life is pleasure : the film made of our tour of Japan in 2006, Life is Pleasure, is now complete, and is being manufactured even as i type. we're pretty thrilled with how it turned out. it's about 50 minutes long, covers 5 shows in 4 cities in 6 days. there's some extras and bullshit and a fair amount of the new record can also be heard on the soundtrack.

however, this is not a concert film!! i will warn those of you expecting to see an entire show or even much less, and entire song, not to get their hopes up. the film would've been too long and we think it's all the other stuff that's so much more interesting rather than the usual rockshow footage. but there is a touch of rock posing, of course.

for the foreseeable future, it will be available only through our website and at live events. we're not taking pre-orders just yet but i'll let everyone know when they go on sale. Megan, our fairskinned yet hardworking intern/assistant, is prepping her mailer stockpiles.

RIP George Carlin 1937-2008

magic vinyl : our brethren at hawthorne street records are doing the honors again in the release of the vinyl version of The Magician EP. we'll be selling the shit out of this and the Suburban Hymns vinyl on this next outing with our boys from Barcelona, Nueva Vulcano.

LIFE IS PLEASURE TOUR JULY 2008all dates with Nueva Vulcano.

JULY

17 denver, co @ hi-dive

18 salt lake city, ut @ kilby court

19 boise, id @ neurolux

20 seattle, wa @ sunsent tavern

21 portland, or @ someday lounge

22 off driving

23 san fransisco, ca @ hemlock tavern

24 los angeles, ca @ spaceland

25 san diego, ca @ casbah

26 phoenix, az @ modified

27 albuquerque, nm @ launchpad

28 austin, tx @ emo's jr

29 ft. worth, tx @ lolas

30 oklahoma city, ok @ conservatory

AUGUST

1 omaha, ne @ slowdown

2 kansas city, mo @ record bar