YOOOO! Had to bust these out before I leave the barren hellscapes of the Tucson summer for a couple months. I'm currently in Johannesburg, South Africa installing a lathe. I get home and 36 hours later I leave for France to Tour Manage The Websites for two weeks and to pay a service call on Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk to help him reinstall the lathe he bought from me a few years ago oin his new studio. Also meeting up with the curator of a traveling European art exhibit about strange vinyl record formats, in which I will have 12-13 pieces featured. Then I'll be flying to Olympia to see Swamp Dogg play at Markly Morrison's (Low Profile Podcast and Lazer Zeppelin / Lake / Skrill Meadow) Scherler Sundays Concert Series and then down to Mexico City to visit a lathe colleague and potentially interview for my first day job in 13 years. After that, I'll go to the 60th Anniversary celebration of the Grateful Dead in Golden Gate Park in early August. If any of you will be there, hmu and let's hang.
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1. Geckos - Dance of the Gecko / El Tecno pressed 7"
2. Tripping Daisy - Ham I Am (Lost demo 7"!)
3. The Websites - Rock N Rolled LP
Upcoming releases: Jason Lytle: Songs to Accompany the Art of Ron Cameron LP, Geckos - ST LP, Floating Action - Hand Carved Garden Tool LP, and a bunch of other stuff!
1. Geckos - Dance of the Gecko / El Tecno Pressed 7"
This is a pressed 7" that our buddies at Vacilando '68 records made for the recent M Ward, Howe Gelb, and McKowski combo tour a couple weeks ago. It's a co-release between PIAPTK, Vacilando 68 and Org Music. Beautifully packaged including a printed inner sleeve.
Because pressed 7"s are so expensive to make we are selling them at breakeven cost after free artist copies.
If we sell out, try www.ORGMUSIC.com (and check out their unbelieveable catalog), and if you are in Europe, go to https://vacilando68.bandcamp.com/
2. Tripping Daisy - HAM I AM 7" (Lost demo)
Growing up in North Central Texas, Tripping Daisy loomed large in the mid-90s for me. One of the major label signees during the post-Grunge feeding frenzy that popped up when it was decided that "Dallas might be the "Next Seattle"" and all sorts of great bands from Dallas; Toadies, Brutal Juice, Bobgoblin, Baboon and the mighty Tripping Daisy all got deals. And both the Toadies and Tripping Daisy all scored big MTV hits. Tripping Daisy released two more amazing albums on their own "Good Records" before breaking up due to the death of their guitarist Wes Berggen. But I saw them many many times during college and after and became fairly good acquaintances with their drummer Ben Curtis, who went off to start Secret Machines and School of Seven Bells. And Tim and Mark from Tripping Daisy started The Polyphonic Spree along with a bunch of friends of mine from [DARYL] and every other band in Denton/Dallas.
This summer Tripping Daisy is BACK and touring the whole East Coast (Dates are here: https://www.trippingdaisy.com/pages/tour) and I have the privilege of releasing a Tour single of a previously unreleased home studio demo called HAM I AM.
Limited to 325 Copies on one sided white square vinyl lathe cut with transparency inserts.
3. The Websites - Rock n Rolled LP
The Websites are a Tucson Duo that play Devo-esque Dorky Dadrock Songs about early Internet things. They both play/ed in a pretty wide cross section of classic Tucson bands like Electroshockbox, Lenguas Largas, Whispering Wires, Gem Show, Quiet Please, etc etc.
I will be tour managing their upcoming French tour playing shows in Nantes, Il De Rey, Bordeaux, etc in Mid-June.
Limited edition of 100 Pressed LPs.
PATREON FREEBIE VERSION (Exclusively for Patreon Subscribers) includes a bonus 7" with the songs Password and Phishin' in Vintage 8" floppy discs. See your Patreon DMs for access code.