Friends!

If you lived in a college town during the late-80s/early- 90s, I’m sure you fondly remember the evenings when --for the modest price of a short walk, a couple of hand-stamps, and a purloined ID-- you could sample a diverse bunch of bands (local and touring) ALL WITHIN BLOCKS OF EACH OTHER.

Maybe you were like us and got cocky, thinking, “This is what adulthood will be like forever!

The world will continue to lay a buffet of music at my immediate doorstep for my sampling and entertainment.”

But the Salad Days have wilted and unless one succumbs to the sad new model --outdoor neighborhood festivals with their overpriced food, indifferent crowds, and tariffs for simply walking down the street-- we must often choose one show… one venue… one neighborhood for our Saturday night rock seeking tendencies.

Well saddle up your Wayback Machine, Peabody because this Saturday the dream will be resuscitated.

A coincidence of awesomeness has put seven bands at two bars within 150 yards of each other this SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7th

At THE MUTINY at 2428 N. Western, it will be (in order of appearance):

FOSSIL ARM --raucous solo acoustic guy

NONAGON --that’s us!

THE HEAVY BOMBERS –Chicago-rawk from the ashes of The Dirty Howlers

I LOVE RICH  – flamboyant masters of arena rock (even when the arena is quite tiny)

Sweetening the deal QUENCHERS-- right across the street at 2401 N. Western-- will be hosting (in order of appearance): Zebulan Pike, SELF-EVIDENT (a great band of good guys from the 2win Cities), and Chicago faves Bear Claw.

Both shows promise to be ridiculously cheap-or-free, SO… come to the nexus of Logan Square, Bucktown, and West Lakeview to bounce between the shows! Check out the bands! Take in the scene! You’ll feel like your 1994 self all over again!

Hope to see you there…

Nonagon

(Tony Aimone, Robert Gomez, John Hastie)

www.myspace.com/nonagonchicago

As usual, if you would like to be removed from this email list simply reply to this email with “I WAS FIVE-YEARS-OLD AND LISTENING TO RAFFI IN 1994… JUST HOW OLD ARE YOU?!” in the subject line…  or something a little less traumatic… We were significantly older yet still listening to Raffi in 1994.

PS... We'll also be playing a great show at Cal's on Nov. 20th... details later...

Hello friends, well-wishers, and esteemed e-mail monitors of the NSA (Obama or No-bama, we know you’re still there),

There was a time when a band interviewed in “electronic media” would be somewhat immortalized: their insufferable opinions on life and music would be broadcast over the air and bounce around in space in-perpetuity --just begging to be picked up by some higher life form that would then be inspired to destroy our planet after hearing annoying “bon mots” from self-important hipsters about politics, the music industry, the brilliance of John Cale, and the rigors of rehab.

THANKFULLY, “the new technology” assures that OUR foray into the media-stream will last only until the right hard drive crashes, thus assuring Earth’s longevity just that much longer. You’re welcome.

The super nice Justin Vellucci at the DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY website has given us a public forum and we took full advantage. Feel free to click on over to cozy up and get to know us a little better… We’ll wait here.

http://www.adequacy.net/2009/06/interview-with-nonagon/

…You’re back!

Now we can tell you about the fantastic SHOW we’ve been asked to participate in next week.

PHANTOM WORKS (clean-up)

      hard, art-rocking, minimalist Chicagoans

SELF EVIDENT (power hitters)

      Minneapolitan purveyors of complex guitarcrobatics… SO good!

NONAGON (probably bunting)

      for those just joining this email, that’s us.

..SCOTIA.. WIDOWS (leading off to put speed on the bases)

      energetic Chicagoans boasting the algebraic formula: X + All = SW (maybe?)

FRIDAY JULY 10TH at THE BEAT KITCHEN

(2100 W. Belmont, ....Chicago....) – Doors at 9. Music at 9:30

Pencil it into your calendars now… A reminder will come later.

xoxo

Nonagon (Aimone/Gomez/Hastie)

As usual, if you would like to be removed from this mailing list, simply reply with ALL I EVER DO IS HATE YOU in the subject line. Or something less obsessive… we’re only just barely worthy of such strong emotion.

Hey...

No frills here.... just a generic "save the date" for our show at Quenchers's next week:

Nonagon (right, exactly here)

The Poles (Asheville, NC)

IUn Case of Capture (Chicago, IL)

Quenchers 2401 N. Western. Chicago

05/28/09 9-ish and stufff

A characteristically "clever" message will follow a day or two before-hand.

You've been warned.

xoxo

nonagon

(Tony Aimone, Robert Gomez, and John Hastie)

also: check out the poster, eh?

Hey!

The nice folks in the Transmission department at Gapers Block gave NO SUN a spin and wrote up a mostly swell review!

We only ask that where the reviewer uses the phrase “sameyness” you read it as “consistency”.  :-)

http://gapersblock.com/transmission/2008/11/28/review_no_sun_by_nonagon/

Best,

Nonagon.

.. ..

NO SUN available at www.parasol.com, CD Baby, Hard Boiled Records (Chicago), Reckless Records (Chicago), or by contacting us directly… also downloadable at various websites.

A kind and kindred soul at DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY gave our record a good listen and wrote a thoughtful review, the gist of which is summed up towards the end...

"...this a band playing from the heart for people seeking the same and, with No Sun, they've started on what will hopefully be a long career ..."

The entire review can be read here:

http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewID=9119

Poke around the rest of the site while you're there. They do a good job of reviewing other lesser-known bands worthy of your ear.

We're grateful they take the time!

YAY!