Getting Ready

All week long and up until we leave we will be working hard to get everything ready for tour. We have a few albums to record and put together, shirts to make, vinyls to stencil, roads to map, emails to respond to, you name it. Its been hectic and insane but really fucking fun and worth it. I can't wait!

Officially Stoked - West Coast Tour Dates

YARO!
yes yallz, have we got some good times ahead. My brother told me that 2009 is the "year of the blossoming flower" (at least one translation, it could also be "the enlightenment") in the Mayan tradition, so we have picked an auspicious time to watch it grow. Two months ago we had an idea and now we have a plan. It's moving toward Spring and we are finally seeing some shoots. We officially will be rocking shows from here to Texas, with room to connect with people and check out the world in between. Here is what it looks like:

February 13 - Portland OR - Tour Kickoff Benefit show at the Hush/Aftermath, w/True MC, DRE, Improv Logic, Night Crawlers, Ink:rementals, $5+Donations, 14 NW 3rd Ave, above Tube. (did I mention this is an Album release party? oh?)

February 14 - Eugene OR - Show Me Your Ink is a monthly night of art and music that apparently goes down above a storefront just near U of O. We will bring the party of space travelers with Start Fires, True MC and DRE plus live installation painting by Mady Hampton and Thrashley Caustic. (and hopefully a late night loop pedal set by Cantino!)

February 15 - Orleans CA - We will be sharing art and music over food and good drink at Karis' Cabin, while learning about the life of one Permaculture farm that manages to survive well in our society.

February 16 - San Francisco CA - Network Mondays at the Azul Lounge (1 tillman place, sf) seems to be a dope spot for heads to kick flows, connect and have some drinks. Its hosted by a guy named Sellassi who raps about cultural issues and politics from the perspective of a positive black man. We are going to come through to rock some songs and freestyles and see who is out there killin it. Also we will be celebrating our homegirl Marcia's birthday so yeah, lets get crunk.

February 19 - Riverside CA - Apparently a bunch of indie hip hop tours are converging on this date at a place called The Pharaohs Den. They are a collectively run art and music center, which includes performance and recording space. We will be rocking early on in the night, but with a bunch of dope emcees (and vegan food if you show up around 5) you can't really miss on this night.

February 28th - Phoenix AZ - I was searching out interesting emcees in Pheonix and came across Kite93 from the Canyon Animal crew. These guys have a house to hold shows in and on the 28th Adverse (Dorian 3) is coming through along with a whole bunch of dope emcees.

That brings us to March, which I know will include at least one party during SXSW in Austin, a Space Traveller Party in Flagstaff, and a night of dissent at Sedition Books in houston. More on that soon ----

ps: i have been packing up my life here at one34....lots of paper.

I Don't Know About You Guys, But I'm Ready To Go!

One Reason Why We'll Miss Portland

Goin' Down This Old Dusty Road.....

In the madness of planning this tour, I realized I will be having to walk away from a few things I'm involved with and would like to see that its still going on when I return. So if anyone in the Portland area is interested in any of the following, please email me.

a) Helping out with SE Food Not Lawns 35th and Hawthorne site planting starts and getting the space ready for the spring.
b)Collecting and painting scrap wood for the 2nd round of GMP Midnight Mission Street Art Project.
c)Submitting art, essays, or information to Contagious Liberation (not that i did a lot, but Brian could use all the help he can get)
d)Say hi to my mom whenever you walk past the Oyster Bar. She's a nice lady and loves to tell stories. Plus she pours a stiff drink.

FOUR MORE WEEKS!!! I will miss you Portland, and can't wait to spend the summer with you!

NorthWest Kickoff

an interview with DMLH

So, what's crackin' G?

Okee-Dokee well, we are rolling along over here just getting the soil right. During the first two weeks of February we are hitting up a bunch of spots in and not too too far from Portland. It looks like we will have some guests up in this piece during that time as well. First of all my brother Dre is going to be here, as well as our homie Talent, aka True MC. These are the dudes I was rocking with in VT and we are going to be recording some new cuts and mashing up our sets into a non stop party. Powsner and Mady Hampton are on board to take photos and video so we can document the process, and I think one or two more heads might make it into the Habitrail.

Word. Tell me about this first part of the tour.

We are going to meet up with our homie Zeb in Olympia for a house show near the Evergreen Campus on February 6th, along with some more pdx hip hop and some groups from Oly. We are aiming to rock Eugene the very next day, but that show hasn't been finalized. If all goes to plan we will rock a benefit show at the Campbell Club, for the Campbell club, to help them deal with their court problems after the cops busted their doors in. If that is not happening we will probably record some new jams and do some video performances here on the blog, maybe live from in front of Beulah. On February 8th we will be representing for our friends Saudade, who are playing with Moodring, Tenses and Tape Deck Mountain at the Hush/Aftermath space which is above TUBE on Nw 3rd / Burnside in Portland. Saudade is working it out to come with us down to SF and we are stoked on it. Later that week on February 12th we are going to crash a metal show in at the Jabberwocky House in North Portland, with AGORA (who are currently changing their name to...) who will be rocking some hydrochronic death grind.

FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH OF FEBRUARY:
START FIRES last show in Portland until summer.
w/ DRE, True MC, NightCrawlers, Improv Logic, Orange Jam, Saudade
@ the Hush/Aftermath, NW3rd / Burnside, above Tube.
WATCH IT GROW TOUR BENEFIT: please donate $5-10

Word, G. Hit me up with a txt and I'll be there.

Sure, or you can join my email list for a schedule and invitations to private parties:

the next day is for lovers,
we will be headed to Arcata...
YARO!

Unconfirmed Updates!!! More friends joining the first leg of the tour!!!

So now we are at the 6 week countdown until we leave for tour and there are some updates!!

The first leg of the tour (Portland, Eugene, Arcata, San Francisco) may include Alex Connor a.k.a Shermstixx making this a Start Fires west coast tour!!
check him out here

Also our homie and photographer Mike Powsner was here all the way from New York for New Years. He talked with us about joining the tour, taking great photos and documenting the whole thing.
check him out here

So it looks like the Watch It Grow Tour is growing and people are getting stoked. We should have our west coast dates and projects up on the site this month for everyone to check out, so until then take care and remember to have fun!

-Caustic