Dustin Donaldson is going to answer fan questions on the new Myspace page. Read the most recent blog for details:
http://www.myspace.com/thoughtindustry111
P.S. - The only reason it's just Dustin right now is because he's the only one we can reach. Christopher is unreachable right now... Brent & Paul; where are you? ;)
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LeonsTemple.com is a music download/networking site for people interested in, fans of, and contributors of music generated by the SW Michigan/Kalamazoo music phenom that happened in the early 90s. We're not sure what else to call it, but in 1992ish there were about 115 bands, 17 venues, and about a 1/2 dozen record contracts in a 70k-person town, with a bunch of hot bands creating genre-breaking energetic music. Basically, if you know what it is you know what will be here.
Find those elusive albums that you've long lost or never had and download them on MP3. Not only those, but everything in the family tree - hear what those freaks and geeks did before hand, afterwards, and even what their friends did. Hopefully rare live and b-side type stuff will be posted as well. Feel free to burn them to disc and share with new friends. Leave a message.
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See the latest list and add you own. Latest: oops!Posted on 2008-07-10
Also, I've straitened out the links for both Trey's and Adam's TI sites below. They should both come work for the 'Temple.
August 18, 2008
WOW! Two new DAVE GRANT and MIKE ROCHE songs you've never heard. GET THEM NOW. If you are a fan of "Stars" (from the band briefly known as CHOPPER), which might be the most kick assiest song on this site, then you know you need these. An LT exclusive. BRETT FIELDS and MARK BALDWIN play on these as well, and while they should be applauded, it's Mike's big whammy bar and Dave's big husky mouth that should draw you in. UHH!
CHARLIE BRADFORD sends in this feature on BILL CLEMENTS, and as a treat, we get to see Charlie himself. Mysteriously, fiddle music plays over the bass playing. TOMMY UFKES gives a howdoyoudo here as well.
Go to YOUTUBE.com and search for "bradfordnews" to find a feature on HORNET.
Charile also promises to send the unreleased BLACK SPRING sessions recorded after GIRTH was released. One of the songs could be the one that CHRIS BRYERS lists on his Top 10.
TREY, a TI fan and DUSTIN DONALDSON friend writes in:
The new T.I. Myspace page is coming along great and Dustin has some cool things coming for it so I was wondering if you could make mention of the new Myspace page and possibly mention that it would be cool to get people that were actually there to become a part of the page and have them leave their memories and impressions and stuff for everyone else to read (like the amusing one by Jeff on your site about the too-high cymbals). I also added TASM Lab, but still waiting... tap, tap, tap.
- Trey
P.S. If you could also bug Brent about getting involved in any way that would be cool too.
P.S.S. - I didn't post the thing about the Myspace page... someone else beat me to it.
Yea, good luck with that BRENT thing. That nerd is still wondering how his Basell Accord ended up in his SOX drawer, ruining his Journal Entry. (corporate accounting humor...)
BTW, the link is http://www.myspace.com/thoughtindustry111. It even includes some possibly illegal downloads of tunes you may have forgotten if, say, your "Mods" cassette melted in your car.
Another good TI read is Adam's www.cultureofnone.blogspot.com. It's a good read. I particularly liked hearing who was "too cool for school" when approached at a Battle Creek Burger King, and the thugy, street gang publicity shot (where Chris is in the hood) is dandy. These are both links posted to the sideboard earlier this week.
Did I ever tell you that the Threshold/Sounds Like Braille camp chimed in? Well they did. Maybe they will send music to post. This would be from Kzoo's Minnesota outpost I beleive.
OK, you can now download all of my new record, AN ADULTY ADIPISCI free of charge. GET IT HERE. Thanks again to all who purchased it!
Enjoy the summer,
August 8, 2008 (08/08/08)
This is off-topic, but if you are the type that thinks our president is a corporatist criminal who should, at the minimum, be impeached, please sign Mr. Kucinich's petition HERE
I already have, and if anyone knows one where we can try Bush for crimes against humanity, or at least throw a pie in his face, please let me know. I would encourage everyone to YOUTUBE both of our principled congressmen, Kucinish and Dr. Paul, for refreshing perspective.
BTW, CHUCK BRADFORD just wrote and he's got some goodies I'm going to post soon.
Now back to our regularly scheduled program...
August 3, 2008
New music today: QUIXOTE's mystery album. Get it now! JASON PAUL sends this in. I accidently overwrote the old Quixote file, so if someone could resend a bio I'll put it up.
Chairman BRENT OBERLIN and his Mrs. ERICA moved in to their new swanky Boston apartment this week. Congratulations! Rockers DAN ROE and DAVE NASH carried boxes, along with science nerds TIM and WALTER, and yours truly. 75% of DESCACRATOR now live in the Boston area (should they get the band back together?)
Speaking of Brent, if anyone wants to join our Fantasy Football league (featuring Nash, myself, Brent, Jon Scott, Mark Davis, and others), shoot me a note. Quitters Craig and MIKE ROCHE have left some holes. $50 wager required, but the winner takes home a bundle. NFL fans only.
July 11, 2008
New music today: PHIL A. SHEO and the GOODS. Get it now! PAUL BAYER shoots these Stoogy tunes over. PASATG were based in both Kalamazoo and New York City, making it the second most relocated band behind the three editions of Kzoo-LA-Kzoo SLEET. This also qualifies as a legitimate TOOLMASTER sighting.
Be sure to read that name slowly - there's a dirty homophone in the first name. Tee hee! They must of took a tip from other cunning linguists FA-Q and FOUR PEACE when naming their band.
The 'Temple has been open for about 18 months now, I think I'll move some of the older news to an archive. We still have some great stuff coming up. We should all look forward to:
The two unreleased TWITCH albums recorded for the big label
The eventual release of CHRIS BRYERS' fan favorite BIRDS (doesn't everybody already have this?)
Burning Tent Revival
Resin Mattress
Broken Hearts are Blue, Lockheed Electra and Lemme in Masha
The Clockmaker demo tape
Morsel?
LAPD Riot Midgets VIDEO
More and more!
Enjoy your summer!
July 4, 2008
Happy Independence day! As an athiest framer nut, this should technically be my family's Christmas. We're going to gather around the fire and read Sam Harris and Dr. Paul articles together.
BROKEN HEARTS ARE BLUE and VINE vocalist RYAN GAGE writes in with a howdoyoudo and to inform me of the band Le’me in Masha, of which he/we don't know if recorded music exists. I'll put up the record all the same and we'll wait.
In the meantime, he directs us to BHAB video (and there's others) on YouTube:
JOHN HENRY was attacked by Islamists from Turkey. (a new heavy metal band perhaps?)
DOUG GARNETT announces his new project:
...just wanted to let peeps know that i've got a new band
down here called RaBidEaRs, it's total guitar rock, complete with
solos and monster riffs. Hints of Foo Fighters, Black Sabbath,
Deftones, U2, Chevelle, Muse, Radiohead, TV On The Radio, Blur, Led
Zeppelin, Smashing Pumpkins and on and on it goes...
Just wrapping up a 7 song demo which I'll send to you in mp3 format
for anyone interested in hearing some good old rockarolla. It's been
over 3 years since I had picked up a guitar so I've been having crazy
good times playing again, also doing vocals for this band too.
I presume you will be able to track this down at his site Vs The Suct.
Thanks to all who have purchased my new album. There's still a few left, so get them while they're hot!
June 25, 2008
The new TASM Lab is out: An Adulty Adiscipi featuring CHRIS BRYERS and MICHELLE GRAF singing some of my very pretty songs. Get it now! I know you may feel obligated to buy a copy just because I do such a fabu job on this website, but you should actually buy it because its good. CD and MP3 version available here: BUY FROM CD BABY or buy it at --
ITUNES.
There is also a bunch of information on my TASMLAB.com site.
The unwashed will still be able to download it for free by collecting the tracks over time at HERE
For that matter, you can pick up the rest of BRYERS "Hazel and the Black Rabbit" HERE.
For better or worse, NICOLE DEMENT sends in photos of Craig Verity, Bob from FAQ and others (mostly OVERMAN, befitting my TASM edition of the update). Let this be an invitation for anyone to send photos (KATHY VON MAUR?). I have a few from PAUL TOTH I still haven't posted yet.
June 15, 2008
New music today: LOLLYGORE and MARIE LAVEAU. Get it now! CHARLES BARKENBUS sends this in and writes: "I like the site. I'd like to see more of the less well known bands represented too." Dude, EVERY band on this site is less well known. Case in point, our random Frech poster even decries the relative obscurity of The THOUGHT INDUSTRY.
For better or worse, this counts as a legit HAGEN FENSTERMAKER sighting.
Here's something fun from ALLYSON MARTIN, it's a post-mortem of the Kzoo rock scene done by STOKER the Friday's mascot and bemoans how sucky 1995 was:
Allyson is also requesting any obscure TWITCH/SLEET stuff people may have. She's building an archive of all things rock to share with little Martinettes when they are older.
HAPPY FATHERS DAY to likes of JEFF BORKOWSKI, CHARLES BRADFORD, PAUL ENZIO, MATTHEW SAHLGREN, BRETT FIELDS, CHRIS SIMMONS, STEVE MARTIN, JOEL JOHNSON, GEOFF HALSEY, DAN ROE and countless others I'm forgetting.
Like it or not, it will be TASMMANIA (not to be confused with the down under country, TASMANIA) here soon.
June 10, 2008IDIOT! I haven't picked up email from the leonstemple address since I changed it in March. I appologize to everyone I've ignored. D'oh!
June 7, 2008
New music today: TIMBREFIRE. Get it now! It is ROB STIMPSON new project.
I finally got word from guitar hero and now-professor CHUCK WOOD. He's going to send in some VINE, BROKEN HEARTS ARE BLUE, and a lesser known project LOCKHEED ELECTRA featuring BAD RONALD on drums. Besides being a whip on the guitar, the guy can really name a band like nobody's business.
As I'm converting many of my old 4-track cassettes to MP3's, I'm tempted to post some of the almost-embarrassing tracks from Chuck and Mine's highschool music projects, featuring AL WISEMAN on vocals, played with the squishiest drum machine you'll ever hear.
DOUG GARNETT sends word of a new album THE WORLD VS. THE SUCT, complete with new photos and web presentation. CHECK IT OUT at his WEBSITE www.vsthesuct.com. He sings quite well, IMO, which is often the Achilles heel of many of these one-man-band type projects.
Speaking of which, MY new TASM project is in the can and I'm overjoyed. It's being pressed as I write this, and I'll certainly make no small ordeal about it's release in the coming weeks. It features new songs, sung by CHRIS BRYERS and Ex-Dahlia starlett MICHELLE GRAF.
And speaking of Michelle, she's also finished a new album with her twosome band TETHER with Bostonite STEPHEN. It's a gothy/Swansy bass-vocals combo, with Michelle providing layers of harmonies over strummed bass chords. We finished the transfer over here in my tASM studio last month. When will it be out? Not sure.. these things take time.
BTW, I finally got a chance to listen to COSMONAUT yesterday. It's really cool. You should buy it or download it and stick it in your ipod.
May 25, 2008
New music today: FATSACK. Get it now! ROB STIMPSON also sends in his new stuff called TIMBREFIRE which I will post later (I like to make people wait).
Yesterday was DAVE NASH's wedding. I was best man and a good time was had by all. TASM Fellow KEVIN BANKS was there, as well as JON and STARLA SCOTT. CRAIG VERITY was supposed to go, but girlfriend LEILA got into a scooter accident.
For anyone who watches a lot of NOGGIN like I do, you'll notice that Moose's new song features TEDUARDO from Kalamazoo. Who's Teduardo? Did he play in a King Tammy side project? I thought Ron Muniz was the closest thing Kalamazoo had that resembled a Hispanic person. Mysteries...
Happy memorial day weekend, kids!
May 18, 2008
New music today: EXOTIC FOXES. This is MANDY NEUBECKER's big city indy project. The two song EP (7 inch I guess) was provisioned by BRIAN KOSKUC.
So Brian had sent this in on June 1, 2007, almost a year ago, but he did provide the MP3s and some info. If you want me to post something, please send the MP3s in an e-mail, and try to populate the written part of the page as best you can. It makes it easy for me. If you just send a note saying "here's some stuff you can track down if you want" then I probably wont unless you are LITA FORD or someone cool like that.
LEPPOTONE has posted a bunch of videos of SINATRAS, SLEESTACKS and even karoke parties. Check them out:
and search for "Leppotone". As soon as you find one, the rest are all 'surfable' from the linked list on the page.
May 5, 2008
JOHN HENRY (is this an alias? I thought Dan Jager played drums for 4Peace) posts a good read and a neat flyer.
And because no story is true unless I was personally part of it, here's me at the 4 peace house itself:
BTW, here in Boston there is a popular (or at least well-publicized) rap band called Four Peace, you can check them out here: FOUR PEACE.
May 3, 2008
New music today: SPITE. This mid-eighties punk band featured the likes of Scott Boman, Tommy Fuller, Willie Badlands, and Dan-O. Got get em'.
As promised you can download three new tracks off of CHRIS BRYER's new album HAZEL AND THE BLACK RABBIT. Over time you can collect the whole album DOWNLOAD THEM HERE.
I find this hard to beleive, but 652 people downloaded GHG's "My Girl's Patriotic" in April alone (second place was "Dutch Mafia", with third, fourth, and fifth going to Killswitch and Crick). I have to wonder if there are MP3 spiders or something, but then they'd all be getting hit that much.
April 24, 2008
If you haven't already yet, go ahead a download the few posted tracks of HAZEL and the BLACK RABBIT because they are coming down next week and will be replaced with a few new ones. We've decided to give the album away for free, but in a clever, frustrating way where you'll have to collect all the songs over time. We'll be doing this with other new releases as they come. Perhaps even with the new THE THOUGHT INDUSTRY album that is forthcoming.
No update this week: A mixed Kzoo/Boston crew will be heading to hip and historical Portland this weekend to hold DAVID NASH's bachelor party. Yup, dude's getting married next month. I've just heard that Portland (Maine, not OREGON Geoff, Molly, Karla and Craig) has highest ratio of bars to people in the US, vying with San Fran for the honor.
Want an easy way to browse the songs on this site? Just use the ugly but simple root directory of the songs foler: http://www.leonstemple.com/songs/. Don't forget to look in the "Joby" folder, as there are treats in there.
DESCACRATOR metal maurader DAN ROE and his family are coming over today for a playdate. We both have little girls named Adelaide, and I expect Satan worshiping to be kept at a dim hum.
April 9, 2008
WTF? Kalamazoo's one and only Jewish guy sings on YOUTUBE. It's a video, but I'd keep yer dicks in yer pants.
April 6, 2008
"These are the greatest songs ever written" I believe is what SO THIS IS OUTERSPACE guitarist and voxalist BRYAN CHARLES says on the amusing STIO PDF you can download (a first for the site. The upcoming TASM record will undoubtadly have an Excel sheet attachment just for one-ups-manship). BRIAN KOSCUK sends this in, but inexplicably only sent two of the seven songs. Perhaps the others are for sale somewhere? Anyways, Check it out!
According to board rumors, SNORKEL will be playing a show in July. No one has sent me their MP3's yet though. I'd also like unknown person to send me RESIN MATTRESS and FATSACK recordings as well please. The 'Temple just wouldn't be complete with out them.
March 29, 2008
Here's a treat - NEW MUSIC: SELLING HEAVEN "BUTTERFLY" DEMO. I transfered the tape last weekend, probably the last time it could be played before it the tape itself would snap. Hissy, warbly, in mono, quiet - a terrible transfer. Maybe someone else could transfer it? Plus, just like the original cassette, it doesn't have any track listings broken out (like CDs do). You just download the giant 35meg MP3 and you're forced to listen to the whole album.
Songs on it include "My Country", "Napoleon's Homecoming", "Butterfly", "Waiting for Superman", and "Drone". It surprisingly holds up really well, with the song writing probably being more complex and progressive sounding than their later demo. It's neat hearing Chris Bryers sing after we knew he was good. I think when this came out, we weren't sure whether he was someone like myself, Chuck Bradford, Karl Knack, Kevin Oberlin or a hundred other guys who just did a good impression of being a lead singer, but wasn't a geniune vocal talent. When you hear it now, it sounds just like good ole' top notch Bryers. In context, this would be the first time we heard Clementsian super-bass, and it seemed more like the amazing achievement it was and not a foible that most of his *critics* feel these days. Of course, Butterfly is far and away some amazing bass playing. Dude plays feedback for chrissakes. Chris's lyric content paints him as having a mindset like a disgruntled vietnam vet politico, despite being a 19 year old from South Haven. I know, I know, its a song persona and I never owned a Bunnysuit, but if you thought it was real, you'd have to wonder why some chick didn't stomp on Chris' heart in highschool and bring out his girl and love themes earlier.
I'm SORRY I put up bad SNORKEL tracks. All but one file downloaded as a broken 1kb file. If anyone can download them and send them over, it would be greatly appreciated.
DOUG UDEL has posted his TOP TEN LIST. Check it out! I've recently talked to both BRENT OBERLIN and DAVE NASH recently who are both working on their top ten list, but can only get to about SIX before they run out of ideas/memories. As official rulemaker, let me say that a list of six is fine. You can write whatever you want and post it.
March 23, 2008
NEW MUSIC: SNORKEL. Go get it! It's just as you remember.
We have a board troller who is impersonating other members. I personally find it enjoyable to make fun of Brent and Bryers and Rit as much as anybody, but you have to identify yourself, otherwise its only a nuisance, and you don't get to be made fun of back. I'm going to resist putting a sign-up for posts. If there is any post you don't like, be it too cruel, mis-labeled, forged or whatever, send me a note at cool @ leons temple . com (remove spaces) and I will fix it / delete it.
Was it you, CHRISTOPHER LEE?
BRENT and his wife ERICA are having coffee in my kitchen right now. The newlyweds came here to the Till Manse to party hard - blow and vodka shots until the wee hours, up all night sleep all day. Actually, we played peek-a-boo and burped babies.
NEW MUSIC: BARNES-AMAINA! Go get it! Two little-heard projects from BRIAN & RUSS BARNES, the first was their band THE ENTANGLED, who played Soda to maniacal crowds (I have a flyer from an Overman show with them, I think), and the second is their more recent KNOW NOTHINGS, which, I think, but am not sure, is their adult-age hobby project.
CHRISTIAN HAGLUND from Sweden wrote recently (odd that we have so much representation in Sweden, given TOOLMASTER's manse location). Christian had a band in Sweden called KALAMAZOO, partly due to his appreciation of THOUGHT INDUSTRY and (I presume) some of the other related projects. Anyways, Christian doesn't play in Kalamazoo anymore, but you can check out his new stuff at www.myspace.com/depressiveart. He says he's famous in Sweden, but how would we know? He probably has a girlfriend in Canada too. (Kidding, I'm a goose). Anyways, he's promised to send some KALAMAZOO to the 'temple (as if we didn't have enough of it already -- Wakka wakka wakka!)
Here's some memories from PAUL TOTH, least of which is ROBIN (is she still alive?) on stage with the GOD BULLIES. Or is she on stage? I'm baffled, because it looks like the crowd is tuned into to something in the OPPOSITE direction, meaning their must be something more interesting than ole' googley eyes and Miss Grungy -- could it be ... what??? Maybe BLANE TOWNSEND telling a joke? GARRET giving out free Burger King? DARREN DOYLE doing a karate chop? I guess we'll never know, making us all KNOW NOTHINGS (see how I tied all this together?)
March 9, 2008
NEW MUSIC: FLETCHER! Go get it! This BRYAN CHARLES band. He sent me these files about a year ago, that's how far behind we are in posting, but we have the rest of our lives, right?
BREAKING NEWS - - Through our sophisticated network of street agents*, we've heard that a fine sampling of the 'Temple could be heard on WIDR today, thanks to DJ Irreversible (for his sake, I hope he hasn't seen the film of the same name. It's nasty.).
Here's his show, check it out. It looks like its every Wednesday:
The Sound & Fury of Kalamazoo, 12-1pm
DJ Irreversible brings you one hour exclusively devoted to the Kalamazoo music scene and the happenings of artists from every aural avenue and every sonic alley. Featuring music from current and former Kalamazoo acts, live in studio performances and interviews, concert listings, and more! It’s time to take back your music, Kalamazoo!
Here's the playlist, taken from WIDR's site:
Mar 05 - 12:59 PM
Feedbag
We Will Rock You On The Feast Of The Sabbath
No
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:51 PM
Doxie
Shots & Old Cigars
No
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:49 PM
Screwtape
Three Red Bicycles
Yes
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:46 PM
Overman
Free Delivery
No
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:42 PM
Dead River Drag
Stars
No
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:32 PM
Memories Of Tomorrow
Girl Jam
No
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:28 PM
Crick
Mad Hungarian
No
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:24 PM
Lo-Fi Scorpio
Code 5
No
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:19 PM
Bone China
Trauma 25
No
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:13 PM
King Tammy
Recession Of The Jaw
No
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:08 PM
Black Spring
The Last Season
No
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:04 PM
Genius Hired Guns
Centipede
No
e/d
Mar 05 - 12:03 PM
Area 51
Evil Things
The Sound And Fury Of Kalamazoo!!!
No
DJ Irreversible
e/d
* Dave Grant was driving to Burger King or somewhere and heard the totally unreleased "Stars" on the radio, called Mike Roche, who was installing insulation in his floor, who left me a message as I was giving my toddler a bath. That's how this sophisticated network works. Just a little howdoyoudo from me to you, fuckface.
Posted by: Trey on 08-21-08 about Thought Industry
Dustin Donaldson is going to answer fan questions on the new Myspace page. Read the most recent blog for details:
http://www.myspace.com/thoughtindustry111
P.S. - The only reason it's just Dustin right now is because he's the only one we can reach. Christopher is unreachable right now... Brent & Paul; where are you? ;)
Posted by: BlackRabbit on 08-18-08 about Killswitch
Jimbo Jones from Killswitch/Burning Tent Revival is missing. Last seen in Homer, MI wearing a hood and speaking in tongues.
I you see him, he responds to the name Groovy-Bo, and can be captured using a mix of Milwaukee's Best and Cascarelli's Pizza.
He loves being tickled on the neck, but is prone to biting.
Mike is the best guitar player in the world. Dave is a timeless wonder. I'm sure we've already said this but it bears repeating given the new evidence.
man, what can i say about this album? this is like one of the best rock albums released in the last couple of years, no doubt about it.
i would like to avoid the usual jibberish about why this album is so great because of this and that reason. i just wanna show the band my full appreciation, respect and, most important, my enthusiasm for this piece of gold they created.
if i had the money, i really would like to start a label and release this one on vinyl, even though it would be for sure that noone would buy it anyway. at least i could add this one to my collection ;-).
I also enjoyed the Crows. I wish I still had a copy of their tape. I loved Steven's voice and Dean's guitar work. Orange on Grey stands out in my memory as a great song. Think, Echo and the Bunnymen meets The Church.
How's it goin' Rod. Good to read your comments.
In response to: Rod MacQuarrie on 08-15-08 for Rollinghead
Going through boxes of junk last weekend and came across an unused Murder of Crows sticker that Dean Van Dyke gave me back in 1987. He also gave me a large crow backdrop at one point, but that disappeared a long time ago... --- end of previous message ---
Posted by: Rod MacQuarrie on 08-15-08 about Rollinghead
Going through boxes of junk last weekend and came across an unused Murder of Crows sticker that Dean Van Dyke gave me back in 1987. He also gave me a large crow backdrop at one point, but that disappeared a long time ago...
Posted by: Jeff Till on 08-10-08 about Rollinghead
Hi Melissa, welcome to the scene (a little late...) Let Todd know that I keep a clean house these days (albeit through some detail-oriented Brazilians). You wouldn't beleive what Joel and Steve are up to these days
Posted by: Melissa Hohauser-Thatcher on 08-10-08 about Rollinghead
crazy - never really knew rollinghead but i worked with dave van dyke at "sunshine sub" right after the jim jones days (he and dean were both in) and when he and some other guys (maybe dean) were doing "love pump" - a short lived (i think) side project for some guys. worked with dave for over a year - he lived with "freddy" and a group of people on the street just around the corner from the sub shop. also remember eric (from the other post) from the god bullies (although i don't think his name appears in the "former members" section on the god bullies myspace page) - lived with him and a couple of other people from kalamazoo in chicago.
My fond memories of Paul W. outside of Soda talking to him, when out of the blue he just vomited profusely all over the sidewalk, then seemed to think nothing happened. good times... good times.
everything Kiry says is true, except the bit about SubPop. He got that one backwards - THEY had the balls to turn US down for a seven inch. Pussies.
But here: the reunion is on, nailed down, no more rescheduling:
September 20th, Louie's Pub (on North).
UFO Dictator anniversary show
Snorkel Reunion, all four original members. Come see how gracefully we've aged. If the weather holds it'll be outside. If the weather sucks it'll be indoors, and there'll be room for like twelve people. Ergo: if it rains, come early.
Remember that tripped out movie you saw when you were a teenager, the one with all the drug references, jump cuts, and weird camera angles? It was so fucking awesome. Then you saw it again as an adult, and, ah man, you sort of wished you hadn't. Not that it was terrible, it's just that that shit was so much cooler before you knew anything about anything.
This show will probably be a little bit like that.
Hail Satan,
Snorkel
In response to: KIRY on 03-26-08 for Snokel
ahhh....yes....snorkel....i lived with the boys on minor street in the bands infancy.....sam b heard that i was starting resin mattress and was amazingly jealous....he picked my brain for hours about starting a rock band....it just came naturally for resin mattress...so they started snorkel....god were they awful...they practiced every fucking friday...i'd come home from class and be itching to get some serious studying done....but no...snorkel was in the basement hacking away at their "songs"....i would go downstairs and give them pointers on how to structure a song....told them they should really concentrate on perversion as a subject matter....duct tape the drum set back together and fend off robin at the door for them....blaine shaved his crotch at one of the practices....that was pretty cool....apparently they got good at some point...cause they had the balls to turn down sub pop for a 7"... --- end of previous message ---
Posted by: Chris F on 07-22-08 about How Jeff remembers it
Thanks for the article Jeff. I was a teenager during the aforementioned time and playing guitar, learning how to write music, etc. Almost every band mentioned here, especially Thought Industry, Twitch, Rollinghead, and Screwtape, were huge influences on me, both musically and I suppose with regard to shorts and boots. I'm not totally sure, but maybe also with my long hair/shaved head combo. Both were a big hit with the ladies as I'm sure you can imagine. I'm glad I had these bands to look up to during my formative years. I took it as a great compliment when it got around to me that Herb liked our band because we sounded like good ol' Kalamazoo rock. I remember buying a bunch of TI merch at a Kalapalooza, and Dustin seeing me and my buddy holding all of our Kalamazoo band paraphernalia, and sneering disdainfully, "you guys really get off on this shit, don't ya?" Great times. I still listen to a lot of these bands, and I'm grateful that there are other people who remember them as fondly as I do.
that line is dandy, and I can make it out just fine. That and Colin/Geoff singing "pass out on the steering wheel" in Doxie reminds me of Kzoo. Someone should post a top 10 of DUI's
nice work Jeff. Love will cloud is super good. If I were a rich man, I would cover my house with your artwork. Do you paint ceilings? I know a few chapels that could use your touch.
Posted by: the occasional master on 07-15-08 about all
Locomotive God.
Slow down,, pay attention to me. We're all lost, but loss is not extraordinary. I can not support my lies, all my truths are paralyzed and I don't care. In between these sheets we write and think of ways we could destroy ourselves. I hate your father figure he raped me like a locomotive god! All your children our running for the back door. the strength and the sting of the wound is shining down. test your faith and shimmer like a godsend laughing every time that I repeat myself. I know how you hated it when I sold out. but this is my revenge for giving. Let's go kill the social blister. He's the one that spoiled my sister. It's not her fault at all. You're the reson I won't sleep at night my eyelids stapled open now I hate your father figure he raped me like a locomotive god.
Still some of my all time favs. I have 13 tracks on my unreleased so it might be off:
1. Captain Action
2. Johnny Needs Hugs
3. Tight White T-Shirt
4. Supra
5. Shoes
6. Gus
7. Eldorado
8. 4-Banger
9. Haiku
10. Old Capo
11. 7/4
12. Loden Blues
13. Biting Problem
14. ?
Allyson Martin may have these handy. I'll post them if somebody sends them in.
I really want to finally see the VIDEO to Locomotive God that was funded by label. That would certainly be post-worthy.
In response to: eric on 07-12-08 for twitch
would it be possible to reprint the lyrics to "Locomotive God"? by Twitch. I can't under stand half of them they are mixed so low but I love the tune --- end of previous message ---
