Austin, times

Well, the Austin show went off great, with Leatherbag and Tenlon's Fort. It was the first time I'd seen Tenlon's Fort as a full band, with piano, drums and a fiddle/dobro player. Jack has made the transition to fronting a band with ease. It was a beautiful spot, a mini-Red Rocks Jack called it. The stage was outside, with a natural amphitheater feel. Large white rock cliffs rising up behind the stage. The sound was great, the audience attentive and appreciative. My mom was there, old friend Natsuki came up from San Antonio, and Jill flew down from Portland. The weather was beautiful. All in all, a great night.

The revolution will not die!

So we've had a little bit of a shake up. Aaron and Jana have decided to take a hiatus from the band, and the rest of us are in the process of regrouping. Our new CD is out now and will be in record stores around Portland shortly, but for now you can order it through CD baby and our website:

thenewmexicanrevolution.com

I wish I had a more poetic way to put things, but change comes sometimes.

The promise of mutiny..........

is a promise no more. We just officially sold our last available public copy of our first release, The Promise of Mutiny. But fear not, just as the last one was being sent to James MacDonald of Mobile, Alabama, our newest CD, Theories of Sun and Rain, was being shipped to Portland. The new CD will be available through our website as early as next week. We are all very proud of the production, performance and packaging of the thing. It will be available for $11, including shipping and handling with a paypal account. We will also be placing it on CD Baby, as well as the better record stores around town.

can we play there every day?

Last night we played at Mississippi Studios, a fine establishment just north of our frequent hauntings at the pizza pub. We were met on entrance by Steve, their sound engineer, and to understand the importance of that, you have to know something about the sound people (should there be one) at most of the clubs we play. First off, you have the places with no sound person, which means we do our own, and that's just never good. It can be okay, but it'll never be great, and frequently it's only just shy of terrible (for example, the Show Which Shall Not Be Named). Then you have the regular sound guy or woman, who sort of knows their stuff and gets you cords for your mikes, and will test to see if all the DI's work. Ususally serviceable, and generally the bars have terrible acoustics, so they do the best they can. Then there are the standouts, big clubs with great acoustics and and sound person that knows their fucking shit. Heather at Ash Street is one such. And then there's fucking genius sound like an orchestra hall where you can hear every note the banjo plays, perfectly mixed by someone with no fear of whipping iggerant musicians into shape. Steve, sir, my hat is off to you. May we see you again, soon, cuz that show was a high like none other.

harold von trillian knows his.......

The Dante's show went off without a hitch due to the stylized authoritarian nature of Harold Von Trillian. The club was packed with well wishers and clowns alike. The music was great, the acting was good, the service was amazing (in the green room anyways). All in all a most wonderful and spectacular night.

Edit:

Aww, c'mon, that's all you have to say about that night (whoever wrote that post)? Friday night was a spectacular the likes of which have probably never been seen in this town before. Heroes and Villains got together an all-star lineup, beginning with yours truly, followed by Harold von Killian and his puppet troupe, Myshkin's Ruby Warblers (Myshkin, bass, and percussion this time), Pepto Dizmal and the Feral Clowns, Heroes and Villains, and MarchFourth Marching Band. That's quite the lineup you say, and indeed I do say it. Twisted entries of alligators and gladiators, mariachi tunes, a penis stapled to an Oasis song, the Habanera from Carmen, bass clarinet features, and a dance party marching band? Actually couldn't be better. I have no actual comments on HvK or Myshkin as I caught about 5% of those acts, but damn, the rest of the night was smokin'.