It’s been quite a while since the last update to the site. Things have been quite busy and exciting. I was in Puerto Rico for four days for work, working long hours to finish everything before getting to take some vacation. When I returned from Puerto Rico, Reels of White Softly Flow played at the Fire. My parents were in town for my friend Nathan’s wedding. I was the best man, so there was a lot to do, tuxedo fittings, rehearsals, barbeques. And, in the meantime, I was orchestrating the arrival of several new btv releases. Thanks to both Willis and Jamie, a new batch of btv releases have safely arrived, including Denison Witmer : Philadelphia Songs LP (white vinyl, gatefold jackets), Circle of Birds : s/t cdep and 10″, Denison Witmer : River Bends cdep (new digipak version), Reels’ Live LP (no cds, sorry), and the second repress of the Damien Jurado : Four Songs one-sided LP. Nathan’s wedding was very exciting as he and Norma were arried on Saturday, 29 June. Immediately the next morning, Reels of White Softly Flow left for some midwest shows. We stopped in Indiana to stay at my parents’ house and then went…
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Tonight, I’ll be seeing The Gloria Record play at the Unitarian Church in Philadelphia with some hardcore bands. I spent last night picking out films to use for the upcoming Reels of White Softly Flow shows. Today is the final day in TNI Books’ Little Engines tour…enjoy. :::scott::: Welcome to the LITTLE ENGINES Issue Three Electronic Reading Tour! ————– an excerpt from Jesus Christ Lord of Hosts Meets L.A. County by Holly Day Jesus is walking down an empty stretch of road next to a poorly maintained farm dotted with scraggly yellow grass and dried-up shrubs. The sun beats down on His back and neck, unbearably hot, and finding a shade tree to sit beneath is becoming more important than reaching L.A. before dark. He knows He should have started off earlier this morning, but His ridiculous nomadic compulsions don’t ever seem to occur at convenient or logical times. There is a small stream up ahead, running parallel to the highway, barely a trickle, but obviously steady enough to support the decent-sized group of trees crowding the banks. He picks up His pace and hurries toward the oasis, praying it’s real, not some wicked mirage. It is not a mirage.…
It was downpouring when we got to the Phillies game last night, but we decided to keep on going. Maybe it was the thrill of baseball, maybe it was the lure of $1 hot dogs, maybe it was our own stupidity. In the end, my belly was full of processed meat and buns and the Phillies won in the bottom of the 9th, commonly attributed to my rally cap. It’s true. Lots of changes in the on-line store, weeded out some old releases and added a few new ones. Day 4 in the Little Engines excitement. :::scott::: Welcome to the LITTLE ENGINES Issue Three Electronic Reading Tour! ————– excerpts from Les Savy Fav: Cheerleaders for the Apocalypse, interview and story by Mike Daily Lifter Puller singer/guitarist Criag Finn, now lyricist for The Brokerdealer, sums up everything he has to say about Les Savy Fav in this anecdote: “We played with them in Detroit at this club called the Gold Dollar,” Craig says. “The first band, a local band, was playing to a pretty much empty room. As part of their set, this band was auctioning off items from their living room. They attempted to get the bidding going on a…