There will be no CD version. The album will contain two LP’s and a certificate for mp3 download. That is all.

Not much to report here. Usual humid sluggishness, exotic head and hand injuries, having to work for a living, et cetera makes for the usual vacation from progress. If you are looking for something to read, I’ve put up a blog (mostly about music) here: http://aleatoric.backporchrevolution.com

All three current members of Chef Menteur  will be playing with Archipelago this Saturday, opening for Sir Richard Bishop and His Freak of Araby Ensemble. Archipelago is Backporch Revolution’s improvisational folk/drone large ensemble that features many experimental New Orleans musicians. Sir Richard Bishop is known best for his work with Sun City Girls, but has [...]

Date: Saturday 14 March Venue: Balcony Music Club (504 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans) Lineup/times: Tomatoes 10pm, Big Blue Marble 11pm, Chef Menteur 12am Cover: $10 goes to support WTUL This is a fund-raiser for WTUL 91.5 FM and your ticket price also gets you into Cafe Negril, the other nearby venue where Glorybee, Arajay, Broken [...]

Our friend Miranda Lake has just launched her website. Miranda’s art adorns the front, back and interior of our 2007 album, The Answer’s In Forgetting (the title of the album is itself named after the encaustic painting shown on the back). If you ever get a chance to see her art in its full glory, [...]

This may give you a hint at which song we picked for our first cover song ever (not counting Halloween appearances as Black Sabbath etc.) to be played at this Saturday’s show. Speaking of the show, we’ll be playing after Big Blue Marble at the Balcony Music Club somewhere around midnight. This on the corner [...]

We’re happy to announce that we will be doing a show on March 14th on Frenchmen Street as part of the 50th anniversary of WTUL. More to come… 

check out dan’s new photo blog and download his weekly pinkysqueak mp3s: http://blog.ganx4.com  

After a hurricane evacuation, having to reset up the studio and wait for a dead Mac to be repaired (thank god it was still under extended warranty–barely), we’re back to mixing the new album. Two sure-fire Top 10 radio hits already done. We’ve also got some pretty decent recordings of the rehearsals before the last [...]

Also, check out this week’s Gambit magazine for the “Hot Pick of the Week”, we got a nice plug for this Saturday’s show, courtesy of Alison Fensterstock.