Okay then, Minneapolis. That beer is called Surly Darkness and it’s made about three miles from the club we just played. Had a great show too.
Wisconsin……cheeses christ!
The cheese store is called Fromagination and wow is it spectacular. I’m having a bowl of red pepper/tomato soup into which I have had them grate some St Pauline capri.
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Okay then. Looks like we got a battle of wits. Both of these debut novels sport the word “witty” in their front cover reviews.
My flight is five hours.
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The North American tour starts on Thursday in Minneapolis. Dates and ticket info HERE. See you on the road.
GOTHMAN
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(2009) A nifty but noticeably unsatisfying jewish movie for jewish people about jewishness and jewish things on top of which they had a hard time thinking up an ending again. |
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(1996) Dude, I totally cried n shit. |
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(2010) At first it seems like a very astute movie about the true nature of relationships, but on a deeper level it’s about how great Tony Blair was and how Bill Clinton was a real shitbag. |
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Music Lovers-
I have a couple DJ gigs before we head out on the first leg of our US tour that I would love to see your smiling faces and groovin’
behinds at:
This Friday at Jinx (I’m here every Friday that I’m not on tour) 232 NW 12th Ave from 4-8pm (happy hour).
This Monday at Vault (same deal) 266 NW 12th Ave from 9pm-1am.
I also DJ at Jade Lounge one Tuesday a month, 23rd and SE Ankeny.
Cheers,
Zia (DJ Rescue)
Regarding “Jude the Obscure”:
Fuck this guy.
Fuck this book.
Gross. Cheap tales of misery. And death and poverty despair, etc. Like when they get kicked out of their last little hovel and they find the two babies and the little boy hanging in the closet from cords around their necks with a note that says “becuz we are too menny”. Oh good one, buddy that deserves a sideways smiley face 🙂
This entire work seems bent on making one point, which is that marriage is a bad idea. That’s it. What an horrible man to drag readers through all that crap just to make such a point. And ya know what’s worse? I still don’t believe him. Wtf?!
Anyhoo, the guy is an amazing writer so I’m gonna do a little research and see if The Madding Crowd is his only non-tragedy. Jezuz I feel like I’ve been through the wars.
Oh and btw, I read “Tess” only up until she gets raped by the wealthy shitbag dude.
Right, good ol’ Tom Hardy. Jerk.
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Alright, I’m having a fucked up relationship with ol’ Tom Hardy now. He’s a sado-masochist. I think I hate him……or rather am disappointed and a little grossed out by how he chose to spend his genius. He seems to have totally derailed to total bitterness at some point.
I have tried to start three more of his bigboys and all of them are simply tragedies wherein good and wonderful people are slowly tricked and trapped into small and mean peoples awful little worlds. It is a slow and painful demise based mostly on our vain desires for other people and how its always the wrong people that we desire most. We die dirty cold wet and starving and sad and lonely.
Gross.
Damn, I can’t put myself through that right now in my life but I just love reading this guy’s sentences. They’re just amazing. And I love going into this guys world and being there for hours.
Dammit.
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Well here is the video for THIS IS THE TIDE. Click thru to Spinner for what Fathead has to say about it. Click thru anyway, hosting these videos ain’t cheap, and Spinner’s doing us a solid.
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By the way, this is what Tess of the D’Urbervilles supposedly looks like. Compelling is an understatement. I’m reading it NOW.
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Far From the Madding Crowd has got me. I have about 100 pages left and it’s really just amazing.
I don’t even like this story but Hardy is such a phenominal writer of sentences. Jesus can the guy make ’em. Sentences. His are my favorites.
The atmosphere is intoxicating, too. Complete and intoxicating. When I think about this book during the day it makes me want to stop whatever I’m doing and read more. I don’t know what I’m gonna do when I’m done. Read “Tess” I spose.
If you bother to read this just be forewarned that it starts slow. Really slow.
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| Date | City | Venue | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tour: 2024-12 30th Anniversary | |||
| 12/02/24 | Los Angeles, CA | Moroccan Lounge | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 901 1st St. with guests Tremours Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/03/24 | Los Angeles, CA | Moroccan Lounge | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 901 1st St. with Bysts Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/04/24 | Los Angeles, CA | Moroccan Lounge | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 901 1st St. with Escape Artist Lovers Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/06/24 | San Francisco, CA | Bimbo’s 365 | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 1025 Columbus. with Pink Breath Of Heaven Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/07/24 | San Francisco, CA | Bimbo’s 365 | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 1025 Columbus. with Secret Smiles Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/11/24 | Portland, OR | Mission Theater | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 1624 NW Glisan. Venue phone: 503-223-4527. ** Little Cloud Records Showcase with LSD & The Search For God, Sun Atoms, and Tremours ** Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/12/24 | Portland, OR | Crystal Ballroom | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 1332 W. Burnside. Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/13/24 | Portland, OR | The Odditorium | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. ** Odditorium Fan Party Event – No Band Performance ** Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/14/24 | Tacoma, WA | Spanish Ballroom | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 565 Broadway. Buy Tickets | |||
| 12/15/24 | Tacoma, WA | Spanish Ballroom | US |
| Time: 11:00am. Address: 565 Broadway. ** Special Fan Brunch – No Band Performance** Buy Tickets | |||
