Onion Flavored Report

Summer's Cool

It's non-stop excitement with OFR. Except when we do stop. We're not playing lately because we haven't all been in the same place for more than one day since the spring.

Paul toured and recorded with Surrender, who just released their first full-length record, Paper Thrones on Thrillhouse Records. Erick travelled to talk about his book On the Lower Frequencies and then toured quite a bit with Black Rainbow, who also have a new record out.

Next month we'll all be together again. Hopefully we'll be playing some shows right away, and there's a couple of new songs we want to record. Stay tuned!

Thrillhouse, Friday 7/11/2008

Years ago, we played a show in Brooklyn--Hallowe'en, 2003?--and we finally made it back last month for another show. It was great: lots of people, great readings, great bands, and Goodbye Blue Monday turned out to be an excellent place to have a show on a warm Sunday night. Thanks to anyone reading this who turned out for the show. We were excited and eager to play, and the show lived up to and beyond our hopes.

Probably on that same long-ago tour, we played in Bloomington, Indiana. I'm not sure when we'll get back there, but one of my favorite products of the Bloomington scene, Ghost Mice, are coming to Thrillhouse this Friday with some friends they made on a tour of Ireland, the Heathers. Also playing will be their old friends from San Francisco, Onion Flavored Rings.

This is probably going to be our last show for a while. Erick is headed off on another trip, possibly related to his book. No, definitely related: either he's promoting it, or recovering from it. And we thought putting out a record was hard!

Which reminds me, we still have newish records out: our epic 7" concept record, 5 billion years in the making, on Thrillhouse Records; and our split with Future Virgins on 1234Go Records. If you think you don't need the OFR/FV split on vinyl because there's a digital version floating around out there on the web, I beg to differ: I've heard the MP3s, and they're not only low-quality, but about 5% too fast. Fine if you're in a hurry, but not exactly what either band sounds like.

Eventually, we'll issue a proper CD version, and MP3s will be here for you. You miss out on the artwork, though. And there's nothing like colored vinyl.

New York, New York

Erick will be there on his book tour. Paul will be there on a honeymoonish trip with his new bride Ariel. And Steve will be there...just to be there.

For the first time in several years, an intact OFR will be in New York on June 15, 2008. This presents the opportunity for a show, and it happens that our old pals Tulsa, on that very day, indeed have a show in Brooklyn. Et voila.

When the possibility first arose, we got excited. Now that it's on, we're really excited, and we hope to see you there!