Even In Blackouts

2011-11-13T18:14:00.000-08:00

All EVEN IN BLACKOUTS records can be purchased on cd at Interpunk or downloaded from Itunes Myths & Imaginary Magicians (Debut Record)"Perfectly arranged music, dead on vocals for such music, and great lyrical content is what makes this cd a great listen." - Askew ReviewsForeshadows On The WallEven in Blackouts' second release, Foreshadows on the Wall, adds to the band's manifesto of creating

2009-12-09T12:46:00.000-08:00

Chivalry is NOT Dead, It's just Bleeding. Please help out our Bassist Phillip Hill by sending any cash you can to the paypal donation center our friend Mass Giorgini set up for him. He has no health insurance and will be out of music action for at least three months.Here is the donation email for paypal: helpphilliphill@gmail.com From Phillip Hill:"I'm

2009-05-18T00:28:00.000-07:00

So, in case you bought the new record, but didn't notice that it contained a link to our lyrics and liner notes, here you go Thresholds From The Basement

2008-12-12T14:50:00.000-08:00

The End Is Near!! Record Release and last shows! EIB Selling Out! Living Room show getting close to sold out! If you want to go to this once in a lifetime opportunity (a little over the

2008-09-06T13:11:00.001-07:00

We are planning on touring Italy, Spain and France in Feb and/or March. If you are interested in booking a show please contact us.eveninblackouts@hotmail.comJohn Jughead Pierson

2008-07-10T12:21:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to thank the donators to our record, and also a special thank you to the people who are continuing to send us donations after the campaign has ended. The donations that are still coming in have been very helpful. Liz, Gub, and I are flying out to Bice's studio in Boston to mix the record, and hopefully it will be ready for release in late August or early September.I have one more

2008-02-06T04:14:00.000-08:00

Well EIB fans, it is that time again for a new Even In Blackouts Record, and once again we would like to create a record outside of the box. We are going to fund the whole project removed from the limitations and the imagined and/or actual pressure of a labels monetary decision making. We realized that we could record a new cd with less funds if we rented equipment and did it ourselves. Since

Even In Blackouts - Summer Comes (live)

2007-10-21T14:45:00.001-07:00

Live from Norway, one of our favorite places to play, even though we've never had an audience more than 10.

2007-10-02T21:13:00.001-07:00

For some strange reason our my space site won't allow us to add any more venue names for our tour, so here is all the shows:Friday 11/02/2007 08:00 PM - Zombie Lounge3519 El Cajon BlvdSan Diego, California 92104Description:We are playing Second out of four bands, so don’t show up late (619) 284-3323Saturday Nov 3rd The Lava Lounge 321 Alvarado St. Monterey, Ca 93940 FREE!!! 21+ Doors @ 9pm, Music

2007-07-29T17:43:00.000-07:00

Hey Sunday August 5th Even In Blackouts is playing an over 21 FREE acoustic show atSimon's Tavern5210 N. Clark St. (5200N, 1600W)Chicago, IL 60640(773) 878-0894Our first set is at 9pm. We have a second at 10:30pmIf you are in the hood, you should come by and hang out with us. It will be low key and very fun!!It will be John, Liz, Gub, and Phillip Hilljohn's long time friend and director works at

2007-03-29T11:31:00.001-07:00

Update on Basement Show EIB basement show with Unloveables, Methadones and Steinways Hey so crazy crazy things afoot. I wanted to help my friend Frank from the Unloveables get a show in Chicago. It turned out all I could get was my own basement, but through a series of cool events we are now

2007-01-28T16:10:00.000-08:00

UpdateSo, Even In Blackouts is once again forced to take an extended break. We are all working to make money. Luckily I get to try to do that while engaged in another passion of mine, Theater. I have three productions coming up this year. I am in a show called "You Asked For It" right now with the Neo Futurists. Then I will be playing a dog who plays guitar for a pretty big event in

2006-10-31T12:54:00.000-08:00

Hey for all November UK tours dates go to our My Space page. http://www.myspace.com/eveninblackouts

2006-09-25T15:24:00.001-07:00

Here are the UK Tour dates so far. Plus the album release date is October 31st 2006. Scary!Wednesday 01st November - Galway - Venue TBCThursday 02nd November - Greystones - Venue TBAFriday 03rd November - Liverpool (Crosby) - WoodstockSaturday 04th November - London - Venue TBCSunday 05th November - Nuneaton - The WheatsheafMonday 06th November - Derby - The Vic InnTuesday 07th November -

2006-06-14T14:50:00.000-07:00

EIB donations through PaypalHello, some interested in helping us out with the recording asked about paypal. I have set up my Hope and Nonthings account to take these donations for EIB. If you are interested please send a response to this through myspace with your e-mail, your address and what package you want to donate at. You will receive a response from paypal with an invoice. As soon as the

2006-06-12T17:15:00.000-07:00

EIB PROPOSITIONTo All Even In Blackout fans and friends. We have very little time to raise money to pay for our upcoming record Fall Of The House Of Even. We have no money and no label yet has showed any interest in paying our recording bill. So we have come with a scheme that can happily also be seen as an interesting creative move and of benefit to you, yes you our fans and friends.Here it

2006-04-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

So, on this last tour after three weeks in Europe we flew from France to Scotland and from Ireland to Berlin and finished the tour in two more weeks. Does that sound easy? Well,it was. But the whole UK section was like a dream. There was no sleep, there was a deep fog over Scotland and Ireland and we were lead by the hand from gig to gig by three scottish guys known as Buzzbomb. We stayed at

2006-04-07T16:33:00.000-07:00

Hey, we just had a great rehearsal. We all traveled and flew in for two days to learn new songs for the upcoming record The Fall Of The House Of Even. We laughed alot, slept very little and now my ears are ringing and my nose is running. We are intensely excited about the new material, you can see sparks flying from Gub's head and Bice destroyed a cymbol (poor cymbol). The record has an insane

2006-04-07T16:03:00.000-07:00

John was surprised to wake up in France - IN THE 19th CENTURY!Phillip taking precautions against fingerprintsThose Darn Swedes! For a moment we thought Thore would actually do it.The Head Of Bice situated in RomeLiz doing her Time travel trick

2006-04-07T15:55:00.000-07:00

Living Room Show Audience in DenmarkCarmen and Sonny BonoLiz Yelling at voltarJohn giving away Screeching Weasel secretsVoltar relaxing backstage

2006-03-16T08:48:00.000-08:00

some more more pictures

2006-03-16T08:30:00.000-08:00

some more pictures

2006-03-16T08:20:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures taken by some friends on the road:Renske Van GennepBart JonkersCaramel AppleSomeone in Denmark (I don't know who - let me know)Marc in germany (plus he has these too - http://www.photo.marc-gaertner.de/ )Here they are in no order:

2006-03-13T22:11:00.000-08:00

Fall Of The House Of Even Well Blackoutville. The day has finally dawned on the EVENs. We are diving head first back into the studio (Sonic Iguana) on May 7th and will not peak our heads out of that Indiana hiding place until we have a new full length record. This record will feature about 12 new songs and perhaps about 6 live songs recorded in France and Spain on our last tour.The Lineup will

2006-03-07T09:05:00.000-08:00

Just a quick directive. Sadly I don't have much access to my own band's website, so I have been doing most of the changes on our My Space account. Check it out if you haven't been there:http://www.myspace.com/eveninblackouts

2006-03-01T21:54:00.000-08:00

Should I have brought a journal along on this last European tour? No... Yes... well, I have the feeling it wouldn't have made much of a difference. I would have still sat in the van shocked into paralysis because we were all still getting along smashed into a van for the past few weeks. I am hoping that many of the unbelievable good memories will manifest themselves once again. I want to talk

2005-12-23T12:05:00.000-08:00

This to me is exciting and different. One of Gub's relatives owns a Fedora hat company and they are sponsoring us in Europe. check out their cool site:www.TheFedoraStore.comJohn

2005-12-08T08:28:00.000-08:00

The Only US show for Even In Blackouts! for quite awhileBEAT KITCHENFRIDAY JAN. 13TH 7PM ALL AGES $8www.beatkitchen.comEVEN IN BLACKOUTSIt will also be the book release party of John Jughead Pierson's novel WEASELS IN A BOX

2005-12-02T14:04:00.000-08:00

Here is our European Itinerary so far:you can check here for further updates: EIB europe tourEVEN IN BLACKOUTS European tour 2006Pop-punk all stars Even In Blackouts are back in Europe with their unique sound and catchy songs. 18/01/2006 Rennes - France @ Mondo Bizarro 19/01/2006 Angoulême - France @ Mars Attack 20/01/2006 Madrid - Spain @ Gruta 77 21/01/2006 Barcelona - Spain @ Ateneu de

2005-10-16T17:13:00.000-07:00

Well, the band is back in business and working on a new record and getting ready for a January & February tour of Europe. I don't have any dates in my hands yet but you can keep an eye on:www.teenageheadmusic.comAlso I want to start booking a tour in Canada. It is about time that I return to my roots. If anybody has any contacts for Canada let us know.eveninblackouts@hotmail.comThanksJohn

2005-08-15T10:32:00.000-07:00

HEY!! We finally got the new web page up. We will be doing some brushing up of the pages for the next few months. But it's finally there!Also, we are moving very slowly now because we are all trying to scrape by in order to save for the European tour in Mid January.That will be the only visible activity of the band for awhile. Gub and I are working on new songs, and we hope to get in the

2005-07-12T11:13:00.000-07:00

Even In Blackouts July, 15 2005 at The Bird's Nest 2500 N SOUTHPORT AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60614 Cost: Late night Chicago acoustic show!! July 15 2005 09:30 PM The Bird's Nest 2500 N SOUTHPORT AVENUE Chicago, IL 60614,US $5 21+ Sorry guys w/

2005-06-08T22:59:00.000-07:00

Here is a long review of Zeitgeist's Echo. I asked a friend of mine to make a critical analysis of the record for myself and for whomever is interested. I agree with many of the assesments but not all of them. His conclusion has a darker tone than my own view of it. But the writing is well done.Johnhttp://www.hopeandnonthings.com/pages/THENANDTHEREISHEREANDNOW.html

2005-05-27T21:54:00.000-07:00

Live song from Madrid So when we were in Madrid, Spain we were scheduled to perform a national concert on public radio and tv. We were to record in front of a hired audience of 12 people standing on a wood panel with a camera on each side to help make it look like just a small section of a large crowd. They did not get actual fans of our music or the genre, they got actors to stand there to

2005-05-22T18:08:00.000-07:00

Hello to everyone throughout the greater galaxy and a few suburbs, Even In Blackouts are on a hiatus for a few months while we return to our lives and try to make sense of our situations. Liz and I are due for a meeting to discuss the future of the band. The last two tours: Europe and The East Coast, went very well, but it took alot out of us. I am beginning to feel like the band needs to find

2005-03-15T12:27:00.000-08:00

Even In Blackouts/The Popsters TourYes, on Thursday April 21st we will embark on a two week tour with The Popsters from Sicily.Here are the dates so far, and some random info I have. (The first show is without the Popsters)ALL OF THESE DATES ARE NOW CONFIRMED!!Wednesday April 20th - Beloit, WIBeloit College - Spring Day CelebrationFurther Seems ForeverTBD (band Further Seems Forever is bringing)

2005-02-23T06:17:00.000-08:00

Well, just got finished writing a long blog about our days in Italy and it got erased, I do not have the energy to write the whole thing again, so let me just say that we are having a great time with friends that I have missed dearly for three years.John

2005-02-14T19:42:00.000-08:00

So we said goodbye to the Dangerfields yesterday, we will be finishing our tour in Europe and they will be beginning their tour in the USA. The Dangerfields will be on tour for THREE MONTHS!! I don’t think I have the guttural fortitude to last that long on the road in a van with 6 or 7 other unbathed men. I would probably end up trying to walk home from some valley in Montana, taking my

2005-02-11T04:45:00.000-08:00

Hello, every single one of you people purposely or accidentally stopping by this blog and taking a few moments to read. EIB is in Europe right now, I sit on the couch or our booking agent in Nottingham, the home of the infamous Sheriff of the Robin Hood fame. I have not spotted him yet, and am beginning to think this story is old. I think perhaps the Sheriff in this story is dead. The police

2005-01-23T15:14:00.001-08:00

TWO ILLINOIS SHOWS!! 01/28/2005 10:00 PM - Illinois Brewing Company Address- 102 N. Center .111, Bloomington, IL 61701, - Over 21 10PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01/29/2005 08:00 PM - Andiamo 6th and Adams, Springfield, IL 62701, - All ages With Resident Genius 8PM

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2005-01-22T21:06:00.000-08:00

European Tour Update January 22nd 2005 FEBRUARY 2005 EVEN IN BLACKOUTS - European Tour Update FEBRUARY 2005 02 UK NUNEATON - The Graziers W: Effervescent 03 UK BELFAST - Front Page W: TBA 04 UK EDINBURGH - Spiders Web W: The Dangerfields 05 UK DUNDEE - Beat Bar W: The Dangerfields 06 UK

2005-01-14T14:48:00.000-08:00

My two favorite reveiws of Zeitgiest echo back to back. Even In Blackouts Zeitgeist's Echo (2004) (Knock Knock) OC See Others Published on January 14th 2005 Even in Blackouts’ first album, Myths And Imaginary Magicians (Myths), was one of the best and most original pop/punk albums to be released during the last five years. Unfortunately, their full-length follow up, entitled Zeitgeist’s

2005-01-09T13:12:00.000-08:00

Hey, here are our European Dates so far: 02/02/2005 UK -TBA- 03/02/2005 UK BELFAST The Front Page 04/02/2005 UK EDINBURGH Spiders Web 05/02/2005 UK DUNDEE Beat Bar 06/02/2005 UK GLASGOW The Barfly 08/02/2005 UK SAXMUNDHAM White Hart 09/02/2005 UK NORWICH The Ferryboat 10/02/2005 UK LIVERPOOL Heaven & Hell Club 11/02/2005 UK HIGH WYCOMBE The

2004-11-19T09:39:00.000-08:00

Just a short pre-thanksgiving update to let you know what is going on in Blackoutville. Liz and I have scheduled a free show at the Neo-Futurarium with our Upright Bass Player on Friday December 10th. It will be at 10:30pm. You may have to go see Too Much Light to actually get into the space that we are playing but honestly, it's worth it. In December The Neo-Futurists do their Best Of show,

2004-10-20T14:16:00.000-07:00

Hey Everybody, there may be some excitement coming up soon. We will have a new site in a few weeks. For right now Mark Enoch was generous enough to design us one in the meantime. Stay tune and you will get info about tours for 2005. Thanks for reading. Reverend John Jughead PIerson

2004-10-17T21:48:00.000-07:00

eveninblackouts.com is no longer affiliated with the band Even In Blackouts. Please check us out at www.eveninblackouts.net or www.eveninblackouts.org meanwhile, info for upcoming Europe tour will be here: http://www.blahblahblahtours.com/blahblahblahtours/index.htm thank you Even In Blackouts

2004-10-06T13:57:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks just a short message. Just want you to know that Liz, Bice and I are trying to piece things back together. We have a potential line-up for Europe in February. That will be our next tour. We may play a show in Chicago before that to get our chops up. Liz, I and a pleasant fellow named Dan will be performing around Chicago as a trio, more loungy sounding. We have a stand up bass and

2004-08-01T10:42:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody. One day long ago I said to a friend who is now dead, "I can't call myself a writer, what if I find out one day that I have nothing more to say?" And he replied, "Shut up you Fuck!" And then he gave me a hug. I tried to write something for this tour, but in the midst of tears, frustration, sweat, biting sarcasm, long drives, passive aggression, hugs and kisses, nights with

2004-07-09T02:13:00.000-07:00

Here we are at The Hole in Clovis, NM.

2004-06-19T12:00:00.000-07:00

Hey people. I forgot to mention in that last blog that I have a play running soon in Hollywood. Yes, I said it, Hollywood. A play in Hollywood? Do such things exist? Yes they do, thank you. But hardly anybody attends, they're too buys meeting or trying to become famous people. Which, quite frankly, I don't really have a problem with that. Surprise surprise. I just wished they'd pack up

2004-06-19T11:55:00.000-07:00

Well there people of Blackoutville. Were you wondering if your fellow villagers in the band known as EIB had all died off secretly? Well... no! We are all fine and dandy. We have been each individually trying to keep afloat in these hard economic times. We often forget that lives need maintenance. And some lives need higher maintenance than others, if you know what I mean... Do you?

2004-04-01T23:51:00.004-08:00

Oh where oh where has my little band gone? I am lost, I am found, I'll be getting home on a geyhound. John Jughead Pierson reporting from NYC. I am only one block away from ground zero, and I have joined a highly mainstream fitness center called "Crunch". Down the block from Wallstreet. Here is a conversation I heard in the locker room between two chiseled businessmen in their underwear: "

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2004-04-01T23:51:00.000-08:00

Oh where oh where has my little band gone? I am lost, I am found, I'll be getting home on a geyhound. John Jughead Pierson reporting in from NYC. I am only one block away from ground zero, and I have joined a highly mainstream fitness center called "Crunch". Down the block from Wallstreet. Here is a conversation I heard in the locker room between two chiseled businessmen in their underwear:

2004-03-02T10:44:00.000-08:00

There's an interesting side story which John left out of his journal entry. Lets call that story "THE KEY". I called John on the day he left for New York, hoping to catch him before he went to the airport. I was to late, and only got his voicemail. I assumed that he had remembered to leave the key to his house where ALL our equiptment was...afterall, how could we go on tour without it ? So, I

2004-03-01T17:15:00.000-08:00

So, I’m at home in Chicago, I hop a plane to New York. I stay there for a few days with a friend. Sounds fairly normal, and not quite worthy of writing about. And yet the events that followed slowly folded into a complicated paper oragami with three heads staring in four different directions. I went to New York to pick up Bice, our drummer, who happens to live in Boston, to start our tour in

2004-02-28T14:31:00.000-08:00

Here's some photos from days 1 and 2 of the tour. I'm sure someone will have something to say later.

2004-02-14T23:47:00.000-08:00

Hello, I have risen from inactive life of blogger with nothing on my mind but plenty of time and the late night cafeine high. There must be something to say, we haven't written since our last tour... I think it was the first day of our last tour. My God! Where is my muse? Some one stole our muse and replaced it with blank stares? 5 4 3 2 1 Why in the Hell can't we get our godamn new record

2003-11-16T04:11:00.000-08:00

Hello folks. Things are well in Blackoutville. Thanks to all the kindered spirits whom have come to witness the destruction of our instruments and have brought gifts of the edible nature. Fact: We've learned a lot about saliva on this tour. Fact: Expired plates = $75 ticket Fact: Speeding = $75 ticket Fact: $150 combined ticket total after being on tour for 3 hours is not good. Fact: The

2003-10-11T13:59:00.000-07:00

Hello gang. It has been a sick year for me, your little Jughead. I have had bronchitis and a horrendous stomach flu. Well, that's enough about me. Even In Blackouts is less than a month away from embarking on their fourth USA tour. This time they are taking on the Southwestern and the North western territories in a matter of less than three weeks. This I have to see for myself, so... I'm

2003-08-13T23:53:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks... Dizzy... Headache... Breathing still... I think. Yes, something is afoot with John. On the last days of the tour I was lucky enough to contract Bronchitis! The nice Asian (Homosexual?) Doctor at the local clinic says I probably got it from a dirty payphone or a passing stranger in mid cough. However transported to my lungs, I wish it would go away. But there is something

2003-07-26T01:37:00.000-07:00

So, there is this thing called "rain". And it falls from the sky. If you walk outside during this thing called "rain." You get wet. Sometimes (almost most of the time) people carry around these circular objects that you hold above your head. They're waterproof, and they can fold up into a small clothy thing that you can tuck into a purse, or they can fold down into an object resembling a

2003-07-23T00:39:00.000-07:00

Goodbye Northeast, hello Southeast. Went swimming in the Ocean and had to perform that night with 2 and a half cups of sand in my underwear. I didn't discover the sand until 3 or 4 in the morning while stopping at a rest area. It may have been the reason for my blue mood at the show that night. We spent a day at Interpunk, and played a few songs (acoustic) They bought us wonderful pastries

2003-07-17T10:20:00.000-07:00

Boston... Boston... Where the witches are burning, the Kerouac's are roaming, The trancendalists are romping, The Tea is spilling. We had yet another barely attened show in Boston. That is two tours here so far. We are trying to gain audience members one per tour in MA. I think we are near our goal this time around. Very exciting. My sister has moved to Boston. One day I picked up my phone

2003-07-12T09:56:00.000-07:00

Well... We are fighting the good fight. We are looking at our half empty cup and saying, “Hey, I think it’s actually half full.” And then we all chant, “ooooohhh.” The shows so far have had small attendances, but we always look at this as a challenge. And that’s not just a statement from a cheerleader or a corporate executive. It is an important element of our goal as a band. I had said

2003-06-28T00:13:00.000-07:00

Hey! A Blog! When I hear that word I think of a movie about a Blob lost in a thick Portland Fog. Perhaps something directed by John Carpenter with commy undertones. I think there may be some scenes where we really get to meet the Blob, and for a moment we understand his plight. We see a small globby thick mucus-like tear form in his eye. And then Kurt Russel dressed like a futuristic Elvis

2003-06-27T22:35:00.000-07:00

Hello! This will be our home away from home. Check back for stories and updates from the road.