They eat their young with a side of organic tofu and valet parking...

Sorry, that’s Valley Parking...

As I said somewhat belatedly to those present at my lectures at USC, Grossmont and various locations across California -- including the band Jameson's apartment (thanks for the pizza but you need to send me like ten bags of coffee!) -- and on Messy Stench’s radio show:

Moving to Los Angeles is NOT a strategy – unless you are a Lemming, no, not Lemming from Motorhead, LEMMING – it’s a small animal that is the main ingredient in Lemming Meringue Pie, or the Humboldt pie you will be eating if you move there – if you can afford it…

And, yeah, this is a West Coast edition ... so fuck you, you Georgia peach-peach tree-everything Atlanta based-person scratching your head and spell checking humble.

Remember last time when we talked about New York City? There are over 1,200 events per week there – great news if you want to do live sound but NOT if you are trying to break your band. Los Angeles is worse -- 1,700 events per week and, dude, NO ONE, NO ONE, NO ONE cares. They might, but -- just like the difference between MySpace friends and actual people that show up at your show -- it's like 1 in 10,000.

Anyone doing anything in LA is up against it – it’s a cut throat world and when everyone is struggling to stay afloat, stay in it, get ahead, it's tough to take out ANY time to go and support someone else's life dreams. Think about it – if you are in a band anywhere in LA – how much time do YOU spend going out and supporting anything else?? Eggbeatersactly!

So, I spent time with Jameson, in apartment #104… I think the reality was hard to grasp, that’s the tough part, things aren’t what they were, and that’s not me referring to the late '70s and PUNKFUCKINGROCK. I mean, last week, things aren’t what they were last week! Radiohead is giving its music away (it's actually free with my new book!!!!)

So, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, how are your strategies different now than they were, say, a year ago??? Chances are, you are still doing the same things that you thought you should be doing a few years ago, and that stuff is straight out of the Nirvana/Black Flag whatever insertbandnamehere tour book?

Might as well be something from the Bayeux Tapestry motherfucker! EVOLVE! RE-TOOL! RE-THINK!

OK, so, look out for SATURDAY – I’m doing a free seminar event in CHICAGO (rsvp to undergroundincpromotions@gmail.com if you would like to attend)

CHEMLAB are touring soon (dates here) I might be out and about on a few of those dates... and look out for me on the road, all of my dates are posted here, and you can also use the calendar to make a request for me to come and to an event in your town!



Thanks for making the book do so well… an e-version is coming soon and new music is here

See you on the road

MarteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeN