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MAY 16 COSMIC CHARLIES - LEXINGTON KY

MAY 17 MOTR - CINCINNATI OH

MAY 18 CLUB CAFE - PITTSBURGH PA

MAY 19 APPALACHIAN BREWING COMPANY - HARRISBURG PA

MAY 21 RAM’S HEAD - ANNAPOLIS MD

MAY 22 JOE’S PUB - NEW YORK NY

MAY 23 CAFE NINE - NEW HAVEN CT

MAY 24 WORLD CAFE LIVE - PHILADELPHIA PA

MAY 25 IOTA CLUB & CAFE - ARLINGTON VA

JUNE 8 THE PALMS - WINTERS CA

JUNE 9 FESTIVAL OF ART, WINE, AND MUSIC - NOVATO CA

UNE 10 HAIGHT ASHBURY STREET FAIR SAN FRANCISCO CA

JUNE 28 MOUNTAIN AIR MUSIC SERIES OURAY CO

JUNE 29 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES LOS ALAMOS NM

JUNE 30 THE WALNUT ROOM - DENVER CO

JULY 1 SOPRIS PARK - CARBONDALE CO

JULY 3 FITZGERALD’S AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL BERWYN IL

JULY 5 EAST SIDE CLUB MADISON WI

JULY 7 TASTE OF DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD - SPRINGFIELD IL

JULY 10 THE LIZARD LOUNGE CAMBRIDGE MA

JULY 11 THE LIZARD LOUNGE CAMBRIDGE MA

JULY 12 NARROWS CENTER FOR THE ARTS - FALL RIVER MA

JULY 13 CLUB HELSINKI - HUDSON NY

JULY 14 THE GREEN RIVER FESTIVAL - GREENFIELD MA

JULY 15 BLACK POTATOE MUSIC FESTIVAL - CLINTON NJ

JULY 18 WATERFRONT WEDNESDAYS - LOUISVILLE KY

JULY 19 HI-WATT - NASHVILLE TN

JULY 20 NIGHTFALL CONCERT SERIES AT MILLER PLAZA - CHATTANOOGA TN

JULY 21 THE EARL - ATLANTA GA

JULY 26 PARTY IN THE PARK - ROCHESTER NY

JULY 27 BEACHLAND BALLROOM - CLEVELAND OH

JULY 29 ANN ARBOR MI - THE ARK

AUGUST 2 OSHKOSH WI - WATERFEST

AUGUST 3 EVANSTON IL - SPACE

AUGUST 2 WATERFEST - OSHKOSH WI

AUGUST 3 EVANSTON IL SPACE

AUGUST 4 BLOOMINGTON IL THE CASTLE

OCTOBER 12 AUSTIN TX CONTINENTAL CLUB

OCTOBER 13 AUSTIN TX CONTINENTAL CLUB

mother’s milk

Folks,

We’ve got a new video to pimp for our Record Day 7” single: “The Left Hand And The Right Hand”.

I don’t have a link, but if you drop “The Left Hand And The Right Hand” and Youtube.com into google the link should appear. [You’ll figure it out. I know you’re smart. You’re on this site, aren’t you?].

At one point I’d envisioned a kind of “buddy movie” for this song, ya know? Like Turner & Hooch or Tango & Cash or Thelma & Louise? What the hell happened, you ask? Well, Albert Birney, the director, took it places. Much weirder places.

I wrote this Mitchell Brothers inspired song with my friend Kurt. We figured if Cain and Abel had gone into the strip club business it would have been these two. It’s about them but it’s also a song about brothers (I think). What do I know, I have three sisters. [psychoanalyst/editor in my head: that might go a ways towards explaining why you think you’re so great].

These guys are the mother’s milk of San Francisco mythology - porn kings, free speech advocates, long-game hustlers. . . born troublemakers born into troubled times. I’ve never been in their club myself (as far as I know - how could I be certain?), but it’s legendary. I know this much: it’s an institution. A Mecca of sleaze. An unregistered National Historic Landmark in the guidebooks of the profound, perverse, profane, divine, confused, and insanely lucrative. A physical embodiment of all of San Francisco under one roof!

So yeah; Albert Birney made the video and it’s epic. It’s already been compared to “The English Patient” (if you cut out the gratuitous romance and panoramic sand dune shots). Two brothers, once close, simply fall out. Murder, drugs, mayhem, a stack of rare vinyl and the dusty glitter and neon glow of the after-hours afterlife. All acted out by two hands. Albert’s own grandfather’s hand even makes an appearance. Pretty cool. Somebody give those hands an Oscar!

Go easy babies,

-CP

Meanwhile in Gigsville. . .

Folks,

Coming to you live from the Mission Express touring van where we’re heading off to Halle, Germany this morning. We must warn you that we’re armed. We’ve got bottled water, bruised pears and bananas. So look out! Seriously, what is it with the former East? We love ya, but we’re still smarting from the last time we were here when they blew up Carstens suitcase after he left it in the hotel lobby. Really? This time around I felt like telling the night clerk I saw some suspicious people hanging around the Cappuccino machine. But whatever. . . .

In other news: as usual we’re late for the party and now we’re trying to get in on the action by putting out a Record Store Day 7” of The Left Hand And The Right Hand on decor Records: http://trashaesthetics.tumblr.com/

The b-side is a never-before-released Temple Beautiful out-take called “I Call Your Name”. The single is limited to only 500 and available at select UK record stores and direct from http://www.decorrecords.com, We’ll have a few on the merch desk for sale if you want to cut out the middle man.

[Go to the bottom of this e mail for a list of all better record shops in the UK carrying it].

Meanwhile in Gigsville: for those of you paying attention, I’ve been instructed to mention that there’s a venue change in Barcelona and a solo gig added in Spain. Got it?

And now in honor of Record Store Day, here are some words on Jacks Records in our neighborhood; where the first thing you’ll notice is that record-store smell. Behind the counter, if you’re lucky, you might find Roy Loney: http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2012/02/06/from-the-desk-of-chuck-prophet-jacks-record-cellar-and-roy-loney/

Let’s get out of here,

-CP

“Over There” Temple Beautiful Tour Dates

Hi Folks,

CP here. Back in San Francisco after five weeks. Played a couple Bay Area gigs – here’s a review of our homecoming show – http://www.soundspike.com/story/4158/concert-review-chuck-prophet-in-san-francisco/ and now, ready or not, we’re coming your way, U.K. Time to get out from under all these dirty socks and parking tickets. The hometown love, the repo men, the rivers of overpriced coffee flowing through our veins. . .

ANNOUNCING THE TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL UK TOUR:

Gentlepeople of the U.K., here come the Septics. To rub our goo all over you. I’m here to officially confirm the rumor I started myself: we’ve got a new record out, made in San Francisco about San Francisco by San Franciscans. Any day now we fly out, to your side of the pond, to do our part to put England back on the musical map! I hope you’ve missed us half as much as we’ve missed you. And we’re bringing t-shirts, CD’s, LP’s, sharpies, and more! Join us, if you dare, if you care.

And now introducing THE NEW GUY, on drums. Let’s have a warm welcome for Kyle Caprista. Make him feel welcome. It’s like I told the kid: You can wear a white belt on my stage. But you should know that if you do you give up the chance to have an opinion on anything. Is that fair warning, or what? Here he is, going for that “warm vinyl sound:” http://twitpic.com/91nezt.

All the best (and all the rest),

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