C T BALLENTINE
SUSIE MAE
and the Orange Marmalade Picnic Platter Band
Influences
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Neil Diamond
Buck Owens
A Desire to Be Loved
Love
Fleetwood Mac
Donald Barthelme
Nagging Nightime Insecurities
The Godz
Smoky Sing-a-longs in Houses of Ill-repute
The Basement in the House on Seeley and 36th (from when I was 10 yrs old) and the Glorious Cardboard Fort Contained Therein
The Smell of a Laundromat
Over-reverbed Instruemnts That Sound Like Gushes of Wind (phhhewww)
Tennessee Williams
The Transitory and Forgotten Poetry of All-nite Diners
Pierre Schaeffer
Sounds Like
whimsy and washing machines
hope and hat boxes
depression and drunk relatives
music made with guitars, basses, cello, drums, accordions, oboes and the like
Old O.M. trotted livered 'long the lakefront, looking: no, no, not there.
'Twas somewhere to be found, to be certain, but what and where?
'Twas not for old Orange Marmalade to know, least not presently.
Toast was a sailor.
He ran away form home before he was old enough to take out a proper line of credit.
So now he was a sailor.
Not that that paid any better or anything.
He sang songs about hard times.
I been doing some hard traveling, he sang, I thought you know'd...
But then realized he'd been doing no such thing.
He was landlocked.
This is what old O.M. had been looking for all along: landlocked lovers, moored migrators.
She just didn't know it yet.
But she will.
Oh yes, she surely will.
Go to www.reformerecords.com and pick up our new album
DJ SLUGO then Fathered a RESPECT MY GRINE Family! WithOut the BIG EGo TRIPN, he can't finish! Cuz From BLOK 2 Block, ClLUB 2 Club, DJ 2 DJ, CHITOWN 2 MIDWEST WE AIN'T STOPPN!!!! FOR FUTURE RMG VOL'S SUBMISSION INFO(4real this shhhhh..is not stopping!) Contact: DJ SLUGO http://www.myspace.com/djslugo http://www.myspace.com/respectmygrine DJSLUGOMUSIC@GMAIL.COM
We have a brand new Split 7 inch out now. Check out a song off of it, Made Anywhere But Here, on our profile and then buy the god damn thing at www.rule22.com peace dave22
JUNE 18th @ The Cobra Lounge (Ashland and Lake) with Black Skies and Bullwhip Solution
JUNE 20TH @ Memories 4358 N Cicero Lor’s B-Day with Bongripper, Salt of the Earth, The Jonestown Choir, and Everyone But You
Hail Fellow Metal Militiamen,
With massive satisfaction, IMPERIAL BATTLESNAKE returns to the world of actually promoting shows with a twin-barreled Chicago assault to celebrate the RE-RELEASE of their 2nd full length offering SENTINELS OF THE HARDLAND. Expect new tunes, new merch, new and improved tones in addition to the same old ass kickery.
JUNE 18th @ The Cobra Lounge (Ashland and Lake) with Black Skies and Bullwhip Solution
JUNE 20TH @ Memories 4358 N Cicero Lor’s B-Day with Bongripper, Salt of the Earth, The Jonestown Choir, and Everyone But You
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Hey buddy, how was your show? It was Jim's birthday that night, so we couldn't make it out. Orange Drink is having a CD release party tomorrow at Paper Boy 5pm-9pm - if you aren't busy it would be awesome to see you!
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