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Saturday: (no groundhogs shall be harmed)

2-2-08

2-2
Originally uploaded by illicitizen

bands playing:

• thank you, spaceman
• Yukos the Crude
• illicitizen

About Tonight's Guests

Check out this awesome write up on Prabir and the Substitutes here.
&
Here is an (mp3) interview with Chapel Hill's Simple. More sounds here.

We all hope to see you at Snug Harbor tonight.

Stop the Spying - No Telecom Immunity

Press for 1/26 show

Emily 'Girl About Town' has a nice mention of Saturday's show. (Scroll down to Saturday).
Also the Creative Loafing has a sweet write up for Richmond VA band, Prabir and the Substitutes.

Through the Airwaaaaaaves...

Our wonderful friend and adopted step-dad Michael Duane (Dust Devils, Atlantic Drone, Ancients, Assisi House) is going to spin Estate on the Bradford, UK community radio tomorrow. Since 'Estate' is about the homeless and Michael's job is promoting awareness & assistance with and of this issue it is a pretty good fit.

it's 1:30 pm EST... it's tight here too...[-he is responding top my message about how our shelters are overflowing in Charlotte].

we're starting at an hostel for battered women in a couple of weeks, feel a bit out of my depth with that, at least i've got Tori with me... one of the soundest women i've met in a long while, damn glad i employed her... i knew there must be a reason...

i'll make a post about the radio tomoz... it's mostly stuff we've recorded on the road visiting all these hostels... & some of the stuff is rather good... & the stories behind them are emblazoned on my brain...

Mxxx

So apparently we are going from 'Therapy' on 106.5 FM Sunday to 'Estate' on 106.6 FM Thursday (tune in on the www at 1:30pm EST). Hey we only had to traverse one ocean to go up 100,00 Hertz. Oh well the ONLY important thing is that it might help bring some attention to the issue of the homeless and hopefully get some people to help out.

Big Thanks

...to Divakar on WEND (106.5 FM) last night for spinning 'Therapy' again on the air. It is always so reassuring to hear your stuff played on the broadcast radio.
BIG SHOW SATURDAY KIDS, you do not want to miss out. Three super bands (ok, 2 super bands and illicitizen)at Snug Harbor. We hope to see you there.

stuff

What if we tried out a drummer?

What would people think? Would it be surrender? Would it be victory? Would it hurt? Would we become an option for them while they became a priority for us? Would we become dependent and suffer withdrawals? Would it require larger doses of drums to achieve the same effect after a period of use? Would this be a gateway instrument that caused us to end up begging on the street for spare change to tempt that ace bandeneon player? Would the convention of having a drummer birth other conventions? Would we start doing Meat Loaf covers? Bar Mitzvahs? Would we get in arguments about which ZZ Top albums were REALLY the important ones? Would I go looking for someone like Phil Collins (only because he has worse hair than I do)? What would become of the little synthy bits we use to cover up the 8 beats of count-in starting a song? Why not hire a horn section? Some gospel singers? A !#*%+$^ marching band?
Just wondering...

ProSouth Promotions Comes Through with the Images (Again)

Steve DeCaro took some sweet pics at Manifest Discs last weekend. It is us and Holster on the big bright stage.

http://www.prosouthpromotions.com/multimedia/photos/events/010508manifest/index2.html

Steve does great work. Look for him in upcoming SouthEast Performer credits covering Charlotte, NC,

Snug Harbor: 1/26/2007

We're playing with two great bands opening on January 26th at Snug Harbor.
Supporting acts:

Prabir and the Substitutes (Richmond VA)
Simple (Carrboro NC)

Thanks to everyone that came out to Manifest Disc yesterday and to SKNet Cafe last night.

JANIFESTUPDATE

Hey rock and/or roll kids.
Not only are we playing the Manifest Janifest at Manifest Discs, but we've just been added to the after Janifest show at the Sknet Cafe. Also rocking the night away will be local hooligans, HOLSTER; CARMONA; and AUDIOFORM.

Tobias Growler 4 String Electric Bass Guitar For Sale

Only for local Charlotte, Face-to-Face inquiries: $999 USD

The American-made Growler features one large, quad-coil custom-designed Bartolini pickup mated to an 18V, dual-channel stereo preamp. Add to this a pair of custom-designed tone shaping switches, and you'll get everything from killer slap to punchy Latin tones, and every sound in between. 24-fret, double-octave range. Wenge fingerboard. Massive ABM brass bridge. Swamp ash body. Includes hardshell case.

Tobias Growler 4-String Bass Features:

* Bolt-on neck
* Heel-less neck joint
* 3-piece asymmetrical maple neck with dual truss rods
* Swamp ash body
* 24-fret, double-octave range
* Wenge fingerboard
* Custom quad-coil Bartolini pickup
* 18-volt, dual-channel stereo preamp
* Black hardware
* Massive ABM brass bridge
* Hand-rubbed oil finish

1 yr old. Gently played.
Paid $1500 new.
Comes with Hard shell Tobias case.
Very lightweight bass with great sound!