Indie stores and big box retailers are showing the first signs of eager fans braving the elements, hoping to get their nasty mits on Earles and Jensen Present…Just Farr A Laugh Vol 1 & 2 (The Greatest Prank Phone Calls Ever!!). Check out the great deals on camping gear at your local Target!! Thank me later for the tip!! Comfort is a must as you wait out the hours, playing UNO with strangers. Some of those big box retailers stay open until one or two in the morning on Tuesdays, which throws this whole thing way out of wack!! Let it be known that Earles and Jensen do not advocate violence in check out lines. Please do not dispatch a fellow customer just so you can get an extra copy of our release. We have enough problems. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIMIT PER CUSTOMER IS 981 COPIES!!

Like I said….MAY 6TH (TOMORROW!!!) HAS BEEN DECLARED NATIONAL EARLES AND JENSEN DAY!!

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SHAKE IT WITH BLEACHY!!!

PERIPHERAL ITEMS: 

1. Rent, buy, or Netflix (my verb usage is going to age poorly) the Tad documentary, Busted Circuits & Ringing Ears. Maybe it was coinciding (though disparate) personal circumstances, maybe it was my dismissal of this band back in the day (into lots of pummel like Tad, just never Tad), maybe it’s my current habit of only listening to bands with overweight front men, but this consumate underdog story was, oh I don’t know, QUITE MOVING. Give me this plus the (yet-to-be-seen) Silkworm documentary, and I can put 2008 to bed as far as rock docs go. I will never watch the Roky, Jandek (don’t get me started!!), or Daniel Johnston documentaries again. Ever. I’ve watched American Hardcore, We Jam Econo, and Not a Photograph several times (this year) for research purposes. My second of many dates with Busted Circuits is scheduled for late tonight, before bed.

2. Color me excited about starting Richard Price’s Lush Life. Color me apprehensive re: his handling of 20/30-something culture.

3. I remember when there were fifty of these…at a dollar per unit.