See y’all this weekend for a trilogy of shows. Three towns, three different versions of the band, three gatherings or “camps” of our community. Three is a good number. It represents the beginning, middle, and end. The number of completion. The points of a triangle, the strongest geometric shape. The Holy Trinity. Sky, Earth, Underworld. Ménage a trois. Past, present, future. Mind, body, spirit…
- June 5th. Mammoth Distilling. Adrian, MI. 7:30pm – 10:30. Anna, Jeremy solo sets.
- June 6th. North Star Lounge. Ann Arbor, MI. 9pm. Little Spoon River trio.
- June 7th. Iron Bark Brewing. Jackson, MI. 2pm – 6. theillalogicalspoon.
Each show will be very different, displaying the full range of what we have happening here these days at Band Society Records, our record company where we hunt and gather the best tasting songs and share them with everyone in camp. This nomadic weekend will start small and each show will build on the one before. From two individuals doing solo singer-songwriter stuff, to a funky fun trio bringing the party, to a full on punk rock chamber orchestra that is poised to do some serious damage to civilization. But please let us finish our set before pulling the plug on the grid, because it feels good to play loud.
“The Tao gives birth to One. The One gives birth to Two. The Two give birth to Three. The Three give birth to all things.” – From the Tao Te Ching
Camp #1: The initiation. Meet us in small town America. Pass by the downtown shops until you see us in the window. Come as you are. It’s casual. Have an old fashioned. Talk with friends. Listen to the tunes we have prepared for you for this occasion. Do whatever you want. Let the songs begin to enter your consciousness like the dawn chorus of birds waking you up. New songs, debuts, invitations and elements. Songs about how to be a human animal with a soul. Songs that say “lighten up” one moment and “get serious” the next. (Tonight! June 5th. Mammoth Distilling. Adrian, MI. 7:30pm – 10:30. Anna, Jeremy solo sets)
Camp #2: Meet us in fancy Ann Arbor where we’ll forage for vegan sandwiches and cool beers and open ourselves to feel, feel, feel it all. Don’t be fooled by the bread and circus. This night is about real life. The trio will sing of the most important thing of all: love. This is not a show for small talk, but for big feelings beyond language. Being is communion. All together amidst the flirtatious flowers and fleeting joys, the breakups, hookups, weddings, divorces, births, and deaths… there is a love as fierce as fire. The earth is merciful every morning. Help each other to keep fighting for that one good thing – to live to see another day and the light that fills the world. The ecstasy is worth the trauma of being alive. (June 6th. North Star Lounge. Ann Arbor, MI. 9pm. Little Spoon River trio)
Camp #3: On Sunday we’ll head to Jackson for some Prison City Hardcore. A wild punk show in honor of our friend Dave. The Big Spoon serving up a ceremony of rage and hope. A time to dance and scream along. To become animal again. The oldest songs of the weekend, tapping into our primal origins. Radical green anarchist critique of industrial society, technological progress, and domesticated/agricultural civilization. Finding hope in forming deep ecological relationships with wild nature and communion with the Spirit-who-moves-through-all-things. As far as the rest – tear it all down to feel Alive, Alive, Alive! Who’s the cowboy now? (June 7th. (Iron Bark Brewing. Jackson, MI. 2pm – 6. theillalogicalspoon)
“We do not interfere with you, and again you say why do you not become civilized? We do not want your civilization!” – Crazy Horse