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Lots of catching up to over here. San Francisco and the Total Punk showcase were both awesome. I ate Indian Pizza, super burritos, tortas, stared at freaks, and got faced every night. Outdoorsmen and Midnite Snaxxx were both great as were Glitz (featuring members of Personal and the Pizzas, and Impediments). I'll be back on the west coast this August with Golden Pelicans and I'm hoping to do a two day Total Punk party while I am there.
In Total Punk news the Gary Wrong fiasco has come to a close and sadly it doesn't end happily. Me and the Wrong-man decided to squash the project after 4 months of battling with the pressing plant and broker clown. In all my years of pressing records I have never had an experience that compares with this one, and all I can really say is if I were you I would avoid both Alpha pressing plant and record broker Chris Prorock. THe upside is that there will be a Gary Wrong 12" coming out on Total Punk later this year which will include the 7" as well as two or three more unreleased songs.
Also in Total Punk news the next 5 singles will each have a limited edition silk screened promo poster available to purchase. THe first of this series is the GG King 7". THe posters are in and the records will be available for sale sometime next week. Its still a race to see whose single will be up next but so far it is looking as if it will be the White Wires. Stay tuned for further details.
Now on to all things Floridas Dying. This year will be the first that Floridas Dying and Wiggly World takes part in record store's new Hallmark holiday "Record Store Day." I find the holiday rather ridiculious but I am a fan of eating and paying rent so I'm diving in head first. this year we will be repressing the long OOP first Jacuzzi Boys single. It will be limited to 500 and have a different cover. Those of you who are in Europe will not have to wait for the most holy of holidays, and will be able to pick up copies from the band on their European tour. The boys will also have copies of the 'No Seasons' LP. Check out the catalog page we have a ton of new releases in with more coming in the next few days. Happy shopping.
The Gary Wrong single has seen an unending series of problems. Broken stampers, misprinted labels, moldy molds, demonic possesion of the pressing plant boiler room, but low and behold I finally hold 178 copies of the record in my hands. Sure they have small center holes as opposed to the large holes they are supposed to have, but that raises their collector scum value. The rest of the pressing will have the large center hole as God intended so once these are gone there will be no more. The regular/ right (or would it be Wrong in this case) edition will be out when the pressing plant decides to release us from bondage. Till then head to the shop page and get yourself a copy of the Gary Wrong- Pollen Christ 7". Total Punk is doomed.
check out this fancy media player while you are at it.
FIRST WRITE UP FOR THE SOON TO BE RELEASED GARY WRONG SINGLE ON TOTAL PUNK IS NOW UP AND CAN BE READ HERE.
ALSO ROACH MOTEL LP REVIEWED BY MAXIMUM ROCK N ROLL AND AFTER 28 YEARS MRR STILL FINDS THEIR LYRICS DUMB AND OFFENSIVE.
ALSO WE JUST PRINTED THE FIRST ISSUE OF "EAT TO SURVIVE" ON FLORIDAS DYING. FOR THOSE NOT IN THE KNOW "EAT TO SURVIVE" IS A COMIC ZINE BASED OUT OF MICHIGAN THAT HAS LONG BEEN A FAVORITE AROUND THESE PARTS. ALL FUTURE ISSUES WILL BE RELEASED AND DSITRIBUTED BY FLORIDAS DYING. PICK UP A COPY NOW.
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R.I.P.
WELL THIS VERY WELL COULD BE THE LAST YEAR OF OUR EXSISTENCE SO I FIGURED IT'S TIME TO START DOING THINGS RIGHT. HERE IT IS FOLKS. THE OBLIGATORY TOP TEN/ TWELVE/ THIRTY FOUR LIST OF 2011. I ASKED A FEW OF MY FAVORITE KNUCKLEHEADS TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR FAVORITE RECORDS, PARTIES, EVENTS, FOODS OF 2011. SO HERE YOU GO. ENJOY.
TOTAL PUNK'S "TOTAL PUNK LIST OF THE TOP TEN TOTALLY PUNK FULL LENGTH ALBUMS OF 2011."
SCABBY GONADS
Scabby Gonads, advice columnist to the stars and Floridas Dying's resident punk, gives us a list of his punkest moments of 2011.
RICH "BOSSMAN" EVANS
In 2011 I started two new labels, put out three LPs, 8 7"s, and got a new website designed. It was an awesome year to say the least and this year is off to an incredible start. I am super excited about the next 5 total punk singles, this Broken Talent LP is gonna blow minds, Brian's Dirty Business is finally going to record, and I've got follow ups from Electric Bunnies, Cop City/ Chill Pillars, and Yussuf Jerusalem planned. Here is my top ten moments of 2011.
ERIK "KING" GRINCEWICZ
STATS: Ex Slope and lead singer of Golden Pelicans/ King Grincewicz & His Grincewicztones/ most "Best Man" roles in a single lifetime/ part of the League of Villans/ local popularity rating almost as low as my own.
BEN LYON
Ben Lyon has come to be part of the Floridas Dying family by this point. We've used his art for tshirts, logos, records, flyers,and ads. I have three pieces of his art hanging in my shop and we even flew him down for The Floridas Dying six year anniversary party last year. He is also the lead singer of The Hemingers and an all around good dude with impecible taste. Here is Ben's drunken list of tops for the last year.
My 2011 top 20(in no particular order, also, I’m drunk)...
take a look at some of Ben's art here.
CJ
CJ is the guitarist for Cop City/ Chill Pillars, and Love Handles, a high priest in the Church of Chill, one of the owner's of Snooze Theatre in Lake Worth, top Donkey, and serious Sally Hater. CCCP's "Held Hostage On Planet Chill" is by far one of the best LP's of 2011, and look for a follow up from my boys' this year.
YUSSUF JERUSALEM
Benjamin Daures has long been one of my favorite human beings on earth. My French little brother, and Yussuf Jerusalem have become one of my favorite bands on Earth. Last year's "Blast From the Past" was an amazing follow up to his first album, and if all goes as planned he will be touring the U.S. in June, and we will have a new album out later this year. Here is what him and the rest of the band came up with for 2011.
2012 is finally here. In 2011 the Floridas Dying empire was expanded to now include two more labels: Total Punk, and Floridas Dead. 2011 was a busy year releasing 8 singles and 3 LPs. 2012 shouldn't be much different. The next five Total Punk singles are all lined up with a test press box set to follow: (GG King, Wax Museums, Bad Sports, Live Fast Die (YES!!!!), and White Wires. Also on Floridas Dying you can look forward to follow up LPS from Cop City/ Chill Pillars, Electric Bunnies, and Yussuf Jerusalem, and an LP by Miami hardcore slobs Broken Talent. We are also proud to welcome Eat To Survive to the Floridas Dying family. This comic zine run by Jeff Mahannah has been a favorite around Wiggly World for the last year and a half so we couldn't be more excited to now be putting these out. Look for the first issue to be out at the same time as the Gary Wrong single. Hope everyone has a Happy New Years and look for a series of top ten list by some of the Floridas Dying/ Total Punk cohorts in the coming week. Thanks for keeping me afloat in 2011 and looking forward to a great 2012. Check out the b side to TPR-05 below.
TPR-05 Gary Wrong 7" by Total Punk Records
Christmas Sale on all Floridas Dying/ Floridas Dead/ Total Punk releases for the entire month of December.
Still no Gary Wrong test presses (don't ask), but I am assured they will be here in the next few days. GG King is also recording his Total Punk single this weekend, so be on the lookout for that sometime in January. If you haven't picked up the new Yussuf Jerusalem yet do it now. Next five orders come with this sexy beast.
Also the Floridas Dying Christmas Party is just around the corner. No cover, free food, gifts, drunken Santa, and three amazing bands.
I'm back from Seattle. The Road Warrior Party was absolutely amazing. Thanks to everyone who bought records during last week's sale. I'm packing up the last of the orders now and should have everything out by the end of today. Jacuzzi Boys played Orlando last night to end their two month tour and as always were totally amazing. Check out their new video for "Glazin." This shit is going to go VIRAL. Also here is a link to a piece on Yussuf Jerusalem on MTV's website.
Jacuzzi Boys - Glazin' NSFW from Jacuzzi Gals on Vimeo.
If you missed Cop City on tour check out the video below from their incredible set at Stardust Cafe in Orlando.
Cop City / Chill Pillars @ Stardust Coffee from Tiny Waves on Vimeo.
Also this weekend marked the first show for new Orlando's newest wedding band. King Grincewicz and His Grincewicztones. Check out a video of us playing Doo Wah Diddy.
Roach Motel- Its Lonely At The Top LP, and Really Loud Hamburgers 7"now available on the site.
Back from tour and back to work. Good seeing everybody, and thanks for coming out. All orders made while I was gone have been packed, shipped, and are in the hands of our competent postal workers. Tons of records came in while I was gone and I am in the process of posting them. Roach Motel LPs and Really Loud Hamburgers 7"s are in the building, and are being stuffed by myself and the diligent ladies of Floridas Dying. They will officially drop on Oct. 4 but you will be able to order from the site in the coming days. Revolver will also be carrying these titles so bug your local record store to pick up copies. Got some press while I was gone and have some links below.
Hungry Gayze: agit reader,kind turkey
Cop City/ Chill Pillars: still single
ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!!! Got my swim trunks on and ready to go. JUMP IN THE VAN. If I'm going to your city come out. LETS PARTY!!! My San Francisco TOTAL PUNK brothers and sisters will be burning some pavement as well. The Outdoorsmen and Midnite Snaxxx are gonna bash some skulls on their way out to GONER FEST this year. Go see them. Buy their records, buy their clothes, buy their beers. What does this mean for you vinyl junkies who want to buy records online??? Well I'm giving the lovely ladies of Floridas Dying a break this time. Denise will be working dilligently with me till the moment I leave for tour getting out your orders, stamping covers, stuffing records. You should check out her and her husband's band the Vein Cranes, I think I might even have their 7" for sale, as well as her new band Pillow Fight. But once I leave shes going back to the dream life and sipping margaritas by the pool. YOU NERDZ are gonna have to wait. However, I am leaving the site up and will be updating the inventory while I'm gone. A record by a certain old Florida band might even being hitting the shelves while I'm gone. HOWEVER!!!!!! I give you my word. As soon as I get back, the beer hat comes off and my "LIFES A BEACH" shirt goes into the hamper, and I'll be back in the trenches packing all the orders that came in while I was gone. WORK HARD! PARTY HARD! Got it tattooed on my fingers and toes. Any orders made before Thursday afternoon will ship before I leave. All other orders will ship as soon as I return from tour. For the fortunate few I'lI see on tour there will be Total Punk records, Floridas Dying records, and other fine punk releases on hand. I'll even stick a TOTAL PUNK button to your bare chest!
COP CITY CHILL PILLARS/ HUNGRY GAYZE TOUR
Wed Sept 7@ Crowbar Hunx and His Punx, Coathangers, Hungry Gayze
REST OF DATES W/ Cop City/ Chill Pillars & Hungry Gayze
Thurs Sept 8 Orlando @ Substance
Fri Sept 9 Mobile @ Blind Mule w/ Hibachi Stranglers
Sat Sept 10 Memhpis @ Murphys w/ Warble, Kruxe
Sun Sept 11 Knoxville @ Poison Lawn w/ Burning Itch
Mon Sept 12 Columbus @ Cafe Bourbon Street w/ Space Aces
Tues Sept 13 Detroit @ Lager House
Wed Sept 14 Kalamazoo @ Louie's w/ Hemingers
Thurs Sept 15 Chicago @ Crown Liquors Tap Room w/ Outer Minds
Fri Sept 16 Milwaukee @ Circle A w/ AluminumKnotEye
Sat Sept 17 Indianapolis w/ TV Ghost
Sun Sept 18 Huntsville @ Earl Mom w/ Bazooka
MIDINTE SNAXXX ON THE ROAD TO GONER TOUR
9/17 - Austin, TX @ Beerland: Wax Museums, Midnight Snaxxx, Lola Cola, Cyclops
9/18 - New Orleans, LA @ Siberia: Ryan Rousseau, Midnite Snaxxx, Cyclops
9/20 - Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box: Midnite Snaxxx, Cyclops + TBA
9/21 - Nashville, TN @ Foo Bar- Cheap Time, Midnite Snaxxx, Cyclops
9/23 - Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone: Gonerfest
OUTDOORSMEN VIOLENT HANDS TOUR
9/20-New York @ Fontana's w Liquor Store
9/21-Philadelphia @ Emoda Gallery w/ Sucked Dry, Maggot
9/22-Charlotte @ Sewercide Mansion w/ Paint Fumes
9/24-Memphis @ GonerFest w/ a bunch of bands
9/26-Milwaukee @- Quarters Rock n Roll Palace w/ Static Eyes
9/27-Chicago @ Crown Tap Room
9/28-Detroit @ Painted Lady
9/29-London Ontario @ Brass Door
9/30-Toronto @Parts and Labour
REAL NUMBERS UK TOUR
9/2 (Fri): Nottingham @ Chameleon w/ Bruce And Carl & Sofa King
9/3 (Sat): Manchester @ Whitworth, Moss Lane w/ Hipshakes & Sofa King
9/7 (Wed): Leeds @ Brudenell Social Club w/ Pifco & Nervous Twitch
9/8 (Thurs): Norwich @ Olives w/ Savage Island
9/9 (Fri): London @ Lexington w/ Screaming Females
9/10: (Sat): London @ Power Lunches, Dalston w/ Sauna Youth, Hipshakes & Crawling Age
Also check out the video for "Saturday Night" by Really Loud Hamburgers. 7" out in the coming week
Two new releases out.
FDR-40
HUNGRY GAYZE- Roadkill 7"
TPR-04
OUTDOORSMEN- Violent Hands 7"
Plus a couple of new reviews for 'Blast From The Past'. Here and here.
Got a few returns from one of my distributors. First pressing copies of the JAcuzzi Boys 'No Seasons' LP, Dead Clodettes 7", TeePee 7", Slippery Slopes 7", and Dead Ghosts- S/T LP now available on the catalog page. These are it and when they are gone they are gone. Small repress of the JAcuzzi Boys and Dead Ghosts LP available in the coming weeks. Also a Floridas Dying interview just got posted on kind turkey. Go here to read it.
One of my customers was also kind enough to use a track off the Dead Ghosts LP for his upcoming skate video. Check out Ville shredding!
Check out the first review for Blast From The Past. As well as a new one for the Real Numbers. Also here is some video from the last Slippery Slopes show. It was fun while it lasted. 2 singles, 4 tours, Budget Rock, Pizza Fest. Hopefully there is still an LP to come. Anyways here is video from most of the show. ENJOY
Its about time. The follow up to 2008's "Heart Full of Sorrow" is finally out and available to the public. Three years later and Yussuf Jerusalem's debut is still one of my favorite albums, so I am happy to announce that the follow up "Blast From The Past" is sitting nicely beside it. More sad, weird, black metal inspired psych folk. This will be what I'm listening as I mount my stead and enter battle ready to die. Take a listen here. Test for both the Really Loud Hamburgers, and Hungry Gayze singles here this week, with the test for ROACH MOTEL coming next week. I stlll can't believe I'm putting out an L's worth of material from one of my favorite childhood bands. I think I've finally done something that would have impressed my 18 year old self. SUCCESS!!!
Oh yeah and here are some reviews.
Big ass sale going on right now at Floridas Dying. All Total Punk releases $4, all Floridas Dying 7"s $4, and most Floridas Dying LP's are $8. Also check out these Midnite Snaxxx links .Here, here and here.
Don't miss this Cop City love either.
Also Goner Fest 8 line up has been announced and includes 3 Floridas Dying/ Total Punk bands (Midnite Snaxxx, Outdoorsmen, Real Numbers)
Yussuf Jerusalem- Blast From The Past LP tests have been approved, and records should be here in about two weeks!
And for those of you who haven't picked up the Midnite Snaxxx or Sleaze singles yet, get on it. Don't miss the Total Punk train. Up next Outdoorsmen- Violent Hands 7".
ALLRIGHT FOLKS!!!! Total Punk 02 and 03 are here and ready for your consumption. This time we bring you the Midnite Snaxxx from San Francisco, and the Sleaze from Minneapolis. Both singles are crucial and TOTAL PUNK. Also we got a new fancy media player to tune your ears into what we got out, what we got coming out, and what we are carrying. Click the Hit Machine link above to go there. Listen often as new stuff will be added on a semi regular basis.
Also, check out this review of the Cop City/ Chill Pillars LP. Look for them and Hungry Gayze to be hitting the midwest this August.
Welcome to the new Floridas Dying/Total Punk site! Head on over to the catalog page and buy. Some vast improvements from the old site, mainly: overseas customers now have the choice of paying postage right through the site or building orders as they did before. The new site will be much easier for me to update so there should be less problems with out of stock items still being available through the site. Bear with us over the next few weeks as we debug and fine-tune. Shoot us an email if you see anything wrong/weird or have a suggestion.
Also, check out this awesome article about Floridas Dying & Total Punk from the Miami New Times!
Midnite Snaxxx - 'Guy Like That' 7"
The Sleaze - 'Called You Once' 7"
More to come...
TPR-01 Personal & the Pizzas - Dead Meat 7" &
FDR-36 Vein Cranes - True Believer 7" Out Now
Thats right two more slabs o crabs are back from the pressing plant. Go to the catalog page to order them. Also I'll be leaving to go on tour with Personal and The Pizzas this Friday so get your order in now. While I'm gone the beautiful ladies of Floridas Dying will be running things. Packages will still go out but only every few days. I'll be back on 4/27 and the Cop City/Chill Pillars LP will be out. See ya on the east coast.
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