Sat, Sept 29 Atlas Performing Arts Center, Sonic Circuits Fest, Washington, DC

Rocket From The Tombs

Fri, Oct 12 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH

David Thomas

Sat, Sept 15: Cafe Oto, London (book launch performance) 

hearpen.com takes a break for the summer, so check out the last spring release, this time a live in-studio recording of Pere Ubu titled "Live At Grant Avenue".  Here's what we know of it:  William Blakeney invited Pere Ubu to record at Grant Avenue Studio (Hamilton, Ontario) October 9 2007, on the way to a concert performance in Toronto the same evening. The recording is live in the studio - no overdubs, no re-takes. Throw the equipment up, eat sandwiches, record and go. A select group attended as an audience.

Also of note: David Thomas has a debut book available now in a limited edition hardback and later as a wider release paperback.  A blog site for the book, with a video preview is now live.  Bob Holman of the Bowery Poetry Club says of the book, "The Book of Hieroglyphs": "I'm having the pleasure of previewing David (Pere Ubu) Thomas' book of nonpoems called The Book of Hieroglyphs. Thomas refuses to call the pieces in this book poetry, says they are not the songs. I really don't care what you call them, and it's true that they are unlike anything you've ever read before, but what they are are zings, stings, word bullets that tell stories so condensed that your mind changes on every syllable."  Preview and release performances are set, details below.  

hearpen.com has a new release, this time a live in-studio recording of Pere Ubu titled "Live At Grant Avenue".  Here's what we know of it:  William Blakeney invited Pere Ubu to record at Grant Avenue Studio (Hamilton, Ontario) October 9 2007, on the way to a concert performance in Toronto the same evening. The recording is live in the studio - no overdubs, no re-takes. Throw the equipment up, eat sandwiches, record and go. A select group attended as an audience.   

Also of note: David Thomas has a debut book available now in a limited edition hardback and later as a wider release paperback.  A blog site for the book, with a video preview is now live.  Bob Holman of the Bowery Poetry Club says of the book, "The Book of Hieroglyphs": "I'm having the pleasure of previewing David (Pere Ubu) Thomas' book of nonpoems called The Book of Hieroglyphs. Thomas refuses to call the pieces in this book poetry, says they are not the songs. I really don't care what you call them, and it's true that they are unlike anything you've ever read before, but what they are are zings, stings, word bullets that tell stories so condensed that your mind changes on every syllable."  

hearpen.com is taking a break this month, so enjoy last month's release, this time a reissue of a long lost solo release from David Thomas titled "Vocal Performances."  Here's what we know of it: Vocal Performances was a 12-inch vinyl single released by Rough Trade Records US in 1981. 'Sloop John B' is the original vocal performance, recorded in a London hotel room, that was later overdubbed with drums and trumpet to appear on The Sound of the Sand & Other Songs of the Pedestrian.  Ralph Carney joins David on 1 track.

hearpen.com has a new release, this time a reissue of a long lost solo release from David Thomas titled "Vocal Performances."  Here's what we know of it: Vocal Performances was a 12-inch vinyl single released by Rough Trade Records US in 1981. 'Sloop John B' is the original vocal performance, recorded in a London hotel room, that was later overdubbed with drums and trumpet to appear on The Sound of the Sand & Other Songs of the Pedestrian.  Ralph Carney joins David on 1 track.

hearpen.com has a new release, this time from David Thomas and 2 pale boys, a live set titled 'Brunswick Parking Lot'.  Here's what we know: Recorded July 5 2004 at VPRO Studios, Amsterdam, Netherlands, for the program "Zeldzaam.Dwars." The band soundman was Gagarin.

We also have a new download release licensed to use from our friends at Target Earth Recordsin Tokyo.  Rockbottom returns with another fantastic garage pop punk ripper that'll have you thinking 20/20 has reformed under a psuedonym in Japan.  Entitled 'Revenge', get this 11 song release at your favorite download store.

hearpen.com has a new release, this time it's the equivelent of making a journey to the center of the Earth to find an amazing never before seen world.  It's from Rocket From The Tombs, it's the long lost and never before released in any format recording from the December 1974 Extermination Night, and here's what we know:  This is the debut of what's known as the "original" Rocket From The Tombs (actually v.3.1) recorded December 22 1974 at the Special Extermination Music Night at the Viking Saloon.  Craig Bell at this point had been a member of the band for about a month but was forbidden to play in RFTT by the leader of Mirrors. Three of these songs, Rich Bitch, Gasoline and New York Stars, are unique to this recording.  (I will add as well, that the extensive Peter Laughner research that has been undertaken by Smog Veil and its crew of researchers has found that these 3 songs were never again recorded by Peter...)  Our friend, John Morton, did the artwork, based upon an original flyer of his for the event.  A PDF of additional liner notes is also contained within the download.  

TELLERVO KALLEINEN AND OLIVER KOCHTA-KALLEINEN

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