Linus Pauling Quartet with our pals Ume! 19 December 2008 at Rudz!!

Wow the final LP4 show of the year.

Sorry if this all seems kind-of last minute but, ironically, we asked Ume to headline this show a long time ago; we simply had a lot of scheduling issues to overcome (holiday season and all). I'm a huge fan of Lauren's fretwork so playing with Ume for me is a thrill. The great thing is, despite a few crazy scheduling headaches, it's actually happening and, even better, it's free!!!!

By the way, that poster is by Michael C. Rodriguez. He's a local artist who I commissioned to do the show's poster. I've dug his work for some time and, happily, got to meet him recently. It turns out he's a nice guy to boot. This is something we're hoping to do more of in the future - working with local artists and commissioning posters, not only as a way to make our posters look better, but also as a way to highlight the talent here in Houston.

Anyhow, we hope to see you there and note that a few new songs will be making their debut.

Stoked!!!!!!! LP4 with MV & EE and Wols

Wooooo! I am stoked about our newest and only confirmed show (the previously mentioned Artstorm show has been pushed back to some as yet undetermined date in 2009). We are playing with MV & EE (Matt Valentine and Erika Elder) whose work I just love to death be it with the Golden Road or as a duo! That's pretty cool and awesome in and of itself but we're also playing with Wols (Amye McCarthur) which is just an amazing stroke of good fortune as she also is someone I admire greatly. I'm so stoked that I'm asking local artist Eli Sebastian Brumbaugh to do the poster artwork and looks like he might be able to swing one. YUSSS! So, mark your calendars:

MV & EE, Linus Pauling Quartet, and Wols

Saturday 31 January 2009
at Rudyard's British Pub

MV & EE

Wols

C6H8O6 Reissue, ATAL Update, and Upcoming Artstorm Show

Hi friends,

Long time since we've spoken. I'm sure some of you have been pretty sad that C6H8O6 - or as we like to call it C6 - has been sold out for some time now. Well, lo and behold, we are right now negotiating with Germany's September Gurls to see it reissued as an LP. Right now it's pretty loose as to how it will appear. Single LP? Double LP? New Cover Art? Bonus Tracks? Inserts? A Particle Accelerator? It's that loose, but the big hurdles are out of the way and one thing is for sure it will be re-mastered for a far superior sound.

Also, All Things Are Light is coming close to selling out. We have about 10 left to sell at shows and at Sound Exchange Houston (our local indie record store), Europe has long been sold out, and Carrot Top Distribution has some copies for sale. You can order copies via Carrot Top via their on-line store Saki.

Lastly, for people who wonder when we are playing next, some scheduling conflicts have caused us to turn down some pretty neat shows (a show at the River Oaks Theatre and The Westheimer Block Party to name two) but the stars seem aligned for us to play an Artstorm opening with Inidan Jewelry sometime in late November. Right now the date is sketchy but it should happen sometime after IJ gets back from touring which is in Mid-November.