T M T S B L O G

Dear good people of Japan and China and the surrounding areas:

Please come to see us play a club near you. We will be very far from home and very excited to come play in front of you!! Please come chat with us, we will try our best to communicate across the language barrier.

So excited!!!…..

Here are the dates::

Japan___
May 2nd – Arabaki Rock Festival, Sendai
May 4th – Shibuya O-Nest, Tokyo
May 5th – Huck Finn, Nagoya
May 6th – UrbanGuild, Kyoto

China___
May 7th – LOgO, Shanghai
May 8th – D-22, Beijing
May 9th – tbd free show, somewhere in Beijing

yes!

-TMTS

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Getting set to play our last hometown Seattle show for a while, and our FINAL one with Mr. Aaron Goldman. It’s an emotional goodbye we must say to each other, but Aaron leaves TMTS with nothing but love as he continues on his path to become The World’s #1 Microbiologist. Seriously Aaron, if you become the The World’s #2 MB and then want to come back for a reunion TMTS tour on down the road, you can just forget it right now man! We will only reaccept you if there’s a giant blue ribbon on your chest, and that’s just the way it crumbles.

Ah, jokes aside. I’m going to miss Aaron so much. Most people don’t know this, but the entire time that anybody has known about this band of ours Aaron has been my right hand man on keyboards, vocals and glockenspiel theatrics, and that entire time (the last 3 years) he’s also been completing a PHD in Microbiology. He’s finishing his degree this summer and then moving back to Philly where he’ll commute to Princeton University. He’s taken a job as Guy-You-Will-Say-You-Knew-Long-Before-He-Solved-The-World’s-Most-Elusive-Mysteries in training, and so it is with joy in my heart that I say bon voyage to one of my best friends. See you on down the road Aaron, you gd genius.

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Modernity…Progress…Gizmos!

We jumped into the swirling techno-flood and we’re swimming like frightened little bugs.  In our flailing we spotted an iPhone and grabbed on for dear life.  Is this making any sense?

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“‘93…New Year….New World Champions.”

Thus spoke Souls of Mischief, on their debut 93 ’til Infinity.  This album cools very, very hard.  I vote the sounds of 2010 learn something from these laid back smooth sailors of bay area hip hop.

It is a new year/decade.  Time for a renewed wave of positivity.

Coincidentally, the Sonics had the best record in the NBA in the ‘93 season.  Sigh…….damn you Oklahoma City.

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Elvis Costello, your voice on “King of America” is pure butter.

Highly expressive butter.  And let me add, a lower salt content than I had expected.

Please take me on home to whatever America it is that you’re singing about.

I once heard on the radio this quote, which I found ticklish.

“All music journalists love Elvis Costello because all music journalists look like Elvis Costello.”  – David Lee Roth

Once in a while you hear a true thing by someone from whom you least expect it.

Hmm.  Anyhow, Costello rocks despite his looks.

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We had such a blast touring the country with Nurses, really missing these dudes now that we’re home.  They’re touring the country again already, playing shows with Le Loup.  Highly recommend that you go out and see these guys.  Such good dudes, but even if you don’t have a chance to eat diner food with John Aaron and James you’ll still be in awe of their music.  So good live.  oooff.  ok, enough gushing.

John From Nurses chowing down at Mecca Diner, Seattle

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Sinking into the feeling of being home.  Drinking favorite coffees, record shopping, enjoying the week of indian summer.

Got some new tour plans in the works, as well as a couple of really exciting local shows that we will be announcing very soon.

And now that I’m home in front of a *functioning* computer I’m finally posting some pics from the tour…please enjoy!  Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the shows, we had a blast playing for you guys and talking to you after the shows.  Really hope to see you all again very shortly!!  Take care and enjoy the coming Autumn.

Best,

Scott

The Shed, Mobile Alabama. Great bbq lunch. unfortunately did not play the outdoor stage.

Aaron being judgmental about my undies

Record shopping in Austin

Charlie making a new friend.

desert, arizona. sooo beautiful.

Old woman owns this huge lot next to Waffle House, Lafayette Texas. She mows it 3 times a week, and this enormous lawn wraps around her super tiny house off in the distance. family members will inherit it soon when she passes and aren't allowed to ever sell it. Bad ass!!

Curra's in Austin. Carnitas marinated in Coca Cola, OJ and Milk. Frickin Snap!!

Super Target. Anywhere.

Why so wet and terrifying to drive through, Texas?

Ooof!! Pow!! Glacck!

Van. Nap. Hair.

best breakfast of tour, possibly of lifetime. Sun In My Belly Cafe. Atlanta, Georgia. Thanks Susan for taking us!!!

Aaron and the Super 8 Pool

Squints. Needs. Coffee.

lunch at club congress, tucson arizona.

Mt. Shasta

Middle of CA. I-5. So close to seeing parents and friends in More of Central CA.

Aaron dropping the patented GhostHammmer. His moves, to say the least, are sick n nasty, don't you agree?

hanging with The Brunettes -- lovely tourmates. Phoenix, AZ.

Philip Roth and Edward Gorey teamed up for a Xmas parody book -- Sign me up!

so we're about to hydroplane off the Texan road at any moment in this weather, and the sign says "Fin"? Like, "The End"? eeeeeesssshhh...

Blythe, CA oil change pit stop. homie working there bought a CD. Nice.

Charlie being very Noir. Austin, TX.

lets turn that wind into energy! cmon people it just makes sense.

Home. At. Last. What a tour.

to everybody who came out to a show and all the folks we met this time around, thank you so much for being a part of our lives. hope to see you very soon.

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Guys we are almost home, only about three more shows!! Really looking forward to getting back home to the comforts and loved ones. Many many many retrospective tour pics and stories to come in the coming week, please stay tuned for all these tidbits and more (possible new very exciting tour dates to discuss . Hope everyone is keeping well, xo Scott

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The shows have been great, people have been so kind…overwhelmed by peoples kindness and support of creaturesque. Nurses and brunettes are wonderful tourmates, the nicest folks ever. Had a blast in the northeast and Midwest, now in the south. Got our first, much anticipated taste of the pulled pork today. The Shed in Mobile really treated us right. Thanks to all our family n friends — new n old — who have fed us or pointed us in the direction of good eats: it def preserves the sanity and beauty of the road experience! Hope everyone is well out there, eatin good and stayin happy. Long live the onset of fall.

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Our beloved hometown worldwide blasting KEXP radio station charts their top 90.3 most played albums each week.  Last week, leading up to the release of our new full length baby Creaturesque, the chart told us this:

It’s a really warm feeling to feel that our city is into our album.  That’s not to say we’re not convinced that someone is fucking with us. Because we are.  But don’t be afraid to request Creaturesque from their DJs all the same.  www.kexp.org. dj@kexp.org.  206-903-KEXP.  yep.

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