Hear ye, hear ye. If you really like my songs but not so much the way
I sing them and think they could use a little more "je ne sais quoi" then
feast your ears on this: FatalExceptionID has magically combined
the wonders of Girls with the ergonomy of Tetris. For once you can
have it both ways.

Sebastian Jegorow of German online-magazine Sonic Reducer
asked me if I would answer a few questions recently and I said yes. 
Now the whole thing is online (in English and in pdf) in their latest
issue. Who would have thought...

To read it just click on the mushroom drawn on the old classroom desk 
the girl is leaning on in the photograph (it's easier than it sounds). Or
if you're reading this years from now, then click on "Archiv" and figure
out the  rest of it for yourself. While you're there check out the rest of
the stuff (especially if you can read German).

 Nearly two months ago I played some songs in my room, sitting on
the floor in the middle of the night and singing into my phone. That
wouldn't have warranted a blog entry if it hadn't all been for this radio
show based in Cambridge, Massachussetts (Wmbr 88.1fm) and/or
Providence, Rhode Island (BSR 88.1fm) where it aparently got aired
live (it was evening there).

 The show is called "Phoning it In" and that's exactly what they had
me do. I forgot to mention it here sooner. So click on the band name
here to listen in and check out some of the other great artists they've
called up here.

well it's a little premature, some parts are missing, there're still a lot of
bugs and it's generally unfinished but I've decided not to wait any longer
so the FFTMWSYC band website is now online !

I'm no webmaster and this feels like introducing one's reatrded child to a
crowd of perfect strangers (no offense to those of you who might be retarded)
so keep your criticism to yourselves, unless it's something you honnestly think
I could actually fix (and chances are you're wrong).

www.flowersfromthemanwhoshotyourcousin.com

8hands asked me some questions which I answered and lo and behold
we are now faced with another interview. So for those of you who want
to peer into the despairingly mundane chasm that is my brain, enjoy
yourselves... And you can also check out the rest of 8hands since
aparently you have time to kill...

To those thirty some people and bands whose profiles I negligently 
deleted from my friends list a little while back I'd like to say it wasn't
my fault. They were showing up as "deleted" so what was I to do ?

Now I have no way of knowing who I eliminated so if you notice your
profile's been dumped from my list don't feel bitter, instead just ask me
as your friend again & I will do the same if I ever come upon one of you.

Myspace works in mysterious ways, beware of those "deleted" profiles:
chances are they're not !

ps: If you are one of the few people whose profile I deleted knowingly
and on purpose (and yes I do realize that you have absolutely no way
of knowing that you are) then buzz off !

Blog Up has just made available their second lullabies collection.
It's called Have a Good Night Star and Moon (there's actually two
volumes and over thirty lullabies). You can download them for free
and even get the artwork here. The song I gave to them was called
Werewolf which I hope doesn't give nightmares to all the noisy little
brats out there. The idea was to put them to sleep (no puns intended)
not terrorize them.

Check out this fascinating interview on Green Clothes
and watch me make fun of the poor and downtrodden.

Well it's Christmas soon (and my birthday too)
so for the lot of you who are too cheap to buy
"Hapless" (and too guilt-ridden to look for it on
Soulseek or somewhere) but who just can't live
without at least one track in their possession,
here is my Christmas present to you all :

You can now download Lay Down Your Arms
on Last.fm ! And Wild Geese as well (which is not
on "Hapless", so that one goes out to everyone).

Anyway enjoy (and hurry up before I change my
mind and you have to resort to looting again).

(Linda sitting under the "C" at the Comet Tavern in Seattle)

Sep 14th  -  Seattle  -  Comet Tavern.
We got another few days in Seattle to rest and rehearse
and (let's face it) laze around. Then came the Comet gig.
I really didn't know how that one would go considering how
quiet the music is and how loud it usually seems to get there.
But we shortened the set a little (there were three other bands
that all had drum kits to set up) and got great reactions from
the croud. I knew Michelle wouldn't have booked us if she
didn't think it would fly. And it did. Somebody was even
taking pictures and here they are. The bands we played
with there were: the Pagan States, Blue Light Curtain and
Brief Candles.


(busy Seattle street, on our way to Elise's)


(Troubletown playing at the 414 House in Seattle)

Sep 15th  -  Seattle  -  414 House.
The 414 house is in Wallingford, right off the freeway just
North of Lake Union on 42nd. If you're not familiar with
Seattle that doesn't tell you much, but what it means is that
the scary-ass, enormous, two level, twelve lane bridge that
makes 18 wheelers look like ants, goes right by the house,
flies off the hill, over the water, and heads for dowbtown
where it cuts the city in half. It's a beautiful old house with
a fire place and piano. the show was fun and full of familiar
faces. Some played, others watched: Jordan and Jessie who
we'd run across in Olympia, Ryan from Pica Beats that we'd
met in Elise's living room, Jamie who played with us for the
second of three times, Lukiss who turned out to be Elise's
next door neighbour, Gwen who took some pics, Jenna
whose performance blew me away, Josh Tillman whom
she'd brought along, and of course the people from the
414 house, and Linda and Elise and many others... It
was an altogether great evening.


(view fron the 414 House in Wallingford)


(Jamie at the Boiler Room in Port Townsend)

Sep 16th  -  Port Townsend  -  the Boiler Room.
Jamie wasn't going to be able to come with us after all but
someone at work filled in for her at the last minute and off
we went. Touring with other people is way more fun. Linda
drove us out in her VW love mobile and Jamie followed in
her Jeep. Elise came along as well. We took the ferry, ate
snacks from a supermarket and arrived at the Boiler Room
earlier than we'd expected. Because I hadn't slept enough
the night before, I took a long nap in the van. Jamie slept a
little too. We had free pizza and then the Solvents arrived.
Everyone played and we decided to take the ferry back that
same night. It was a quiet and peaceful ending to a dreamlike
tour. A little sad as endings tend to be but I was happy to get
to go back to Vancouver.


(sundrenched street in Portland not Vancouver)