Meanwhile in Gigsville. . .

Folks,

Coming to you live from the Mission Express touring van where we’re heading off to Halle, Germany this morning. We must warn you that we’re armed. We’ve got bottled water, bruised pears and bananas. So look out! Seriously, what is it with the former East? We love ya, but we’re still smarting from the last time we were here when they blew up Carstens suitcase after he left it in the hotel lobby. Really? This time around I felt like telling the night clerk I saw some suspicious people hanging around the Cappuccino machine. But whatever. . . .

In other news: as usual we’re late for the party and now we’re trying to get in on the action by putting out a Record Store Day 7” of The Left Hand And The Right Hand on decor Records: http://trashaesthetics.tumblr.com/

The b-side is a never-before-released Temple Beautiful out-take called “I Call Your Name”. The single is limited to only 500 and available at select UK record stores and direct from http://www.decorrecords.com, We’ll have a few on the merch desk for sale if you want to cut out the middle man.

[Go to the bottom of this e mail for a list of all better record shops in the UK carrying it].

Meanwhile in Gigsville: for those of you paying attention, I’ve been instructed to mention that there’s a venue change in Barcelona and a solo gig added in Spain. Got it?

And now in honor of Record Store Day, here are some words on Jacks Records in our neighborhood; where the first thing you’ll notice is that record-store smell. Behind the counter, if you’re lucky, you might find Roy Loney: http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2012/02/06/from-the-desk-of-chuck-prophet-jacks-record-cellar-and-roy-loney/

Let’s get out of here,

-CP