Hello Everyone, Blood here. Above is a few songs (that sound GREAT) of The Band in Pittsburgh 11.1.70. What can be said that hasn’t already been? RIP Levon. “Up On Cripple Creek” is my sh*t, I love to play it and have never done it the great injustice of singing it publicly (though I butcher it in private frequently).

Remember back a million years ago when I was talking about Brah’s amazing comp to benefit Japan? Guess what!! IT’S HERE! And it’s awesome.

“Koozies, Woodies and Beer: An Ocropolis Benefit for Japan” is officially available on Tuesday, April 24th! And that could be today…. Sometimes there’s a disconnect between my prattling and the actual posting, largely because I still don’t really know how to use computers in 2012. But enough about me….

The comp features exclusive tracks by Akron Family, Noveller, Liturgy, DubKnowDub, Oakley Hall, Notekillers, Christy + Emily, Zombi and SO MANY MORE! It’s kind of insane. No, it totally is.

It’s available in digital format only (but we also made up a sweet booklet to go along with it!! you can’t hold it but you can look at it!!) and all proceeds are going to 2 Japan Earthquake relief charities recommended to us by Brah Records recording artist and maniacal automobile driver Shinji Masuko. Please go to the Jagjaguwar site today to pick up the comp and support our friends in Japan while acknowledging the donated time and effort so many people put forth to make this project happen. We love it and hope that you do too.

For those of you in Brooklyn: Be advised that there’s a comp release party at Secret Project Robot on Tues April 24th. $8, doors @ 8pm
Kid Millions/Jim Sauter Duo – 11pm
Not the Wind, Not the Flag (Toronto improv duo extraordinaire) – 10pm
Den Svarta Fanan – 9pm
(feat. Ron Anderson, Joe Merolla, Weasel Walter, Nonoko Yoshida, Thomas Heberer!!!!)

Come by and say Hi and tell us how much you love everything that we do here at Brah Records. We’ll laugh with and/or at you and then buy you a drink.

xo Blood

Hello, Happy 2012! Blood reporting live from the scene… how is everyone enjoying this East Coast heat wave? I know this will likely get me some hate mail (that is, if any readers ever wrote to me) but I wouldn’t mind some snow. That’s right, I like snow and haven’t seen enough of it this winter. Sure it’s cold and wet but it also serves as a canvas for free-thinkers everywhere, to-wit:

It’s like the artist lives in my head… football gives me a boner and I am crazy for it, no doubt! Thanks for brightening my day, Google.

Matter Waves w/Rhys Chatham #1 live at SPR 1/27/12 from david first on Vimeo.

I am writing (let’s be real, I’m copying and pasting) an email from Top Brah Dog Kid Millions regarding the closing party for his and Val Britton’s show Infinite Loop that has been up and ongoing at the rad new Secret Project Robot space. (The video clip is from last week’s (amazing) Matter Waves set feat. Rhys Chatham). Here’s the transmission from Kid re: this Friday 2/3/12:

This Friday Feb 3rd is the final event for the Val Britton/John Colpitts – Infinite Loop Music and Art Installation.

Come out and see Val’s installation and the final music event of the series!

Secret Project Robot
389 Melrose Street
Bushwick Brooklyn – L to Morgan stop.

Doors are 8pm
Ticket $8

9pm – Alien Whale (Colin Langenus, Nick Lesley and Matt Mottel)
10pm – Chica Vas – awesome women drum ensemble
11pm – Kid Millions/Jim Sauter Duo – Oneida drummer meets one of Borbedomagus’s tenor players! First performance!

During the breaks between the bands Brah Records will give you a FIRST LISTEN to our upcoming Ocropolis Compilation “Woodies, Koozies and Beers.” It features exclusive tracks recorded at Oneida’s old studio by Akron Family, Liturgy, Zombi, White Hills, Knyfe Hyts and a host of other amazing bands. . .come out, see the art, check out the bands and listen to the unreleased comp!
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Word, so there’s the info from the source. We are really excited that the Ocropolis comp. is almost ready for release, it’s an eclectic collection of jams by a bunch of great bands and I hope you enjoy it as much as we do… BIG TIME THANKS to everyone who donated their time and talent to the project and got us everything we needed to make it happen.

That is a picture of my favorite player dealing with his post-TD cardiac arrest during SB XLIII (memories). Just want to say GO GIANTS!!! because I will NEVER ever root for an AFC team that isn’t my beloved Steelers (sorry, NE pals). At the same time, how glad am I that NY’s opponent is not the Ravens (not sorry, B’more pals)?! If you’ve read even one of my posts on this blog you already know the answer to that.

xo – Blood