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May 1, 2008 I worked a lot on my new record the other day. Recording with Andy Magoffin is very easy and fun. He gets up late and works till a ridiculously late hour. That's when the ideas get spooky and warm... and drunk. I'm doing a bunch of shows in Ontario with BA Johnston in May. Then I'm traveling west with Andy Magoffin in June. There are still some dates open for June. Let me know now if you want to set something up. April 15 Hello again. I feel good about everything. I ran out of the feel-nice pills that the dentist gave me a while ago, so it can't be that. My normal job is proving good for my soul. It makes the rest of my life more strange and superheroish. I'm going to be heading west in June, East in August, and to Europe in September. If you're interested in helping me set something up in any of these places, now's the time to get in touch. April 1, 08 I got a wisdom tooth out. What I lost in wisdom, I gained in little 'feel nice' pills. It's a whole bottle of them. March 26, 08 I just woke up from a dream about a totalitarian state. There were still good ragged folk around, but we were so, so suspcious of one another. And even the most minor transgression -- the sort we thrive on -- needed to be confessed to the state. They'd probably know about the misdeed already, but they make us tell just to keep us honest, and in case they missed something. March 18, 08 I got a normal job that goes well with my music job, but it keeps thretening to suck me in for good. I won't ever be happy again if that happens. Now I'm trying to find a way to resist its pull. Why do they make jobs so cultish? Where did my poverty go? My sweet, enabling poverty. March 8, 08 We're in Halifax now. It's been a pretty nice little tour, but BA and I are both pretty screwed up and tired. My fingers and my voice are aching. I'm turning into a fragile old man who drinks too much... so I'm recording a lot of folky material for my new record. I'm going to try to book a tour where I don't destroy myself each night. I need to keep making shit for at least a couple more decades. I've got a pile of shows in April that I haven't announced yet. They'll be up soon. Feb 29, 08 I'm heading east with BA Johnston. We're leaving Sunday afternoon and driving for a long, long time. We'll be in Sackville, Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton, Halifax and other places. It's scary to know bad things, but it's really for the best. Feb 7, 08 I just got back from Thunder Bay where mum and I set up the art at the Definitely Superior Gallery. It will be up there for a month. On the way home I crashed Joey's van. Then I got parts from a scrapyard and fixed it. I bent the frame back into place with a hammer and painted it. He'll never know. I'll be in Hamilton on the 8th at the Print Studio on James st, and I'll be in London on the 9th at Call the Office. Jan 24, 08 I played at the Rockey Saugeen house in Hamilton the other night. The rock was anything but soggy. I stopped being sick and scared. Now I'm ready to hit the road again. I'll be heading up to Montreal for the 25th and Ottawa for the 26th. Then it's off to north western Ontario. I've got some shows along the way, but I'm mainly going becuase Mum and I are setting up an art show in Thunder Bay at the Definitely Superior Gallery. The show opens on February 1st and will be up until March. Jan 15, 08 I'm sick in bed and I'm scared of something. It's like a breathin or sumthin. I'll get over this scare soon. I'm sure. I'll clear up my own damn skin. Now I know for sure there ain't no doctor gonna clear it for me. I got a lot more stories to tell, and I ainna gonna tell'm through sick, scared lips. Jan 3, 08 I'm holding onto my skin with all that I have. I have a new instrument. Back in the studio soon. I'm playing some of the new songs at the shows. That helps me make them better before I record them. 3.Dec.07 Myspace made me a featured artist for this week! So if you like seeing my face all over the place as much as I do, go to myspace.com and visit the music section... and there it is. My face. 20.Nov.07 They gave me a Hamilton Music Reward the other night. They said I was the best. Try as I might, I can't help but feel nice about that. I don't believe it though... don't worry. I just feel nice about it. I'm heading east with Spiral Beach in early December. I'm putting the dates up now. I hope you'll be there with me. 30.Oct.07 New shows added. I'm playing a good few with my friends Spiral Beach in November. I'll be touring East with them in December. We moved recently, and there's a place near by that has a rotting carton of milk in the window! 15.Oct.07 Whew. I finally got this intershit happening again. This isn't really a blog site. It just looks like one. I have a bunch of shows coming up, and I've got some stories for you... some I wish I could write about, and other's I wish I couldn't. .Sep.07 I'm recording again. I'm working with my friend Andy at the House of Miracles. My voice gets ruined whenever I'm on the road singing my loud songs. I try to use all of the clever singy techniques that I've learned over the years, but still, my voice can only hold out for so long. When I get home I always wonder if I'll ever sing again. So far it's always fixed itself, but there's still that fear... So I'm recording a lot of pretty quiet song nows. That way I'll get to keep my voice for longer. I'll also be able to trick all the folk festivals into letting me play. I think my father will really like these new songs too. 2.Sep.07 You should join my facebook group by going... here (log into your facebook and it'll take you to my group). That way I can harvest your information... and your spine. 1.Sep.07 Hello. I have a new web site. It's still being made. I'll have everything up here and working soon. I'm back from tour for now. My whole summer was dizzy and blasting. I can remember one part where there was an amazingly long, broken road through the mountains. Eventually it reached a fierce, white river. We stayed there one night and everybody got naked. I'm finishing a bunch of songs and will be recording them soon. My new album is in stores, and you can hear some of the songs here. 28.Aug.07 I have many shows from now until oblivion. Go here for details: www.myspace.com/waxmannequin. Right now Wax Mannequin is the only knife-face. He is the fighter. He is roses out of his skin that bleed him as he pulls. But most important, he is music of the biggest fight styles. It's where you punch and slice your own dying stuff into fresh, ripe meats for selling and sharing. It's where you give everything you had for an instant in his arms. Because he can seriously change the way you feel inside. Do you know that painting you see on some greeting card where all of the animals are sitting together, stoic and proud in the forest, and there in the background, rising in the sky, it's the earth? I mean... why aren't the animals trying to fight and eat each other? They are fucking enemies! And why is the earth rising into the sky? If the earth is in the sky, then where the fuck are we? That shit is Wax Mannequin. 7.Sep.07 29.May.07 I have many shows from now until oblivion. Go here for details: www.myspace.com/waxmannequin. Right now Wax Mannequin is the only knife-face. He is the fighter. He is roses out of his skin that bleed him as he pulls. But most important, he is music of the biggest fight styles. It's where you punch and slice your own dying stuff into fresh, ripe meats for selling and sharing. It's where you give everything you had for an instant in his arms. Because he can seriously change the way you feel inside. Do you know that painting you see on some greeting card where all of the animals are sitting together, stoic and proud in the forest, and there in the background, rising in the sky, it's the earth? I mean... why aren't the animals trying to fight and eat each other? They are fucking enemies! And why is the earth rising into the sky? If the earth is in the sky, then where the fuck are we? That shit is Wax Mannequin.