MARTYRDOM

NO I'M not gettin political.....just getting ready for the show tomorrow...at Martyrs...funny i'd never really given the name of the song much thought...until today then i was thinkin....what an odd choice for the name of a club....Record Company dude is coming in ...so pretty psyched about that...so i'm hoping there is a real good turnout for it....been really sick for the last four days and today i'm just beginning to feel a little better...which comes as quite a relief...its been so bad that i wouldn't have been able to perform if the gig had been...say, wednesday....but all is well again...

Couldn't even go out and celebrate the Red sox victory....

check this out....pretty cool... http://www.mindthemind.com/vote.html


come on out to martyrs...supposed to be in the high 70's tomorrow...so lets have a last of summer blow out...going on at 11:15pm....hope to see you there....

5 more days til the election....my nerves are gettin the best of me about it....alot riding on this one....

you can't conquer fear with more fear....can't conquer hate with more hate......there's an old cliche that says something like...the only way someone who hates you wins....is if you hate them back.....true, true.

be kind to each other....we're all we got.....
m

End of the Pier

so went to the USO ball on saturday to perform " Arm Yourself ". Didn't meet Gary Sinese but was sitting just a few tables away from him.... It was pretty awe inspiring....the honor, the commitment, the dedication that the troops have...is something to be revered. IT was in the Navy Pier Grand Ballroom.. same place the band played on Saint Patricks day and is in the video section with " when the irish were kings of ny"..Ms. USA was there( an attractive lass). Everybody involved in the USO were so great to work with. So thank to any of them reading this. It wasn't like any other gig...and while Gary Sinese was giving his speech, my nerves started hitting...considering the magnitude of the event....This is about life and death...my song wasn't ...but those people there...looking around at some of them....made me sad to think....some of them...perhaps not long from this very night....may be dead...may be killed....
it was a pretty powerful night....starting the tune with " in my time of dying " kinda took on a whole new meaning....
all that aside....they got cool uniforms....
Be safe everybody.....be kind
go red sox.....
m

Get your "Shoe's " on ( a word from our sponser)

Saturday
8pm-3am

and now a word from our sponsers
I wanted to tell you guys about a place opening up this saturday in chicago called " Horseshoe" it is being opened by one of my dearest friends in the world Joe Lazar...it is located at 4115 North Lincoln( one block north of Irving) the grand opening is saturday and they got four bands playing there..amazing bbq food and plenty of cold beer....i have my uso show but will be heading up there afterward...sounds like an amazing place...hope to see you

sort of homecoming

so my father has come home....seems to be feeling good....doctors never could find a single thing wrong....go figure...good to have the ole guy back....and thanks again to everybody who sent out a prayer, thought, sunlight...didn't go unnoticed....

i'm doing a photo session with this amazing photographer in LA the second week of November.... i met him on my last trip out there...t'was a party at his house and i asked to see some of his shots and he showed me his most recent session..." well here is some stuff i did the other day just here at the house" ...and it was Clint Eastwood...these amazing black and white shots.... i was like " clint was here the other day?"

done a bunch of stuff his name is jonas mohr....so i'm pretty psyched about that....

THe Yankee's/ Red Sox series is completely amazing.....

there was a copy of " No Words " up for sale on Ebay the other day...thanks to Mark Clark for pointing that out to me.,...so we had it yanked...but was troubling nonetheless....

have a great day y'all
i'll leave you with a quote from Cicero....." Law stands mute in the midst of arms"

m

blah, blah blah

Hello,
thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers...my dad is still in the hospital...dr's still haven't been able to figure out what happened....they are encouraged that they haven't found any red flags but also concerned they are missing something....i've told him about your messages and he was clearly moved to hear that...so i can't thank you enough. Will keep you updated as soon as we know anything....

the monday morning basement tapes...is still gonna happen....its in the works...
also the video's from wall i must climb, just west of eden, summer days, baby i, arm yourself and hellfire are going to be available again....just a matter of time.

i've been asked to tell everybody that you do need to resign up for the mailing list...there has been an alarming low response to this....so please do re-enlist....
we wil be sending out the pre-order email for the " Beneath the Ashes" hopefully next week, it will be nice to have that out and will be nice to go back to playing some of those songs live...

hope this finds you all well.....

m

gratitude

thanks to everybody who posted....what i'm gonna do is ,to try and print it and bring it to my father in the hospital....so i encourage everybody to write a little note.in response to " a mother screams"..like a grand get well card....
my sincere thanks....to all involved...God Bless

A Mother Screams

woke to the sound of my mother screaming this morning at 4 am....i ran into her room,...found that the lights were on and my father slumped between my mothers sowing desk and his dresser...his eyes were open but he was unconscious....shallow breathing....i grabbed the back of his head and shouted..." dad? Dad? DAD! !" he came to....called 911...when the ambulance arrived and the paramedic's took his blood pressure it was 75 over 50....which seemed frighteningly low....the rushed him to the hospital where he is currently awaiting tests...
his blood pressure is back to normal....he's a tough Irishman....i pray he'll be ok....i think he will...but send him some smiles and sunlight will you ...thanks you guys...

m

grey day today

first of all....Kat i am so sorry about your niece and so happy to hear about the birth of your child....the theory of convergence,....leave it up to the angles my friend...is about all you can do now.....

went up to michigan... still stink at golf...can build a damn good fire though....

have a record guy coming to the martyrs show so here's hoping a bunch of you can come down and make a bunch of noise...bring all your friends...kinda like the old days trying to recruit people to impress a record guy...kinda fun again...forgot how that felt....but i do hope, many of you can make the scene...there will be a new guitar player that night...kevin darish filling in for renee....should be exciting....

check out this website....http://www.freedomunderground.org/memoryhole/pentagon.php#Main

disturbing to say the least....

got the newsletter for approval and was really touched by janet's email to me...i'd like to thank her again for that....it moved me....also some funny stories...best newsletter yet...at least i thought so....

thinkin about going to london.....show all those brit's how to build a fire

desserts and deserts of thought

did a gig last night at an amazing bakery in Glenview called " Dessert Gourmet" had a wonderful time and i insist that anyone in the area go visit for a orgiastic feast of the senses....truly amazing..i'd like to thank them and wish them much success as this will be the first day of business for them....

heading up to michigan to the wilderness.....gonna build a fire,..take some books...bring a guitar...be back thursday....gonna see what i can find....


" Silence is the best tactic for him who distrusts himself "

Francois, Duc de La Rouchefoucauld

perfidious

well if we are on the subject of breaching of trust....i would like to shift gears and hope that i am not being perfidious in sharing this story.... i was told this story and it moved me so i'd like to share it with you...
a person i know( who will remain nameless) played " One way to go" at an AA meeting....he introduced it..only by saying " buckle up"...i was moved to hear that many in the meeting were moved to tears during its playing....i'd like to thank this person for sharing it...and for letting it touch others..... recovery is a little something i know alot about...its a struggle the likes of which you couldn't understand, unless you were ankle deep in it...i'm sure as time goes on i'll address this more...but this was just a story that gave me goosebumps and wanted to share it....

so our whole " monday morning basement tape" thingy is a little more complicated than i thought...my partner, Bobby O'Mullan and i are trying to make it more idiot friendly( mean we could do it ourselves) but at this point not sure.....i have great faith we will figure something out...however we may have to do it off a link instead of right there on the front page....will get back to you on that....

have begun a project with a longtime friend and fan in north carolina...i'm quite excited about it...wasn't my idea, and i think its a wonderful one at that...something i've always wanted to do.
we actually have been working on it for a few months...still a few months from completion....

got a couple new links up...dad brown being one...that link has pic's of a few famous people wearing their shirts....even a picture of me in the non-famous group....and an article....

Peace to everyone who reads this,

m

CIA OP

Robert Baer- 21 year CIA Operative,

The only person Saddam was a threat to was to the people of Iraq. He didn't have weapons of mass destruction....he wasn't scaring anybody....he certainly wasn't scaring the Iranians, The Turks or the Saudi's....It was a state that was on the verge of failure,...now...it is a failed state.
Failed states cause terrorism....you can name them,...Afghanistan, Lebanon, Somalia...anytime you create a vacum...it is where people flock to, who are discontented....to fight wars....

storm of saddened sundays

fortune teller told me my lucky color this week is blue...thought i'd give it a shot....
sound the drums the cub season is over....Had an idea that i might try to implement to keep things interesting to y' all and get more traffic on the website...and the idea is...perhaps every friday or monday....i will put a new home demo up on the website for your free listening....
i wouldn't wanna give out stuff that has yet to be on a record or still has a chance to be but rather...demo's of songs you know ...in their earliest incarnation....i mentioned finding wall last week....and today ran across two of arm yourself...both pretty different from what actually ended up being recorded....sometimes songs create themselves....either by making themselves more beautiful and sometimes making them more ugly....
anybody else hate getting phone calls at 5 in the morning...?
think the release of the new record is going to be nov 9th....but we will be offering a pre-order possiblility, in the next couple weeks i think....
i went and listened to it the other day and , ( this ain't no sales pitch) but i think its really good...a person within the organization who is NOT a family member thinks its better than "Ashes".

go out and buy the book " Jesus' Son" by Denis Johnson...its great....
have you guys checked out the artist in sf by the name of Gregg Chadwick...his link is on the links page...he's pretty great....

our old friend Jack Carpender may be sitting in on a gig in november....sure will be nice to see him again....
Vprez debate on tuesday ought to be interesting....then round two on friday for the big boyz...
Listened to Daniel Lanois " beauty of wynona" record yesterday and boy thats some piece of work....
don't forget to call your radio stations...if they are playing the album and request it...please do...it really helps....
God bless and keep us safe this week....talk to you in a few days...
m