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| August, 2008 | Just a quick note to say that if you'd like a copy of Light In The West you can click here, or write me an email. Also, I have the honor of being mentioned on two of my favorite blogs, Slow Progress and Rootblog. Happy late summer.

| July, 2008 | Light In The West is now out! Featuring beautiful, original cover art by Eden Hemming Rose, mastered by Drucifer, and released by the much-admired folks at Digitalis. I feel ridiculously lucky and honored to have worked with all of these people to make this record happen. Hope you enjoy it. On an unrelated note, my musical discovery of the year, hands down, is Gabriel Faure's Requiem. A few nice things on Jefre Cantu-Ledesma's Rootblog: 1) Tarentel live in Spain; 2) Tarentel's live soundtrack to Nosferatu at the SF MOMA; and 3) The early morning birds from our hotel room in Amsterdam last March.

| February, 2008 | Well, 2007 was another year of broken promises. I promised more updates last year, and instead I did less. I guess I could promise the same again, but who would believe me now? Last year did end with a bang, in the form of Tarentel's trip to Spain for the Tanned Tin Festival. In March we are going to Amsterdam to perform and visit with the good people at VPRO. I'm very excited to announce that my solo record Light In The West is going to be re-issued by Digitalis later this year. I rehauled the record for this edition, mercilessly trashing a couple of tracks from the first version and brazenly adding two new ones. After that it got polished up by Drucifer, who did a mastering job that was, well, masterful. The first 100 copies that go out will include a pressed leaf that I've collected. That's right, I've been collecting leaves, pressing them, and readying them for you. If you'd like to pre-order Light In The West, you can do so here. More updates to follow (yeah, right), but for now, hugs and kisses.

| May, 2007 | It's been a busy year people. The monstrous 4 LP release from Tarentel, Ghetto Beats On The Surface Of The Sun, is OUT. I feel relieved. Also hot off the presses is a 7" release on the UK's Type Records, Home Ruckus: Double-Sided Air. You guessed it, this is part two in what looks to be an infinite series of home-based recordings. We (meaning Tarentel) just got back from the Bottled Smoke Festival in LA, which was hosted by our buddies, Digitalis Recordings. Tons of noise bands, lots of epic sounds, and heaps of independent music love. It was so exciting and encouraging to see everyone out there and to meet so many kind people. I think noise and drone musicians must be the nicest people in the music world.

| March, 2007 | All kinds of releasing going on these days. First, the last two volumes of Tarentel's 4-LP release are out, done, finished. All available at Tarentel.com or at The Music Fellowship. Also, nearly two years in the making, the brain child of Die Elektrischen and the youngest sibling in Dielectric's All-Stars trilogy, RE: Record, from the Dielectric Field Recording All-Stars, is out. A very interesting field recording-based record. I contributed the sounds of creeks, turntables, fishing boats, a few kitchen appliances, a tomato, and a squeaking red ball to this record, so... a little something different! Coming up in May is the Bottling Smoke Festival in Los Angeles, the first major festival hosted by our good friends at Digitalis Recordings. If you're anywhere near Southern California this May 25-27, try to make it.

| January, 2007 | I'm not even kidding anymore. I'm seriously considering pretending that 2006 didn't happen because that was quick, I mean really quick. I promise more updates this year. A couple of exciting items: On January 25th, Tarentel is playing a show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The show is part of a retrospective of Werner Herzog's films. This particular evening is a double feature consisting of Herzog's Nosferatu, followed by the original, silent, black and white version by F.W. Murnau. We are honored to have been asked to do a live soundtrack for Murnau's version. Lots of scary vampire-like stuff. The Music Fellowship has released the first two LPs in Tarentel's new, 4-LP release, Ghetto Beats On The Surface Of The Sun. Comprised of studio and home recordings from September '04 to April '05, it's literally a ton of music. Beautiful cover art abounds, and as usual, it's limited edition! The other 2 LPs will be released later this year.

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