2009-06-14T05:52:17-05:00 ExpressionEngine Copyright (c) 2008, dawn tag:shrinnirs.com,{date format="%Y"}:index.php/shrinnirs/weblog/22.2354 2008-01-27T12:59:37-05:00 2008-02-17T11:35:37-05:00

Awesome photo of Todd from Icky Records! Very cool painting copied from my Me Da Una Rabia 7” artwork. A relic from 1992. 

2008-01-27T12:01:37-05:00 Shrinnirs withdrawnrecords@withdrawnrecords.com Misc tag:shrinnirs.com,{date format="%Y"}:index.php/shrinnirs/weblog/22.2346 2007-06-24T17:39:51-05:00 2007-07-04T14:27:51-05:00

dawn’s old “Made to Order” drawing and lyrics, originally published in her Primal Reader booklet (back in 1987), have been included in the gallery section of the third issue of Colouring Outside the Lines ‘zine. C.O.t.L.#3 features interviews with Leia Bell, Nicole J Georges, Genevieve Castree, Juliana Luecking, Ozge Samanci, Ellen Forney, Karen Constance, Elena Stoehr, Liz Adams, Erika Moen, Karolina Bang, k8 Hardy, Jen Corace, Phoebe Gloeckner, and Gina Birch. It is also packed with compelling artwork from artists based in the UK, USA, Iceland, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, Canada, Sweden, Italy, Australia, Turkey & Poland. Editor & publisher Melanie Maddison did an impressive job putting it all together. Visit her myspace page for purchasing info.

2007-06-24T17:06:51-05:00 Shrinnirs withdrawnrecords@withdrawnrecords.com Misc tag:shrinnirs.com,{date format="%Y"}:index.php/shrinnirs/weblog/22.2300 2006-06-19T23:56:18-05:00 2008-01-08T19:57:18-05:00

A Summer Day (mp3) is a song dawn pieced together in 1990. We recorded it on a friend’s 1/4” 8-track in 1992 for a Vandal Children Records project which was eventually scrapped (a live version of the song was included on the Charlie’s cassette). The lyrics were taken from an Everyday Books collection of Mary Ellen Meikle’s heartbreaking poetry. Back then Everyday Books still had a cafe/bookstore in Willimantic. The words to “A Summer Day” are buried under the guitars and drums, but Mary Ellen Meikle’s entire One Day I Went Looking For Myself collection has been scanned and can be read online. The book provides a glimpse at the reality of an often hard hit life. Click here to read Mary Ellen Meikle’s poems online.

2006-06-19T23:06:18-05:00 Shrinnirs withdrawnrecords@withdrawnrecords.com "WEB EXCLUSIVES!" - um, previously unreleased recordings tag:shrinnirs.com,{date format="%Y"}:index.php/shrinnirs/weblog/22.2306 2006-06-19T16:34:40-05:00 2007-10-06T07:55:40-05:00

Shunken mp3 from the Rin Liminal Switch Vol. 1 LP.

2006-06-19T16:06:40-05:00 Shrinnirs withdrawnrecords@withdrawnrecords.com Dawn's Sketchbook tag:shrinnirs.com,{date format="%Y"}:index.php/shrinnirs/weblog/22.2299 2006-06-19T09:54:51-05:00 2007-03-04T17:02:50-05:00

Chad Heston uploaded to youtube what he could salvage from our Normstock set (watch it here). Chad, a.k.a. Astrobunny, has many other videos posted on his youtube page, and as much as I appreciate his having generously taken the time to document our first public performance in eleven years, I’d recommend skipping our clip and having a look at some of his more compelling video. This excerpt from the CHUCK HESTONS movie and this footage of Emma Weiss singing and playing her homemade banjo are two of my favorites. 

2006-06-19T09:06:51-05:00 Shrinnirs withdrawnrecords@withdrawnrecords.com Misc tag:shrinnirs.com,{date format="%Y"}:index.php/shrinnirs/weblog/22.2305 2006-06-18T16:32:28-05:00 2006-09-18T16:26:31-05:00

"Wow, I saw them (Bimbo Shrineheads) like a million years ago at Worcester Artists Group: Dawn sang with her head in a tv set. She looked like a raccoon, she had so much eyeliner on! lol." - comment left at the Pop. Pudding myspace page by DJ Matthew M. Griffin from WDOA Radio

2006-06-18T16:06:28-05:00 Shrinnirs withdrawnrecords@withdrawnrecords.com Dawn's Sketchbook tag:shrinnirs.com,{date format="%Y"}:index.php/shrinnirs/weblog/22.2298 2006-06-13T09:52:22-05:00 2007-10-06T08:00:22-05:00

The Populous Pudding was an arts collective that put on shows in an old Willimantic fur vault back in 1988 and ‘89. You can read what Charlie Krich has written about the organization here. Over on the Withdrawn Radio page, I’ve posted recordings of a few of the musicians that passed through that fire trap. Included among the Pudding recordings are four songs from a 1989 Deadbeats gig that dawn sat in on. That alley should look familiar to people that were lucky enough to have been around during the Populous Pudding’s short life. Click here to listen to a 1988 Pudding recording of dawn playing “Chasin’ Time”. The out of time rumbling is my shaky percussion, which dawn had a hard time hearing.

2006-06-13T09:06:22-05:00 Shrinnirs withdrawnrecords@withdrawnrecords.com Misc tag:shrinnirs.com,{date format="%Y"}:index.php/shrinnirs/weblog/22.2304 2006-06-12T16:29:15-05:00 2007-03-04T17:07:15-05:00

music: “Tyranny of Abstraction (excerpt)" mp3 from the RLS III album

2006-06-12T16:06:15-05:00 Shrinnirs withdrawnrecords@withdrawnrecords.com Dawn's Sketchbook tag:shrinnirs.com,{date format="%Y"}:index.php/shrinnirs/weblog/22.2303 2006-06-11T16:25:49-05:00 2007-03-04T17:08:49-05:00

Gargoyle Scarecrows (Leaves) mp3 from the Live At Charlie’s 6/03/92 cassette.

2006-06-11T16:06:49-05:00 Shrinnirs withdrawnrecords@withdrawnrecords.com Dawn's Sketchbook tag:shrinnirs.com,{date format="%Y"}:index.php/shrinnirs/weblog/22.2302 2006-05-24T16:16:19-05:00 2006-09-18T16:04:20-05:00

My sister’s partner Dave is a hardworking roofer (their primary breadwinner) and a father of three who fell 25 feet off a roof he was working on and broke several bones including his back. He and my sister have no health insurance and live paycheck to paycheck as it is. He will be unable to work for a very long time (will never be able to roof again) and has a very long and grueling road to recovery. They need money for his medications, medical needs, follow-up care, etc… My sister and some friends are putting together a benefit concert on Saturday, June 10 from 1:00-9:00 pm in East Hartford, Connecticut at the Knights of Columbus. I told them that we would resurrect ourselves and play. We are tentatively scheduled to play at 5 o’clock. They are billing it as “Norm Stock"--which I had no idea and had to ask what the hell does that mean. Well, here’s the scoop, Dave’s friends gave him the nickname “Norm” because Dave’s full name is David Bates and the guy in Psycho was Norman Bates, thus they started calling Dave---Norm (go figure). So I got that, but had to ask what about the “stock"-what’s up with that? He got that from the 60’s concert “Woodstock”; so “Norm” plus “Stock” = “Norm Stock”. You’ve got to remember that he came up with this name and is being heavily medicated with morphine and stuff so… They are going to have all kinds and varieties of local musicians, an outdoor barbecue and buffet, excellent raffle items, door-prizes, and fun activities for kids and families. Spread the word, please! For anyone wondering what we used to sound like when we were regulars on the bingo hall circuit, here is a mp3 of a couple of songs recorded live at the Norwich VFW fourteen years ago. Update - The Mark Paradis Band myspace page has more info: "Dave has been part of putting together many Hunger Benefit shows in the past and could really use some love and support back! We’re honored to be taking part in this event. MPB plays from 7:00 - 9:00pm. Details: Knights Of Columbus Hall - East Hartford: Also featuring: The Cratty Boys, The Chuck Hestons, Apache Fog, Bimbo Shineheads, Christopher John, Roland."

2006-05-24T16:05:19-05:00 Shrinnirs withdrawnrecords@withdrawnrecords.com "WEB EXCLUSIVES!" - um, previously unreleased recordings, Misc, Shows