holiday to do list

1. Learn, to the note, "Rolling Stone" by Muddy Waters and never play it with other folks around.
2. Fix that fucking guitar amp finally. stop talking about it. just do it.
3. Get all abroad parcels out before dec. 18 this time! (so they arrive by 12/24)
4. Figure out what April wants that you can actually obtain.
5. Try to be a little more like Frank DiRienzo.
6. Spin that Johnny Farmer Lp one more time.
7. Figure out EXACTLY what "Mojo" is, get some, and bring it with you. When you get there, use it. Use it all night long.
8. Stop hating on breast feeding mothers for a weekend or so. Maybe wait another month until the recession really hits everyone hard for that one.
9. When Dec 24 hits, dont skimp on the scotch this year. $60 is ghetto prices for this day. Write in and thank us on the 26th. The Highland variety is best for longevity..
10. Try to watch "A Christmas Story" at least 5 times before you open your ruck. TBS plays it 24 hrs on the 24th to the 25th religiously. Give Mr. Bob Clark your nod. You probably know that the other film he did was "Porky`s". Fuck, maybe watch "Porky`s" at least 5 times. With that scotch mentioned in 9. Do the latter. It always feels good.

Eulogy/final wishes

When I die,
Bury me upside down
so everyone can
KISS MY ASS

Death Do Us Part

Our next record will be titled "Death Do Us Part".

April sounded real good tonight. Smooth, dark and sultry. We turned the lights down in the room and raced through the new set. We will record soon. Im thinking about stereo situations with the drums and guitar. Tape delay and also the odd shitty mic with the vocal layer.

Everyone is fired up in NYC...Well, our circle of friends are and I was thinking about how much more calm we all were back in Seattle. I fired these really great vintage WW2 rifles over Thanksgiving. The German Mauser seemed to be the most fitting and comfortable shot. Tho, this rifle lost the war for those fuck heads.

Anyway, APril named a few songs that will be on "Death Do Us Part", and I thought I would post them here:

-Blood On Our Hands
-No Exception To The Rule
-This City`s Got Me
-The Virgin Mary`s Hand

The rest of the stuff has been noted around the practice space as "song number4", or "the one that gives me stress" and suchlike.

Im thinking ahead tonight. Beyond the space on old south 4th here in BKLYN.
Ideas for a record cover. PR photos of Frank, APril and me. Beyond the hands of the studio we will certainly be in and out of in the next few weeks.

I remember a really hot early morning in OKC where we (TBP) were getting an oil change. I was the only one that had a cell phone. That tour was at least a month long. I went into Kinkos to correspond with our agent. I still have that card in my wallet...tho there are no credits on it. Lots of stuff has changed since then.

There is more coming friends.

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New Song

Yess! We put together another song last night. That makes a SOLID 6 that I dont want to cut. This makes me happy. The ratio of stuff I make of stuff that I think sucks to stuff I make that is worth recording is getting slimmer. For now.

It is starting to get cold here in old new york. I opted to go grab some beer and goods from the Italian deli across the street and keep myself inside today. I watched Groundhog Day and wished for a big snow storm.

Today I surround myself with lame old music from my early teens. A guilty pleasure. You do it too. Its ok. Its not that you like it, its just that it has somehow imbedded itself in your lobes up there.. those were different times. Music is cool like that. The smell of baking bread is similar.

I was thinking of my grandmother the other day. I could use her sometimes. She always had this way of being supportive and also being not supportive at the same time: all the while steering me in the right direction. How did she do that? Experience probably. I hope to be like her in this way one day.

So the other day at Brooklyn Label I played her favorite songs all day. At the top of the playslist was Roy Orbison.

Legend

AP

Last Night

Hi. I want this blog to take a more insight sort of a turn simply because I have never saved any sort of press clipping, tour diary, etc of any band i have ever done. Really.

Last night was shit. We did a band practice in such a shitty mood that I created. I came down really hard on both of my band mates about being on time and taking the situation seriously that it created probably the best sesssion we have had since we have been playing together. Sometimes I wish it wouldnt take me becoming "that guy" to get that out of them. Maybe they dont become "that guy" to me when i show up on the long friday practice we do...after the happy hour. Probably not.

Anyway, APril and I drove back home afterwards and the situation was tense. I was thinking about how every song we did was spot on and led into another song in our future set. I felt proud. I felt that they were intimidated by my words before we started playing these songs. I dont like being the asshole. As you may know APril and I are married. We went home and silently ate fruit and watched CSI and said nothing. Waiting for it to snow. Its ok.

I am lucky to be playing with these people. We will be spending tons of time with each other in the next year. There is no question about that. I respect them enough to get personal with them about their performances. i hope they know that. Being in a touring band is a weird business.

All of this will lead up to some serious touring madness. I cant wait to look back to this post when that all happens.

AP

Recent Playlist

Jesu
Fred McDowell
The Conformists
Restless Heart
TOMBS
Son House
Charley Patton
Cedell Davis
Simple Minds
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Wilson Pickett
Metallica
Earth Wind Fire
Junior Kimbrough
Arab on Radar
Voicemail

Booking Black Horse

Hi. I wanted to put up a post about how to get our little sleazy band to come and play for you...we have had a few folks in the last months write in and ask us to do shows etc.

Ok, here is the deal: We will do almost any show, in any venue (this includes your house, artspace etc) in the USA if we can get a couple weeks notice and hopefully some preperation (pr) on your end. If the show is farther than a days drive from NYC we will probably need some sort of gas/door/guarantee money so we have a place to crash at the end of the night and some funds to get home. We only need a P.A. for APril to sing. Pref. not a guitar amp that is sitting around your house. Dont worry, we work for cheap. A good time is priceless!

-A U.S. Tour is in the planning stages for BLX for spring/l8spring `09.

For shows across the pond, (europe, UK, Japan!!??, etc), we obviously need a few confirmed solid shows to justify the plane tix and gear rental to make it happen. If you really like our band and want us to come by and rock some with you hit us up and we will get to you when we get a tour together in your country. If you really really love us and want us to come do a one off drop us a line. We can most likely work something out. We love to travel.

We have, however, in the past done fly ins for special shows. We love to do this and our backline is super simple! Even more so now that we have a drummer!

Serious inquiries: april@blackhorserock.com