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hello all,
….it’s been quiet for me on the gig-front this year which is nice. been enjoying my new digs and such. I have few gigs coming up this summer and long tour in september. The Jack Rose and Black Twigs lp has finally been released and word from klang hq is that they won’t be around long. along with the twigs lp, I’ll have copies of the dr ragtime pals lp, kensington blues, last copies of I do play rock and roll and the black dirt sessions, my newest solo jam. hope to see some of you there.

best,
jack

Jun 18 2009 8:00P
the Athenaeum fredericksburg, Virginia
Jun 20 2009 8:00P
the cellar blacksburg, Virginia
Jul 5 2009 8:00P
kung fu necktie philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 10 2009 8:00P
brickbat books philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 29 2009 8:00P
penn treaty park philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 2 2009 10:00P
bar new haven, Connecticut
Sep 4 2009 8:00P
Night Light chapel hill, Pennsylvania
Sep 5 2009 8:00P
harvest records presents… asheville, North Carolina
Sep 6 2009 8:00P
pilot light knoxville, Tennessee
Sep 8 2009 8:00P
eyedrum atlanta, Georgia
Sep 11 2009 8:00P
new college sarasota, Florida
Sep 13 2009 8:00P
tba orlando, Florida
Sep 14 2009 8:00P
tba tallahassee, Florida
Sep 15 2009 8:00P
tba tallahassee, Florida
Sep 16 2009 8:00P
strong stead pensacola, Florida
Sep 17 2009 8:00P
bottletree birmingham, Alabama
Sep 18 2009 8:00P
minicini shreeveport, Louisiana
Sep 19 2009 8:00P
the conservatory oklahoma city, Oklahoma
Sep 20 2009 8:00P
tba lawrence, Kansas
Sep 22 2009 8:00P
the oriental theatre denver, Colorado
Sep 23 2009 8:00P
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts omaha, Nebraska
Sep 24 2009 8:00P
the hideout chicago, Illinois
Sep 25 2009 8:00P
open lot st louis, Missouri
Sep 26 2009 8:00P
Black Sparrow Lafayette, Indiana
Sep 27 2009 8:00P
Bear’s Place bloomington, Indiana
Sep 29 2009 8:00P
WRFL Presents – TBA lexington, Kentucky
Sep 30 2009 8:00P
Morning Glory Coffeehouse pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A rare chance to see the groop in action:

The Hare & Hounds
Birmingham, Midlands
Saturday, Jun 13 2009, 8:00 PM

Equinox Festival
London, London and South East
Sunday, Jun 14 2009, 8:00 PM

The Croft
Bristol, Southwest
Monday, Jun 15 2009, 8:00 PM

After a slight delay, we’re pleased to bring you the deluxe double vinyl version of the sensational “The Four Aims.” The double lp was cut by John Golden and pressed at RTI. Alex Holden did the beautiful color gatefold sleeves, and the 3 tracks on side 4 are exclusive to the vinyl format. Order now!!!

vhf#62 Pelt “Ayahuasca” is unfortunately sold out for now. You can still download from iTunes, eMusic, and many others legal and illegal.

March 20 monkeytown Brooklyn
March 26 Be Cool Barcelona Spain
March 29 Veneno Stereo Castellon Spain
March 30 Pic Nic Madrid Spain
May 22 Goodbye Blue Monday Brooklyn

A Klang Family contingent descends on Columbia, Mo., this weekend for the True/False film fest, which is to include music from Pelt, the Spiral Joy Band, the Black Twig Pickers and Patrick Best — all perhaps in multiple lineups (even Patrick’s supposed solo turn) as travelers come and go during the many short sets that are planned.

Most of the music is quarter-hour-or-so blasts wrapped around the showing of films (although apparently, alas, not *during* the showings), with one slightly longer set for the Spiral Joy Band on Saturday night.

Here’s what we think we’re doing — note that this differs a bit from at least one version of the “official” schedule:

* on Friday, Feb.27, Twigs play one set at 9:30 p.m. at the Forrest Theatre (and we’ll forgive you if you’d rather be over at The Blue Note listening to Excene Cervanka).

* on Saturday, Feb. 28, Twigs are at the Blue Note at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., then Pelt is at the Blue Note at 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Then Spiral Joy Band is somewhere in the mix during the 8 p.m.-11 p.m., four-band showcase at the Cherry Street Artisan.

* on Sunday, March 1, Patrick Best is at the Blue Note at 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., quite possibly in Spiral Joy duo mode.

Got it? Great. See you there –

(for more info on the fest, check http://truefalse.org)

Sat March 21, 2009
Dances of Vice III, Le Sacre du Printemps
Fern’s special guest drummer for this show wil be Brian Viglione [Dresden Dolls]
w/ Melora Creager [Rasputina], Lucas Lanthier
The Montauk Club, 25 Eighth Ave., Brooklyn, New York, US

Thurs Apr 16, 2009
Johnny Brenda’s w/ Beat Circus, Ghost Ship Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fri Apr 17, 2009
Orion Studios Progressive Showcase a la Cuneiform Recs w/ Beat Circus Baltimore, Maryland

We’re very pleased to be able to offer Cloudz again after a couple of years in the out of print wilds. While a mere blip along Matt Bower’s quest for levitational transcendence, Cloudz is one of two or three key titles in the whole oeuvre, far as I’m concerned. There’s plenty of grit here (and some wild “lead” guitar), but there’s a spacey psychedelic vibe that is completely different from the couple of dozen titles that have followed since. If you’ve been following the recent Hototogisu and Skullflower releases and haven’t heard this, it will re-wire how you think about the MB universe. Also sounds great in the car and on the subway.

People, I know times are hard – remember those granite countertops you were going to get? Yeah, that didn’t work out for me either. That’s not important now – in the coming “WALL-E” style post-apocalyptic era, your vinyl will have all been either burned for fuel or used as crudely sharpened weaponry against marauders and your ipod dock won’t be working so hot due to no electricity and all that – so what will you do for entertainment? YES!!! You will scrounge some AA’s and rock these two new VHF CD’s on your boombox – the format combo of the future!!! (Note – if you do not share this premenition, please keep an eye out for the Æthenor vinyl, due in a few weeks).

	Æthenor Faking Gold & Murder LP/CD Stephen O’Malley, Daniel O’Sullivan, Vincent De Roguin, Anok Pe David Tibet, Nicolas Field, Alexandre Babel, Alexander Tucker. CD out now in deluxe packaging, LP available soon….
	Astral Social Club Octuplex CD Neil Campbell w/Richard Youngs, John Clyde-Evans, Spider Stacy, etc. Now ready for you to take home for jam time.

Remember that time you worked all weekend on that proposal that got someone a huge bonus and got you a $25 iTunes gift card? Or what about that time your in-laws stopped at teh Sev on the way to your house for Xmas and gave you that $10 iTunes gift card that was still stuck to the little holder? Well, when that stuff happens again this year, you can take advantage of recent vhf titles on sale at iTunes!!!

ÆTHENOR
Betimes Black Cloudmasses

BLACK TWIG PICKERS
Hobo Handshake

FERN KNIGHT
Music for Witches and Alchemists

FERN KNIGHT
s/t

PELT
Dauphin Elegies

ALEXANDER TURNQUIST
Faint At The Loudest Hour

Daniel O’Sullivan, Vincent de Roguin, Stephen O’Malley, Kristofer Rygg, Steve Noble

Jan 28 Berlin, Club Transmediale
Jan 29 Groningen, Vera
Jan 30 Brussels, Beursschouwburg
Jan 31 Rotterdam, Worm IFFR
Feb 1 Amsterdam, Paradiso

Girl, I know it has been a long time since we talked but we had to move this summer an’ all my batteriez fell out. I gots so tired that I had to lay down teh label gun and just concentrate on the management consulting for a while. then the gov’t traded all the computers for bullets and I had to have the staff write the sites on a piece of paper and hold it out the window on Penn. Ave. Anyways, I hear the record biz is dead and I wish someone would have told me that before I started spending on my 2009 releases b/c all those digipaks and letterpress covers and whatnot can’t be returned like a defective DVD at teh Target. I know things can never be tha same but I wanted to post the clipz cuz I know that whatever has happened between us, you still love the jams:

	Æthenor Faking Gold & Murder LP/CD Stephen O’Malley, Daniel O’Sullivan, Vincent De Roguin, Anok Pe David Tibet, Nicolas Field, Alexandre Babel, Alexander Tucker. Available Jan 26, 2009. I II III IV
	Astral Social Club Octuplex CD Neil Campbell w/Richard Youngs, John Clyde-Evans, Spider Stacy, etc. Available Jan 26, 2009. caustic rOe mügik Churn aggro vaulT pilgrim sUnburst sweet sPraint radial hermaphrodite muscle adductor hot toxer
	Mick Flower/Chris Corsano The Four Aims LP/CD That is not teh cover and I’m not posting the clips b/c I don’t have the final, but I thought you’d want to know as it is tremendous. Available Feb 2009
	Sunroof! Cloudz CD I totally forgot to keep a copy of this CD, so I had to repress it! I tried to get one on ebay, and JW sent a snappy of one at a library somewhere, but it was too far to drive so I just decided to order an entire pressing. One of MB’s all time classics, in a krautrocky style he left behind like 30 releases ago. Available Dec 2008.

Anyways, I dunno if there’s gonna be a biz in the future or if it’ll be all $25 LP’s and sendspace leaks from some bitterz whose’ doom/beard rock LP got a corner dent in th’ post. if that happens I will try to go on but no promises. As it is, my side in producing teen vampire films is quite teh day filler so you know, help me out, ok?

Love,
VHF

hey folks,
….I’ve got a few gigs coming up, hope some of you can make it to one or
2. the 1st tour consists of 13 gigs barnstorming through europe. the 2nd tour
is a brief southern xmas jaunt, maybe I’ll play a xmas song in the set. the
dr ragtime and pals lp is finally here, released on the venerable tequila
sunrise label in an edition of 960. I still have plenty of copies of the i do play rock
and roll lp, but I wouldn’t blink for too long, as they will be history soon.
My new solo lp is completed and will be out in may via 3lobed in may.
Beautifully recorded by jason meagher at his black dirt studios in the late summer/early fall of this year. hope this message finds everyone well and happy.

best,
jack

11.29.08 kunstencencentrum belgie, hasselt
12.01.08 passos manuel, porto
12.02.08 mercado negro, aviero
12.03.08 caberet maxime, lisbon
12.05.08 douglas hyde gallery, dublin
12.06.08 strand, stockholm
12.07.08 afk in gothenburg (ideal privat)
12.08.08 tba, copenhagen
12.09.08 landmark, bergen
12.10.08 cafe lobby, aarhus
12.11.08 gronland kirke, oslo
12.12.08 podium, oslo
12.13.08 paard van troje state forms x festival, the hague
12.16.08 1st unitarian chapel, philly
12.18.08 night light, chapel hill
12.19.08 harvest records, asheville
12.20.08 odessa, memphis
12.21.08 tba, new orleans
12.30.08 mohawk, austin
1.03.09 avenue b rehab, nyc

6 Nov ZARAGOZA tbc
7 Nov Teatre del Clot, VALENCIA
8 Nov Sala Monasterio, Passeig Isabell No 4, BARCELONA
9 Nov Cafe del Teatre, Carrer Lluis Companys, LLEIDA
11 Nov Wurlitzer Ballroom, Tres Cruces 12, MADRID
12 Nov Teatro Principal, Tanned Tin Festival, CASTELLON
14 Nov Bola 8, GIJON

2008-08-30: Black Twig Pickers, Newport, Va., Newport Fest
2008-09-04: Black Twig Pickers, Winona, Minn., Ed’s Bar (w/Charlie Parr)
2008-09-05: Black Twig Pickers, Duluth, Minn., Brewhouse (w/Charlie Parr)
2008-09-06: Black Twig Pickers, Washington County, Minn., Washington County Folk & Bluegrass Festival (afternoon set w/Charlie Parr)
2008-09-06: Black Twig Pickers, Mankato, Minn., Sugar Room (all-nighter w/Charlie Parr)
2008-09-07: Black Twig Pickers, St. Paul, Minn., Turf Club (w/Charlie Parr)
2008-09-08: Black Twig Pickers, Madison, Wis., Busking (w/Charlie Parr)
2008-09-09: Black Twig Pickers, Madison, Wis., Busking (w/Charlie Parr)
2008-09-21: Black Twig Pickers, Roanoke, Va., Roanoke City Market (11 a.m.-2 p.m.)
2008-09-26: Black Twig Pickers, Floyd, Va., Floyd Country Store dance
2008-09-27: Black Twig Pickers, Blacksburg, Va., Blacksburg Farmers Market (9 a.m.-noon!)
2008-09-27: Black Twig Pickers, Blacksburg, Va., Cellar
2008-10-11: Black Twig Pickers, Blacksburg, Va., Cellar (9 p.m.-midnight or so)
2008-10-15: Black Twig Pickers, Roanoke, Va., Hotel Roanoke
2008-10-24: Black Twig Pickers, Floyd, Va., Floyd Country Store dance
2008-10-25: Black Twig Pickers, Lost River, W.Va., Private pumpkin carving
2008-11-15: Black Twig Pickers, Blacksburg, Va., Cellar (9 p.m.-midnight or so)
2008-11-28: Black Twig Pickers, Floyd, Va., Floyd Country Store dance
2008-12-13: Black Twig Pickers, Blacksburg, Va., Cellar (9 p.m.-midnight or so)
2008-12-20: Black Twig Pickers, Mount Airy, NC, WPAQ Merry-go-round (noon slot: 740 AM and wpaq740.com and live in downtown theater)
2008-12-26: Black Twig Pickers, Floyd, Va., Floyd Country Store dance

hey dudes,
….I have an exciting tour coming up in october with the legendary michael
chapman. Michael is probably best known for his classic records he released on
the harvest label in the early 70’s. he hasn’t stopped playing/touring and is
still one hell of a guitarist and singer. his last tour of the states was in in
the winter of 2005 and he’s not to be missed. tour runs oct 9th through the
19th.

Thursday 9th
NYC, NY
Knitting Factory

Friday 10th
Upper Jay, NY
@The Recovery Lounge, Upper Jay Art Center
http://upperjayartcenter.com/

Saturday 11th
Portland, ME
The Time of Rivers Festival

Sunday 12th
New Haven, CT
BAR

Monday 13th
tba

Wednesday 15th
Philadelphia, PA
TBA

Thursday 16th
Pittsburgh, PA
Garfield Arts

Friday 17th
Ithaca, NY
Lost Dog Café
http://www.lostdogcafe.net/ithaca/

Saturday 18th
Montague, MA
Montague Bookmill

Sunday 19th
Rochester, NY
Bug Jar

For this tour I’ll have lots of vinyl goodies on sale. “Dr Ragtime and Pals”
will be out officially and will be pressed in an edition of 1000 on tequila
sunrise. It will have 3 less tracks than the test pressing and cd version.
Those tracks will be re-recorded later for another release that has yet to be
determined. “I do Play rock and roll” will be available as well in an edition
of 1000 on 180 g wax and deluxx cover on the 3lobed label. I’ll have a few
copies of the kensington blues reprees (30 copies or so) and the last 5 copies
of the twigs/jr 7″. Keep your eyes peeled for the jack rose/black twigs ep 12″
that will hopefully be out later this year on klang industries. the master and
art will be sent out in a couple of weeks.

Right now I’m currently booking for a european tour in late nov/dec. If anyone
has an interest in booking, please get in touch with regina greene at front
porch productions: frontporchproductionsrg@gmail.com

I also have a local philly gig opening for the boogie master, tetuzi akiyama at
bowerbird, the powel house on sept 16th. he’ll be playing an acoustic set for
this gig. should be a nice one.

Hope everyone has had a nice summer and hope to see you soon.

best,
jack

First new CD in 3 years, available now. Catch a rare performance at Terrastock this weekend.

Pelt Dauphin Elegies CD

Featuring….
Alexander Turnquist (DC debut)
Glenn Jones (Tha’ master)
Fern Knight (CD release show w/rock pants!)
Jack Rose and thee Black Twigs (old school)
vhf management, accounts department, A&R, and the first lady!!! (not really)

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