January 30 NYC

Kim Krans of Family Band who has never made an ugly thing made this:

THE LONESOME ACE STRINGBAND and STRIPMALL BALLADS

Alright. We have a real good line up, though a strange line up, and maybe a little bit of an unknown line up. But these unknowns are totally known unknowns. So here are the details about The Lonesome Ace Stringband and Stripmall Ballads.


The Lonesome Ace Stringband is a trio of some of the greatest instrumentalists in this country, if not continent. I know this is a bold claim, but prove me wrong. Try to out fiddle John Showman, I'd like to see it. They all play in the infamous Foggy Hogtown Boys bluegrass. But the trio is different as can only be described by the following official bio:

The Lonesome Ace Stringband are Chris Coole (banjo and guitar), John Showman (fiddle) and Max Heineman (bass). Lonesome Ace lean toward the old-time side of things. They are a band without a website, a cd, or a myspace...they are a mystery...yet a familiar mystery...a mystery that fits like a favorite old shirt or glove (or gloves). The Lonesome Ace are students of Melodivisation, an all but forgotten school of music where the musician doesn't play the tune exactly the same way every time, but still plays the melody. Melodivisation takes elements of music, meditation, yoga, chess, tap dancing and jazz-fusion to create a sound that takes the listener on an ofttimes disturbing journey through time and space to the fourth and occasionally fifth dimension. At the root of the sound though, are three brothers and the down-home music they grew up playing and singing back at the old home place.

If you do not know much about the fourth dimension, please educate yourself:



The first guy playing on Friday is the bomb. He goes by "Stripmall Ballads" but he's been known as Phillips Saylor a little longer - he's been playing around America for years though he seems never to have aged past 17. We met him while he was being Carolyn Mark's side guy this summer. He blew our minds with his voice and guitar playing. But then we found out he wrote his own tunes, and the writing's some of the best going on right now in the world of folk or whatever the hell. He lives in DC, so we're lucky he's coming all the way up to play. He'll be on around 9:30 so come out earlier. According to the bio:

Stripmall Ballads is the latest musical manifestation of Phillips Saylor. A devout student of the American roots music tradition, Phillips got schooled on the road, spending his formative years playing shows to hobos under Maryland's rail road bridges, taking up claw hammer banjo and shape note singing in New England and breathing in harmony from the pews of Alabama and Georgia's Primitive Baptist churches. His professional work to date includes touring and collaborating with some of New folk's greatest acts, including Sarah Harmer, The Be Good Tanya's, Carolyn Mark, Baby Gramps, Jolie Holland and The Lonesome Brothers, picking and singing everywhere between East Tennessee to Edmonton. Phillips speaks his experience through a varied and dynamic catalog of songs on banjo and guitar.

After five years of fronting the critically acclaimed old-time revival duo, The Shiftless Rounders (featuring Ben Sidelinger), Phillips settled in the heart of the empire- Washington, D.C. and created Stripmall Ballads as a vehicle to focus on his original compositions and contextual performances. With a firm rooting in the traditional, Stripmall Ballads branches out into today's America, fusing virtuosic historical convention with contemporary lyricism. Reviving an old form of showmanship, an engaging form of showmanship, Stripmall Ballads draws out the audience, demanding attention for a new poetry. Phillips is currently playing and recording his solo work in Stripmall Ballads, and touring with King Wilkie all over the USA. LISTEN TO THE GUY HERE.

JANUARY THE 22ND - MY FATHER'S HOUSE RECORD RELEASE

At the Horseshoe Tavern Entertainment Complex... get your tickets at Rotate This, Soundscapes and the Horseshoe.

In Hand

You can get it here: http://www.derangedrecords.com/catalog/
or ask your local record store if they carry this.

A Foggy Christmas

In 1997 -98 chemistry was 1st period on thursday mornings. I walked out with a %54 because of the Foggy Hogtown Boys. They played Wednesday nights as Crazy Strings at the Silver Dollar.

I get to sing a few tunes at their X-mas party on Friday at the Silver Dollar, 486 Spadina Ave, 9:30 PM, with special guests, Jenny Whiteley, Joey Wright and Corin Raymond and me.

Tickets $20, $15 with Food Donation, $10 with student car dan food donation. Tickets at door.

Peace on Earth,
Simone

Maisonneuve

Jay Somerset wrote an article about us and the folk tradition in this winter's issue of Maisonneuve Magazine.

Least Of All

WE ARE PLAYING IN WINNIPEG AGAIN, ON NOVEMBER 11TH.

MORE DATES

Now we are playing Thunderbay on October the 28th of October, and Sudbury on the 13th of November. Check it out.

Ontario Conference of Folk Festivals

We are playing two gigs. One as the full band on Friday the 16th, at 8 pm in the Richelieu Room:


One as the Trio on Saturday in the all Acoustic Rooster Sandwich Room:

OFFICIAL WEST COAST DATES

Oct 29 - Winnipeg, Pyramid Cabaret
Oct 30 - Saskatoon, Lydia's
Oct 31 - Calgary, Palomino
Nov 2 - Lethbridge, The Slice
Nov 3 - Medicine Hat, Ottomon Lounge
Nov 4 - Edmonton, Black Dog
Nov 5 - Golden, Rockwater Bar & Grill
Nov 6 - Kelowna, The Minstrel
Nov 7 - Vancouver, The Bourbon
Nov 8 - Robert's Creek
Nov 10- Bruno, All Citizens

There may be more, but these are them - Thank you.

GISELLE LAMONTAGNE

GISELLE LAMONTAGNE of Montreal sent us this. Thanks Giselle.

JASON SKJERVEN ON AUTOCAD

We are posting posters of note on our site. Jason Skjerven fashioned this beauty with autocad. Thank you Jason.

THANKS TO FRANK TAMACHI

This is the first entry we've received for the ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS WEST COAST CANADIAN TOUR POSTER CONTEST. Thanks to Frank Tamachi in Vancouver for his submission. The contest opened today at 12:00 NOON.

A reminder to all our fans that the deadline for the contest is October 13. Winner received a free print of their poster, and VIP back stage passes to a show of their pick on out west.

WEST COAST TOUR POSTER COMPETITION

One Hundred Dollars is officially opening the WEST COAST TOUR POSTER COMPETITION. Having been unable to make it out west due to personal and health problems over the past 2 years, One Hundred Dollars is happy to embark on their first West Coast Canadian Tour and are celebrating by making a commemorative poster. Poster competition Rules:

1. Competition is open to all people of all creed, age, nationality, citizenship status, gender, and race.

2. The poster will be designed by fans, for fans, and should include the words: "One Hundred Dollars West Coast Canadian Tour, 2009" The rest is up to you my friends. Please e-mail submissions to : 1hundreddollars@gmail.com

3. The poster design should be sent to us digitally at 300 dpi, in photoshop, pdf, or ai file. We caution against the use of vector based images.

4. The dimensions of all submissions must exceed 10 inches by 10 inches.

5. Winners will be chosen based on the beauty and integrity of their design by members of One Hundred Dollars.

6. The Winner receives a free print of their poster, 2 (two) VIP back stage passes to a show of their pick out west, and one hour of youtubing with Paul Mortimer.

7. Contest closes on October 13, and winners will be announced on October 15.

RICK WHITE TIRADE EDIT

Rick does it again.

SUMMER TIME HAS PASSED AND GONE

R.I.P SUMMER TIME 2009 IN SACKVILLE WITH LADYHAWK AND ERIC'S TRIP AND SHOT GUN JIMMIE AND ILSE KRAMER AND RYAN DRIVER AND CASTLEMUSIC.

TRIO

Footage Courtesy of Em at here. Shortly after this very footage was taken, Paul blew chunks and had to lie down in the car until 4 am when we returned to Toronto. There's a bug going round.

Anyway, we're about to go out for another few dates, this time with our bros Sunbear and Carolyn Mark. Just Simone, Ian and Paul in the line-up. We'll be on first:

Mon, Aug 17th- THE MANSION- Kingston, ON

Tues, Aug 18th- THE GREEN ROOM- Montreal, QC

Wed, Aug 19th- THE HORSESHOE TAVERN- Toronto, ON

Thurs, Aug 20- THE STARLIGHT LOUNGE- Waterloo, ON.

Fri, Aug 21- THE GREEN BOTTLE- Oshawa, ON

Sat, Aug 22- THE CASBAH- Hamilton, ON

Sun, Aug 23- VAN GOGH'S EAR- Guelph, ON

Sappy Cess

Our band lives are charmed and we got to go to sappyfest again, and the whole time all we did was be so happy to hang out with our friends and go to the ocean. And now it's all postpartum dep. Ladyhawk is so dreamy.



Photo courtesy of chantale caissie, angel with camera

What's it like in Kingston?

BIRD IN THE APARTMENT

PEACE TO MJ

I wrote this jam for Michael Jackson today.
Simone

Color Changing King
oh you my color changing king
i must admit i had my doubts
i wished for more, i wished for more
yeah we wall wished for more
but you gave us quite enough

and from my second story room
i read 300 miles south
they played you loud and danced around
your old stomping grounds
yeah what you gave was quite enough

and i know through out the time
a million empaths wished you'd rest
it's what we had to give with reason
while the rest committed treason
to the color changing king

in your open air prison you chose your food
moved your feet, made gestures crude
no i wouldn't call it captive, but you did
and now you're free

no i wouldn't call it captive, but you did
and now you're free

SHORT

Manhattan, Williamsburg, Bovina

People of the USA,

We we are coming to play a few shows. Do you know anyone in Vermont who would book us one? Or Boston?

One Hundred Dollars

22 Jul 2009 21:00	The Living Room	Manhattan, New York
23 Jul 2009 21:00	Bruar Falls	Brooklyn, New oYrk

TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY

terrible

David Waldman / PERFECT STRANGERS TOUR

This got taken by David Waldman, when we were in Texas.

We are embarking on the PERFECT STRANGERS TOUR with our perfect strangers, Deep Dark Woods.

11 Jun 2009 9:00	Towne House Tavern	Sudbury, Ontario
12 Jun 2009 10:00	Horseshoe Tavern	Toronto, Ontario
13 Jun 2009 21:00	Pearl Factory	Hamilton, Ontario
14 Jun 2009 20:00	Stone House	Peterborough, Ontario
16 Jun 2009 22:00	The Living Room	Kingston, Ontario
17 Jun 2009 20:00	le divan orange	Montreal, Quebec
18 Jun 2009 20:00	Black Sheep Inn	Wakefield, Quebec
20 Jun 2009 20:00	Wally’s	Guelph, Ontario

Comeau, Michael and Azzopardi, Tara

If you live in Toronto Ontario Canada, you're lucky today. The sun is smiling down, it's teeth blinging rays on the greyness that's been for half a year, disappearing the cold. Look to a vicious Spring, as insidious and all pervasive as its predecessor, the name of whom we need no longer curse.

If you live in Toronto, take time to check out a bit of Michael Comeau and Tara Azzopardi's work at this gallery, where there is a group show. If you live here, you probably have Michael and Tara's work for ages on the streets for years- Michael's the printer who's inspired a generation of new printers and new work from these new generations of kids who are drawing like him and printing around town - but his shows are less frequent than many and he isn't mangled in the interweb by his own intent, and so it's lucky to be in his real physical vicinity, for you get to see it all in real life, vivid, and really weird. Tara Azzopardi's drawings are beautiful and creepy, and the ones shown are in part drawn from the Missed Connections section of craigslist. She's more on the net so if you're into it search her. As if you want my words to describe visual art. snore. Go look.

-s

Black Gold

Co co (aka Colin Medley) shot this the other night at the shoe. Black Gold is a jam we'll be releasing in Alberta as part of the Regional 7" Series- about Fort McMurray.

Do you know what? we are going to Austin, Texas next week for SXSW. We're trying to find Willie Nelson. Please, if you know him, or are him, e-mail us.

Mortimer the Album by Mortimer the Band, featuring Mortimer's Theme

Little-known work by $100 Bassist Paul James Mortimer, and a major impact on the band's sound today. The second track, "Dragons Guard the Gates", was the original inspiration for the the B-side to "14th Floor".

We're hoping to bring attention to some of Paul's earlier projects on this blog, stay tuned!

Indie Awards Nomination

You can look at it here.
The picture is by Rick White from our last session. It went really good - the steak and mushrooms were amazing and the tracks came out almost as well. It could have been the food, or the mood, but somehow we all became very disproportionate to eachother.