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Sac Spokesmen Ride Again?

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2012/03/11

It is worth documenting that for the first time in history, all four blokes from the sac spokes were at a show together. It was not really very much planned either. Mainly sinceBlossom, er, Donut, surprised us all with his appearance at a dreaded "indie pop" show.La Sera was off the hook. Katy Goodman totally ruled the night at Bows and Arrows. Half her band was half the opener band called Cold Showers. They were fun to see too, and could have just as easily been called Blank Stilts Division. Their

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The dead will dance - MIX DEADLINE!

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/10/21

Listen up flesh-eaters (Donut not included)! The deadline for the great 2010 Halloween mix is Friday October 22th! Send us your list by blog comment (or better yet, your MP3's) and the spokesmen will judge your worth...over the weekend at their leisure.

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Spokesmen Halloween Mix Tape Challenge

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/10/07

Submit your best 13 song Halloween mix tape list to the Sac Spokesmen (via comment post) and we will decide if it's worthy of the becoming this year's commemorative Dark Entries Mix Tape! Only the most disturbed, depressing, and dangerous song list will be compiled for eternity on magnetic tape with handwritten liner notes in red ink. Please don't bother sending us anything that wasn't brooded over by candlelight with Nosferatu on the telly for background horror. Your entries will be judged by a

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The Drums Concert Review

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/10/02

Half the Spokemsen showed up last night to see the Drums on their San Francisco tour stop with supporting band Surfer Blood. The Independent was sold out. Fortunately Mack'nCheese scored some face-value tickets hanging out by the door. We missed the very first band entirely but caught the whole Surfer Blood set. Without knowing much more than a few listens on myspace before the show, Surfer Blood came across at first sounding somewhat like Abe Vigoda with some heavy cowbell, repetitive guitar

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Phono Select Wednesdays

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/09/30

The Sac Spokesmen converged on the Phono Select store for a lunch time browse of some prime mid-town stacks. Thanks to Donut's connection with the founders we've had a chance to sneek preview the progression from interior construction, pricing and stacking the music, and the final pristine version seen this past week. The listening station turntables by the front window make you feel like a DJ when you lay the needle down and tweek the fader. There's some great display vinyl above the racks with

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Thomas the Organ

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/09/08

I have a new toy from the island of little lost instruments: The Thomas organ by Heathkit. It's a small kit organ with the standard cheesy voice selections. Upper and lower decks with some footpeddles as well. Several of the contacts are not working for the keys, so I need some advice on how to clean those off (Donut!). I'm pretty stoked to fiddle with it.

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Submini Tube Amp

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/08/10

From the heart (bowel?) of 'Donut Labs', as Bill likes to call it, here's the newest addition to the family. Currently residing in a U-Haul cube, on its way to Seattle with one of the poster's best friends and bandmates, this submini tube puts out a monstrous 1 watt (approx). The upshot is, you get to totally overdrive the tubes and still play at a volume that won't have the cops at your door. In other words, if you're going to be renting out a basement apartment in Queen Anne, and you still want to

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New Single = Books

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/07/28

Due to the excellent rapport the Sac Spokesmen have with The Beneficiaries...here is a sampling of their latest for your consideration.

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Tanks Cover No. 2

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/07/23

leftinside breaks for the kids.

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The Majestic

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/07/17

My wheelset came in yesterday, and I started building around 10:15 pm. You know, like I was on meth. About an hour later, I had something rideable, and as of this morning, here's how it is looking:In the interest of having it ready for vacation, I've put some less-than-optimal parts on there.The pedals are from an old, not terribly high quality mountain bike, replacing the metal ones that would no longer turn. The brake pads are a mix, but the best I could come up with that would safely stop the

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Grand Slam of Free Coffee.

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/07/07

Today I achieved a rare feat:4 free coffee drinks in one visit to Peets.It was like this, but with coffee:Look upon my works, ye mortals, and WEEP.

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Someday it may grow up to be something

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/07/06

Before...After...

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S10

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/06/30

Uses the same disks as a popular word processor of the same era.

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Tascam 32B Meter Bridge

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/06/29

Provides a visual representation, in decibels, of the volume of sound being sent to tape, should one decide to record music.

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Sennheiser MD504

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/06/28

As we emptied the last stuff out of the practice space, we finally found my long-missing Sennheiser MD504. Back when we started Spokesmen, I was looking for it to loan to Brian. Now that we've finally been reunited, I'll probably hang on to it for a little while.

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On to Other Things

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/06/11

Screw it. Close enough.||Updated with a new link. Hopefully will work for Burns now.||

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Architect/Cyclist Bag

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/06/01

This bag is screaming at Mackin. I heard it.

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Left + inside + Breaks + Comp

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/05/07

Andersert was kind enough to give me a CD compilation of Left Inside Breaks. [OK - I begged.] It is 18 songs, including 10 covers. All of the Sac Spokesmen cover songs are represented here, as well as a few other nostalgic picks, like "Leave Me Alone" from New Order and "Down On Me" from JAMC.The LIB version of "Down On Me" could easily be a demo version from the band itself. "Leave Me Alone" keeps the strained/yearning trademark-Sumner vocals, the impossible-to-get-out-of-your-head bass hook, and

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Docu-lunch 01: Realms of Unreal

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/05/07

Burnt Toast will be hosting the first of many "docu-lunches". The first film is about the artist/writer/mentally-insane Henry Darger. The running time will not allow the DVD to be consumed in one lunch hour, so we'll take a one-week intermission between halves. Showtimes are at noon on Monday - June 7 and June 14 at the Toast House. Sorry, but this one is closed doors - for Spokeys only.

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Let's Wrestle Tanks.... and Win

BILL"S SAC SPOKESMEN (With comments by Brian) ·

2010/04/25

Sac Spokesmen (aka 'Old Spolks') cover song challenge is quickly becoming due. The song is Tanks by Let's Wrestle. The due date is April 30, 2010. Things are getting pretty tense around here. I've even printed out the lyrics.

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