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 and GIO and MEAT

The Master Gio was in attendance for PMF's set on Saturday night and squeezed out a review packed with photos on his website. Speaking of squeezing things out, NEVER EAT MEAT LOVERS' PIZZA A HALF HOUR BEFORE PERFORMING ON STAGE!

A lot of rad photos were taken by the rad crowd and they are currently strewn about the intertubes. I recommend you just become a fan of Plowing Mud Forever over on the Facebooky so you can take a looky. The photo over theres was taken by Matt Stewart.

We finally debuted two of our new songs for the Brooklyn crowd--"Mesmerado" and "Salesman." We didn't get attacked by the giant white thing over our heads for the performance, so we got to stick around to watch a completely improvised set by the members of Kill Kill Kill (who were coincidentally playing together for the first time).

The Bayonne show is coming up next Friday. Here are the details:

Ba yo yo yo yonne.

It's looking like a show is shaping up for Friday, June 12th. The Midnight Ghost Train is touring through the area so we'll be grabbing a slot on their Bayonne, NJ stop. Details on this sludgy, muddy massacre to follow.

PMF Tribute Video to Jon Becker

We can chew bubble gum and kick ass too!

All Quiet on the Eastern Front

While PMF is busy this week quietly plotting doom, the glory goes to our friends Dogs of Winter who just released an album entitled From Soil to Shale. If you go to their website you can find information on how to download the album and the artwork for none moneys.*

Like the Digging-est Dog, I'm digging this album. It's got a solid New York post-hardcore sound with strong melodic dual lead vocals. It reminds me of Helmet meets Quicksand (Handsome, if you will) with some Boy Sets Fire thrown in. Lots of natural time changes and exciting harmonies. But you don't have to take my word for it. Da-Dun Dun.

* Or nine monkeys

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.

PMF Power Trio Debut

If you can read, then yes, you did read that correctly.

Come see who now holds the Triforce at a show this Friday, April 24th in Hoboken, NJ. More specifically, it's at the Shades Lounge in the Monroe Center of the Arts. Here's more info:

4/24/09

WJ & The Sweet Sacrifice
Plowing Mud Forever (10 pm)
Nathan Carpenter
The Old Man & His Po' Buckra
KIDS
Julius.Caesar.Machine

720 Monroe St in Hoboken, NJ
(a block away from 9th St/Congress Light Rail station)
FREE PARKING.
ALL AGES, but there's a bar for those 21+ too.

$10 - Doors at 7 pm

Thanks to WJ & The Sweet Sacs for getting us on the bill. Buy them all a beer or 21+. In other news, I can't stop watching this guy's YouTube videos:

2 Live Crew

Kirk and Darth Vader hiding behind their "words."

Ryan "the Drummer" Walrusface.

PMF NEWS UPDATE

The first piece of news to share is that our Delancey show on April 29 has been canceled. Unmark that on your calendars, or mark that on your uncalendars. The choice is yours.

While you've got the pen out, scribble a tornado with a happy face trapped inside it on Saturday, May 30. We'll be playing a show with some friends of ours either in Brooklyn or the Lower East Side. Not sure where or what time yet. Obviously, you'll find that info out here first. This is prime time television here, folks.

Ok, on to the noise. We recorded a couple of our new songs last night. Here is "Mesmerado":

Mesmerado04-09 by Plowing Mud Forever

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Oh that quality is just unacceptable. I'm sorry. Let's get a stage manager in here. I don't care where you find one. Get one out of another studio. Roll the next clip.

Salesman04-09 by Plowing Mud Forever

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That was "Salesman" and yes, we know it's a distorted mess. Unfortunately, Kirk's really good stereo digital recorder is cursed with poor battery life, and my infinitely charged mp3 player has a horribly oversaturated microphone signal. We should change our name to Plowing the Magi Forever.

That's all for now. I'll try to post some pictures over the weekend whether Jessica Savitch likes it or not.