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From: the handsome family <[email protected]>
Subject: handsome family weather report
Big Howdy Pilgrim from Handsome Family Forest--a waste and howling
wilderness, hideous thickets of eternal night where devils dance in puddles
of blood.
TODAY'S TOP STORY:
After many unspeakable rituals made in worship to
he-who's-name-may-not-be-uttered we are pleased to announce that our new CD, "Singing Bones" will be released worldwide in October. This sound recording will soon be available for purchase (check back to our website
www.handsomefamily.com in October) Want to see us in the flesh? Take a
glance at our tour schedule below and gather ye rotten vegetables while ye
may.
WEEKEND CHEF: Thousand Year Old Eggs
(serves 12)
2 cups tea, very strong black
1/3 cup salt
2 cups ashes of pine wood
2 cups ashes of charcoal
2 cups fireplace ashes
1 cup lime powder ( available at garden or hardware stores)
12 duck eggs, fresh
Combine tea, salt, ashes and lime. Using about 1/2 cup per egg,
thickly coat each egg completely with this clay-like mixture. Line
a large crock with garden soil and carefully lay coated eggs on
top. Cover with more soil and place crock in a cool dark place.
Allow to cure for 100 days. To remove coating, scrape eggs and
rinse under running water to clean thoroughly. Crack lightly and
remove shells. The white of the egg will appear a grayish, translucent
color and have a gelatinous texture. The yolk, when sliced, will
be a grayish-green color. Cut into wedges and serve.
THE MEDICINE CHEST: Backyard Pyramid.
Feeling rundown? A backyard pyramid may get your aura vibrating again. Make sure it's built to the correct proportion and angle (52.606º ). Food kept
under the pyramid will stay fresh for two to three times longer than
uncovered. The pyramid will dehydrate and mummify things, but it will not
permit decay or mold to grow. Kirlian photographs show human auras become significantly brighter after only15-minute pyramid exposure. Brine shrimp (sea monkeys to you) usually live 6 to 7 weeks; but under the pyramids they have been kept alive for over a year. Underneath pyramids theta and alpha brain waves are increased. Prolonged meditation under a pyramid may impart a feeling of weightlessness; a time distortion (both of speeding up and slowing down), and very graphic dreams in vivid color.
.
ABOUT TOWN: The Handsome Family are preparing to leave the house. This
involves conquering several phobias including but not limited to: fear of
water, tiny things, large dogs, small dogs, dogs with ESP, invisible dogs,
shape-shifting dogs, dogs who look like spiders, dogs who dance on two legs, dogs pretending to be humans pretending to be dogs, spiders
Here's our latest tour schedule:
AUGUST:
August 20: New York City, The Fez (380 Lafayette St. 212.533.7000), doors
9:30, show 10pm., tickets $12.
SEPTEMBER:
September 5: Hideout Block Party, (1354 W. Wabansia) Chicago. Show begins at 5pm, we're on stage at 7pm.
OCTOBER:
October 6: New CD, "Singing Bones" is officially released!
OCTOBER TOUR --USA
(All Shows from Memphis to Chicago are with Jim White as support)
Oct. 1-Austin, TX, Cactus Cafe, show starts: 8:30pm, 24th & Guadalupe,
(512.475.6515)
Oct. 3, Memphis, TN, Young Ave. Deli, (2119 Young Avenue, 901-278-0034)
Oct. 4, Atlanta, GA, The Echo, (551 Flat Shoals, Ave. 404.681.3600)
Oct. 6, Chapel Hill, NC, Room Four (100 F Brewer Lane. Carborro,
(919-969-1400)
Oct. 7, Arlington, VA, Iota, show starts: 8:30pm (2832 Wilson Blvd.
(703.522.8340)
Oct. 9, Philadelphia, PA, North Star Bar, (215.922.5900), show starts: 10pm
Oct. 10, Cambridge, MA, TT the Bears, show: 9:30pm (10 Brookline St,
(617.492.0082)
Oct. 11, NYC, Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St., NYC (212.533.2111)
Oct. 13, Pittsburgh, PA, Club Café, show starts: 7:30pm
(www.clubcafelive.com)
Oct. 14, Columbus, OH, Little Brother's (1100 N. High St., 614-421-2025)
Oct. 15, Louisville, KY, Uncle Pleasant's (1100 S. Preston St.)
Oct. 17 and 18, Chicago, two shows at The Abbey Pub (3420 W. Grace
773.478.4408)
Oct. 17, Friday, early show, 18 & over, doors: 6pm, support:
7pm, we're on: 8pm.
Oct. 18, Saturday, late show, 21 & over, doors: 9pm, support: 10pm,
we're on: 11pm.
Oct. 19, Minneapolis, MN, 400 Bar, 400 Cedar Ave., MN 612.332.2903
NOVEMBER:
United Kingdom Tour Dates:
(all shows with "Blanche" (http://www.BlancheMusic.com) as support except
Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol)
Nov. 1 Reading South Street Arts Centre (box office #: 0118 9 606060)
Nov. 2 Newcastle The Cluny (box office #: 0191 230 4474)
Nov. 3 Edinburgh Queens Hall (box office #: 0131 668 2019)
Nov. 4 Leeds City Varieties (box office #: 0113 243 0808)
Nov. 5 Nottingam Rescue Rooms (box office #: 0115 958 8484)
Nov. 6 Leicester Phoenix Arts Centre (box office #: 0116 255 4854)
Nov. 8 Beaumaris, Anglesey, Town Hall (box office #: 01248 810415)
Nov. 9 Manchester University Academy (box office #: 0161 832 1111)
Nov. 11 Worcester Huntingdon Hall (box office #: 01905 611 427)
Nov. 12 Milton Keynes The Stables (box office #: 01908 280 800)
Nov. 13 Brighton Old Market (box office #: 01273 736 222)
Nov. 14 London--Shepherds Bush Empire
Part of the "Way Beyond Nashville"
festival (www.barbican.org.uk/beyondnashville)
Empire box office #: 0870 771 2000
or buy tickets online at:
www.shepherds-bush-empire.co.uk/empire/pages/index.cfm
Nov. 15 Liverpool The Neptune Theatre (box office #: 0151 709 7844)
Nov. 17 Birmingham United Services Club (box office #: 0121 605 7000)
Nov. 18 Bristol Bierkeller (box office #: 0117 926 8514)
Irish Tour Dates:
Nov. 20 DUBLIN VILLAGE (box office #: 01 475 9372)
Nov. 21 DUNDALK SPIRIT STORE (box office #: 042 93 526 97)
Nov. 22 KILKENNY CLEERES (box office #: 056 62 573)
Nov. 23 CORK HALF MOON (box office #: 0241 27 0022)
January-February, 2004: heading west in the US.
March: Visit local prairie dog town. Lunch with mayor.
!baggyyyy
Subject: handsome family weather report
Big Howdy Pilgrim from Handsome Family Forest--a waste and howling
wilderness, hideous thickets of eternal night where devils dance in puddles
of blood.
TODAY'S TOP STORY:
After many unspeakable rituals made in worship to
he-who's-name-may-not-be-uttered we are pleased to announce that our new CD, "Singing Bones" will be released worldwide in October. This sound recording will soon be available for purchase (check back to our website
www.handsomefamily.com in October) Want to see us in the flesh? Take a
glance at our tour schedule below and gather ye rotten vegetables while ye
may.
WEEKEND CHEF: Thousand Year Old Eggs
(serves 12)
2 cups tea, very strong black
1/3 cup salt
2 cups ashes of pine wood
2 cups ashes of charcoal
2 cups fireplace ashes
1 cup lime powder ( available at garden or hardware stores)
12 duck eggs, fresh
Combine tea, salt, ashes and lime. Using about 1/2 cup per egg,
thickly coat each egg completely with this clay-like mixture. Line
a large crock with garden soil and carefully lay coated eggs on
top. Cover with more soil and place crock in a cool dark place.
Allow to cure for 100 days. To remove coating, scrape eggs and
rinse under running water to clean thoroughly. Crack lightly and
remove shells. The white of the egg will appear a grayish, translucent
color and have a gelatinous texture. The yolk, when sliced, will
be a grayish-green color. Cut into wedges and serve.
THE MEDICINE CHEST: Backyard Pyramid.
Feeling rundown? A backyard pyramid may get your aura vibrating again. Make sure it's built to the correct proportion and angle (52.606º ). Food kept
under the pyramid will stay fresh for two to three times longer than
uncovered. The pyramid will dehydrate and mummify things, but it will not
permit decay or mold to grow. Kirlian photographs show human auras become significantly brighter after only15-minute pyramid exposure. Brine shrimp (sea monkeys to you) usually live 6 to 7 weeks; but under the pyramids they have been kept alive for over a year. Underneath pyramids theta and alpha brain waves are increased. Prolonged meditation under a pyramid may impart a feeling of weightlessness; a time distortion (both of speeding up and slowing down), and very graphic dreams in vivid color.
.
ABOUT TOWN: The Handsome Family are preparing to leave the house. This
involves conquering several phobias including but not limited to: fear of
water, tiny things, large dogs, small dogs, dogs with ESP, invisible dogs,
shape-shifting dogs, dogs who look like spiders, dogs who dance on two legs, dogs pretending to be humans pretending to be dogs, spiders
Here's our latest tour schedule:
AUGUST:
August 20: New York City, The Fez (380 Lafayette St. 212.533.7000), doors
9:30, show 10pm., tickets $12.
SEPTEMBER:
September 5: Hideout Block Party, (1354 W. Wabansia) Chicago. Show begins at 5pm, we're on stage at 7pm.
OCTOBER:
October 6: New CD, "Singing Bones" is officially released!
OCTOBER TOUR --USA
(All Shows from Memphis to Chicago are with Jim White as support)
Oct. 1-Austin, TX, Cactus Cafe, show starts: 8:30pm, 24th & Guadalupe,
(512.475.6515)
Oct. 3, Memphis, TN, Young Ave. Deli, (2119 Young Avenue, 901-278-0034)
Oct. 4, Atlanta, GA, The Echo, (551 Flat Shoals, Ave. 404.681.3600)
Oct. 6, Chapel Hill, NC, Room Four (100 F Brewer Lane. Carborro,
(919-969-1400)
Oct. 7, Arlington, VA, Iota, show starts: 8:30pm (2832 Wilson Blvd.
(703.522.8340)
Oct. 9, Philadelphia, PA, North Star Bar, (215.922.5900), show starts: 10pm
Oct. 10, Cambridge, MA, TT the Bears, show: 9:30pm (10 Brookline St,
(617.492.0082)
Oct. 11, NYC, Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St., NYC (212.533.2111)
Oct. 13, Pittsburgh, PA, Club Café, show starts: 7:30pm
(www.clubcafelive.com)
Oct. 14, Columbus, OH, Little Brother's (1100 N. High St., 614-421-2025)
Oct. 15, Louisville, KY, Uncle Pleasant's (1100 S. Preston St.)
Oct. 17 and 18, Chicago, two shows at The Abbey Pub (3420 W. Grace
773.478.4408)
Oct. 17, Friday, early show, 18 & over, doors: 6pm, support:
7pm, we're on: 8pm.
Oct. 18, Saturday, late show, 21 & over, doors: 9pm, support: 10pm,
we're on: 11pm.
Oct. 19, Minneapolis, MN, 400 Bar, 400 Cedar Ave., MN 612.332.2903
NOVEMBER:
United Kingdom Tour Dates:
(all shows with "Blanche" (http://www.BlancheMusic.com) as support except
Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol)
Nov. 1 Reading South Street Arts Centre (box office #: 0118 9 606060)
Nov. 2 Newcastle The Cluny (box office #: 0191 230 4474)
Nov. 3 Edinburgh Queens Hall (box office #: 0131 668 2019)
Nov. 4 Leeds City Varieties (box office #: 0113 243 0808)
Nov. 5 Nottingam Rescue Rooms (box office #: 0115 958 8484)
Nov. 6 Leicester Phoenix Arts Centre (box office #: 0116 255 4854)
Nov. 8 Beaumaris, Anglesey, Town Hall (box office #: 01248 810415)
Nov. 9 Manchester University Academy (box office #: 0161 832 1111)
Nov. 11 Worcester Huntingdon Hall (box office #: 01905 611 427)
Nov. 12 Milton Keynes The Stables (box office #: 01908 280 800)
Nov. 13 Brighton Old Market (box office #: 01273 736 222)
Nov. 14 London--Shepherds Bush Empire
Part of the "Way Beyond Nashville"
festival (www.barbican.org.uk/beyondnashville)
Empire box office #: 0870 771 2000
or buy tickets online at:
www.shepherds-bush-empire.co.uk/empire/pages/index.cfm
Nov. 15 Liverpool The Neptune Theatre (box office #: 0151 709 7844)
Nov. 17 Birmingham United Services Club (box office #: 0121 605 7000)
Nov. 18 Bristol Bierkeller (box office #: 0117 926 8514)
Irish Tour Dates:
Nov. 20 DUBLIN VILLAGE (box office #: 01 475 9372)
Nov. 21 DUNDALK SPIRIT STORE (box office #: 042 93 526 97)
Nov. 22 KILKENNY CLEERES (box office #: 056 62 573)
Nov. 23 CORK HALF MOON (box office #: 0241 27 0022)
January-February, 2004: heading west in the US.
March: Visit local prairie dog town. Lunch with mayor.
!baggyyyy
