NEW LOW BUDGETS ALBUM OUT NOW!
Chunksaah Records have just released the new album by The Low Budgets.
Titled ‘Leave Us A Loan‘, the album boasts 15 newly recorded Low Budgets originals. For a limited time you can hear the entire album for free. It is being streamed by PunkNews.org. Check it out!
An Autumn tour is planned. Check the website for the up-to-date tour schedule as it develops.
Long time no post eh? Here’s what I have:
There was a bizarre Milkmen mention over on Pitchfork the other day. I’ll let you decide how to take it. Who is going to play me?
I’ve updated the link to the T-Shirts to go straight on over to the good folks at Impact Merchandising. They’ve got the shirts, buttons and stickers for you all. There are even XXL sizes on some designs - so take a look.
Rodney is still over at RATYHTL. Be sure to check out his latest Aid or Invade column for the Philadelphia City Paper.
I’ve closed the sign-ups on the Free For All message board for now. I can’t seem to find a way to prevent spam and it was getting too hard to keep up with the flow. Sorry - it’s a closed sandbox for now.
Joe has some shows coming up with Ukebox. Please get out and see him this summer:
Thursday, May 24 @ Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA *21+ * 9 PM * $8 - With Adam & Dave’s Bloodline
Tuesday, June 19 @ Grape Street Pub, 4100 Main Street, Philadelphia PA * 21+ * $5
Thursday, June 21 @ Mojo 13, 1706 Philadelphia Pike, Wilmington DE * 21+
Friday, June 22 @ Mr. Roboto Project, 722 Wood St., Wilkinsburg, PA 15221 * All Ages * 7 PM * $6 - with Ukebox, The Weird Paul Rock Band
Saturday, June 23 @ The Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Ave, Cleveland OH * All Ages * 9:30 PM
Sunday, June 24 @ Humility Gallery, 564 W. 18th Street, Chicago IL * All Ages * 6 PM * $5 - with Ukebox, Catburglars, and one more
Monday, June 25 @ LEMP Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Ave, St. Louis MO * All Ages * 8 PM * $5 - with Ukebox
Tuesday, June 26 @ Bowling Green KY * All Ages - with Ukebox
Wednesday, June 27 @ Anthony’s House, Lexington KY * All Ages - with Ukebox
Thursday, June 28 @ TBA, Murfreesboro TN * All Ages - with Ukebox
Friday, June 29 @ TBA, Chattanooga TN * All Ages - with Ukebox
Saturday, June 30 @ TBA - with Ukebox
Sunday, July 1 @ TBA - with Ukebox
Monday, July 2 @ TBA, Asheville NC * All Ages - with Ukebox
Tuesday, July 3 @ TBA - with Ukebox
Wednesday, July 4 @ TBA, Winchester VA * All Ages - with Ukebox
Thursday, July 5 @ TBA, Philadelphia PA * All Ages - with Ukebox
Friday, July 6 @ The Forts, Brooklyn NY * All Ages - with Ukebox
Joe tells me that The Low Budgets have recorded and delivered their next CD to the label and it will come out in August. Touring in the fall. Until then - here are a couple shows:
05/27 Philadelphia PA @ Pi Lam with CRIMSON GHOST
06/02 Warminster PA @ The Red Stallion (21+) with TROUBLE EVERYDAY
(Photo of Joe by Seven)
Hey folks, the Narthex “Twin Cities” CD is finally available now on CD Baby (and on iTunes soon). Twin Cities is a recording by the duo I was in from 1980 to 1983 has been released on CD by Skip Heller’s Skyeways label.
Recorded live to 8 track - no overdubs - on our only trip inside a studio in 1982. Transfered to digital in 2006 and remixed and mastered. It still kicks ass if I do say so myself. Check out the song samples on CD Baby or MySpace and decide for yourself. So, what are you waiting for?
Visit CD Baby and buy the Narthex CD.
Visit the official Narthex website.
Visit the Narthex MySpace page and make us your friend…
Thanks for your support.
In other news…
Joe has a bunch of shows in December (most with Ukebox):
December 1 @ A Quiet Storm, 5430 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh PA * $5 * 9 PM
December 2 @ The Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland OH * $5 * 9 PM
December 3 @ The Wildcat Infoshop, 832 Porter Place, Lexington KY * All Ages * No Booze * $5 * 5 PM
December 5 @ Sonny’s Place, 501 Cherokee Blvd., Chattanooga TN
December 6 @ Springwater Supper Club, 115 27th Ave N, Nashville TN
December 7 @ Grand Palace, 128 1/2 N. Church St., Murfreesboro TN * 18+ * $5 * 8 PM
December 8 @ Black Owl Trading Co., 1207 N. Wood Ave, Florence AL
December 9 in Mobile AL
December 10 @ Sluggo’s, 2403 W. Cervantes St., Pensacola FL
December 11 @ Peter Street, 835 South Peter St., Athens GA
December 12 @ The Hideaway, 235 East Main Street, Johnson City TN
December 13 @ Greystone Tavern, 1106 Kesler Mill Rd., Salem VA
December 14 @ The Fortress of Solid Dudes, 9 N. Blvd., Richmond VA
December 15 @ The Be Happy House, 4078 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia PA
January 26, 2007 @ Capitol Arts Theater, 416 E. Main Street, Bowling Green KY * All Ages
Rodney is still over at RATYHTL. Be sure to check out his latest Aid or Invade column for the Philadelphia City Paper.
And don’t forget, there is a little link over there on the left to the Milkmen Shop! selling DM items through Amazon. Makes it easy to complete your holiday shopping!
Long time no post eh? Here are a few items to click:
Joe has some solo shows coming up opening for Pleaseeasaur:
Thursday, November 2 @ Great Scott, Boston, MA
Friday, November 3 @ Geno’s Rock Club, Portland ME * and Dilly Dilly
Saturday, November 4 @ Brighton Bar, Long Branch NJ
Sunday, November 5 @ Reg Studio Theater, Jameston NY
Tuesday, November 7 @ Cafe Metropolis, Wilkes-Barre PA
Friday, November 10 @ The Knitting Factory, New York NY
Sunday, November 12 @ Talking Head, Baltimore MD
Monday, November 13 @ The Black Cat, Washington DC
Joe has also released an Internet single of two demos for the upcoming Cheesies release. (Here’s an older collection: Pull the Brie)
There is a little link over there on the left to the Milkmen Shop! selling DM items through Amazon. Makes it easy to complete your collection now!
Rodney is as always over at RATYHTL. Be sure to check out his Aid or Invade columns for the Philadelphia City Paper.
Me? Still waiting for the Twin Cities Narthex CD to be released…very soon now! (I hope!)
A new site called The Dead Milkmen Archives is now online. This is a site devoted to showcasing ephemera, bric-a-brac, and just plain old junk associated with the band.
The site contributors hope to post photos of objects and items pulled out of storage boxes in basements, band photos and tour documents, set lists, merchandise and video props etc.
Site readers will have the opportunity to post comments and compare notes.
Sit back and enjoy the crap.
Mike Ace has launched OOKULAR, a photo gallery of his photographs from both past and present. A wing of the new site is devoted to images from Mike and my past musical projects. To quote Mike:
A collection of photos and artifacts covering our early, semi-clueless, punk/post-punk combo years from the late 70s to early 80s. Narthex, Zero and other bands we passed through pass through here. Unfortunately, there are not nearly enough live action shots and far too many silly ‘press photo’ poses, but these are the documents we wound up with. Hey, we were too busy playin’ to shoot the pics! Alternatively, there’s the full text version of the story, including a web album.
Visit The Combo Years. Because where else will you get to see photos of me eat sandwiches?
I am still amazed at the way these “Internets”, with just a few clicks of a mouse, can take you back in time.
While reading a recent entry on the Agony Shorthand blog, I was reminded of the band Thinking Fellers Union Local 282. I remembered we played an amazing show with them and the Sun City Girls way back when. Gee - what are they up to now? The TFUL282 site is filled with info including some old tour diaries. Hmmm, I wonder if there’s any mention of that awesome show we did with them? Sure enough Anne has a great description of that night’s events from 1992. I emailed the band’s contact address and got a nice note and permission from Anne herself to repost here:
11/15
Last night at Masquerade in Atlanta. Us and SCG opening for the Dead Milkmen.
Such a huge goddamn club. I got into a nasty state of mind due to the hurry up, dude! atmosphere, even while I was piling excellent free pasta and vegetables into my face. When I heard the soundman ask if SCG could play something with some melody I became even more full of disgust. I need to learn to not get so wound up and pushed around by the atmosphere. No one was being decisive or quick enough for me.
I flew, enraged, into the backstage and began to drink Budweiser and gulps of water and smoke cigs.
I hung in that room the whole time, unable to go check out the rest of the club–the other levels: Purgatory and Hell.
I stayed in Heaven though I felt it naught. Focusing my attention on Alan and Rick helped. Finally crept out, wandered out, curiosity getting me going, as SCG were taking the stage.
The room was packed. Fucking kids! 14,15,16,17 years old pressed up against the expanse of the stage. The reality of the possibilities of the situation nearly made my head explode.
I couldn’t even look anymore; I ran backstage again, grinning insanely and saying over and over these kids are going to have their minds blown! Then I ran back out and watched. I was so excited that my mind and spirit were several yards above my body as I thought: this is what WE face as well–a young, captive audience. Difficult, yet simple.
SCG almost immediately split the crowd into factions. Confusion, joy, bullish hatred, drunken bellows, flipping the bird; others cheering support. I knew I would completely get off on this. Preaching to the completely uninitiated. They are going to go home and mull this evening over. Talk and argue with their friends about it. How fine.
Alan became more and more certain of his control over the crowd, and the frontman for the Dead Milkmen and their manager were soon along side backstage, screaming their support. Alan threatening to kick anyone’s ass who had the guts to come on stage. He eats them for breakfast. Telling everyone how great it is that they paid for it and HE’S going to get some of their money!
This made the Dead Milkmen guy nearly rocket through the ceiling, jumping up and down, clapping and yelling Yes! Fuck, YES!
I knew that I had to wear my black dress, fishnets and boots for those kids. We all looked marvelous.
I felt scrutiny as soon as I walked onstage. So I worked up the nerve to actually look up and say ‘Hi!’ Such young faces; and so many of them responded.
I was kind of high and when we began ‘Hurricane’ I felt the unified front. I was saying “peace, love” and laughing towards a section of the audience. Like the Nirvana show: people as far back as you could see.
Oh boy. Rejuvenation through juveniles.
Thanks Anne! Anyone else out there remember this show?
Call for Mr. Fred Lettuce on the courtesy phone. Paging Mr. Fred Lettuce, please pick up the courtesy phone….
Not Richard, But Dick T-Shirts are now avalable!
A few odds-’n-ends to report.
Our old friend Seven posted a link to a new website that allows you to map where you and your friends are with a photo using google maps. It’s called Frappr! If you’re a DM Free for All member - post your photo now!
Joe has a show coming up 11/23/2005 with Eric Pederson @ The New Angle Lounge, 3901 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia PA. 21+
The Lowbudgets have some upcoming shows:
11/11 - FR - Yonkers, NY - Barney McNabbs, 8 PM, 18+
11/12 - SA - Manor, NY - Popeyes Pub, 9 PM, 18+
11/18 - FR - New York, NY - CBGB’s, 9 PM, 21+
12/04 - SU - Philadelphia, PA - The First Unitarian Church, 6 PM, All Ages
12/10 - SA - New York, NY - Knitting Factory, 9 PM, 21+
You can still keep tabs on Rodney at the RATYHTL website.
Me? I’ve recorded a drum track for Andrew Chalfen’s contribution to the upcoming Philly Plain Parade compilation project called SONGS FROM THE SIXTH BOROUGH. (Oh look! the Motherfucking Clash are covering “Take Me Apart”!). I also just completed the drum tracks for a new set of songs by longtime friend Mike Ace. Recorded at Hugh Hamilton’s “Office” studio, the finished tracks were sent to Mike for mixing. More details and links when both of these projects are completed.
UPDATE: The SONGS FROM THE SIXTH BOROUGH compilation is now available for download. You can also preview the tracks from an online stream.
I’ve added back links to the information on the “Now We Are 20” CD and the “Philadelphia In Love” DVD. Of course these and all our other CD’s are available on Amazon (DVD Available Here).