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Schwervon "Spring Roll" Tour 2013

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Hi Friends! We're hitting the road again this Spring. These are confirmed dates so far. Love till Niagara Falls, Nan + Matt

March 8 - Wichita, KS @ Kirby's Beer Store w/ Bergeron + Money Badger http://www.facebook.com/events/160333224117171/

March 9 - Tulsa, OK @ The Soundpony (w/ The Fabulous St. Knicholas Cage + The Levitators) http://www.facebook.com/events/411088748984635/

March 13 - Austin, TX @ Shangri-La's Major Matt Mason USA show w/ Special Guests! (http://www.midcoasttakeover.com/sxsw-acoustic-showcase-2013/) 1:15pm Sharp!

March 16 - Austin, TX @ Shangri-La's ("SXSW Midcoast Takeover/ http://www.midcoasttakeover.com/sxsw-showcase-2013/) 6:15pm sharp!

March 17 - Houston, TX @ Super Happy Fun Land (SXSW Overflow Fest) http://www.facebook.com/events/412301262196730/

March 18th - New Orleans, LA @ Allways Lounge (w/ The Dangerous Ponies + Norwegian Arms + Bottomfeeders) http://www.facebook.com/events/429513097134865/

March 19 - Memphis, TN @ Tako's Treasures (w/ White Mystery + The Vignettes + Gay Brother + Berkano) http://www.facebook.com/events/435559793187305/ Read more »

The Caves + Coed Pageant + Schwervon + The Author & The Illustrator @ Art Closet Studios / KC, MO

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Art Closet Studios
3951 broadway
Kansas City, MO
All Ages/ $4
http://www.facebook.com/ArtClosetStudios

8:00pm
The AUTHOR AND THE ILLUSTRATOR (KC Indie Experimental) -
http://theauthorandtheillustrator.bandcamp.com/

8:45pm
SCHWERVON! (KC Indie Rock) -
http://schwervon.bandcamp.com/album/courage

9:30pm
COED PAGEANT (Illinois Indie Rock) -
https://www.facebook.com/coedpageant

10:15pm
THE CAVES (KC Indie Rock) -
https://www.facebook.com/thecavesband

FB: http://www.facebook.com/events/304897619613523/

Major Matt "Show Poem" from: Rabbit Killer, Folkicide, Major Matt Mason USA @ Davey's Uptown- KC,MO- 2/13/13

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Just before waking up today I had an anxiety dream. I’ve grown to kind of enjoy anxiety dreams. They seem to be the kinds dreams that I remember most frequently. This dream took place on the day of my college graduation. I was waiting in a room, preparing to walk out onto a field with my fellow graduates. Then I realize that I’m supposed to be giving a speech of some kind and I’ve done absolutely nothing to prepare for it. There’s a couple of other very smart looking people in the room with me that are looking over notes and mumbling to themselves like they're rehearsing their own speeches. Read more »

2013 SXSW MIDCOAST TAKEOVER BANDS

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The Midwest Music Foundation is proud to present the fourth annual MidCoast Takeover, March 13th – 16th at Shangri-La in Austin, TX. This event promises four days of music, mayhem, and general debauchery — the definitive Midwestern musical throw down. MidCoast Takeover will showcase bands from Kansas City, Lawrence, and the Midwest region on the national stage during South by Southwest.

THIS IS A FREE AND UNOFFICIAL SXSW SHOWCASE.
NO WRISTBANDS OR BADGES REQUIRED
The first round of 2013 bands have been selected. Congratulations to all the bands! http://www.midcoasttakeover.com/bands/bands-2013/ Read more »

The Anthology Film Archives Presents the New York Premier of Corporate FM A New Film by Kevin McKinney & Jill McKeever January 7

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In 1996, commercial radio underwent a quiet revolution. In the wake of the new “Telecom Act,” local station owners everywhere sold their stations to conglomerate groups as fast as they could. The new corporate owners gutted staffs. Corporate FM is about what happens when a city loses a communal microphone. Radioʼs broad coverage gives it the ability to unify huge populations. Unlike Facebook, Satellite radio, or webbased music sharing apps, locally owned terrestrial radio can reach thousands of people across all incomes and ages in a local region at the same time with a message that is relevant to them at that moment. Read more »

Schwervon 2012 Fall European Tour Blog Recap!

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Nan and I got back recently from a 5 week tour of Europe in support of our new album Courage. First off, thank you for your support! This was our most successful tour to date. We are so thankful to those who appreciate and share in what we do. If would you’d like to check out the new album (Olive Juice/Loud Baby Sounds), you can purchase your own personal copy in digital or limited edition CD and Vinyl format from the Schwervon! Bandcamp page.
XO
Nan and Matt

Week # 1 of European Tour: Berlin, Dresden, Krakow, Vienna, Munich, Nuremburg

Week #2, 3: Mannheim, Regensburg, Gunzenhausen, Tobel, Zurich, Wetzler, Darmstadt, Cologne, Bremen

Week# 3, 4 Oldenburg, Hannover, Hamburg, Offenbach, Nantes, Paris

Week # 4, 5 London, Cardiff, Bristol, Nottingham, Wakefield, Manchester

Week #5 Halifax, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Home Read more »

Schwervon! + Paleface + Folkicide @ Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club/ Kansas City, MO / Nov. 14th / 9pm

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PALEFACE: "a neo-folk icon" (The Flagpole, Athens GA) is currently on tour as a three piece band in support of his Ramseur Records follow-up, One Big Party. The band celebrated the release with a special guest-performance alongside The Avett Brothers at NYC's Radio City Music Hall, followed by US and Europe tours. And soon after, PASTE Magazine premiered "PALEFACE: The Making Of One Big Party", a short documen
tary which follows the band as they record their new album and travel across the US, including clips from live performance in NYC and Boston's The House of Blues. Paleface has released over a dozen records including two major label releases, and he's collaborated and performed on three albums by The Avett Brothers. He's also influenced and inspired a wide range of musical acts, from electropopsters YACHT, to Grammy Award recipients Kimya Dawson (The Moldy Peaches / Juno), and Beck who calls Paleface “a big influence on my early work” on Annie Leibovitz’s book American Music. At the moment, Paleface is in the process of writing a new album to record later in the year, and in the meantime he's self-released Multibean Bootleg Vol.3, a collection of raw demos, live performances and outtakes.
http://PalefaceOnline.com/

"Paleface's One Big Party is one big sonic shit-eatin' grin. Joyous, carefree and catchy as hell, this record is a perfect and cost-effective antidote to whatever ails ya" My Old Kentucky Blog

SCHWERVON!: A two piece rock band....Nan plays drums and Matt plays guitar and they both sing. They lived in NYC for 15+ years and have recently relocated to Kansas City with their cat Gummo. While living in Manhattan, they recorded and mixed the bulk of their music in their apartment as well as curating a DIY music hub called Olive Juice Music, which centered around their own local and online community. They all presently reside in Shawnee, Kansas with Matt’s Dad Harry. Together, Schwervon! have produced 4 full length albums, 2 seven inch vinyl only singles, in addition to touring the world and performing with The Vaselines, Belle and Sebastian, Kimya Dawson, The Thermals, Jeffrey Lewis, The Essex Green, Comet Gain, Herman Dune, Veronica Falls, The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and other luminaries.
http://schwervon.wordpress.com/ Read more »

Schwervon! Album Release and European Tour.

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SCHWERVON! COURAGE: RECORD RELEASE PARTY!
@ Riot Room
4048 Broadway/ KCMO
$5adv/$7dos.
Get your tickets here:
http://www.theriotroom.com/event/157199/

8:30 FOLKICIDE
http://soundcloud.com/folkicide
9:15 THE LUCKY
http://www.reverbnation.com/camillacamille
10:00 THE CONQUERORS
https://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-CONQUERORS/361512172330
11:00 SCHWERVON!
http://www.schwervon.com/

We are super excited to finallly get this album out! It was created in NYC, recorded in Memphis (with Doug Easley) and now we're gonna release it in Kansas City! Playing at the party are some KC top notchers. Come celebrate with us!! Formal dress not required but shakin' your ass IS. Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/426182647419177/

And after that we're heading back to Europe to spread the good news over there. Check out tour dates below!

XO
Nan & Matt

SCHWERVON! FALL 2012 EUROPEAN TOUR!!!!!

-OCTOBER
Germany
4 Berlin (Schokoladen)
5 Dresden (Ostpol)
6 Krakow (Rozrywki 3)
7 Vienna (Rhiz)
8 Munich (Südstadt)
10 Nurnberg (k4 - w/ The Wedding Present!)
11 Mannheim (The Blau)
12 Regensburg (W1 - w/ Jenny Lund) Read more »

MMM Show Poem 8-16-12, Picures of painting

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MMM show writing@ Davey’s Uptown, KC 8-15-12 Weirdo Wednesday Supper Club

Today, I came up with the idea that when talking to or about people, it might be helpful, to try and act as though they suffer from some type of chronic back pain. Nothing totally debilitating. Just some sort of dull pain that makes life slightly more difficult on a daily basis...Life is difficult on a daily basis. And whether it’s a physical problem or what have you it’s just good to be aware of that…for everyone. Sometimes I forget that. As you get older you get more sensitive to that stuff because you actually are starting to feel that physical pain of just existing. But everyone’s got something going on…from the day they were born. I feel like it would help a lot to just assume that most people are overcoming some kind of pain or distraction in their life, to some degree, just to muster the ability to focus enough for a conversation with another human being. I think it’s good to appreciate that. Read more »

Schwervon! Summer Sun Tour 2012 Blog Recaps.

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22 shows in 24 days. The Schwervon! Summer Sun Tour 2012 is officially in the can. You can re-live the memories through these highlighted blog posts from the Schwervon! website.

Thanks Columbia, MO!

Summer Sun road report: St. Louis, Cincinnati

Summer Sun Tour 2012: Toledo, Akron

Summer Sun Tour 2012: Buffalo, Rochester Read more »

Schwevon! Summer Sun Tour Continues!

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For the first time since our recent move to the Midwest, Schwervon! returns to the the East coast. After a little break from our virgin Midwestern tour, tomorrow we'll be heading back towards our old home town of NYC. Our return route will take us back through the steamy South, where we'll have a chance to revisit areas we discovered on last summer's recording adventure in Memphis, TN. The original inspiration for this tour was our friend Steven asking us to play the Beacon Riverfest. Thanks Steven. We're especially looking forward to playing in Ohio for the first time. Nan managed to line up 3 shows in Cincinnati, Toledo, and Akron. We're looking forward to seeing old friends and making some new ones. Stay tuned to ye old Schwervon! website and FB page (we're also on the G+ now) for up to date info and reports from the road. See you at the show!

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June 21 - Columbia, MO - Roxy's (w/ Diggy & The Bad Decisions + We Live in Public)
June 22 - St. Louis, MO - El Lenador (w/ Dinofight + Ultraviolents + Mr. Clit and the Pink Cigarettes)June 23 - Cincinatti, OH - Comet (w/ Homemade Drugs)
June 24 - Toledo, OH - Ottawa Tavern
June 25 - Akron, OH - Annabell's (w/ Danny Myers)
June 26 - Buffalo, NY - The Vault (w/ Jack Toft + Settlers)
June 27 - Rochester, NY - Meddlesome Lab (w/ Windsor Folk Family + Seth Faergolzia & the 23 Psaegz)
June 28 - Kingston, NY - BSP Lounge (w/ Dirty River + The Revue w/ John Burdick Group)
June 29 - Brooklyn, NY - Big Snow Buffalo Lodge (w/ Berth Control +Supercute +mc'ed by Freddie Fox &Trixie Rose)
June 30 - Beacon, NY - BEACON RIVERFEST
July 01 - Brooklyn, NY - Goodbye Blue Monday “Schwervon! Side Project Show” Major Matt Mason USA + Nan & The One Night Stands (w/ Heavy Birds + Gold)
July 03 - Philadelphia, PA - TBA
July 04 - Baltimore, MD - Private “BBQ” House Show (RSVP) - (w/ Silence Kid + The Degenerettes)
July 05 - Roanoke, VA - Bazaar Consignments (w/ The Bastards of Fate)
July 06 - Charlottesville, VA - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar (w/ L’Ecole Pour Minous)
July 08 - Chapel Hill, NC - The Cave (w/ Angwish)
July 09 - Asheville, NC - The Get Down
July 10 - Johnson City, TN - Acoustic Coffeehouse (w/ Donna Frost)
July 12 - Chattanooga, TN - JJ’s Bohemia
July 13.- Memphis, TN - The Buccaneer (w/ The Bombay Alleys + Albatross Party)
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Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

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Dashan Coram, 1981-2012, NYC
(The following text was taken from Bandcamp Scrobbler liner notes from the album Beebles by Secret Salamander)

"dashan > is also a capricorn > enjoys being alone as much as he likes being around others > hates using or hearing the word awesome > used to read comic books > almost never reads the end of novels > likes riding the train and hates airports > knows the difference between friends and aquaintences > can't spell very well > hates to use spell check > has never eaten flesh of any kind > has eaten hufu(human flavored tofu)as well as many other meat wanna be products > used to obsess over radiohead but can't listen to them anymore > used to listen to tevin campbell a lot and wishes that he had some of his music now > watches too much tv when he has cable > likes rooms that don't have a tv set but do have record players > can play other instruments than guitar better than it seams but is slow at learning songs on them > loves berlin but doesn't really like being in germany > is sick of seth rogan and that little dude from mac adverts > likes to talk shit about england and france > has never lived in a place that wasn't in the big city > doesn't trust the internet > may very well be a manic depressant > has at least four personality's > has way too many siblings > is the oldest of them all > went to art high school > never went to college > only drinks coffee socially >doesn't like to shower every day > is unemployed >"

I was in Des Moines, Iowa the morning I got the news that Dashan had passed away. My band Schwervon! had just played a show the night before for about 10 people. After the show, the door person speechlessly handed us a five dollar bill (our cut for the evening's performance). We managed to sell a couple of CD's and a T-shirt so the night wasn't a total, financial, loss. Nan and I were feeling good about the show itself. Later that night we shared a vegan taco pizza with our host Christopher (Christopher the Conquered) and his girlfriend Avalan. We felt like we had made some new good friends in Iowa. The next morning, there was a text on my phone from two separate people, in NYC, saying that they had some bad news. When you get a message like that a lot things run through your head. The first thing is: Someone died. The second is a flurry of people and accompanied scenarios. Was it an accident? An overdose? A fire? Was someone murdered? Was it more than one person? When I got the news the next morning that it was Dasahn who had died in his sleep the night before I'm sad to say that his name was one that rolled through my head when I first got that text. Read more »

Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

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Super Moon Pix/ Schwervon! Maximum May Flowers Tour!/ Midtown Tune Up/ Random Stuff
It's a rainy, post Supermoon (sorry my pic doesn't really do it justice), Sunday morning in Kansas. But I'm sure by the time I'm done writing this it'll probably be sunny and 80 degrees. I've heard a lot of people use the phrase: "If you don't like the weather just hang out for a little bit." to describe their local weather. But I've never found this statement to be more true than in Kansas. The first two weeks after moving here I found it pretty frustrating at how often the weather forecast totally blew it. But I have much more empathy now for KC weather people. The weather in here has more swings than a PMSing baseball team.

Nan and I have been gearing up for the Schwervon! tour all week: practicing every day, as well as checking out a couple of local shows, we bought a Club for the car, and filled in my Dad on Gummo's complex feeding schedule. Today seems to be the perfect day to print up some new T-shirts. Check out the dates below along with this cool pic that our friend Lippe took at our NYC going away show in February: http://www.schwervon.com/
http://schwervon.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/2012_tour-111.jpg?w=500&h=772 Read more »

Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

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Schwervmobile!/ The Quivers, Deco Auto, Cave Girls @ The Brick - KC,MO (4-28-12)

First things first. We finally managed to pick up our new (used) car on Friday. We got to take a trip out to Liberty Missouri. She's a 2006 Suzuki Aerio. I guess she's actually a he. On the drive home Nan officially named him Waylon Jennings. Waylon has a couple of battle scars but, for the most part, a very sound motor. We are looking forward to seeing how he performs on our up and coming Schwervon! Tour in May.
IMG_1980 Read more »

Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

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Weirdo Wednesday Supper Club @ Davey's Uptown, KC (4-18/23-12)

April 18th: Diamond Dan, Victor and Penny, Ryan Donegan
Weirdo Wednesday is a weekly supper club hosted by local personality/multi-instrumentalist Amy Ferrand at Davey's Uptown in Kansas City, MO. The vibe at Weirdo Wednesdays is probably the closest I've come to the cabaret/ "anything goes" type atmosphere that I grew to love at places like the Sidewalk Cafe's Open Stage and Show & Tell at the Bowery Poetry Club in NYC. Davey's Uptown is a Kansas City Institution. You can smell the history as soon as you walk in the place. The wood paneling and vintage pinball machines make it an ideal spot for happy hour locals. The other half of the bar (formerly Jimmy & Mary's Steakhouse) opens onto a sizable performance space with a back bar and a nice PA and stage. Read more »

Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

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This Is My Condition, Folkicide, Holly Hunt & Scraping Teeth at the Percolator Art Space in Lawrence, KS (4-13-12)
I lived in Lawrence, Kansas for 5 years from 1988 to 1993. I saw a lot of good live music in that 5 years. At various times I saw: Nirvana, The Pixies and Urge Overkill at the KU Student Union...Fugazi, Jesus Lizard, and Helmet at the Outhouse....I saw: Sonic Youth, Henry Rollins, and Tool at Liberty Hall. I saw The Butthole Surfers, SWANS and even Bo Diddly at the Bottleneck. I saw countless other great shows at house parties and pop-up venues that have come and gone. I don't remember the last show I saw in Lawrence, Kansas but it was probably during this time. I could never have predicted that it would be nearly 19 years before I saw another show in Lawrence, Kansas. I could never have predicted that I'd be driving a rented Chevy Sonic with my girlfriend of 13 years to the next show I would see in Lawrence, Kansas. I could never have predicted that the next show I would see in Lawrence, Kansas would include 2 old friends from back in the day, sharing a bill with a band that was voted 1998's "Worst band in America" by SPIN magazine, in a back alley Art Space. I could never had predicted that I would be enjoying a delicious bowl of Tunisian Chickpea Breakfast Soup and sipping a local Kansas City Boulevard Pilsner beer as I watched said bands. I never could have predicted any of this but I sure did have a great time. Read more »

Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

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NYC to KC Week 1 (April 4/5/6, 2012)
It was a nice sunny day when we finally arrived in Kansas City. We didn't quite make our 2 day goal. After spending the first night in Western Pennsylvania we were going to try and push through but we ran into a nasty rainstorm just outside of St. Louis. After a bit of a crisis trying to figure out how to turn on the U-haul window defoggers, we decided to grab a hotel and drive the remaining 4 hours the next morning. We figured it would be nicer for Nan's first look at KC to be during the day after a good night's sleep vs. two o'clock in the morning after 12 hours of driving.

As we rounded downtown KC and headed into the suburb of Shawnee (where we will be living for at least the next 3 months), I couldn't help but notice what a job the "strip mall" has done on the landscape here. I'm not saying that Shawnee was ever anything like Mayberry or that the concept of the strip mall had not already been introduced to the neighborhood well before I left. But the thing that seems so disturbing, aside from the illusion that all the buildings along Shawnee Mission Parkway (the "Main Street" of Shawnee) appear to be more or less part of one very long building no more than 2 stories high, is that now they are all bathed in the same bland tan or neutral earth tone color as well. I gotta say it makes a real, lack of, impression on someone just driving through. And if I hadn't planned on living here I would probably have completely forgotten the experience by the time I'd reached the edge of town. I really don't understand this trend of light neutral earthy tones- don't get me started on the waiters in khaki pants and white tennis shoes look- but it feels like the entire city Shawnee has been modeled after a retirement community. Read more »

Dog Got Your Cat Tongue by Schwervon!

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Dog Got Your Cat Tongue is the sixth song to be released from Schwervon!'s Memphis sessions with Doug Easley (Pavement, Sonic Youth, Cat Power). Urban life informed this tune, especially the 2003 NYC blackout and the frequent circling of NYPD helicopters over Nan & Matt's rooftop in the LES. This is the last song to be released before Schwervon!'s move to Kansas City in April 2012. Stay tuned for more Schwervon! song news later in the spring!
http://www.schwervon.com/

Schwervon! Send off Show!!! @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge TONIGHT!

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Schwervon!'s Send Off show!
(from NYC to Kansas!)

THURSDAY MARCH 22nd
@ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge
89 varet street
(btwn humboldt & graham)
Brooklyn, NY
$8, doors at 8pm, Nite starts 8:30!

8:30 Julie DeLano (of The Leader) and "Gold"
9:15 Silence Kid (from Baltimore)
10:00 Purple Organ
10:45 Schwervon!

(Some of the proceeds of the night will go towards Schwervon's moving expenses!)
http://bigsnowbk.tumblr.com/

Cougar Pride

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Cougar Pride is the fifth song to be released from Schwervon!'s Memphis sessions with Doug Easley (Pavement, Sonic Youth, Cat Power). The Cougar was Matt's High School mascot. Though the Cougar is a fierce predator of the animal kingdom, "Cougar" also has another meaning in American Pop Culture. A Cougar is defined as "A woman ages 40 years or older who preys on younger men." Nan's High School Mascot was the Bearcat. The question still remains: How can a Bear be a Cat?

(Schwervon! plans to digitally stream a new track every other Friday for the months of January, February and March of 2012. As if that wasn’t exciting enough, each new song will be offered as a free download for the first week of its release.)

http://www.schwervon.com/

Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

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The Sidewalk Cafe (MMM show poem 3/7/12 @ Sidewalk Cafe, NYC)

It was never my intention, growing up in Kansas, to live in New York. I remember just one time, as a kid, drawing a picture of me in the future. I was wearing black boots and long black trench coat. It was something like a cross between Robert Smith and The Crow. I had long stringy hair and pictured myself walking through some dark rainy alley in a city that I imagined was New York City. That’s when I made the decision that I was more of dark vs. light kind of guy. This had nothing to do with morals mind you. It was kind of more of an aesthetic decision. It’s made all the difference in a way. But other than this memory, for 24 years I don’t recall a particular attraction towards New York aside from the girl that I followed here. Read more »

THANK YOU

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OJ would like to thank all of you who supported us on the last days of the Distro. We hope you all enjoy the music. A number of the artists dedicated the proceeds from their last sales towards maintaining this site. An extra special big THANK YOU goes out to them! It is with your love and support that we can continue to spread the word about all this great music. If any of the artists on this site interest you and you would like to learn more about hearing or purchasing their music we ask that you contact them directly through their website.
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The final NYC Olive Juice Music "Juice Box" event will take place Wed. March 7th at the Sidewalk Cafe.
07:30 - Bliss (metal versions of Barry Bliss songs)
08:30 - Nan Turner
09:00 - Prewar Yardsale Read more »

Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

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(MMM show poem 2/26/12 @ Goodbye Blue Monday, NYC)
Goodbye blue Monday.
Food bye glue run day.
Glue fry cow Hundi.
Blue die Al Bundy
I try to have fun day.
Blue Monday on Sunday.
Best buy, fruit fly, fry guy, big sky
Don’t be shy
Say, Hi.
Nice tie.
Superfly hood Sunday
Hooper guy good gun day
Kiss this guy and run day
Play date, date play, plate day
Day break, plate bake, date rape
Grape ape

Goodbye Blue Monday
Good guy no one day
Die hard begun day
Day play, say play, play play
say say
say Read more »

Schwervon! releases 4th track from Memphis sessions.

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Cyclone is the fourth song to be released from Schwervon!’s Memphis sessions with Doug Easley (Pavement, Sonic Youth, Cat Power). On Nan & Matt’s second date, they went to Coney Island and rode the Cyclone. Unbeknownst to Matt at the time, Nan is scared of roller coasters. She has not gone on one since. This song was inspired by summertime in NYC and confronting your own personal cyclone.
http://schwervon.bandcamp.com/track/cyclone

(Schwervon! plans to digitally stream a new track every other Friday for the months of January, February and March of 2012. As if that wasn’t exciting enough, each new song will be offered as a free download for the first week of its release.)
http://www.schwervon.com/ Read more »

Rock 'n Rollers Don't Bathe

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Houston & Delancey (MMM show poem 2/16/12 @ Sidewalk Cafe, NYC)
I was walking home last night and a delivery guy stopped me and asked if I knew were Houston and Delancey was. I looked at him kind of weird. I’m sorry my friend but that’s impossible, I said. Anyone who has lived in the city long enough knows that these 2 streets run parallel to each other. He showed me a receipt and it was printed right there: Houston and Delancey. What a mean trick someone must have played on this guy. It seemed like he couldn't speak much English. I had to just walk away saying, "Sorry, I can't help you." I thought a little bit more about it. I flashed my high school geometry class lesson about 2 parallel lines that never intersect. I imagined this poor guy riding his bike down a Houstan street that stretched around the globe, for the rest of his life, forever searching for it’s never intersecting Delancey street. I started to think of how different the things used to be on either sides of these two streets throughout history, separated by a mere 3 blocks. And how each coming year the lines that they used to represent, like many neighborhoods around the world, are being blurred and redrawn. Read more »

Daydream Ration

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Daydream Ration is the third song to be released from Schwervon!’s Memphis sessions with Doug Easley (Pavement, Sonic Youth, Cat Power). Matt says his original inspiration for the duo taking the trip down south was listening to old Grifters albums, and specifically reading a very conspicuous advertisement for Easley-McCain Studios on the inside fold of the Grifters’ first Sub Pop Release “Ain’t My Lookout”. Everything came full circle when Dave Shouse (Grifters, Those Bastard Souls, The New Mary Jane) agreed to appear as a guest vocalist for this track.

Schwervon! are going to digitally stream a new track every other Friday for the months of January, February and March of 2012. As if that wasn’t exciting enough, each new song will be offered as a free download for the first week of it’s release.

www.schwervon.com Read more »

Woog Riots, Dave End, Sprinkle Genies, Reverned Billy, Dibs, Double Fantasy and more @ OJ Distro Clearance Sale

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Round 4
On March 1st the OJ distro is closing up shop. Don't worry everything else on the OJ music site and forum will stay but that means you've got just 3 weeks to order some of the world's most interesting and eclectic independent music, here. Receive a full set of buttons from OJ ALL DAY 1, 2, and 3 with every purchase over 10 dollars. Read more »

Barry Bliss, Phoebe Kreutz, Huggabroomstik, Secret Salamander, Dan Costello and more @ OJ Distro Clearance Sale

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Round 3
On March 1st the OJ distro is closing up shop. Don't worry everything else on the OJ music site and forum will stay but that means you've got about one month to order some of the world's most interesting and eclectic independent music. Receive a full set of buttons from OJ ALL DAY 1, 2, and 3 with every purchase over 10 dollars. Scroll down to see more discounted items.

Barry Bliss: Volume 1 - CDR $1

Barry Bliss: Volume 2 - CDR $1

Barry Bliss: Volume 3 - CDR $1

Barry Bliss: Truths Put Into Rhyme - CDR $1

Phoebe Kreutz: Bemusement Park - CD $5

Phoebe Kreutz: Big Lousy Moon - CDR $5 Read more »

Diane Cluck, Dan Fishback, The Wigg Report, Steve Espinola, Joe Crow Ryan more...OJ distro going out of business sale

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Round 2
On March 1st the OJ distro is closing up shop. Don't worry everything else on the OJ music site and forum will stay but that means you've got one month to order some of the world's most interesting and eclectic independent music. Receive a full set of buttons from OJ ALL DAY 1, 2, and 3 with every purchase over 10 dollars.

Diane Cluck: Countless Times - CD $3

Diane Cluck: Monarcana - CD $3

Diane Cluck: Macy's Day Bird / Black with Green Leaves - Double CD $5

The Wigg Report: Flexi Slacks - CDR $1

The Wigg Report: Seltzer - CDR $1

The Wigg Report: The Wigg Report - 5 song EP - CDR $1

Dan Fishback: Calendar Boys - CDR $1 Read more »

OJ Distro Going out of Business Sale!!!

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Round 1 Check out our latest OJ distro going out of business specials. You've got until March 1st to order some of the world's most interesting and eclectic independent music. Receive a full set of buttons from OJ ALL DAY 1, 2, and 3 with every purchase over 10 dollars or when you order Call It What You Want: This Is Antifolk (while Supplies last)! Stay tuned for more amazing discounts and specials.

Berlin Song Vol. 2: CD $1

Berlin Song Vol. 3: CD $1

Knot Pinebox - Suspended Particulation: CDR $1

Breadfoot - Breadfoot: CDR $1

Breadfoot - I'm OK Yer UK: Live in the UK 2003-04: CDR $1

Cy and Caito - Lottery Lye: Cassette $1

Elastic No No Band - Charmingly Shambolic and Mostly Live: Cassette 1$ Read more »

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