News & Stuff

My new album, "Live in the Studio", is out now and available for digital download and on old-fashioned Compact Disc. (Mail order is not available yet, but check back soon. The CD will be avaialble at my upcoming live shows.) The album was recorded live with Hugh Hamilton on slide guitar and banjo and Marshall Fischer on drums. Photographs in the album art are by Nina Sabatino.

I joined a new band last February called No! Go! Tell!. I play guitar. We have a few shows under our belt and recorded a four song demo which is available for download on our Web site.

I played harmonica on two of the tracks on the recently released Stinging Nettles album. It's a great album titled "Tread Softly". Check it out.

Last November I went on a fun, cross-country solo acoustic tour opening for Pinback. Thanks to everyone who came out to the shows. I have one show in New Jersey in January 2010 and then I'll be leaving for another acoustic tour, this time with The Bassturd, DJ Jester, and Lord Grunge. More information on the shows page.

My first, and so far only, tour of Alaska happened for 10 days in July. I had an incredible time there. I took a bunch of photos and posted them on my myspace page. (You might need to have a myspace account to see them.) The band included Dave Hendrickson on upright bass and Marshall Fischer on drums. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us!

Karen Schmidt has posted to YouTube a video of Ornamental Wigwam performing live at Bacchanal on December 2, 1987. I don't know who shot the video. The song is called 'Er Bits Du'. Dave Blood wrote the lyrics and I wrote the music.

Also, someone posted several songs from my October 1999 appearance at Border's Books to You Tube. This video was shot by John Contarino.

Out now: a split LP vinyl album and compact disc with Mischief Brew! It is titled "Photographs From the Shoebox". 500 copies were pressed on gray vinyl. Order your copy today from Interpunk.com. It is also available for download from Download Punk, eMusic, iTunes, and other sources.

Someone's selling a Butterfly Joe CD on half.com! The album is now also available on iTunes as iTunes plus download, and for download on Amazon.com.

Home Recordings 1984 - '97 was released by Valiant Death Records in 2004 but is now out of print.

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