OH-JAY! AND THE BRANTIS ORANGUTANGS

2003-06-07T17:02:00.000-05:00

Directions to the 80s party.

coming from the highway go down ft worth drive, then turn left on eagle then left on cleveland 3rd house on left 919 cleveland.

line up :10 pm Paris
11 pm The Fate Motel
12 pm Oh-Jay! And the Brantis Orangutangs

2003-05-30T13:58:00.000-05:00

_Predictions for the Fall 2003-2004 year_

-Oh-Jay will play multiple shows on the Who Flung Poo (Deau) tour.
- label would totally swallow the band up as the Nice Happy version of Slipknot (minus orange jumpsuits and bad makeup and masks, wait yes on the masks)
- oh jay will totally be knockin' up fans in the back of the vans
- tshirt sales will skyrocket as the teen hearthrob edition shirts are made
- the groups' skill will be tested as they face their arch enemies live............

To be concluded.................

2003-05-11T19:47:00.000-05:00

this morning at church,
a lady sang "You are my Sunshine" in a skit thing.

it just reminded me of how totally awesome OJATBO are,
and how much we rock it to the totall ultimate MAXIMUM.

i can't wait for the next show.
or even just practice.

Oh-Jay is my favorite rock band.

---The Switch

2003-04-26T15:52:00.000-05:00

last show of the MONKEY THAT! tour tonight at living water in grand prarie
oh-jay plays second @ 9pm.
http://www.livingwateronline.cjb.net/

2003-04-22T16:54:00.000-05:00

free show tonight 10pm @ bruce hall
click here for map - (select bruce)

2003-04-19T01:11:00.000-05:00

MONKEY THAT TOUR REVEIW BY FISHBOY (UNSPELLCHECKED)

so heres my take on all the shows we've played so far. This is mainly for Ex-Oh-Jay members to here the inside scoop with out me having to email them all. that and for public record.

march 28th Austin "Trash House Show"-very cool. Many business deal folk were able to see Oh-Jay for the first time and we didn't let them down. Too crazy and too long ago for me to remember everything. My brother was more impressed with any show of mine he's ever seen...big house party, we played well, nuff said.

April 5th Hurst "Support the Grapevine Scene Even Though We Are In College Now Ironically Showing That There Isn't A Scene At All Show"- The thing about the beast that is Oh-Jay is that the truely awsome shows are the ones in which we have(borrow) good amps. Not just because we sound much better but because we fall apart if we can't hear the other instruments. Being a suburban DIY show we were out of luck for borrowing anyones nice amp because hey, who wants to lend out a nice piece of equiptment they saved up all summer for? The PA was pretty quiet too...But despite all of this we still rocked every one who seemed unrockable. Plus since it was in the hurst convention center, we played in front of a giant "H" and pointed to it during the H song. This was the first show in which Touche's friends (Touche being our auxillery player dressed in a fencing costume) ran up to him and threw coke cans at his mask.

April 12 2:00pm "Fry Street Unfair"- This was a small sucess. But I will settle for a small sucess over a failure anyday of the week. We played early in a girls back yard at the end of fry street. It wasn't really a house that you could walk by and see there was a band there (since it was at the end) so there were about 20-30 people watching us. But they loved it, A LOT. Some good will come out of this show soon. I can feel it.

April 12 7:00pm "The Closing of Club 412"- We were sort of upset before we came to this show. There was no sign of it being promoted at all and on top of that it was a benifit so people were paying to get in and we didn't even get five bucks for gas. Like I said those were the(my) sentiments BEFORE the show. I of course didn't take into account that there is a loyal group of kids that go to every weekend show there no matter what. Mix in those kids with the ones that came to see us and you have a nice crowd. On top of that it club 412 is moving into a new building and this was the last show, so that brought some people too. The sound was excellent. The crowd response was truely amazing. On the last song half of the crowd was on stage singing PB and J. We got it on minidisc.

April 16 6pm "Show For the Disabled"- Theres this huge set up on the side of Kerr Hall on the UNT campus. We played to all our friends who live in the dorms. Thats about all I can say. The show was poorly organized and a lot of bands dropped out at the last minute so not too many people showed up. It got us into the Bruce Hall Jam though. this reminds me Ironspine, call that guy who wants us to play on campus. do it. now.

April 19th (tonight)- Some how this girl Carolina whoes a friend of a friend ohjay wise, moved into a ledgendary UNT party house on maple. After she set up this show she was looking around for some wood in the garage for the bands to set up on and she found this HUGE stage about 3 or 4 feet off the ground. So it was a really nice set up and I would say close to 100 people were there, but unfortunately too many bands were put on the bill including seth brewtones new band Rondo which steve colca aptly called "So Dark For April the next wave." Them, three other bands and an acoustic act that started it out played before Oh-Jay took the stage. Amazingly enough every one was still around to see us but as luck would have it, the cops shut us down after 4 songs. I drank a can of red bull before we went on and was left with too much energy to burn. And THAT my friends is how I've had the energy to write this entire blog review.

Note to other members: feel free to write your own comments on shows.

Our next show is Saturday the 26th at Living Waters. I beleive all ska bands have been booked for that night. I might be wrong.
happy easter every one,

fishboy

2003-04-16T12:17:00.000-05:00

Show tonight (Wednesday)
@ Kerr Beach
w/ My Spacecoaster, The Hayden Elders
Free / starts at 6

Friday
@ the Yellow House
1120 W. Mulberry (across from the Art Bld)
w/ Adelline, Infirmity, Losing All Hope, The Concord Hymn and Rondo.
Free / starts at 7:30

2003-04-09T16:27:00.000-05:00

OK This SAT- IS a busy day for OHJAY at noon we have FRY STREET UNFAIR and that night we have a show at 412.
Hello all,
Mr. Death Folk himself emailed me the details, so here goes.
Hello Fry Street Un-Fair Players

Here is the (pretty much) final band list and time slots for ya'll. If there are any problems with time slots let me (gcmafia@hotmail.com) or lurko (lurko_pastrana@hotmail.com) know as soon as possible so we can make it work. We tried to meet with requests from bands first and filled the rest in. Thanks to everybody for playing, it will be a great show!

Warren Jackson Hearne

Cindy's Stage - 424 Fry - Call (940) 390 - 4063 for time information. Please only call if you're playing this stage.

12:00 Zero Zero
James Spangler and Cindy Sheppard
Oh-Jay! and the Brantis Orange
Shoeless Agadore
Broken Halo
Blueprint Sea
Fish Boy
Riesgo

Lurko's Stage - 408 Fry

12:30 Sleazes Fist and the Later Day Taints
1:15 Silver Arrows
1:45 Solaris 6
2:30 Jizz and the Jerkoffs
3:15 Damage Case
4:00 John Wesley Coleman
4:45 Burnt Sienna
5:30 The Classics
6:15 Jackson 8

Delta Stage 405 Fry

1:00 TBA
2:15 Record Hop
3:30 Jetscreamer
4:45 Hom Bru
6:00 Mugzu
7:15 Special Surprise Guests

4th Auxiliary Stage - when you're walking from Hickory to Scripture (on Fry) it's the last house on the right before "Campus Square Apartments". It's a two story white house with a wrap around porch.

1:30 Faelyn
2:30 Francesca Lee
3:30 Lyra
4:30 Number 6 Dance
5:30 Warren Jackson Hearne and the Merrie Murdre of Gloomadeers
6:30 The Angelus

2003-04-09T14:47:00.000-05:00

***NEWSFLASH*** The longview show has been moved to the 18th, so we need to pick which show we want to do. Longview is far but we are getting paid 150 bucks to play it. The other show is just a house party not a real show but it is on frystreet. SO lets vote up in here. I vote longview becuase we can all still go home for easter on saturday, and 150 bucks is alot of money (or gas money).-IMPSUG

2003-04-03T17:21:00.000-06:00

SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW:
Oh-Jay and other Grapevine artists...
@ Brookside Convention Center
1244 Brookside Dr
HURST,TX
Show is from 6:30 to 11:00 / FREE

2003-03-31T01:15:00.000-06:00

"Oh Jay! and the Brantis Orangtang- completely and utterly mindblowing. This spectacle of party rock has matured into a spastic full-frontal assault. Makes me proud."
-HaggardandHalloo.com

2003-03-25T17:26:00.000-06:00

This is the chosen shirt which will be available on the Monkey That tour.

2003-02-25T16:32:00.000-06:00

four designs for oh-jay shirts were posted. votes for your favorites are in the Shout Out box.

2003-02-13T20:44:00.000-06:00

hey kids check this out but seriously guys is micheal jackson a freak or just a misunderstood gentle hundred millionaire who loves children of all kind?

-fishboy

2003-01-25T12:33:00.000-06:00

Tuesday February 4th is when Oh-Jay is signed up for the McConnell Hall TAMS show, I hope everyone can make it out.

2003-01-19T11:43:00.000-06:00

hey fellas. we have a show next wednesday in McConell Hall. Thats right. the TAMS dorm. i am not sure what time it is, but we need to be sure to rock them away from their math books and into the ways of rock and rool OH-JAY style.

2003-01-06T12:57:00.000-06:00

http://www.illmitch.com/

2003-01-05T15:35:00.000-06:00

Oh-Jay brings the party to Club 412. Photos courtesy of Cassie Dee.

2003-01-03T17:37:00.000-06:00

{Practice at Feces Saturday at 1.}

DIRECTIONS THE THE SHOW - SATURDAY AT 7 - $6
OHJAY IS THE 1st BAND TO PLAY WHICH MEANS WE PLAY @ 7:30

2003-01-01T11:14:00.000-06:00

our logos are so awesome.

btw-
Oh-Jay & The Brantis Orangutangs could soon record at the Bayside House (BMHQ) in Austin.
unfortuately we'd have to pay them.
it'd be incredibly cheep compared to "industry standards"
but they've "been doing too much free stuff lately."

also, it's about 4 hours away.
so fans----- if you want to hear an amazing O-Jay record,
you can preorder the cds now
or... at the show saturday.

we might have some shirts there, too.

2002-12-31T14:40:00.000-06:00

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/021210/170/2u79n.html&e=7&ncid=996

2002-12-30T17:36:00.000-06:00

for that 412 show.
"the wonderful OJ"

2002-12-30T10:59:00.000-06:00

happy holidays, oh-jay and fans. is anyone keeping up with the boards over the break?

2002-12-11T11:37:00.000-06:00

our new sticker design is the best thing ever created click here

well, time to go burn some crosses!
- the crossburner

2002-12-10T02:48:00.000-06:00

http://www.psychotica.net/evb/nomi/

2002-12-09T22:50:00.000-06:00

those other bands sound like a real drag.
good think Oh-Jay are playing!

--Switch

2002-12-07T21:37:00.000-06:00

Saturday January 4th

Bloodlined Calligraphy
A Flesh So Weak
Oh-Jay and the Brantis Orangutangs
Hero's Drive
To Drown Her Sorrows

Doors open at 7pm, $6
www.club412.org

2002-11-30T00:50:00.000-06:00

pictures from the first living water show

2002-11-25T00:44:00.000-06:00

Karate is a potent and essential weapon. Those who have been endowed with it, or blessed with it naturally, graced by karate's crisp, clean ballet of force, have access to one of the most formidable mind-body unities in the history of mass politics. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (archenemy The Toad) used karate to upset the political bipeds who pretended to his seat of power—this in the throes of World War II and the sudden outbreak of karate among Beltway insiders.

Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon (archenemy The Hare) found karate to be a source of truth and inner peace. From the Chan-Ho ready position at his desk, he trained and sent out a cadre of stealth political attachés who used the "dance of the invisible wind" to break into a hotel—the act referred to in the language of karate as Bassai Sho.

Nixon was also known to enter into a state of Heian Shodan—Peaceful Mind First Level.

Washington (archenemy The Grasshopper) favored a combination of Hangetsu Dachi—half-moon stance—and Ippon Nukite—one-fingered strike. Others who favored the one-fingered strike were Madison (archenemy The Badger), Jefferson (archenemy The Ram), Truman (archenemy The Owl), and Andrew Jackson (archenemy The Vole).

When Ulysses S. Grant had mastered the twenty principles of karate—1. In Karate, start with a bow and finish with a bow... 19. Do not forget (a) light and heavy application of power, (b) expansion and contraction of the body, (c) slowness and speed of techniques—he went out into the land and used them against the creatures of the forest.

Grover Cleveland (archenemy The Spider) improved upon many of the traditional strikes of karate—the Ippon Tsuki (one-finger thrust), the Keito Uchi (chicken-head strike), and added one of his own—the cock block.

Ronald Reagan himself invented almost a whole new form of karate. From deep in his chamber, in the Hagetsu Dachi ready position, he entered into a deep state of Heian Godan in which his spirit became one with the universe and he engaged in heroic immortal combat with the ancestors.

The only U.S. President to throw a perfect punch, according to the booklet, was Millard Fillmore, on July 10, 1850, during the inaugural ceremony of his succession of a dead U.S. President. It was a one-finger strike delivered from the diagonal leg stance before a standing crowd.

Jimmy Carter engaged in epic battle with his archenemy Arachis Hypogae (peanut) before a live studio audience in Atlanta. Karate entered forever into the language of mass politics.

Japan, the principal manufacturer and distributor of karate prior to WWII, understands perhaps more than any other nation the importance of a proper uniform. Aides wear yellow belts. Advisors are green belts. Congressmen tend to be brown belts. The belt of a U.S. President is invariably black.

The only U.S. President not to wear a black belt was Ulysses S. Grant. Although a master of karate, he entered into battle on top of a horse.

The only rule is that a President can never use karate against another President. They may use jiu-jitsu.

A U.S. President is advised to have for his archenemy either the spider, the hare, the deer, the monkey, the ram, the larkspur, the gazelle, or any creature of the forest.

Ben Franklin's archenemy was not The Eagle; it was The Dust Mite. Franklin, though not a U.S. President, was a master of karate, and is frequently mentioned alongside those immortal names.

A single blow from Truman, either a one-finger thrust or a chicken-head strike, would be enough to change the complexion of any race, and bring about a wave of admiration.

A U.S. Admiral, after using karate in a battle to the death against a three-star U.S. General, remarked on the special power of karate to channel the vital energies and align the internal organs. Following the draw, both men saved face by committing seppuku.

It is a little known fact that Lincoln did not die from the gunshot fired by John Wilkes Booth. Upon his last breath, he committed seppuku. Reagan attempted seppuku but the wounds were superficial.

Kennedy attempted seppuku but at the last moment was overcome by the great urge.

Who would win between a U.S. Congressman and a U.S. State Supreme Court Justice? The question then becomes—can karate beat karate?

Other U.S. Presidents who attempted seppuku were: Millard Fillmore, Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, Zachary Taylor, Warren Harding, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR, LBJ and Gerald Ford. Many of them failed.

First Ladies are often masters of T'ai Chi. Lady Bird Johnson used T'ai Chi to steady her nerves. Mrs. Lincoln, the fifteenth U.S. First Lady, used a combination of T'ai Chi and gloved hand movement.

Three U.S. First Ladies, all masters of T'ai Chi, are often not a match for a single U.S. President endowed with karate. It took a group of ten U.S. First Ladies, all experts in T'ai Chi, to subdue Gerald Ford at the height of his powers.

Seven First Ladies, expert in T'ai Chi, are usually enough to defeat a single U.S. President, unless the President has the support of the Chinese. In considering Richard Nixon, never forget the importance of the Chinese. Kung Fu. The I Ching. T'ai Chi. There has always been a secret connection between Richard Nixon and the U.S. First Ladies, the mysterious and secret language of T'ai Chi. But contrary to popular belief, the archenemy of the U.S. First Ladies is not the hare, or, for that matter, Richard Nixon. Neither is it their intention to compete with the mass-market exercise cult Falun Gong, of special interest to the Chinese.

Though she is not, technically, the wife of a U.S. President, the five remaining U.S. First Ladies made it a point to extend to Margaret Thatcher the honorary title of first lady—the first lady to successfully deliver a karate chop on a global stage.

There are many who clamor for the hospitality of a U.S. First Lady. If you are a U.S. President, and you are endowed with karate—and you are not Richard Nixon—there is a chance (there is no other way) that you will be allowed to penetrate the inmost lair of her dojo.

--switchblade

2002-11-24T23:09:00.000-06:00

this "interenet" is pretty gay.

---Switch B.

2002-11-24T12:41:00.000-06:00

what the hell is that? we are being signed? what kinda joke is that. but it is intruiging... is this true or false?

2002-11-23T14:05:00.000-06:00

posted on the pluto records message board:
if you werent at living waters last night...then you missed a fun show. oh jay was hilarious. especially the pb and j song."

alright everyone go post under "ohjay signs to pluto records" or "if you werent at living water last night...".

2002-11-23T13:15:00.000-06:00

Show last night, The crowd has spoken. Scorcho is now OFFICIALY The Crossfire.
-ImpSUG

2002-11-22T10:42:00.000-06:00

my name is Scorcho, carried over from my old band the propaganda wizards just as eric's solo project name fishboy was carried over to his name in oh-jay. as the leader of the group he is intitled to his opinion but we must not make decisions based on one person and imp sug said it was ALL fishboy's doing...
this voting process was not in anything i signed when i joined the band. when i joined you said major labels expected us to be serious, so why are you concerned about changing my name? maybe because it's cooler than any of yours...yes, that is true.

i will not be swayed in my ways until a public or private vote is held and all parties accounted for.

sincerely,
the scorcho

2002-11-21T23:00:00.000-06:00

We have a show tomorrow! Are you ready kids!!! Meet at skips at 5 in colleyville.
-Imperial Sugar

2002-11-20T16:12:00.000-06:00

crossfire, quit signing your name "the scorcho". we have all voted and unanimously your new name is "the crossfire". thank you in advance for going by the name of "the crossfire" from now on.
-Ironspine

2002-11-19T14:01:00.000-06:00

OH JAY SHOWS

TONIGHT (tuesday) AT RUBBER GLOVES
www.rubberglovesdentontx.com for directions
10 PM / FREE

FRIDAY at LIVING WATER
www.werockharder.com for directions
7? PM / 5 bucks

- the scorcho

2002-11-18T15:35:00.000-06:00

NEWSFLASH!!! Scorchos is now Crossfire. More news to come later.

2002-11-18T09:13:00.000-06:00

what the devil... no show at 412? what the hell happened?
-Ironspine

2002-11-18T01:01:00.000-06:00

NO show at 412!!!
Free show tuesday rubber gloves open mic.

2002-11-17T20:30:00.000-06:00

I made fliers for friday, the show is going to rock. Im working on button designs i have stickers, and im doing a new sticker or a flier. Dont forgot we are playing open mic tuesday so we should practice, and 2 shows this weekend!
-imperial sugar

2002-11-17T16:19:00.000-06:00

I have an idea, after every post leave you name since its not doing it by itself.
-Imperial Sugar

2002-11-17T12:42:00.000-06:00

well hello there. ioh, jay! has a problem. remeber last show we had a truck to move all of our stuff? well, now there is no truck. it was sold this weekend. if anyone has any ideas please let me know...

2002-11-15T23:36:00.000-06:00

welcome, youve got mail, goodbye

2002-11-15T17:20:00.000-06:00

for me personally, B2K is my greatest inspiration.

2002-11-15T15:55:00.000-06:00

Its alomst i just got to figure out how to make that picture load right.

2002-11-15T14:17:00.000-06:00

This is a new thing for OH-JAY! lets see how it goes.