I get to the venue and park in a super narrow street try to make a u-turn and scrape my car, I tried to stay positive cause I knew that I was gonna get to see ImaR. So we get in the venue and I tell the girl i'm on the will call list, she checks the list i'm not even on it so im like WTF i go to the car to get my confirmation get back to the ticket booth and realize that I bought the wrong show, I actually bought a ticket for Phantom Planet. I felt like such a idiot. Still trying to stay positive of course. I finally got to meet Poobs! And I love her more now then ever. Met Artiss. Seen RiffRaff from a far (very cute). No sign of Batcave .
We of course were in the front, the crowd was pretty mellow I figured since it was 21 and over. The first band was RUN RUN RUN which were pretty good there sound was pretty messed up you could harldy hear their vocals.
Not sure what the 2nd band was but there werent that great.
Saving the best for last was IMAROBOT, They were so awesomely awesome! It was Justins birthday and the coolest thing ever happened Alex gave Poobs the mic to sing Happy Birthday to Justin! I don't remember the set list to well. There new songs were really good! They sang Ages of Ruin! Im sure the others will come on later and give more details. I had so much fun. Hopefully the next show will be all ages for the youngins'.:D

I'm glad you had fun Sounds like an awesome show.

whoa another show id kill to have been at damn!

so sweeeet turtle, glad to hear you had a blast. Can't wait for an all ages. Thanks for telling us how the night went down :D

I had my tickets and my plans all laid out. Then Tuesday night I got really sick; my body was just freaking out, my temperature went from normal to over 103 within a few hours. Since I just had the baby less than two weeks before that, I called the doctor, and they made me go into the hospital immediately. I'll spare you all the details...I just got out of the hospital last night. Too late to make it to the show, and on way too many meds to drive anyway. So disappointed. More show details please! Poobs, I'll have to mail you the Ellen stuff.

Still in Japan. Anyone know how to get out of this country?

Poops takes the mic; how sweet is that.

So Turtle; RiffRaff was there, huh?

Phobiac

cool, thanks for telling us the hightlights:D

[Edited on 28-3-2005 by corkey16]

Glad you had a good gig Poobs and Turtle :D
Sorry to read you missed the show Batcave.. Hope you're feeling a 100% better now

Poops needs to hightail it back to Sactown so we can hear this story from the first person!

Thanks for the report--anyone grab a setlist? (I haven't checked the other forums yet so someone might have posted it)

Shes heading home monday!

Poobs was going straight Beatlesmania throughout the set. A great show.

Sooo, I went, but couldn't get in (not even after Alina Begged the effing bastard bouncers). I listened to the show from outside, though. It was quite nice. I'm pretty sure they played Alive, Song #1, Dirty Life, STD Dance, Scream, Dynomite, 12=3, Here Come the Bombs, Ages of Ruin, Let's Talk Turkey, Black Jettas, Voodoo Love, Hot Banana, Disconnected, and I believe one more new song (not in that order). There's a funny story about Scott and his girlfriend, but she made me promise not to tell. So sorry. Some of you who went may have seen my drunk sister and her boyfriend inside. She was the one with the pink shirt with two Ima Robot i's on her boobs, and one on the back. Well, I either need to get a fake ID, or they need to play some all ages shows. Pronto.

Thanks to all who came and gave us their love and support...it really means a lot, particularly when you're doing what we're doing: Sequestering yourselves in a small room with the task of writing piles of brilliant songs for your sophomore record. It's a real breath of fresh air to rock out with true homeez. FYI, the new songs we played were Disconnect, Voodoo Love, Creep Me Out, and Hot Banana. I thought they went over good. This band is very very fortunate to have such fun, intelligent, musically sophisticated fans.

Anyway, the whole evening was a joy, we all really got a kick out of playing live in LA again, but this time in a realistic space and not the "enormo-dome" to 18,000 soccer moms and their semi-reluctant husbands. (An uncool generality, I know).

Marvin made me a really REALLY dope shirt with me and Z on the front (Marvin, can I make a straight-up t-shirt with that logo sometime?), and Poobs was on point with the Happy Birthday a capella. Who else from the board did I talk to?

Everyone was so cool. Alex and Alina bought me some incredible ice cream from Mahshti Malone's that they had chilling on dry ice in their trunk to hand off to me after the show. Ice cream = love. Our lawyer Francois made the comment today that the energy was so intense that he wanted to "beat himself up" and it was "possibly the best IMA show I've ever seen". Hehehe. He's our man...and believe me, Francois has been to a LOT of shows. Best lawyer a band could ever have. Our new manager Tony Ciulla was also representing and all smiles, as were the 103.1 massive and the original Spaceland posse Mitchell, Julie & Jennifer. Also, I hope some of you noticed our man Joey Waronker chilling on the sidelines.

I couldn't bring my wife & baby, it was WAY past their bedtime, but Zelly says holla to everyone. I think they could probably hear the gig from my house anyway.

Last thing: We know, we know - we've GOT to do all-ages shows. It's a priority, believe me. I want my baby to get in too. ;-)

Thanks again,
JMJ for IMA
Older, but still feeling like a youngster.

Ah yes, I forgot about seeing Joey. He's shorter than I would have imagined.

Hey Everyone!!!

I havn't posted any designs ImaR related in a long time so I'm gonna show you guyz the JMJ and Zelly design, which was suppose to be for Justin's eyes only. I hope you don't mind Justin?? Since we are all familia around here I couldn't deny these bot fans any secrets.

Here's the JMJ & ZELLY DESIGN...You could totally see the Jelly Belly influence on the design.




This is actually the most personal and in depth design I've ever did for a band even though its a cute and fun cartoon design. It resembles something special in Justin's life and I would like him to have this little keep safe for his B-Day. It's not much...but I hope he cherishes it forever.

And to answer your question, Justin, "YES"...you can definitely use it to make as many T-Shirts your heart desires. Let it be known, "JUSTIN AND ZELLY FO' LIFE!!!"

Here's a lil' tid bit about this design I actually finished the design on the day of the show. I really wanted to have sumthin' for the rest of the band but I thought that being JMJ's B-day and all it would totally ruin his moment. Plus...I have plenty of photos of this show for the next design I'm goin' to attempt on doing in the near future.

This time I kept it real and had JMJ sport his trademark fro. Cuz...the last design I did of JMJ he wasn't JMJ. Dood...you should keep the fro...you look so much younger especially after you had Zelly in your life.

Thank You...Justin, Alex, Timmy, and Scott for putting me on the "List" for Spaceland. I don't think a band have ever done that for me. It made that night really special. Woah...I feel so important now. If I knew this was gonna happen...I would have made the design early and try my luck scoring a ticket to the Duran Duran show at Staples or the SD show. Just Kidding!!!

Anywayz...enough with the Hallmark moments. I had a real blast at the Spaceland and I was at front row center right next to our famous .netter of all "Poobs." I was so happy to see Alex give the mic to her and sing happy B-Day for Justin. She's a total rockstar in my book.

It was nice to be in company of a lot of hardcore ImaR fans. It just was a perfect show for me, I couldn't ask any more from them. They totally ripped the roof off fuckin' Spaceland. I myself was lost in all the mayhem...head banging and sing to every lyric spit out of Alex's lips. I was sooo....into the music my glasses came right off during their show and I was scrambling all over the place trying to find them. Luckily...I found them on the ground without any scratches or any damages to it. Note to one self- Wear contacts at a ImaR show. All in all it was the best ImR show I've ever experienced.

Oh yeah...I give a huge shout-out to Scott's girl, "Paula" she was a real delight to chat with.

Thanks Again...Ima Robot!!! Keep doin' watcha doin'. I'm gonna support you every step of the way. I've gotcha' back!!!

=MARV=

Artiss, that's another incredible design! And the super-sized blue headphones make an appearance, I love it.

I'm also crossing my fingers for more small venue shows, however I do remember the old White Stripes opener in the Cal amphitheater that played out pretty well--proving the 'Bot can flood a large space with their energy--it is all about getting the right people in the seats, which means getting paired with the right band on the next tour. The speculation about that one is just around the corner...

Agreed, another great happy design from Marvin... awesome.

I'm dying to hear some new bootlegs over here on the other side of the US. Help me out, dang it. Where were the tapers? I want to hear "Hot Banana."

Man oh Man. 1:30am here in good old Tokyo and it appears that I missed out on a hallmark Ima Robot show. The Henry Fonda will always hold a place with an intensity that I can't imagine being matched, but it sounds like it might have at this show; craziness.

I wish I was there to say hello to all the .net faithful, but I'm sure there will be others.

ART1SSS, I love the adoring look you put on JMJ's face; that my friend says it all.

This last night in Tokyo was a balst; I'll spare you the war stories. Tomorrow afternoon back to good 'ole hermosa beach.

Check out all you peeps at the next Ima show.

Shitsureishimas;

Phobiac-san.

[Edited on 28-3-2005 by Phobiac]

This is just too cool!!!!!

Looks like I'm in the club with Batcave, Phobiac, and Drac. Once again I missed a brilliant night. I was in Hollywood in a deep, deep, exhausted sleep recovering from post Werewolf symptoms of the full moon the night before( ), but think I was awaken at one time from vibrations of the show. Man Turtle!! Reading your story, I didn't think you were going to get in. Glad you did though. Looks like Poobs kept the .net spirit alive though.

ART1SSS? You are the man!!! That is a killer design.

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18,000 soccer moms and their semi-reluctant husbands. (An uncool generality, I know).

Not at all Justin. I couldn't have put it better myself. Quit being such a puss. :D Speak yo mind Bro. We're 35 now. We're entitled. Happy birthday ya "old geezer". :D

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Originally posted by Neuwave We're 35 now. We're entitled. Happy birthday ya "old geezer". :D

35 eh? You better slow down there Nue otherwise you'll overtake me

then youre over twice as old as me :wow:

Oh my goodness..What do I even need to add? The recaps by my lovely fellow .netters were dead-on! I guess I could start with parking and seeing Justin walking towards me yelling "Sacramento!".. I'm glad I got a chance to wish him a Happy Birthday and to chat for a moment..He is truly one of the nicest human beings I've ever met..Let's see..After that, I got a sweeeeet parking spot directly across the street from the club and did a damn find job of parallel parking, if I do say so myself..:duh:

Their set was amazing..It was so completely obvious that they were all having a blast up there..The new songs were killer..For some reason, they sounded familiar..maybe it's that Ima Robot-sense I have..:wow: Of course, one of the highlights for me was Alex putting the mic in my face to sing to Justin..Though I'm sure that was a low-point for all the bastards that had to hear my horrible singing voice..Ahhh..But wow..Such an incredible show..

I kept my eye on the door for the rest of the crew and even thought I had a Batcave sighting, but it was some other chick with pink hair..:duh: It wasn't the same without Batcave, Neu, Phob, and Drac, but somehow I still managed to have a good time.. But seriously, you all were missed..

Other highlights for me were of course meeting Turtle for the first time (awww..she's so cute! Love her!!!), seeing Marvin and his amazing talent again, spotting Riff from across the room just like in those romance novels, my buddy Matt saying that's one of the best shows he's ever seen even though he worships Mary J. Blige, and meeting Scott's gorgeous and awesome woman Paula..What a little sweetheart! Oh! And seeing Senior from Junior Senior! All in all, the whole night from start to absolute finish was incredible..Totally worth having to put up with my mother and her disgusting fake boobs for a few days..Looking forward to more shows soooooon!! :D


P.S. My son is worshiping the drumstick I had the roadie retrieve for me..

[Edited on 3-28-2005 by poobs]

Thanks for the compliment, Turtle. I wish I could have hung around and chatted with you all but I was with my roommate and we had to get going. Next time I will definitely make a point of kicking it with the .NET crew.

I really dug the new songs and the new addition to the band. I should really talk to the Bot's management about getting a press pass to the next show so I can put some kind of video piece together.

Hey, does anyone know who the dude with the video camera was?

Dunno, but he was fairly shameless with the pushy-shovey. I can't say I appreciated having an XL-1 lens 3 inches from my face for much of the show.