may 28, 2002

mimi dropped by the BFI compound on friday night to watch "donnie darko" with christine and pepito. while mildly entertaining, it fell decidedly short of its potential, and was at best a piece of sci-horror eye candy, and at worst a poor imitation of "mulholland drive." elbert treked over on saturday afternoon for last minute practice a few hours before the show that night at 924 gilman with the distillers. the show was a blast, as gilman had a full house of kids. it was particularly special though, as a surprising number of our friends made the "daring" venture inside the scabies-infested walls of gilman just to see us! and as an important historical note: the show shattered the previous clarendon hills record for "most number of mohawks, leather jackets, safety pins, and bondage pants in the crowd."

afterwards, a 3am post-show run to the denny's in emeryville prevented the c-hills from getting home at a decent hour. consequently, the c-hills slept in on sunday, and didnt start recording until late in the day. however, recording was voluntarily cut short to watch the 4th quarter of game 4 of the nba western conference finals between the sacramento kings and the los angeles lakers. inexplicably, every time the c-hills have watched the kings play, the kings have lost. it was literally heart-breaking to watch cherry picking robert horry sink that lucky ass last second shot from beyond the arc to rob sacramento. the c-hills were so broken up over this injustice, they were unable to continue recording, and instead drowned their sorrows by staying up all night swashbuckling their way through the amazing PS2 game baldur's gate: dark alliance. chris is kromlech, a level 7 dwarven fighter, wielding a +1 morning star of disruption and pepito is vahn, a level 8 human arcane archer swinging an enchanted +3 two-handed great sword. in dungeon master fashion, elbert watches and serves as critical battle strategist.

may 20, 2002

the end of spring means term papers and final exams for studious scholars elbert and christine. pepito spent his friday night conducting "research" on the bananas, this bike is a pipe bomb! and the devil is electric at 924 gilman. saturday morning found the clarendon hills together, as they performed a trial of home recording experiments. the results were of such a wonderful and unprecedented nature that the c-hills resolved to continue such "experiments" until an entire album is developed! sadly, afterwards, the c-hills watched the despicable los angeles lakers pound the living daylights out of the sacramento kings in the first game of the NBA western conference finals.
   on sunday, the c-hills got up early and decided at the last minute to run the 91st bay to breakers. regrettably, elbert could not attend, so honorary c-hill, miya zane osaki, ran honorably in his stead. clocking in at a leisurely 1h15m, christine, pepito, and miya soaked up the rainy 7.5 mile spectacle which included keg stands, live bands in garages, parade floats, ridiculous costumes, and of course, naked men. for a brief summation of the wackiness, this sf chron article is great:"75,000 runners don't let rain dampen wacky spirits at footrace." the c-hills did not stay afterwards to watch smashmouth play in the rain.

we are playing an all ages show at 924 gilman street on saturday, may 25th. (for flyer, click here.)

may 14, 2002

the c-hills have wasted little time in indulging in their brief respite from playing shows. in fact, they've miraculously found time to actually practice for once. better yet, they've re-visited their love affair with film: "y tu mama tambien" (so extraordinarily smart and sexy that pepito saw it twice), woody allen's "sweet and lowdown" (the very movie the c-hill's first EP is proudly named after), and the latest dogme 95 offering, "italian for beginners" (very romantic! and far more endearing than "mifune".) aside from the cinema, elbert eagerly went and saw NPR's very own terry gross and this american life's host, ira glass, speak down at stanford university. christine and pepito thumbed their noses at academia, and skipped a free lecture by derrida. instead, c and p hit the streets and danced to the electrifying les savy fav at bottom of the hill and then a few nights later got their disco on with bjorn again at the cavernous fillmore.

on sunday, the c-hills spent a weekend slumberparty with the skyflakes at their luxurious milpitas estate. in between deliciously home cooked meals (courtesy of the skyflakes!), board games at midnight, and spontaneous soccer practice, the c-hills and skyflakes both managed to record two songs for their upcoming split 7" on f.u. records. the clarendon hills recorded the soon to be wussy twee pop classic, "domestics", and a loving if amatuerish rendition of "in january" by late 80's east bay kings of pop, brent's tv.

we are playing an all ages show at 924 gilman street on saturday, may 25th.