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touring life


Here is a picture of P. Kleinenstein trying to get cell phone reception in a shack in the woods. The FitsHille attack on the islands last weekend went marvellously well. Our gig on Lasqueti deserves special mention, as it included outdoor showers, an excellent mexican meal, a fine old piano, a woodstove shaped like a dragon, and late night whiskey+brut fitta+queen. Thanks, off-the-grid folks!

And now I am fully engaged in preparing for the european/uk onslaught. As mentioned on the tour page, Barry is off gigging with Neko, Ida, and Fellows (busy boy), so we’ve lured vancouver drummer Skye Brooks into the band. He and Martin and I have been spending a bunch of time in the garage getting ready, and I have to say it’s pretty exciting. Nothing like new blood to get the old blood heated up. I think we’re actually going to rock. Are you ready, deutschland? Continue reading touring life

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internet bidness a continued oddity

so there are a few bugs in our ordering system, but everything is still going well and people are receiving their records. basically, any money coming in through paypal is working great, but a few times the order hasn’t shown up through word press. in these instances, i’ve been emailing folks (because paypal sends me contact info with the deposit notice) and finding out what they’ve ordered and how to send it. weston (my superb webmaster) is sleuthing around, but if anyone has notes on the process and how easy/awkward it is please send thoughts over here. never fear, the orders are going out fine. you people are keeping me busy! thanks.

and here is a song from silver, my ep that sold out long ago. i’ll be throwing the whole thing up for download over the next while; this song is called Stepdaughter’s Delight. Continue reading internet bidness a continued oddity