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The Dot Hongs — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:26:48 +0000

Dear People (Deer People),

We’re about 5 days into the Mile After Mile tour (L after L tour) supporting Straylight Run. After running into some issues with our trailer, we have time off in Sikeston, MO (the place where a woman expresses how her “guardian” is trying to pimp her out to two men to a band from New York). Our show on Sunday in Grand Rapids is cancelled, and we will return on the 3rd at Club Diesel in Pittsburgh. So far the tour has been fun, and the other acts traveling with us have been great (Dave Melillo, Mansions and The Dangerous Summer). We’ve been smoking popcorn (yes! real popcorn), hanging with the Brand New team, running from hotel security, listening to Howard Stern, met an interesting security guard in Oklahoma, and partying at a members only club for Halloween. Straylight Run was kind enough to let us ride with them, and Dave Melillo (who is a Florida king) is trucking with us. My new friends and team players. We feel very calm and steady.

You must be impressed by how slick our lives are. It’s wild times America, wild times.

Please sign up for our mailing list to get updates on what is going on from the band and blog updates. Our online store will be up soon. If I get enough energy, I will make new copies of all 3 previous EPs. I was once a kid. Wait, I am still a kid.

The shows have been great, and I want to thank those who have come out to see us again from past tours. You guys totally make our nights.

Until the next blog post…

Goodbye,
William and Eric

Two New Acoustic Music Videos!!!

The Dot Hongs — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:28:25 +0000

Thanks again to Denny Mui of DennyDoes.com for shooting these two acoustic performances of Brian doing in-studio versions of “Kidshit” and “Dee the Dinosaur”. Check the following posts for information about our upcoming tours with Straylight Run, Person L and John Nolan (info also available on our shows/tour page). Thanks!

Dee the Dinosaur:

Kidshit:

Behind the scenes Photo-shoot Video

The Dot Hongs — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:53:58 +0000

This is the behind the scenes video of a photo shoot we did back in July. It features an unreleased track of ours that is temporally named “Brownzilla”. Thanks to Denny Mui (dennydoes.com) for the photos and video. You are one cool wolf!

Images from the Brother’s Blood Tour – 6/3 to 6/7

The Dot Hongs — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:52:30 +0000

This is the last set of pictures from the tour that we did this past May and June with Kevin Devine and the Miniature Tigers (The Brother’s Blood Tour)! We join the Straylight Run “Mile After Mile” tour this Monday and will be posting images as we go.

Images from the Brother’s Blood Tour – 5/27 to 6/2

The Dot Hongs — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:30:59 +0000

What Does “Dot Hong” Mean?

The Dot Hongs — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:31:33 +0000

We hear it from friends, fans and club promoters throughout the past two years. A few people think about how it’s a play on “Hot Dongs” or “Hot Dogs”, but those people are sexual and hungry. In 1983, a beautiful young lady was born named Dorothy Hong. She grew up to be one hell of a Photographer based out of New York City. She happens to be a friend of the band, and deciding on our band name one evening I thought of her website and work. I turned to everyone and said “Brian Bonz & the Dot Hongs!”. It sounds funny to say sometimes but it’s what the boys in the band like.

Go check out her photos. Stop being nasty!

Images from the Brother’s Blood Tour – 5/21 to 5/26

The Dot Hongs — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:38:34 +0000

Images from the Brother’s Blood Tour – 5/17 to 5/20

The Dot Hongs — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:52:46 +0000

Images from the Brother’s Blood Tour – 5/15 to 5/16

The Dot Hongs — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:01:40 +0000

Images from the Brother’s Blood Tour – 5/11 to 5/14

The Dot Hongs — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:13:52 +0000