Paint/Young Romans EP.

Five song EP featuring the original demos of Blamers's staples "Black Cloud" and "Blood Runs". 

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Photo by David Grant

We Share our Mother's Health

Ok, so this speech is a bit sensationalist... but man, its pretty cool, too. If you haven't heard Fever Ray's debut LP, I definitely recommend giving it a listen. Its dark and evil in the best of ways. Also, how wicked is the music video for "When I Grow Up"?

SaicoMania

This is fucking awesome.

A documentary on Los Saicos, one of the greatest punk rock outfits of all time.

POTATO SMASH

12:21:44 PM Luke Willson: Yes? How may I assist you?
12:23:50 PM Jeffrey Campbell: I was hoping to speak with a Mr. Luke Willson, please.
12:24:43 PM Luke Willson: Mr. Willson is not available right now.
12:25:00 PM Luke Willson: He became redundant, and I've taken over his position.
12:25:16 PM Luke Willson: I disposed of him in the trash
12:25:18 PM Jeffrey Campbell: are you a robot?
12:26:24 PM Luke Willson: I am half-robot
12:26:59 PM Jeffrey Campbell: what half?
12:27:17 PM Luke Willson: My other half is 70% human, 30% badger, and 100% badass
12:27:39 PM Luke Willson: the top half
12:27:51 PM Jeffrey Campbell: do you like mashed potatoes?
12:28:30 PM Luke Willson: Not if they're arrogant or unkind.
12:29:02 PM Luke Willson: The real question is, if you had three days until the world ends, would you?
12:29:30 PM Jeffrey Campbell: "Mashed potatoes is sucks!!" -- My little cousin Ryan
12:29:44 PM Jeffrey Campbell: I think he states my sentiments more eloquently than I
12:30:46 PM Luke Willson: I really prefer smashed potatoes
12:31:25 PM Jeffrey Campbell: Its the badger in you, my animalic-robot acquaintance.

Changed status to Offline (12:32:50 PM)

Changed status to Online (12:33:11 PM)

12:33:54 PM Luke Willson: POTATO SMASH
12:34:27 PM Jeffrey Campbell: Luke, is that you?
12:35:07 PM Luke Willson: No, this is still the half-robot, half-30%Badger70%human100%baddass
12:35:55 PM Jeffrey Campbell: oh. I thought that possibly Luke could have hotwired a broken laptop in the garbage and rigged a wifi connection. My bad.
12:36:15 PM Luke Willson: We will speak no more of Luke
12:36:59 PM Jeffrey Campbell: Ok, I really must be going. Tata for now, bad(ger)-ass chap!

The Wedge

Hello brothers, and thank you for taking the time to visit our little blog. I've noticed that more fans have discovered us recently, some from as far away as Europe! Alright, Blamers nation. Keep on truckin.

Today saw the much anticipated meeting between President Obama and leaders of organized labor over the placement of taxes in the new health care bill. The current bill employs the so-called "Cadillac tax" to help pay for the coverage of millions of Americans who currently have none. Unions, progressives, and many House Democrats oppose these taxes because of the heavy burden placed on the middle class.

I wanted to bring to your attention a snippet from a speech given earlier today by Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO.

The tax on benefits in the Senate bill pits working Americans who need health care for their families against working Americans struggling to keep health care for their families. This is a policy designed to benefit elites—in this case, insurers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and irresponsible employers, at the expense of the broader public. It’s the same tragic pattern that got us where we are today, and I can assure you the labor movement is fighting with everything we’ve got to win health care reform that is worthy of the support of working men and women.

[snip]

Let me be even blunter. In 1992, workers voted for Democrats who promised action on jobs, who talked about reining in corporate greed and who promised health care reform. Instead, we got NAFTA, an emboldened Wall Street – and not much more. We swallowed our disappointment and worked to preserve a Democratic majority in 1994 because we knew what the alternative was. But there was no way to persuade enough working Americans to go to the polls when they couldn’t tell the difference between the two parties. Politicians who think that working people have it too good – too much health care, too much Social Security and Medicare, too much power on the job – are inviting a repeat of 1994.

These new taxes are already firmly established in the Senate bill and it is very unlikely that they will change. Trumka - and progressives around the nation - know this; the speech serves, however, as a fierce rebuke and warning to the Democratic Party that it cannot continue to ally itself with big business without alienating large swaths of its base. In nine months a tiny fraction of Americans will vote for all 435 House Representatives and 36 Senators. Trumka's speech today may prove to be yet another harbinger of this year's upcoming election.

Photos from the Studio!

So, we have some great news. Our friend, the legendary Nik Lund, has offered to help us record the rest of the tracks for our debut LP. Nik works downtown at Piano Forte, located in the Fine Arts Building. Since he is our formidable equal in nocturnality, he has offered us near free-reign of the building's 10 floors every day after 6. We have only just begun recording, but can already tell that the place is magic. The entire building, which was built in 1880, is a veritable labyrinth of artist studios and rare instrument merchants. I am pretty sure its at least moderately haunted and the acoustics are fantastic! We are even going to use the concert pianos in the ballroom and I really want to record some background vocals in the creepy bathroom on the sixth floor... the options are endless! Anyway, we will keep you guys updated with the continued development of the record and upload some pics, too. Here is the first batch, they aren't great, but they will have to do:




Our new nocturnal home







A Typical haunted hallway


The local fauna



the mandolin recording solitary confinement booth



In other news: Word on the street is that we are prepping to release a series of limited edition 7 inch singles before we unleash our LP unto the world. We neither confirm nor deny this accusation.. and instead choose to smile slyly and continue our underhanded musical scheming. bwahahaha.

J