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The Blind SHake

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About Me

The Blind SHake is kind of like Ben Franklin. All things in moderation.

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Member Since: 7/29/2005
Band Website: theblindshake.com
Band Members: dave - drums
jim - guitar, vocals
mike - baritone guitar, vocals
Record Label: Learning Curve Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Jim and the French Vanilla

Jim's not going to post this because he's not a big chest thumper, but he's got this new album out now under his assumed name "Jim and the French Vanilla".  It's 13 songs of cassette 4-track reco...
Posted by The Blind SHake on Tue, 13 May 2008 06:23:00 PST

Tom and Aki forever

Congratulations to Tom and Aki for getting married.  We were honored to play this wedding.  This was the first wedding show in Blind Shake history.  But it was a great relief to have a ...
Posted by The Blind SHake on Mon, 05 May 2008 04:43:00 PST

Secret Headliner at Turf Club on Feb 21st!

Thanks to everyone who came to the Grumpy's 7" release show with Birthday Suits.  That was a blast.  Some people bought two copies, which I appreciate, but don't understand.  One for up...
Posted by The Blind SHake on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:10:00 PST

Back from Tour

We had a blast on our Midwestern excursion with Birthday Suits.  They tore it up every night and inspired us to become more flexible in the legs and neck.   Every da...
Posted by The Blind SHake on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:04:00 PST

Split 7" with the Birthday Suits!

Hello, The split 7" with the Birthday Suits will be released Friday Febuary 8th at Grumpy's downtown!   Only 500 were pressed...the first 200 on yellow vinyl! The Blind Shake song is called ...
Posted by The Blind SHake on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:57:00 PST

winter update

We have a mini van!  I added the exclamation point to make it seem more exciting.  Our gigantic van, the one that was once a coffee shop, and was so tall that you could stand up a change in,...
Posted by The Blind SHake on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:33:00 PST

a good review from Aversion

The best thing about having a full menu of vices before you is that, once you get over your puritanical squeamishness and decide to become a libertine, you can open up a world of mix'n'match distracti...
Posted by The Blind SHake on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:40:00 PST

Carmel is on itunes

Thanks to Rainer at Learning Curve Records, "Carmel" is now on itunes.  Now you can wear those white headphones and walk aimlessly into traffic like everyone else, but get hit by a car liste...
Posted by The Blind SHake on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:03:00 PST

thanks, and two splits

It was great to see so many folks at the release show.  Thanks a lot for coming.  Also thanks again and great job to the Retainers, TOGPTFFSOTWOTEATSYOA, and France Has the Bomb.  ...
Posted by The Blind SHake on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:48:00 PST

Blind SHake record release show info!

We will be releasing our new record "CARMEL" on friday November 9th at the turf club.  We will have both LP and CD. We will be joined by: France has the bomb TOGPTFFSOTWOTERAMTSYOAITANTT The Reta...
Posted by The Blind SHake on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:22:00 PST