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Last Updated: 11/19/2009

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City: Providence
State: Rhode Island
Country: US
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009 

Current mood:  confident
A lot of people have been writing asking about "what is it like to be in a band?" or better yet, what should I do with my band?  How do I get "signed"?  Can you get us "signed"?  It is great, and we encourage people to always write us with questions.  We can help a lot with booking shows in our area and we will support bands however and whenever we can.

Over the years there have been two bits of information that are VERY important for anyone having ANYTHING to do with the "music industry" or being in a band to read (or watch).

#1 The following video...  Disclaimer - although Steve Albini (Big Black, Shellac, "1990's sound" music producer) is a great journalist, he is also a smarmy asshole who thinks he is superior to all others and a social weirdo.  Not a cool guy to hang with at all.  That said, he really is a good person to provide ANALysis on music and he should be respected as the Lil' Socrates that he is.  This clip should be seen by all bands, all people involved with music.
check it here -

Steve Albini - DiY or Die Segment

#2 Upon finding Hipster Runoff, the best blog on Al Gore's Internet, it provided hours of chuckles and laughs.  One post though has some real valid information.  That said, so much of this blog is fucked and not ethical, and this one post itself is questionable.  BUT there are aspects of it that are very true and should also be read by bands and people invoved with music.
check it here -

The Memefication of Your Band - by Carles

Conclusion -
If you check out those two sources you will have a greater understanding of the current situation in "Music".  That said, a lot of it is negative and meant as a fair warning.  In no way is that to be understood as discouraging.  People should join bands, real bands, and play Music.  Music is the best affirmation of Life there is, a great way to release creative energy and a pillar of all societies worldwide.  There is no better time to start a band than now and never knuckle under, go for it, but be wise and respect yourself during the process. 

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Monday, August 24, 2009 
Music Scene by Rick Massimo: R.I. Ladies Rock Camp this weekend

There’s no question that women have made strides in the musical world in the past couple of decades, but the dominant image of women in music still involves slinky-dressed divas and frontwomen. That’s why the Girls Rock! movement started in Portland, Ore., in 2001 — to empower girls to make their own noise and make their own images.
And when Hilary Jones of Providence first heard about it, she wanted to help out. She was busy studying psychology in graduate school at the time, but last summer she volunteered at a camp for girls in Brooklyn. “That kind of sealed the deal,” she remembers.
She and a group of people, including Lauren Holt at the Machines With Magnets studio in Pawtucket, formed Girls Rock! Rhode Island in January and began meeting with musicians and women with experience in the nonprofit sector to put together a program for girls and women to do it for themselves.
The group is planning a Girls Rock Camp for next summer, but this weekend will see the first Rhode Island Ladies Rock Camp, for women 18 and up.
The approximately 20 attendees, ranging in age from 20 to about 45, will start off on Friday with what Jones describes as “sort of a speed-dating thing” to get attendees acquainted with one another and form bands. Then they’ll get an hour and a half of instruction in their choice of voice, guitar, bass or drums — although some women may be nudged into picking up different things, Jones says: “Most people want to play guitar; it’s the most flashy instrument.” Instructors are women from local bands, including Kaleigh Melise from Lolita Black; Rebecca Mitchell and Ruby Wells from Maid in Mexico; and Chrissy Wolpert from Bonedust.
They’ll start off simple: “A couple of chords, maybe even just power chords — we’re just trying to get them through the weekend — and then tell them they can arrange them however they want.… It’s always good to show them part of a song, so they get psyched — ‘Hey, I can do this!’ ”
It’s still a lot to learn, but Jones says she’s seen it happen. “They were definitely able to do it. It’s not as polished as someone else, but they were definitely able to do it.”
There will be intermittent lessons throughout the weekend, as well as workshops on related subjects such as merchandising, working with effects, and self-defense, but the emphasis is on the fledgling bands practicing together rather than receiving wisdom. The end result is to create an original song with their new band and play it live, in front of an audience, by Sunday evening.
The women at the Brooklyn camp ranged in age from 20 to about 65, Jones recalls, and, “A lot of these women had never had the chance to be loud.… Even talking into a microphone for the first time can be a really empowering experience, so that people can hear what you have to say. It was really great to see women so excited to do this thing that they’ve been told that they’re not supposed to do, or that they just put aside to help other people.” Jones, who credits the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the City of Pawtucket with invaluable support, started playing guitar and bass as a teenager and has played locally with bands including Sweet Thieves and Fierce/Close. She says that as a girl growing up in Fargo, N.D., “I always had a lot of support from my family, but I came to realize that not everybody had that. And a lot of times, when I ended up wanting to play with women, there weren’t a lot of women to play with.”
The hope is that women will grow to like the sound of their own volume. And after the girls get their chance next year, Jones thinks, more musical seeds will be planted.
“It’s nice to see that there are more women involved in music. I like music written by women generally, so I like seeing that. It’s nice to see women and girls getting to express themselves in that way. The message a lot of women get through the media is that they are singers; that they are to be viewed, to be seen as sexual objects. That they’re not to be active in creating what’s going on around them. So I’d like to see more women involved in creating music for the sake of creating music, rather than [because] they’re supposed to want to look hot.”

The final showcase of the Ladies Rock Camp will be held on Sunday at 6 p.m. at JamStage, 25 Esten Ave., Pawtucket. For more information, go to www.girlsrockri.org.



* Just an FYI Rick, its MADE in Mexico not MAID.  We will dismiss all Freudian implications and assume that they have been worked out in therapy. Now go listen to some Iron Made-in, peace.  - J.S.
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Friday, August 21, 2009 
Here is an interview we did while in LA a few weeks back.  A great journalist and all around cool guy Kurt Orzeck met up with us to chat.  It was very nice to meet him and to do this with INDIEPIT (check the site for other amazing stuff).

Thanks Kurt!

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 

Current mood:  happy
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Friday, July 17, 2009 

Current mood:  ecstatic
Well, we are leaving in a few hours for the airport.  We will be in Seattle tomorrow ready to play some music that has never been done before, hope people like it.   Really these shows are a celebration of Music and an attempt to bring some light into the darkness.  We want people to be happy when they hear our music and hope that a little more fun is in their day.  We want people to talk to us too!  Feel free to say Hi.  We are tame animals and we love to meet new people especially ones who have something to say about Music. 

As a special gift we made 25 tapes for this trip.  They are numbered and there will never be any more made.  On it are 4 songs.  We don't even have titles for them yet!  We have been playing them at some recent shows and these are live tracks from those.  We stenciled them.  They are numbered with a little note from us in each one indicating what you got.  They will probably sell for $5.  We can't give any away and we are sorry but the only way to get one is to come out to the show.  Don't worry, we will have other trinkets when we play other areas. 


 
IT IS A ROOSTER and it says MADE IN MEXICO - LIVE (numbered 1 -25 on the inside).

Have a great week, hope to see you, if we do not reply right way to e-mail it is because we are driving or playing. 



..July 17, 2009.. – THE THUNDERDOME – ....Seattle.., ..WA....

..July 18, 2009.. – EMERGENCY ROOM ....Vancouver.., ..BC....

..July 19, 2009.. – PLAN B – ....Portland.., ..OR....

..July 20, 2009.. – 21 GRAND – ....Oakland.., ..CA....

..July 21, 2009.. – THE HEMLOCK TAVERN – ....San Francisco.., ..CA....

..July 22, 2009.. – FUNCASTLE – ....Sacramento.., ..CA....

..July 23, 2009.. – THE SMELL – ....Los Angeles.., ..CA....

..July 24, 2009.. – ACROBATICS EVERYDAY – ....Irvine.., ..CA....

..July 25, 2009.. – CHE CAFÉ – ....San Diego.., ..CA....

 

THANK YOU.

MIM



Currently listening:
Bleach
By Nirvana
Release date: 1991-10-14
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 

Current mood:  determined
Category: Music
Minor update to our tour. 

We were scheduled to play Los Angeles at the East Hollywood Music Festival on July 23rd.  It seems that some funding issues arose, not with us but with the fest in general, so they cancelled us.  So no No Age as far as we can tell.

BUT, the due to the graciousness of Jim Smith @ THE SMELL we will be playing there on July 23rd with (yes) WAVVES.  We are really excited about this. 

This trip will be fun, we have three new (very salsa-esque) songs to play on this trip.  One even has a "sad part" in it  .  

Anyhow, here is the new itinerary.  We will be at the following locations and that is a promise. 

July 17 @ THE BLACK LODGE – Seattle, WA

July 18 @ THE EMERGENCY ROOM – Vancouver, BC

July 19 @ PLAN B – Portland. OR

July 20 @ 21 GRAND – Oakland, CA

July 21 @ THE HEMLOCK TAVERN – San Francisco, CA

July 22 @ FUNCASTLE – Sacramento, CA

July 23 @ THE SMELL – Los Angeles, CA

July 24 @ ACROBATICS EVERYDAY – UC Irvine, CA

July 25 @ CHE CAFÉ – San Diego, CA

Many thanks.


~ MADE IN MEXICO
 

We have the weapon of music, the weapon of dance. - El Sup


Currently listening:
Wavvves
By Wavves
Release date: 2009-03-17
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 

Current mood:  energetic
Category: Music


 

Dear Friends,

 

You are all cordially invited to the following Made in Mexico musical performances.

 

July 17 @ THE BLACK LODGE – Seattle, WA

July 18 @ THE SECRET LOCATION – Vancouver, BC

July 19 @ PLAN B – Portland. OR

July 20 @ 21 GRAND – Oakland, CA

July 21 @ THE HEMLOCK TAVERN – San Francisco, CA

July 22 @ FUNCASTLE – Sacramento, CA

July 23 @ UKRAINIAN CULTURE CENTER – Los Angeles, CA

July 24 @ ACROBATICS EVERYDAY – UC Irvine, CA

July 25 @ CHE CAFÉ – San Diego, CA

 

Please spead the word far and wide across this vast land.

 

Made in Mexico

Main Entry: Mexico, Made in
Pronunciation:  ..ˈmā-dən.. ..ˈmek-si-ˌkō..
Function: Musicians
(Noun) - A Band, from Providence Rhode Island, in Guitar Hero 1 and 2, Rock Band, contains the Arab On Radar guy, wrote YES WE CAN thus the Obama connection, the socialist Venezuela thing, REGGAETON, chicha music, punk rock, a gender balanced group, have records on Skin Graft Records.

 

We look forward to your attendance.

 

~ Made in Mexico

 

details –

http://www.myspace.com/zodiaczoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExLBj6dB0KA

http://www.last.fm/music/Made+In+Mexico

Currently listening:
Hands Across the Void
By Tiny Vipers
Release date: 2007-07-24
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 

Current mood:  productive
Rebecca Mitchell (yes, our singer) collaborated with the legendary Six Finger Satellite on one of their new songs "ROAM FROM HOME" it is yet unreleased and un-downloadable (to our knowledge) so all you need to do to hear it is to go to - http://www.myspace.com/6fs and listen to it in their player.

Stay in school kids, avoid run-on sentences, and have a nice day or night wherever you are. 

We love you. 

More about our kick-ass tour coming in July later! 

Besos,

Made in Mexico
Currently listening:
The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird
By Six Finger Satellite
Release date: 1993-08-24
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Friday, June 12, 2009 

Current mood:  ecstatic
Category: Music
Beatles Rockband - Behind the scenes footage!



Someone get this man a cough drop!
Currently listening:
Magical Mystery Tour (1990)
By The Beatles
Release date: 1990-10-25
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 

Category: Music



Gran Colombia

We’ve got less fever/ your clothes were worn so thin/ threads were nearly white/  threads so thin/ I could see your skin/ it was so hot one night/ I swear I’d die/ less fever

Its about power/ its about keeping us alive/ in hell

She is her womb/ she is what’s inside her

Ay, her face down in the dirt/ face down in the mine/ down in the dust/ down in the pit/ and what is he now?/ what is she now?/ sick?/scum?/animal?/ less fever

 

Currently listening:
Clandestino
By Manu Chao
Release date: 2003-01-22
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