01.Jun.2010 Greetings from La Grange

Thanks, Ellyn.

P.S. We’re at The First Christian Church in Plano THIS FRIDAY, $10.

We’re at Dan’s Silver Leaf in Denton July 7.

01.May.2010 Such Rebels

You might be asking yourself, “Why are these strapping young lads standing in the neon glow of the Whataburger beacon at such a late hour?”

In short – after a short jaunt over to the Plano Relay for Life (sponsored by the good folks over at the American Cancer Society) it was discovered that we were far too loud for the neighbors two miles away from the event. A noise complaint made earlier in the night had scared the organizers of the event and they were unwilling to have us continue. Oh well, we were sagging the generator they had us on anyways.

Our conclusion?

Criminal Shift is punk enough to be kicked out of a charity fun run.

Huzzah.

Until next time,

Douglas

15.Apr.2010 Meet the Band

We’ve changed a lot since the last photoshoot. Left to right: Ben Littlejohn, Chris Littlejohn, Will Conklin, Douglas Schadt.

There’s Criminal Shift. See you this summer.

- Doug

04.Apr.2010 Debrief: Trees, 4-1-10

Thanks to everyone who came out to support us at the Local Edge Finale at Trees on Thursday. We had a great time playing and seeing all the other bands. Congrats to Ishi on the big win!

Also, welcome to the band Chris and Ben Littlejohn on drums and guitar respectively.

02.Mar.2010 It’s Voting Season Once Again

Please help Criminal Shift on the road to open Edgefest by contributing your votes. It’s easy.

1) Go to: http://kdge.com/pages/local/
2) On the right side there are a number of bands listed. Select Criminal Shift.
3) Scroll down and hit vote.
4) Refresh the page and do it again! and again! and again!

You can vote an unlimited number of times and we appreciate every vote you send in. It gets us one step closer to Edgefest!

08.Feb.2010 A Formal Invitation to Hearts for Haiti 2010: Feb. 14, 2010

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO ATTEND THIS EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=290741332799&ref=ts

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and you don’t have a date.
Trust me on this.
You don’t have a date.

Lucky for you, Criminal Shift has selflessly volunteered to be your date and distract you from the depressing reality that awaits on the other side of midnight. Your valentine’s day is going to ROCK.

“Why?” You might ask.

Criminal Shift has banded together (pun VERY intended) with Dallas-area bands Gaffney, Rin Tin Tin, and Due North to put on the most epic of benefit shows since Live Aid 1985. Best part? A $5 donation is your ticket. This donation will go directly to Catholic Relief (because they have a permenent base in Haiti and 90% of Haiti is Catholic…so it makes sense) and will help put Haiti back on it’s feet which it was so rudely rocked off of. In a way you could say we’re helping rock Haiti right back onto its feet. Oooooh the puns.

Haiti before the quake:

After the quake:

After the Hearts for Haiti benefit:

Show’s at 7pm (Criminal Shift’s on around 8pm) on February 14. That’s a Sunday. There’s some reason why there is no school the next day for most of us, yet I have forgotten it. Either way, we’ll be done early enough for you to go home and have sweet dreams, or for you to go away and party hard elsewhere.

The show is going to rock and we would REALLY appreciate seeing you there.

Thanks,
Douglas Schadt

06.Feb.2010 Upcoming: February/March

Hey everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve updated so I figure it’s about time I sent out an update. Next weekend is a super important show for us and we’d really appreciate it if you could make it out.

Feb 14, 2010: “Love & Haiti” Benefit Show w/ Gaffney and Rin Tin Tin
Bishop Lynch High School
9750 Ferguson Road
Dallas, TX 75228-3891
7pm, Minimum $5 donation. All proceeds go to Catholic Relief.

Yes yes yes, I realize it’s a Sunday. You probably don’t have school the next day and we’re gonna try and get done early so if you do you can go to bed, or if you don’t you have plenty of time to party afterwards.

We will also be appearing at The Door Plano on March 6 (Saturday) w/ Thrift City, Rin Tin Tin, and Gaffney. It’s gonna be very very awesome.

I currently sit in the land of ice and snow, Indiana. It’s cold. See you this weekend.

Later,

Doug

11.Jan.2010 Cool Press/Update

We got a picture of us put on the Dallas Observer’s website this week…not sure about the print issue. Here’s a link: http://www.dallasobserver.com/slideshow/view/29104745/8.

For those who haven’t received an update since, we did not win at the House of Blues on Friday but we did have a great time and want to thank everyone who came out!

Thanks,

Doug