Sale Time!!

MP3s = $1.99
CD = $5.00

only for a limited time!

http://www.afternoonrecords.com/catalog/specials/

this song is not going to be on the new mouthful of bees record (which we just brought in to be mastered today). it was recorded as a b side to a single that was never released two years ago. just wanted to let people know.
micky

I thought that it would be a smart idea to give everyone an update about what has been going on in the world of mouthful of bees.
1. We made it home from tour alive.
2. Chris went to Russia for his fall semester.
3. We got first place in city pages picked to click!
http://articles.citypages.com/2007-09-19/music/leaving-the-hive/
4. Chris came home from Russia.
5. Simon Larson joined the band!
6. We got to be on the cover of Vita.mn!
http://vita.mn/story.php?id=13849681
7. We got to play first avenue main room as part of the best new bands of 2007
8. Chris left and went back to school in Iowa.
..and now for the future..
9. Possible tour before or around our spring break..
10. If touring doesn't work out record a new e.p over spring break.
11. Start recording the new record in may!

micky/mob

So, Were in Pittsburgh still, and we have been seeing all kinds of crazy things and people.
First of all, we hung out today at a Hospital for an hour or two, and this big fat guy bikes by on the highest gear, and pops this dope wheelie for 4 or 5 seconds. Shortly after he needs to take a brake and lean on a pole.
Also, there was this crazy girl outside the venue last night who was looking for mulitple iteams: A dictionary, A Jay, some change, Pizza crust, and a gun to shoot Tory. The dictionary was to look up prolific because she called kate "A Prolific Whore".
We just got back from an Exxon gas station, where Micky had a nice little chat with an employe there about life. He looks at Micky and says "Man, lifes not that bad you know, I mean, if you have friends and are happy, youll be fine. I mean, it really sucks when you're down to your last 75 cents and you gotta make that decision between a Cheeseburger, or Frosting..." and then  he sees Chris and I, he says "Man, PLEASE tell me you gotta blunt in that bag". He was awesome.
Okay now for the grand finale. The weirdest, hyper, crazy looking guy helped us Tow our car off the freeway. I dont think he had any top teeth, and you couldnt distinguish wheater or not he was speaking english or not. So we have to ride in the Tow truck with him, so thats 4 people in 2 seats, and he is THE WORST driver ever. We had to yell "stop!!!" once because he wasnt going to stop at this red light. And when he droped our car off, the front wheel was falling off the side, 5 feet off the ground, and Chris almost died. So pittsburgh is CRAZY.
but really cool.
bye guys.
-MOB

MPLS,

Hello all. Greetings from Cincinnati, OH! Today we visited Shelbyville, IL and almost took a picture of our favorite infamous town, but ended up not. A shame really; it would have been a good picture.

Tour has been good to us in the sense that we are having good times and traveling, two things very important to MOB and Hooks. Turnouts are predictably low and hilarious. Day One: Very bad racist/homophobic comedians in Madison, WI. Like, really really BAD. The funniest part of that was when one comedian opted to ditch his material and just make funny of Tory (Hooks drummer)'s sideburns. Quote: "Looks like two vaginas up on your face." The sad part was that this was his best material. Everyone skateboarded the hell out of the parking lot and then we got the hell out of dodge and didn't look back. TOTAL GAINS: A case of beer and a bottle of cheap-ass vodka as "payment," and fun times. "Sorry about the turnout situation guys," says the owner, "Things are really fucked up right now."

Day Two found us in Chicago! The most wind-filled city east of Sioux Falls. The Kinetic Playground was apparently where The Grateful Dead and Jimi cut their teeth, and boy are they sure hanging on that scrap of cred for all they're worth. HIGHLIGHTS: Totally "groovy" window decals, a bar that flashes red and blue cone lights, and a bluegrass band named Spikedriver. Both bands kicked ass, and came away with $45 dollars each. Totally gas money. Instead of dwelling on the situation in the comforts of shady uptown Chicago, we decided to start driving to Cin City that night. Best decision ever made. Who knows what tomorrow brings?!! Hopefully a Wal-Mart parking lot.

Pistachios are my bread and butter, and I just took a "shower" in the coffee shop bathroom. More as it happens readers. Rock n' roll!

From the edge, where we all currently reside,

Chris and everyone from MOB/WAHHFH

Greetings dogalogs,

Feeling down? "Singing in the Shower" by Red Pony Clock will get you where you're goin'.

 

We're getting ready to go off the deep end on a cross-country (well, half of the country anyway) extravaganzah here. Preparations are complete, and we're pumped to have a great time. We'll get traveling with our dear friends We All Have Hooks for Hands and bringing the party to YOU! MOB will have copies of "The End" and some home-made tapes of the incredible Simon Larson, which also includes two gems from the Simon Larson and Peter Lutz co-op The Tokyo Pop. Visit them at www.thetokyopop.net. They're going to be pretty limited because I can only do about one every half-hour, but they're looking good and will be priced at a suggested donation of $3. I will accept less, and more, depending on a number of factors (i.e. "the gas sitch," your budget).

Also for sale will be T-shirts! designed by our own Kate Farstad and featuring a spaghetti-monster with a little baby otter swimming in its stomach. Thankfully the digestive system of the spaghetti-monster is a little like a Sarlacc's so he will not be digested immediately, leaving him cute and innocuous for the time being. But the otter's impending doom is still a concern to us, and to you hopefully. This shirt is called "Your days are numbered, Mr. Otter." We hope you give them both a good home.

 

Keep on the lookout for more updates on the road and happs in general.

Peas and Carrots,

CHRIS MOB

Thanks everyone who voted!!

http://bestof.citypages.com/2007/sex-drugs-rock-roll/70158/

BEST NEW BAND

Winner: Mouthful of Bees

The power of great music often rests not with things as obvious as musical skill or crisp recordings, but rather with an ability to imply grandeur through sleight of hand. If Mouthful of Bees' debut album, The End, had been recorded a little better, if Katelyn Farstad's drumming were a little more tutored, if lead singer Chris Farstad's broken tenor were not half-drowned by cascades of overdrive—if the band were a little more polished, its music wouldn't be half as fascinating and seductive. You can hear the air in the room on quieter ballads like "Jessica," and you can feel it being vacuum-sucked out of the room by the towering intensity of "Under the Glacier." The album as a whole sounds like a staggering accident, fueled by adrenaline and heartbreak. But then chaos and happenstance were good enough to birth the universe, right? With a median age of 19—and a live show as explosive and shambolic as their record—Mouthful of Bees have already got what most bands never find: a conduit straight into the stuttering, bleeding heart of rock 'n' roll.
www.myspace.com/mouthfulofbees

Pick up a Star Tribune today to see an article on us! or go to www.startribune.com and search Mouthful of Bees


thanks everyone for everything