Hello there friends,

Sitting in Disney's detention room all day gets a little boring, so we thought we'd take a break from writing "I Will Not Have A Profound Hatred For Man" 1000 times on the chalkboard to fill you in on a few things about our current tour.

As I'm sure you Lambgoaters have read, New Found Glory and Shai Hulud have released a limited tour-only split EP aptly titled (deep breath) "Not Without A Heart Once Nourished By Sticks And Stones Within Blood Ill-Tempered Misanthropy Pure Gold Can Stay". This bad boy is limited to 500 copies and comes in two different (super rare, totally sweet, ebay gold) colors. Only TEN copies will be sold each night, limited to one per person, and will be sold at NFG's merch table by their extremely handsome cotton tech, Anthony (ladies, he's single!). So if you wanna get your grimy little hands on one of these make sure you come out early.

Speaking of promptness, every night we'll be playing anywhere between 6:30 and 7:00 PM. We've had a lot of mad/sad faces at our merch table because of this and since security at these shows is comparable to TSA standards, we advise to show up nice and early to get your moneys' worth. We want to play to you just as much as you want to be there, we think. Just check with your local venue for exact set times.

Well, gotta go. Principle Mickey wont be pleased if all this gum isnt cleared off of these desks.

- Chad Hulud the 2nd

P.S. If anyone has a floor they would lend us to sleep on any night of this tour, we would greatly appreciate it. Just come see any of us at the merch table.

Sure, if you're an Arabian cartoon character with an American accent.

Hello Mousketeers,

With our mousey tails between our legs, we leave for an extended
touring schedule early today. "Why so glum, chum" you ask? We're just
pulling your mousket-ears, we're not glum at all. We are, however,
another in a long list of bands disallowed to play the Mouse's Houses
Of Blues. Chalk it up to our profound lyrical hatred. Or something
like that. We're not exactly sure why we're not permitted to play the
Disney venues to be quite honest, but I, for one, will be destroying
my DVD copy of Darby O'Gill And The Little People in protest of this
flagrant bias against us, Disney-loving misanthropists that we are.
Take that, Walt! Have at you, Eisner! That'll teach 'em. Funny, both
Satyricon and Slayer were permitted to play so we've been told.
I'm willing to bet cold cash not one member of either of the
aforementioned bands can sing even one of any of the numbers from The
Little Mermaid soundtrack. One of our members can. Just saying...

As the Mouse so decrees, your friendly neighborhood Huluds will not
be playing either House Of Blues show on Disney property, namely
Anaheim, CA on March 27th or Orlando, FL on April 10th. And the
children are safe yet another day; Slayer, sticklers for proprieties
and all.

Regarding shows we are playing, check the tour dates listed on
our My Space page as we will be playing some off dates from the NFG
tour. If the full tour isn't playing your town, make sure we're not
stopping by on our own.

We should get going. Tour beckons and we don't want to keep anyone in
Abilene, TX waiting- providing people actually live in Abilene, TX.
Please don't take offense if you do, we've just never heard of
your what we are certain is a lovely city. We'll find out soon enough.
Come have a mosh with Shai Hulud, Last House On The Left, and our
favorite Sith Lords, Antagonist in Abilene on March 6th. Take us to
your leader. And your record and comic book shops.

In a last bit of totally worthless news, Shai Hulud is now both
Facebook and Twitter friendly. And by that we mean, we're there. Hip,
if you will. In the now:

Shai Hulud On Facebook

Shai Hulud on Twitter

TTFN, as Tigger says (bonus points for anyone who knows how to spell Tigger).

Off with your heads,

Fox / Hulud

"What you fail to understand is the power of hate. It can fill the
heart as surely as love can." - Captain Nemo / Walt Disney's 20,000
Leagues Under The Sea (1954)

Greetings Programettes,

You must have been worried sick. It's been what... a while, no? Please accept our humblest apologies for our lack of writings and updates. Worry not, we're just fine and wearing the same underwear since the last time you heard from us. We hope you are as well.

We've had a lot of great experiences the past few months, many of which we meant to immediately document on cyberspace, but eBay often gets in the way. All that Planet Of The Apes and Micronauts stuff to drool over; that takes up a lot of time, and quite a bit of drool. But I digress. We'll get to some of the older bits after we comment on current and upcoming happenings because we can't very well live in the past anymore than we already do. Not without a Delorean. And jigawatts. We'll need jigawatts. 1.21 to be exact.

Continuing our mission to relentlessly tour, and damage and drive our bodies and van straight into the ground, we have two months worth of two tours to announce. We'll be out supporting Stick To Your Guns along with In Fear And Faith and Stray From The Path for just about two weeks starting in early March. A righteous run you say? Indeed, but wait there's more. Directly after our stint with the aforementioned, we join up with Set Your Goals and Bayside to assist them in supporting A New Found Glory (minus the "A") as they support their forthcoming album Not Without A Fight. Now that's not something you see every day! For those of you who might not know, New Found Glory and Shai Hulud are more closely related than you might realize: we both started in South Floirda back in the 90's together, we always stayed friendly and in touch, and early on even shared a member. As unique as the pairing may seem, it's also a perfect fit - and that's not mentioning NFG's clear and obvious ties to the hardcore scene. Chad Gilbert has an original press of Start Today on vinyl... and you don't. So there. Not so harder-core-than-thou now, eh brown cow?

We know what you're wondering. The answer is.................. quite possibly. There are no definitive plans for Captain Straight Edge a.k.a. Chadball to hop on the mic and sing a song with us, however, it's certainly not out of the question. We in Shai Hulud would be as pinkly tickled as yourselves to have Chad share the stage with us. As always, the invitation is there. We'll enjoy the moment if and when it arrives. Oh, the torture of uncertainty.

Them's the plans for the next couple months anyway. More plans will posted here in the near future. How about yourselves, anyone doing anything exciting the next couple of months? Do tell! Anyone excited for Joaquin Pheonix's Hip Hop project? Yeah, us too. Like really. Like... (yawn)... really...

Hey! We're always looking to sleep somewhere other than a hotel while on tour. Drop us a line if your floor desperately needs to be crashed on by your homeboys in Shai Hulud. You'll want us to shower, that's for sure. You'll never get a better chance to find out exactly how boring we are until we crash at your place. If we're feeling really crazy, we might even ask you to play a board game. Matt Fletcher might tell a story from his teenage years, and Matt Fox, well, he's been known to drink a Cherry Coke after midnight. Animals. Don't miss this rare opportunity to get up close and personal with us. We promise you, at the very least, great conversations about Thin Lizzy, the Miami Dolphins, and Nuclear Assault, the best in the biz. Get in touch. Our operators are standing by.

That's the current skinny, lugnuts. We hope to smell you soon, though you're sure to smell us first. Read further below for little blurbs about some new music that's been putting a bit of spring in our cold, wintery step lately.

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Huludicidal

~As sad as it is for us to announce, we will not be playing this Friday, February 20, with E-Town Concrete in New Jersey. We were originally scheduled, and flyers might be circulating listing us as playing, alas we are not. Please attend the show to see the triumphant return of our good friends, E-Town Concrete - one of our favorite bands, one of the most grossly underrated bands coming from the hardcore / metal scene - reclaim what's rightfully theirs, Dir-T Jer-Z. You have no idea how upset we are not to be playing this show. Don't you miss it.

~Our friends in Pristina released their latest album Khe Sanh last summer. You'll never be so assaulted by music, until of course, they release the followup due out sometime this year. Please check them out and show some support for our friends: http://www.myspace.com/pristina666

~Viper City's own Terracotta Army put up three new songs on their My Space page and one of them, "Always Get'n Mine," mentions us truly, Shai Hulud. We were flattered and blown away to be referenced in their song. Maddest props to these guys. Take a listen: http://www.myspace.com/terracottaarmyhiphop

~Poughkeepsie's favorite alien seedlings, Robots And Empire, unleashed two new songs of sonic space rock. These guys consistently write and release the most unique and infectious music, and always keep you guessing where they'll go next. Go listen and hear for yourself. http://www.myspace.com/robotsandempire

~Last but not least, Propagandhi's new album Supporting Caste is sure to be the greatest album released this year. We've already pre-ordered ours. We suggest you do the same. We don't get Propagandhi albums all that often, so shell out some measly clams to keep these guys rocking. The world will be a better place. http://propagandhi.com/supporting-caste

Oh, and remember, no McFly ever amounted anything in the history of Hill Valley.

Hello Peoples!

Nia And Mario Van included, though their last names are spelled "Peeples" and "Peebles" respectively. It was close enough to at least make mention of as they both read Shai Hulud's blogs religiously. Obviously. Far be it from us to offend the stars of Jaws 4: The Revenge (which isn't as bad as you would expect. Sure it's bad, but fun bad) and... whatever the hell Nia did that made her famous aside from just being easy on the eyes. We should all be so lucky.

Speaking of lucky (or maybe we're sexy too!), we have been nominated for Best Rock Video for MTV's Video Music Awards. Don't get too excited, three million bands' videos were also nominated. Where I do feel we might have slight a chance of receiving perhaps a vote or two more than Kid Rock, I'm doubting we'll be able to trump the likes of Coldplay or Tegan And Sara. But hey, as anyone who's ever lost any award will tell you "We're happy just being nominated."

What a crock.

Vote for your favorite misanthropists while Jello Biafra rolls his eyes by clicking here.

Here's a url to copy, paste, and repost should you require one:

http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2008/best-rock-video/a-z.jhtml?chars=s

Don't let us down now, we have our acceptance speech already prepared:

"None of this would have been possible without Krull, Conan, Doctor Who, The Fonz, Flash Gordon, King Kong" and so forth and so on. Mom and Dad who?

The catch here is you have to register on the site to vote. Yeah, that's a little annoying, but if you are as emphatic about Lenny Kravitz never winning anything as we are, you'll register and sleep well knowing you kept a vote away from Roxie Roker's son - Roxie being the best thing about the guy.

Well dear friends, I think we've asked for enough favors this blog around. Thanks for indulging us as always. We will have a lot of tour updates to mention soon so keep those taters peeled (got that from you, MJ)!

Sincere apologies to any diehard Lenny Kravitz fans out there. We're just funnin' a bit.

Tee hee?

Onwards and upwards,

M. Fox / Huludicidal

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Greetings Programs:

This is just a small note to clear up any and all confusion about the status of the Summer Of Scum tour with Shai Hulud / Full Blown Chaos, Elysia, Woe Of Tyrants, and A Girl A Gun A Ghost. The tour has unfortunately been canceled due to circumstances well beyond anyone's control. Both Full Blown Chaos and Elysia were dealt severe blows forcing the bands to drop off the tour to attend to personal and family matters, thus bringing the tour to an early end. As sad as we were to return home early, we were much more sorry to see our good friends suffer through their respective troubles. We wish only the best for our friends, and hope they will be up, running, and touring again soon. We're certain they will be.

Thanks to all of you who came to one of the few shows we did play on this run. All the bands appreciated your warmth, energy, and attendance. Shai Hulud will be back on the road sometime this year, hopefully making up the shows that we weren't able to play this summer. We'll be in touch, hell, we're just a My Space message away. Thanks Tom!

We were genuinely looking forward to rocking with anyone and everyone this month. We'll see everyone soon, however. We know, we know, not unless you see us first. Personally, I never understood that joke.

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Matt Fox / Huludicidal

P.S. Out of sheer curiosity I just Googled "not if i see you first" to see what the hell that joke is supposed to mean and found this:

" I had never really thought twice about this phrase until one day at work some of my co-workers were discussing it. I guess I always thought of it as fairly innocuous. You know, like you'd say it to a friend or loved one, acknowleding that you might see them before they see you. Or else it's just something stupid you say.

Well, my boss said the way he always thought of it was that when someone says "See you" and you say "Not if I see you first," you're really saying that if you see them first, then they won't see you at all, because if you see them first you're going to run and hide or something so you don't have to see them. He said it's really an insult or a dig. It's snide, not sweet."

NOW I GET IT!

Hello lovelies,

Just a quick note to apologize for the recent show cancellations in Poughkeepsie, Utica, and Hollywood. Unfortunately we just got the news that our upcoming show at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California has been cancelled due to some state / venue issues. Way to go Arnold. Any Californians upset by this should write their Governor and have him Governate some shit. That said, "We'll be back." Sorry, couldn't resist that.

We're not exactly sure what happened with the Poughkeepsie and Utica shows. Probably the usual miscommunication, but makeup shows are already being scheduled. We'll all have a big group hug soon enough. Keep your hankies at the ready.

Please check our current tour dates and see if we are playing anywhere near you. What's that? Not heavy enough for you? No worries mates, we anticipated this potential problem and brought along Full Blown Chaos just to add that heavy crunch you crave. We crave it too. And we crave you.

Hope to see you soon. More updates to come.

Onward and upward,

Huludicidal

Greetings friends,

As some of you may know, our proud Lady of Hate, or Ms. Pure, as she's colloquially known, burst onto the scene yesterday selling an unprecedented copy! Yes! We have documented proof that Best Buy in our hometown Poughkeepsie Galleria sold A copy of Misanthropy Pure at exactly 1:56 PM. Not a bad start wethinks. See that, Ringo? We're coming for you.

Thanks to everyone that picked up Misanthropy Pure yesterday. If you can't find the album at your local store, they'll certainly be able to order it. Just ask, but be polite because no one likes an asshole. If you are more of a modern ager and prefer to shop online, check out Rev HQ or any of your trusty online hardcore/metal/punk/pink studded belt peddlers.

Now about that video we filmed...

Maybe it's because we have fervently sung the lyrics to "MTV Get Of The Air" by Dead Kennedy's for nearly two decades, but our video for "Misanthropy Pure" listed all our information as "Undefined" when it premiered on Headbangers Ball last Saturday night. Adam Curry would never have stood for this! Eh, what can you do, right? Schtuff happens. For your convenience, the video is posted right on our My Space page for you to check out. But what about those impressionable little dears who might never otherwise hear about Shai Hulud you ask? Those poor little saps. Headbangers Ball is currently taking votes to decide what videos will be played again. CLICK HERE and vote for Shai Hulud so our video might be seen by these sweet yet hapless individuals who have been too long deprived of our brand of pure misanthropy. All that crap aside, yeah, we'd like our video played on Headbangers Ball again. Take 13 seconds out of your life for little old us, will ya? CLICK HERE and vote for Shai Hulud to be played on The Ball once again. As it stands right now, we're losing miserably.

As you were, good people. Sorry to keep taking up your time. You keep well out there. We truly hope to see every one of you soon.

Always onwards and forever upwards,

Shai Hulud

Hello lovely maidens, iron or otherwise…

This is just a small reminder letting those of you so inclined to purchase hardcore/metal CD's recorded by fairly sweet fellers who named their band after creatures in science-fiction epics know that today, Tuesday May 27th, 2008, Metal Blade Records has released a hardcore/metal CD recorded by fairly sweet fellers who named their band after a creature in a science-fiction epic. The album is called MISANTHROPY PURE and at least five people have officially been quoted as saying "It's not terrible." Sure, three of them happen to be in the band, but hey… if that's not a selling point, we don't know what is.

The album, which will be available on vinyl sometime soon (details to follow), should be available at all your favorite and finest record shops and online stores. If you can't find it somewhere, please let us know. We'll tell on that store.

Thanks to everyone who has been showing us kindness and support as of late. We can never say thank you enough, and it never seems to convey even a fraction of our true appreciation – then again, math always was one of our weaker subjects...

You have no idea how much every kind word propels us that much further when we feel we can't take another step.

Endless thanks and respect.

Your fellow flawed friends,

Shai Hulud

Yep, you read us right. Unfortunately the show is no longer hosted by Adam Curry - then again, it hasn't been in twenty years so no big loss there. You also might have seen the video posted on our handy dandy My Space page. If for some reason you can't view it there, you can go to Headbangers Ball's website to view it:

http://headbangersblog. mtv. com/2008/05/22/video-premiere-shai-hulud-exhibit-the-power-of-misanthropy-pure/

If you're sitting around tonight bored, drunk, stoned, straight edge, or just itchy, tune into Headbangers Ball and check out the debut of Misanthropy Pure by us, Exodus - er, I mean Shai Hulud.

Now suffer through this verbose introduction to the video...

A Shai Hulud video!? Who'd've thunk it? Certainly not Adam Curry or Ricki Rachtman, that's for sure. And lucky for today's Headbanging Ballers, no one has to sit through 17 hours of Bullet Boys videos to see it. That what my friends and I had to do every Saturday night just to get to Nuclear Assault's "Brainwashed" or Testament's "Trial By Fire." If we were really lucky, and I mean really lucky, we would catch "We Gotta Know" by Cro-Mags or "Anthem" by Agnostic Front, but sitting through all those damned Bang Tango, Britny Fox, and Faster Pussycat videos… sheer torture. At least they could have buffered it with Flotsam And Jetsam or Powermad, or something for crying out loud - which they did every once in a while, just not quite enough. Ah, but I'm carping…

So we packed up some gear, stickered up our guitars (I made sure to add a highly visible Descendents sticker to my already stickered guitar, and Matt Fletcher broke his no stickers on his guitars rule for Suicidal Tendencies), and drove an hour and a half down some windy roads to film our first video in what was as close to a ghost town as any of us have ever seen. I forget the town's name, but it was somewhere in upstate New York, and "owned" by a friendly woman who taught marshal arts. No shit. To whom, we weren't sure. Ghosts? Anyway, we filmed our video in what used to be some sort of hot spot celebrity nightclub, if I'm not mistaken. The only thing that remotely indicated that this was ever such a place was the snazzy stained glass window sporting the brazen image of a fool /jester which we played under and in front of. Go figure, the great king of fools and his band of halfwits, Shai Hulud. David Brodsky, our humble narrator and director, put us through the ringer, making good on his promise of a long and physically painful day. The slave driver. Responding to his cracking whip of friendly and truthful barbs, we did our best to convey the passion and intensity of the song without ever actually playing it (that's how videos are made – just like a Milli Vanilli live show). It only felt awkward for a few minutes. Then it just hurt (for the next 3 weeks, in fact).

The song "Misanthropy Pure" has lyrical points it means to get across. Having no narrative for the video, mainly due to time and logistics constraints, we needed some vehicle (or MacGuffin as Alfred Hitchcock might say) to help illustrate the messages of the song. It was David who offered up the idea of incorporating some of the song's key lyrics, which not only created a cool and visually engaging video, but also gave it depth and meaning, ensuring more than just a boring, uninspired marketing tool. No, we didn't get to go all out with our original Flash Gordon idea, and the last minute Westworld themed video was far too daunting to pull together twenty minutes before shooting (next time, perhaps?). All that acknowledged, our first video is now being shown on "Headbangers Ball," where twenty years earlier some teenage, pimply-faced metal lovers sat watching hours of horseshit to get to that one gem that would speak to them directly and offer some inspiration. I wouldn't be so bold as to say we are that gem in 2008, but we sure have Bang Tango licked. With all due respect, of course.

Up the irons.

Death to Ming!

Matt Fox