November 3, 2009
Our song Sounds Drifting On was just blogged on mp3 blog Said the Gramophone! Check it out! Here's their song description (spot-on sensical nonsense, as usual):
Manson Family Picnic - "Sounds Drifting On". He gives
her gifts: a funny best friend; a yearning companion; a box of chocolates,
handmade; a banjo with strings in silver, lead & gold; a bare tree, leaves
stuck back with tape; a pineapple; a hot-air balloon ride; a kiss in a bottle;
a photograph of a man saying, So?
-Jeff
September 4, 2009
Hey, we just finished a great tour a couple weeks ago! Maybe someday we'll post a blog about it here! In the meantime, here's a new review, from Knox Road.
-Jeff
May 12, 2009
Just came across these pictures from a protest we played at a year ago.
-Jeff
May 3, 2009
Check out this interview we (Aaron, specifically) did for Laughing Evergreens. Yeah baby! P.S. The sounds and noises I make at parties are only strange if your ears are not in tune with the underlying frequencies of the universe.
-Jeff
April 15, 2009
Another new review, from Song, by Toad!
-Jeff
April 2, 2009
Hey, check out some of the great press we've been getting lately!
Circle
Magazine
It
All Started With Carbon Monoxide
Laughing
Evergreens
Friendsandwieners
Baltimore City Paper
-Jeff
February 17, 2009
In Philly, we pulled our veggie oil-powered van into a perfect spot right across from one of the endless beautiful Victorian style houses in West Philly. Such a beautiful neighborhood, you'd never know you can get mugged pretty easily. At the house, called the Bernie Mac Memorial Museum (no joke here), it was a Valentine’s Day party for high school and college kids. Lovely bunch of stylishly dressed late teen-agers with a super warm response. There was wine and cheese. Everyone was dancing and so were we. There was a hardcore band after, which was perfect for getting some teenage aggression out. Yeah.
On Sunday we drove to Baltimore with directions from the Bernie Mac folks. An hour and half they said, but it took us three. Andrew pointed it out as an example of how if you keep going halfway to your destination, you never get there. We passed through Baltimore city limits and saw mile after mile of dark alleyways of abandoned, devastated urban sprawl. Just block after block of boarded up windows and haunted old brownstones. Chilling. And it just keeps going until you reach the downtown area, with Thai restaurants and Starbucks and people in brand new Abercrombie gear. Interesting contrast.
We arrived late at a tiny DIY gallery called the Charm City Art Space. Awesome place. There were about 8 people there. Tiger Hill, who opened for us, was a really good garagey, washy kind of band, really tight and with a lot of spirit. Check ‘em out if you get a chance. We played a really good set to an intimate audience. OK, cool.
Yesterday we left Baltimore's congested, devastated alleys and stopped in Randallstown, MD to pick up veggie oil for our van. Our gas station attendant lived in a house in one of those weird stamped out communities with identical houses for miles and yellow grass everywhere. He was actually a volunteer firefighter and electronics technician who had never done this before, but talked to us about a regional version of Burning Man and 10 micron filters. This is all feeling very inspiring. Then we rushed to make it 5 minutes before the end of a college radio show to play on the air at UVA in Charlottesville. Perfect timing and great sound in a little wooden room with us all huddled together and tuning up with a vengeance. After the show, we stole somebody's Cheez Nips and feasted.
Today we woke up in an old awesome house with Nikki McClure posters on the walls, off 7 1/2th St. in Charlottesville, VA. Some awesome artist kids let us stay here. Last night we played at the Bridge, a little DIY art gallery space, with Michael Wagner, cool rootsy folk blues all Triplets of Belleville style also from the BK, and Saint God’s Hospital, an all-out rock band from the town with a stellar name. Both acts were top-notch and the turnout was big and warm.
After the show we teamed up with some local skater kids and crossed under the bridge, over the freight train tracks and through a hole in a fence. I tried my luck wallriding on a slope under the bridge with little success. We followed a row of factory buildings to a bar with a live hip hop act that got the party movin’ and drank fireflies while looking at a larger-than-life painting of Mr. Miogi. I was pretty impressed with the whole experience. I think everyone was kind of enchanted by the stars we rarely see.
-Arthur
February 3, 2009
We're stoked. Everything's coming together incredibly quickly.
Yeah, we've got a record release in less than two weeks and we don't have the
record in our hands yet, and a tour starting in less than two weeks without
every date confirmed yet - but we did it all ourselves. I hear we've attracted
some label interest too. Let's keep it moving forward, people!
Also just had a great time playing on Tom Regan's cable show Be Yourself As Well As Art for talk show legend Joe Franklin. Look out for our episode, airing next Tuesday, February 10 at midnight (early Wednesday if you prefer). And here's a great picture of us with Joe!
Think this new website isn't bad either. I'm kinda proud of myself. Thanks to Drew of Drew and the Medicinal Pen for the website art!
With blogtasticness,
Jeff