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• well we are back from tour and a big thanks to everyone that helped us along the way. the tour was wonderful and it was great to see everyone out and supporting are endeavors out in the country. we currently do not have any shows scheduled but this should change in the next few months. the record is now available onlilne and in stores but if you have any problems in your area just send us an e mail and you can order "A Nation of Actors" through this website. I hope all is well with you and thanks again so much!
• Wanted to say hey and also thanks to a couple Portland zines, particularly the Mercury and Willamette Week (Casey Jarman) for writing about us this past week for our up and coming CD release this coming Wednesday (August 20th) at the Doug Fir. We are still getting ready for the road, rehearsing and trying to get some sleep here and there. I bought a new stereo for the van, which I am stoked about. It has an auxiliary input for an I pod on it (yes this means I have finally come into the 21st century), which is great. That means less cd’s taking up space and giving us more room for palates and cotton pickers/ jumping Jim’s or Jack’s or whatever the F you call them. New T-shirts will be in shortly so if you are naked and in need of clothing (i.e. T shirts) when we see you we will have them. We may also have bread and water but that is TBD. A shout and congrats to Larry Crane on his second Tape Op book being out. He just had a book reading here in town at Powell’s, which we went to in between rehearsal. He did a great job but he wouldn’t answer my question which was how do you record a Trombone if it is Rusty? Or moreover how do you record a Rusty Trombone? I guess we will never fully know. So that’s all I am going to say besides- come to the Doug Fir this Wednesday and we will give you back the rock- not fake rock- the real deal. Here are said articles and a couple more. love Willamette Week/ Portland Mercury /Run of the Groove /First Coast News
• 8/08/08: Well here we are coming up on the CD Release- still. We are celebrating on Wed. August 20th at the Doug Fir Lounge here in Portland. Ley Lines and Prize Country will be opening the night and we go on around 10:50. The new record "A Nation of Actors" will be available as well as new T shirts and free posters for the album. The first 10 people who purchase the album will get a copy of the first System and Station ep "Prospects of Living Daily" The reason this is of any importance you may ask? Well turns out there are only 10 copies left of the ep and after that its gone so there you have it. All tour dates are posted on the tour page and we are looking forward to seeing everyone out on the road. We have a few new write ups in first coast news and wired magazine as well as a feature in Wilamette Week for the CD Release. We interviewed with Casey Jarman for a couple of hours over more then a couple of drinks and we just want to say thanks to him for taking the interest. till the next......
• 7/13/2008: I would say we are coming up on the album release pretty quick here. It looks like we have about a month and some change. Time is flying by so fast i can hardly keep up really. What's new: well we have been working on old songs for tour and have quite the arsenal with the new songs and old songs, I believe it is around 20 or 22 songs fo rthe road. It has been a blast re learning some of the older tunes. It's a good feeling when you come back to them and realize you don't dislike them like you thought you did. I suppose it is just time out of mind and stepping back to see things for how they are just as in anything. I would say about 90% of the dates are up and I just added a few new ones to the tour page so take a look and if we are near you come out and bring some friends! We are heading into the studio week after next to record a couple songs for the vinyl release but we have barely had anytime to prepare so it is fly by the seat of your pants time which can be beneficial here and there. In local happenings we are playing with The Life and Times up in Seattle and down here next weekend which we are all looking forward to since that band is bad ass and all. I think that is all I am going to spew out for the moment...more to come
• 6.24.08: Well here is a new website that I have been working on and I really have no idea what I am doing here so I will just see as I go I suppose. It is kinda fun trying to figure this out though. Maybe I can add it to my repertoire after I get this beast up. We are warming up and learning some new (old) songs for tour so if you want to hear anything just hit us up on myspace or through here.Dogballs! It's hot as hell today.