HEARTS SKIPPING BEATS

OH, MAN.
WHAT W/L WOULDN'T GIVE TO HEAR HER SING THAT SWEET STUFF IN DEFENSE OF US...

ACHILLES LAST STAND

MAN OH MAN, OUR POOR PAL KRIS POULIN SNAPPED HIS ACHILLES TWICE IN ONE TOUR AND ALL HE GOT WERE SOME LOUSY MEDICAL BILLS. STINKS!

WELL, IT AIN'T QUITE GONNA MAKE HIM WHOLE AGAIN, BUT A LITTLE HELP'S ON THE WAY: W/L'S JL'S GONNA PLAY WITH OUR PALS DAVID DANIELL, DOUG MCCOMBS, AND FRANK ROSALY AT THE EMPTY BOTTLE ON DECEMBER 10 AND THROW ALL THE BOOT POULIN'S WAY. ALSO ON THE BENEFICIAL BILL: DJ'S GWEN LEMOS & FRIER TUCK AND THE AMAZING HEAD OF SKULLS! DOPE.

SOME NEWSMAN & SOME NEWS, MAN

SOME NEWS, SORTA, AND REAL QUICK-LIKE... MORE TOUR INFO POSTED TO YR RIGHT AND OVER BY DERE ON OURSPACE. COUPLA' CANADIAN SHOWS ARE CONFIRMED, TOO, WHICH'LL ALLOW MHC TO GET HIS FRANCAIS-FIX FOR THE TIME BEING, AS W/L WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE EUROPE UNTIL MAY-ISH.

AND HOLY SMOKES, LOOK! IT'S W/L'S MHC (LONGHAIR IN THE BACKGROUND, NATCH; DON'T WORRY, MATT'S MOMMA, HE GOT HIS WIG TRIMMED FOR THANKSGIVING) AND ONE OF THE GREATEST NEWSMEN OF ALL TIME! BANANAS. A QUICK HANG WITH OUR MAN D.R. MADE ALL THIS GRAD SCHOOLIN' WORTH IT.

AND SPEAKIN' OF SCHOOLIN'? BACK TO IT, BOOKWORMS...

IN THE WORDS OF BIG MAN/R KELLY...

"I'M BLESSED." THANKS TONS TO ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SHOPS AROUND FOR THE RAD REVIEW/WRITE-UP/RIGHT ON*. SOME REAL AWWW-SHUCKS, REALLY? FEELINGS GOIN' AROUND W/L HQ RIGHT NOW...

*YOU GOTTA PLUG "WHITE/LIGHT" INTO THE SEARCH ROBOT-THINGER TO GET YR EYES ON THE REVIEW, FYI.

BASTARD SEEN PEEP*

SPACE-AGE RECIPROCITY, FRIENDS... DIG IT.

(*ANAGRAM, NATCH)

Amazing.

YEAR OF THE KNOB WOLF

TOO BUSHED TO COMMUNICATE ANYTHING TOO CRAFTY RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, DUDES? DIG THIS. THANKS!

OLD FRIEND

R.I.P., STUDS. THE WORLD IS SOMETHING MORE FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN IT.

$10

you know, you can get it from here for $10 with shipping!

and you can pick up that raincoats CD while yr there too...

BLACK ACTS RELEASED TODAY!

thank you to everyone.

AND OH YEAH...

I MEAN DUH, FOR SERIOUSLY...

W/L'S MHC IS DEEJAYIN' THIS THURSDAY, OCT 23, AT THE ROYALE IN ST. LOUIS, MIZZ-ERRR-EEE. 10PM TO CLOSE. COME BY AND SAY HEY, EH?

TO HEAR WITH A THOUSAND EARS

POSTED A NEW FREEBIE TO YR RIGHT, RIGHT? CHICAGO (EMPTY BOTTLE) SHOW FROM OCT 16, 2008. HOPE YOU DIG LISTENIN' TO IT, COS WE HAD A BLAST MAKIN' IT FOR ALL YOUS GUYS. THANKS TONS, FRIENDS.

AND, AND, AND! SOME NICE PHOTOS OF THE SHOW BY M. TAPLINGER POSTED OVER ON W/L'S MYFACE WEBSPOT.

ALSO, CHANGED THE OTHER FREEBIE TO A MORE APPROPRIATE TITLE (OR LACK THEREOF, REALLY). LONG STORY. SHORT VERSION? WE'RE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE EARTH, AND CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC SONG TITLES WORTH A DANG.

WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? JANUARY EAST COAST SHOWS ARE STARTING TO GET CONFIRMED; DETAILS POSTED SOON-ISH. MEANTIME, CHECK OUT THE NEW DISC ON SMELLS LIKE, COMIN' OUT ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! SACRE VACHE, DUDES!

BE GOOD, EH?

X/O,
W/L

TAKE 'ER E-Z

LAST MINUTE? YUP. HEAVY? NOPE. W/L'S GONNA KEEP IT LIGHT AND DJ THIS WEDNESDAY, OCT 15, AT RAINBO CLUB, CHICAGO. ONE NIGHT BEFORE WE GET SERIOUSLY HEAVY @ THE BOTTLE. "GOOD TIMES MUSIC," AS PER THE REQUEST OF GRAEME, BIRTHDAY MAN AND DRUMMER OF ONE OF OUR FAVORITE BANDS. TOTAL BROMANCE FOR THEM DUDES, SERIOUSLY.

DON'T YOU KNOW IT FILL ME UP WITH SURPRISE

LANDED DAYS AND DAYS AGO FROM THE SHOW/FEST IN TOULOUSE, BUT TAKING OUR TIME RETURNING TO EARTH... W/L, GOIN' MESSIN' UP MY MIND (MON DIEU).

WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? ALL IT'LL DO IS LINK BACK HERE FOR THE TIME BEING, BUT WE'VE BEGUN WORK ON THIS PIECE OF INTERNET MAGIC:
WWW.WHITESLASHLIGHT.COM

AND HOLY SMOKES, W/L'S OFFICIALLY EXCITED, COS IT'S OFFICIALLY OFFISH: W/L'S SHOWS ARE GONNA BE BABYSAT BY THE ONE AN' ONLY REGINA GREENE, TRANSPLANTED TENNESSEAN AND NATIVE NICE DUDE. HER FIRST ORDER OF BIDNESS: GETTIN' W/L FROM CHICAGO TO NYC AND BACK, JAN 2 - 12. MORE DETAILS POSTED WHEN WE GET 'EM. MEANTIME, DIG "A UNITED STATE OF LIGHT," A TRACK/STATEMENT OF PURPOSE FROM THE NEW W/L RECORD, VIA HER WEBSPOT.

XO
W/L

ON THE WAY/CROSS THE TRACKS

COMING OR GOING, DEPENDING ON YR PERSPECTIVE.

MHC'S DIGITAL CAMERA BATTERY IS MAYBE 7 OR 8 YEARS OLD, AND CAN'T HOLD A CHARGE FOR MORE THAN 7 OR 8 MINUTES, SO THERE WON'T BE AS MANY PHOTOS OF THE AMAZING W/LICHENS TRIP TO FRANCE POSTED UP HERE AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. ORRR, NOT PLANNED... PLAN AHEAD, REMEMBER? HA HA.

but, THANKS TONS TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE WE MET IN TOULOUSE. CAN'T WAIT TO COME BACK/GO BACK. SUCH A GOOD TIME.

AND MON DIEU! WHO SHOULD BE ON THE PLANE ON THE WAY THERE BUT CAROL JACKSON AND JIM DJORLING! OH LA VACHE.

AND SUPER COOL! WHO SHOULD BE ON THE PLANE ON THE WAY AWAY FROM THERE BUT DEB SOKOLOW! UBERCHOUTTE.














THIS EUROPEAN-WEEKEND STUFF COULD GET REAL ADDICTIVE, AND REAL TOUT D'SUITE, OUI?

YOU HAVE MORE FREEDOM THAN YOU ARE USING, INDEED

WHY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH DID W/L'S MHC NOT RESPOND IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO DAN'S INVITE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MADNESS? C'EST LA VIE, OUI?

BORN TOULOUSE/LA TREK DEUXIEME

CRIMINAL WAVES

TOO LOOSE/LA TREK

GOOD ADVICE, PRACTICALLY MIS-APPLIED BY YR WHITE/LICHENSES. THAT IS, WE THOUGHT WE WAS SUPPOSED TO FLY OUT tomorrow NIGHT; OOPS. BUT SOON WE'LL BE CHASING EUROPE WHILE FIGHTING GRAVITY AND EARTH'S ROTATION IN THAT SKY ABOVE THOSE RECORDS ON A CURB IN CHICAGO. SO-SO-SSTTOOKKEEDD...

IT COMES OUT HERE!? WTF...

YEAH, IT'S LAST MINUTE, BUT W/L'S MHC'S AGREED TO PLAY SOME RECORDS AT THE ROYALE IN ST. LOUIS TOMORROW NIGHT, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29 @ 10PM. HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT.

ALSO, MORE NEWS SOON ON THE WHITE/LICHENS SPLIT 10" WITH OUR FRENCH PALS :TAKE: COMING OUT ON THE SWISS START-UP LABEL THREE-FOUR RECORDS. RELEASE DATE'S STILL T.B.A., EH? BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'LL BE WHITE/LIGHT'S FIRST VINYL RELEASE; FOR TWO DUDES WHO REALLY LIKE RECORDS, THAT'S KINDA BANANAS.

PLASTIC JESUS

R.I.P., FRIEND.

VICE RAG/THERE'S A REASON

THIS GUY KILLED IT TONIGHT. THANKS, FRIEND.

NOBODY TOLD ME THERE'D BE BLOGS LIKE THESE

STRANGE DAYS INDEED: SILTBREEZE BLOG HERE, WHICH IS JUST A FEW LINKS AWAY FROM A RAD FREEBIE BY CHICAGOAN U.S. GIRLS. STRANGER TO W/L, BUT LOVE AT FIRST LISTEN. MAN, DOES W/L LOVE THE INTERNET.

L'AWESOME

CHILLAX HERE WITH W/L'S MHC, WHO ACCEPTED A LAST-MINUTE INVITATION TO PLAY SOME RECORDS AT THE ROYALE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY SEPT 17, 2008) FROM 10PM TO 1AM.

OH YEAH, DID YOU KNOW THAT MHC'S LIVIN' IN ST. LOUIS, MISERY FOR A LITTLE WHILE? IF YR IN TOWN, please COME OUT AND INTRODUCE YRSELF. THE DUDE NEEDS PALS.

AND NOW, AN EVEN BIGGER Z

CONGRATS, 'LOS, AND THANKS FOR THE SHOW; W/L MANAGED TO CATCH THE LAST FEW MOMENTS OF THIS ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME MIND-BLOWER/MADNESS. WOOF.

TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB'S TAIL

AND JUST LIKE THAT, JOSE LUIS HAS CHIMED IN WITH AN UPDATE FOR US/YOU: HIS FILM "TRANCE (11-20)" WILL HOPEFULLY BE READY EARLY NEXT YEAR; AVAILABILITY/SCREENINGS/WHATEVER INFO'S ALL YOURS WHEN WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S UP. W/L'LL BE PART OF "TRANCE 15."

MEANTIME, THERE'S THIS TRAILER FOR THE STUFF SHOWING IN NYC THIS WEEK AND THIS LOW-RES VERSION OF "TRANCE (1-10) TRANCE 4" AND ALSO THIS ONE OF "TRANCE (1-10) TRANCE 5" FEATURING ONE OF THE TOP ACTS GOING TODAY.

CHILE DOGG

DIG THE TALKIES, BUT STILL... OH, WAIT, I ALREADY ASKED THAT QUESTION HERE. WHOOPSKI, DOG.

WELL, YA IN NYC? W/L'S JEALOUS FOR ALL KINDS OF REASONS, BUT ESPECIALLY COS OUR PAL FROM CHILE JOSE LUIS TORRES LEIVA WILL BE SHOWING SOME BEAUTIFUL STUFF HERE STARTING LATER IN THE WEEK. CATCH IT IF YOU CAN; WE'RE EACH GONNA MISS IT BY JUST A FEW DAYS. STILL NO WORD ON WHEN OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIS NEWEST FILM WILL BE SEEN/HEARD, BUT WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED...

FROG HUNT V.2

W/LICHENS SHOW ON 3.10.08 IN TOULOUSE (SEE ALSO: THIS GUY) HAS TURNED INTO A REAL QUESTION GENERATOR; DETAILS IN ENGLISH ET FRANCAIS. JUST W/L'S MHC + LICHENS FOR THIS ONE; JEREMY'LL BE OUT ON THE ROAD WITH THESE FOLKS.

SUPPRESSION PULSES, TWO, THREE, FOUR...

CURRENTLY DEAR TO W/L'S EARS; NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE OTHER T2 YOU WERE THINKING OF.

MISSED CONNECTIONS

RUMOR HAS IT THAT HAINO DIDN'T SHOW LAST NIGHT AT THE BOTTLE? PLANE TROUBLES OR SOMETHING? STINKS. WHAT IF THIS GUY HAD SHOWN UP INSTEAD?

IN YOUR EXTENDED NETWORK

UNTIL I HEAR OTHERWISE, THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST SPOT TO SEE STUFF MADE BY THIS GUY. SO GOOD.

WHAT POOR GODS DO WE MAKE?

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE FIRST ROCK SHOW MHC EVER DID SEE, WE'RE GIVING AWAY SOME FREE SHIT... BLOG-ONLY DOWNLOADS LISTED TO THE RIGHT, RIGHT? INAUGURAL FREEBIE IS A TRACK CALLED MONADNOCK, ORIGINALLY RECORDED FOR THE WEIRD WIDE WORLD OF THE ONE AND ONLY GALACTIC ZOO DOSSIER. AND EXCUSE US FOR BRAGGIN', BUT IT'S A GOOD ONE.

OF BRAWLING AMONG MEN

DIG THE TALKIES, BUT STILL PINE FOR THE GOOD OL' DAYS OF KITTY GORDON AND VALLI VALLI? CHECK ONE OF OUR FAVES, FEATURING THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, SORTA. THE HEIST SCENE IS THE HEIST SCENE, MAN. W/L DIGS IT SO MUCH, WE NAMED A TRACK ON THE NEW RECORD AFTER THIS GUY. TOP OF THE QUEUE, TOUT DE SUITE...

AND NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, WE NAMED A TRACK AFTER THE WONDERFUL WOMAN IN THIS PIC, TOO. PROGRESSIVE FLICK, YEAH, BUT THEY STILL NAMED IT AFTER THE MALE PRIVATE DICK, NOW DIDN'T THEY? GUESS CALLING IT "DANIELS" WOULDN'T REALLY MOVE THE UNITS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, HUH? DON'T WORRY, BREE, W/L'S GOT YOUR BACK. CHECK IT AT THE MUSIC BOX ON THE BIG SCREEN THIS WEEKEND FOR US, COS WE'RE OUTTA TOWN.

I SEE YOU, N.T., AND I LIKE WHAT I SEE, SEE?

YEAH, I KNOW SHE'S GOT A LINK TO YR RIGHT, BUT CAN WE ALL JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE? HAVING HEALTHY VISION AFTER SOME WEEK-LONG MYOPIC WEIRDNESS HAS NEVER FELT SO GOOD. GO TREVIANS.

JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE EXCLUSIVITY

TO GET YOU STOKED ABOUT THE NEW ONE, SOME BLOG-ONLY TRACKS'LL GET POSTED SOON. MORE DETAILS WHEN WE HAVE 'EM. KEEP YR EYES PEELED, DEAL?

VIVE LA FRANCE/C'EST LA GUERRE

THE FUTURE EX-MRS. MATT CLARK, DANS MONS REVES.

LINGERING LIKE? TRUEST LOVE.

TIGHT SQUEEZE.

BOY BAND/NOISE BAND

WE WANT TO SURROUND YOU...

LAST W/L BORED MEATING DICTATES THAT WE GO AHEAD AND PUSH THIS BLOG-BIRD OUTTA THE NEST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. HERE'S TO HOPING IT NEVER EVEN TOUCHES THE GROUND...

XO,
W/L