It's Coming

welcome Wake The President to Magic Marker

Penelope hearts Magic Marker

So this is what has been keeping me extra busy. My daughter was born about a month ago. My wife Molly and I are completely head over heels in love with her. Mark and Erin gave her Magic Marker onesies for up until one year. Here she is sporting her newborn model . So if I am late sending out your orders or if your product arrives with a white crusty substance on it, you know why.

Two Shows

Tullycraft play "Twee" at NYC Popfest from Magic Marker on Vimeo.

It was posted on a few blogs a few weeks ago but Tullycraft posted on their myspace this note:
"Each of us has had a wonderful time, but over the years it’s become increasingly difficult to balance our personal lives (i.e. Chris’ goat farm, Cori’s adult bookstore, etc..) with our time in the band. While we’re excited to continue to write and record music together, we’ve decided to take a step back from playing live shows.

If you would like to catch Tullycraft live before our self-imposed hiatus, we have two shows scheduled: April 4th at the Crocodile (in Seattle), and May 23rd at the Rickshaw Stop (in San Francisco). Thanks."

Only two more times to witness what I witness in the above video. It sounds like they aren't closing the door completely on live shows but you might not want to take that chance.

Go see them April 4th in Seattle at the opening of the Crocodile w/BOAT, "Awesome", Iji

or be sure to be at the Popfest May 23rd in San Francisco w/Northern Portrait
My Teenage Stride,Magic Bullets,The Smittens

BOAT covering Dear Nora

BOAT covering Dear Nora
Originally uploaded by pencrush

This is a little clip from the Magic Marker Anniversary show.

I know there is more footage out there I just need to track it down and edit some for your perusal.

Magic Marker in Austin

There have been a lot of things transpiring around here since my last post. I will update you on of all of those things as the weeks unfold. Currently we have two bands playing the spectacle known as SXSW. Please turn out to give them support. I hear Kanye is playing somewhere too.

Hello Seahorse!

Mar 19 2009 10:00P	SXSW Official Showcase	Austin, Texas
Mar 20 2009 6:00A	Karibu Day Party@ Karibu Ethiopian Restaurant & Bar	Austin, Texas
Mar 21 2009 5:00P	SXSW @ Waterloo Cycles Day Party	Austin, Texas

Manhattan Love Suicides

Mar 17 2009 8:00P	Elysium w/ Ringo Deathstarr and others	Austin, Texas
Mar 18 2009 4:00P	SXSW - The Red House Lounge and Pizzeria	Austin, Texas
Mar 19 2009 2:00P	SXSW - Okay Mountain Gallery	Austin, Texas
Mar 20 2009 3:00P	SXSW - Club Primos w/ Ringo Deathstarr	Austin, Texas
Mar 20 2009 8:00P	SXSW - Karma Lounge	Austin, Texas
Mar 21 2009 12:00P	SXSW - Austin Convention Centre	Austin, Texas

Why does good news always come with bad news...

Hey the latest news. The anniversary release looks like it will be here on time! That is the tracking information above. I think I was resigned that this wouldn't happen. Tullycraft's recording studio and band space caught fire in the middle of recording their song. We thought we had a professional screen printer that would be able to hook us up with printing but my pregnant wife and my friend Todd have chipped in to get 50 of the sleeves done. They look fantastic. So for those making their way to the show we will definitely have 50 ready maybe more they will be available for the paltry sum of $20. We will also have Guy Burwell prints available at the show for a mere $10. So bring some extra cash.

Okay here is the bad news. The Someday Lounge is telling me that the OLCC never got back to them and it would be illegal to have underage people in the club. I am really really sorry and I am putting this info out there ASAP in case any one had travel plans. Please make a comment on this blog if this pisses you off. Let anyone who might be making plans to come know.

Guy Burwell illustrator extraordinaire

Guy Burwell is a poster making institution. I met Guy when he was working at Music Millennium in 1997 or 98. He was doing illustrations for some posters, graphics for editorials, and for signs in Music Millennium. I was DJing at KPSU and I brought in my Bunnygrunt CD to play and I noticed that he had been credited with the artwork for Jen-Fi. I had really always loved that main image so it seemed kind of weirdly coincidental that I had randomly met him around the same time we were getting songs together for a compilation and our first release. I think Mark had plans for a nice photo of his dog Sherman for the cover so he saved us on that one. He also did graphic design work for us as well. I think he was learning it as he went.
Guy designed the Kissing Book and Lunchbox releases and designed and illustrated The Best Friends Group and The Gazetteers. He has gone on to make highly collectible posters for many bands and his artwork appears in places like Guitar Hero 3 and commercials. Anyway we were thrilled that he wanted to make the poster for our 10th Anniversary show. He hand screened them himself and will be available at the show.

Please check out all of his other work: Guy Burwell

6 Days until the show

Sooo lets do a bit of an update. Toby posted an interview that took us a while to get to him. It took so long that by the time we finished it it was nearing time for this upcoming show. Toby made this image which i thought was pretty awesome. Here is a link to his blog and the interview: The Finest Kiss

As far as the compilation getting done in time. We spent most of this weekend burning screens for the artwork. We did take a break for the Super Bowl but other than that its been a silk screen fest. I talked this morning to the pressing plant. They were doubtful on us getting the vinyl in time but I encouraged them to give it a good college try. There might be some expedited shipping involved so wait and see.

More news to come.

10 Days until the Big Anniversary Show

Yeah 10 days.

If I haven't mentioned it or you haven't figured it out the All Girl Summer Fun Band are not playing. They told me a few weeks ago and I let the venue know. It is kind of a bummer but Kathy and the Thermals got a sweet tour offered to them with the Cribs in Europe. Oh well that just means more time for the bands that are playing. So that is the bad news. The good news is the venue is going to be all ages for the night. So let all your underage friends know this is their one and only time to see these performances. I never thought I would get to see a Dear Nora reunion show or the Galactic Heroes perform again.

The line up is now

Dear Nora
Tullycraft
BOAT
Galactic Heroes


We are planning on a limited release to have for sale on the night of the show. It will be 5 7"s with 10 sides and 10 songs. Magic Marker bands covering the songs of other Magic Marker artists. 200 copies thats it. The songs list is

The Owls "Springtime Fall" (Dear Nora)
Walker Kong "Bells" (The Bats)
The Manhattan Love Suicides "Superboy & Supergirl" (Tullycraft)
Dear Nora "Air" (The Owls)
BOAT "Nosebleeders on the Track" (The Faintest Ideas)
Galactic Heroes "Former Hero" (Heikki)
Tullycraft "Welcome to the Big Ten Conference" (Vehicle Flips)
Birds of California (Lunchbox) "Kick It back" (The Manhattan Love Suicides)
The Gazetteers "Ordinary Day" (Lunchbox)
Kissing Book "Any Kind of Pain" (The Best Friends Group)

I am pretty sure we will have these ready in time.