Thursday, August 29, 2002 It's been a long time since my last web log entry. Things have been extremely busy. I just returned from a last minute trip to Puerto Rico for work. Sadly, I missed out on The Six Parts Seven on Sunday and Kind of Like Spitting/Denison Witmer on Monday. Tragic, but Willis recorded it on minidisc, or so he claims. Last Friday was my birthday. I'm 29 now, for anyone keeping track. Denison Wimter cds are en route from the manufacturing plant. They are expected tomorrow or so. Keep preparing yourself for 24 September release date. These will be widely available in stores and will be available from Denison on his autumn tour dates. The live cds and booklets arrived from the manufacturing plant, but no covers yet. These should be printed next week and will also be ready from Denison on his tour. There is a lot of one-sided LP action happening, but the second in the series isn't ready for release just yet. The Six Parts Seven and Ester Drang are in the studio today recording their songs. I'm praying for a settlement in baseball. By the way, after hovering near the bottom of Indie Rock baseball, I moved up to 5th after Odalis Perez's spectacular game last night, his shutout and game winning home run. Go LA. Chris from soundsareactive is also an LA fan; he released Soul-Junk's 1957 cd, among other more experimental and jazz based recordings. taking my nose back to the grindstone... :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 11:12 AM CST Monday, August 19, 2002 It was a busy weekend, but lots of excitement. Thanks to everyone who came out to see Ester Drang play. They left from Philadelphia last night to drive straight through to Oklahoma. They're sadistic folks. My good friend Jeff Cloud (Starflyer 59, Velvet Blue Music) was also around this weekend for some general fun and rock goodness. It's always good to have some old friends around. I glimpsed the beginnings of Yume Bitsu artwork for their one-sided LP. Adam promises that the music is being remixed and will arrive soon. I'm getting anxious for the next LP in the series to come out. Whichever is finished first. I've been working on LP artwork for Unwed Sailor and cleaning up the cd artwork for them to repress in time for their October European tour. I'm also anxiously awaiting the arrival of Denison's cds from the manufacturing plant. I'm also hoping that there won't be a baseball strike, but somehow feel that it's inevitable. Very sad. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 11:29 PM CST Monday, August 12, 2002 I'm excited for this week. Ester Drang will soon be en route to the East Coast. Come see them play in NYC at the Mercury Lounge on Thursday, 15 August. They'll be playing with Owen (Polyvinyl Records). Hope to see you there for the rock. Kind of Like Spitting are working, working, working on their one-sided LP. They just left yesterday for a big tour and will be in Philadelphia on 26 August. We'll be finalizing plans for the release then. Incidentally, the show is at the North Star Bar and Denison will be opening. It's an all-ages show, so be sure to come out. Also, Early Day Miners have finished the audio for their one-sided LP and are considering the artwork now. The Six Parts Seven will be recording the audio for their one-sided LP at the end of the month in Ohio. Unwed Sailor will be recording their one-sided LP in early October somewhere in Europe right before their October European tour. There have been some tentative discussions about recording in either Oslo or Copenhagen with some of our friends there. Ester Drang will be recording audio for their one-sided LP later this month after their East Coast jaunt. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 11:13 AM CST Thursday, August 8, 2002 I've been working on an Unwed Sailor poster for their October European tour. That's the official excitement these days. I'm anxiously awaiting the Philadelphia Songs cds form the factory and some posters to promote the album and tour. Today, I've been listening to the new full-lengths from Kind of Like Spitting and Seldom, both of which are highly recommended releases. I forgot to mention that during my flight into Allentown, PA on Sunday, I sat next too one of the members of Shaggy's backup band. Many other members were also on the flight, but, alas, no Shaggy. I guess you could call it a minor rock star sighting. Are you preparing yourself for the touring assault of Denison Witmer and The Trouble with Sweeney? They are starting a leg of their autumn tours together. We'll get the good word of rock out to the masses yet. Enjoy the ride. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 03:59 PM CST Tuesday, August 6, 2002 Unfortunately, the Dodgers lost to the Phils yesterday when relief pitcher Giovanni Carrara hit two batters with bases loaded to give the Phils the 2 run commanding lead. It was a good trip to the stadium and we managed to find seats with a good view. Nothing like a good afternoon baseball game during the week. For our European friends, there should be some upcoming treats. Unwed Sailor will be touring Europe in October, as well as recording material there for their forthcoming one-sided LP. Ester Drang's Goldenwest will be released by Swiss label Gentlemen Records in the fall, as well. There are also discussions underway for a new Circle of Birds ep with a European supporting cast. I'll let you know how that progresses. The release of the White Trash Inc. (Orchestra) 7" on Norway's Milk & Honey records is now available in Europe. I'll have copies available soon from the on-line store, along with their release of a Soul-Junk 7". :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 10:58 AM CST Monday, August 5, 2002 Lots of new records in the online store, including new records from Seldom, Kind of Like Spitting, Flaming Lips (vinyl), The Prom, and Saxon Shore, so be sure to check them out. I was at the Furnace Festival in Birmingham, AL for the past few days, hanging out with lots of good friends. Andrew WK headlined Saturday night show and was just really incredible. His metal party music would lead you to believe that the show would be complete cheese, but it was a great performance, completely fun and entertaining. At one point, there were about 100 people on stage carrying WK around while he was singing. It was completely out of control. He stayed after the show for about an hour talking to people, signing autographs, this is what a rock star should be like. There were plenty of hardcore bands, which was a little out of my interest, but it was great to see friends mewithoutYou, Roadside Monument, and Pedro the Lion play, as well as the complete insanity known as the Dillinger Escape Plan. I am off to see the Dodgers and Phillies play. This is one of those series where I root against the hometown team. Hopefully there won't be any altercations. Especially since Johnathon isn't there to jump into the fray. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 11:33 AM CST [ Archives ]