Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 28

the quality might be crappy because I'm trying out doing it directly from the van. let me know how it sounds and have a safe New Year from El Paso!

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 27

Drinkin' with the cops!

Join us as we run through field sobriety tests with Madison's finest.

WARNING: The audio's not great, but it's fun. I just threw all the .WAV files together. Featuring guest commentaries by Captain Caveman and Devious.

Listen closely as our condition deteriorates through the evening.

Download Sunspot Road Mania Episode 27 directly.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 26

We created this podcast using Audacity Personal on my Palm Treo 700p. We're still working out the audio, but it's just us talking about our three dates in Ohio last weekend and some recent shows.

I'll be sifting through video from this summer's concerts and we'll have some more podcasts up soon.

Here's the direct link for download:
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_26.mp3

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 25

Just a little conversation about Haulin' Ass t-shirts and a remix of "The Breach" by Terraman that Devious found online.

Here's the direct link for download:
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_25.mp3

Scott Bakula at Chicks Rockfest

Here's "Scott Bakula" live from Chicks Rockfest at The Southgate House in Newport, KY. April 8th, 2006.

Sunspot Road Mania - Episode 22

Here's the direct download link:
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_22.mp4

From our April 1st, 2006 show at Ichabod's Club Cardinale in Effingham, IL.
A few snippets of us playing live and a couple of clips.

This is our first video podcast, so I kept it really short. Let us know if you guys like this idea and we'll start putting them together more regularly.

Sunspot Road Mania - Episode 21

Time for another Road Mania episode! This one was recorded Sunday, February 12, after shows in Springfield and Belleville, IL.

Fetured Music:
"The Ladder" by Enamel (Springfield, IL)
"Way I Fall" by Sunspot (Madison, WI)

The episode is punctuated by a drunk dial left in our Road Mania voice mailbox!

Listen here: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_21.mp3

Please send your comments/suggestions to sunspot@sunspotmusic.com and/or leave a message on our feedback line: (206) 350-BAND!

Sunspot Road Mania - Episode 20

More adventures from the van as we cruise to Racine, WI and Cincinnati, OH during the weekend of February 3-5.

Featuring excellent music from hard working independent bands:
"Shimmer" by The MAHP (Racine, WI)
"Rebuttal" by Pike (Cincinnati, OH)

Listen here: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_20.mp3

Please send your comments/suggestions to sunspot@sunspotmusic.com and/or leave a message on our feedback line: (206) 350-BAND... Your voice could be heard on the next episode of Road Mania!

Sunspot Road Mania - Episode 19

This week, we're back to podcasting from the van as we travel to Springfield, IL, and Hartford, WI during the weekend of January 13-14.

The episode features the following music:
"Sumpin" by The Goodyear Pimps (Rockford, IL)
"Free Weezee" by The Jaggernauts (Eau Claire, WI)

The episode concludes with a quick wrap-up from practice Monday.

Listen here: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_19.mp3

Remember to send your comments/suggestions to sunspot@sunspotmusic.com and please call and leave a message on our feedback line: (206) 666-BAND... You might just hear yourself on our next podcast!

New Podcast This Weekend...

...sorry we haven't had one in awhile. We'll be back in action this weekend in Eau Claire.

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 18

In this episode, we have:

- More fun from the Home of the Octabong
- A little Ass Harvest discussion
- "Cemetery Highway" from our new album, Cynical

I think the sound qualiy isn't the greatest (especially on the album track, I encoded it at like AM-radio quality, sorry!), but there's some fun in there, especially when we're relaxing in the hot tub in the back of the truck!

Get the MP3 right here:
http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_18.mp3

Sunspot Road Mania - Episode 17

This episode was recorded in the van November 6th, 2005, after weekend shows in Racine and Wausau, WI.

Featured music:

"Goldensun" by Gary Wortham (Racine, WI)
"Chairman of the Bored" by Stall (Milwaukee, WI)

Road Mania comment line:
(206) 666-BAND that's (206) 666-2263

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 16

We're back to the podcast!

Tonight, we finished practice and just talked a little bit about what we've been doing since the last podcast.

Featuring music from The Von Ehrics and a little on-the-scene reporting from the home of the Octabong!

Road Mania Episode 14

This episode features the following highlights:

Ring side seats for Jello wrestling
Reviews of shows in Eau Claire, La Crosse, Madison, St. Cloud
Ass tongues (?!)

and the following music:

Creation.Imitation... by This is the End (Madison, WI)
Wings, Blah, Blah, Blah by The Jaggernauts (Eau Claire, WI)
Pretend by Sunspot (Madison, WI) hehehehehe

Enjoy the show!

And yes, Dino, your episode is up next.... :)

Sunspot Road Mania Ep. 13

This is another one where we're all not together taped at different times yesterday.

-a little drunk dialing to start it out
-Mike at The Annex talking to the guys from WMAD and the bands, MOTH, and Awesome Car Funmaker.
-"Lovers' Quarrel" by MOTH.
-Ben singing Christmas songs.
-"21000 Miles" by The Stint.
-Wendy calling in from Boston to say hi.

Sunspot Road Mania - Episode 12

Better late than never....

Episode 12 (from the week ending 8/7/05) features the following music:

"Jane Doe" by Fatal Agenda
"Letting Go" by The Snaggs

Download here!

Sunspot Road Mania - Episode 11

This week's episode: The drive home from our show in Rockford Saturday night (July 30 '05). Mike passed out in the back seat so Ben and I had to take the reigns this time. Although don't worry, you'll hear from Mike, too. :)

Featured music:

"Breathless" by Sugarfuse (Rockford, IL)
"Every Time You Lie" by Spinderson (Harvard, IL)

Here's the podcast.... Enjoy and don't forget to give us your feedback!

Sunspot Road Mania - Episode 10

This week's episode of Road Mania includes a LOT of whining about riding to Cincinnati in the sweatbox (van), plus the following music:

"Whoa" by The Blast (Clarksville, IN)
"Elastic World" by Tangerine (Pittsburgh, PA)

Here it is... Stay tuned for next week's episode, and for the ever elusive "lost episodes" 2, 4, and 5!

Sunspot Road Mania Episode 10

Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 9

Tales From The Backstage of Milwaukee's Summerfest 2005. The sound quality isn't awesome in some parts (I think the iTalk clips a little in the beginning), but you can tell we're having a great time!

Sunspot Road Mania Episode 8

Hanging out at Wendy's, getting ready for Summerfest.

Trying out the Castblaster, but the background music didn't work. These are the songs that you were supposed to hear in the background:
"We Are All on Drugs" - Weezer
"The New Year" - Death Cab for Cutie
"Allison" - The Pixies
"Freak Me Out" - Weezer

We will link to the picture we are talking about as soon we can figure out how I messed up the Lower Hell site.

Don't forget to stop by the show tomorrow night if you're in Milwaukee- 7:30 at the Harley Stage.