Parcematone

March 31, 2013

I’ll be playing a solo show at The Hideout in Chicago Friday, April 26th, opening for William Tyler and Brokeback. Tickets are available HERE.

March 15, 2013

My friend Jeremy Dunn kindly posted on Instagram (@JeremyDDunn) abut the “Be Nice Looks Twice” Tees safe-tees recently. We have a few sizes and colors left, and a very few of the left-side driving versions remain. They are available here. We will be stocking new versions later this year. If you’ve questions or would like to receive info when we release new product, send an email to info (at) parcematone.com.

Jeremy was given a ticket for not coming to a full stop at a red light, and subsequently attended a share the road class. After one session he relayed this story: “Judge “Tell me some things cyclists do wrong on the road…” Tough-guy shouts: “they ride bikes!” Laughter ensues.”

Another friend, Dylan VanWheelen is in long recovery after being hit by a truck that was too impatient to wait for him to make a (legal and signaled) left turn. He’s a seasoned rider who works at Chris King, and it’s a sad spring for him to be off his bicycle for two or three months, though he, and we, recognize his injuries could’ve been much worse and are thankful they are not.

All this to say, we do what we can and we continue to ride. Living in fear is no way to live, but being considerate and vigilant is a good way to roll forward and to remind everyone, including our fellow cyclists, as well as pedestrians and drivers, to take a little extra time.

January 22, 2012

Plans are afoot for the year…..first show scheduled, thoughts on The Float, writing new songs. Sign up for our mailing list for news, and buy the new album HERE and HERE.

December 7, 2012

Everything’s on hold for a few weeks…..

October 5, 2012

Photo by Alberto Polo

Thanks to La Castanya and Ted Leo for a lovely tour.

RECENT news, news NEWS, words, etc: the bllloggg.

NEW ALBUM THE FLOAT : A digital download version is available directly from us HERE: DIGITALFLOAT. VINYL is at 12XU. CD via Parcematone Presents. A select group of articles and reviews of The Float are HERE.

Oregon and Seattle band shows. See Concerts for details.

Thanks to everyone for all the lovely comments about the album and for coming to hear us play.

The Paris Review

It’s a nice way to start the touring season….Austin Statesman-Journal May 15, 2012

April 3, 2012

Martin Luther King Junior church fan, Memphis. Found inside a folder along with the original Arches and Aisles cover layouts.

March 17, 2012:

SXSW starts to become psychedelic about now, pure force carrying folks onward, occasionally downward. After a solid week of absorbing information and running into/running with friends and colleagues, it’s time for a few days of quiet.

March 9, 2012:

We are pleased to announce we will be in Paris to participate in “Keep Portland Weird” (though, with much gratitude, I gently protest the name of the event) at the Gâité Lyrique. Playing with The Jicks and Street Nights on April 24th. We will be touring the SW in May, heading east in the summer. All confirmed dates on the shows listing. Portlanders: come to Bunk Bar 4/17 and Revival Drum Shop 4/18.

February 22, 2012:

We have a few copies of “La Piscine”, an EP with a new track by Rebecca along with new songs by Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab), Richard Swift (The Shins) and Superbravo (Holden) available in the store. Full disclosure: The new Rebecca track will also be on her new album.

January 31, 2012:
Our cover of “Dangerous”, a sweet 1982 R & B jam
by Portland band Cool’r, is now posted at Jackpot
Recording Studio’s “Jackpot covers Portland” website.

January 14, 2012:

We are fans of the wonderful Jackpot Recording Studio. I had a little it to do with encouraging Larry to start it up and he was kind enough to give a good home to a massive Leslie speaker that I couldn’t take with me when I moved from Portland. Joanna in-house engineered off and on for years.

Larry and Kendra are launching a series called Jackpot Covers Portland. We recorded our version of a 1980′s Portland R & B jam last month. More on that when it’s posted next week…..

January 12, 2012: New bllloggg post. Booking shows. Making plans, etc.

October 27, 2011: This weekend (Oct 28-30) I’m pleased to be attending WFMU’s Radiovision conference.

http://radiovision.wfmu.org/

Summer 2011: Head down and hard at work. Except for the river days (see below).
There’s always some kind of current chatter under the journal, shows, or the twitz. Have a question? Email: info@parcematone.com

June 26, 2011:

Bureau for Open Culture Mass MoCA

I was fortunate to speak with Sam Gould for Bartleby’s Pen at MASS MoCA in June. We’re working on a Publication Studio book considering artist’s economic cultures that will include a transcript of our discussion. Night Market will be taking place throughout the summer.

June 16, 2011: