PLEASE REPOST and post any updates if you have them. Thank you in advance.

Do. 08.05.2008 Berlin - Subversiv
Fr. 09.05.2008 Poznan - Rozbrat Squat
Sa. 10.05.2008 Lublin - Tektura
So. 11.05.2008 Krakow - Imbir Club
Mo. 12.05.2008 Budapest - Kuplung Klub with Ashes of Atlantis
Di. 13.05.2008 Prague - Chateau Rouge with Made By The Fire, K-lxm
Mi. 14.05.2008 Zagreb

Do. 15.05.2008 Thermos, Ancona

Hi all,

So the purpose of this post is twofold. One, I want to post the lyrics to the song that will appear on the Tornavalanche split 7" that is coming out... eventually. Two, I want answer the question posed to me recently by a classmate, referenced in the subject line.

1st) "Everything Explicit". We wrote this tune in some form or another probably about 2 years ago and played all across the US this past summer. However, it didn't really have words until fairly recently. Not to discourage individual interpretations, I'll keep my explanation brief and vague: the problem with getting closure after someone is gone is that the words and ideas in your head that you wanted the departed to receive will never get to where you need them to be to accomplish what you need of them. It's like electricity; if the connection is broken, there can be no flow.

2nd) So what's up with Off Minor. Unfortunately, not a whole lot. We had summer tour plans to go to Australia that I personally had to tank because of an extremely crucial, 10-hour long, future-determining medical liscensing exam I have to take before the end of June. Fucking it up will guarantee I will only work in the hottest, loudest and smelliest hospitals in countries that Noam Chomsky writes books about, lancing taut, throbbing abscesses on the grundles of convicted war criminals. But we're still in it. The split 7" with Tornavalanche is almost done, it's release is imminent. We may even play a show or two before 2006 is through. Anyone booking any shows anywhere on Earth, please write us and ask if we can do it. I can tell you right now that we can't; Steve's recording every band in Philadelphia that day, Kevin has another 9,863,453,987 pages to write for his senior project and I'm pretty sure that I'm on-call that night and every other night for the next six years. But we really do appreciate the acknowledgement that we still exist and that you love us. 

- Jamie

1.14.00 - Newington, CT @ ? w/One AM Radio, the Weigh Down

2.19.00 - Richmond, VA @ Chopstix w/Jackie Chan

2.20.00 - Washington, DC @ Galaxy Hut w/Zentraedi

3.18.00 - Brooklyn, NY @ 57 Front w/Orchid, Red Scare, Jerome's Dream, Charm City Suicides

4.8.00 - Easton, PA @ Easton Fest w/Ultimate Warriors, Usurp Synapse, Hassan I Sabbah, Jerome's Dream

4.15.00 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/Joshua Fit For Battle, Books Lie, Hassan I Sabbah

5.11.00 - NY, NY @ WNYU

5.12.00 - Allston, MA @ house w/Eulcid, Books Lie

7.17.00 - Long Island, NY @ Ren's w/Seven Days of Samsara, Books Lie, Cobra Kai

7.19.00 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/Vida Blue (aka Ten Grand), Song of Zarathustra, Black Cat 13

7.22.00 - Providence, RI @ Tin Can Fest w/Orchid, Books Lie, Joshua Fit For Battle, Arab on Radar

8.26.00 - Bloomington, IN @ ? w/Books Lie, Racebannon

8.27.00 - Chicago, IL @ Fireside Bowl w/Books Lie, Seven Days of Samsara

8.28.00 - Milwaukee, WI @ the Couch w/Forstella Ford, Books Lie, Eulcid

8.30.00 - Sioux Falls, SD @ 605 house w/Books Lie, Edict of Milan

8.31.00 - Omaha, NE @ Cog Factory w/Books Lie, Nintendo

9.1.00 - Des Moines, IA @ Botanical Center w/Vida Blue, Books Lie, Examination of the...

9.2.00 - St. Louis, MO @ ? w/Books Lie

11.4.00 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/Neil Perry, Life Detecting Coffins

11.9.00 - Westwood, NJ @ ? w/Q and Not U, Penfold

11.10.00 - Amherst, MA @ Hampshire College w/Orchid, One Am Radio, Eulcid

12.2.00 - Long Island, NY @ Ren's w/the Assistant, Books Lie

12.17.00 - Brooklyn, NY @ 996 w/Pankration

12.30.00 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/Tragedy, Rambo, Form of Rocket

12.31.00 - Philadelphia, PA @ Killtime w/Tragedy, Cave In, Rambo, Crucial Unit, Eulcid

1.13.01 - Philadelphia, PA @ Killtime w/Neil Perry, F44:876, Fall on Deaf Years

1.27.01 - Ithaca, NY @ Castaways w/The Assistant

1.28.01 - Wilkes Barre, PA @ Cafe Metropolis w/the Assistant, An Albatross

1.30.01 - NY, NY @ Brownies w/Panthers, Bad Form, Suicide Party

2.10.01 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio - split LP record release w/Orchid, Anton Bordman, I am the Resurrection, Footnote to a Blackout

2.17.01 - Newtown, CT @ Teen Center w/Eulcid, Breed/Extinction, Just For Today

3.23.01 - Manasquan, NJ @ Women's Hall w/the Assistant, Neil Perry, Hot Cross

3.24.01 - Richmond, VA @ ? w/City of Caterpillar, Soilent Green?

3.25.01 - Washington, DC @ Wilson Center w/City of Caterpillar, Pg99, Majority Rule (record release), Darkest Hour, Waifle, Crestfallen

4.7.01 - Binghamton, NY @ Binghamton Fest w/I Farm, Books Lie, Employer/Employee, LDC, John Brown's Army

4.28.01 - Boston, MA @ Mass Art w/Wolves, Lovelife, LDC

4.29.01 - Providence, RI @ Tyndall w/LDC

5.4.01 - Hamden, CT @ ? w/Converge, Orchid

5.13.01 - Old Bridge, NJ @ M&M Hall w/Thursday, Penfold, Days Refrain

5.19.01 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Roboto w/Good Clean Fun, LDC

5.20.01 - Wilkes Barre, PA @ Metropolis w/IATR, LDC, An Albatross

5.24.01 - Philadelphia, PA @ Rotunda w/City of Caterpillar, Neil Perry, Hot Cross

6.30.01 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/the Locust, Song of Zarathustra, Something in the Water

7.28.01 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/This Machine Kills, Anton Bordman, Spazm 151

9.22.01 - Brooklyn, NY @ Ben's w/Celebrity Roast, Japanther

10.20.01 - Haverhill, MA @ Exit 23 w/Forstella Ford, Hot Cross, Transistor Transistor

10.31.01 - Old Bridge, NJ @ M&M Hall w/the Assistant, Forstella Ford

11.9.01 - Storrs, CT @ UCONN w/Books Lie, Transistor Transistor

11.17.01 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/the Deadly, Del Cielo, Cable Car Theory, Sinaloa

11.25.01 - Bound Brook, NJ @ Hamilton St Cafe w/the Assistant, Senneval

11.30.01 - Utica, NY @ ? w/Lariat, LDC

12.1.01 - Boston, MA @ Tufts w/Kill the Man Who Questions, LDC, Anton Bordman, Melee, Neptune

12.2.01 - Providence, RI @ Tyndall w/LDC, Nakatomi Plaza

1.10.02 - Reading, PA @ Alex T's w/Wolves

1.11.02 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Roboto w/Tear it Up, Wolves

1.12.02 - Cleveland, OH @ Chris' Warped Records w/Wolves

1.13.02 - Olean, NY @ Cobra La w/Wolves

1.25.02 - Chester, NY @ Club Culture w/LDC

1.26.02 - Ithaca, NY @ Woman's Community Center w/the Assistant, Standfast

1.27.02 - Utica, NY @ Virgo Bat w/the Assistant, Standfast, Fire Down Below

3.9.02 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/An Albatross, Jane Speed, the Fiction

3.17.02 - Philly, PA @ Fun Rama w/1905, Virginia Black Lung, Holding On

3.22.02 - Washington, DC @ Joe's Movement Imporium w/Virginia Black Lung, Light the Fuse and Run, LDC, One Small Victory

3.24.02 - Myrtle Beach, SC @ Lazy I w/LDC

3.25.02 - Summerville, SC @ All Books w/Circle Takes the Square, LDC

3.26.02 - Gainesville, FL @ Wayward Council w/True North, LDC

3.27.02 - Lakeland, FL @ Josh's w/LDC

3.28.02 - Tampa, FL @ the Kids Skateshop w/LDC

3.30.02 - Charlotte, NC @ Boiling Point w/Neil Perry, JFFB, LDC

3.31.02 - Richmond, VA @ Membrane w/Light the Fuse and Run, Stop It!!!

5.3.02 - Northampton, MA @ Hampshire w/Wolves, the Fiction, IO

5.4.02 - Oswego, NY @ ? w/Hot Cross, the Fiction, A Days Refrain

5.10.02 - Chester, NY @ Club Culture w/LDC, Breaking Pangea (who stole all the door money w/their bullshit guarantee)

5.12.02 - ?, NJ @ Alissa's w/City of Caterpillar, the Fiction

5.25.02 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/Dead and Gone, Living Under Lies

6.7.02 - Latrobe, PA @ Rally Ally w/Dead Meadow, LDC

6.9.02 - Bloomington, IN @ ? w/LDC

6.10.02 - Memphis, TN @ ? w/LDC

6.11.02 - Houston, TX @ Notsuoh w/LDC, Bright Calm Blue

6.13.02 - Ft Worth, TX @ ? w/LDC, Japanther

6.15.02 - Tucson, AZ @ ? w/LDC

6.16.02 - Phoenix, AX @ Modified Arts w/LDC, Bullyrag, Durga, Deadseraphim

6.17.02 - Las Vegas, NV @ Cafe Espresso Roma w/LDC, December's End

6.18.02 - Los Angeles, CA @ the Smell w/Bleeding Kansas, LDC

6.19.02 - Bakersfield, CA @ Munoz Gym w/LDC, Bright Calm Blue

6.20.02 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Laurel St House w/Forstella Ford, Lack, LDC, Bright Calm Blue, a fuckload more bands

6.21.02 - Berkeley, CA @ Gilman St w/Submission Hold, Anti-Product (last show), Please Inform the Captain This is a Hijack, LDC

6.22.02 - Portland, OR @ the Ranch w/LDC

6.23.02 - Seattle, WA @ Punkin House w/LDC

6.25.02 - Denver, CO @ Double Entendre w/LDC, One AM Radio

6.26.02 - Lincoln, NE @ ? w/LDC

6.27.02 - Iowa City, IA @ Gabe's w/Ten Grand

6.28.02 - Milwaukee, WI @ Pierce St w/Since By Man, LDC

6.29.02 - Mankato, MN @ Jamie's w/Ten Grand, LDC

6.30.02 - Chicago, IL @ Fireside Bowl w/Ten Grand, LDC

7.1.02 - Indianapolis, IN @ Secret Spot w/Racebannon, LDC

7.2.02 - Flint, MI @ ? w/LDC, Hopesfall, LLBNF

7.3.02 - Cleveland, OH @ ? w/LDC

7.4.02 - Philly, PA @ Fun Rama w/Sound of Failure, LDC

7.5.02 - Providence, RI @ Tin Can Fest w/Ted Leo & Pharmacists, Milemarker, Anton Bordman, the Body, LDC

7.6.02 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/the Body, Anton Bordman, Death of Marat

8.20.02 - Philly, PA @ Fun Rama w/Yage, Bucket Full of Teeth, Hot Cross

8.21.02 - New Brunswick, NJ @ 86 Louis St w/Yage, the Assistant, Bucket Full of Teeth

8.22.02 - Washington, DC @ Joe's Movement Emporium w/Del Cielo, Yage, Horse the Band

8.24.02 - Asheville, NC @ Jason's w/Yage, Manifesto Jukebox

8.25.02 - Summerville, SC @ All Books w/Yage, Senneval

8.27.02 - Gainesville, FL @ Wayward Council w/Yage

8.28.02 - Tampa, FL @ the Kids w/Yage

9.7.02 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/Yage, I Farm, Hot Cross

10.3.02 - Storrs, CT @ UCONN w/Wolves, In Pieces

11.22.02 - Baltimore, MD @ CC Space w/Little Joe Gould (aka Murder By Death)

11.23.02 - College Park, MD @ WMUC w/Little Joe Goulde, the Chase

11.24.02 - Newark, DE @ U of DE w/Sound of Failure, Balboa

12.7.02 - Boston, MA @ Record Hospital Fest w/Wolves, Party of Helicopters, 1905, Sinaloa, more

12.21.02 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/City of Caterpillar, LDC, Ampere

12.27.02 - Berkeley, CA @ Gilman St w/Yaphet Kotto

12.28.02 - San Francisco, CA @ 848 Community Space w/Yaphet Kotto, Takaru (1st show), A Light in the Attic

1.2.03 - Melbourne, Australia @ Goo w/Widow/Orphan, Days of Iris

1.3.03 - Melbourne, Aus @ Missing Link w/St Alban's Kids

1.3.03 - Melbourne, Aus @ the Arthouse w/Widow/Orphan, Days of Iris

1.4.03 - Melbourne, Aus @ Shanty Town w/St Alban's Kids, Schifosi

1.4.03 - Melbourne, Aus @ Good Morning Captain's w/the Nation Blue

1.5.03 - Adelaide, Aus @ Action Park w/Love Like Electrocution (last show ..1), Widow/Orphan

1.6.03 - Adelaide, Aus @ Enigma Bar w/Widow/Orphan

1.8.03 - Brisbane, Aus @ Mary St w/Widow/Orphan

1.9.03 - Brisbane, Aus @ Ami's w/Existence is Dead

1.10.03 - Sydney, Aus @ Club 77 w/Stockholm Syndrome, Days of Iris

1.11.03 - Sydney, Aus @ Eli's w/Stockholm Syndrome

1.11.03 - Newcastle, Aus @ Hunter on Hunter w/Conation, Days of Iris

1.12.03 - Wollongong, Aus @ PRC w/Days of Iris, Pure Evil, Widow/Orphan

1.24.03 - NY, NY @ Walker Stage w/Dalek, Jai'alai Savant, Anton Bordman

2.21.03 - Philly, PA @ 1st U Church w/Yaphet Kotto, Ten Grand, Calvary, To the Mean

3.1.03 - Storrs, CT @ UCONN w/the Fiction, Schematic of a Waking Life

3.14.03 - Reading, PA @ Alex T's w/Yaphet Kotto, Stop It!!!, Sound of Failure

5.20.03 - Frankfurt, Germany @ der Au

5.21.03 - Munster, Germany @ Baracke

5.22.03 - Hamburg, Germany @ Rote Flora

5.23.03 - Coppenhagen, Denmark @ Ungdomshuset

5.24.03 - Kalmar, Sweden @ Huset/Folkets Park

5.25.03 - Gothenberg, Sweden @ Meeths w/Severed Head of State, Kaospilot

5.26.03 - Oslo, Norway @ Mir w/Kaospilot, Manhattan Skyline

5.27.03 - Vannersborg, Sweden @ Cafe Mic

5.29.03 - Vastervik, Sweden @ ?

5.30.03 - Salzgitter, Germany @ Forellenhof w/Yage & Mara'akate

5.31.03 - Bremen, Germany @ Grunenstrasse w/Yage

6.1.03 - Groningen, NL @ Platform w/Mara'akate, Mihoen

6.2.03 - Amsterdam, NL @ Ocii w/Mara'akate

6.3.03 - Den Haag, NL @ Scsi w/Mara'akate, Los Asesinos de la Superficialdad

6.4.03 - Mulheim, Germany @ AZ w/LADS, Mara'akate

6.5.03 - Trier @ Ex Haus w/LADS, Mara'akate

6.6.03 - Bleisskassel @ P Werk w/Forstella Ford, Lack, Angstzustand, Louise Cypher, Zann, LADS

6.8.03 - Darmstadt, Germany @ Ottingen Villa w/LADS

6.9.03 - Munich, Germany @ Kafe Kult w/Atom & His Package, Mara'akate

6.10.03 - Berlin, Germany @ Tommy Weissbacker Haus w/the New Mess

6.11.03 - Dresden, Germany @ Az Conni w/Battle Royale

6.12.03 - Leipzig, Germany @ Zoro

6.13.03 - brno, Czech Rep @ Yacht Club

6.14.03 - Budapest, Hungary @ Red Hole

6.16.03 - Klagenfurt, Austria @ Barfly

6.17.03 - Banja Luka, Bosnia @ ?

6.18.03 - Zagreb, Croatia @ Attack w/Radio Free Isaac

6.19.03 - Bergamo, Italy @ the Bunker w/La Quiete, LDC

6.20.03 - Genoa, Italy @ ?

6.21.03 - Bologna, Italy @ Ex Mercate

6.22.03 - Aix en Provence, France @ ? w/LDC

6.23.03 - La Roca, Spain @ La Nau w/Unabomber, LDC

6.24.03 - Valencia, Spain @ ? w/LDC

6.25.03 - Madrid, Spain @ Ene Ba w/LDC

6.26.03 - Llodio, Spain @ Orbeko Etxea w/LDC

6.27.03 - Andoin, Spain @ Gaztetxe w/LDC

6.28.03 - Lyon, France @ Blue Banana w/LDC

6.29.03 - Reims, France @ CS Turenne w/LDC

6.30.03 - London, UK @ the Swan w/LDC

7.1.03 - Norwich, UK @ Ferryboat Inn w/LDC

7.2.03 - Leeds, UK @ Packhorse Pub w/LDC, the Horror

7.3.03 - Brighton, UK @ Freebutt w/LDC

7.4.03 - Athus, Belgium @ Le Marijnon w/LDC

7.5.03 - Athus, Belgium @ Luma Festiva w/the Ocean

8.1.03 - Montreal, QC @ ? w/LDC, I Spoke

8.2.03 - Toronto, ON @ ? w/LDC, I Spoke

8.3.03 - Ottawa, ON @ Club Saw w/LDC, I Spoke

9.20.03 - Mannasquan, NJ @ Women's Hall w/the Assistant (last show), A Days Refrain, Kodan Armada

10.25.03 - NY, NY @ Columbia Univ w/the Fiction, a Day in Black and White, Sequoia

11.7.03 - Newark, DE @ the Pisshole w/Schematic of a Waking Life, This Ship Will Sink, Vampire Cat

11.8.03 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Roboto w/Wrangler Brutes

12.13.03 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/LDC, Books Lie, Del Cielo

1.2.04 - Mahwah, NJ @ Carl's w/Look Back and Laugh, They and the Children

1.3.04 - Providence, RI @ ? w/Look Back and Laugh, Sinaloa

1.4.04 - Boston, MA @ House of Suffering w/Look Back and Laugh

3.5.04 - Reading, PA @ Alex T's w/Burnt By the Sun, Stop IT!!!, the Deadly, Affirmative Action Jackson

4.2.04 - Old Bridge, NJ @ Todd's w/Cat on Form, This Ship Will Sink, Breed/Extinction

4.3.04 - Philly, PA @ Rotunda w/Cat on Form, Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower, Esoteric

4.4.04 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Roboto w/Cat on Form

4.30.04 - Purchase, NY @ Student Center w/Cat on Form, LDC

5.1.04 - NY, NY @ ABC No Rio w/Cat on Form, This Ship Will Sink

5.22.04 - NY, NY @ Knitting Factory w/Gospel, the Fiction, LDC, Sequoia

6.24.04 - Tucson, AZ @ Star's Skateshop w/Amanda Woodward

6.25.04 - Phoenix, AZ @ Modified Arts w/Amanda Woodward, Financial Panther

6.26.04 - San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe w/Amanda Woodward, Forensics, Textbook Traitors

6.27.04 - Long Beach, CA @ Koo's Cafe w/Amanda Woodward, Textbook Traitors, Forensics

6.28.04 - Los Angeles, CA @ the Smell w/Amanda Woodward, Bleeding Kansas

6.29.04 - Las Vegas, NV @ Balcony Lights w/Amanda Woodward, Bleeding Kansas, Great Redneck Hope

6.30.04 - Goleta, CA @ BIKO w/Amanda Woodward, Forensics, Textbook Traitors

7.2.04 - Berkeley, CA @ Gilman St w/Amanda Woodward, Navies, a Light in the Attic, Great Clearing Off

7.3.04 - Portland, OR @ White House w/Amanda Woodward, Science of Yabra

7.4.04 - Seattle, WA @ Flophause w/Amanda Woodward, Bleeding Kansas, Great Redneck Hope

7.7.04 - Brisbane, Australia @ Mary St w/This Night Creeps

7.8.04 - Brisbane, Aus @ Visible Ink w/Knives of Neptune

7.9.04 - Newcastle, Aus @ ? w/Conation

7.10.04 - Sydney, Aus @ Excelsior Hotel w/This Night Creeps

7.11.04 - Sydney, Aus @ Maggotville w/Pure Evil, This Night Creeps

7.12.04 - Wollongong, Aus @ ? w/Plague, the Collapse

7.13.04 - Sydney, Aus @ Paint it Black

7.14.04 - Canberra, Aus @ Church w/This Night Creeps, Four Dead

7.15.04 - Adelaide, Aus @ Enigma w/This Night Creeps, Love Like Electrocution

7.17.04 - Melbourne, Aus @ 101 w/Die Die Die, This Night Creeps, Love Like Electrocution (last show ..2), Colditz Glider

7.18.04 - Melbourne, Aus @ Good Morning Captain's w/This Night Creeps, the Collapse

7.18.04 - Melbourne, Aus @ Arthouse w/Die Die Die, This Night Creeps, True Radical Miracle

7.19.04 - Melbourne, Aus @ PBS

7.19.04 - Melbourne, Aus @ Missing Link

7.21.04 - Auckland, New Zealand @ ?

7.22.04 - Tauranga, NZ @ the Shed

7.23.04 - Hamilton, NZ @ ?

7.24.04 - Palmerstown North, NZ @ ?

7.24.04 - Wellington, NZ @ ?

8.7.04 - Belfast, Ireland @ ? w/Cat on Form

8.8.04 - Cork, Ireland @ ? w/Cat on Form

8.9.04 - Reims, France @ ?

8.11.04 - Saar Louis, Germany @ ? w/End on End, Ghost Mice

8.12.04 - Munster, Germany @ Baracke w/I Adapt

8.14.04 - Cologne, Germany @ Kulturbunker Muelheim w/Yage (last show), Robocop Kraus (sort of)

8.15.04 - Hamburg, Germany @ Rote Flora w/End on End

8.16.04 - Gothenberg, Sweden @ Meeths w/Raein, Audrey, Catena Collapse

8.17.04 - Oslo, Norway @ Ya Basta! w/Catena Collapse, Ju-Ju Queens

8.18.04 - Stockholm, Sweden @ ?

8.20.04 - Washington, DC @ Different Kinda Dude Fest w/Stop It!!!

11.27.04 - Brookline, MA @ BCC w/Ampere, the Oath, Wasteland

11.28.04 - Northampton, MA @ Flywheel w/Ampere, the Oath, Death to Tyrants

12.3.04 - Philly, PA @ 4418 Locust w/Ampere, Welcome the Plague Year

12.4.04 - NY, NY @ Knitting Factory w/Ampere, Welcome the Plague Year, Fiction, Reds

1.27.05 - Philly, PA @ 1st U Church w/Envy, Malady, Welcome the Plague Year

2.18.05 - Washington, DC @ ? w/Navies

2.19.05 - Passaic, NJ @ Neon Salami w/Navies, Amateur Party, Infidel

2.20.05 - Wallingford, CT @ American Legion w/Navies, the Body, They and the Children, Irma Vep

4.22.05 - Purchase, NY @ Student Center w/Tides, LDC.

6.26.05 - NY, NY @ Irving Plaza w/Ted Leo & Pharmacists, Radio 4

6.27.05 - Long Beach, CA @ Koo's w/My Disco, La Chance

6.28.05 - Los Angeles, CA @ Poison Apple w/My Disco

6.29.05 - Goleta, CA @ BIKO w/My Disco, Landmine Marathon

7.1.05 - Berkeley, CA @ Gilman w/My Disco, Burial Year, Fighting Dogs

7.2.05 - Arcata, CA @ ? w/My Disco

7.3.05 - Tacoma, WA @ the Bunny Ranch w/My Disco

7.4.05 - Seattle, WA @ ? w/My Disco, Iron Lung

7.5.05 - Spokane, WA @ Rock Coffee w/My Disco

7.6.05 - Boise, ID @ Justin's w/My Disco

7.7.05 - Colorado Springs, CO @ High Life House w/My Disco

7.8.05 - Denver, CO @ Denver Zine Library w/My Disco

7.9.05 - Wichita, KS @ Eagle's Lodge w/My Disco, Ricky Fitts, Arms for Hands

7.10.05 - Iowa City, IA @ Gabe's w/My Disco

7.11.05 - Minneapolis, MN @ ? w/My Disco, Signal to Trust

7.12.05 - Milwaukee, WI @ Sara Lou's w/Call Me Lightning, Wrong Day to Quit, My Disco

7.13.05 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge w/My Disco, the End

7.14.05 - Columbus, OH @ Bernie's w/My Disco, Remember Van Gogh

7.15.05 - Bethlehem, PA @ the Globe w/My Disco, Amateur Party

7.16.05 - Boston, MA @ ? w/My Disco, Amateur Party, Transistor Transistor

7.17.05 - Northampton, MA @ Flywheel w/My Disco, Amateur Party, Ampere

7.23.05 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Brian's w/My Disco, LDC

7.24.05 - Miami, FL @ the Alley w/My Disco, LDC

7.25.05 - Tampa, FL @ Skatepark of Tampa w/My Disco, LDC

7.29.05 - Washington, DC @ AU w/My Disco, LDC, Red Line Index

7.30.05 - Brooklyn, NY @ N 6th w/My Disco, Amateur Party, Haram, LDC

7.31.05 - Philly, PA @ 4418 Locust w/My Disco

12.3.05 - Brooklyn, NY @ Palindrome w/Gospel, the Set Up, Duck Duck Blood

12.9.05 - Purchase, NY @ Co-op w/Robert Inevitable and the Static, Black Centipede

275 shows to date. more to come

i think i have carpal tunnel now. i started typing this 1 hour and 36 min ago

apologies to the many, many bands i've forgot

Hey all,

I remember a while back, a certain band member of a band I was in was having a conversation with a certain band member of another band about lyrics. The topic: to revise or not revise. Does revision dull the passion of the initial expression of a thought, the raw emotion of it? Or are those qualities refined by revision?

I have to say that I agree with my former bandmate: revision is crucial. After all, lyrics are not just spur of the moment outbursts, whatever just happens to fly out of our mouthes at any given time. And besides, I always thought that the lyrics of this band (to remain nameless) kinda totally blew.

In that spirit, I have continued work on the lyrics I had shared in the previous blog (ugh, blog....) and I would again appreciate any feedback.

For one thing, the title has been downsized to "Abattoir". It's pretty blunt, I know. Just lays it all out for everyone to see. But I believe that "political" lyrics require a certain amount of transparency, one of the few cases that subjective interpretation is, shall we say, less welcome. Anyway, here they are.

ABATTOIR
the roots of cruelty lie in
an inability to see
our visceral realities.
our everyday atrocities
by any other name, it still seems as obscene to say:
"mine are not in the abattoir, neither poor nor dying in the war, so I am unconcerned"
when will the world see things this way?
perverse perspectives still pervade.
we're left cold by blood that's lost.
it cries out from the ground.

I feel like the meter is more concrete and managable now. Also, it feels more like verse rather than prose. Trying to fit what I had before to music was difficult, but these lyrics have been much easier to work with. But I'd hate to think the changes are purely practical; I genuinely like these lyrics better. And it's also more concise (70 words, 313 characters vs 80 words, 365 characters). Hardcore rule #1: shorter is better.

Lay it on me, people.

- Jamie