so, yeah it's been a while. we have a new "record" coming out on sept. 9 2008. i will be finishing the mix this week and then burning cdrs and giving them away free at our show that day, with our friends From The Depths and Helsinki. it should be a grand old time at the bervin house. Mikey has decided to move to assville - i mean asheville nc this winter so this may be one of our last shows...

i really don't want to end the band, but i feel like we may have already done that in many ways just by being so busy with our lives/ other projects and dragging things out in the process. we started in the summer of 2002, so it has been a pretty long while and we have managed to outlast most of the bands we were playing with when we started? shit i was probably in 5 or 7 bands when we started or something silly.

i really love dc and i see no reason for me to move anytime soon, but i can definitely understand why anyone would get burned out or seek a better climate or cheaper rent/living or a new scene or dating circle or creative space or whateverthefuck. i think things are great now. so many goood bands and people fun houses to hang out and see shows and shit. its a bummmer bfmb is gone, but hopefully we can get a diy venue or something like it going again.

we recorded all 8 of these songs ourselves. that can be a blessing and a curse at the same time. for me it may be a little more of the latter. what you will end up with is probably pretty fucking far from what i wish i could do with the songs, but also i have learned a lot in the process and even a little more about myself too. i have re-recorded everything here (every single of the million of my tracks) countless times striving for perfection. i have lost sight many times of the fact that it should be fun. i have blown out my voice for weeks on end and i still can't do it right to this day. but yeah it was fun and although it took what seems like forever, it will feel good to have it finally done. i hope you can appreciate it a little. i guess you might if you are still reading even this far.

i can't get the phrase "refuse to choose" out of my head....feminists for life!?! what the fucking fuck is up with that???

thank you to anyone that came to see us play and even sang a long a few times (B-LAM!) or ran around in a circle or whatever. it really made it fun. also thank you to the members of 1905, fighting dogs, an alarm, GURTH, exosus, Medic, deceiver/SDOW for helping us out and inspiration. may we all rest in peace. also thanks to the other celebrity vegans for sharing the 15 minutes.

as usual, i have lots more i want to say it but not the words to get it out there, so i'll leave it at this... vogelling all the way,

-pmv

09/02/2008