We’ll keep leaking stuff here, if you keep helpin us make this album!
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mother-falcon-s-new-album/x/2117582?c=home
This guy Thor is a guest on our new album, You Knew, out May 7th.
How to Tour in a Band or Whatever
by Thor Harris1-Don’t Complain. Bitching, moaning, whining is tour cancer. If something is wrong fix it or shut the fuck up you fucking dick. goddamn.
2-If you fart, claim it.
3-Don’t Lose shit. Everybody loses shit. Don’t fucking do it. Asshole.
4-Don’t fuck anyone in the band. There are tons of people to fuck who are not in this band. Dumbass.
5-If you feel like shit all the time, drink less beer at the gig. You will play better & feel better. What are you… a child? Some have the endurance for self abuse. Most don’t.
6-Remember the soundman’s name. He will do a better job.
7- Eat oranges. Cures constipation & prevents colds.
8-Masturbate. Duh… Where & when? Be creative. You’re an artist right?
9-If YOU can’t carry your suitcase 3 blocks, it’s too goddamn big.
10-Respect public space in the van. Don’t clutter, you Fuck.
11-If you borrow something, return it. Not Fucked Up.
12-Do not let the promoter dick you or talk you out of the guarantee. If there were not enuf people there, it’s their fault.
13- Driver picks the music.
14-One navigator only (usually sitting shotgun). Everyone else shut the fuck up.
15-Soundcheck is for checking sounds. Shut the fuck up while everyone else is checking.
16-Don’t wander off. Let someone know where you are.
17-Clean up after yourself. What are you… a goddamn toddler?
18-Touring makes everyone bi-polar. Ride the waves as best you can and remember, moods pass. So don’t make any snap decisions or declarations when you are drunk or insane.
19-Fast food is Poison.
20-The guestlist is for friends, family & people you might want to fuck. Everyone else can pay. They have day jobs.
21- Don’t evaluate your whole life while you’re sitting in a janitor closet waiting to go on. You think you’re above having shitty days at work? Shut up & do your goddamn job.
This list was written under the influence of lots of esspresso & anti-depressants while on tour w/ such greats as Shearwater, Swans, Smog, Lisa Germano, Angels of Light, Bill Callahan & many more. I hope this list will help you get along w/ your co-workers whatever your job is. Contributions to the list by Jordan Geiger, Kimberly Burke, Brian Orloff, Brian Phillips Celebrity Gang Bang, Kevin Schneider, Jonathan Meiburg, Michael Gira and some other folks.
Thanks for not being an asshole, Thor Harris
(via ambivalentaltruism)
The Apple Miner Colony
A handful of MFers and friends used to play with this band. Their two albums had been mostly put to bed, only to be rediscovered today by The Guardian.
Dirty Summer Sheet Music Available Now.
simplykalamari asked: I have to say, thank you so much for releasing the sheet music to Dirty Summer. Ever since I had discovered you guys, I had waited for sheet music to be released. Since the beginning of this year, I have been talking to my director back at school, and we would listen to your music together. Discovering you guys had Dirty Summer sheet music, without hesitation, we downloaded it. He now wants us to play it for our ensemble next year. (: This is like a dream come true. Thanks so much.
Thanks so much! We’ve got the sheet music for 9 other songs in a songbook we’ve released at shows. We’re still working on a way to get it to people outside of Austin.
Boyz II Man
Sasha Frere-Jones listens to Justin Timberlake’s latest album, “The 20/20 Experience,” and asks, “Can we be content with good nature and hard work when something more intense seems to lie beneath the surface? He never promised us a great transformation, and yet we’re still waiting for it.” Continue reading.
Photograph by Martin Schoeller.
Happy Friday! Here’s a small teaser of Luke Pearson’s comic for Foxing’s second issue (March 2013).
17-piece rock orchestra Mother Falcon played eight shows in six days at SXSW. Band member Tamir Kalifa carried around three film cameras, processing several rolls of film each night, snapping shots of the crowd and the insanity.
