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INSOMNIUM & SWALLOW THE SUN FIRST US TOUR DRAWS NEAR Philadelphia:  Finland’s Insomnium and Swallow the Sun are mere days from the start of their first American tour alongside Sweden’s Katatonia and Scar Symmetry for the anticipated all-European “Live Consternation” tour set to kick off at Jaxx Nite Club in West Springfield, Virginia.  Both bands are enjoying growing American audiences and are excited to meet with their American fan base. GUEST LIST SPOTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. Reply with requests. Insomnium are expected to perform selections from their current/third album Above the Weeping World. “This is by far the best Insomnium album”, says vocalist/bassist Niilo Sevänen. “It is the first time we feel we really succeeded in the studio. As a band we are very happy with the end result.” Formed in 1997, Insomnium recorded two demos before signing with Candlelight Records. Kerrang says, “Insomnium have grown into something truly remarkable.” Hope is the third album from rising doom/death band Swallow the Sun. Featuring a guest appearance by Katatonia vocalist Jonas Renske the album charted in the band’s home country of Finland upon its release. The tour comes as the band’s profile is rising internationally. Digital Metal says, “Swallow the Sun have to be considered on of the genre’s top newcomers… highly, highly recommended.” Insomnium, Swallow The Sun, Katatonia, Scar Symmetry 09/04/07 Jaxx Nite Club – West Springfield VA 09/06/07 BB King Blues Club – New York NY 09/07/07 Mark’s Showplace – Bedford NH 09/08/07 Chance Theater – Poughkeepsie NY 09/09/07 Le Medley – Montreal QU 09/10/07 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City QU 09/11/07 The Funhaus – Toronto ON 09/12/07 Peabody’s – Cleveland OH 09/13/07 I-Rock – Detroit MI 09/14/07 The Pearl Room – Mokena IL 09/15/07 Station 4 – St. Paul MN 09/17/07 Bluebird Theater – Denver CO 09/19/07 Whiskey-A-Go-Go – West Hollywood CA 09/20/07 Showcase Theater – Corona CA 09/21/07 Brickhouse – Phoenix AZ 09/22/07 Launchpad – Albuquerque NM 09/24/07 White Rabbit – San Antonio TX 09/25/07 Ridglea Theater – Ft. Worth TX 09/26/07 Scout Bar – Houston TX...

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Chicago-area apoco-rockers Nachtmystium will be dousing the West Coast with their volatile brew of mesmerizing, organically-blackened metal. Joining the savages will be Ohio’s filthy thrash assassins Skeletonwitch, making for a solid 11 dates of pirate-style boozing, belligerent tomfoolery and a disgustingly heavy dose of pure metal. If you live out West, GET SOME!!! NACHTMYSTIUM “From The Gutter” West Coast tour with SKELETONWITCH 9/01    El Corazon – Seattle, WA 9/02    Manium Collective – Olympia, WA w/Wolves In The Throne Room 9/03    Satyricon – Portland, OR w/DarkBlack 9/04    The Alibi – Arcata, CA 9/05    Orangevale VFW – Sacramento, CA 9/06    DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA w /Ludicra, Saviours 9/07    Trilogy Theater – Victorville, CA 9/08    Scolari’s Office – San Diego, CA w/Nostalgia 9/09    Galaxy Theatre – Santa Ana, CA – September to Dismember Fest 9/10    Knitting Factory – Hollywood, CA 9/11    The One Place – Phoenix, AZ w/Spun In Darkness, Altar of Birth, Malnurture...

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Final Clip from “lost” Episode

Here it is, the last clip from the “Lost” Episode 13 of Fat Robot Radio. Why am I posting these? Wasn’t that Episode lost for a reason? Where are my pants? All Good Questions. Stay Tuned for the answers, right after this: Episode 13, The Lost Episode [ 1:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup |...

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ACROSS TUNDRAS U.S. Tour on the horizon… Denver’s panoramic country crushers ACROSS TUNDRAS are finally gearing up to streak across the plains to the East Coast this September! The band is still supporting their amazing album from last year that we released through Crucial Blast, Dark Songs Of The Prarie, and will be touring from September 1st through the 22nd heading out East and up along the coast, and will be tentatively playing dates with Souvenir’s Young America, Consular, and Birds Of Maya. Check out the Tours page for all of the current confirmed dates and locations. Go here: ACROSS TUNDRAS Dark Songs Of The Prairie for MP3s, album info, images, and more. ACROSS TUNDRAS SEPTEMBER 2007 US TOUR 8/24 Denver CO @ Bar Bar w/ Red Cloud West 8/31 Denver CO @ Benders Tavern Denver Fest w/ Minsk, Kylesa, Bosnia, Empires, Brainhammer 9/1 Wichita KS @ Lizard’s Lounge w/ Dead Commuter, Continents of Ash 9/02 Tulsa OK @ Mooch and Burn 9/03 Springfield MO @ 675 S. Kimborough w/ El Minotaur 9/04 Alma AR @ Damico’s Music Hall 9/05 Shreveport LA @ Lil Joes Jackrabbit Lounge w/ Ketea 9/06 Mobile AL @ Blind Mule w/ Pony Pants 9/07 Tampa FL @ The Theatre w/ Consular 9/08 Gainesville FL @ Wayward Council w/ Consular 9/09 Charleston SC @ Cumberlands w/ Commander Cool, Alswel 9/10 Asheville NC @ Joli Rouge w/ Serpents 9/11 Washington DC @ Velvet Lounge w/ Mannequin Men 9/12 Baltimore MD @ Talking Head w/ Oak, Souvenirs Young America 9/13 Doylestown PA @ Siren Records w/ Birds of Maya 9/14 Brooklyn (Williamsburg) NY @ Rockstar Bar w/ Tournament 9/15 New Haven CT @ Rudys w/ Sea of Bones 9/16 Burlington VT @ 242 Main St w/ Trophy Scars, In Anchorage, Valkyrie 9/17 Syracuse NY @ NEED HELP! 9/18 Parma OH @ The Davenport 9/19 Lansing MI @ Macs Bar 9/20 Chicago IL @ The Note 9/21 Quad Cities IA @ JT’s Record Store w/ Meth and Goats 9/22 Omaha NE @ O’Leavers Pub w/ Dim...

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Now, Something you’ve been waiting for…

Another fine clip from Episode 13 of Fat Robot Radio that never aired. Why? It wasn’t any good, and I know what you are thinking. What the hell do you have to compare it with when all the other 29 Episodes of that Podcast sucked too. I don’t have any of those answers. Nor would I care if I did have any answers. So enjoy, this is clip two, which features the one and only Dave Jobless (Benson). Check out his myspace page at FRR on MYspace . Enjoy. Episode 13, The Lost Episode [ 1:51 ] Play Now | Play in Popup |...

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In the destructive tradition of The Road Warrior and Road House, Philly’s apocalyptic speed-grind punks Total Fucking Destruction will be hitting the road with Arkansas‘ stormtroopers of sludge Rwake. Start cross-training with those beer-lifts and get your liver hydrated… this one’s going to be filthy. 10/04    The Buccaneer – Memphis, TN (Rwake only) 10/05    Lenny’s Bar -  Atlanta, GA w/Weedeater 10/06    The Jinx – Savannah, GA w/Weedeater 10/07    Volume 11 Tavern – Raleigh, NC 10/08    Nara Sushi – Richmond, VA w/Cough, Parasytic 10/09    The Red and The Black – Washington DC 10/10    Knitting Factory – New York, NY 10/11    Beachland – Cleveland, OH 10/12    Ravari Room – Columbus, OH w/Teeth of the Hydra 10/13    Casa Del Kotex – Indianapolis, IN w/Salvation, Whiskeytits 10/14    The Note – Chicago IL www.myspace.com/totalfuckingdestruction | www.translationloss.com www.tonedeaftouring.com | www.relapse.com | www.metalmaniacs.com...

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Special Treat for all you FRR Fans

Here is a special treat for all two of you Fat Robot Radio fans out there, a clip from the missing episode NUMBER 13. I’ve been able to obtain these in a trade from Steve Jiff who was in possession of the entire episode. We made a deal, he would get a writing credit on all the Episodes of MORNING SHENANIGANS Cartoon and I would get these clips. Fair deal I think, mostly since the Cartoon will never see the light of day. Sucker. So enjoy this one, I have two more that I am going to post this week. Listening to these almost makes me glad I was gone. Lost Episode - Clip One [ 2:59 ] Play Now | Play in Popup |...

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THISTLE Now in their thirteenth year of playing together, the men of Thistle are still hacking away at the frayed edges of modern music, churning out blistering riffs and ear bleeding bass surges atop a sea of crushing drums. The new tunes are as exciting as their description sounds, and they’ll be debuted on this Summer outing. Here are the dates: Friday Aug 17: @ Riverstone Gallery, Somerset, KY w/ Colour out of Space Saturday Aug 18: @The Hideaway, Johnson City, TN Sunday Aug 19: @ The New French Bar, Asheville, NC Monday Aug 20: @ Little Kings, Athens, GA Tuesday Aug 21: Mittwoch Sabbath Wednesday Aug 22: @ Cumberland’s, Charleston, SC Thursday Aug 23: @1982, Gainesville, FL Friday Aug 24: @ Skatepark of Tampa, Tampa, FL Saturday Aug 25: @ Roosters, Auburn, AL To hear Thistle visit: http://www.thistlewired.com http://www.tiberiusrecords.com http://www.myspace.com/thistlewired Ampline Ampline will shove off for a string of dates in September in support of Rosary, the band’s newly-released full-length. The album is available at finer record stores everywhere on the Shake-It imprint. If your store doesn’t have it in stock, please ask them to order it through the amazing folks at Shake-It Records! They’ve been working feverishly on new material and plan to commence recording a full-length in the Winter, but for now, make sure you make it out to one or more of these shows! Saturday Sept 8: @ Roosters, Auburn, AL Sunday Sept 9: tba Monday Sept 10: @ Sluggos, Pensacola, FL Tuesday Sept 11: @ Skatepark of Tampa, Tampa, FL Wednesday Sept 12: @ 1982, Gainesvile, FL Thursday Sept 13: @ Cumberlands, Charleston, SC Friday Sept 14: tba Saturday Sept 15: tba To hear Ampline visit: http://www.shakeitrecords.com . http://www.ampline.net The Light Wires Tiberius Records is pleased to announce the release of the Light Wires’ second full-length studio album, (tentatively titled ‘The Invisible Hand’). The band spent a very, very long time making this album and they’re extremely proud of it. The emperor is tinkering with technology on this one as it will be an online-only release. This anticipated follow up to the band’s debut release a couple of years back has quite a few tricks up its sleeves. It will be available through I-tunes, Amazon and all other major digital media distributors October, 2007. If you absolutely have to have a hard copy, accommodations will be made in very limited numbers. Contact Tiberius for more...

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DARK FUNERAL TO RELEASE FIRST OF TWO DVDS ON OCTOBER 15   TRENTON , N.J. – Black metal legends Dark Funeral will release their first-ever DVD set, “Attera Orbis Terrarum – Part 1,” on October 15 through Regain Records.   The two-disc set consists of three complete, professionally-filmed live shows and rare bonus footage.  The first show was filmed with seven cameras o March 12, 2005 in Katowic , Poland .  The second was filmed the following March in Tilburg , The Netherlands with four cameras.  The second disc starts off with a camera-shot show from March 2006 in Paris , followed by the video clip for “Atrum Regina” and previously unreleased amateur footage that chronicles Dark Funeral’s entire career, including the very first, and now legendary, show in Oslo , Norway on May 4, 1994.  The total combined running time for the two discs is nearly four hours. “Besides the three professionally filmed shows, we wanted this first DVD to also serve as a historical, live documentation of our career with rare and previously unreleased footage,” said band leader Lord Ahriman.  “This is the first DVD in a series of two that we will be releasing from touring for ‘Attera Totus Sanctus.’  This first DVD focus on European shows, while the second DVD will focus on South America .” These shows capture Dark Funeral, a band known for being one of the most intense live acts, in their natural element – on stage slaying fans with their relentless brand of extreme metal. The Dark Funeral website will be re-launched shortly to coincide with the release of “Attera Orbis Terrarum – Part 1.”  Regain Records recently re-released three records from the Swedish band’s catalog – “The Secrets of the Black Arts,” “Vobiscum Satanas,” and “Diabolis Interium” – with bonus material. The band will embark on a North American tour this fall, immediately followed by a short tour of Mexico . Dark Funeral US tour dates are as follow:   10/09/07 Crocodile Rock Cafe – Allentown , PA 10/10/07 Jaxx – West Springfield , VA 10/11/07 Webster Theatre – Hartford , CT 10/12/07 The Chance – Poughkeepsie , NY 10/13/07 The Palladium – Worcester , MA 10/14/07 B.B. Kings Blues Club – New York City , NY 10/15/07 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City QUE CAN 10/16/07 Club Soda – Montreal , QUE CAN 10/17/07 Opera House – Toronto , ONT CAN 10/18/07 Peabody ‘s – Cleveland , OH 10/19/07...

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A Comic Genius

Man when I see clips like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwUl9HjahRg I can’t help but miss Chris Elliott.  A Comic Genius, who is a hero of mine. Oh well. At Least I have his new Book Mounting Mount Everest to look forward to this Fall. Still someone should collect everything he ever did on Letterman and put it out on a DVD. I would buy...