Reptet w/ Andrew Oliver in PDX on the 15th
John here:
As Reptet brings this year to a close, we will be celebrating 2009 in Portland, Oregon at the Doug Fir Lounge on December 15th. This show is gonna be fun. We’re playing with the amazing Andrew Oliver Sextet (check out Andrew’s Blog here and his myspace page here). We’ve never played at the Doug Fir before, but have heard a lot of good things about it. It’s a Tuesday night so we’re gonna need a lot of promo and word of mouth in order to gets the peoples out…tell your Portland friends!
We’re looking forward to 2010 with a big show in White Center, more tours and maybe a new CD. Hope you can join us.
Thanks Everybody
John here: I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone involved in the most recent Record Release show at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle, our recent west coast tour, and the creation of Agendacide, the record. Below is a link to the Seattle Weekly review of the Tractor show, followed by of list of people we’d like to single out for special kudos (although we love everybody who loves us, of course). If I missed you, please except my sincere apologies in advance.
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2009/11/last_night_reptet_sets_the_age.php
Special Thanks (in no particular order):
Elaine Ewing
Travis Rink
Beth Fleenor
Wayne Horvitz
Mark Oi
Mark Boshnack
Alex in Reno
Gordon in SF
Larry (The Flower Vato) Rodrigez
Mell Dettmer
Doug Haire
Kevin Pollak
Peter Epstein
David Roitstein
Orkestar Zirkonium
DJ Tomas
Brick Wahl
Chris Kornelis
Simeon
Irwin Chusid
Jack Straw Production
Lisa Mezzacappa
The Partical Van
Commit Agendacide at the Tractor this Thursday
Hello Repnation,
John here: Our west coast tour was a great success featuring El Día de los Muertos parades in the Mission District of San Francisco, new celebrity fans, amazing workshops with the students at CalArts & University of Nevada, appreciative fans buying us hotel rooms and jazz organizations clamoring to get us down there again for special shows. Thanks to all of you that came out.
But now comes the event of the year…at least from a Reptet perspective.
The Seattle Agendacide Record Release Party this Thursday, 11/19. Agendacide is being released as a 45RPM vinyl record and digital download only. We are all beginning to move past the CD format people. The record comes with a code so you can download the mp3’s for you iPod and computer listening enjoyment, but you can also just purchase the digital files (in case you no longer, or never owned a turntable).
The party is going to be really fun and will feature Sam’s other project Orkestar Zirkonium kicking off the festivities. O.Z. describe themselves as, “a mobile, fourteen-member brass-and-drum ensemble that borrows from a variety of musical traditions, composes original music, and kicks out celebratory spectacle in a variety of circumstances. Zirkonium members hail from Circus Contraption, the Infernal Noise Brigade, the Anti-Fascist Marching Band, Reptet, the Empty Cage Quartet, the Fremont Philharmonic, and other groups; our songs draw from Eastern European / Roma brass, klezmer, Bollywood soundtracks, Ethiopian jazz, punk, funk, hiphop, and other musical idioms.”
Thursday, November 19
Reptet’s Agendacide Record Release Party
featuring Orkestar Zirkonium
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 789-3599
9PM – 21+
If you can’t make the show, don’t fret. You can purchase the record and/or digital files in a plethora of ways:
You can purchase the record (which includes mp3s) straight from us at: http://www.reptet.com/agendacide.htm
You can purchase the MP3’s from CDBaby at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/reptet3
Or if iTunes is your digital music source of choice you can get it there as well.
Thanks so much for you support and we hope to see you there.
The Reps
Fog blog
Sam shnack here. We have emerged from the hazyness that is Oregon and into the sunshine of Cali. Cottage grove was a damn fine time. So good in fact we will now think of it as cottage groove. People showed us sweet hospitality. Jeanine bought us hotel rooms so we are well rested. Thanks jeanine! We are headed for chico. Unfortunately not relAted to a Marx brother but we have heArd they know how to party. On this the eve of all hAllow’s eve.
Important decisions
Take two of SAMs attempt to blog . I was gonna talk about snogging but insteAd I will tAlk about the importance of consistency in rAdio while on the road. Once agAin we are assured that we will find much classic rock. We All make our calls on what we will hear on this trip. I’m not sure what to pick… So far brown eyed girl, feels like the
first time, green eyed lady, aqualung, roundabout has been called. I’ve just decided to call lucky man. StAy tuned and we will let you know who the winner of reptets “greatest music ever recorded” classic rock radio wager is.
Everyone’s Lazy in Hazy Cottage Grove
First show, we gots a lightshow & a banjo. This tour is gonna be special. Westies, let’s see what you got! I WANNA SEE WHAT YOU GOT!!!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 – 8:00PM
Axe and Fiddle
657 East Main Street
Cottage Grove, Oregon 97424
541.942.5942
Reptet Supports the Pubic Option
Americans would have the option to let their pubic hair grow out freely without shame, regardless of occupation or inclination or to have there pubes neatly trimmed (or totally removed) by themselves or a professional pube primper. Having the pubic option means that Americans would have a choice of keeping the pubes they currently have, paying a professional to stylize their pubic hair, or shaving it all off completely in the privacy of their own kitchen.
Christian Jazz???
Since 95% of our music is instrumental, could we just call our music, ‘Christian Jazz’ and rake in the cash? I mean, would that be wrong? These people are just gonna give their money to the Family Research Council any way. Maybe we could change our name to something like ‘Jesus of Jazareth’? Or ‘Modern Mary Sextet’? I think we need to seriously look into this. Hmmm
Open a Can o’ Whoop Ass my Rat Hat Babies!!!
Flight suits have landed. Van tuned and OK’d for travel. All tour posters and handbills have been mailed out. Coming up…chains, rehearsal, sew patches on flight suits, locate metal hoops that transform flight suits into space suits, gas up the van, hit the open road and open a can o’ whoop ass my Rat Hat Babies!!!
Reptet Blog-o-Rama!!! 