More News From Carducci

wydot is plowing away up at 11,000 feet and the road will open early this year. visitors are coming thru. the upland breakdown is set. i get my new book to the printer tuesday, lotsa complications due to a hundred pages of photos and illustrations packed into it. read a draft of a funny chapter from some kind of on the road novel by michael hurley. i heard that the chuck dukowski sextet played in a little bar on aviation blvd inhermosa beach with rob holtzman's band, Landfill; they reportedly rocked and no sign of the cops - probably they got troubles with their own kids by now. also heard ray farrell left emusic for something called royaltyshare, probably something like the carlyle group of the new media. but i bet if you call ray at 3 in the morning he still answers the phone, 'rather ripped.'

***The Places bit on npr:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10255394&sc=emaf***

Greg Ginn news:THE PERFECT RAT "Endangered Languages" out on Alone Records late summer 2007.The Perfect Rat originates from the power trio-based, improvised musical explorations of Gary Arce, Greg Ginn and Bill Stinson that began in 2000. The resulting out-freakage deftly mixed grooves and structured ideas with the energy and spirit of Improvisation. The Perfect Rat concept was revisited again in 2005 when Gary Arce (Yawning Man, TenEast, Sort of Quartet) organized a recording session based on the power trio jams of what officially became "ThePerfect Rat". Drummer Bill Stinson says: "The Perfect Rat really goes back to 2000-2001 when Gary, Greg and I jammed together doing a project resurfaced a few years later and mutated some as far as having other musicians add texture and melody to the trio foundation. Jack Brewer added vocals, Mario Lalli added guitar and Tony Atherton played saxophone on the recording. The first release "Endangered Languages" was recorded in a big warehouse and the music was made up of some short and long sections that were mainly improvised. The Perfect Rat will be playing live in 2007 with most or all of the people on the recording." www.myspace.com/theperfectrat

&TEN EAST, TOUR DATES04.06 Wien, Vienna Arenaw/ Wolfmother05.06 Geneve, L´Usine09.06 Leuven, Sojo10.06 Hamburg, Hafenklang11.06 Berlin, Pirates Cove12.06 Osnabrück, Bastard13.06 Köln, Underground14.06 Jena, Rosenkellerw/ Mother Superior16.06 Party w/ Hypnos 69tour lineup:GARY ARCE-GUITAR GREG GINN-BASS BILL STINSON-DRUMS STEVEN HOUTMEYERS-GUITAR***

Michael Fournier's book tour for his soon released Continuum 33 1/3 volume, Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime: June 3 Concord, NH - Border's June 20 Brooklyn, NY - Bar Matchless June 21 Philly - Robin's June 23 Baltimore - Atomic Pop July 11 San Fransisco - Bird & Beckett July 13 Olympia WA - Orca Books July 14 Seattle WA - Third Place