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May & June Tour Dates
We’ve added a bunch of new tour dates. In May, we’ll be in Troy and Bethel, NY; Bellows Falls and Burlington, VT; Providence, RI; Old Saybrook and Ridgefield, CT; and Great Barrington, MA. In June, we’re headed south and west, to Memphis, TN; Baton Rouge, LA; Dallas and Austin, TX; Albuquerque, NM; Phoenix, AZ; Salt […]
Tour Diary – Davenport, IA (March 24, 2010)
(Jason Lent has forsaken the island paradise of Hawaii to follow us around for a few months. I have happily placed the tour diary in his capable hands. It should bring a new perspective to our ramblings.) The open fields and empty highways between Chicago and Davenport were a welcome change as I cruised past […]
Evanston, Ill (March 23, 2010)
(Jason Lent has forsaken the island paradise of Hawaii to follow us around for a few months. I have happily placed the tour diary in his capable hands. It should bring a new perspective to our ramblings.) Tonight’s show was in Evanston, one of the northern towns that make up the small country known as […]
Tour Diary – Minneapolis, MN (March 21, 2010)
(Jason Lent has forsaken the island paradise of Hawaii to follow us around for a few months. I have happily placed the tour diary in his capable hands. It should bring a new perspective to our ramblings.) A picture perfect afternoon in Minneapolis gave way to a relaxed and fun doubleheader. The club was equal […]
Tour Diary – St Cloud, MN (March 20, 2010)
(Jason Lent has forsaken the island paradise of Hawaii to follow us around for a few months. I have happily placed the tour diary in his capable hands. It should bring a new perspective to our ramblings.) The band came through St. Cloud back in 2003 and so did I. It was the first night […]
Tour Diary – Chicago, Ill (March 19, 2010)
(Jason Lent has forsaken the island paradise of Hawaii to follow us around for a few months. I have happily placed the tour diary in his capable hands. It should bring a new perspective to our ramblings.) Tonight’s doubleheader was north of Wrigleyville in the Lincoln Square area. The locals I met told me the […]
Tour Diary – Saugatuck MI (March 18, 2010)
(Jason Lent has forsaken the island paradise of Hawaii to follow us around for a few months. I have happily placed the tour diary in his capable hands. It should bring a new perspective to our ramblings.) Welcome to the Aloha Diaries. Mike is still polishing the gold medal he borrowed from Jonathan Toews in […]
Huron review
Latent’s latest release by the Hamilton band Huron is officially released in to stores in Canada next week. They got a great review in Toronto’s Now magazine this week : http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=174098 They are on the road for most of the month so if you live in Southern Ontario you should check them out, they’re a […]
Alex Chilton RIP
From our friend Ron Wells…… William Alexander Chilton Dec. 28, 1950- March 17, 2010 As a kid, I played the 45 of The Letter, with the blue Mala label, until the grooves refused to play any more. Wayne Carson Thompson may have written The Letter, but it was Alex Chilton’s longing, desperation, and gritty euphoria […]
Renmin Park, volume 1 (the place)
Every city, town and village in China has a Renmin Park. Translated it means People’s Park and it is in the park where the community’s social life is conducted, it is where the rumours start and where the lovers meet, it is from the heart of the park where all things real and human and […]