http://www.shaimus.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:52:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So... I just wanted to express my excitement. Some or none of you know that I'm getting married in October to a beautiful girl named Genevieve. I wanted to share this not only because it's an enormous step in my life, but that it changes Shaimus in some/many ways ... http://www.shaimus.com/blog/big-steps/ 2010 SHAIMUS SUMMER TOUR DATES CHECK TO SEE IF WE'RE COMING TO YOUR CITY! -------------------- THURSDAY AUGUST 12th UPPER MANHATTAN LOUNGE MANHATTAN BEACH, CA 9PM/$10 21+ -------------------- SATURDAY AUGUST 14th QUEEN BEE SAN DIEGO, CA 10PM ALL AGES -------------------- TUESDAY AUGUST 24th HOTEL UTAH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 10PM/$8 21+ -------------------- THURSDAY AUGUST 26th VINO VIXENS PORTLAND, OR 8PM 21+ -------------------- FRIDAY AUGUST 27th HIGH DIVE SEATTLE, WA 9PM/$7 21+ -------------------- SUNDAY AUGUST 29th THE BLUE SPARK SPOKANE, WA 9PM 21+ -------------------- TUESDAY AUGUST 31st MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY - NORTHERN HAVRE, MT 7PM ALL ... http://www.shaimus.com/blog/2010-summer-tour-dates/ Shaimus has been thinking a lot lately about our artistic evolution, our overall look and image.  With these thoughts, there are discussions of what's happening in the music industry today, specifically in the world of bands.  I think Pop will be around forever.  With every decade, there will be someone ... http://www.shaimus.com/blog/skinny-jeans-reverb/ Last night we played a half hour acoustic set at a venue called El Cid near Silver Lake.  It was for an SPCALA benefit event - we were invited to perform after our show at Saint Rocke some weeks back.  Excited for the opportunity, we revamped some songs for an ... http://www.shaimus.com/blog/shaimus-goes-acoustic/ People often ask us how to pronounce our band name. Is it SHAY-mus? SHY-mus? Shay-moose? Shy-moose? The last one is my favorite. If that was how to say our name, we could have a very bashful-looking moose as our mascot. Alas, it is incorrect. The correct pronunciation is ... http://www.shaimus.com/blog/shaimus-the-shy-moose/ This doesn't really have anything to do with Shaimus.  Like, at all. I opened up my iPhoto for the first time in a year and decided to pick some of the greatest hits from the past couple years. This is my buddy Jake.  He's pretty rad.  As you can tell from this ... http://www.shaimus.com/blog/cams-personal-life-in-picture-form/ This weekend we played a 4th of July pool party at a creative camp called uCamps.  It was in Big Bear, CA and at 7500 feet altitude, lifting an amp required similar effort to benching 350.  Luckily they provided us a hearty thanksgiving style dinner. The gig was sweet - our ... http://www.shaimus.com/blog/who-camps-ucamps/ Last week, we were “on the road again”.  This time it was much more of a driving trip.  We took two days to drive up to Seattle to play one balls-rockin’ show, then drove back down to L.A a couple days later.  It was a blast, Seattle is way awesome, ... http://www.shaimus.com/blog/on-the-road-again/ We had such a good time last time we debuted a song at the Whisky that we decided to do it again! On Saturday July 31st, Shaimus returns to the world-famous Whisky A Go Go.  Show starts at 8PM and we are again debuting a brand new song!  They've given us ... http://www.shaimus.com/blog/shaimus-returns-to-the-whisky-new-song-2/ Attention Seattle Fans! We're traveling up to Seattle next week to play a show on June 24th at Nectar Lounge. We're very excited to return to Seattle and also excited to announce that we're giving away free tickets! Here's how to enter: Sign up for our mailing list here: http://www.shaimus.com/interact We will be ... http://www.shaimus.com/blog/win-free-tickets-to-seattle-next-week/