The Duplex Suplex

hola amigos y amigas! sorry there's been precious little updating here at TLAT HQ2, due to the high rate of weeding through 15 years of shit that has accrued at TLAT HQ1. seriously so much shit. and it all has to be inventoried to some degree. when moving from a relatively big house in KC, to a much smaller but still sizeable duplex-down (that's Chi-speak for 1st floor and basement dwelling), all your belongings go in one of 4 places: in the home, in storage, donated to Goodwill, or in the trash.

it's actually been a pretty cathartic if not ridiculously trying and difficult experience overall. it can put you back in touch with little gems one stuffs away for another time, like now! in fact, my music collection took a massive jump in span when i unearthed boxes and boxes of dusty cassettes which sound surprisingly fat and rich, if you can find your cassette player. my REM and Rush collections jumped back up to its college numbers. it's affirming in some nostalgic way. (sniff). i'm ok.

Keeping Bizzy

since me and the boys haven't been able to rock the bells recently, i've took the opportunity to work on some collaborations with several different and really amazing artists and rockists. the full extent of these shall be revealed in due time. it is totally liberating for me to not build the frame of the song but instead be the one to decorate the room, if i'm not mixing metaphors here. i think you guys will dig each. more on that as soon as i get clearance to blab about it.

September Morn

wicked dates coming up. shows at Play St Louis and Pygmalion Festival in Champaign in September coming up. then we're honored to be included on a massive leg of the Get Up Kids reunion tour in October. the rooms are fucking huge. at least bigger than we're used to...but we're so stoked to finally get loud for a while. check these sound events on the Tour page. see you soon!

ae