The SxSW 2009 Music Festival is officially dead and so are we (figuratively speaking of course).  I am drafting the following resolution to ensure smooth sailing in the future.


ARTICLE 1. No Murdock shall drop a carload of bricks on their foot moments before playing a show.

ARTICLE 2. No Murdock shall play any more than 4 shows in one day (exception made for Kyle Robarge)

ARTICLE 3. No Shirtless Murdock drummer shall encourage passerby to touch his body on a busy street corner in downtown Austin while he attempts to play songs.

ARTICLE 4. No Murdocks vocalist shall attempt to drink beer, scotch, vodka, jager, more beer, and smoke an entire pack of cigarettes in a single night ... then wake up and try to play a show the next day.  This liver aint what she used to be.


And so, to celebrate the death of SxSW, the return to the illusion of normalcy, and to test how many people actually read our blog posts I declare the following:

Anyone who wants free promo CDs of our new album, send us a myspace message with your mailing address RIGHT FUCKING NOW!
SORRY, YOU MISSED IT.  YOU SNOOZE YOU LOSE.

I will only leave this offer up for a short while and the new album won't be out for another 6 months.  This may be your last chance to listen to our new songs on the compact disc medium for quite some time.

And now I close with my favorite picture from SxSW 2009.  The following is a picture of our show yesterday at Trailer Space Records, which we were lucky enough to have documented by acclaimed pulitzer prize winning photographer Alon Bernstein:


This piece will be on display in the PHONE CAM PHOTOGRAPHY Exhibition at the Blanton Museum this fall.

Thank you, and come again.

-MURDOCKS