This is the short version of the post that says “I’m back from tour and doing mailorder again.” It also mentions that said tour was a total blast and that a “best of tour” post is forthcoming, but I probably need a ton more coffee and a couple days to get my head together before it happens.

For now, thanks as usual to everyone who set up shows, everyone who played, everyone whose couch I slept on, and everyone who came out to trade records and bullshit about synths or food or Logan’s Run or whatever. Thanks in particular to Harpoon Pole Vault and Telecult Powers for being exemplary traveling companions on the first and second legs of this voyage, respectively!

Never buy falafel in Burlington, Vermont. No matter what they tell you, it’s not really falafel.

Bee Mask
Harpoon Pole Vault
Sanguine Piss
Neckhold
Findings
Two Years on Welfare

So check it. 8pm, 6th/Bainbridge suggested donation axis.

Oh yeah, and because I’ll be out of town from tomorrow through July 20 or so, there will be NO MAILORDER till I get back. Any orders placed while I’m gone will be filled on a first come/first served basis (based on time of emailed request) starting on July 21. I might have a chance to get at emails, but I might not, being as I’m an old-fashioned no internet on tour sort. Cool?

Also, Volcanic Tongue weighs in on Canzoni dal Laboratorio del Silenzio Cosmico:

Luminous new set of tone sorcery from Chris Madak’s Bee Mask, with a set of surreal 20th century sonics that mainlines the cosmic tones of Nurse With Wound’s Soliloquy For Lilith before taking off on hysterical gothic keyboard runs, thick beams of drone and ghostly radiophonic melodies. On Brother Raven’s label, hand-numbered edition of 200 copies.

Again, I’m flattered by the comparison! For now, however, I’m mostly gearing up to hit the road in a few days. Check the events page for more details on the New England steamed minotaur and Champagne of Fests IV!

• 7/9: Pageant Soloveev, Philadelphia, PA.
• 7/10: Port d’Or, Brooklyn, NY.
• 7/11: Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT.
• 7/12: Flywheel Arts, Easthampton, MA.
• 7/13: Zacchilli House, Providence, RI.
• 7/14: Zebulon, Brooklyn, NY.

More details will be filled in over at the events page as they’re nailed down. Anyway, come check it; these are the first-ever Harpoon Pole Vault appearances in New England and Bee Mask’s first in three years.

EDIT: Due to day job-related complications, Zaimph will be performing on the 9th, 10th, and 14th only.

Last, but not least, my proverbial hat is off to Keith Fullerton Whitman for his writeup of Canzoni dal Laboratorio del Silenzio Cosmico over at Mimaroglu Music Sales. Bayle’s Erosphere and Toupie dans le Ciel were massively formative influences for me, and I’m flattered by the comparison:

june 2010 release ; here (and below) are evidence of a massive 7-part spring 2010 gift tapes batch – each of these comes as a pro-duped / imprinted black-or-white tape inside a collage-heavy double-sided j-card (each individually hand-numbered) inside a “rounded” norelco …

for my money this is the best tape of the batch, but honestly, they’re all pretty damn great !!!

While I’m telling you stuff, perhaps I should also tell you that I had a blast playing with Drainolith, Honed Bastion, Newton, and God Willing at Deep Pizza Zone last month. There’ll be another Philly show in July…updates coming very soon!

Also, Dialobe Warrior said some stuff about Colony Collapse 2 a while ago! Thanks!

Telecult Powers (Bklyn)
Bee Mask (Philly)
Zomes (Bmore)
DJ sets by TJ NUTZ CREW

Saturday, 4/24 at Tarantula Hill, Baltimore, MD. 9PM. Also, it’s Kate’s Birthday and she’s coming down to hang, so come out to wish her well!

First, Bee Mask, in collaboration with x0x-banger cryptounit DMT Stallynz is represented on I Just Live Here’s Fake Sound Routine double c92 compilation, by a new track, titled “The Marriage of Rosin and Squealer.” I’m fresh out of these, so grab them from Ren at IJLH. The two new joints from his Container alterego are worth the price of admission by themselves…

…and while we’re on the topic of Just Living Here, Bee Mask is also set to perform at IJLH HQ, aka Deep Pizza Zone on May 29th, with Drainolith (Alex Moskos of AIDS Wolf, Thames, et al), Newton, Honed Bastion, and God Willing. Egg sacs, similarly, cannot help but be worth the price of admission…

…and while we’re busy dispensing kind words, Tiny Mix Tapes has sent a few our way, featuring DI30 in the most recent installment of their TMT Cerberus column. (NB: I live in Philadelphia, but thanks! -Bee Mask) …

…and the kind words don’t stop there, either! Mimaroglu Music Sales has some pretty solid prose assessments and audio excerpts on offer for any of you looking to get current on the last couple DI batches…

…which brings us to one final point. The Deception Island Ombudsman reports:

While perusing the MMS page linked above, I found myself suddenly and thoroughly face-egged. Our description of DI28 ends with “I promised myself that I’d never end a writeup with the phrase “must grip,” but seriously“, while our description of DI25 (issued several months prior) concludes (albeit in a somewhat meanspirited fashion) with (you guessed it) “must grip.” Deal with it.

It’s been a while, no? Hope you’ve all been well! I’ve been keeping warm, getting settled in new digs, consuming immense amounts of cheap scotch and fried rice, and steeling my nerves to bask in the privilege of dropping epic full-length joints from three of my favorite going concerns, plus the first peeps anyone’s heard from Bee Mask in a veritable eon. But first, let’s clear things up: Wyatt had a dream that this batch was gonna feature fully accessorized action figures of Steve Kenney and Shane MacKenzie, and I’m sorry to say that I haven’t delivered. Ther