This Year has been really crazy, but all in all

yes... I passed out on stage...Tim Hogan, my best friend, has all the details on his page in a blog.....i have the operation on a DVD....love this place

Tim Hogan really needs the medal of honor.
I couldnt have been with a better group of people and friends
when this happened: John Waite, Jimmy Leahy, Billy Wilkes, Manfred, and how can I repay Matthias who stayed with me at the hospital until I broke out.

So here it is folks, i'm selling my appendix on EBAY...........
Thats if Ana lets me keep it in the house till it sells.
Oh ya, she just landed a role in.... woops, im supposed to keep that secret

Luis

PS ill be back in the states doing shows with John Waite, Pat; and ITP so
come say hi and ill play my DVD of the operation for you

I love you Ana. I love you Hector

So far, this year has been an eventful one for me with INTO THE PRESENCE.

We started off the year with a month long residency in LA at the ROXY, SXSW shows,

and a lengthy East Coast tour that lasted almost 2 months...

Our Album is now available on iTunes and the CD and Vinyl hits stores June 9th.

Not bad.

I will be going to Europe with John Waite in ten Days for a brief tour and then back home to work with Pat Monohan and again proceed with ITP for the summer.

I, along with Tim and Ana, have worked very hard to grow the awareness of ITP.

Our booking agent Entourage has been amazing in their efforts and belief.

Its been work work work...and hopefully I can get some play time soon.

Suggestions to myself for relaxing in the meantime have been the typical occult workings of collecting shrunken heads (again), reading tarot, scaring little children, cleaning out my crystal human skull......

but really folks....I'm a little spent but thankful.

This blog would not be complete without thanking folks who matter:

Thank you Kenny, Tracy, Razor and Tie, Wayne and Ben at Entourage,

MICHAEL CAPLAN, Sandy Gadd, Joe and Regina,

Black Pheonix Alchemy Lab, Rivera Amps, VAST, Joel-Alex-Sue and our Philly Crew,

Alexander's strip club in Buffalo for blasting loud and heavy rock and entertaining Tim, Ana, Johnny and myself

Hey Johnny, I need .01 bypass capacitors...and yes at 400 volts please!

They are out there...watching us........L

So... this year I have been in and out of this country for a total of 3 or more odd months to some really great places. Some new and some repeated.
I just finished the Russian leg of my friend Glenn Hughes' F.U.N.K. tour.
As I write this I am in London eagerly awaiting my flight to get back home.

I am thankful to have met all the russian people along this tour and
to have had an intense experience traveling said country.
Also, thank you to the people of Estonia and the Ukraine, you were amazing and
extremely giving.

I will say though, I love the US, and really want to be home.

I cant wait to be back with my close friends, and family and especially my girlfriend.

I am going to eat mexican food, watch several Netflix movies, and turn off the fucking phone, blast my record player and harass Tim Hogan ( a favorite pass time)
Play music with my band INTO THE PRESENCE, take candy from strangers,
light a candle for lost loved ones, channel the spirit of Anders Olinders, eat more garlic (vampire protection) read tarot-sacrifice a goat-summon devils and other non christian things, do christian things like listen to Paramore, help someone I dont know, give money, take money, bleed (just kidding) learn to play the cello AGAIN, maybe
visit my favorite bakery in Berkeley (you know the one) and learn to play scrabble on a Ouija board..

yours in Krishna... Luis

PS- keep those shrunken heads coming dammit!

Hello,
I do not blog much, but when I do, I am excited about the information I distribute.
We are a little over half way through the year and great things have happened

My band INTO THE PRESENCE is officially signed and have a release date for our
debut at the beginning of the new year. Promo tour is currently being finalized
for the winter season.

Some of you know I have been working with Pat Monahan.
I want to thank all the kind people I met that came to the shows and helped
support the "last of 7" tour. A highlight this year was in NYC at a Park in front 300 to 400 college kids unannounced with just guitars and Pats voice. At first there was only 4 people,and after the 3rd song... it was just insane.....
OH yah, Playing the Jerry Lewis Telethon...a real honor, and comedy too...

Pat , Jerry and Myself have had a real blast and are currently working on a handful of
musical efforts... Stay tuned

ALSO...
I had a chance to write and record with rock legend Glenn Hughes and Chad Smith
for an album entitled F.U.N.K. We also filmed a video for the single that I helped
co-write called "Love Communion".
We toured Europe and I am VERY EXCITED to say I will be returning
to Spain and Russia with Glenn this Fall.


Folks, there is so much that has happened and keeps happening that its hard to
list the great things I experienced so far, and the amazing things that are lining up.

All I can really do is be grateful, thankful, humbled, and touched.

Thanks to everyone for being at the shows and saying hi.

Luis Carlos Maldonado
9-7-08