Full moon tonight.

Before there was High Places, there was Transformation Surprise (me solo) and the Urxed (Rob solo). Rob has been playing some Urxed shows here and there lately, but Transformation Surprise hasn't seen the light of day since April '06. That's all going to change on January 4th when T.S. appears with Xiu Xiu, Congs for Brums, and Disaster at the Lutheran Church in Greenpoint, as part of the Xiu Xiu Polaroid Book Release Party.

shocking.....

I guess I grew up listening to "extreme" music; hardcore, punk, death and speed metal, industrial and rap. However this band has the most startling front people I have ever seen.

Thank you New Wave Theater! Thank you cable acess!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_Theatre

Lyrics to the four songs on our Myspace page.

SHARED ISLANDS
"Day One of film shoot
L.A. sky- white with slight blue
Palm trees
More about the anticipation of something to come than just a nothingness or boredom"
Ooooh we could talk and talk about sitting together in silence
I haven't slept a wink in a week just thinking about sleeping

This is where I go to meet you
I'll crane my neck and close my eyes
The sun's too bright
You're far away

On a gloomy beach in the south of France
We will have the sand in our pockets for a long time
If we're quiet we can stay the night
It's okay it's all right it's okay it's all right, etc.

All night, all night
And what is it on a postcard
All night, all night
And what is it on a postcard

It only goes without saying that this includes shared islands, twilights, deserts, seas, the deer of Nara, some books, and engravings.

GOLDEN
All along you were here despite your absence
Wrote a song to fill you in on what you're missin', Phil.
What went wrong?
It doesn't matter
The bronze ladder's almost done
We'll climb it later inside the magic crater.

HEAD SPINS
When we sat on the floor
I was floored
I was floored
The words you spoke that night
They struck a chord
You struck a chord
And we talked about all kinds of things
Of dinosaurs and seagulls' wings
And where the ocean meets the forest
This is where we sing the chorus:
Ah-ha-ha-ha you're a pretty girl.

COSMONAUT
Last night I woke up startled from another falling dream
It was embedded in my memory from when my fam'ly lived in trees
And I've read a lot of books about the future of the sun
And how my great-great-great-great-grandfather might have been a monkey's son

There's a man down on the corner
With a weathered wrinkled face
He says that planet Earth is not his home
No he comes from Outer Space

And we're all full of questions
And we would like to know just exactly where we came from
And exactly where we'll go

Well I know my limitations
And I know that I don't know
But still I know the constellations and I know the falling snow.


Random Trivia:
"Shared Islands" is inspired by the John Berger book Here is Where We Meet and by a trip I took in May to John Berger's house in the French Alps. The opening quote is from a postcard from David Horvitz.
"Golden" was written in memory of my dear friend Phil Mayben and it mentions James Turrell's Roden Crater.
"Greeting the light" is inspired by a quote from James Turrell's grandmother about Quakerism. I gave James Turrell a copy of the song when I met him at the Manhattan Friends meeting house last winter.

I miss being.....

Tan.

P.M.A. approach to winter.

What if you woke up every morning to a Lou Reed soundtrack and every afternoon you ate papaya salad?
What if a photographer followed you around every day and took a photo every time you drank coffee or wiped snot with your hand?
I want to live in the cat ranch in Whiskers (the holistic pet care store on E. 9th). Did you know they make bubbles for cats with catnip in the bubbles? Granola just collapsed from a catnip high. Do I talk about the cats too much?

Show in Miami!! Tour with Lucky Dragons/Hawnay Troof!!

Hey there!
Dudes! It's snowing in NYC (RAD), but this time tomorrow we will be on a beach (RAD)! The cats are being annoyingly cute! It's the Festival of Lights! Hot (or cold?) diggity! It feels like we haven't played in like forever, and then after this block of shows, we wont be playing again (in NYC, at least) for a couple months. FYI, the Mercury Lounge show w/ Yeasayer on the 15th is sold out, so please come the Brooklyn show, so we can hang out!

MIAMI
Thursday, December 6th
PS1/MOMA, Dublab, and GeneratorsMiami organised a cool Miami/Basel event with High Places and Daedelus (Ninjatune) at the Upper East Side Garden, which is this rad artist-created minigolf course/sculpture park.
8PM to Midnight
7244 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33138
Telephone: 305.984.3231

Then we fly back Saturday morning and start our mini-tour with Lucky Dragons and Hawnay Troof!!

PHILADELPHIA
Saturday, December 8th, 7pm-10pm SHARP!
Lucky Dragons, Hawnay Troof, High Places
@ Space 1026
1026 Arch St. 2nd fl.
www.space1026.com

BALTIMORE
Sunday, December 9th
Lucky Dragons, Hawnay Troof, High Places & (locals) Thank You
@ Floristree (directly after the Weedsnake Dinner)
405 w. Franklin St. 6th Floor
www.myspace.com/floristree

BROOKLYN
Monday, December 10th
Lucky Dragons, Hawnay Troof, High Places, Vivian Girls, and possibly a super secret guest.
@ Death By Audio
49 S. 2nd St. (btwn Wythe & Kent)

ALSO....
Buy the new David Scott Stone CD on PPM Records, RIGHT NOW! It rules!
If you are in NYC tonight, go to the Shrigley release show @ the Knitting Factory w/ Yacht, Tussel, Phil Elvrum & more!
If you are in Miami Friday, go to the ANP show with Soiled Mattress, Car Clutch, and (I think??) White Williams
Soiled Mattress and the Springs are touring up the East Coast so check them out! They are playing Tampa tonight!
www.myspace.com/soiledmattressandthesprings