(an early photo of Sunday’s Best)
One of the first shows I ever booked (and there weren’t really all that many afterwards) was a triple bill of Sunday’s Best, Onelinedrawing, and Juno at some basement punk rock club called Bernie’s in Columbus, Ohio. Juno backed out at the last minute (to this day, I think their excuse for backing out was a load of crap) but the show went on with a local band taking Juno’s place. I think we did something like 80 paid which, for being a show in the summer (when a lot of students at OSU aren’t taking classes), turned out really nicely and the guys in Sunday’s Best were super appreciative of everything.
Sunday’s Best – “Don’t Let it Fade”
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=RJPhxyceMt0[/youtube]
Tonight I was looking up the band Pond to see whatever became of them when I saw them somehow linked to a band called Skiploader. Skiploader’s lead singer, Tom Ackerman, went on to play drums with Sunday’s Best after his band broke up and it got me to wondering whatever happened to the Sunday’s Best guys. Turns out Ed Reyes and Ian Moreno of Sunday’s Best are now performing indie pop tunes (ala The Shins) as members of the much blogged/buzzed about band, The Little Ones who are just getting ready to hit the road with Nada Surf. Just amazing the stuff you can find out on the web with just a little searching.
The Little Ones – “Lovers Who Uncover”
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=NVwr5Ff6hAU[/youtube]
one of the guys from sunday’s best went on to play in “The Jealous Sound” – never to be heard from again…
That, my friend, is both true and a shame. I’ve heard there is a Jealous Sound CD that is completed (or close to being completed) but we may never have the chance to hear it. I also discovered that one of the later day Sunday’s Best members is now in the Bronx.
i know i was at that sunday’s best show, and i may have even run sound. it was great.then again i may not have been working ’cause all my roomates really liked that juno record and we might’ve gone down to see them. did superstar rookie end up playing or somethin’?
Hmm … I think maybe Didi Mao was added to the bill since Juno backed out. Maybe Superstar Rookie was on it too, I don’t really remember. So, the Juno thing … they happened to be passing through town on their way to a show in upstate NY. The hit campus, didn’t see any flyers for the show, called me and said, “Sorry dude but with no promotion – and during OSU summer break – we don’t think anyone will show up so we’re going to cancel the date and just stay in NY since we have a show in the city a night or two later.” The booking agent was pretty upset but couldn’t do much about it.