WATERY LOVE rescheduled for Wednesday

Hey, the Hurricane blew through and was underwhelming and the bar preemptively cancelled yesterday's scheduled WATERY LOVE gig. No skin off WL's ass, but lots & lots of people were disappointed. They didn't have shit to do on a beautiful Sunday evening. To make it up to their fans, the band has accepted an invitation to appear with Kitchen's Floor on Wednesday night at a place called Little Bar at 8th & Fitzwater.

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DISAPPOINTING NEWS --- STAY HOME SUNDAY

Hey, some disappointing news: Sunday's gig is cancelled. Instead, you should all plan to have a blast running around in the rain & wind. WEDNESDAY NIGHT, go to see Kitchen's Floor at a place called Little Bar at 8th & Fitzwater in Philadelphia.

WEEKEND GIG IN PHILADELPHIA

WATERY LOVE

KITCHEN'S FLOOR

SLOW TONGUED BEAUTY

5pm, sharp

$5, cheap

@ The El Bar

in Philadelphia

KIDS CORNER

Everyone is looking forward to the start of the National Football League season. Everyone. Perhaps no fans are more excited than those of the Philadelphia Eagles. One young fan even took it upon himself to pen this adorable drawing and send it to this web presence. It was made by a creative young fellow. He's a toddler and his name is John Sharkey IV.

Home Blitz 2011

HOME BLITZ performed a typically rousing set in Allentown, Pennsylvania the other night. Highlights of the evening include cheap beers & shots, menacing patrons at the bar, a video poker machine, and a spirited delivery of City Kids. (or City Kids, if you prefer.)

Lowlights include an impenetrable plume of cigarette smoke, a little league game rather than a Phillies game on television, and a microphone on each instrument at the expense of the vocals.

FACTORYMEN -- Yellow Eyes & The Sound of Vomit

FACTORYMEN
Yellow Eyes & The Sound of Vomit
Vinyl 12” EP + 25 track mp3 download
RR//TT#30

More Mensa material from the Rust Belt. FACTORYMEN is a sociopathic, meticulously crafted studio project that centers around Steve Peffer (Homostupids, Folded Shirt, Pleasure Leftists, etc.). It involves the targeted misuse of Rock & even Dance Music instruments and it’s certain to test the patience of your roommate, lover, or father. Yellow Eyes & The Sound of Vomit is an obtuse, off-putting, though catchy mini-album. These are the types of tunes that will roll around in your empty head and you’ll recall them, with horror, as you wait for the bus or write a check for rent or when you beg for forgiveness from your boss after your latest fuck-up. This record is the soundtrack to unpleasantness.

305 copies. Covers silk-screened by Neil Burke at Monoroid.

Includes mp3 download for Yellow Eyes... + Shitman + the debut FACTORYMEN 45 on My Mind’s Eye Records.

$16ppd to US

$18ppd to Canada/Mexico

$24ppd to the World

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S E C by FACTORYMEN by TestosterTunes

Wallow And Swallow by FACTORYMEN by TestosterTunes

Live Dates

We're all chasing something. Women? Dollars? Fame? Glory? A dream? All worthy quarry, but failure has the appetite of a defensive lineman and the hopeful are its buffet. This world is littered with sad sacks burdened with disappointment.
Well, here's something to chase. Something that you ought to be able to hunt down and wrap up in your arms for an evening. The only obstacle to success is geography, transportation, and some cash.
So go out and catch Richie Records // TestosterTunes acts and try to have a nice time and enjoy yourself.

PURLING HISS
Aug 11 @ Golden West Cafe in Baltimore
Aug 20 @ Johnny Brendas in Philadelphia
US Tour in Oct/Nov

HOME BLITZ
Aug 12 @ The Sportsman’s Cafe in Allentown, PA

BLUES CONTROL
Aug 5 @ Shea Stadium in Brooklyn
Aug 27 @ Union Pool in Brooklyn

MEGAJAM BOOZE BAND

Aug 3 @ The Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia

TACO LEG

July 22 @ Maylands in Perth, Australia

WATERY LOVE

Aug 28 @ The El Bar in Philadelphia

Who are you with? Where have you been?

Everybody stop talkin' now. Attention.

A photo and a Superstore

That's a photograph of Watery Love in the recording studio. Expect more news on that project as it develops.

And please be a doll and click on over to the Richie Records // TestosterTunes Superstore at RRTT-Superstore.blogspot.com.

It's your one-stop shop for RR//TT releases. Vinyl-only, Shipped to the US only for now.

And do you want to know what's coming out next? It'll be Yellow Eyes & the Sound of Vomit by FACTORYMEN.

A Piano

Hey look, it's a piano. It's got 88 keys and they keep it in the green room on Television's the Jimmy Fallon Show. Just try to imagine all the drug-addicted fingers that have tapped on those ivories.

World War III by HOME BLITZ

Check out this sinister floating feline and the fantastic, measured guitar solo at about 1:45.

JUNE 14 in Phila: BIRDS OF MAYA, MILK MUSIC, & HOME BLITZ

BIRDS OF MAYA

MILK MUSIC

HOME BLITZ

TUESDAY JUNE 14

@ KFN in Philadelphia

Attendance is mandatory at this event. Throbbing wild punk/psych burners BIRDS OF MAYA will be making their ONLY live appearance of the summer. Like a lungful of smoke, the dudes will dissipate across the earth to spread joy. Bassist Jason "Spacin'" Chillinger will be relocating to the Delaware Beach to lead a seminar in advanced grilling techniques. Drummer Ben L. has accepted an internship as an understudy for the Phillie Phanatic. Guitarist M. Polizze is directing his full energy toward his other band: DIZZY SUN AND RAINBOWS. They're a full-on Band of Gypsies tribute act and they'll be playing the main dining hall on select Royal Caribbean Cruise Vacations.

Also on the bill, Olympia's loud guitar act MILK MUSIC make their Philadelphia debut. And Princeton's HOME BLITZ make a rare trip down I-95 to play classics and to unveil some new tunes.

June 2011's available titles, the definitive list

Here's a current list of available music from Richie Records // TestosterTunes. Some titles are in dwindling supplies, some just may kick around for a while longer.

Please use paypal, live in the United States, and type the name of the record(s) you would like.

Send funds to TestosterTunes at Gmail

If you live outside the US or if you're looking for wholesale rates, send an email please.

RICHIE RECORDS // TESTOSTERTUNES

available titles June 2011

VIOLENT STUDENTS "Party Addiction" LP $15

PURLING HISS "Hissteria" LP $15

BIRDS OF MAYA "Ready to Howl" 2xLP $21

HOME BLITZ "Out of Phase" LP $15

FACTORYMEN "Shitman" LP $13

KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS "The Hunchback EP" 12" $13

BIRDS OF MAYA w/ HARMONICA DAN "Regulation" 7" single $6

CLOCKCLEANER "Frogrammer" b/w "Early Man" 7" single $6

SOLD OUT, DO NOT ORDER:

BRAINWASHED YOUTH "The Trilogy"

WATERY LOVE "Debut 45"

FNU RONNIES "Meat"

KURT VILE & someone called ROKA

Hey have a look at this hip-wiggler as she paces around the apartment and listens to 'On Tour' by Kurt Vile.

Anonymous, on May 9, 2011 wrote:
WATERY LOVE JUST SOUND LIKE A SHITTY VERSION OF THE LAMPS. CLOCKCLEANER WAS GOOD THOUGH.

A Message

Lost & Found... OOP by HOME BLITZ

Cracked open an unmarked box and look what I found... a stack of Out of Phase by HOME BLITZ. Long suspected to be out of print, this thing was meant for wax, and the esteemed Bob Weston at the Chicago Mastering Service could not have done a finer job cutting the grooves. It's a known contemporary classic and it can be yours (provided you live in the USA) for $15 postpaid to TestosterTunes over at gmail.

We're Back

Hello again readers. I should apologize for the absence. They say that a spurned lover can only be pushed away so many times before she's had enough. Well I hope that we haven't reached the limit yet, baby. Let me tug at your heartstrings a little while longer.

So what's the story? What do I have to report? Not much.

By now, everybody knows that the WATERY LOVE matinee was an unparalleled success. Dozens of good-time guys and girls showed up for the afternoon of a lifetime filled with beer, loud guitars, and sunshine. Speaking of WL, click over here to listen to and download the tracks from the out of print Debut 45. Thanks to Jason Sigal at the WFMU's Free Music Archive for that.

Most of us have seen PURLING HISS perform a number of times, and those unkempt bags o' bones are picking up steam with each billing. If you knock back a few pints and squint your eyes, you'd swear that the rhythm section is named Scott and Ron. And Dizzy? Everyone agrees that he's the voice of a generation that howls at the moon and talks with its fingers.

Good buddy and friend to the label DJ Sully has retaken the FM dial on Thursday mornings. He's promised slightly more conventional playlists with the same insightful commentary and guest voices. The program is called The Naked Gun and you can learn more over here.

And now let's get down to it. Let's find out what 2011 has in store, what better food you're going to eat, and what you're going to buy that you can't already afford. The Future...

This year will bring tunes from FACTORYMEN, SPACIN', BLUES CONTROL & other select artists.

PARTY ADDICTION is proving to be a hell of an album. It's finding it's way to the top of the charts and we can all agree that it bridges the gap between Kraut and krautrock.

You might as well know that we've joined the social networking site called Twitter. Take a peak at twitter.com/testostertunes if you'd like to keep in touch. No musings on current events or limp stabs at humor, simply relevant information and life lessons.

And in the way of live music? Tuesday June 14th, BIRDS OF MAYA, MILK MUSIC, & HOME BLITZ @ Kong Fu Necktie in Philadelphia.

Just Some Photos