Funhouse on Sunday

Playing season is really ramping up-- we've got a lot of playing to do over the next several weeks. First things first: We're at The Funhouse this Sunday (November 4th), once again with Wah-Wah Exit Wound. It should be pretty telling that we like these guys; this is our second show in a row with them. Also on board are The Wayward, who are touring and up here from Virginia, and Fortress of Victory. Here's the listing:

November 4th
Ubik @ the Funhouse
w/ Fortress of Victory
& Wah Wah Exit Wound
& The Wayward
21 and over
$5 at the Door

This will be your chance to have some nice, calming beer after the massive sugar shock of Halloween. (that many vodka & red bulls... what were you thinking? You may never sleep again)

Pedal Power

Okay, what I want to know is: who's got the largest pedalboard in Seattle? I'm pretty pedal obsessed, and I want to find the other pedal aficionados in town and see how other extravagant pedals are used.

Here's the rules: I'm measuring the pedalboard by its number of pedals. Rack gear doesn't count (because rack guys are different from pedal guys; controlling myriad rack effects with a midi pedalboard isn't the same thing as having a chain of pedals), and multi-effects only count as one effect (one unit, one effect).

My rig is 21 pieces, spanning three boards: 16 active effects, 2 looper/bypasses, 2 control units, and a tuner... we can debate which of these count (or don't) when we start tallying.

So... who's got a wild pedalboard? I wanna see.

--eric

toldyaso

I think it was on the MySpace event invite we said that the Rendezvous show was going to be twice as good and half the price of the El Corazon show, and... Ha! This one was a knockout, so muchos thankyous to all of the attendees. Kickass show (though someone boosted Rad Touch's bass, a Fender J-Bass, from the back room of the venue. If you have any info about bass thieves, let Rad Touch know).

Keep up with our shows page-- we're at the Funhouse on Sunday, November 4th, where I'm sure we'll all drink our weight in PBR.

See You Tuesday

ubik. has a show coming up this Tuesday, October 16th, down in Belltown: we're at the Jewelbox Theater in the Rendezevous (pronounced: REN-sa-fuss), with Rad Touch and Wah Wah Exit Wound, which is going to be a hell of a show. Change Versus Comfort (we had a great time with them at the Chop Suey) shares a member with Rad Touch, and we've been wanting to play with Wah Wah Exit Wound since we first saw them play... so this is looking like one hell of a show.

Rendezvous - Jewel Box Theater
2322 2nd Ave
Seattle, Washington 98121
Ubik, Wah Wah Exit Wound, Rad Touch
$5 at the door / Doors @ 10:00

with any luck, we will be breaking out a new song at this show, too; we're really excited about the new one, so here's hoping lots of you show up for it.

Thanks, Ben

Many of you may know that we had to rent a U-Haul for our first show, back at the Jules Maes. We haven't had to do that since: glass blower extrordinaire Ben Ostrom has lent us his van for every single show we've played. I doubt we can fully convey in text how phenomenally awesome this is-- Ben has helped this band more than anyone else. We really couldn't do this stuff without his contribution... and he's never asked for anything in return (though we do our best to put $20 of gas in the tank after every show. It's would be extremely rude to use his van and burn all his gas)

Thanks, Kyna

Recently back in town from LA, attending Occidental College for photography, Kyna Shilling has been the main contributor to the ubik photos page over the last few months. We've got full galleries from our El Corazon and Chop Suey shows up, thanks to her.

Thanks, Dowell

How cool is this? Ubik has merch. Swag. You know... stickers.

We got this done after many sessions with our graphic designer, Dowell Eugenio, meeting over beers at the College Inn and Shorty's. The man is obviously a superhero, and the stickers look fantastic.

We've got to give the assist to StickerRobot.com... ubik was obviously going to order from the robot-based sticker company, but these guys delivered a really nice sticker.

All Ages (more or less)

Thanks to everyone for coming out to see us at El Corazon-- the conditions may have been rougher than normal:

• We hated pre-selling those tickets. None of us was actually comfortable asking you for money, and we're grateful you guys bought some
• Packing seven bands onto a flier was no easy feat, and...
• Yeesh, a bill with seven bands is pretty unwieldy, isn't it? Why would anyone book an evening show with that many bands?
• What, no drink tickets? We didn't even get water for on-stage.

...but we really enjoyed the show and hope you all had a great time. We're hoping to have some merch on offer sometime soon, and we really, really need to get ourselves recorded, so if anyone has a line on some affordable studio time, drop us a line.

Remember, we have a show set up at the Rendezvous on October 16th, so mark you calendars. We'll give you the details when we have all the details