Mr. Furious Records

This month, we have a slew of excellent performers for you (see attached). As always, it’s 6:30 – 9 pm at the Bourbon Theatre, located on “O” Street in between 14th and 15th on the South side of the street, right next to Yia Yia’s.

This month, there will be no SWPR on Monday August 10th as there will be another show going on that night. However, SWPR will resume on Monday, August 17th with Ali Harter, Ingrid Blood (Teal from UUVVWWZ) and Zane Peters (The Candle Simon). Cover is $4, gitcher beer, gitcher bourbon, gitchee some coffee, and come rock out. F*ck, tell all your friends! The atmosphere is cozy and low key. The chairs are comfortable. The drinks are weird and delicious. The lighting is downright welcoming.

As the month goes on, reminders about shows will happen as they happen. Remember to show up in a revealing burlap sack, and you will receive one (1) free drawing of a horse, provided you are not a horse yourself.

Come rock with us!

Love,

Cory, Ember and the Bourbon. And BJ and the Bear. And Turner and Hooch.

Separately, Cory and I will be playing shows with Portland, OR band Church ( www.myspace.com/songforcecrystal ) in the next few days:

Sunday, May 31 – Lincoln, NE

Duffy’s Tavern (map) – 9 PM

Church, The Sleepover (Cory), and The Ocean Floor

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Wednesday, June 3 – Kansas City, MO
Davey’s Uptown (map) – 9 PM

Church, Sally Ride (howie)

Thanks to Chelsea Kibler for helping set this up!

I’ll be playing a set of tunes from Sally Ride records, most of which haven’t been recorded :-)  “Lost” and “Cooky” from Furious Instance, “Coast & Plans” and “While I Was Moving About Flyover Country” from Ventura, and some other, both older and newer, stuff.

While every other site, publication, and social media network is looking back at the best of 2008, we’re going to set our sights forward into a mega-exciting 2009. (Maybe we’ll take our turn next week on the new music we’ve discovered this year.) Here’s what’s coming in the new year from Mr. Furious Records, including:

January – The Sleepover, “The Sleepover” EP

February – Arturo Got The Shaft, “Blame It On The Beer” (on “Furious Instance”)

February – The Golden Age, “Calla Lily” EP (re-release)

March – The Golden Age, “LP” *Previously Unreleased*!!!!!1111

May – Sally Ride, “You Have To Wear The Boots” -or- “There is Something and not nothing” -or- a new release by Cory Kibler

July – Something new from Cory or SR, depending on what was released in May

On November 23 a long-delayed, over budget, highly anticipated, epic album from a reclusive, eccentric rock star will finally be released to the world.

That album is “A Life Without Fireflies” by Arturo Got The Shaft, and Mr. Furious Records will release it for free to download, stream, trade, burn, and share at midnight on 11/23 as a punk rock middle finger to Axl Rose, “Chinese Democracy,” and the culture of commercialism, trivia, and decadence they represent.

Tracklist:

1. Prologue / Silent Sparkle

2. Pants and Backpacks

3. Only Way She Knows How

4. Open Eyes

5. I Love You Too

6. Something Transcendent

7. Imagine Nations

8. Still a Princess

9. Like a Dreamer
10. Hey! Gordon Shumway

In addition Rob and howie are working on a new recording of “25d” for the 2008 release of “XMAS,” and bonus track “Blame it on the Beer” will appear soon on “Furious Instance.”

I’m going to post “Cooky” and “Lost” to Furious Instance in just a minute. They were recorded here at home on Wednesday morning, live takes, one mic – just straight performances.

In the course of doing this I discovered that archive.org has changed the way they stream netlabels’ material, and that’s going to effect every one of our releases. They don’t support the Flash pop-ups I was using; their only Flash option is the single bar with no playlist that you now see on Furious Instance. I’ll be going back and editing all of our releases as soon as I can.

After a quiet year, I’m hoping for a November release, then XMAS, then something new for January. Fingers crossed. 2009 should bring two new full-lengths from Sally Ride, “You Have To Wear The Boots” and “There is Something and not nothing.” -h

UPDATE: Well, the two tracks are up for downloading and streaming.  I’m kind of frustrated with the site and with the Internet Archive, and I haven’t updated the MySpace, but I probably need to walk away from this for a while.  I’m pumped about the songs, especially “Cooky,” so enjoy those and I’ll circle back around to this later.  I know the site needs some love but today may not be the day for it.  50B practice tonight.  L8rz, -h