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The DOGMA of d'DOC
The latest release of Michael Hurley's new material is one Mississippi Records release titled Blue Hills. Some of it was recorded in Astoria by the author, some of it was recorded in
Louisville Kentucky by Aaron Rosenblum www.hankrecordings.com Mississippi has another on up their sleeve which goes way back to Michael Hurley's experiences in the rock group, Automatic Slim & the Fat Boys. This one is expected to become available this summer and is
titled, Fatboy Spring. It is going to be released jointly with the Secret Seven label of San Francisco. With Mississippi, Secret Seven also co-released an album which you all might be familiar with; BlueNavigator. Funny thing is; they produced it on 8-track cartridge tape only. So that's good for all the 8-track cart enthusiasts who have a job and keep veepin. Blue Hills and Fatboy Spring are vinyl only releases.
More releases on vinyl have come out from the Light in the Attic label based in Seattle. These are re-releases of M H's past work with the now sold Rounder label; Have Moicey, Long Journey and Snockgrass. Chrystal said you can get them on CD too. Dogma of d'Doc is
postulated and programmed by us; Connie & Crrystal McKenna. We alone comprise the entire body of the Recieving & Shipping Dept. of Bellemeade Phonics and accept responsibility for all errors forthcomming in this area. No relation to Mr. Hurley actually lives in these parts except for the newly arrived Wilder Honey, see pic above. For more pics of Wilder look in the photo gallery. Updates to be seen here on an octa-annual basis. New recordings from a state of the art type studio in Portland are scheduled to be started this month
and a fall of 2011 album could be described in these pages later on. More keyboard work is what's up. Octa-annual is every six weeks. I am starting school in July. The Gnomonsong label based in San Francisco still has two more M H albums on both LP & CD. These are
Ancestral Swamp & Ida con Snock. Ancestral Swamp is like home recorded from our facilities in Astoria. Ida con Snock is totally state of the art type recordings from Levon Helm's great studio barn in Woodstock NY and is a unique collaboration with the rock group,
Ida.
Ida Red, Ida Blue
I declare that I love you
Every weekend we go down to the farmer's market & get some mint tea and more honey. This is also an information center but Chrystal & I aren't said to know everything. "Don't annoy him," we have taken to heart and have our own shortcommings and past mistakes now relegated to rectification. As the weather gets good, we'll be getting out more and hope to meet many of you in Portland and Astoria. Have a great summer!
5/31/2011
Connie
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New Book Available
THE WORDS TO THE SONGS OF
MICHAEL HURLEY
(click on cover image to order)
The perfection of his craft is even more obvious on paper. The Words to the Songs of Michael Hurley is the first publication ever of Hurley's lyrics.
Cover drawing by Michael Hurley, cover typographic design by Kiva Tanya Stimac. Songs calligraphed by the author. Hand-stiched by Julie Doucet.
Foreword by Byron Coley.
Bilingual edition, translated by Marie Frankland.
48 pages. Format 5,75 x 7,75 |
if the viewers would like to write a song that is
anti-monsanto, I am compiling for an album of anti-monsanto songs. Contact Snoc by e-mail |
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