WINTER

The change in seasons is a great thing partially because by the end of each season you're ready for the next (especially by the end of winter). What I'm saying is its nice to finally have snow up here, its cold but at least there's snow and its not this cold for no reason. In the near future we're gonna set aside a week or so and record our asses off. The goal is to try and get a new album recorded. We're shooting towards vinyl this time around because we feel that cd's are part of a dying institution. A record is much more personal with bigger and better artwork, and a more rich real quality to the sound. So look out for updates on that come......... spring time??. Also, we're trying to cook up a split 12'' with The Choking Beaver Project/Almonzo's Plow (Great friends; http://www.myspace.com/almonzosplow ), Hello Shark (with whom we were just re-united with; http://www.myspace.com/hellosharkvermont ), Attic Abasement (great friends with Hello Shark and us; http://www.myspace.com/atticabasement ), and Zeke Mishanec (http://www.myspace.com/zekemishanec ). Hopefully we can get everyone together with a fews songs for this project. If you haven't checked out all of these guys yet I strongly suggest you do. So keep an eye out for that also. The winter time should be super productive for us in music, and me in general in the sculpture world too. If you haven't checked out the tour journal posted below please do. CHEERS!

Tour Journal.

Well, better late than never, right? After tour this summer I started writing a journal composed of notes I took in a shitty loose-leaf notebook attached with a binder ring while traveling, and all the pictures I took as well. Just finished it last night. I can't quite figure out how to post it directly on here, but who wants to stare at this blog screen that long anyways? There is a pdf zip file of the journal below. E-mail me (drudisillw@gmail.com) with any downloading issues, or if you want a free physical copy of it. Someday we will get Chase's and Dan's up here as well. Enjoy.
>LINK: http://www.sendspace.com/file/aha651

COMBAT PAPER

Hey everyone. This past weekend we were lucky enough to play in a small town outside of Ithaca, New York. A good friend of ours, Nathan Lewis asked us to play a show in a new house he lives in with his veteran friends. Nate is an Iraq war veteran and he and his friends are setting up a veterans sanctuary there. We ate delicious food and had a wonderful show in a great spot. The next day we were brought to the sanctuary's green-houses. Thanks to a former Tilapia farmer who was generous to let them use the land for free, they have access to a lot suitable for farming, equipped with tools and two large green-houses. The sky is the limit for these fella's and they plan to do some great things with this opportunity. We had team of about 12 or so dig a 40 ft long trench along the fence of the future garden.... man-power is great. It was an exciting weekend, it is obvious that great things will come from this project. Nate is very involved in Combat Paper. "The Combat Paper Project utilizes artmaking workshops to assist veterans in reconciling and sharing their personal experiences as well as broadening the traditional narrative surrounding service and the military culture." Check it out here: http://www.combatpaper.org/ . Other than the toilet exploding and pouring into the basement the night couldn't have gone better. Keep an eye on these guys. Thanks to them for a great weekend. On the way home Dan and I saw a large deer resting on the back-hood of a car, unstrapped, on the highway.... just to cap off the trip. CHEERS!

Flip putthoff

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Autumn.

So, it's been a while... A real long while. I've been playing with steel, that's what takes up most of my time. What's new you say? A few shows between then and now. We played at the Monkey House in Winooski, Vt with the Choking Beaver Project. Played a fundraiser/kegger at 10 Bay st. as a benefit to some kids whose house burned down. (great turnout) Slacking in the music world lately. Should be recording, getting tour for the summer figured out, and all that jazz. The leaves are changing, I always forget just how amazing that is. Tour photos up on facebook.. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=286371&id=558189464 .. Still working on that journal write up. Workin on Livin'

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK

To those who did not receive a physical copy of our new ep. You can now download it for free at :http://lovesicknomads.bandcamp.com/album/ep
THANKS!

PEEP

So this coming weekend (the 20th, 21st, and the 22nd of August) there is a festival in the woods at a friends place. The line-up so far is as follows:

Friday

5pm Where's the Beef?

630pm Kill Your TV

815pm Lovesick Nomads

945pm krambis




Saturday

morning acoustic jam. all welcome to contribute

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2pm Making the Stars Move

330pm Come Alive Radio

5 Rumors of War

630 Human MONSTER

8 Catching Cadence

930-11 Mother Mcrees

11-late DJ Pyster


It is located in Stephentown, NY, and it's gonna be a really good time with food and people and camping and all that jazz.... and oh yeah, music too. lots of it. WATER CA-CA-CANNNONS! EVVVVVVVERYONE WILL BE THERE!
Stay posted for the tour book and photos up the wazoo coming soon... sooner than later. Also, I'm gonna do a post soon with photos of my sculpture work from the spring '10 semester. Complete with downloads of the sounds they make and the recordings that go with them. So look out for that too. Shitty lookin' sunday, but I guess we need rain. CHEERS!

Party In The U.S.A

More stuff from tour. OF THE is a sweet zine that some friends put together for the underground arts and music scene in and around the city. They're sweet folks, who are doing good things for the arts, and are always willing to help us out. (They got us the show at Tommy's Tavern in Brooklyn) http://www.myspace.com/oftheofthe . Check them out for sure! Here is a sweet short that a friend of theirs put together from the Tommy's show. Enjoy. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=429925673584

WORDS

So, before we post that tour book I spoke of in that last post, we've got a little somethin that just came in from our buddy Mike who runs the Savage School of rock In Blackwood NJ, Great dude. Played and stayed there (abandoned dentist office turned into venue/rentable practice space). He and a few buddies run a podcast out of there called Save the World Radio, they're super smart dudes and hit on some important political and global issues. Check it out! Plus they were nice enough to give us a little spot on air, so be sure to check that out as well (HERE) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAG8nyV_kgs . CHEERS!

Lazy-daze-ical

Been a long time since we've posted anything. The rest of tour was great, thanks to everyone that hooked us up with food, a show, a place to stay, or anything. Soon enough we're gonna get our photos developed and post those with a nice little write up from our tour journals. So keep an eye out for that, should be soon. For now, check out this awesome band and good friend Mike out of Rochester, NY. (Attic Abasement) You won't regret it. http://www.myspace.com/atticabasement . We traded music at our show in Rochester (in which he set up for us... thanks mike) "Dancing is Depressing". Killer songwriter, rad dude. ENJOY!

BROOKLYN

Show last night at Tommy's Tavern ruled real hard. Thanks to Of The and Leighana, the sound guy, Tommy's, Boogie Brains http://www.myspace.com/boogiebrains , Eleanor http://www.myspace.com/eleanorcanplay, and The Better Times. Great night. Show tonight Blackwood NJ at the Savage Rock School.

FUCK Connecticut

Show in Jaffrey New Hampshire was fun, stayed and played at 22b Charlonne with Matt from the band Graph http://www.myspace.com/graphisaband . Great dude. We went swimming in the greatest spot in New Hampshire and then made our way to Boston. Stayed with Alex (friends of Dan's from Prague) in Roxbury. Watched the fireworks from a rooftop, epic. Show fell through... Great time in Boston though. Slowly made our way to Brooklyn (stopping in west haven CT to swim in the dirtiest warmest water ever) Connecticut just plain old sucks. Got a show last minute (literally) at Goodbye Blue Monday in Bed Stuy, good time, even saw some friends from Albany. CHEERS!

I know you better than you know yourself

MORE CHANGES! We are leaving this Thursday, trying to get some last minute stuff figured out. CHEERS!

thurs JULY 1st- Plattsburgh, NY - TBA
fri JULY 2nd- 22 b. Charlonne st. w/ Message Received and tba, Jaffrey, New Hampshire
sat JULY 3rd- Burlington NY - House Show
sun JULY 4th- Boston MA - not likely, its the 4th of july
mon JULY 5th- Providence RI- TBA
tues JULY 6th- (anywhere) Connecticut-yerheadoff - TBA
wed JULY 7th- Tommy's w/The Tentacles, Elanor and tba, Brooklyn, NY
thurs JULY 8th-Savage Rock School, Blackwood New Jersey
fri JULY 9th- Philadelphia PA - TBA
sat JULY 10th- HOUSEASAURUS w. Aeroplane 1929 and tba
sun JULY 11th- Washington DC - TBA
mon JULY 12th- Richmond VA - TBA
tues JULY 13th- Chapel Hill NC - The Nightlight
wed JULY 14th- Seven Day Weekend w. tba, Greensboro, NC - TBA
thurs JULY 15th- The Groj, Fayetteville, AR - TBA
fri JULY 16th-tba- springfield, Mo
sat JULY 17th- LEMP Arts Space, St. Louis, Mo
sun JULY 18th- Cleveland OH - 222 Ormsby?
mon JULY 19th- The Bug Jar w/ tba, Rochester, NY
tues JULY 20th- Day off
wed JULY 21st- Day off
thurs JULY 22nd- Upstate Artists Guild w/ tba, Albany, NY
July 31st-Mick'n Jam w/ tba, HELL, NY
Aug 12th- Valentines w/ Catching Cadence, Rumors of War, and tba, Albany, NY

CH-CH-CH-CH-Changes

So as we spend more and more hours on the internet getting tour booked, things change.... And as that happens, I will post what changes to keep it out there and also to inform myself and make sense out of the hundreds of e mails and messages we've sent. Jam.Boree is this weekend, gonna be a great time. Heres what's going on.

thurs JULY 1st- Plattsburgh, NY - TBA
fri JULY 2nd- New Hampshire - TBA
sat JULY 3rd- Burlington NY - House Show
sun JULY 4th- Boston MA - not likely, its the 4th of july
mon JULY 5th- Providence RI- TBA
tues JULY 6th- (anywhere) Connecticut-yerheadoff - TBA
wed JULY 7th- PDEATH BY AUDIO, Brooklyn, NY - TBA
thurs JULY 8th- New York NY - TBA
fri JULY 9th- Philadelphia PA - TBA
sat JULY 10th- Baltimore MD - Charm City Art Space?
sun JULY 11th- Washington DC - TBA
mon JULY 12th- Richmond VA - TBA
tues JULY 13th- Chapel Hill NC - The Nightlight
wed JULY 14th- (anywhere) NC - TBA
thurs JULY 15th- The Groj, Fayetteville, AR - TBA
fri JULY 16th- St. Louis MI - LEMP Arts Space
sat JULY 17th- Chicago IL - TBA
sun JULY 18th- Cleveland OH - 222 Ormsby?
mon JULY 19th- Rochester NY - The Bug Jar
tues JULY 20th- Hometown show? NY - TBA

watch or die: http://weeklytapedeck.com/2010/02/10/video-mountain-man-with-yours-truly/

ZEKE

If you guys have yet to hear Zeke's music, don't waste anymore time. He is somehow always spot on. He hits the nail right on the head every fucking time. And it hits hard. Download here: http://zekemishanec.blogspot.com/

I have a friend with WORK HARD tattooed on his knuckles...

SO. We are working hard on booking tour still. Stressing and calming with a beer here and there while trying to do a hundred other things. We've decided against the 7" for now because of time limitations before tour in July. But, that certainly doesn't mean that it won't happen in the future. Instead we are working on recording a cd demo of new songs to hand out while we're on tour. Hand printed and wrapped in a drawing by our own Chase Winkler, most likely. New shirts coming. New stickers. There's a lil jon concert at the Times Union Center tonight....

Happy Memorial Day.

The sun is shining. Here is a little memorial day gift for you. An oldie and certainly a goodie. Our own Dan Gaetani with his ocean drone static. This is seriously great. Umbrellamoon|Protectme. Zip file here. http://www.sendspace.com/file/e1aunp

Choking Beaver Project.

These are my good friends from school. They fucking rule. They got on a sweet Festival this summer in Ellicottville, NY. JAM.BOREE fest. Party and music in the woods on June 18th to the 20th. Why wouldn't you go? Get tickets at evljamboree2010@gmail.com. Listen to them here: http://www.myspace.com/almonzosplow. Plus next year they live at hell house in Plattsburgh where we can play shows with them a lot. So look forward to that as well. Their shows are always fun. (and you get to hear garth and mike sing together) Plus you can enjoy a nice cigarette with them afterwards and talk about the show, or campfires, or your bowels... or whatever you want.

New song "Snowy Mountains" from upcoming album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKQNlC_jHXo

^ WATCH ME ^ Filmed and edited by our good friend Justin in our basement space.

Shit for sale

Oh yeah. We have cd's that we've released under our old band name (Quasar Abode). Recorded and released ourselves this past summer under our label Lonely Grimoire. Buy it and t shirts and prints here. http://lonelygrimoire.bigcartel.com/ . New shirts with our new name coming soon! As well as new stickers aaaaaand..... A split 7" with our friend zeke from chicago.http://zekemishanec.blogspot.com/

SUMMER

First blog. Lots to talk (or write) about. Well, Latest news is that we've finally decided to change our band name for good. And for the better. It feels better to tell new friends our band name now. Secondly, we're touring again this summer. Staying on the east coast.






Heres what the dates look like so far for us. (Nothing is concrete. This is just for a heads up)
thurs JULY 1st- Albany NY - TBA
fri JULY 2nd- Plattsburgh NY - Monopole bar? HELL house?
sat JULY 3rd- Burlington NY - House Show
sun JULY 4th- Boston MA - not likely, its the 4th of july
mon JULY 5th- Providence RI- TBA
tues JULY 6th- (anywhere) Connecticut-yerheadoff - TBA
wed JULY 7th- Poughkeepsie NY - TBA
thurs JULY 8th- New York NY - Death By Audio? Silent Barn?
fri JULY 9th- Philadelphia PA - TBA
sat JULY 10th- Baltimore MD - Charm City Art Space?
sun JULY 11th- Washington DC - TBA
mon JULY 12th- Richmond VA - TBA
tues JULY 13th- Chapel Hill NC - The Nightlight
wed JULY 14th- (anywhere) NC - TBA
thurs JULY 15th- (anywhere) KY - TBA
fri JULY 16th- St. Louis MI - LEMP Arts Space
sat JULY 17th- Chicago IL - TBA
sun JULY 18th- Cleveland OH - 222 Ormsby?
mon JULY 19th- Rochester NY - The Bug Jar
tues JULY 20th- Hometown show? NY - TBA

As I said, things can. and will change. Let us know if you have any suggestions. Happy summer. May is the best month of them all. Go outside.
-Dane