Cross-posted to Kickstarter  (with bonus content for backers-only) _________________ hola dear comrades. COUNTING DOWN. the time is NIGH. THEATRE IS EVIL is out in just over a week. YAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!! we’re trying as hard as we can to make the timing PERFECT so that kickstarter backers get packages on their doorsteps right before the record goes on sale to… Read more »

we said we’d do it, and we’re DOING IT! the GRAND THIEVING IS UNDERWAY. we’re looking for professional-ish horns and strings for EVERY CITY to hop up on stage with us for a couple of tunes. we need a COUPLE of horns (trumpet! bari! sax! trombone! all need apply!!!) to join in the blasting with… Read more »

(The following blog was written August 8th for delivery to Kickstarter backers before anyone else. Here it is in its entirety.) hola comrades. the whole band just spent 3 CRAZY FUCKING days in oklahoma city at flaming-lips-land with wayne coyne and his amazing video crew and arty entourage of smart freaky people, making a video that will… Read more »

Cross-posted to Kickstarter  (with bonus content for backers-only). _________________ shit has been going so fast i’ve started to feel a little non-human. in some sort of weird rock n’ roll circus version of “goodnight moon”, onward we trudge. @indecisean made a little picture for me…. this is the room of which i dream and to which i will return… Read more »

Cross-posted to Kickstarter (with bonus content for backers-only). ________________ there’s a little something for everyone in this update, but before i go on, a reminder of the AWESOME news: the band is about to shoot a video for “do it with a rockstar.” it’s going to be a collaboration with wayne coyne (of the flaming lips). we need… Read more »

hola comrades!!! well, i’ve got some bad-ass news to share: the band is about to shoot a video for “ do it with a rockstar ” and it’s going to be a collaboration with wayne coyne…yes, this wayne coyne: and it’s going to be shot in Oklahoma City in the psychedelic utopia of flaming-lips-land (where shit like this exists!!!!): AND… Read more »

The following blog is content from the mailer that went out to the AFP email list subscribers, LAST WEEK. If you received that, this is all pretty much stuff you’ve read. If you aren’t on the email list yet, SIGN UP HERE /please read on._____________________ BIENVENUE COMRADES! first, breaking news: neil and i will be doing ONE NIGHT… Read more »

i don’t know who fed him a few dozen tabs of ecstasy (and as far as I know he’s generally not a drug abuser) but ben folds posted the first review of the record to his Facebook . for those not on Facebook, I’ll just paste it here. (it starts below after the picture) ben and I… Read more »

HOLA COMRADES greetings from italy, where i’ve come from boston to do a day of press – heading to paris tomorrow to do same. i will have been in europe for 48 hours, then i’m hitting san fran and LA for the kickstarter art & rock shows. there is GRAND NEWS to share with you… Read more »

HOLA i just finished signing 4,000 books.  neil and i are heading to CAPE COD of all wholesome places and soaking up the family vibe with my stepsister lisa & her man todd, my nephew ronan, my wicked-awesome college-bound stepdaughter miss maddy gaiman, and my parents….all frolicking on the beach and eating american foods. i… Read more »

neil wrote a piece about it: “ the man who forgot ray bradbury .” that was only a few months ago…i think.but something’s happening to my brain. it happened overnight. literally. i can’t remember names anymore. not so much the names of the people i bump into a parties, and shows….i was always rubbish at that. and that felt natural. i… Read more »

Cross-posted to Kickstarter (as a backer update)._____________________ COMRADES!!! before we dive into the whole barrage of the past week (playing art openings, playing rock shows, making a NEW NEW MUSIC VIDEO) we gots some exclusive announcements for all y’all kickstarter-betches… before we tell the whole wide world, we have THINGS TO TELL YOU. “what kinds of THINGS?” you… Read more »