7/05/2008: you never herd of the alluminum falcon? Im loading up the AF as we speak, we are on a mission from god. Meet us in san fransisco. bring your dancing shoes and a bike! oh and also this is the best album within 30 feet of me and you should get it because we are listening to it the whole way there. =Eoin Out= [0 Comments]

6/26/2008: Hacked! The Springman Records and Silver Sprocket stores will be out of commission until mid July. Most of our stuff can be found by searching on InterPunk.com. Here are some direct links: Mitch Clem, Phenomenauts, Springman Records, Silver Sprocket... Our music can also be purchased digitally on iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, and about 200 other download sights -- pretty much everywhere. Come back soon for: *Way faster service *Better order tracking *Better customer service *A way prettier website *Tons of new items *The best Christmas ever The new store was a long time coming. You guys have been fucking awesome and ordered so much we started having trouble keeping up. You'll be stoked with the changes. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please email if you have any questions, or if you can't find a way to purchase the item you are searching for -- avi @ springmanrecords (dot) com. Photo: Biblicone [2 Comments]

6/17/2008: This is the best birthday ever! Eoin says: Yesterday people could finally start getting gay married in our state of California. Being totally down with gay rights since elemetary school before i knew the first thing about being political means i am totally stoked about this and excited that more states will follow suit so maybe we can start living in a world where our 9 year olds don't grow up saying "thats so gay". I'm about to go join the celebrations in midtown Sacramento. But theres a bunch of jerks out there ready to rain Jesus all over this rockin' equality parade. So make it your duty that if you get the chance, muck up any homophobic gatherings/hootenanys/box socials. I think ill u-lock the doors to the church that has the "homosexuality is sin" billboard bus this Sunday in celebration of this marvelous occasion. Congratulations Sulu! Read this neat article about it!!! [0 Comments]

6/16/2008: WWHRD? (for the girls) Girl-cut American Apparel WWHRD shirts, available now on the Mitch Clem / Nothing Nice To Say store. Labels: Nothing Nice To Say [0 Comments]

6/11/2008: Friday the 13th - Secretions Take Over Sacramento The Secretions will be adding another stop to their MEDIA BLITZ TOUR this Friday! They will be special guests on the inaugural return show for PUNK ROCK ACADEMY on KWOD 106.5 FM this Friday at noon. Let's reiterate: 7am... MY58 TV Morning Show (cable channel 4) - between 7am and 9am, they're going to play like 45 seconds of a song each time the program cuts to commercial. I can't wait to see the uncomfortable looks on the poor anchor people's faces when they realize what they've gotten themselves into. noon... KWOD 106.5 FM - I don't know if they're playing or just interviewing, but I know they'll have consumed enough caffeine by this time that at least two of them will be squirming in their seats trying not to shit their pants. 2pm... KXJZ 90.9 FM - I honestly have NO FUCKING IDEA what the FUCK is happening with this one. I've tried to find them on a schedule or flyer or ANYTHING and can't find anything. This schedule (if I'm even looking at the right website) says that 2pm on Friday is devoted to "A daily, in-depth interview program hosted by KXJZ's Jeffrey Callison, providing context and background to the issues that face our region." Hmmm...doesn't sound very - uh - Secretiony. I also heard a rumor that my landlord, ex-Sacramento Bee local music writer, is going to be the one interviewing them, but have found no evidence to back that up. WTF? 5pm... Concert In The Park - This is going to be HUGE. Roach (former Groovie Ghoulie) has started a new band called Baby! with former Riff Randall, Kortnee, and Scampi (also former Ghoulie). Tom H, Jessi Ramone, Skott, and Cary Rodda has combined their superpowers into one band, the No Goodniks. I caught the end of them at the BFD and they're like Queensbury Rules, now with 30% more ROCKNROLL. And who could forget Final Summation? Last Saturday hey had the release show for the brand new bitchin' album, A New Approach, and they will be selling it at the park show for $10. If you can, bring $20 instead so you can donate $10 to the production of a documentary about their experiences on tour. If you've picked up the latest Alive & Kicking, you know just how "juicey" those experiences can be. I don't know for certain, but I heard a rumor that the Secretions will be performing a cover by some band called...oh, what was it? Something like "Screaming Ferret" or "Squeaking Walrus" or something. Anyway, I also heard tell of a certain former Knockoff joining them onstage. [+/-] show/hide the rest of this post Don't forget to bring a little bit of extra cash so you can purchase something from Deranged Designs, should you see something that suits your fancy...which you probably will. If you miss this show, I give you permission to just go ahead and end your own life. No one will think less of you for it. 9pm...Old Ironsides - Everyone is going to be delirious, wasted, and hallucinating by this time. If you are over 21, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you haul your cookies down 10th street after the park show to Old Ironisdes. If you're already drunk and/or lazy, you can call Yellow Cab at (916) 444-2222 and get to Old I for like $6 or so, less if you carpool and split the fare. And when you get there, they have $2 PBRs. What more do you need in life? Nothing. Like I said last time I wrote about this, Danny is going to get emotional and overwhelmed by around 10:30 or so and start hugging people. If they day went really well, he might even cry a little, or at least slobber on your neck when he hugs you (some of you might remember being slobbered on at the SOS BBQ last June). If you aren't 21 yet, just do what the early Secretins used to do...have a picnic. We'd order a pizza, bring some twelve packs of soda, and some blankets and listen to the show from outside. Sometimes we'd play spin the bottle or Truth or Dare to entertain ourselves. Actually, that's how we met Little Ian. We groped him on a dare. The band members would come out and hang out with us a little, as well as a lot of our 21+ friends. Even though we couldn't SEE the show, we still always had a fucking blast. Sometimes the bouncers would even let us use the bathroom (but not always and there is nowhere open nearby, so bring some toilet paper and be prepared to squat in the parking lot) or open the door for a few minutes so we could hear better. As long as you pick up all the trash you bring with you and don't cause problems, they won't give you trouble. WAYS TO GET IN TROUBLE: try to sneak in, arrive drunk, try to drink out front, harass the bouncers, fight, pester people, cause problems with traffic. Don't do any of these, or I'll hit you. In short, wear comfortable shoes and drink lots of water (or Jolt). It's going to be a LOOOOOOONG fucking day. - Xtal Case Labels: Secretions [2 Comments]

6/10/2008: HELP PUT THE SECRETIONS IN THE Sacramento Music HALL OF FAME!!!! Greetings and Salutations everyone, I write this in hopes of getting you to spend about 5 minutes of your day to go to www.SAMMIES.com and register to vote for this year's "Sacramento Area Music Awards" otherwise known as "The Sammies". The Secretions are nominated for best band in the PUNK category. Being nominated is an honor. As un-punk as it may sound, being recognized by your peers and being voted on by your fans really makes Mickie, Paul, and I grateful for all the work we have put into this band. However, the Sammies always brings mixed emotions for us as a band because we usually end up in the same category with other bands with whom we are friends with. This year is no exception. Along with The Secretions, our brothers in Final Summation and The Helper Monkeys have also been nominated. The Bananas, a band that has been around for nearly as long as we have, are also nominated. Newer bands on this year's punk nominees include the amazing Blame Betty and The Mayyors. The Secretions have been fortunate enough to win 2 Sammies, one in 2006 and another in 2007. When a band wins 3 Sammies, they are then inducted into the Sacramento Area Music Hall of Fame. After they are inducted, they are then ineligible to be nominated again. That means, we would NEVER have those mixed emotions of having to "go up against" our friends. This year, I am asking you to vote for The Secretions and thus inducting us into the Hall of Fame. In the entire history of The Sacramento Area Music Awards there have only been 2 punk bands to ever be inducted into The Hall of Fame. I am asking you to help us make history and make The Secretions the 3rd punk band to ever be inducted into The Hall of Fame. Thanks for taking the time to read this, Danny Secretion [0 Comments]

6/02/2008: Congratulations Mitch! [0 Comments]

5/29/2008: Phenomenauts on Issue Oriented with Jesse Micahels! ::Transmission:: Tune in to a really rad interview with The Phenomenauts, along with Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy! Archived at: http://www.issueoriented.com/ ::End Transmission:: Labels: The Phenomenauts [1 Comments]

5/28/2008: NASA is sending The Phenomenauts into space! ::Transmission:: Photo: Joe Niem After eight years of searching, NASA has discovered THE PHENOMENAUTS, on their very own home planet. The band was honored with a VIP tour of NASA's Houston headquarters last week, which included meetings with astronauts, scientists, and hands-on experience with space station parts and training facilities. The song "Infinite Frontier" (from the band's brand new full length, For All Mankind) will be brought on board The International Space Station as part of the upcoming STS-124 mission, where it will be played for the crew's first wake up. Wake-up calls are a long-standing tradition of the NASA program. Each day during the mission, flight controllers in the Mission Control Center will greet the crew with an appropriate musical interlude. The track asks "All the way from the bottom of the ocean to the upper atmosphere, there are astronomical possibilities, so why should we stop here?" and demands that we "Press onward!" THE PHENOMENAUTS met with Mark E. Kelly who will be commanding the STS-124 shuttle mission to deliver the Pressurized Module and robotic arm of the Japanese Experiment Module, known as "Kibo" (hope), to The International Space Station. Linear notes for the band's previous album, Re-Entry, state that it is dedicated to the brave men and women of NASA. Now, these scientists are finally aware of their admiration. THE PHENOMENAUTS have been invited back to NASA's Houston headquarters for an extended tour and to shoot a music video for the song "Heroes" about the men, women, and animals that lived and died to advance our planet's space program. Stay tuned as THE PHENOMENAUTS debut the animated music-video for "Infinite Frontier" next week, a collaboration with Emmy Award-winning animation writer RICH FOGEL (Justice League, Batman Beyond, Transformers: Animated) and animator ERICA HENDERSON (Venture Brothers/Astrobase Go). BE EXCITED!!! Science And Honor, =Command and Control= ::End Transmission:: Labels: The Phenomenauts [1 Comments]

I like Ike So there we were doing mail order, minding our own business, when the floor collapsed into the sacramento catacombs, being the curious and non-chalant fellows we are we ignored that the office and avis apartment was just destoyed (ironicly not destroyed were all the cds we need to sell that are still on sale!) and began down a dark and foreboding tunnel that lead us a big fucking box of 'up the fixx' promotional cd's. Since the cd has been out for about a year now the point of using a promotional copy for its textbook use is void we have been sticking these in mailboxes, cribs, wedding cakes, the bottom of cereal boxes, potato bins, anywhere we can get our grubby hands on. but i assume people are gona be angry when they get these precious gifts from baby jesus (us) and not appreciate it. So if you truly want one, hunt us down like the dogs we are and ask for one, or like always, if you send us packages of awesome stuff/things/goods we'll send you a package back with one in it, and maybe some other stuff you didnt ask for/want. We always appriciate it when you fine folks proove you exist. GADZOOKS! Look at this awesome thing!!!! The Interwebs tell me that Knowhere Records is, as we vicariously chat through past computer scriblins, working on a Groovie Ghoulies tribute album. Im pretty excited, god speed brave snakecharmers. As mentioned before, we uncovered hidden harlets related treasures in a very arceologicaly adventurous fashion (speaking of, if you didnt like the new Indiana Jones you can go eat a bowl of dicks because Indiana Jones can do whatever he wants and fall into whatever crazy scenario he pleases. That said Shilo Boufe cannot and neither can his Jumanji monkeys.) anyway, we have a fuck-ton of sleeves for up the fix left over, so we donated them to Deputy Danny Sprocket for the release of the first comp on his Label "Fishnuts Records" which concentrates on younger bands in sacramento and the surrounding areas. So Him, Lys Mayo, Nojan, and myself spent a good afternoon fucking up his front yard converting harlets albums to house "bust a nut" so he can get this release out there once and for all. I believe the comp costs around 2 bucks and if you arent a jerk (and your not a jerk are you?) you should check it out and give him an order so he gets too swamped with business to finish school and ruins his future. Harrass him here But more on that jerk soon. New features, new albums, new ideas, lots of new projects including one thats gona make my head explode, sales, stickers, shows, crazy schemes, all kinds of new things are afoot and we would be honored if you would join us. -Eoin out- Labels: Groovie Ghoulies, Teenage Harlets [0 Comments]

5/14/2008: I can't do this without you This can't end well... [2 Comments]

Mike Park needs your help! Mike Park says: THE PLEA FOR PEACE FOUNDATION has been nominated for a myspace IMPACT award. The winner will receive $10,000. There are three of us in the running and we hope that you will be able to help us win. Just go to http://www.myspace.com/impactawards and click on plea for peace. Let me know if you have any questions. Peace, Mike Park PRESIDENT THE PLEA FOR PEACE FOUNDATION [0 Comments]

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