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Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Mercury has finally gone direct and yes dear friends so have we… Direct to your inbox. At last the astrological debris have settled and we want to wish you all a Wonderful July 4th!

Also, for those planning to be on the westside of Los Angeles on the evening of the 4th, tilt yer view towards the Hillcrest Country Club where Chane will be helping set off a seriously insane fireworks display.

I know, I know, Irishmen and explosives may seem a little counter intuitive, dangerous even – but this is America dammit and if an independent DIY punk rock musician wants to help us celebrate our independence, I say, “Why the hell not!?!”

Now assuming the westside doesn’t fall off into the ocean, we’re looking forward to see you all again for our upcoming LIVE gig on Sat. July 26th @ The Five Star Bar in Downtown LA.

Hugs & Suds!

Rx,
Viv

Yep the rumors are true, in a classic case of the big guy stomping on the little guy our favorite Los Angeles diner was given a months notice after 44 years of serving up the best breakfast on the Westside. Is there anything to be done?
Well, there’s a town hall meeting with representatives of the new the owners at the Mar Vista Park Rec Center (11430 Woodbine St. LA, 90066) on Tue June 10th @ 7pm. Rumor also has it that Tom Hanks will be attendance… Who says Hollywood doesn’t have a conscience?

Time to make some noise people!!

Read the Argonaut News article on the issue – Bonus quote from Chane…

Sign the Petition to Save Pepy’s!

Learn more on the SAVE PEPY’s Facebook Page

Check out the cool interview with Chane by Michael Aushenker for the Los Angeles weekly
newspaper The Argonaut. It’s life, death & the meaning of noise – READ IT HERE!

Rx, SM

Check out the awesome tweet we got on Twitter from The Rotting Zombie!

#WINNING

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Alcoholism and the Afterlife (a true story)

When confronted with experiences that are weird or supernatural most of us chose to pass them off as amusing tales to be shared in social gatherings but rarely worthy of serious examination. Such was the case with our resident “guitar abuser” Chane when recounting an incident from his drinking days in NYC.

“I stopped into one of my regular watering holes and the barman told me I’d been completely messed up the night before. Now I knew I had a few but didn’t think I was that bad. However his version of events had me buying drinks for and talking to someone on the empty barstool beside me!

‘Well why did you keep serving me I asked’?? ‘You kept tipping me’ he said ‘so I didn’t want to break up the conversation’!! Yeah he was an Irish bartender.”

 Needless to say the story generated a few laughs but was soon forgotten about until last year when Vivian and Chane watched a show on one of the sci-fi channels detailing haunted locations in NYC.  Suddenly there it was, the bar, the spooky stories associated with it and the jogged memory of arguing with a Welshman about poetry…  or now as it turns out, the ghost of Dylan Thomas!!

Naturally pen was put to paper while vintage amps, pianos and guitars were gathered in a room. The result, an atmospheric punk noir jam (or as the mastering engineer commented, a “gothic bossa nova” called -
Speaking with the Dead A.K.A “You Tell Me”

This track is available here as a FREE download from now till Nov 1st, it’s official release date on iTunes.

Surgeon Marta will also be making two live appearances. The first on college radio KXLU, performing ghost stories and assorted tales of terror with special guest voice talent @ midnight on Wed 30th Oct (the eve of the eve itself). The second on Fri Nov 1st, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, in a full decibel hallucinogenic Peckinpah-esque freak out @ Trip, Santa Monica.

Rx,
SM

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UPDATE

Check out the cool review we got on The Novel Sound!

According some transmundanes, Friday the 13th’s are considered to be one of the few days ArchDemons are let loose from hell to roam around our dimension seeking out hosts for possession.  If a Friday the 13th also happens to fall on a full or close to full moon, then the joy riding demons preferably seek out individuals who suffer from lycanthropy, a.k.a werewolfism.

You can see how this might put a damper on a werewolf’s night… All of a sudden instead of worrying about accidentally eating your neighbors dog, you leave your neighbors life-less copse with its limbs ripped off in the ruins of their 3-2 with detached garage, his virginal daughter a little worse for wear and a throbbing headache in the morning that may or may not be your angry condo association members, pounding on your front door, torches ablaze and rifles loaded with silver bullets.

Therefore, even though today’s moon phase is only in its First Quarter, we strongly recommend that any werewolf stay indoors tonight.  The good news is that unlike last year series of F13’s, this year we only have 2.  T.G.I.F 

Rx, SM

We made Bloody Disgusting’s TWISTED Video of the WEEK!

Sure we encountered character-building obstacles along the way but we’ve found that the simultaneous ignition of gasoline and lighter fluid can bring joy and delight to pretty much any situation. However it must be said that if the going gets really tough it probably means you’re using a Nikon instead of a Canon.

So without further ado, here’s a BIG THANKS to all the lunatics who helped make this happen!

Enjoy…

Do You Say Your Prayers At Night?

Rx,
           SM

A BIG Thank You & a Hell Yeah to everybody that came out to celebrate the Night of the Wolf Moon…
It was weird, wonderful and a Howling success!

Couldn’t have done it without the Swedish metal massage of Magnuson,
the voodoo magic of The Slow Poisoner, the acoustic punk blues of The Bad Bad Things,
the indie-pop groves of The Cocanuts, the untiring support of Santa Monica’s
premier live music venue Club TRiP and all of YOU loyal music fanatics!

Aaaaaaaoooogh!!!

Rx,
SM