Tribe.net. Local Connections LavaToad http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/93b62fc9-e9a5-488f-b584-861971c89097 2006-10-14T06:53:52Z 2006-09-26T15:45:02Z

<div>Thanks to Chris Barnes for telling us about digital distribution, and to Julie for ordering a CD, and to Paul the labor organizer who bought his fifteenth copy because he felt sorry for us, we just got a payment from cdbaby for $35.38. This is Lava Toad's finest hour since May 28th, 2005.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 6 replies </div>

LavaToad 2006-09-26T15:45:02Z hollycallahan http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/f3f692fe-6261-4cdf-9252-0c1c9e5f3beb 2006-09-26T14:18:08Z 2005-07-19T18:20:16Z

<div>Does anyone need a cd or want to get one as a gift for a friend?! If so, let me know. I have a bunch at our house for sale. They are $12. <br/> <br/>Remember how fun it was to hear the cd for the very FIRST time. Remember when you were a Lava Toad virgin and how you saw life differently after being...exposed?! <br/> <br/>Well, make it happen for your friends and family members! Any birthdays coming up? Want to shock a loved one? Anyone you know need a laugh because their life is miserable? Buy this cd for them!!! <br/> <br/>By the way, how many of you bought a cd after only hearing a few songs or none at all? What did you think when you heard the WHOLE cd?! SERIOUSLY! How BADLY do you feel everyone you know should own one?! *share* <br/> <br/>-just sayin'</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 9 replies </div>

hollycallahan 2005-07-19T18:20:16Z Sanchez_Boon http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/8cdc3c75-e198-42ba-bd0f-bc13e4c76e18 2006-09-26T14:09:22Z 2006-05-31T21:00:43Z

<div>Long time no Lava... <br/> <br/>I was just listening to "I like doing stuff with you" this morning. <br/> <br/>Good stuff.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 6 replies </div>

Sanchez_Boon 2006-05-31T21:00:43Z thatcallahanguy http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/519d5d1c-93ca-4c3f-a362-8e3d60f8121e 2005-08-30T06:58:39Z 2005-08-30T06:58:39Z

<div>Happy pre-Labor Day! <br/> <br/>Gear up for the three-day weekend by joining Plasterkatz this Thursday night, September 1st at The Tradewinds, at 8210 Old Redwood Highway in downtown Cotati! We'll be playing some new stuff, and lot of the familiar old stuff, so grab a friend in the North Bay who hasn't gotten the chance to see us in the city, and bring them down for a good time! <br/> <br/>THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST @ 9PM <br/>THE TRADEWINDS <br/>8210 OLD REDWOOD HWY <br/>COTATI, CA <br/>707 795 7878 <br/>www.tradewindsbar.com <br/> <br/>If you can't make it to Cotati, though, you'll get to see us in another few weeks on Friday, September 23rd at Irelands 32 on Geary at 3rd Avenue in San Francisco. And you know how much fun can be had at Irelands 32, dontcha? Get there at 8pm so you don't miss out on the groovy tunes and kickass guitar work of Vinny Johnson Band! <br/> <br/>FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD @ 8PM <br/>IRELANDS 32 <br/>3920 GEARY BLVD <br/>SAN FRANCISCO, CA <br/>415 386 6173 <br/>www.irelands32sanfrancisco.com <br/>WITH VINNY JOHNSON BAND <br/>www.vinnyjohnson.com <br/> <br/>See you soon! <br/> <br/>Peace. <br/> <br/>Callahan <br/>www.plasterkatz.com</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 0 replies </div>

thatcallahanguy 2005-08-30T06:58:39Z hollycallahan http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/c5120634-b775-4695-8ede-6b5823d90cc6 2005-08-17T22:54:59Z 2005-08-11T23:14:04Z

<div>They are having problems logging onto Tribe because of Tribe's server or theirs or something. I think Ivan can explain it better if necessary. <br/> <br/>In any case, they miss chatting with folks through Tribe. If you want to see them, the'll probably be at the Single Entendre show on Friday! TOMORROW! :O <br/> <br/>ciao!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 5 replies </div>

hollycallahan 2005-08-11T23:14:04Z ChrisB http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/b53beb8e-96ac-44f1-9f5e-444a1aff88bb 2005-07-19T18:04:06Z 2005-07-05T05:43:29Z

<div>http://www.misspoppy.com/catalog/xcart/customer/product.php?productid=16267&amp;cat=291&amp;page=2</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 5 replies </div>

ChrisB 2005-07-05T05:43:29Z SpencerH http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/016f5f63-ba4f-477d-b38b-22d9a483359e 2005-07-19T04:39:19Z 2005-07-06T00:20:42Z

<div>I'm eager to see Lava Toad playing a live gig again! Any plans? <br/> <br/>Starving, <br/>Spencer</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 1 reply </div>

SpencerH 2005-07-06T00:20:42Z LavaToad http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/b2d89cb4-a6cc-4dba-a3da-ff5ee5eb6ae2 2005-06-28T00:33:15Z 2005-06-09T05:33:37Z

<div>It is official. We have handed over our birth certificates, name change documents, immunization records, and Washington driver's licenses, watching stoically as they were desecrated with hole punches and rendered useless for resale to identity thieves. Our heads were shaved and deloused, and we underwent cavity searches, decontamination baths, and unflattering photos. We answered the questions of our interrogators, telling them what they wanted to hear in order to show that we accept your laws as our own. A woman was shockingly, inexplicably cruel to me in the way that only civil servants seem to be capable. <br/> <br/>We have joined your forces, and now we are free to walk and, yes, even drive among you. We no longer have to swallow Dexedrine by the handfuls to ward off sleep, and keep our faces expressionless, stifling screams at the sight of dogs with human heads. The State of California has successfully broken our spirits and taught us to feel nothing. By the time we walked out of the DMV, we had abandoned our plan to return and open fire on the cruelest of the guards. We understand now, and we submit to your ways. We will no longer try to fight, because we have seen the truth: that this way is better for everyone.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 45 replies </div>

LavaToad 2005-06-09T05:33:37Z Sanchez_Boon http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/64e55e8e-fce7-40f2-a0ff-98cb143e8b65 2005-06-28T00:21:47Z 2005-03-01T23:13:59Z

<div>Hey Lava Toad! We are doing a live Webcast next week. I think you'll dig it. Here's the official e-mail blurb: <br/> <br/> <br/>Lights! Camera! Rimjob!! <br/> <br/> I know ever since your Uncle Harold's funeral in Hoboken you've been wishing that your Mother would learn proper etiquette involved in a Casual Rimjob. Well, you're in luck! Tell her to get her face out of that rotting corpse's decomposing poop-chute and grab a note pad cause Napkin is going worldwide! <br/> <br/> That's right! Your favorite band Crumpled Napkin will be performing LIVE at Expression College for Digital Arts. This is a multi-media extravaganza: Live Audience (you), Live 24 Track Recording (you farting in the background), live webcast (for our correspondents on Napkin care missions around the world), live pottery and muffin workshop! <br/> <br/> All this is going down next Tuesday March 8th at 6:30pm Pacific time. The school is in Emeryville and we can have up to 30 audience members. We need to give a guest list to the security guard (he shoots hippies sometimes) So if you wanna go, Send us an e-mail at crumplednapkin@hotmail.com (front row seats reserved for people who attach nude photos) <br/> <br/>If you can't make it and/or want to spread the word of Napkin to that girl you've been chatting with online in Indiana who swears she's a beautiful blond, who used to go out with Tommy Lee, but now she just wants to be with a sweet little hopeless nerd like you. <br/> <br/>Simply Log on to: http://www.expression.edu/ <br/>Click on the "Webcasts/Concerts" link in the lower right hand corner, take your pant's off and enjoy. <br/> <br/>This is a live webcast starting at exactly 6:30pm Pacific Time. That is 9:30pm for those on the east coast and somewhere in between for those central and mountain fucks. <br/> <br/>Here's the detailed info: <br/> <br/>Crumpled Napkin <br/> <br/>LIVE on Stage and the Internet (it's not Porn this time Ma!) <br/>Be there squeaking on the Live recording! <br/> <br/>Expression College for Digital Arts <br/>6601 Shellmound Street <br/>Emeryville, CA 94608 <br/> <br/>Tuesday March 8th <br/> <br/>6:30pm <br/> <br/>E-MAIL US SO WE CAN PUT YOU ON THE LIST! <br/> <br/>Webcast: log onto: http://www.expression.edu <br/> <br/>Be there! <br/> <br/>-Mr. Burrito</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 12 replies </div>

Sanchez_Boon 2005-03-01T23:13:59Z ericaortega http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/494e8850-2f3a-40dd-9c06-c11955e80303 2005-06-11T20:20:11Z 2005-05-23T20:39:29Z

<div>So in a little over a month I will be on a very long, very boring road trip with myself and I thought I would bring a little Lava Toad with me to keep me company. Do you have any CDs available now?? How much? How soon could I get it? <br/> <br/>I could have just sent a message but I thought others who don't have your CD would want to know as well. </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 10 replies </div>

ericaortega 2005-05-23T20:39:29Z thatcallahanguy http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/40ace9ea-9e13-47d6-963c-d995df764d6c 2005-06-11T06:32:11Z 2005-05-31T02:50:13Z

<div>Okay, so you finally got to see Lava Toad perform in the flesh! Now, why don't you tell your fellow Tribesfolk about them? <br/> <br/>That's right, you need to write a review. In fact, I just did, and I feel 1000% cooler already! <br/> <br/>So, see that long red button on the upper right corner of your Tribe that says 'post to tribe.net'? Well, click on it. Go ahead, I'll wait. <br/> <br/>Okay, so now you click on 'I'm making a recommendation' <br/> <br/>There? Great. <br/> <br/>Now, go through and fill in the blanks - I would recommend not using the 'Select a Region' or 'Select a City/Neighborhood' pull-down menus; that way all of their reviews will compile on the same 'SF Bay Area' list, rather than be spread all over as 'East Bay' or 'North Bay' entries. Then, once you've written your review (and given them five stars, of course!) you can choose which of your tribes you'd like to post your recommendation to, and spread the word of the Toad! <br/> <br/>Go on. You know you want to... I'll wait...</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 32 replies </div>

thatcallahanguy 2005-05-31T02:50:13Z LavaToad http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/7c7d3350-9039-4e3b-81f9-786f4118ec56 2005-06-10T06:46:49Z 2005-06-07T22:02:06Z

<div>WE LOVE OUR NEW TRIBE NAME!!!! THANK YOU, CALLAHAN!!!!! <br/> <br/>Now every time I see it, I get to picture Charleton Heston with a little bandana around his neck hysterically spreading the word of Lava Toad to the universe. And that just makes me happy.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 8 replies </div>

LavaToad 2005-06-07T22:02:06Z damien http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/874d48d0-cae3-405f-bf34-5c30253f06e9 2005-06-10T05:11:41Z 2005-06-09T07:43:03Z

<div>hi all; <br/> <br/>besides playing bass for barrelfish and crumpled napkin, i've got my main drum gig in the vinny johnson band. i haven't talked about it much because we have been taking all this time to get ready to come out, as callahan would put it. we're having our official first gig playing a couple of hours at elixir lounge in san jose (located inside south first billiards). we've been compared to stevie ray vaughn mixed with santana and lenny kravitz. what's different about us is we mix a few different styles here and there from celtic to reggae to funk to whatever else fits the song. while the band is new we have decades of experience that add maturity and dynamics into the well-crafted songs. <br/> <br/>saturday june 24th we're playing for about two hours with a break in between (or not, we've been known to keep going for the fun of it). there's this pool hall see... <br/> <br/>the Vinny Johnson Band at <br/> <br/>Elixir (the bar inside South First Billiards) <br/>420(!) South 1st. St <br/>San Jose, CA 95113 <br/>408-294-7800 <br/> <br/>No Cover, 21+ music at 8pm(?) <br/> <br/>if you haven't heard some of our music here's a few samples to whet your appetite. <br/> <br/>www.barrelfishmusic.com/audio/jade.mp3 <br/> <br/>www.barrelfishmusic.com/audio/river.mp3 <br/> <br/>www.barrelfishmusic.com/audio/someday.mp3 <br/> <br/> just right-click the files and save as... <br/> <br/> <br/>thanks for reading and hope to see you at the show! <br/> <br/>damien gonzalez</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 2 replies </div>

damien 2005-06-09T07:43:03Z susidhe http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/70e6c2a8-0018-484b-bb75-af9c419661ea 2005-06-07T21:56:23Z 2005-06-07T19:50:29Z

<div>I have 'Stuff With You' stuck in my head today. I think that's been my favorite all along. It's just so catchy. Me likey!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 1 reply </div>

susidhe 2005-06-07T19:50:29Z hollycallahan http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/8cf41da8-182e-49f4-b277-cf3739e54168 2005-06-06T15:31:06Z 2005-05-30T21:32:36Z

<div>What an incredible show! Megan and Chris, you absolutely brought the house down! FABULOUS job. It was such a treat to see you play live and know that it's a matter of (not much) time before we get to see you perform again!! <br/> <br/>YAY!!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 46 replies </div>

hollycallahan 2005-05-30T21:32:36Z benseeman http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/19644fd2-d47c-41b1-8083-4c6619ba1064 2005-05-24T02:09:24Z 2005-05-23T23:14:59Z

<div>We are all well aware of the dulcet tones of Megan's angelic voice. <br/> <br/>We are all well aware of the super-human stylings of Chris on instrument of choice. <br/> <br/>But no one ever really talks about Uncle Joe, and that is too bad because Uncle Joe, well, he touches me deep, deep inside. Sure his playing may be a little sloppy and his meter, and tempo, and rythm sometimes take a back seat when he's pouring his heart out, but man, that's his soul he's showing you, and if he can't seem to keep it all together for a few moments that's probably because he's trying to get through the song without having a nervous breakdown. With every grinding note that he sings I sense years and years of pain and torment. I don't personally know the man but I've shared in his agony and have come out the other side a stronger human being. <br/> <br/>I think everyone should open themselves up to Uncle Joe and let him touch them the way he has touched me.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 2 replies </div>

benseeman 2005-05-23T23:14:59Z LavaToad http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/90b96a47-6440-4a3d-bd50-99cb0cdfa942 2005-05-24T01:05:41Z 2005-05-23T01:49:31Z

<div>After one night of staying with Chris and Holly (awww, yeah), we had made up our minds. After two weeks, we were brave enough to admit it. Now, after one more week, my mom says it's OK and has promised not to stop sending us drugs. So it's official: Lava Toad is moving to California. Now all we need are jobs and a place to stay. <br/> <br/>We don't ask much in the way of housing: just a small box, a pond for bathing in, a light bulb, and a rock to protect us from the heat of the light bulb. We are clean and quiet, and don't do much hopping--nor do we bark, chew on shoes, or claw furniture. The perfect pets, we are equally happy with people and playing quietly by ourselves. Unlike a certain famous puppy, we won't eat your underwear or hump your stuffed animals. WE DO NOT SPEW LAVA. <br/> <br/>What we can afford will depend on the kind of work we can get. We are capable of many tricks, including editing, proofreading, orchestrating, location recording, babysitting, cleaning, delivery driving (see end of paragraph), and mind-numbingly repetitive assembly-line work. WE WILL LITERALLY DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY. THE LAWS OF THE LAND DO NOT FRIGHTEN US. <br/> <br/>We can start work as early as Monday the 30th or as late as the third week in June. We can start living in your basement as soon as the Callahans make us stop living in their attic. You should notice a marked reduction in flies and other household pests within a few days. <br/> <br/>Please don't make us go back to Seattle. Everyone there is white. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, HELP US. <br/> <br/>Thank you very much for reading this post.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 4 replies </div>

LavaToad 2005-05-23T01:49:31Z hollycallahan http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/55c33f4a-d42a-4f8d-8ae5-e74031473e39 2005-05-13T06:08:57Z 2005-05-02T15:54:17Z

<div>Chris and Megan arrived safely this a.m. after driving and resting over the course of 19 hours or so. <br/> <br/>We're going to try to get a shindig together so they can meet everyone. <br/> <br/>-just wanted to let all y'all know!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 23 replies </div>

hollycallahan 2005-05-02T15:54:17Z Sanchez_Boon http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/c9966048-f9b1-496c-b2f4-ae3db5d4c133 2005-05-13T03:45:02Z 2005-05-11T18:45:56Z

<div>Hey Kids <br/> <br/> Stop! Put down that razor sharp spatula! Un-hand that defenseless chicken you've been choking for the last couple weeks! Lift your head from that tear stained wooden spoon! Your aural salvation is nigh!!! Hallelujah! <br/> <br/> That's right, your favorite band Crumpled Napkin will be performing not once, but twice in the space of 3 days! <br/> <br/>Ok, I'll give you a second to clean up the puddle of secretions and fecal dribbling that shot out when you read that last sentence...hey don't use my towel dude! Seriously go get some paper towels...they're in the kitchen...no, the cupboard...Jesus titty fucking Christ, that's really gonna stain...fine I'll get them...Fuck dude...seriously. <br/> <br/> Sorry about that, where was I? Oh yeah, Crumpled Napkin LIVE this weekend in the Panhandle in SF! That's right, its the 1st Annual CORNSTOCK! Featuring members of Crumpled Napkin and Plasterkatz jamming together. Also we've imported at great expense some very special guests...the legendary Lava Toad!!! Oh, cripes...why did I put those paper towels away? Sheesh. <br/> <br/> Anyway we will be playing along side the Bay to Breakers race route on the grass at Grove and Fell streets this Sunday May 15th. Starting at 10:00am and going till 1:00pm or we get shut down by the pigs, what ever comes first. It will be an all star jam with all of some of your favorite musician's ruining all of your favorite songs. Bring a blanket to sit on, some booze to guzzle and an instrument to contribute to the cacophony of sound. <br/> <br/>Cornstock 2005!! Fuck yeah!! <br/> <br/>Butt weight! There's more! <br/> <br/> Crumpled Napkin will be doing another LIVE Webcast/Recording at the Expression Center in Emeryville on Tuesday May 17th at 9:30pm. (Note the time is later then last time so you have time to get drunk first! Woohoo!) We got some great material out of the last session, so this is your chance to be involved in the Crumpled Napkin album. Please reply to this e-mail to be put on the list, or if you can't make it in person be sure to log on and watch the webcast at: http://www.expression.edu <br/> <br/> <br/>Here's the detailed info: <br/> <br/>(p.s. take the trash on the way out, it kind of stinks now. Thanks.) <br/> <br/> <br/>CORNSTOCK 2005 <br/>feat. <br/>Crumpled Napkin www.crumplednapkin.com <br/>Plasterkatz www.plasterkatz.com <br/>Lava Toad www.lavatoad.com <br/>plus special surprise guests! <br/> <br/>Where: <br/>The Panhandle in San Francisco <br/>Grove and Fell <br/>during Bay to Breakers! <br/> <br/>When: <br/>Sun May 15th <br/>10am-1pm <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>Crumpled Napkin <br/>LIVE at Expression Center! <br/> <br/>Tuesday May 17th <br/>9:30pm <br/> <br/>Expression Center <br/>6601 Shellmound Street <br/>Emeryville, CA 94608 <br/>Webcast: http://www.expression.edu <br/> <br/> <br/>Right on. <br/> <br/>Be There. <br/> <br/>-Mr. Burrito</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 3 replies </div>

Sanchez_Boon 2005-05-11T18:45:56Z hollycallahan http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/ee92714c-353f-4d1a-a52a-978bf362cc49 2005-05-10T05:49:42Z 2005-05-04T17:23:20Z

<div>Does anyone out there have recommendations for a place locally that Chris and Megan can get cds duplicated, covers printed, etc? <br/> <br/>We talked about getting several resources to help, but they were saying they'd feel good just turning all the stuff in and picking all the stuff up all at once, already assembled and ready for sale.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 5 replies </div>

hollycallahan 2005-05-04T17:23:20Z mish http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/69368cd6-8299-4ebf-9f22-d157695457e2 2005-04-29T21:09:08Z 2005-04-29T02:10:11Z

<div>sat down and listened to the entire Lava Toad CD in my car, many times. And I played it for a bunch of friends too. Damn, they're good. Their stuff is going to be big, BIG I say. <br/> <br/>I REALLY dug "I'm better than God". Soooo, they're playing during the Bay to Breakers run on May 15th right? Now all I need to do is find a working generator... hmmmmmm...</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 18 replies </div>

mish 2005-04-29T02:10:11Z hollycallahan http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/64f84b8f-561f-4c32-9c68-3d6ea1e3b682 2005-04-29T19:23:16Z 2005-04-29T19:10:49Z

<div>packed their computers last night. They are REALLY coming to California folks! They should be here Sunday night!! <br/> <br/>wooooooowooooooooooo!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 5 replies </div>

hollycallahan 2005-04-29T19:10:49Z Sanchez_Boon http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/1ae577d0-6fa8-47a8-9272-ad4801cdef09 2005-04-27T05:04:26Z 2005-04-25T00:09:46Z

<div>Hey Toads <br/> <br/> While you guys are in town, May 15th (Sunday) is the Bay to Breakers marathon through San Francisco. It is a crazy event; people go all out with elaborate costumes, nudity etc. It's basically a big mobile party/freak show. The route goes through the whole length of Golden Gate Park. We have a plan to throw down a carpet maybe acquire a generator and Jam along the sidelines. It will be Crumpled Napkin, Plasterkatz, Lava Toad and whoever else comes out. We can sit in on each other's songs, do some spaced out hippie jamming, drink some beers, grill up some burgers. It'll be fun. <br/> <br/>More info on this will be posted soon. <br/> <br/>Right on. </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 14 replies </div>

Sanchez_Boon 2005-04-25T00:09:46Z hollycallahan http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/49087cf3-1e26-44f7-b2e7-540e324de7bd 2005-04-26T21:41:30Z 2005-04-26T06:14:38Z

<div>Chris and Megan will arrive in Oakland at Casa Callahan FOR A MONTH! <br/> <br/>weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! <br/> <br/>Chris and Megan! Bring/email us what you need to make more cd covers and burn onto cds. You KNOW we'll need to make some down here. Anyone out there able to help burn cds and print covers? Our burners are busted and I'm not sure if our printer is good enough for the covers. <br/> <br/>I'm SO excited to see you guys!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 9 replies </div>

hollycallahan 2005-04-26T06:14:38Z sonomacutey http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/9f57414e-a2ee-42b6-96d8-3ae28c898268 2005-04-24T02:36:02Z 2005-04-17T17:08:05Z

<div>Happy (belated) Birthday, Megan!!! <br/> <br/>woot, woot!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 7 replies </div>

sonomacutey 2005-04-17T17:08:05Z hollycallahan http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/82dde6f5-407a-426d-accb-f07fdddeffe1 2005-04-23T00:05:09Z 2005-04-12T19:12:39Z

<div>It's true. It looks like Chris and Megan will be living at Casa Callahan's for the month of May. This will give them an opportunity to see if they'll like California and if they will be able to tolerate all of us! <br/> <br/>We must saturate them! <br/> <br/>Just wanted to let all y'all know. We'll have to have several shindigs so they get a good dose of us!!!!!! :D</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 7 replies </div>

hollycallahan 2005-04-12T19:12:39Z ChrisB http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/ec01f35f-523d-471b-bd8a-6b6fc5a780ef 2005-03-24T21:24:18Z 2005-03-18T21:17:24Z

<div>Misha brought it over last night! <br/> <br/>I wish I had a church to play it in! :p</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 8 replies </div>

ChrisB 2005-03-18T21:17:24Z LavaToad http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/99b0e031-e5d9-4e2d-a56d-81303482de6d 2005-03-09T06:18:28Z 2005-02-27T08:55:28Z

<div>Why, Jessica, thank you for asking. I would love to explain how Lava Toad began! I'll start with the title song. <br/> <br/>Once upon a time, Uncle Joe lived happily in a little HUD house in the upper-white-trash town of North Bend, forty long, twisted miles east of Seattle, with his wife, Aunt Tammy, and their daughter Sta--let's call her Barb. Inexplicably modest, she would most likely wish to remain anonymous. <br/> <br/>Joe, a mild-mannered grocer by day, was, by night, a mild-mannered singer/songwriter/connoisseur of inexpensive wines. Whenever his niece Megan came to visit, along with her husband Chris and Chris's sister Sally (later known as the Punk Rock Goddess), the little house was filled with warmth and song and big hairy dogs, who would later appear in . . . but that's getting ahead of myself. <br/> <br/>None of us remember a time when Joe was NOT making up songs, or when exactly we first heard the one that would become the name of our band; what we do remember is the story behind it--the ALLEGED story. It goes like this: Joe was watching one of those nature shows, so he says, with his daughter "Barb" and a friend of hers. Yes, that's right: there are two other witnesses that the elusive Hawaiian lava toad does exist. Why there is no mention of this toad in any encyclopedia, dictionary, or web site--including that of the Museum of Natural History (in HAWAII)--is a mystery, but Joe claims this little toad lives on the Big Island, frolicking among the volcanoes, surviving because it looks like an ugly clump of igneous rock. (This fools the lava into thinking that it's one of its own.) He claims that, in spite of the toad's hideousness, its manner of hopping is so adorable that Joe was moved to write a song about it. Why the original song was sung in a French accent, he does not explain, but he says that it was an instant hit with "Barb" and her friend. <br/> <br/>The next time we came to visit, we all sat on the back porch roasting kosher marshmallows on the barbecue. (Joe, Barb, Chris, Sally, and I are vegetarians of about twenty years each--making a century of vegetarianism if you stack us end to end.) Joe, of course, had his guitar, and performed for us, for the first time, the song "Lava Toad." Little did we know that, ten years later (and just a few weeks ago today), our lives would change because of that song. <br/> <br/>It was a couple years before we made the first recording of "Lava Toad," and, unfortunately, we no longer have that version, which included Punk Rock Sally in the backups. (The one on the CD, alas, does not.) That was in 1997, and we were recording onto a tape, using Sally's four-track which was later stolen out of her house. Being lazy, lazy fuck-ups, we didn't get around to recording the CD *Lava Toad* until 1999. <br/> <br/>The story of how *Lava Toad* made it all the way down the coast (git along, git along) has to do with a very important four people who were strangers to us until we received their first e-mails on January 9th, 2001, at 9:31 a.m. I still have those e-mails. You folks know who you are: if you'll give your permission, I will reprint them here. (If you'd like to see them first, let me know.) <br/> <br/></div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 85 replies </div>

LavaToad 2005-02-27T08:55:28Z Sanchez_Boon http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/faef5894-67da-403c-93b9-fda0159a55ea 2005-03-08T02:22:31Z 2005-03-07T18:33:55Z

<div>Hey kids <br/> <br/> Just a reminder, Crumpled Napkin will be doing a LIVE webcast tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6:30pm. We're playing an hour long set, high end production quality, three camera angles, lights etc. This aint no public access shit. <br/> <br/>Log onto: http://www.expression.edu <br/> <br/>Then click on the Concerts/webcasts link in the lower right hand of the page. <br/> <br/> If you have not told us already and can make it out, please R.S.V.P. for your seat in the Live studio audience. <br/> <br/>Right on. <br/> <br/>-Mr. Burrito :-)</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 5 replies </div>

Sanchez_Boon 2005-03-07T18:33:55Z LavaToad http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/71912eee-d332-4fe7-906d-9816c8616e72 2005-03-04T06:08:12Z 2005-03-03T06:17:21Z

<div>Last time I was kidding; this time it's TOTALLY TRUE: Lava Toad T-shirts, sweatshirts, and, yes, even journals and note cards are NOW AVAILABLE!!! Well, OK, they don't say "Lava Toad" on them. But they have a PICTURE of a lava toad! Well, all right, it's not a lava toad--or really any kind of a toad--it's a tiny applique of an alligator . . . <br/> <br/>No, seriously--these are ACTUAL Lava Toad products, as anyone who has heard even the first two minutes of our CD will recognize. Come look! <br/> <br/>http://www.cafepress.com/jesusgun <br/> <br/>Also, anyone who has listened as far as the 20th song (and we really appreciate your patience) may notice that these products were designed by none other than Sally Arizona!!!! <br/> <br/>You know . . . Sally! <br/> <br/>Come ON, people--the PUNK ROCK GODDESS!! <br/> <br/>Oh, brother. THE SONG WITH THE DOGS BARKING!!! Yeah, that's the one! <br/> <br/>But for those who DON'T know: <br/> <br/>Sally is a real good artist. <br/>Her name is really Sally and she really is a real good artist. <br/>Spatula is a toy collector, <br/>And all the neighborhood kids respect her, <br/>But what they don't know is that her real name's Sally, <br/>And when she goes out at night people tell her: <br/>"You're a real good artist." <br/> <br/>Well, OK, that's not one of the songs where the lyrics really stand alone--you kind of have to hear it to appreciate it. And hear the dogs barking. <br/> <br/>Ah, fuck it. BUY OUR T-SHIRTS!!!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 9 replies </div>

LavaToad 2005-03-03T06:17:21Z heatheroni http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/af447b1e-c0c7-470e-a02d-c617b9ccd0a0 2005-03-04T04:34:44Z 2005-03-04T01:33:52Z

<div>"It's my candy now!" <br/> <br/>It's been so long, I'd forgotten some of the best songs! <br/> <br/>I got my CD today, and I'm just the happiest little camper you could ever want to see. YAY!!!!!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 3 replies </div>

heatheroni 2005-03-04T01:33:52Z LavaToad http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/b8d35efe-1677-4aca-bae4-411d2e986d91 2005-03-02T10:04:05Z 2005-02-20T13:52:05Z

<div>WANTED <br/>by Lava Toad: <br/> <br/>Photograph of an actual lava toad, or information leading to the discovery of a photograph of a lava toad. <br/> <br/>Purpose: Ben's web site. <br/> <br/>Reward: Seeing it on Ben's web site. <br/> <br/>Punishment: Never getting to hear the story of Joe's inspiration for the song "Lava Toad," or why he sang the original version in a French accent, or why all the information regarding lava toads was destroyed from all libraries, databases, and privately owned encyclopedias immediately after his alleged viewing of the so-called lava toad. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>Note to Ben: We would like a picture of a real lava toad somewhere on our web site--preferably on the same page as Sadie, the Big-Head Dog. We've been looking for one for six years. Not so much in the last 5.92 years, but pretty hard for about a month.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 15 replies </div>

LavaToad 2005-02-20T13:52:05Z http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/8fe4c2f2-3580-40d4-983d-eb53531834c0 2005-03-02T04:25:37Z 2005-02-27T10:34:09Z

<div>I just crept out to my mailbox in the dark of the night......and lo and behold...The LAVA TOAD FAIRY HAD COME! <br/> <br/>YAY! It's just as good as I remembered! So can I book a Southland tour for you guys?!?!?!? Huh, can I please?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 16 replies </div>

2005-02-27T10:34:09Z hollycallahan http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/eb419fb4-8c12-4eaf-b3e9-bac16a89f364 2005-03-01T09:01:47Z 2005-02-25T00:59:18Z

<div>If you want a cd, let me know. I just received six and two are already taken, and not by any of you...yet! :) <br/> <br/>They're $15 and 100% of the money goes to the artists, Chris and Megan! <br/></div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 24 replies </div>

hollycallahan 2005-02-25T00:59:18Z LavaToad http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/6c6c86c1-090c-46df-af47-6a7a9c63347d 2005-02-27T22:23:15Z 2005-02-24T13:35:30Z

<div>famous for the very first time. <br/> <br/> <br/>[After the phenomenal success of our recent film, Truth or Untruth, which Amazon reviewers called "an engaging behind-the-scenes look at the pop stars' Blind Amphibian tour," we have decided, despite the violent objections of Warren Beatty, to write a book documenting every waking minute of our lives. The following is an excerpt.] <br/> <br/> <br/>So, I'm thinking the kids* deserve more in a babysitter than someone who'll show them all the movies their dad won't let them see, and I drive them out to the Burke-Gilman trail to ride bikes. Two minutes into the ride, Gene, who has the habit of veering wildly left without looking, is hit by a rollerblader and crashes to the ground. Before I can skid to a stop, he's already screaming that he can't feel his right leg or move his right pinky. The leg thing turns out to be an exaggeration--soon he's limping well enough back to the car--but his pinky does look swollen. I don't feel qualified to decide what to do, and since we're just a few blocks from the church where his dad works, we stop by to get Mitch's advice. <br/> <br/>Mitch, a Reverend Lovejoy-type pastor with no tolerance for hysterical Ned Flanderses, is not alarmed--he knows as well as I do that Gene will jump at any chance for attention--but he, too, thinks the pinky looks swollen, and that it's worth having checked out. He draws me a map to their pediatrician, and the whole time he's giving directions, Gene is saying, "Dad. Dad. Dad. See, look--Dad. When I try to go like this . . ." <br/> <br/>Mitch gives me Gene's insurance card and, at the last minute, scribbles a note for the receptionist at the top of the map, giving his permission for me to take his son to the doctor. I'm thinking, What the hell kind of jerk would refuse to treat an injured child without a parent's permission? But I take the note and we leave. <br/> <br/>The receptionist accepts the insurance card and says the doctor will see us next. Sure enough, she doesn't ask for a permission slip. We sit down to wait, and since the only magazines are the usual kind (existing merely as vehicles for their sponsors and, therefore, containing only articles geared toward making you want to buy the products they advertise), I pass the time writing notes to myself. I'm thinking, as I have been all week, about this tribe I just found out about where people--get this--insult each other for fun. I know, I know--it sounds incredible, but cred it--it's true. In particular, I'm thinking about that tribe's self-description, which warns that you'll be insulted for your race, age, etc., and I start wondering about other qualities and thinking, What about this? What about that? On and on. Being obsessive, I decide to make a list of everything not mentioned in the warning, so I turn over the superfluous permission slip and write the following: <br/> <br/>"Income; social status (including number of friends {and not just on Tribe}); IQ; mental and physical disabilities; height; weight; ratio of body fat to lean body mass; whiteness of teeth; color of hair; personal freshness; personal habits (including addictions and sexual practices); baldness; difficulty getting high, getting laid, getting off . . ." <br/> <br/>And that's as far as I get before the doctor calls us in. He wraps the leg in an Ace bandage and orders an x-ray for the pinky, which means we have to go back downstairs and into another office, where they take the insurance card and verify Gene's address and date of birth all over again. Then, finding out that I'm not the parent--DOH!--they demand a permission slip. <br/> <br/>So I hand them the note, assuming they only need to glance at the signature and praying they won't turn it over (while trying to remember whether or not I included "number of times you've had sex with someone who wasn't drunk"). The receptionist (stereotypically snotty, impatient kind) looks irritated that it's scrawled on the same page as the map, but decides it will do and starts to paperclip it to Gene's other paperwork. When I tell her I need it back, she says she'll make a copy. I assume she means a copy for THEM, but, no, she means for me. <br/> <br/>Trying to make it sound like a normal request, I ask if I can have it back for just one moment. While she waits impatiently, I turn it over and cross out everything I've written, scribbling extra hard over the words "Genital odor, butt-eating skill, number of times you've offered your leg to a dog and the dog has refused." <br/> <br/> <br/>[End of excerpt.] <br/> <br/> <br/>*Eric, 8, and Gene, 13: these kids we babysit. (Yes, of course: I'm too old to be babysitting and Gene is too old for a babysitter. The answer in both cases is that we're troubled--him emotionally, me financially, what with the Warner Music lawsuit and getting ripped off by my art consultant.)</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 29 replies </div>

LavaToad 2005-02-24T13:35:30Z heatheroni http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/ff2d9f76-e807-461e-a232-c00cb11485dd 2005-02-24T09:33:09Z 2005-02-17T13:14:28Z

<div>I have heard it, and I believe that my husband has a burned CD of it floating around somewhere (acquired with permission many many years ago), but what if I want the real deal? <br/> <br/>My co-workers are all Catholics and Republicans (or just jerks). I need to shake up their sad little worlds with some Lava Toad.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 15 replies </div>

heatheroni 2005-02-17T13:14:28Z hollycallahan http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/9b829e9b-0504-410e-b0ce-41c27954f19d 2005-02-20T19:24:17Z 2005-02-17T06:09:50Z

<div>I know there are a few of you on here who haven't and we need to change that. <br/> <br/>We can have a Lava Toad appreciation party here sometime and burn ourselves with hot red wax and eat toad legs while listening to their tunes. <br/> <br/>Then you'll all want a cd of your very own! I can guaranteeeeee it!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 11 replies </div>

hollycallahan 2005-02-17T06:09:50Z Megan http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/376f392c-c622-4482-bbfb-5a4ed1557653 2005-02-18T08:19:32Z 2005-02-15T07:21:05Z

<div>So, can we look forward to a day when you might be coming down here to share a venue with Plasterkatz and Crumpled Napkin?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 84 replies </div>

Megan 2005-02-15T07:21:05Z stephaniespain http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/2c887dd7-5f6c-425c-a54d-554910710202 2005-02-18T07:58:29Z 2005-02-17T04:43:43Z

<div>Megan is soooooooo frickin cool. I haven't even met her yet, and we have this great email thing going on. Even Lang is getting jealous! How awesome is that? Yeah, so uh.......Megan's cool! :-)</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 3 replies </div>

stephaniespain 2005-02-17T04:43:43Z thatcallahanguy http://lavatoad.tribe.net/thread/1b9a33d1-43c0-4328-b555-0c091301ab63 2005-02-16T05:27:59Z 2005-02-15T01:15:07Z

<div>Wanna buy a CD? Let me know. Holly and I have some for sale. And we want to spread the Word of the Toad across the world.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://lavatoad.tribe.net">Lava Toad is made of people!!!</a> - 13 replies </div>

thatcallahanguy 2005-02-15T01:15:07Z