One week from today...

...we'll be playing a holiday show at our Hoboken practice space with lots and lots of special guests.

Warming things up is our good friend Andy Fuckin' Meagher. He's in town for his final senior recital before officially becoming a Doctor of Organs (pipe organs, that is), and will be showing off some of skills for us. If we're good boys and girls, we'll get to hear a good mix of classical tunes, holiday music, and gangsta rap!

Next up is the funniest man not in show business, the best music critic in history, and the greatest criminal mind of our time, Mark Prindle. He's bringing his wife Brenda, and drummer Jimmy Laakso and assist with the fancy rock stylings and nimble jump kicks. Just like the Rockettes!

Then it's the 1-2 punch from the most hated bands in Hudson County, Plowing Mud Forever and Torrential Downpour. Actually it will less of a 1-2 punch and more of a 3/4 or 7/8 time signature. Because we're outlaws!

Also performing all night will be BEER! Drink it! Norm's doing the lights so you can see the BEER! Here's a flyer! IT'S SO EXTREME THAT IT'S MORE THAN WORDS!!!!!!!!

Connoisseurs of Mammary Glands

I can't say this definitively yet, but it's looks like Plowing Mud Forever will probably be playing an afternoon show on Saturday, September 12th, quite possibly at Automata Chino in Jersey City, and if this happens it will most likely be part of a benefit to raise money for the American Breast Cancer Foundation. When we have official confirmation we will give the rest of the details.

I can say with 100% confidence that Plowing Mud Forever will be playing this Saturday night at Ace of Club, in NYC.

Ace of Clubs - 9 Great Jones St. NYC - doors at 7pm - 21+ - $10

8pm - Open Denile
9pm- Plowing Mud Forever
10pm - Scalera
11pm - Knife the Glitter
12am - Torrential Downpour

Thing-Things

It's vacation time for most of this hemisphere, so Plowing Mud Forever has(s)holed themselves up in the studio with a colony of termites to continue working on new songs and brushing up on old new songs. Coming down the pike we've got:

"The Night Report" - The sequel to "Sitcom." In this song, Kirk is actually sent back in time to protect you, not kill you. It is also revealed that Ryan is your father and Rollie will finally defeat Apollo Creed. Does that Smeel Mainly? Musically, I can't even begin to describe what is happening in this song. What if Mastodon eats a Jesus Lizard that is snacking on a Blue Oyster? Cult hit? You betcha!

"The Cliff" - A haunting little ditty that could end up being the simplest, pussiest PMF song ever! It's only got 4 different parts! And no screaming! What if Jimmy Eats the World? Would he Hum? Yeah Yeah Yeah!

"Untitled" - Kirk's still going through titles and lyrics on this one, so I don't know what it's going to be about. I can tell you that the intro is long and calm, but then the rest of the song lunges out from the bushes and gnaws on your balls. I think there's a dog singing backup vocals, I'm not sure.

Elsewise, we've got another show with Torrential Downpour in a few weeks, but you already knew that because you've probably added the Plowing Mud Forever Live Calendar to your own Google Calendar. Right?

WTF is up Folks?

We played three shows in the past month and I'm now going to give a quick rundown of them in chronological order and because they all will all appear in the context of a single post, run against the reverse-chronological order theme already set forth by the city, county, and state of this blog. I'll attempt to give accurate credito where credito is due.

June 12 - Arts Center - Bayonne, NJ
Never having heard of this venue before, we were amazed at the size of the space. We looked towards the giant stage and saw Norm's ominous traffic cones staring back at us. How did they find us again???!

I don't recall anything particularly unusual about our set--we tore through it like a GIANT SLOAR!


Kirk and Ryan Killing All Humans
photo: Emily Lovesy


Rollie Batman Soprano
photo: Emily Lovesy

Up next was The Midnight Ghost Train from Buffalo, New York. These dudes opened with a bad-ass foot-stomping hymn, then went on to play a solid set of a Clutch/Black Sabbath/Kyuss-type rock. Bassist Odee is originally from Bayonne, so this was an important stop on their cross-country tour.


The Midnight Ghost Train. Next stop, Ohio.
photo: Rachel Meyers

Torrential Downpour then took the stage and broke it over their knee. A third of the way through the set they were told by Huey Lewis that they were "just too darn loud." Ignoring Huey and his News, they continued to turn up until the plug was finally pulled.


Torrential Downpour moments before getting SCHIAVO'D
photo: Me, baby. Me.

The lame part was that as we all packed up our equipment out back, we could still hear the music from the cover band playing downstairs continue to blast out of the windows into the Friday night sky. Your loss, Bayonne.

June 23 - The Delancey - NYC
How would NYC handle The Plow-rential DownTour? Superbly, it turned out. Division of Planes, another awesome Jersey City band, rounded out the slot this time. Zac Clark, Rocker Tycoon was in attendance and he got footage of "Bottleneck" and us fucking up the start of "Modus Operandi" (which you can find embedded within his review of the evening, or on the PMF Video Player, player).


Chia Ryan
photo: Joseph DeBenedictis

There's certainly something to be said about Jersey City fans showing up for Jersey City bands even when it's not in Jersey City-- Jersey City Jersey City Jersey City, Jersey City Jersey City "Jersey City Jersey City Jersey City," Jersey City Jersey City! All right, just back and read Zac's blog. He said it better.

July 8 - Groove on Grove - Jersey City, NJ
Groove on Grove is Downtown Jersey City's free outdoor weekly summer concert series. Every Wednesday two local bands command the Grove St. PATH station's attention from 6-8 PM. Dancing Tony and Downtown Jersey City’s Historic Downtown Special Improvement District (HDSID) get it organiz-ized marvelously.

This show was a shitload of fun and it was exciting to be playing outside in an area with lots of human traffic. Even though our sound and humor is clearly not loved by all (we are honored to have gotten Groove on Grove their first official noise complaint), we still are proud to be a part of the Jersey City local music scene and want to do anything we can to keep it diverse and interesting.

Speaking of the local music scene, we decided to pay homage to our friends in WJ & The Sweet Sacrifice, by covering their tune "Evil of Idle Hands." We started out pretty faithfully, but then quickly interjected Faith No More, Tim & Eric, Conan O'Brien, Temple of the Dog, and "Birthday Sex" to keep it real, PMF-style. We heard there's video of this out there somewhere and we can't wait to see it. Mr. Billy "WJ" Alpha is now threatening to turn "Serpentor's Love" into a country song. Bring it on you Sweet Sacs!


"Shop at Duane Reade"
photo: Irene Sanchez

While we didn't have time to play our new one, "Especially Heinous," we did bust out our Fugazi cover "Facet Squared" for the first time in quite a while. All in all, the songs got a positive crowd response. We even saw a random long-haired dude headbanging for most of the set. That was nothing compared to the slamddancing 4-year olds during No Pasaran's set, but we'll take it.

IN THE BUTT!

PMF of the month club

So we've got a little calendar thingee over there in the side bar ------>

It's pretty ugly right now, but at least it's got a listing of our shows. You could always click on the PMF Calendar in the "Outsourced" section for a larger version. Better yet, add the calendar to your Google shit. The calendar's public.

We've got another tentative date scheduled Torrential Downpour in August. I just listened to their new album on Friday and out of nowhere, it started raining like a motherfucker. Second time that's happened to me listening to TD. Those boys must have control of the Weather Dominator.

Finalm3nt3, here's a few shots from the Automata Chino gig...

Mutiny of the Fashionistas

Plowing Mud and the Forevers

One of 12 Limited Edition Used Allen Wrenches given out to lucky PMF Fans

The PMF

Here is The PMF at the Shades Lounge/Monroe Center in Hoboken. We played a fun, fast, and loud set for the Friday night folks. WJ & the Sweet Sacrifice kicked some ass too, and all the dudes from Ever Reviled Records performed some really cool shit. If you missed this one, we just booked a show at The Delancey on June 23rd and have another in the works for May. More on that to come.

Well, if you haven't figured it out by now, Wally Chung is no longer performing with the band. Along with Kirk, he founded Plowing Mud Forever and we thank him for all the hard work and energy he's put into the band over the years. We wish him well with all his future endeavors. Keep an eye on his website for hot Wally action.

Another website you'd better check out right fucking now is Torrential Downpour's homepage. They just finished up their debut LP. I heard some of it yesterday and it's heavier than a bowling ball on a beetle's back. If you know what's good for you, you'll buy it right now.

See you all at the cemetary gates.

Jersey City Date Confirmed

We've got a gig coming up on Saturday 3/14 (PI DAY!) at Automata Chino in Jersey City. This brand new music venue is located at 99 Greene Street and is adjacent to the Iron Monkey. Doors open at 8 and the fucking awesome dudes in the fucking awesome band Torrential Downpour will be joining us on the bill. Holy sheep shit!