



Direct download at http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/2012.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 78

In this episode, we do a quick "Hello" to the podience and talk a little about the upcoming show this weekend. The episode ends with a clip of Axiom performing "Neanderthal" at the Polo Room!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 77

Sunspot drives all night and makes it to Dallas on the way to Austin for SXSW 2008!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 76

Sunspot on the beginning of their trip on their way down to Austin for SXSW 2008!

Scott Bakula Video for Quantum Leap Day

We put together this little video to celebrate the party that can only happen once every four years and to honor our man, Scott Bakula! Don't forget we're having a Quantum Leap Day party at the Sunspot Headquarters in Madison tonight as well at 6:30pm. If you don't have a copy of Cynical, the album, "Scott Bakula" is on, you can get it on CDBaby or you can download the song right now from

The Heidegger Paradox by Sunspot Video

Here's a video for our song "The Heidegger Paradox". Thanks to The Guppy Effect and Mr. Robert's in Madison, WI for providing the party!

"Alive Day" by Sunspot Torchwood Season One

Alright, after watching all those awesome Doctor Who fan videos from season one a couple years back, I've wanted to make a fan video using one of our songs, but it was hard to find an appropriate song. We just finished a recording of a brand new song, "Alive Day", and I made a video for it from clips of Torchwood Season One. It's one of my favorite shows currently and I thought the subject matter of the song and the TV show fit perfectly.

Please let us know what you think and if you dig the song, we'll be making a few more tweaks, but we'll have an MP3 of it up soon as well.

If you like it, please feel free to let your friends know about the new tune.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 75

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Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 74

Sunspot in the van and "Eat Out My Heart" live from the Hexagon Bar in Minneapolis, MN 12-15-07.

Direct download at http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_74.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 73

Sunspot stuck in the ditch before practice!

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On the way to Wausau and terrified!

Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_72.m4a

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 71

It's an educational episode as we teach you how to change your oil at home as we change the oil in the Sunspot Van using Amsoil. Plus the usual lovable ridiculousness...

Direct Download Link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_71.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 70

Day 4 and the final leg of the journey of Mike and Wendy visiting the Taxi Road Rally in LA.

What an awesome experience, we can't wait to come back next year!

Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_70.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 69

Day 3 of Mike and Wendy visiting the Taxi Road Rally in LA, slightly less debauchery than the night before, but more informative!

Sorry this one's up a little late but we just got back from the convention and boy are our arms tired!

Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_69.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 68

Day 2 of the TAXI Road Rally at the Westin in Los Angeles.

Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_68.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 67

Mike and Wendy in LA for the Taxi Road Rally, Thursday November 8th, 2007!

Direct Download Link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_67.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 66

Sunspot taking press photos on State Street plus some of our favorites from the shoot! Special thanks to Devious for taking the pics!

Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_66.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 65

Hanging out after practice and October updates from the band!



Direct download link:
http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_65.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 64

Hanging out and rocking at the Southern Comfort Music Experience in Madison, WI on September 8th, 2007 and after JB's Speakeasy in La Crosse, WI on September 9th, 2007.

Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_64.m4v

EDIT: I didn't realize that I copied that clip to the beginning until after I uploaded it, I almost wet myself. Sometimes you get happy accidents...

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 63

Rocking fucking socks off at the Reptile Palace on 8/24.

http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_63.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 62

Looks like I got the number of the Road Mania incorrect on the actual video again. Next time I probably won't work on it after a couple of cocktails in the middle of the night...



Direct download link for a higher quality version: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_62.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 61

More general ridiculousness from us trying some Gmail contest at the Madison Music Foundry and then hanging out at practice.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 60

Action from Memory Lanes and hanging out in the van on the way to our show at Hoowies in Edgerton today.

Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_60.m4v

Thanks to Cary Aria for hooking us up with the show!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 59

Hanging out in Madison and Rockford the weekend of 7/19 - 7/21.

Direct download link for the high quality version:
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_59.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 58

This episode of Road Mania includes a montage of a lot of the bands we played with over the weekend. You get to see what a wide variety of acts we work with, from the metal massacre at The Reptile Palace to the ska-splosion at Barn Bash!

Unfortunately, I didn't have footage of all the bands. But at Barn Bash, in addition to the bands shown, Warriorette and The Buskers rocked!

Special thanks to all our "camera crew" (Andy in Oshkosh and Ricky at Barn Bash) for taking some of the footage!

Watch it on YouTube below or Download the better quality version here!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 57

Here is a quick recap of last weekend, including a live recording of us performing a BRAND NEW SONG at Radiate Hope (Capital Brewery in Middleton, WI)!

Direct download link:
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_57.wmv

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 56

This one's more of a music video, here's some clips of Sunspot playing Racine Harborfest 6/23/07. Wendy and I filmed an intro yesterday, but my iMovie crashed and I lost it. And it was really a fucking awesome intro too, you guys would have loved it. I mean, it was really something. But now it's gone forever and no data recovery services can do anything to salvage that greatness. Thanks to Kevin Z. for sneaking the camera by the vigilant security guards and enjoy the songs! Can you let me know if I'm looking plump in this one? It's always so hard to tell on video.

Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_56.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 55

While Wendy's away, the boys will play. Mike and Ben relaxing in the luxurious Sunspot offices and talking about this weekend's rocking and shows coming up like:

Racine Harborfest
Barn Bash 2007

Direct Download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_55.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 54

Hanging outside the van on a gorgeous Sunday after practice.
Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_54.mp4

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 53

Madison's own, Bratfest!

Direct download link:
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_53.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 52

Just getting a little excited about Bratfest in Madison this weekend!

Don't forget to check out the Not Dogs!

Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_52.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 51

A little bit of talking after band practice, Mike does a dance, Ben makes a seminary joke, and Wendy and Mike get a non-starter podcast going at the MAMAs, where in a place with 500 video cameras, the Sunspot cam wasn't allowed!

http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_51.m4v

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 50

Mike and Ben hanging out at the WAMI Awards in Milwaukee, Monday, April 30th, 2007.

Direct Download Link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_50.m4v