Hi everyone e v e r y w h e r e, how are you?  My laryngitis is
completely cool now - I don't know whether it's related, but I was
involved in a classic bar brawl and this tough-girl cracked me in the
throat with the butt of a pool cue, then the next day my voice was
smooth again.  Our band THE RESURGE is truly grateful to all the people
who came to any of the tourdates we just finished.  It felt like
everyone (apart from one Dutch dude in Birmingham, who had pretty
specific complaints) had goodtimes.  Thanks to all the promoters and
sound engineers as well... WE TOTALLY ROCKED THE WORLD!!!

Did you get our new album THE OLD TERMINAL yet?  If not then you should
know that we spent longer in the studio than My Bloody Valentine and
the Stone Roses put together in recording it, and if that doesn't
compel you to hear it then I can't be effed to hear yr excuses, you
worthless, gut-sucking homewrecker.  Sorry, I don't mean that.

Anyways, if you are fearful about never seeing us again, then come to
this gig in Camden this FRIDAY (November 14th) at the new MONARCH.  We
are playing with a band called BURNING PILOT and another band called
GOLD TEETH and the CLUB ROCK FEED BACK people are promoting it, so how
can it fail?

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/38381
http://www.rockfeedback.com/article.asp?nObjectID=5986

See ya, buenos noches
Russell (EL DESASTRERO) xxxxxxxxxxxx

To all the people of Runcorn, I am truly regretful that we could not play a gig for you tonight. It's the first one we've ever cancelled in all our years, so there must be a good reason, right? Well, I've got the laryngitis and I literally can't utter a tone. This happened because I caught a common cold, then did loads of shouting at the other gigs. Don't you think it's strange that it also happened right after we did a Halloween party in a sacred Christian chapel? Also, my bookcase fell off the wall and I got electrocuted by fairy lights. Are you telling me this is all coincidental? Anyways, Georgia and Sarah are pretty mad with me. They think I let you down, Runcorn.

To all our people in Norwich, I am coming to town tomorrow, preceded by an eerie silence. I hope I can sing. I won't know until I'm on the stage. If not, the Scraps are going to play instead. Or we could do a karaoke set. Maybe we'll do both.

This is totally rubbish and I'm really really sorry to everybody e v e r y w h e r e, but especially Runcorners for now.

amoré and mercy from Russell L. DESASTRERO
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Hi everybody e v e r y w h e r e, how are you?
We're chapel bound and there's no time to say "thank you" to all the people that came to our gigs last week and to all the support bands and the sound people and some of the promoters. We're totally psyched about going out again next week, but first we've got a party to throw.
ART THOU COMEST????
If you missed it, it's our album launch and Halloween party at the Chantry Chapel in Wakefield. Doors are at 19.30 and it costs £5 and you'll have to bring yr own alcohol, preferably in concentrated form because there ain't no toilettes. There is a pub about 50 yards away if you're dying though. Fancy dress is encouraged and there will definitely be loud music from Imp, Buen Chico, Piskie Sits and The Research.
I hope you will come.
We've got bubbly and fireworkz.
From Russell xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi E V E R Y O N E   EVERYWHERE, how are you?
Uprising is THE RESEARCH, all spooks and jitters about the day de los
muertos.  Our band is coming back to life with fleshy offerings for the
famished folk, all bored and broke.  If you've got nothing to look
forward to, then look no further... there is a hot new music video
airing soon.  We just did it in our friend's warehouse between 5pm and
5am, with our other friend's lights and the Fake DIY camera.  It's
already one month overdue and we've just started editing in our other
friend's FINAL CUT studio.  My frightful organising skillz meant that
Sarah couldn't do the video, but our other friend, Catrin, is on the
drums.  She also features in the song called GOLDEN RULES on our new
album, playing faders on the mixing console after we turned it into a
mandolin ensemble synthesizer.  You can hear that if you buy buy buy
THE OLD TERMINAL on or after October the 27th.

I'm supposed to be making new merchandise to sell on our new England
and Glasgow tour but I think everything is wasteful apart from t
shirts.  What do you think?  Seriously, I'm putting it out there... if
you covet a carriage clock with our name all over it's face then tell
us and we'll make magic happen.  Hows about edible merchandise that you
can eat on yr way home from the show?  Munchendise.  Is that a winner?  
I make a mean pancake.  I could put black food colouring in the mix and
make it look like vinyl and then I could make round labels with rice
paper.  I could do 7 inchers or 12 inchers.  Feed me yr brains.

In Wakefield on Halloween night we are celebrating our album release
with a costume party at the chantry chapel.  Golden ghouls Piskie Sits
band and the Japanese horror aficionado Imp band will play with maybe
one more band too and then a disco party with celebrity djs.  Actually,
maybe just good djs.  Look out for the posters I am going to make over
the next couple of days for the actual happenings.

Howlin' the hertz,
Russell (EL DISATERO) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


OUR TOUR DATES......
 12 Oct LEEDS, FAVERSHAM
 20 Oct GLASGOW, STEREO - www.gigsinscotland.com
 21 Oct NEWCASTLE, CUMBERLAND ARMS - www.wegottickets.co.uk
 22 Oct LONDON, LUMINAIRE - www.seetickets.com / www.ticketweb.co.uk
 24 Oct SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPTONS - www.seetickets.com
 25 Oct BATH, MOLES - www.moles.co.uk
 26 Oct OXFORD, BULLINGDON ARMS - www.tctmusic.co.uk
 27 Oct BRISTOL, LOUISIANA - www.bristolticketshop.co.uk / www.seetickets.com / www.wegottickets.co.uk
 28 Oct BIRMINGHAM, BAR ACADEMY - www.academy-events.co.uk
 29 Oct STOKE, SUGARMILL - www.thesugarmill.co.uk/tickets.php
 31 Oct WAKEFIELD, ESCO BAR - www.ticketweb.co.uk
 01 Nov MANCHESTER, ROADHOUSE - www.glasswerk.co.uk
 02 Nov RUNCORN, THE DOGHOUSE - www.glasswerk.co.uk
 03 Nov NORWICH, ARTS CENTRE - www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
 04 Nov NOTTINGHAM, BODEGA - www.gigantic.com
 05 Nov CAMBRIDGE, PORTLAND ARMS - www.wegottickets.com
 06 Nov BRIGHTON, FREEBUTT - www.seetickets.com 

For the modest mice who turn the wheels with no complaints, and for the regular flunkies who start the days with no thanks, and for souls, not unlike ourselves, who speak nothing of their haunts, who could pedal to the shops and not notice that time has stopped, that diners are frozen, jaws stuck dropped… here are the links for you to PRE ORDER yr very reliable and unquestioning copies of the impending new single and album from the band that answers to no man, THE RESEARCH (from Wakefield).

 

"I THINK SHE'S THE ONE I LOVE" single - http://www.thisisfakediyrecords.com/products-page/?product_id=15

 

"THE OLD TERMINAL" album - http://www.thisisfakediyrecords.com/products-page/?product_id=17

 

So you can place your order and just go about yr lifestyle, then this monstrously challenging champion of harmony will drop through yr door and be yours all yours, and you didn't even have to work or fight for it.  How does that sound?  If you're feelin' fearless, you could also reserve a ticket for the sharpest show in town.  We are going from Glasgow to Brighton throughout the Halloween season to execute our devious new sound and mutilate some proverbial old demons.  Specifics are on the front of our MYSPACE page.

 

Forever the wintry weather,

Russell xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Hi fives.  Familiar pleasantries abound here, yr humble ratbag and
good-for-nothing utility surfer is riding the big wave back into yr
life.  The infested flea from El Paso that's been dormant on yr pillow
(but for the infrequent snackattack) is on the fringe of it's frightful
and intrepid return.  The pain in your ass is unstoppable… here cometh
a media storm.  Today, the most eerily ordinary day there ever was, the
new single from Wakefield's big guns and ethereally decadent idol child
blues band, THE RESEARCHO, will be embedded into the cyber soil for the
duration of it's natural blooming dispersion.  Crank out the song
called "I THINK SHE'S THE ONE I LOVE" on the myspace stereo and see
what the people say.  I hope this is the kind of music you like.  It
will be released on October 20th, so don't wear it out before. Here a link to pre-order...

http://www.thisisfakediyrecords.com/products-page/?product_id=17

Why not compare your diaries with our tour dates and see if you can
make them meet?  Our concerts are moderately inexpensive and great
places to meet hot and cool people so tell all your poor lonesome
friends that they don't have to be alone no more.  Rediscover your
social skills and ills with rock's eternally graceless lovers.  Or just
come and see some normal dudes singing some barely recognisable tunes.

Life in the fast lane,

Russell xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi e v e r y o n e ev er y where,
I hope yr lives are full of mercy. Our band (THE RESEARCH) is a great place to eff it all off and start over, because we are coming out from the shadows, cleansed of our dreadful wrongs and twins, with only our perfectly perished husks and uniform rock music to cover our fiercely common cores. Hell yeh, it's the best place I could be at this time in my life. I have alienated my self with the stories I tell, but I am in a band and it is a take take take relationship that we can all be an easy part of. We are practising almost every day at the moment because we have a tour a coming and it's pretty important to us that you come and go saying "embrace me, sweet music makers". There is not no reason behind this tour though. Senoritas and hombres, help me announce to the world that, after several semesters in hiding, the greatest college rock group ever to disgrace their principals, are finally releasing a new album… and a single! And we have the brains and brawn of the THIS IS FAKE D.I.Y. RECORDS crew behind us. They are releasing our most stirring song ever 'I THINK SHE'S THE ONE I LOVE' on 7"s and downloads on October 20th, and they are releasing our demi-epic second album 'THE OLD TERMINAL' one week later. Like the old days.

The artwerk is accidental. Some of the best things are. And some of the worst too. You will see it soon and then you can say what you want. We're going to make a video too, with our friend, Henry Spielberg. He famously documented his psycho breakdown on MySpace. He's like our generation's Victoria Lucas. His real name's Luke.

Last week, My cat, Angus (THE CAT-ASTROPHE), fell asleep in my guitar case. My wife tidied up and took all the music stuff to our lock-up. We found Angus there last night, plugged into a '69 Fender Twin, ripping up the loudest and crudest country licks you ever heard. Now she's on a fast plane to New Jersey to hook up and tour with Steve Earle. No shit!

Anyway, as they say, I gotta go mess up the internet. Thanks for sticking with us.
Warm regards from
Russell L. Disastro
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hi hi hi... sorry there ain't no new recordings on here yet, but it's because we are still not sure who is releasing this album and we don't want to shoot our feet off from under us. It won't be much longer, thank you for sticking it out. If you're bored of MySpace then you can see us somewhere on Facebook these days (sarah will tell you where if you can't find it). We still do appearances on the stage where we blast out old sagas and some new songs, so come and see that in these places...

WINCHESTER ___________SCHOOL______OF-=-=-=-=-=art
on May 29th with SOME BODY playing and some DJs too

BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB in LEEDS
on June 3rd with THOSE DANCING DAYS playing and JOHN AND JEHN playing too

MACBETH in LONDON __________THIS IS MUSIC LONDON (from wakefield)
on June 5th http://www.myspace.com/thisismusiclondon
and http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15645840993


thanks from russell xxxxxxxxxxx

Wakefield up and smell the escobar people. Sarah is 100% unresponsive and Georgia is dressing her up like an Easter scenester in lycra and foil and I’ve got a new guitar amp to boot. We can gather around it and howl like coyotes in the wild Westgate.

TONIGHT’s THE NIGHT TONIGHT IN THE NIGHT FROM ABOUT 9PM
also see Piskie Sits and Elle S’appelle playing LIVE MUSIC LIVE!

Tacks a lot del tengo los amigos
Russell xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx