{"id":3131,"date":"2014-08-20T09:53:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T16:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.protomen.com\/news\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2014-10-02T13:38:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T20:38:02","slug":"we-made-it-this-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/2014\/08\/20\/we-made-it-this-far\/","title":{"rendered":"We Made It&#8230; This Far."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protomen.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/protomen_city_promo_sm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3170\" src=\"http:\/\/www.protomen.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/protomen_city_promo_sm.jpg\" alt=\"protomen_city_promo_sm\" width=\"425\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/protomen_city_promo_sm.jpg 864w, https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/protomen_city_promo_sm-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>photo by:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/derekpearson\" target=\"_blank\">Derek Pearson<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So we survived Vans Warped Tour 2014. We&#8217;ve been home for a about two weeks\u00a0now, and we&#8217;ve had some time to readjust to non-Warped Tour life. It was a hell of a trip, but we&#8217;re glad to be home. And it&#8217;s about time we get back in the studio and finish up that covers record for good. A big thanks to everyone that came out and supported us at Warped.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the covers record. I know a lot of you that didn&#8217;t make it to Warped Tour were hoping to get your hands on that Cover Up EP\/Lanyard, as well as the Victory World Tour shirt and poster. Well, I&#8217;ve got good news&#8230; since we had to restock mid-tour, we ended up with a little bit of everything left over. So if you want\u00a0something, get it quick&#8230; you know how this goes. No whining later when it&#8217;s all gone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"I'm a store... click me!\" href=\"http:\/\/soundmachinestore.bigcartel.com\" target=\"_blank\">Sound Machine Store<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soundmachinestore.bigcartel.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.protomen.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/warpedmerch.png\" alt=\"warpedmerch\" width=\"426\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/warpedmerch.png 1031w, https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/warpedmerch-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/warpedmerch-1024x715.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While we were out there on the <a href=\"http:\/\/vanswarpedtour.com\" target=\"_blank\">Vans Warped Tour Presented By Journeys<\/a>, Beebs, from <a href=\"http:\/\/beebsandhermoneymakers.com\" target=\"_blank\">Beebs And Her Moneymakers<\/a>, was gracious enough to let me ride one of her electric skateboards on several auspicious occasions. And I&#8217;m here to tell you, that was the most fun I had on all of Warped Tour. And I&#8217;m not saying that Warped wasn&#8217;t fun&#8230; it was shit loads of fun. It&#8217;s just that riding an\u00a0electric skateboard was just that much more fun than anything else. If you don&#8217;t believe me&#8230; smell my breath&#8230;. or just watch this short video of me riding the future (at least until hoverboards get invented):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IPhtakXSzlM\" width=\"422\" height=\"237\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested, you should go check out <a href=\"http:\/\/fiikelectricskateboards.com\" target=\"_blank\">Fiik Electric Skateboards<\/a>&#8230;\u00a0and tell &#8217;em <a href=\"http:\/\/protomen.com\/images\/emails\/17\/largemarge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Large Marge<\/a> sent ya (and by Large Marge, I mean The Protomen).<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROTOMEN VS ANDREW W.K.: Round 2\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nOn <a title=\"GET TICKETS.\" href=\"http:\/\/prekindle.com\/promo\/id\/23390935325619266\" target=\"_blank\">October 11th<\/a> we&#8217;ll be driving down to Dallas, TX to play with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewwk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew W.K.<\/a> (his whole band this time!) and a whole slew of other friends (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitbrigade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bit Brigade<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/urizenonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Urizen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/megaran.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mega Ran<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/professorshyguy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Shyguy<\/a>, and more)\u00a0at The Door. I\u00a0know you&#8217;re a\u00a0connoisseur of fierce parties, so I expect to see you at the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FESTIVAL SUPREME<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd in case you haven&#8217;t seen on the <a title=\"like me!\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/protomen\" target=\"_blank\">facebook<\/a>\u00a0or <a title=\"follow me!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/protomen\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a>, our dearest rock-god friends,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tenaciousd.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tenacious D<\/a>, asked us to play their super bad ass LA festival, <a href=\"http:\/\/festivalsupreme.com\" target=\"_blank\">Festival Supreme<\/a>, in October! Go to that link and check out that lineup (or click on the poster below). I can&#8217;t even list all the bad ass people that will be at this fest&#8230; well, I could, but I would be listing the entire lineup, and you could just click the damned link or look at the damned poster already, you lazy bastard\/bastardess!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.protomen.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/FS2014newlocation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3146 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.protomen.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/FS2014newlocation.jpg\" alt=\"FS2014newlocation\" width=\"223\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/FS2014newlocation.jpg 800w, https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/FS2014newlocation-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/FS2014newlocation-662x1024.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And all of the Festival Supreme artwork was done by one of our old friends from <a href=\"http:\/\/popnoir.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pop Noir<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lukemcgarry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Luke McGarry<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>OCTOBER SHOWS<\/strong><br \/>\nWe have a few other awesome shows on the way out to West coast in October and we&#8217;re ending on Halloween night in Minneapolis.\u00a0If you&#8217;re the ticket getting type, you should grab the ones you need below, before they&#8217;re all gone.<\/p>\n<p>11th &#8211; Dallas, TX &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"GET TICKETS.\" href=\"http:\/\/prekindle.com\/promo\/id\/23390935325619266\" target=\"_blank\">The Door<\/a>\u00a0(with Andrew W.K.) *<br \/>\n12th &#8211; Oklahoma City, OK &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"GET TICKETS.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketstorm.com\/event\/theprotomen\/theconservatory\/oklahomacity\/13812\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Conservatory<\/a>\u00a0*<br \/>\n20th &#8211; Jefferson, LA &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"GET TICKETS.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketfly.com\/purchase\/event\/698125?utm_source=tw1&amp;utm_medium=amp\" target=\"_blank\">Southport Hall<\/a>\u00a0*<br \/>\n21st &#8211; Austin, TX &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"GET TICKETS.\" href=\"http:\/\/transmissionevents.queueapp.com\/events\/3762\" target=\"_blank\">Holy Mountain<\/a>\u00a0*<br \/>\n23rd &#8211; Scottsdale, AZ &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"GET TICKETS.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketfly.com\/purchase\/event\/654095\/tfly?__utma=1.214577660.1408119229.1408119229.1408119229.1&amp;__utmb=1.1.10.1408119229&amp;__utmc=1&amp;__utmx=-&amp;__utmz=1.1408119229.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=protomen%20pub%20rock&amp;__utmv=-&amp;__utmk=54701867\" target=\"_blank\">Pub Rock<\/a>\u00a0*<br \/>\n24th &#8211; San Diego, CA &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"GET TICKETS.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketweb.com\/t3\/sale\/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&amp;eventId=5398355&amp;REFID=wordpress\" target=\"_blank\">The Merrow<\/a>\u00a0*<br \/>\n25th &#8211; Lost Angeles, CA &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"GET TICKETS.\" href=\"http:\/\/festivalsupreme.com\" target=\"_blank\">FESTIVAL SUPREME<\/a><br \/>\n26th &#8211; San Francisco, CA &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"GET TICKETS.\" href=\"http:\/\/tickets.slims-sf.com\/events\/437131\" target=\"_blank\">Slim&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0*<br \/>\n28th &#8211; Seattle, WA &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"GET TICKETS.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.etix.com\/ticket\/online\/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1830191&amp;searchType=venue\" target=\"_blank\">El Corazon<\/a>\u00a0*<br \/>\n31st &#8211; Minneapolis, MN &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"GET TICKETS.\" href=\"http:\/\/first-avenue.com\/event\/2014\/10\/protomen\" target=\"_blank\">Triple Rock Social Club<\/a>\u00a0(Halloween Explosion 2000)<\/p>\n<p>* shows with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/urizenonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">URIZEN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See you in October,<\/p>\n<p>-Commander<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo by:\u00a0Derek Pearson So we survived Vans Warped Tour 2014. We&#8217;ve been home for a about two weeks\u00a0now, and we&#8217;ve had some time to readjust to non-Warped Tour life. It was a hell of a trip, but we&#8217;re glad to be home. And it&#8217;s about time we get back in the studio and finish up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-protomen-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}