Litany: Music News Covering Skinny Puppy, Download, ohGr and Related Projects

Some folks have been asking whether they can buy the new mind-meltingly fantastic Beyond the Vault set at the Skinny Puppy merch booth on tour. Here is the answer direct from the Subcon Cat:::

The Beyond the vault set will not be at the merch booth at the skinny puppy shows.

However, you may find a character from the series selling limited edition BEYOND THE VAULT box sets for $150 at each show. (These are the very limited special edition box sets w 7cds, but without all the signatures and goodies or poster set that comes online) your mission if you would like to purchase one of these will be to find cEvin, or one of the other subcon artists, and be ready to purchase from them directly). This will happen just before the opening act plays each night. find them and win a special prize. The BananaSloth does not speak english, so all sightings or discussion with the Sloth will have to be by sign language. thanks again, and have fun !

Citizens around the globe are reporting that Beyond the Vaults are landing at households everywhere, delighting occupants with their sounds of far away worlds and spacebars. Read what everyone has to say on our forum. My copy has arrived just in time to help me get through this rainy sick-day, the BananaSloth whispering in my ear as I type to you.

Meanwhile, Skinny Puppy are diligently preparing for their tour, launching this Friday night. Opening for them on this tour will be Vverevvolf Grehv. Check out their myspace.

Litany will be doing some special things this time around. I can't give away everything but you'll want to keep reading this page as the tour progresses. What I will tell you is that I'll be along on the tour for at least eleven (11) shows this time. I will be attempting to chronicle as much of the city-to-city trek as I possibly can right here on Litany to keep everyone informed and, hopefully, entertained. The tone of these posts will necessarily shift a bit from what you may have grown accustomed to over the years. We shall endure it together.

I will be joining the tour in Chicago, where I will be meeting up with Afra, who has hosted Litany and the forum for years now with grace and awesomitude. From there I will go to Cleveland, Royal Oak, Toronto (where I will once again hug Forum Mod aKagod), Montreal, Worcester, NYC, Philly, Charlotte, Norfolk, and DC. That's all I have definitely planned at the moment but I may head back out for more. Lord knows it pains me to not witness another show in NOLA with our podcast artist, Allen Jaeger, and I have a very tempting offer to ignore my office Xmas party and see the final show in LA.

I usually don't go into such depth about my own plans here. I'm detailing the personal itinerary this time, however, because I know there's just so many of you sprinkled throughout these towns who I've spoken with over the years and whom I'd love to meet. If you're out there and are going to be at any of these shows, please drop me an email and let me know.

Skinny Puppy. Live. Starting in two nights. Get yourself there. No excuses tolerated.

All Beyond the Vault orders have now shipped! Hours of musical delight are now on their way to your mailbox.

In case you haven't ordered yet, you can still order right here.

The band is aware that there are a lot of rumors and questions going around about the state of the upcoming album. Their manager, Jeff, was kind enough to share this statement to explain what's going on and where they are at:::

I just wanted to attempt to make everyone aware of the current situation that Skinny Puppy is in. Due to the fact that SPV filed for insolvency earlier in the year the new Skinny Puppy LP will not be out in time for the tour. We have been in discussion with SPV and had hoped to find a solution to the mess they have put us in, but it looks as though things will not get sorted out until years end. We have meetings set with them in the near future and I hope to be able to let everyone know that things will be back on track soon. Songs have been recorded and artwork has been worked on and once we resolve the issues we have with SPV we will release them.

None of the issues with SPV will jeopardize this tour. The band is really excited to get out and play and we think this is going to be a tour to remember!!

Everybody in the Puppy camp wants to let you know that we always appreciate the support and we are looking forward to the "In Solvent See Tour" as much as any tour we have ever done.

We hope to see you all out there

Be good
Jeff

So there you have it. Unfortunately the delayed album release is not the best news, but all the whispers and reliable hints are pointing to this tour being nothing short of phenomenal and not to be missed. So do like I am and cash in your vacation time at work to see two and half weeks of shows. This is the one, folks!

cEvin Key will be performing one last special DJ set before the upcoming Puppy tour this Saturday at the Church in Downtown LA. Here is how the Subcon Cat describes the set::

For something very inspiring Saturday Night, cEvin Key Dj set live, cut up and scratched with Baseck live, then mixed and dubbed in the front of house by SCIENTIST live.

Beyond the Vault's Sonic Death Rabbit will also be featured, along with, according to the flyer "firedancing, bellydancing, and pumpkin pie pudding wrestling," all of which sounds like a recipe for awesome on this lovely charity evening.

Here's the official release and links to all of the performers:::

Jelly Roll welcomes the new moon with another Fancy Dress Event hosted by The Lady Tigra. On Oct. 17th, the moon is at it's darkest, wild forces roam the night and everyone is cloaked in a veil of secrecy. At a masquerade ball one can never be too sure what lies behind the mask! This Event is a Charity Ball for ACLA, a non-profit, benefiting children in the Echo Park and Highland Park communities. ACLA focuses on guerrilla arts and art parks and isn't too lame to be effective for kids :) aclaparks.org.

Two Floors of performances and DJs: CEVIN KEY (Skinny Puppy, Plateau) and Baseck will lend their dark genius to Scientist's classic dub tracks.....with the legendary SCIENTIST himself at the controls!
cEvin KEY http://www.myspace.com/cevin07
SCIENTIST http://www.myspace.com/scientist
BASECK http://www.myspace.com/baseck
also performing:
BUSDRIVER http://www.myspace.com/busdriver
SONIC DEATH RABBIT http://www.myspace.com/sonicdeathrabbit
RESTAVRANT http://www.myspace.com/restaurantmusic
BLACKBIRD and the Feathered People http://www.myspace.com/blackbirdone
C.C. SHEFFIELD http://www.myspace.com/cclerev
LITTLE RED RADIO
http://www.myspace.com/littleredradio
PETROJVIC BLASTING COMPANY http://www.myspace.com/theblastingcompany

DJs include:
Jason Mason (Wiskey Biscuit, Dub Club, Punky Reggae Party)
Don Bolles (THE GERMS)
Josh Peace (Mustache Mondays)
Clifton (Funky Sole Party)
Toks Sheri Barclay Special surprise performance!

Outside: Bizzurke Army's monstrous and beautiful screening apparatus: THE ENGINE will add to the multi-media mayhem. http://www.theenginetheater.com/

Upstairs: The Bizzurke Army and Sonik Mercury will collaborate on a hauntingly beautiful installation. Artisans Geoff Flint, Burke Roberts, Hawke Hamelton, Phluid and Sonik Mercury will transform the space with soft biomorphic sculptures through which naked dancing nymphs will be gently illuminated.
BIZZURKE ARMY http://www.bizzurkearmy.com/
SONIK MERCURY http://www.transmorphic.net/

Additionally: Miss Laura Kranitz (http://www.laurakranitz.com) will have a booth selling her celebrated millenary and unique masks (as seen on Dita Von Teese). Naughty Nannette will bring her delicious gourmet jello shots. Candid Portraits will man the photo booth Sexy Cigarette Girls Oh yeah....did we mention Firedancers and hot chicks wrestling in PUDDING? Yeah.....there's that too.

Cast your mind back to this time last year. Recall the changing of the leaves. Relive the pressure to find a clever Halloween costume. Remember all the fun goings on over at the devlisinmydetails.com site. Well the ohGr team is at it again, this time at wdihtf.com, which I think might stand for "When Did I Hear the Fur?" or "Whispering Digits Indicate Holding Total Freemasons." Or just "Who Do I Have to Fuck?"

Explore the site here and find a link that can earn you a free download of a brand new ohGr track. That's right, you heard right. New ohGr available right now, free. And you can toy with the widget version of their magical typewriter keyboard below:::

Subconscious posted the following on our forum just a short time ago:::

We received confirmation today that all disks are all done and in transit by armored spaceship from the planet Gort manufacturing plant. We should have them all this week, and will do a GROUP mailout of all 7 disks, and sets to you directly.

The wait for the seven discs of brand new music is just about over! Until then, feel free to listen to the first episode of the Litany podcast over and over again.

In case you haven't ordered yet, you can pick up individual titles or the whole shebang right here.

There have been a few venue changes in the upcoming tour. The Utah date will now be at Club Vegas in SLC and St. Petersburg will now be at the State Theater.

Here's the current rundown:::

10/30 - Glasshouse - Pomona, CA
11/1 - Regency Center @ The Grand - San Francisco, CA
11/2 - Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
11/3 - Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, BC
11/4 - Marketplace Showbox - Seattle, WA
11/6 - Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, UT
11/7 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
11/9 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
11/10 - House of Blues - Cleveland, OH
11/11 - Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak, MI
11/13 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ONT
11/14 - Club Soda - Montreal, QC
11/15 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
11/17 - Nokia Theatre - New York, NY
11/19 - The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
11/20 - Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
11/21 - The Norva - Norfolk, VA
11/22 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
11/24 - Center Stage - Atlanta, GA
11/25 - The Club at Firestone - Orlando, FL
11/27 - Revolution - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/28 - State Theater - Saint Petersburg, FL
11/29 - House of Blues - New Orleans, LA
12/1 - Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
12/2 - Emo's - Austin, TX
12/3 - Granada Theatre - Dallas, TX
12/5 - Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM
12/6 - Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ
12/8 - House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
12/9 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
12/10 - Club Nokia LA - Los Angeles, CA