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Jeff Clarke Loves Us!

Just got a little bit of ink on Stomp and Stammer's Support Our Troops section.
It may seem to be a middle of the road kind of review but trust me, this is about as nice as it gets from Jeff.

Pistolero continue to establish themselves as one of Atlanta’s most unpredictable groups with Warface. The full-length CD weaves together strummy prairie-sundown laments, spazzy power-pop, Muswell Hillbillies-era Kinks reverence, dorky love songs, dorkier drug songs, psyche-rock indulgences and more. The primary problem with bands zipping all over the place stylistically is that they never reveal a sound of their own. I can’t say Pistolero transcend such trappings, but they manage to hit more than miss on this one.

Yeah for us!
mike

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As the World Turns

So what have we been doing?

Well let's see...

The other day Corey and John worked on a fence for John's house/dogs.

And this dog can't wait for it to be done. That's Rosie and she's a mighty hell stallion.

We have been getting a lot of recording done. Hey, the records been out for a month, might as well start on the next one right. Me doing my vocals for "Waterheads"...

Corey's reaction to my sweet and soulful vocal stylings...

Tom's been at the shop every Sunday for the past month or so writing and recording and this is what John looks like when in motion.

The North american Pallon in it's native habitat.

Please let's all remember that the Turbo Town Wizard Elections are coming, so remember to cast your ballots early.

Yours in Christ,

Mike

Who you Wit?

We're with them now.
Let's see how this works.

Banned at the Taj Mahal

So my neighbor, Huck, went to India the other week. I give him a few copies of the new record and tell him to "give them to some folks and get a few shots of the record in strange and beautiful places". When in India...Go to The Taj Mahal.
Such was the plan...Get a pic of the record by the Taj Mahal and then give the record to a local.
Turns out you're not allowed to take music inside the Taj Mahal grounds. Huck had his I Pod confiscated and when they saw the plastic sealed record they took that as well. He tried to explain that he just wanted to take a picture of the record with the Taj in the background, they did notsee any reason for this or even find it the slightest bit humorous.
Needless to say, the record was detained while Huck and his lady toured the Taj and then upon leaving the record and I Pod were returned. So no Taj Mahal shot....Just this one, right outside the guard station...In India.





Thanks Huck

Warface Reviews

We got 2 great reviews over the weekend .....
Link #1 - Atlanta Music Blog This one is so good it's a little embarrassing.
Link #2 - The Sunday Paper This one is good but not to the point of blushing.
Thanks to both Al Kaufman and Hal Horowitz for the love.

Favorite line...."And, yes, there's a psychedelic instrumental hidden track at the end, just in case you weren't sure these guys were as good as they are." - Al Kaufman

Proudly,
Mike

Tour Pics

So we're back. Not long gone, but it sure did feel like it.
So instead of a long winded text on our trip...We'll do it with pictures.


This is a shot of Greg. He played slide for North Elementary Thursday night. It brought a real ambiance to their tunes and when he solo...he smoked.


After the Chapel Hill show Tom and I were sent out to get more booze for the after party. After walking what seemed like miles to get to the Harris Teeter, we met these folks in line and they agreed to give us a ride home. This picture is a pretty accurate memory of what they looked like to me.


The crowd at Snug Harbor. Where we were accused of calling a girl a 'poser' because she wanted us to play covers. No member of Pistolero has any memory of insulting this girl and we think it was a plot against us. Daylon and his staff were awesome and we'll be making our way back there.


View from the stage at Criminal records in Atlanta.
Strangest crowd ever...
Tom's wife, kids and mother were there. Cold Nub brought his mom. Andrew Carter (played our 1st CD release show ever) wandered in per chance and over to the right of the pic you can see 3 'frat' guys who set up in that aisle before we started, rocked out the whole show, then left before we could identify them. I was also told of a black guy who stood to the side (out of pic) and sang along with every song.
Who are you people?


View from the stage at The Star Bar.


Chad from North E sitting John's house in Chapel Hill with the 7" that we pressed with North E doing one of our songs, "Endless Summer", and us doing one of their tunes, "Lovesday Dead Down".

Respect the Cock,
Mike

Athens and Macon

Well the first leg of our mini tour for Warface is behind us and I have to say that we all realized just how much we missed playing in front of a crowd. Over the last four months we've been rehersing at a fevered pace so there has been no let up in playing, but you just can't beat getting up in front of a group of folks and bringing them into the moment with you.
Friday night in Athens we played Tasty World and watched girls in sundresses go by, young girls. Did I mention that they were young? Seriously, everyone in Athens has to be under the age of 25 or they kick you out. TT Mahoney and the Standard Eight weere out hosts and we had a lovely time playing to the children. The crowd started out standoffish, in typical Athens fashion, but as we grew into our set they began to get more and more into it. By the time we played our last song I believe that they even liked us. BTW, Tasty World has the worst load in I've seen outside of Smiths Old Bar here in Atlanta. 3 flights of stairs...blech!
Saturday was Macon at The Hummingbird and after years of playing shows I'd have to say that these guys (and girls) were in the top 3 nicest bar staff we've ever played for. Band beer was Old Milwaukee...check. Sound man STILL played music...check. The posters we sent down were actually hung up in the club...check. The guy who booked the show was there and wanted to talk to us...WOW!
We had a few sound issues, we play real trebly and in that room it was slicing scalps off the show goers, but other than that everything went off right as it should.
Death on Two Wheels headlined the show and they were awesome and nice to boot.
All in all loads of fun and we're itching to get back out there Wednesday.
Some Pics...
Outside of Tasty World 10 minutes before the set Friday. What a line to get in the door!


Out front of the Hummingbird.
From the stage in Macon. These 2 girls were dancing up a storm and we thought it'd be nice to take their picture.

Sorry there are not more pics of us playing, but alas we couldn't play and document at the same time.

Expect My Emails,
Mike

Live in the Lobby

Last night we drove up to Athens to be the band for WUOG's Live in the Lobby radio.
Everyone there was extremely nice, albeit young; I made several jokes that were totally missed because we didn't watch the same Saturday morning cartoons. We arrived a bit behind schedule but that was made up for by there being at least 47 people there to help set up gear. They even helped us lug our gear from the trailer, up 3 flights of stairs, and into the studio. Big thanks to Jessica, Charlie, Nathan, William and everyone else who helped out with the show and making us feel so welcome.
We we're so busy that we didn't even take any pics while we we're playing. Just this one as we were leaving.


But we did get most of the show recorded on video and here is a tune that we hope you'll like.

Check it Here

Expect my Emails,
Mike

Pistoelro in Crib Notes

We got a little love in Crib Notes, Creative Loafing's music blog. Yours truly did a 10 question interview called Roll Call. Check it out. I like that all of us are in the picture that accompanies the interview so it still remains a mystery as to who I really am. Bass players of the world unite.

Respectfully Yours,
Mike

PISTOLERO DOES MACON

Hi folks, we just recently traveled the grueling 1 hour drive to Macon GA to do some promotion for the "Warface" album and our upcoming show there on April 18th @ the "Hummingbird stage and tap room" We were on their local CBS news television station (13 WMAZ) performing our song "Monster Cable". Our contact there (Mallie) wrote a really nice article about us so here is a link to that and a video of our performance. Enjoy and come out to see us in Macon this Saturday. Smile. 13WMAZ.com | Macon, GA | Scene 13: Nice Guys Rock It Loud!

Corey/Pistolero


Adendum-
More press from Rebecca Ledford at Macon .com.
"While their sound can be schizophrenic with their genre-mixing antics, it can also be the purity of rock."

Those were the days!

This picture was taken in front of the ISP space space in East Atlanta. It's all of the original ISP bands...Parade, Slushco, Elevado, Tenth to the Moon, Kitty Snyder, Avaitor, Envie, Slow Motion Crash and Pistolero.
We were so full of hope and wonder then.
It was a great time.
Most of those bands have disbanded and/or moved on to other bands.
Time keeps on slipping into the future.
Judas Iscariot,
Mike

So the line up is done.
The records are here (Cd and 7").
And we've got a entirely new set to play for you crazy Canadians out there (proof of residency required).
Other than that...we've nothing else to report.
Oh Yea...Hulu.com will rot your brain (or make you watch sitcoms whilst you should be working).
Terra Cotta Manchild,
Mike

Yellow House

Yellow House by Pistolero (small) from Pistolero on Vimeo.

What does it Say to You?

Trust me...
Keep Looking at it.

How do you say that again?

Ever heard of This Winkis?
Neither have we.
But they have heard of us. Neat little blog that you should check out.
I think it's from overseas...but don't quote me on that.
Expect my Emails,
Mike

On the Road Again

Everybody that I talk to about the band lately has had the same thing to say...
"When are you guys playing again?"
Ah Ha...Our plan worked. Stay away for a little while and then the people want you even more.Well here you go. The semi official TOUR POSTER!


We've also been working very hard on a video for Yellow House. It's quite psychedelic. Should have that ready for you guys here in the next week or so.
Respectfully Yours,
Mike

FaceBook

So we've done it.
We're on Face Book.
Kudos to John for setting it all up.
Check It!