BOY TALK

SCHEID!

EVERYBODY LOVES A PARADE

AN OLD PAL AND WONDERFUL MUSICIAN STARS IN THIS AWARD-WINNER. SHOWING IN CHICAGO THIS WEEKEND @ FACETS; SURELY SHOWING NEAR YOU, TOO.

BIG BUSINESS?

OUR PLEASURE. IT'S OFFICIAL! CAN'T WAIT. MORE DETAILS WHEN WE'VE GOT 'EM SORTED OUT.

ROSE IN PEACE

RIP, FRIEND.

NYC GOES

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE, SORTA.

(WE'RE STILL IRONIN' OUT THE KINKS, BUT DETAILS ON SOME BIG NEWS COMING SOON).

BIG, EASY

PERENNIAL MIND-SCRATCHER MAKES A HEAD-BLOWER. I MEAN HEAD-SCRATCHER, MIND... DAMN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO CONFUSED. SO GOOD? YEAH, SO GOOD.

The lineup on this comp is amazing!

FOLLOW THINE MOUSE-CLICK, POST-HASTE

NOT NORMALLY MUCH OF A FAN, BUT THIS TIME TWITTER'S DELIVERED.

UNSER TÄGLICH BROT

HOW 2/2 OF W/L WAKES UP.

NOS AMI

FIFI!

Jeremy is playing in Berlin and Paris!

Jeremy is headed to Europe with Sonic Youth and is playing a few shows... October 20th is in Berlin at Friedrichstraße 17 with the Matt Zivich, Steve Shelley, Tall Sirs and Nathan Baker. October 24th is in Paris at Le Rigoletto with Filia Motsa, :take: & Jeremy Lemos, Tall Sirs, and the Matt Zivich Trio! It's going to be great!

OZ...

...EX-PO-ZAY. MARK YR CALENDARS.

PHEW

DANG. DAN "DONE-DID-IT-AGAIN" ATTOE'S STILL AT IT, PRAISE BE. L.A. PEOPLE, PLEASE.

Joan of Arc Presents: Don't Mind Control

So, Tim from Joan of Arc wanted to do a comp with every member of JOA and what they are up to now... We jumped at the chance! Polyvinyl will release a double LP in the fall. I won't tell you who is on this thing, but it's, um, everybody?

That was fun!

Man, that was sure fun! Let's do it again sometime!

Thanks to Liz Clayton for taking some great pictures!

My Dad took these!

Sonic Youth & White/Light June 28th!

that's right friends... you heard it here last, White/Light is opening up for Sonic Youth this sunday at the Vic Theater. It's the start of their summer tour, and we couldn't be more excited to play.

FUNION CITY

JUST BACK FROM PARIS. TOO FAT-EEE-GAY TO COMMUNICATE ANYTHING TOO BRIGHT RIGHT NOW, BUT THOUGHT WE SHOULD REMIND YOU ABOUT THIS. PLAYING THIS TUESDAY IN CHICAGO @ GENE SISKEL! STOKED.

Split White/Lichens 10" with :take: on Three:Four Records out today!

Our first slab of wax!

Can you dig it?

Three:Four Records

ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT GOES TO PITCHFORK?

IF SO, YOU OUGHTTA KNOW.

THE TENDEREST GRINDSTONE

PRE-GAME PT. II (NYC).















W/L'S MHC'S BEEN IN THAT BROWN BUILDING, PINK TRUCK, AND WHITE SATELLITE, RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT, AND SORTA.















GAGGLE OF GLASSES.

LONG, WEAKENED

LONG FEW DAYS, FRIENDS.



















NOPE, NO QUIET MEN TO BE SEEN/HEARD TONIGHT!



















AFTER LAST NIGHT, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE SIGN'S TELLIN' THE TRUTH.















PRE-GAME.

NOW THAT THE REST OF THE CAT'S OUTTA THE BAG, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND LET YOUS GUYS KNOW SOME MORE DETAILS: W/L'S MHC WILL BE ACCOMPANYING JOSS WHEDON FOR THE LIVE STAGE SHOW VERSION OF THIS AMERICAN LIFE, TO BE FILMED IN NYC THIS THURSDAY AND SIMULCAST LIVE TO MOVIE THEATERS EVERYWHERE. TICKET INFO'S ON THE WEB, BIEN SUR. IF LAST NIGHT WAS ANY INDICATION, IT'LL BE A BLAST.

AND MEANTIMES, W/L'S JRL'S JUST OUTTA THE GATE AND HEADING TOWARDS A BUSY SUMMER WITH THESE SCRUBS. FREAKING A CITY NEAR YOU SOON, I BET.

'BOUT TIME

THE ONE AND ONLY, NOW ON YR INTERNETS.

HIS LOVE IS LIKE GLAD MEDICINE...

...AND GLAD MEDICINE'S JUST WHAT YOU NEED, OH-OH-OH...

PEOPLE, PLEASE! GO SEE WILL OLDHAM'S FREDDIE PRINZE BILLY DOG & WHITE PONY SHOW IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE. OUR PALS EMMETT AND JOSH ARE KILLING IT ON THE GEE-WHIZ GEE-TAR AND DOGHOUSE BULL-FIDDLE, RESPECTIVELY, TO SAY NOTHING OF ACQUAINTANCES JIM AND CHEYENNE ON THE TRAP KIT AND STRINGS & VOCAL CORDS. SO SO SO SO SO GOOD. MAYBE IT'S OLD NEWS, BUT DANG IF THEY AIN'T THE MOST TOGETHER/LOOSE/MUSICAL/LITERATE/WONDERFUL/MELODIC/AMAZING BAND WORKING THE CIRCUIT. PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A GREAT BAND MAKING A GREAT WRITER EVEN GREATER.

STILL SMILING,
MHC & W/L

BADDY DADDY LAMETAI TEBBY CHAI

DIG THIS! W/L'S MHC WILL BE SITTING IN ON THE GIT-FIDDLE FOR THE CHICAGO THEATER SHOW ON 4/19, AND THEN AGAIN FOR THE LIVE BROADCAST FROM NYU IN NYC ON 4/23. A DECIDEDLY UN-W/L-LIKE GIG; PLENTY OF HARMONY AND MELODY AND RHYTHM AND WHATNOT. MORE DETAILS WHEN WE GOT 'EM, NATCH.

COLE ME ON THE PANNY STY,
W/L

Radical Poster

just finished packing and found this in my email...

Jeremy is playing in Chile! With Matt Zivich and Steve Shelley!

Whoa, how did this happen? Playing a show in Santiago Chile the day before the Sonic Youths?

ROADIE ROCK: SANTIAGO

Like a medieval ship unwittingly bringing plague into port along with a

shipment of smallpox-infested blankets, a major rock festival intended to

bring good times and fun to Santiago let in one bad ship with stowaways who

bring the dark vibes and anti-pop. Look out for minimal solo guitar

bizzareness and drone/beat action at the Matucana 100 Saturday March 28.

TALL SIRS

Brooklyn underground stalwarts Tall Firs have sent 1/3 of their band to

Santiago for reconassaince. These guys are by nature pack animals, so when

one gets separated from the herd they are prone to erratic behaviour. Wear

protective gear if you want to get close (falconry gauntlet/sneezeguard).

The next time he swings at the strings will it be a strangled arpeggio or

will a blistering sheet of feedback pour forth or will he miss the guitar

completely? Does even he know?

JEREMY LEMOS/STEVE SHELLEY/MATT ZIVICH

Jeremy Lemos is one of the insaniacs in the Chicago drone duo WHITE/LIGHT,

who have been described by the Chicago Reader as “disembodied reverberations

and deep tectonic shivers that you experience as much with the follicles and

gut as with the ears.” Matt Zivich is an electronics wizard and we hope they

let him on the plane with whatever he cooks up for this show. Steve Shelley

plays drums in Sonic Youth.

AWESOME CALOR/LAWFUL DOLOR

OUR HIGH-FIVIN' PARTY PALS IN RED DAWN II, GOIN' AT IT IN WILLIAMSBURG. W/L'S DIAGNOSIS? DELICIOUS. YOU'LL 'PREESH HEARIN' MORE FROM THEM IN DUE TIME...

AND SPEAKING OF DUDE TIMES, THANKS TO ALL FOR HANGIN' OUT WITH US IN PITTSBURGH AND NYC LAST WEEKEND. SPECIAL THANKS TO SPIRITUAL GURU JRH FOR KEEPING US IN HIS 'N' HERS HYSTERICS WITH THE OL' NEW W/L PARTY/VAN* GAME WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER? THE RULES ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, NATCH; JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE PLAYING WITH PLAYERS FROM WITHIN YOUR LEAGUE, OR YOU'LL BE FORCED TO MAKE DECISIONS YOU MIGHT NOT BE QUALIFIED TO MAKE (CUE: SHUDDERING).

ALSO, SPECIAL OVERDUE THANKS TO CARBON, T & B, AND AARON FOR BEING SUCH GRACIOUS AND OVEREXTENDED HOSTS AND HOSTESSES.

AND DUH, SOME NEW RELEASES (ON SOME RADICAL FORMATS) ARE IN THE WORKS; MORE GOOD NEWS WHEN WE KNOW THE NEWS.

YRS,
W/L

*SQUAREST AD EVER? OF COURSE.

$FREE.NINETY-FREE PART III: GIVE (OUR) ID A WAY

ECONOMY GOT YOU DOWN? YEAH? WELL, FRIENDS, W/L FEELS YR PAIN. SO, COS WE JUST WANNA HELP, WE'RE ROLLING OUT OUR OWN STIMULATING PACKAGE...

GET YOUR MIND OUTTA THE GUTTER, AND GET YOUR MOUSE ON THE NEW LINK TO YOUR RIGHT/OUR LEFT. WE'RE PASSING OUT A NEW FREE DOWNLOAD!

THIS TIME IT'S THE SHORT ONE FROM OUR DOUBLE-BARRELED BLOWOUT ON WNYU THIS PAST JANUARY, WITH THE GAME AND GRACIOUS STEVE SHELLEY ON THE TRAP KIT. IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME WITH A DRUMMER, AND HOPEFULLY NOT OUR LAST, COS IT WAS A BLAST! HOPE YOU ALL DIG IT.

AND FYI: WE'LL BE POSTING AT LEAST ONE MORE FREEBIE OVER THE NEXT COUPLA' WEEKS. KEEP YOUR BROWSER'S EYES PEELED FOR A LONGER ONE SOON.

INVESTING IN MUTUAL FUN & THE BEST OF TIMES TO SPITE THE WORST OF TIMES,
MHC & JRL & W/L

STILL FOUR

HEY!
WE JUST PUT TWO 'N' TWO TOGETHER, SO TO SPEAK, AND REALIZED THAT WE'RE SCHEDULED TO PLAY PITTSBURGH THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 6, WITH RICK GRIBENAS AND MIKE TAMBURO.
AND THEN!
WE PLAY WILLIAMSBURG SATURDAY, MARCH 7, WITH TONY CONRAD (PSSSST: IT'LL BE HIS BIRTHDAY), MV CARBON* AND RED DAWN II**.
AND IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH!
WE THEN HEAD TO HOBOKEN AND THE STUDIO FOR A FEW DAYS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE PLAY WITH A DRUMMER FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES...
SHOULD ALL BE A BLAST!
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!
HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON,
MHC & JRL & W/L

*CARBON'S AN OL' PAL FROM CHICAGO, ACADEMICALLY TRANSPLANTED TO NYC.
**RED DAWN II'S OUR PAL FROM AWESOME COLOR, ALLISON BUSCH, AND HER OTHER FREAK OUTLET.

LEAVIN' STILLS

DISAPPEARS, W/L'S JRL WITH MHC'S JRH, TK & JRH & WM, CHURCH, CHURCH II.

Bleaks LPs Now Available!

Jeremy spent a weekend recording with Kyle Bruckmann and Steve Silverstein a couple years ago and made a record. It's now available via Wodger Records and iTunes. The packaging is really beautiful; I suggest picking up one of the - ahem - limited to 200 LPs.

A great review here sums it up nicely, and if you want to check out what it sounds like you can visit our myspaze page. Errr, myspace page.

Thanks, hope you like it!

~jeremy

SHOUT OUT TIME

JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOT. OR MAYBE YOU NEVER KNEW?

GLORY DAZE

DRIVERS EIGHT THROUGH EIGHTY-EIGHT,

W/L'S MHC NEEDS YR HELP! MORE SPECIFICALLY, MHC NEEDS YR $$$...

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VAN FOR SALE
Current mood: annoyed
Category: Automotive

W/L's MHC has a van for sale: 2005 Ford E350 15-passenger. Silver w/ grey interior. Just under 100,000 miles (all highway miles; tour van for his old band). 10 cylinder engine, which actually makes it MORE fuel efficient than an 8 Cylinder (no kidding!). Has some door lock issues, but is totally safe and functional. All regular maintenance was done; has brand new tires. A little beat up in the back (gear loading), but the body is in perfect shape. Trailer hitch. Has barely been driven for last 2 years, but it just received an oil change, etc. Has all bench seats. Currently stored in Chicago.

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INNARESTED? CONTACT MATT VIA OURSPACE. THANKS!

HEAVEN MUST BE LIKE THIS, HEAVEN MUST BE LIKE THIS

ILLINOIS PLAYERS,

DIG THIS. W/L'S PLAIN-OL' PLAYING AT AN ART FIASCO AT HEAVEN ON FRIDAY, FEB-RUE-AIRY 13, 2009, FROM 7 TO 11PM. CURATED BY OL' PAL AND GENUINE GENIUS TIM KINSELLA, FEATURING WORK BY DAN HIGGS (YES, THAT DAN HIGGS! ), JEREMY BOYLE, MELINA AUSIKAITIS, KEN ELLIS, JENNIFER BUFFETT, AND A WHOLE BUNCH MORE.

INBLOGURAL BALL

THE AUDACITY OF SOAP ON A ROPE... BRILLIANT! THANKS FOR THE MAMMARIES, MYSTERY BLOGGER.

LOST IN TRANSLATION

"THE WAKING YAWNS OF A DYSPEPTIC OGRE."

OH, MARGASAK. THANKS? YEAH, MAN, THANKS!

C'MON FEEL THE BOY'S NOISE BAND, MAN...

THE WNYU W/L BLOWOUT WITH SY'S STEVE SHELLEY ON THE POTS & PANS CAN BE HEARD AROUND THE 5PM MARK HERE, FYI.

TOM DELAYED

'MEMBER HIM? ANYWHO...

BELOW IS AN OUTTA DATE UPDATE/THANK YOU, CUT-UP AND PASTED AND LONG OVERDUE, DOODS. CHOPPED OUTTA AN EMAIL FROM W/L'S JRL, WHO'S BEEN SPENDING A LOTTA TIME IN COUNTRIES WITH WEIRD INTERNET ACCESS. MHC'S BEEN TOO BANANAS TO GET ONLINE TOO MUCH HISSELF, BUT DANG IF HE DON'T SAY THANKS TO YOU TOO, NATCH.

ON WITH THE SHOW, EH?

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Well, it's all over. Whirlwind tour for 2009... it's the first but not the last... Matt is already back in law school and Jeremy is already on a plane to japan for the next gig. i know we had a BLAST everywhere... so many old friends and so many new ones too. Where can I go after that last post?

Thanks again to Rick Omonte from Shaki Presents for putting on another great show in New Haven. Thanks to Ben Vida of Birdshow and Koen Holtkamp of Mountains for helping us put on a great show for $40. Thanks for the Talk Normal (who are totally killer BTW) and Tall Firs (play more!)and the eBow supergroup of Marcia Basset/Tom Carter/Steve Gunn for making Brooklyn so much fun. Thanks to Oslo Coffee and Steve Shelley and Kayla Cohen from WNYU so we could jam on the radio! (That Steve guy is pretty good, weird huh?) Thanks to Daylen Dalrymple for the tour of her house and killer Indian food. Thanks to the bands Kohotek and Alasehi for blowing minds. Thanks to John Schmersal for his wonderful house and his most amazing breakfast! Thanks to the guys at the Art Damage Lodge in Cincinati for having a great place to play and helping us load everything to the third floor. Thanks for C. Spencer Yeh for being radical. Thanks to all at the Empty Bottle for putting up with us for all of these years, it's always a comfort to come home and have such a wonderful place to play. Thanks to Regina Greene for putting it all together.

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YEAH, WHAT HE SAID. THANKS THANKS THANKS, TONS AND TONS. I'D ONLY ADD SPECIAL SHOUT-OUTS TO KEVIN DREW IN TORONTO AND KATE & COLIN IN BROOKLYN FOR BEING SUCH SUPERLATIVELY RAD HOSTESSESSESSES.

MORE SHOWS AND RECORDINGS ARE IN THE WORKS, INCLUDING SOME BANANAS STUFF THAT FEELS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AS STUFF DEVELOPS, PROMISE.

YRS,
MHC (& JRL & W/L)

"Live" on WNYU Tonight!

www.wnyu.org at 5PM EST today they will be broadcasting our performance with Steve Shelley on the air!  I'm sure that the following interview will be embarrassing!

If you miss it, we will put it all up on our site once I get back to the states with the rest of our shows...

It's really blowing my mind to be in Australia right now when the ol' USA is ushering in our new president??!?!  Don't mind TOO much, cause it's 80 degrees right now!  take care,

Jeremy/W?L

Philadelphia

Sitting in the Narita Airport and thought you might want to see these pictures from Johnny Brenda's.

Sayonara Japan!

OMG'S IN THE DARK

STAMFORD MOTOR LODGE, W/L HATES YOU. WHY? SO HARD TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS THAT PUT US OVER THE EDGE...

MAYBE IT WAS THE WET & WRINKLED OUTDOOR CARPET USED INDOORS.
MAYBE IT WAS THE BUTCHER PAPER BATHMAT.
MAYBE IT WAS THE CARDBOARD TOWELS.
MAYBE IT WAS THE MAKEUP ON THE WASHCLOTH.
MAYBE IT WAS THE CRYING GHOST BABY IN THE WALLS.
MAYBE IT WAS THE 8AM RAGING PAINTERS & THEIR BLAZING RAVE MUSIC.
MAYBE IT WAS THE...

SO HARD TO SAY.

BUT, MEANTIMES, BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS TODAY/TONIGHT/TOMORROW. CAKE SHOP IN NYC TONIGHT, GLASSLANDS IN BROOKLYN TOMORROW, WNYC ON WEDNESDAY (WITH SPECIAL GUEST TO BE ANNOUNCED REAL SOON). ALSO MEANTIMES,
RAD COFFEE, GOOD FOOD, ET CETERA...

NYC, W/L LOVES YOU. WHY? WHY THE F NOT, MAN...

AND PS

THESE GUYS WERE GREAT.

STRIKES TWICE

BROKEN INTO. TWICE IN MY LIFE. DANG. SOMEBODY SNAPPED THE LOCK OFFA THE WAY BACK DOOR OF EARTHA KITT (AKA THE WAAAMBULANCE, AKA MAYBELINE, AKA W/L'S ECONOLINE) LAST NIGHT IN MONTREAL. STINKS. TOO BAD FOR THEM, THOUGH; THE GEAR WAS SAFE AND SOUND IN ANOTHER SPOT... SUCKERS! AMPS ET CETERA SPENT THE NIGHT ONSTAGE, DREAMING ABOUT WHEN THEY MIGHT COME BACK TO BEAUTIFUL MONTREAL (PHEW).

EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO ANDRE AND THE GOOD FOLKS AT BLUE SKIES TURN BLACK AND CASA DEL POPOLO FOR LETTING US KEEP OUR "EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT"* INDOORS LAST NIGHT. HATS OFF TO RADICAL/SYMPATHETIC PROFESSIONALS.

OFF TO NEW HAVEN,
W/L

*EXPENSIVE AND POORLY USED, ACCORDING TO ONE POST-SHOW CRITICAL PRICK WITH A HAIRCUT THAT PROLLY SET HIM BACK MORE THAN ANY SINGLE PEDAL THAT WE BROUGHT TO THE SHOW. CAN'T PLEASE 'EM ALL/THERE'S NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE/ET CETERA... WE RECORDED THE SHOW, AND WE'LL PUT IT UP FOR A FREE DOWNLOAD NEXT WEEK SOMETIME, AND THEN YOU TOO CAN TELL US JUST WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT. COOL?

TWO-HER...

...OR TORE? DEPENDS ON WHERE YR FROM. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN CANADIA, AND THEY SEEM TO SAY IT BOTH WAYS.

EITHER WAY, THOUGH, TORE'S GOODISH SO FAR. LOTSA TROUBLE GETTIN' ACROSS THE BORDER, BUT WE'LL SPARE YOU THE DEETS (BORING!). NO GOOD DIGITAL CAMERA'S ON BOARD, BUT THERE'S A RAD OLD LEICA RANGEFINDER-FILM-JAWN-PICTUREMAKER OF MATT'S ON BOARD THE WAAAMBULANCE THAT'LL GET PUT TO GOOD USE SOON; EXPECT SOME SCANS AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK. MEANTIME, MAYBE WE'LL LOAD SOME CAMERA PHONE PICS? DUNNO. TIME'LL TELL.

ALSO MEANTIMES, WE'LL TRY'N POST SOME NEW NEWS WHEN THE FREE INTERNET FLIES OUR WAY, EH? WE MAY EVEN HAVE SOME GUEST-BLOG-UPDATES COURTESY OF WHITE/WIFE GWEN, ALONG ON TWO-HER FOR THE RIDE OF A WIFETIME.

HOLY COW. CURRENT MEANTIMES, OPENING LOCAL ONE-GUY YOKEL CALLED KNURL JUST STARTED TO MELT OUR FACES... GOTTA GIT!

X/O
W/L

White/Light Tour

Time to hit the road again, ladies and gentlemen... Hungover from New Year's Eve and leaving at 7:30 AM tomorrow for a ride to/in Canada!

Maybe we will see you out there???