Juanita and the Rabbit - aug. 8th at thee parkside.

Brett - Fender Mark VI bass, vox & Elizabeth - Drums, vox

LittleBook: Why did you start a band??
B: Never really had a choice.. just had to be done!! started my first band when I was 10, which was vocals and snare drum... been through about 20 bands since then; and this has been the first one that's been able to tour!!
E: I was interested in trying something new..I had been working as a clothing designer for years and was sick of it...
being in a band with my already best friend husband is the best work I have ever been a part of.

LB: How did you find each other??
B: We met at burning man in 1999, eloped 53 days later. don't judge...
E: Also I might mention, at a fire pit (of course) sharing a Hornitos Tequilla bottle as the sun rose.

LB: What's your most memorable moment as a band??
B: Driving over the bay bridge for our first national tour...
E: Viewing a spotlight video of us, that ran on a Seattle Music podcast/blog ..we were on a crappy hotel wifi connection and had to wait while it kept rendering..but it was our first unsolicited pr..and it was super exciting.

LB: Where do you practice? What do you drink at practice? What do you do at practice when you’re not practicing?
B: We practice in our home.. aka mini-crib 12' x 20': half band-room, half dorm-room. the band room is pretty damn small. so when we're in there...we practice and sweat! then we get the hell out.
Juanita and the Rabbit: Sometimes beers, but we often practice earlier like 11AM... so coffee/tea and weed might be involved.
E: I was hot on margaritas for awhile

LB: What's the hardest thing about being a band in 2009?
B: Well, it was gas prices; but they've come down from the $5 a gallon we payed last summer!! but really, just paying bills in general.
E: All of our hardwork will be lost when the world ends in 2012..never know!

LB: What's the best thing about being a band in San Francisco??
JTR: The weather. kidding, but seriously you leave s.f. in summer and it gets seriously hot around most of the u.s.!!! We thought about retreating to the trees somewhere, but we'd miss our huge community we're a part of. There are tons of great venues to play, and awesome bands to play with!! plus our friends rule.

LB: What do you want people to know about your band, what are you doing next??
JTR: Well, we're getting ready to head out in Aug. for another national tour to promote our most recent cd release...also, we're going to start work on a new video with our good friend and director lily amirpour in los angeles.

LB: What’s up with your CD where can I get it, where did you record it??
JTR: We just released our 2nd recording "out of the grave:alive in the fire"; recorded by tim green at louder studios. It's available ITUNES, amazon, cdbaby and occassional free song downloads.

LB: Favorite local Band or a memorable show??
JTR: So many great local bands. but for sure bigbluewhale, and disastroid are some of our favorite people!!
E: Memorable show: last year at the parkside after brett had worked a random 14 hour day then played a gig, we went on last and to say the least, we were hammered. Brett's shirt came off and it all got crazy!

LB: Favorite venue to Play??
JTR: In S.F.- the Elbo room. but, Alex's bar in Long Beach, the Ruby Room in San Diego, and Check Point Charlie's in New Orleans are all pretty tops!!

LB: Have you played the El Rio before? What do you like it?
JTR: Never played the el rio. but love the back patio.

LB: Do any of the members ever take their shirts off at a show or at practice??
JTR: As mentioned before..at thee parkside, my shirt was removed...
E: We've been know to do a little scantily clad practice here and there. its hot in there!!

LB: Who's the smelliest member after a sweaty gig??
B: me..(brett)

LB: Favorite pre / post show; food, indulgence or ritual??
JTR: Pre- beer, and a jack and coke.
Post- a kiss
Post Post late night drunk- string cheese and chips

LB: Where do you think live music is heading??
B: Hopefully, smaller, more intimate venues!!
E: I'm thinking private house parties and clubs inside airports.

LB: How do you feel about people downloading your songs for free , do you offer free downloads??
JTR: Well, I'm always conscious that when something is given for free, people don't value it as much as when they buy it.. but yes, we'll give away a free download on bascene.com and ocassionaly on our myspace and other music blog sites.

OHAPOLLO - Aug 7 @ SUBMISSION Balazo

chris - vocals

richard - drums

matt - guitar

max - bass

LittleBook: Why did you start a band??
OHAPOLLO: well, Chris and Matt were in some bad hardcore band around 2005 both playing guitar. We broke up, and recruited our good friend max and Ryan to start a new project. Long story short, we sucked, played a lot of local show, kicked out Ryan our drummer, got our good friend Richard to play drum and "officially" started this band. We all found some common ground between our wacky music tastes and kept pushing it for 2 years, because we love playing music, and we have no lives.

LB: How did you find each other??
O: We more or less have gone to school together since middle school, halfway through high school we all realized we drifted to similar ideals, the rest just fit together in the following years.


LB: What's your most memorable moment as a band??
O: Either the first show we played with Richard, where we had practiced 5 songs with him 2 days before, and played a packed house show in San Jose. The show was crazy, people were jumping all over us like it was a home town show, but we had never played there before. That was awesome, Or the first time we played a hometown show after about 3 months of recording and out of town shows, and more then half the crowd knew our lyrics, that's pretty memorable when you hear the crowd louder then the music.


LB: Where do you practice? What do you drink at practice? What do you do at practice when you’re not practicing?
O: We practice in our practice studio in Santa Rosa that we built in one of our garages. Its kind of small and gets really hot and messy, but serves its purpose and has a couch. We mostly drink water with crushed ice, pretty boring to be honest, but like i said, it gets hot and we gotta stay hydrated! we argue about transitions, take a lot of smoke breaks, sometimes write rap songs. mostly practice though, we usually live in different cities so when we are practicing we try to stay focused.


LB: What's the hardest thing about being a band in 2009?
O: Venues are hard to come by, and seems like the DIY scene is more centralized to who you know and who is willing to help you. so we are caught in the middle and have a hard time booking shows or getting help out of the north bay. But we can't complain, nothing is really hard about being in a band, its supposed to be fun, and we intend to make it that way.


LB: What's the best thing about being a band in San Francisco??
O: Not much, we are relatively new to SF, and most of us still live in between cities. That makes it hard to make as many connections as we would like. The diversity of the city is wonderful though, we just hope that we can become fully immersed and accepted into it.


LB: What do you want people to know about your band, what are you doing next??
O: We have a lot going on with us actually, we are writing a new album, Chris is on guitar and vocals now, allowing for a lot of new options musically. We constantly want to reinvent ourselves until we have a sound that we are totally happy with, we always keep some roots intact, but the moods and content was due for an overhaul. Other then that, we would like to meet everyone who is interested in us, or not interested in us, we love making new friends and getting insight into everyone's lifestyles and opinions.


LB: what’s up with your CD where can I get it, where did you record it?? O: Its old, but you can download our most recent effort here! http://www.mediafire.com/?ezmkmiy15xt Seriously do it. We recorded with our really good friend Jeff at the Lions Den Studio in Sacramento. he is rad and super cool. everyone should probably record with him.


LB: Favorite local Band or a memorable show??
O: We really love a lot going on in the north bay right now, i think there are so many good bands coming out of everywhere. Collectively we couldn't pick any one local band to be honest. Everyone doing anything should keep it up, unless you are playing metal, then you should probably stop.


LB: Favorite venue to Play??
O: There was this house in Petaluma called the Church house. we played there 2 times a month for about a half a year until they had to stop having shows. it was so small and personal, and we got to get drunk after playing everytime. so that wasn't too bad either.


LB: Have you played the Submission Gallery before? What do you like it?
O: We haven't, but are really looking forward too it. we've been to a few shows there and they were all awesome. just the kind of vibe we like when playing!


LB: Do any of the members ever take their shirts off at a show or at practice??
O: haha, at practice we do because it gets so hot. i don't think we ever have at shows, max is almost a male model though so we may see a change at upcoming shows.


LB: Who's the smelliest member after a sweaty gig??
O: Chris, he is dirty already for the most part, after shows it can only get worse.


LB: Favorite pre / post show; food, indulgence or ritual??
O: Nothing before a show that will make you shit your pants. Anything after a show that will get us intoxicated. except Matt, he likes Del Taco.


LB: Where do you think live music is heading??
O: Probably Youtube streamed concerts. No real shows, thats the only logical step to take right? Oh god i hope not.


LB: How do you feel about people downloading your songs for free , do you offer free downloads??
O: Like we said before, just do it. we are all for it,

ShitKickers - Jan 24th9pm@ Cafe DuNord - Feb 14th 9pm @ Fillmore

Photo courtesy of epiclytrife.com


LittleBook: Why did you start a band??
ShitKickers : Well, I know everyone always says “To meet chicks”, but we just really enjoy getting free booze.

LB: How did you find each other??
SK: We all kind of grew up together.

LB: What's your most memorable moment as a band??
SK: We played a biker rally in Hollister, CA one year. It was over a hundred degrees and tensions were running high in the crowd. One of our guys threw some CDs out in the crowd and they all came flying back within thirty seconds. We were laughing our asses off, but the band that had to follow us looked like they were being marched off to execution.

LB: Favorite pre / post show; food, indulgence or ritual??
SK: Coors.

LB: What do you drink at practice??
SK: Coors.

LB: What’s the hardest thing about being a Band in the Bay Area??
SK: Trying to get a slot at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival.

LB: What's up with your CD where can I get it, where did you record it??
SK: Our last CD was recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, TN. You can find it on iTunes or Amazon or MySpace or bigbender. net. Our upcoming fourth CD should be available spring ‘09.

LB: Favorite San Francisco Band or a memorable show??
SK: Axton Kincaid, Thee Double D’s (Oakland).

LB: Favorite venue to Play??
SK: C.B.G.B. was awesome just because. The Catalyst in Santa Cruz and The Knockout in S.F.

LB: Do any of the members ever take their shirts off at a show or at practice??
SK: Julie.

LB: Who's the smelliest member after a sweaty gig??
SK: Julie.

LB: Where do you think live music is heading??
SK: It’s getting pretty tough for the average working stiff to go to a show and get a buzz on without blowing half of their rent.

LB: How do you feel about people downloading your songs for free, do you offer free downloads??
SK: If they’re enjoying the music and spreading the word, it can’t be all that bad.

Jan 24th 2pm @ KFJC Foothill Stomp Menlo Park, CA
Jan 24th9pm@ Cafe DuNord ,San Francisco
Feb 14th 9pm @ Fillmore w/ Reverend Horton Heat, SF
Feb 15th 8pm @ VooDoo Lounge w/ Rev. HH San Jose, CA