Car vs. Driver

Original brush and ink by of the photo of the band and our longtime friend and roadie Ashley, outside of the Somber Reptile in Atlanta after our last show in July 1995, with Braid and Inkwell. Its was an exhausting end of a busy (and heavy) two year run. I met (Bob) in October of 1997 after he’d moved to Atlanta when he came to our first reunion show, and managed to get on the bill last minute performing a few acoustic songs. Ever since, he’s been one of my dearest friends and we’ve had many adventures and misadventures together. James and I played in the band Chocolate Kiss with him, and we all made a lot of music together, for better or for worse. Bob also played in Savalas with Sonny Kaye before we knew him. This art came from Bob’s series of brush and ink drawings of old photographs for his Denvoid book series, custom for me and one of my most prized possessions. The original photo is pretty synonymous with the band, and usually appears on a Google search of us. If anyone recalls who took the photo, please comment.

Spotted in the wild this weekend at Rough Trade NYC by .

Spotted in the wild this weekend at Rough Trade NYC. Photo by

Getting stuff together

The Driver Dome circa 2025, Ormewood Park, Atlanta. What was your favorite show there? Photo by Sue Joyce.

Quality flyer, except for the Dischord misspelling that slipped past Quality Control. RLTSOT played a couple of ripping shows at the Somber Reptile, one as a trio in early 1993 just after their demo tape was released, and this one as the fully realized quartet with Bobby Sullivan on vocals and percussion. We were playing a lot during this time with our buds in Freemasonry and Bite during this time. Random Ged came down from NC.

4.13.94 with DC’s Holy Rollers and Athens, GA sludge metal legends Harvey Milk. If I recall correctly, Harvey Milk’s van was broken into and raided on this night.

Lunchbox Records catalog. Scout and Freemasonry still consider Steve’s quote as a key to their success.

Matt’s memorabilia from the March 1995 shows in DC, Philadelphia, State College, and Lancaster. Live photos from State College of us, Spirit Assembly, and Scout. Scout’s van troubles. Ashley outside the Beehive Collective in DC; and his merch spread. Hanging with Amy after the DC show. Jon talking to the cop in NC before our van was searched. The Big Peach, Gaffney, SC. I don’t have any photos of the DC show, Philly show or flyer, or Lancaster show/flyer, but maybe someone else does.

In June of 1993, Matt got a word processor. This made many of the lyrics written through the Deja Grateful era official documents.

Happy New Year! This was 1994 at the Midtown Music Hall in Atlanta. Could have been the Lungfish or the Today is the Day show. 📷

December 4, 1993, show with Crisis Under Control, Car vs. Driver, Quadiliacha, Broken, and No Fraud (from Florida). Three different flyers for the same show. Not sure who made the first flyer, the second flyer was by Scott Wishart , and the third flyer was by Jonathan . We made $45 at this show. I forgot to post this on the 4th, but better late than never.