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.