“It is not possible for us to compose, create and act as a band any more. We have decided to stop the band at this point.”

Our thanks go to all the people who have supported us – label, bookers, listeners, friends … you know who you are.

a bit more here:

http://crunchy.dk/asp/default.asp?News_Id=289

March 17th 18thDye DJ the Cake Shop Manhattan New York NY. http://www.cake-shop.com/calendar/

March 19th AUSTIN SWSX ! CRUNCHY FROG LABEL NIGHT at Submerged, 333 E St (v.Trinity) 11pm

March 20th AUSTIN SWSX! DANISH DYNAMITE OUTSIDE DAYPARTY at Vogtsberger House,1402 E 2nd St 1pm

now in seattle, playing chop suey tonight.

we had 1.5 days off here and really like it here. second hand poetry book stores be our death. thrift shops too. vinyl shops, needless to say.

liked the cafe bauhaus. and the ballet diner on pike st and broadway – a treasure – we love you guys. the curry and won ton are amazing.

whats been inbetween Toronto and here?

Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis – 3 out of 4 we really liked and that s not bad. all these places there ve been wonderful sweet people helping us out, letting us stay at their places, etc etc … thanks to you all -  … porcupine, the muttering retreats, babylon a go go, coupleskate, ….  gerard, kerry, chris (gammel dansk!), greg, all the people at the clubs

on the minus side we still havent received any vinyl to sell at the shows, and we re almost sold out for cds. hhmm. not good.

imagery:

we re in Toronto right now. Both the canadian shows were really good we thought – we liked it, we liked the people (thanks to everybody at the ZooBizarre, the club people, the band Crystal Moustache, .. friendliness and carots make all the difference on this planet), thanks to everybody at the Horseshoe in Toronto. great place, great soundguy (hi Brian), great Jamaican food just across the street, the Ackee Tree – sweet people, and interesting paintings on the walls, by a local painter, Jabari (?) … really liked those … http://www.ackeetree.com/

guess that kinda defines our sources of inspiration – paintings, people, sweetness, carots. and hate and love of course, but that goes without saying.

talking bout love – yes, the night at Santos in New York was great. Dye loves Marnie Stern. WIN MARNIE WIN. and Gang Gang Dance were good n sweet too – the night ended with all 3 bands jamming together on stage, at least almost evrybody.

the long drives thru Vermont, Maine (or wherever we were) were great … snow, cold clear air, truckstops, Jakes service station … wait let me find a pic:

Dye at Jakes:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/12/18th_dye_santos.html

now that s what we call wall of sound. the walls of the hotel were shaking. all about walls.

getting ready now for tonites show,

excited to be sharing a stage with Marnie Stern. really gotten to like her stuff – lyrics really resonate with me right now.

touring with the sweet souls of Devon Williams. they are obsessed with disneyland, at least the drummer is.

we are, if not obssesed, impressed by: accordion car crashes on a crosswinds bridge, baynesville electronics, thanksgiving friendliness, german smack poetry, – got “highway to hell” and “dont you love her madly” on Classic Rock FM, step up transformers now all sorted, and the cranberry sodas at philly mill creek tavern are magic.
thanks to the small but sweet audiences at the first two show, thanks Th MZA (Th MZA commented on your status:
“philadelphia is lucky tonight! My brother and I are wearing our 18th Dye shirts today, thank you again for a spectacular show”), thanks Jess and all in Conversations with Enemies, band we played with in philly.

and hey it s good to be at Hotel 17 again.