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Monday, August 04, 2008 

11th of October 2009______________________________________________________________
Tour is over for some days now and most things are back to normal. We’ve seen some new places on this tour (like Poland) which was very exciting. We want to thank the people in Mouthbreather – John, Brandon, Chris, Tyler, John – for sharing this tour with us and for all the fun we had. We hope to see you all next year. Also big thanks to Brendan who took the chance to come over to Europe for the first time and did the merch table most of the time. We hope all of you had a great time. Thank you of course to Robert who did a great job setting up a solid tour for us again, which we sometimes tend to forget J. And as every time the biggest thank you goes out to the people who were willing to set up shows, who cooked, did entry, cleaned up afterwards, showed us around their cities and let us sleep in their beds and on their floors. Thank you!

The road goes on… and there already new plans. Thanks to Brendan of Protagonist Music (www.myspace.com/protagonistmusic) for his effort to bring us over to the U.S. east coast next summer again. We haven’t been there since 2003 and we hope to meet old friends as well as make new ones. There might be a small trip to the west coast for some shows as well, but we have to see about that. Also we’re psyched about possibly going back to Russia, the Ukraine and hopefully Belarus next spring. People seem to like the idea and we hope this will happen.

As for “local activities” we will take it slow till the end of the year for John is going to be a father soon. Shows will be reduced for this time, we hope you understand. Instead we will hit the studio to record material for the upcoming 10th anniversary 7” on Protagonist Music. It’s going to be pretty fancy with lots of additional stuff and should see the light of day by end of the year.

Hope you’re all well,
Uwe & Zann


2nd of April 2009______________________________________________________________
So we’re back from Russia and the Ukraine. It was truly an amazing experience. All this would have been impossible or less exciting without the help and energy of people like: Alec, Vova, Max, Olga, Anton, Stefan (Stepan?) and all the other people whose names I forgot or never even knew who let us crash on their floors, showed us around their cities, cooked food for us, gave us rides to train stations in the middle of the night, helped us with existing language barriers in translating food ingredients, road signs or train tickets, etc. – Thank you! Thanks must also go out to the kids who danced at shows like there’s no tomorrow – it’s been some of the best shows of our existence, no kidding! There’s soon going to be a photo section and a short video clip for this adventure here on MySchissel, so check back. And yes, we’d like to come back in the future if you want us to, but only if Мавзолей Ленина will be open this time.

So long,
Uwe Zann


14th of February 2009______________________________________________________________
We just added some tour dates. We're happy we'll be able to go to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in late March. We're really looking forward to this. Also there will be a European tour in September with Mouthbreather from the U.S. You can listen to them here: www.myspace.com/mouthbreatherrva There are still quite a few dates open on this tour. So if you want to help about with doing a show for us, feel free to contact us either trough MyShit or at ZannMe@web.de

So long


13th of October 2008_______________________________________________________________
We’re back from tour for some days now and everything is back to normal (unfortunately). We had a very pleasant tour which is mostly due to Justin Gorlocks great planning and booking, thank you very much dude! We also would like to thank Graf Orlock and Ghostlimb for helping out with equipment and their van! To all the people who were setting up shows, letting us crash on their floors, showing us around, telling jokes and helping out in other ways; to the bands we played with, especially Drowning with our anchors; to all old and new friends who showed up to give a hug and have a small talk: You make it worth touring, Thank you!
We already uploaded a short tour video. Pictures will follow soon. If you have pictures of the tour, from shows or just from hanging out with us, and you would like to see them here, send them to ZannMe(at)web.de or link them to our profile.

Shortly before the tour started we got the Burial Year / Zann – Split 12”. If you don’t have it by now, go to www.bisaufsmesser.com or your local record store and get your copy. The four-way-split 12” with Ghostlimb, Trainwreck and Perth Express will show up in the next weeks hopefully. There are also T-Shirts and Hoodies with new designs available; so check them out.
Right now we’re working on new material which is supposed to come out next summer on Protagonist Records (www.myspace.com/protagonistmusic); we’re really happy to team up with Brendan and Bill for this release. Also in late summer / autumn there will be an European tour. We’ll keep you posted.

See you


4th of August 2008_______________________________________________________________
Some news for you: We’ll be playing Ieper Fest this year, which should be good. For that we’re searching a show for the evening before (Friday, 22nd). If you’re doing a show and want us to play, we’ll do it. Should be close to the West German border though.
Added the tour dates for the upcoming Western U.S. tour in September. Some are still not 100%, so check back every now and then. This one will be smooth with less driving between shows and more sightseeing/shopping/being bored in between, yes!!! There will be many shows with Graf Orlock and/or Comadre; we’re glad they can make it.
The split-12” with Burial Year will be available in time for the tour, hopefully. Great tunes, great artwork, mucho good! The 4-way-split with Trainwreck, Ghostlimb and Perth Express is delayed because of artwork issues. Same goes for the Tour-DVD, sorry for keeping you waiting (just in case there’s really someone waiting).
In other news: We might be coming to Denmark and Sweden again in November to buy lots of  Delicato bolls and play some shows, but we’ll see about that.

Have fun, enjoy the summer, kiss the road… we’ll see you there....


31st of May 2008_______________________________________________________________
The recordings are finally mixed and will be mastered for vinyl over the next days. You can hear some samples in the updated player and the studio video. We’re really happy with the sound of the recordings for the first time in years. Thanks again to Thomas (www.myspace.com/bestfriendmachine) for doing a great job and being very patient with us.
The U.S. tour is almost completely booked by now, few shows remaining to be confirmed. Prepare for a classic three-week-trip throughout California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The friendly people of Graf Orlock, Ghostlimb and Comadre will be sharing lots of shows with us and we’re happy about that. The tour schedule will be posted as soon as all dates are confirmed.
As for all the people who sent in designs and suggestions for artwork after our bulletin: All has been reviewed, but as always opinions are quite different and we can hardly decide. There are some people whose designs are really outstanding and we will contact them soon. For everyone else we’re SORRY for being lame assholes and not replying as fast as intended.
Also the second installment of a tour-dvd is coming soon. I’m in the final stages of putting the material together and testing the dvd. Expect more than two hours of live performances, tour clips, slideshows and some embarrassing bonus shit. The dvd and records should be out before the tour starts but then again we’re really slow. So we see what happens.

Meanwhile, have a great summer out there and we’ll see you on the road.


7th of March 2008_______________________________________________________________
So we recorded four songs last weekend in Berlin with Thomas (http://www.myspace.com/screamoorgano ) which will appear on the split records with Burial Year and Trainwreck, Comadre & Ghostlimb. Everything went very smoothly and we look forward to the final results of the mixing and mastering process which should be finished soon. The artwork is in the works too. So hopefully we will have the records out in summer just in time for festivals and the U.S. tour. We’ll keep you posted.


26th of January 2008_______________________________________________________________
As of today we will no longer accept “private” friend requests. We’re sick of finding out what asshole attitude this or that user has just after we added him/her. You can see our profile, our pictures, we want to see yours in return. And why some people still wonder why they’re not added here’s a list of what will drop your chances below zero: racist & sexist attitudes, tough guy & macho shit, nationalistic & right-wing crap, profiles which are basically commercial advertising. Like it or not.


25th of January 2008_______________________________________________________________
Some changes on this side. Since we don’t have an own webspace we decided to put up more content on our MySpace. The blog will now serve as a very basic website structure, meaning each blog will be a subdirectory with different content. Each of them will be updated from time to time.