Endpoint – May 2010 – Reunion Show Benefit for Jason Noble

Endpoint – May 2010 – Reunion Show Benefit for Jason Noble. More details coming soon.

Update 1: The lineup will likely be Chad Castetter, Pat McClimans, and of course Rob and Duncan. Drumming duties will be handled by Thommy Browne and maybe shared with Lee Fetzer.

Update 2: Via Duncan Barlow’s Facebook (from TBrowne):

As many of my friends have undoubtedly read or heard through the grapevine, Endpoint has agreed upon doing a reunion show in 2010. There will be, understandably, some grumbling from critics. It seems that the 2000s have been plagued with reunions, my bands Guilt and BTGOG being guilty of this; however, Endpoint was a band that swore that we would never reunite. We had several good reasons against reuniting. One of which was that the band was a very important part of our youth, a force that matured us and taught us much about what it was to be adult. Listening to the records, one can hear us growth through the years musically and emotionally. To put it in a Dickensian manner, they were the best of times and the worst of times. We loved and hated each other the way a family does. To reunite felt silly, like a family gathering to relive the great Christmas of 1987 or something of that manner. However, somethings are greater than ourselves. In this case it is our sense of community. The request for an Endpoint reunion has come up, as you might imagine, every year since we disbanded. We never wanted to do it. However, when a good friend of ours grew seriously ill, we decided that the time was right and that coming to his aid was vastly more important than breaking a promise we made in 1994 to never reunite. We know that we will receive much criticism from friends, former fans, and enemies alike; however, we don’t care. We are not doing this reunion to relive a nostalgic glory, and we most certainly will not profit monetarily from this; we are doing this because it is the right thing to do. Louisville is a special town. Although I moved away ten years ago, it is in my veins as much as my blood. It is a gem of a town where we always look out for each other no matter how much time has passed. For those who wish to attend, we will do our best to make the show special, to sound good, to stay true to the original form of the band. This is our promise to anyone who comes. No, it won’t be the same as it was years ago, we all know this, but it will be a very special event. We hope you will come out, if not for the band, for our dear friend.

Kindest Regards,
duncan b. barlow

Shedding, Catherine Irwin shows

CATHERINE IRWIN (member of FREAKWATER)
ELEPHANT MICAH (from Bloomington, Indiana)
THE HOLLOWS (from Bloomington, Indiana)

Friday, January 22nd
at the SWAN DIVE
921 Swan Street
9 PM, $5, 21-and-over

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Catherine Irwin

CATHERINE IRWIN has called Louisville, Kentucky home, or at least her home base, all her life. She began performing by playing guitar in punk bands “and not caring a bit about country music,” she says. Still, the seed for her band Freakwater was inside her: “Most of the country music I heard on radio, I hated. But I loved the Carter Family, the way they would approach songs about death and dying or being saved and rejoicing the same way. That kind of music seems to age better. I can’t see myself playing punk anymore, but this kind of music I can see playing the rest of my life” (Chicago Tribune). Her songs are just packed with sapience, despondency, and wry wit, though you don’t have to look past “Louisville Lip” or “Dirty Little Snowman” to see she’s one of America’s greatest living songwriters. Even so, she remains humble, even self-deprecating: “If I had a master plan, it’d be trying to get people used to the idea of frumpy middle-aged losers singing music” (Boston Phoenix). She will be joined at this show by (we think) fantastic Louisville guitarist Michael O’Bannon, formerly of Blinders, Antman, and current member of 1069. Read the rest of this entry »

Karate Body news

Here’s some news from the Karate Body family:

For all of January, to celebrate Karate Body‘s first birthday, we’re offering 20 percent off all vinyl and free shipping for all U.S. orders.

Phantom Family Halo’s double LP, Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die, has been released this week in Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands via Mandai Distribution.

In Louisville, copies are available at ear X-tacy, Underground Sounds, Skull Alley and Half-Price Books. Each double LP comes with a free download of the entire album.

Egret CD release show

Egret (ex-Nice People and much more) will be releasing their new full-length “Bright Up There!” on FRiday, January 15th at Skull Alley. The show will also feature Supertruck and Mt. Asiago (who may have a new cassette available?). Show starts at 8pm, cost is $5.