BC across the UK & the EU

ATTENTION: EUROPEAN READERS OF THIS WEBLOG

AMERICA'S BLUES CONTROL TOURS YOUR REGION

Aug 30 2009 8:00P
ROWF ROWF ROWF FEST w/ Tropa Macaca, Bridget Hayden + more Manchester, UK
Aug 31 2009 8:00P
VICTORIA HOTEL w/ Tropa Macaca, Core of the Coalman Leeds, UK
Sep 1 2009 8:00P
HEAD OF STEAM w/ Tropa Macaca, Eyeballs Newcastle, UK
Sep 2 2009 8:30P
13TH NOTE w/ Tropa Macaca, Nackt Insecten/Single Helix Trio, Wounded Knee Glasgow, Scotland
Sep 3 2009 8:00P
OSCILLATIONS FEST w/ Tropa Macaca, Thread Pulls, Misaligned Men of Automaton Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sep 4 2009 8:00P
THOMAS HOUSE w/ Tropa Macaca Dublin, Ireland
Sep 5 2009 8:00P
THE CHAMELEON w/ Tropa Macaca, Core of the Coalman, Prize Pets Nottingham, UK
Sep 6 2009 8:00P
BARDEN’S BOUDOIR w/ Tropa Macaca, Core of the Coalman London, UK
Sep 7 2009 8:30P
MAAKHAVEN w/ Tropa Macaca Den Haag, Netherlands
Sep 8 2009 8:00P
OCCII w/ Tropa Macaca, City Hands Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep 9 2009 8:00P
WORM w/ Tropa Macaca, City Hands Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sep 10 2009 8:00P
WEST GERMANY w/ Tropa Macaca Berlin, Germany
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
EKIDNA w/ Tropa Macaca, Belzebu Katmandu Carpi, Italy
Sep 13 2009 5:00P
AREA FESTEGGIAMENTI w/ Tropa Macaca, Hybrida Soundsystem Vernasso di San Pietro al Natisone, Italy
Sep 14 2009 8:00P
GAMBETTOLA w/ Tropa Macaca Cesena, Italy
Sep 15 2009 8:00P
SECRET PLACE w/ Tropa Macaca Milano, Italy
Sep 16 2009 8:00P
SALON DES AMATEURS - Blues Control DJ set, Tropa Macaca Düsseldorf, Germany
Sep 17 2009 8:30P
KULTURRAMPE w/ Tropa Macaca Krefeld, Germany
Sep 19 2009 8:00P
KC BELGIE w/ Tropa Macaca, R.O.T., Cluster, Amolvacy, Alexander Tucker, The Last Gifted, GOL Hasselt, Belgium
Sep 20 2009 5:30P
INCUBATE FEST w/ Deepkiss 720, Gregg Kowalsky, Sheik Anorak, Saxony Speedcore Force Tilburg, Netherlands
Sep 21 2009 8:00P
LE RIGOLETTO w/ Tropa Macaca Paris, France
Sep 22 2009 8:00P
LA NICHE w/ Tropa Macaca Grenoble, France
Sep 23 2009 8:00P
CHANDAL w/ Tropa Macaca Barcelona, Spain
Sep 24 2009 8:00P
LA BOITE w/ Tropa Macaca, Lüger Madrid, Spain
Sep 25 2009 8:00P
MUSEU DO CHIADO w/ Tropa Macaca Lisbon, Portugal
Sep 27 2009 8:00P
PASSOS MANUEL w/ Tropa Macaca Porto, Portugal
Sep 28 2009 8:00P
THE MILLER London, UK

Some ink for Eric Bruntlett

Well it was a wild weekend. Werth hit a few out, so did Howard. Even Eric Bruntlett played an uncharacteristically critical role on Sunday. Some hits, some errors.. and he single-handedly turned a goddamn triple play. Take a peak...

A Slug & KV West Coast Engagements

That's right. It's a digital photograph of a slug. All that white crud coming from it's head? Beats me, I'm no slug doctor.

Here's a list of KV tourdates on the West. He boarded the plane carrying an acoustic guitar, a banjo, and a radiant wife. Do me a favor and be sure to give him a real laid-back, mellow welcome over there.


Aug 25 2009 8:00P
Galaxy Theature w/ BUILT TO SPILL, WOODS Santa ANA, California
Aug 26 2009 8:00P
Troubador w/ DUNGEN, WOODS Los Angeles, California
Aug 27 2009 8:00P
Echoplex w/ Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band Los Angeles, California
Aug 28 2009 8:00P
Muddy Waters w/ WOODS Santa Barbara, California
Aug 29 2009 8:00P
mexican summer/folk yeah outdoor fest Big Sur, California
Aug 30 2009 8:00P
Bottom of the Hill w/ DUNGEN, WOODS San Francisco, California
Sep 1 2009 8:00P
Berbati’s Pan w/ DUNGEN, WOODS Portland, Oregon
Sep 2 2009 8:00P
Basement 1287 w/ EAT SKULL Eugene, Oregon
Sep 3 2009 8:00P
House Party w/ EAT SKULL San Francisco, California
Sep 4 2009 8:00P
tba w/ EAT SKULL Sacramento, California
Sep 5 2009 8:00P
FYF Fest w/ EAT SKULL + others Los Angeles, California

HOMOSTUPIDS in NY

Well, the HOMOSTUPIDS are playing two gigs in the New York area this weekend. Who gives a shit? Readers of this web log, that's who. Be sure to check out their black-hole take on punk music if you're the kind of person who lives in Brooklyn.




so there's a daytime appearance...



and there's a nighttime gig at a place called Death by Audio.

THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN AND THE END IS ALWAYS NEAR

Live Music Sunday Aug 16.. KURT VILE, BLUES CONTROL, MEGAJAM BOOZE BAND

Raul or Eyes?

"Shitman" tracklist and buying instructions..

Yo squad..

Well my little email inbox is all cluttered up. "How do I get my shitty hands on a copy of the Fmen album?" "Yo brah, what's up with that Fmen shit? I got to hear it!" and "I've been sucking dicks for weeks.. which one do I need to suck on to get this Fmen album?" Well, it's this one. Americans are encouraged to Paypal $14 to TestosterTunes@gmail.com with the message "I want to suck on that thing" and we'll get one to you. Canadians? paypal $16. The rest of you? $21. You don't like paypal? Shoot over an electronic mail.

This record is also available from Midheaven/Revolver, Fusetron, Parts Unknown, Florida's Dying, My Mind's Eye, Missing Link, and at the finer record shops in the nation and the world.

Astute listeners will note that, like My War, Shitman climbs a peak of psychosis on side b. Tracks like "Treblinka (Going Back)", "Blank Dream", "Are You Hungry", and "Timmy's Lament" will really appeal to all you sociopaths with turntables and paypal accounts.

Here's the tracklist ...

FACTORYMEN
"Shitman" LP
RR//TT#23

side one

SHOWING THE MOVIE
CHOOSING A CAMPSITE
TOMMY TELEPHONE
EDGE OF THE BATHROOM
BARK LIKE DOG
KISSING THE RAPIST
ALLEYMEN

side two

TREBLINKA (GOING BACK)
BLANK DREAM
ANSWER THE DOOR
SINKMAN
ARE YOU HUNGRY
NEXUS OF THE CRISIS
TIMMY'S LAMENT

The Man Who Got Away

TV's DAVID PUTTY is....

THE WOMAN CHASER

BLUES CONTROL record release event in NYC, USA

ATTN: all readers condemned to the Mid-Atlantic region.

This coming Saturday evening, BLUES CONTROL is hosting some sort of party at an art gallery in Brooklyn, NY in honor of their recent, stellar album titled "Local Flavor". You all are encouraged to attend despite the poor choice of venue and locale. You'll get to see BC (possibly joined by KV and Jesse Turbo) and others (including some kind of six-string street performer...) play some music and you'll get to look at an entire room of paintings which were painted by a painter named Octavius Neveaux and inspired by the band. The band BLUES CONTROL. Evidently the guy would listen to one BC tune all day long and paint the day away, filling up a canvas with something that may or may not refer to his soundtrack for that day.

So it's at a place called the Cinders Gallery at 103 Havemeyer St and it starts at 7 and ends at 11. See ya there..

There's likely more detailed information provided here.

2 web-based videos of questionable quality and merit..

Excellent subjects though. Here's something to watch about CLOCKCLEAN ER and then something about BLUES CONTROL.. Keep an eye peeled for Andy Giles in the Cleaner vid. No unexpected guests in the BC segment..

"Shitman"

FACTORYMEN
“Shitman” LP
RR//TT#23

“Shitman” is the new record from Cleveland’s FACTORYMEN. It’s a thirteen track, double-sided vinyl album that will be wildly praised by some and categorically dismissed by others. You probably already know where you stand.

JAYSON WERTH WALK OFF 3 RUN HR IN THE 13TH !!!!

EXCITEMENT IN A PHOTO !!! 10 STRAIGHT !! GO PHILS !!!!

A Taste of BOB BOILEAU

I'll tell ya what. There's a lot of unsung heroes in this business. We're talking about SHOW BUSINESS. Behind each KURT VILE track is an equally gifted recording engineer. Behind each HOMOSTUPIDS release -- a similarly tasteless entertainment manager. The FNU RONNIES? They're likely fueled by a thankless provider of illegal stimulants. So CLOCKCLEAN ER... those guys were blessed to have in their camp a true professional. He's an accomplished model and actor with parts in television programs and full-length feature films. Of course, we're talking about ROBERT BOILEAU. He's appeared in truTV's Forensic Files, M. Night Shamalan's "The Happening", and pictured in the gatefold to CLOCKCLEAN ER's "Babylon Rules".

Take a look at some his work right here on YouTube, an internet-based video sharing network. And this is just a taste. Look for him later this year opposite Reese Witherspoon in a film with noted Professional Sports Fan Jack Nicholson..

Here he is in THE HAPPENING.. skip ahead to 3:45 and peak to Mark Wahlberg's left. (MARKS'S LEFT!! NOT YOURS!!)



And here's Bob in a pilot-commercial for the Subway Hoagie Chain. It was rejected. He is only featured in the beginning and the end. The middle is pretty stupid.

The 2009 Philadelphia Philles All-Stars: A Photo Essay

They say things are going to get a whole lot better, all I know is THEY FUCKING BETTER.

Happy Birthday U.S.A.

Let freedom ring. Please celebrate responsibly, people. And remember that fireworks are stupid.

KV on the Big Stage !!!!!

A Flier for a Live Music Event

LIVE MUSIC IN PHILA

TUESDAY JUNE 30
@ The Marvelous Music
40th Street btwn Locust & Walnut

BIRDS OF MAYA
PUFFY AREOLAS
WATERY LOVE

8pm
BYO
$5