Ernie’s Dad was along for the ride on Tuesday at the Locksley show at the Smiling Moose, and he snapped some excellent photos. Check ‘em out, and let him know what you think!
Locksley in Pittbsurgh, PA at the Smiling Moose 11/15/2011 - Photos by Edgar Lee Payne
Fun times were had at the hop the other night! Check out some photos of the chaos:
You can peep a bunch more & some of the other bands on our Facebook page. We had a blast, made some new friends, helped a charity, managed to pull in some of the bar crowd, and powered through a potential mishap that you had to be there to believe.
I know the DJ was recording video… any chance we can get a copy of that if you’re out there Mr. video guy?
Don’t forget, we really need your support next Tuesday night with Locksley. Yeah, it’s a weeknight… but Locksley rocks. They’re all over TV & hockey games lately. Catch them now before they’re selling out stadium gigs!
So, are we ugly …or do you just not want the prizes? Well, we know we’re ugly, but we’re also entertaining & still remarkably photogenic. Ernie makes love to a camera like no other. We’ve seen cameras at shows. We’ve seen pictures. We know they exist. The Hang Lows are in. We want in too!
As we all know, Pittsburgh is full of great local music and some awesome venues…but what are your favorites? Send a pic of your favorite to submit@onlyinpgh.com and you’ll be entered into the contest! Winners will be drawn on the Friday before the show, and the first drawing will be on Friday, July 29th @ noon. Some special things to keep in mind for this contest:
You may submit one photo per week, but every submission must be of a different band/show. Each submission will count as entry in the raffle, meaning that the more pics you submit, the more likely it is you’ll win!
All pics must have been taken during 2011 — as cool as it is that you were at Bob Marley’s last show in 1980, pictures of it won’t count for the contest
Positive comments on your pic will be considered additional entries for you in the contest. Negative comments will probably be deleted (let’s be real–there are plenty of outlets for being negative…onlyinpgh strives to be 100% positive
If you don’t win, your entries carry on to the next drawing!
There’s a rumor around that our new shirts are being made soon by Commonwealth Press. Maybe we can convince Ernie to give one to whoever submits a photo of us to this contest. I bet we could convince him quite easily to give you a killer keychain.
Here are the prizes still available…
Friday, August 12th @ Noon: Two tickets to Justin Townes Earle (Show on 8/18)
Friday, August 26th @ Noon: Two tickets to Badfish – A Tribute to Sublime (Show on 8/27)
Don’t make one of the Burts submit our own photo.
At any rate, even if you don’t submit us… submit your favorite local band or venue. Pittsburgh’s got a bunch of musical stuff going on, get the word out! OnlyInPgh is a cool site, we’d like to see more local scene stuff featured there!
So, after the show where we opened for the Blasters, the sound guy from the Altar Bar handed Bert & Bert a disc with a recording of our set from that night. We chopped it up & decided to share it with you.
We believe that we can say without a doubt that this is the world’s first Ernie and the Berts tattoo. Perhaps this will be the world’s only and or last Ernie and the Berts tattoo… but it’s still pretty badass for a duck with a bow on its’ head.
Ernie and the Berts: The Tattoo!
Joel Fatal of Never Outgunned Tattoos is not only the tattooee, but the tattooer. That’s right, he did it on himself. Joel is a longtime friend of Bert, and probably ought to be checked out by a mental health professional. As of yet, we really only have one recorded original song, and he hasn’t seen us live.
Ernie and the Berts - logo by Zach Schweitzer
The design itself is the work of Zach Schweitzer of Undercover Saints fame, and Schweitz Design, commissioned early on by Ernie and also featured on our stupendously awesome punk rock T-shirts. (Which are still available for only $12 by the way… in case you want a less permanent way to sport an Ernie and the Berts logo!)
So if you want an Ernie and the Berts tattoo, you know where to go to get it, and if you want a band logo designed, you know where to get that too. See how many things you’ve learned today?
The Blasters! - Thu., March 17th 2011 @ The Altar Bar
We have tickets available for $15 each & no TicketBastard processing fees. Leave a message here, hit us up on Facebook as a band or individually and we’ll hook you up, or email ernie@ernieandtheberts.com. All the details for the show and links to check out the other bands are in our last post… as well as the flier here.
So, last night… we rocked the Excuses Steelers Super Bowl pep rally… because we’re all such huge football fans. Wait… are we going to get sued by the NFL for using the Steelers and the phrase “Super Bowl” in promoting our event? I hope so… because we need the free advertising. Even though it was Excuses’ idea… and the Hang Lows booked the show, we’ll take the blame.
At any rate, Ernie’s official photographer Jason got some shots of us last night, and Bert got some photos of the Hang Lows.
Here they be…
You can check out all the photos from the show here at Photobucket:
Thanks to the Hang Lows for hooking us up with the gig, Excuses for letting us play, and especially thanks to everyone who came out, we had a blast and hope you did too!
One lucky Ernie and the Berts friend & fan who goes by the YouTube handle johnnyaUSA captured a very special moment last night. Ernie got to live out 3 rock n’ roll dreams (a.k.a. “steps to becoming a man”) at the 31st Street Pub and it’s all captured here on video. What are they? Well, you’ll just have to watch and see!
It just goes to show you that if you don’t really put any effort into things, it’s OK. Why? Because you can do a half-assed job in front of a room full of friends, peers, and strangers… and most of them will be too drunk to care anyway.
Here are some photos that Jason took of our set, click the thumb to see the full size photo…
Here’s all the bands that participated last night, even though the sign clearly stated “Absolutely No Covers“:
All of the above bands are worth checking out. If you see that they’re playing somewhere soon, go out an see them! The theme of the night (besides Turbonegro love) was that it’s all about having a good time, getting along, and supporting all of the other bands and venues in the local scene. We look forward to rocking out with all these cats in future shows, and hope we’re invited back to the next one of these million-band tribute shows!
