(rust and dust)

This will be mine and Stephen's last performance with PR for a while.

(no hope mound, dryer lint)

(what's behind the badge?)

This show is going to be nuts - too bad I won't be here.

(i made some wax wawfuls)

(the tradewinds)

Yeayea! After seemingly endless delays, The Tradewinds 7" is available on Gilgongo Records...



Here's the story... waaaay back in 2008, Teague, Kelly and I were in a pop-punk band called The Tradewinds. We recorded six songs at my Tempe house just as Kelly moved up to Portland. Months passed. The guy that was putting out the record disappeared from the face of the earth. James Fella came to the rescue and said that he would put it out on Gilgongo. Further delays were incurred due to several bad test presses, love triangles, more delays at the pressing plant, and my own negligence as to what to do for artwork.

But all of those things are water under the proverbial pop-punk bridge. Sure, we're not a bona-fide band anymore - we only play a couple times a year now, whenever we're in the same place at the same time. But nevertheless, I'm excited that this record is out. I'm really proud of it and I'm excited for people to hear it even if it is a little bit late.



The record is $5ppd from Gilgongo.
The Gilgongo online store is here.
Or go to Eastside Records in Tempe and get it there.
Or click here to download it for free.
Or don't.... whatevz.

(gnat clouds)

(the news is so depressing these days)

Earlier this month, Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed a gun law allowing Arizonans to carry concealed arms without the hassle a permit. But more recently, in the wake of SB 1070 and the "birther bill", authorities are warning Arizona residents to keep their homestate identities to themselves while traveling outside the state.

"It's just not safe for Arizonans to travel around openly anymore," says Tyrone Terranova of the Arizona Board for Styrofoam Consumption. "A friend of a friend told me about a guy that was harassed in Portland after someone overhead that he was from (Arizona)." (Update: apparently there was a lot of cocaine and "hipster drama" involved. No one can really remember much of anything.)

"This is just terrible," says Arizona resident Darryl Herwig. "I remember just after 9/11 when I was backpacking through Europe. They said that it wasn't safe for Americans so I did my best to fake a South African accent. But someone from South Africa thought I was making fun of them and they beat me up pretty bad."

With the summer heat rapidly approaching, many Arizonans will have to put their vacation plans on hold. "I just don't know what to do" says Garrett Balcos. "All these other states have it totally backwards. I don't feel safe most places because they don't allow me to carry my pistol under my jacket. It's scary to know that some violent, cracked out Mexican or gay-wad could attack me and I would be totally defenseless."

Senator John McCain, typically a centrist on border issues, has half-heartedly embraced the new bill for fear of losing his Senate seat to J.D. "marry-a-horse" Hayworth in the upcoming midterm elections.

"I was born and raised in Arizona," says resident Greg McCumber. "It was hard to, but I fought hard against the prevailing Arizona winds and learned how to read and write." Greg is one of tens of thousands of Arizona residents with IQ scores above 85 that have been voicing their outrage on social media websites like Facebook and Twitter while thousands more are engaging in protests.