Sitting pretty in front of my computer screen

We're back from the dead....

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 23:21:26 GMT

...and have new shows!!!

January 28, Saturday - Sangha
714 West Moreland Avenue Takoma Park, MD 20912
ALL AGES, $5. Doors at 7.
With: Vilde Fiero, Dirty Little Heaters, Satan's Boys and Girls Club

February 12, Sunday - DC Nine
1940 9th Street NW Washington, DC 20001
21+, $7, Doors at 8.
With: Headstraight</td>

And now for the Bad News: Amber Gorda will be leaving us in May to move to Ohio, of all places. The break is amicable and we fully support her decision to go, but she will be greatly missed. If you look really hard you might even see Dawn getting misty-eyed.

We're looking to make the most of the next few months that she'll still be around, and are set on continuing our little band and reverting to our original format as a three piece when she goes. Why not get another guitarist, you may ask?

Because Amber's shoes are that fuckin' big, bitch.

This Saturday at the Velvet Lounge (DC)

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:33:22 GMT

A grrrl punk Fairytale Ending

Once upon a time, a little band called La Gorda played a show with another little band called Marsha Bradee. Damn, said La Gorda. Those chicks in Marsha Bradee are hot.

After much trepidation, La Gorda worked up the courage to ask Marsha Bradee to the prom. Imagine their glee when Marsha Bradee said yes!

Wait a minute girls, someone said. We're not in high school anymore. We don't have anymore proms coming up! And everyone was sad.

But then someone else said: Hey, we can always bring our prom to the Velvet Lounge! And then everyone was not sad anymore.

Join us for the happy ending this Saturday at the Velvet Lounge, Gordas in prom dresses, Bradees in suits; with The Marianne Pillsburys and T. Griffin Coraline. 21+ , Doors at 9.

Prom attire not required but greatly appreciated.

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:46:35 GMT

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At long last!

Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:44:49 GMT

It's early early morning on christmas eve and instead of getting some sleep dawn is finally putting together the info for the love_that_gorda. And referring to herself in the third person.

Anywho, if on the off chance you see this while browsing LJ over the holidaze, feel free to sign up. More goodies will come later.

La Gorda gets quizzed

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:21:21 GMT

La Gorda discusses suicidal fish, public toilets in uzbekistan, their new guitarist's rack and much more in this week's citipaper pop quiz!

And dont forget our show Tomorrow night at Staccato, with Cowlick Lucy and Concentrate. This is our first bar gig with our new guitarist Amber, so be sure to come out and check out our new sound! We come on at 9.

Staccato Music Lounge
2006 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
+21, $5

Happy Friday everyone!

♥ La Gorda
http://www.la-gorda.com
http://www.myspace.com/lagorda
http://www.livejournal.com/users/la_gorda

La Gorda at Staccato's NOV 20!!!

Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:28:15 GMT

La Gorda is officially back in action this month, with our first bar gig in ages on NOVEMBER 20 at STACCATO MUSIC LOUNGE.

In addition to ending our official hiatus, those of you attending the show will also see our new guitarist AMBER in action and be some of the first peeps to catch our new sound as a four piece. It's a Saturday night, we come on at 9, you haven't seen us in ages and given the upcoming holidaze and travel plans you will likely not get another chance to see us till 2005. So no excuses: GET YER ASSES OUT TO STACCATO'S ON NOVEMBER 20!!!

Staccato
2006 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
$5, 21+. Doors at 7.

<3, La Gorda

La Gorda live on WMUC (Oct 24)

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:40:09 GMT

This Sunday, October 24 at 6pm EDT, La Gorda will be performing on WMUC's Third Rail Radio! The show will be broadcast live via the 88.1 for those of you in the College Park, MD area; For those of you elsewhere, the show will be broadcast on the internet; You can access instructions on streaming WMUC here...

This show is our first public gig with our new guitarist Amber, so be sure to tune in and catch the debut of our new sound!

Goings On...

Mon, 09 Aug 2004 14:54:17 GMT

We've been in hibernation mode as of late but things are stirring beneath the surface.

We've taken on a new guitarist and are working out the kinks of transitioning from a three-piece guitar-bass sound to a two-guitar sound. Things are going well, but more slowly than I'd like... Lying low makes me antsy and I'm itching to get back into full swing again; I need to learn to bide my time.

In other news, La Gorda now has a Myspace Account! To make things more interesting I've added three clips from songs previously unavailable online: Happy Day Driving, Hot or Not, and Murder on the Playground. The recordings are from our stint at WMUC Third Rail Radio back in May. So do take a listen and add us to yer friends list pleeeze!

♥Dawn

with a little help from my friends....

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:46:47 GMT

I just put up a couple posts on AMS, Indiegrrl, and Gogirls asking anyone else with band lj's to friend up... So yeah... leave a comment if you wanna be our friend.

How time does fly...

Wed, 26 May 2004 20:07:41 GMT

As I was updating our gig schedule last night and looking through our "past gigs" list on our website last, I realized that yesterday (May 25) was the first anniversary of our first show.

Since then we've played 22 shows, most good but some not so in various venues around DC, MD, VA and CT. We've weathered losing our drummer Rocio and the harried practice sessions with fill-ins that followed until we found the awesome rockin Christine while also juggling the usual ups and downs of work, school and life in general. We've played with some amazing bands met a lot of interesting people and gained a quite few friends along the way...

It's strange how it seems both so long ago and so recent at the same time.

*Sighs happily*

-Dawn

Recap of Emergenza

Tue, 18 May 2004 16:28:51 GMT

Although we didn't make it through to the third round of Emergenza, we had a great time on Friday. Everything just clicked and came together in an awesome way, so much that I will say that Friday was our best set ever, hands down. It's really rewarding to see the practice and effort paying off: We're starting to gel with Christine and getting much better at playing live - less shoegazer and more rock star.

There has been a little bit of debate within the music scene about whether or not emergenza is a scam.... There are a lot of drawbacks to joining Emergenza. For one, it is quite pricey for both bands and fans/friends: $70 just to join the competition, and the tickets for each of the shows starting off at $10, especially considering we could have booked a show with a $5 cover for free and walked away with a percentage of that cover. There is also lot of hassle associated with the competition due to their mid-day soundchecks, technical meetings, and other such nonsense; The fact that bands make it through he first two rounds based on audience vote and not musical prowess diminishes the competition to a popularity contest; and ultimately only two bands out of the several hundred that join will get to go to Germany.

I will say this - Emergenza is definitely making a lot of money off of this competition at the expense of bands and fans. But we also gained some valuable experience through the process: We had to become more resourceful in terms of overcoming scheduling difficulties; had we not joined it probably would have been quite a while before we had to overcome a large crowd that was not exactly friendly to our genre. Even the popularity-contest aspect of it offers some insight in that any votes you get over the number of tickets you sold shows you just how many people you were able to "convert"; The fact that we won over 27 people who were there specifically to see another band on Friday is quite gratifying. At the end of it all, we had fun and learned a lot. Will we do it again? Probably not. But we're happy with the fact that we rocked it hard, and we're ready to rock some more.

- Dawn

Upcoming La Gorda Shows

Wed, 05 May 2004 14:37:32 GMT

It's the merry month of May, and La Gorda has two awesome shows coming up:

May 14, Friday: EMERGENZA REGIONAL SEMI-FINALS - Club Five, 1214 B 18th Street NW, Washington, DC. 21 , Doors at 7pm. Buy your tickets using PayPal Here!

This is our ONLY DC SHOW this month, folks! Once again, the AUDIENCE WILL CHOOSE WHICH BANDS proceed to the REGIONAL FINALS at NATION. After the battle of the bands is over, Club Five will revert to its usual techno-club antics, so come out, cast yer votes and dance yer
tushies off till they close at 5am!

Tickets are $18 at the door, but only $12 if you buy them from us - Thanks to PayPal you can now PURCHASE THEM THROUGH OUR SITE, so get `em while they're hot!

May 16, Sunday: THIRD RAIL RADIO – WMUC Radio, 3130 S Campus Dining Hall, College Park, MD. All Ages, Free, Doors at 5pm. Broadcast at 6pm. This live show will also be simulcast via the internet, so those of you outside the DC area can tune in!

La Gorda will also be playing ON THE AIR the University of Maryland's WMUC Third Rail Radio! This LIVE SHOW will be broadcast from the WMUC station; those of you who live in the College Park area can drop by to catch this FREE, ALL AGES show or tune into 88.1FM at 6pm!

BUT WAIT! WMUC will also broadcast the show ONLINE – So for those of you who've been wanting to catch us live but live far, far away, this is your chance! CHECK OUT the instructions on how to listen to WMUC ONLINE...

The show will be broadcast at 6pm US Eastern Time. Here are some
alternate time zones for quick reference:
USA East - Sun May 16 6:00 PM
USA West - Sun May 16 3:00 PM
London - Sun May 16 11:00 PM
Hong Kong - Mon May 17 6:00 AM

Thanks a bunch folks! Keep rockin...

All ages grrl band show @ The Mojo Room and Lounge: Sunday, April 25

Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:10:42 GMT

This Sunday La Gorda will be playing at the Mojo Room and Lounge with Sarah Pinsker and Melissa Holt. This will be an ALL-AGES, EARLY SHOW with doors opening at 5 and a $5 cover. Hope to see you there!

Quick look info:
The Mojo Room and Lounge
4825 Belair Rd
Baltimore, MD 21206
All Ages, $5. Doors at 5pm.
Sarah Pinsker, La Gorda, Melissa Holt

Emergenza Battle of the Bands - April 15 (x-posted)

Thu, 08 Apr 2004 18:11:41 GMT

Next Thursday, April 15, La Gorda will be competing in the Emergenza Battle of the Bands at The Velvet Lounge: 7 bands perform, the audience selects 3 to move on to the next round.

Tickets are a tad pricey, $10 if you prepurchase from the bands, $15 at the door; but if you prepurchase you get to see 7 bands for $10:

8:00pm - CHRYSALIS
8:30pm - LIDERA
9:00pm - SAVARNAKISHORE
9:30pm - DISTILLED
10:00pm - LA GORDA
10:30pm - BLACK HAND
11:00pm - ODD MAN SPOKE
11:30pm - THE HIPNOTIX

SO COME ON OUT AND SHOW SOME HANDS!!!! If you want to pre-purchase a ticket from us, just respond to this post before Monday, April 12.

The Velvet Lounge is located at 915 U St. NW, Washington DC.

Make Mine La Gorda

Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:24:25 GMT

Vote for us in the Big Yawn's Demo of the Month Contest!

Asian Americans Rock the Velvet Lounge!

Mon, 08 Mar 2004 17:26:43 GMT

On March 22nd Asians in Rock (AIR) and the Velvet Lounge will be featuring four bands fronted by women of Asian American heritage: Chicago-based artist and AIR founder Jenny Choi, ethereal indie-rock quintet Exit Clov, punk-rockers La Gorda, and singer-songwriter Carol Bui.

$5, 21+. Doors open at 8pm. Hope to see you there!

The Velvet Lounge is located at 915 U Street in Washington DC and is accessible via the Metro at the U street/Cardozo stop on the green line.

FEMALE GUITARIST WANTED! (Washington DC/Baltimore)

Mon, 01 Mar 2004 22:10:46 GMT

La Gorda is seeking a lead guitarist!
If you are...

Female
21+
Drug and drama free
Laid back but a dedicated musician...</p>

Check out our website, listen to our tunes, and if you like what you hear, email us!

La Gorda at the Velvet Lounge (Washington, DC)

Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:59:53 GMT

This Saturday, February 21, the velvet lounge will be hosting three female-fronted bands. Here's the info:

The Velvet Lounge
915 U St. NW
Washington, DC
$5, 21+ Doors at 8
Line-up: Exit Clov, The Marianne Pillsburys (NYC), La Gorda

Pertinent websites:
www.exitclov.com
www.mariannepillsbury.com
www.la-gorda.com

Hope to see you there!

Dawn
www.la-gorda.com

La Gorda show this Friday in Baltimore

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 20:15:31 GMT

Hello once again all... La Gorda will be having our first Baltimore-area
performance this Friday at the One West Coffeebar! Seeing that the year is
winding down, and Dawn is flying off to the Philippines for the holidaze, this
will also be our last show of the year. It's all-ages, free, and we've got
stickers, buttons and sparkly bracelets for sale in addition to our CD, so be
sure to check it out if you're in the area, especially if you're one of our
Velvet Lounge dancers... you guys rock!

Anyway, here's the info:

Friday, December 19 - A Night of Stars
One West Coffeebar
1 West Biddle St. Baltimore, MD (located on biddle between Charles
and Maryland St. in Mt. Vernon)
With Saturn, Matt Graboski, and Cedric Meekins.
All Ages, Free!

Hope to see you there, and if not, have a great rest of the year!

recap of the Pride Alliance concert...

Mon, 08 Dec 2003 03:05:51 GMT

The show tonight was lots of fun. Doria Roberts is amazing and you should see her if you have the chance to do so. Gurth and Cynthia Lin were a pleasure to play with, as always, and BQE was pretty rockin.

Three cheers to the Pride Alliance for a great job!!

Last night was awesome... We have another show coming up:

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 16:13:30 GMT

A great big thanks to everyone who came out to our show last night at the Velvet Lounge! It was pretty awesome, and we had a great time despite the fact that Dawn still had remnants of her cough... Many thanks as well to Carol Bui and Gina Young. Hopefully, we'll all get the chance to play together again soon.

We have another show coming up this Sunday, December 7 at the University of Maryland in College Park. Here's the info...

December 7
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Doors at 4pm,
With: Doria Roberts, Cynthia Lin, B.Q.E., and Gurth

Sponsored by the University of Maryland's Pride Alliance

Ta ta for now...

La Gorda at the Velvet Lounge (Washington, DC)

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:00:23 GMT

Hello there everyone! This Sunday, Nov. 30, La Gorda will once again be playing with the illustrious Gina Young, and dc-rocker gal Carol Bui. It should be an awesome night, so if you haven't already seen us, this would be the night to do so. If you have already seen us, this would the night to bring a friend or two... postal gods be willing we will have some new merch, and some of it will be sparkly!

So mark it on your calendars ladies n gents - hope to see you there!

Info:
The Velvet Lounge
915 U Street
Washington, DC
$5, 21+, Doors at 8.

Animal Rights Benefit at AU this Friday!

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 15:51:56 GMT

This Friday, November 7, La Gorda will be playing at American University as part of a two-day benefit festival for Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty hosted by the DC Music Revival:

Friday, Nov. 7, 2003

American University- The Tavern (Mary Graydon Center)
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC
18+ $5 - 6 sliding scale. Doors at 7pm
Nation Gaddy, Des Voleurs, The Prisoner's Dilemma, La Gorda

As always, apologies for the x-posting. Hope to see you there!

Grrrls Night Out with Gina Young

Fri, 24 Oct 2003 04:12:43 GMT

La Gorda will be playing at an all-grrrl show this Tuesday, October 28 featuring Gina Young from New York City and DC-area artist Cynthia Lin. This show is part of a monthly series of shows hosted by Outside DC Records and Renzo's Bar and Grill. Any other musicians interested in participating an ODC show are encouraged to come out or drop me a line.

Here's the info:
October 28
Renzo's Bar and Grill
621 Sligo Avenue
Silver Spring, MD
301-589-0389
18+, $5
Doors open at 7:30
Lineup: La Gorda, Gina Young, Cynthia Lin

Sorry for the xposting all, but I need to get the word out... Hope all you MD peeps can make it!

Upcoming La Gorda shows (Washington DC area)

Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:55:49 GMT

We are excited to announce that on Oct. 28, La Gorda will be playing with NYC artist, Gina Young at Renzo's Bar and Grill. Also on the line up will be Gurth, an awesome hardcore band from MD.

We will also be playing at American University on Nov. 7, as part of a two-day benefit concert hosted by the DC Music Revival for Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty America, and will coincide with the Animal Rights Conference.

We would also like to announce the official launch of the La Gorda mailing list, hosted by yahoo groups. You can sign up by visiting our yahoo groups site or emailing us at lagordaband@yahoo.com.