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23/January/2010
SUDDEN INFANT
RYAN JENCKS / S6X6S
RIVERVERB
ELI PECHMAN
AUTHOR & PUNISHER
@ Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA (USA)
http://www.myspace.com/sodabarbooking

24/January/2010 // starts 3pm!!
SUDDEN INFANT
RYAN JENCKS / S6X6S
THE HATERS
DAMION ROMERO
JOHN WIESE
CLEANSE
@ Luna Playhouse, 3706 San Fernando Rd, Glendale, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
http://www.lunaplayhouse.org

26/January/2010
SUDDEN INFANT
DEATHROES
DARKSMITH
SCOTT ARFORD
@ The Terminal, 3957 San Leandro St, Oakland, CA (USA)
http://fierysummons.blogspot.com/

27/January/2010
SUDDEN INFANT
RYAN JENCKS / S6X6S
CASU MARZU
SOULSCYTHE
@ Speak Easy, 915 Oak St, Eugene, OR (USA)
http://www.myspace.com/oakstreetspeakeasy

28/January/2010
SUDDEN INFANT
RYAN JENCKS / S6X6S
DANIEL MENCHE
PETE SWANSON
@ Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR (USA)
http://www.holocene.org/calendar/

29/January/2010
SUDDEN INFANT
RYAN JENCKS / S6X6S
DRIED UP CORPSE
SCARD T1 & ~DYNA*GIRL
@ The Josephine, 608 NW 65th St, Seattle, WA (USA)
http://www.myspace.com/thejosephine

30/January/2010
SUDDEN INFANT
RYAN JENCKS
WINTER IN THE BLOOD
SQUALORA
@ The Bike Hospital, 611 N Tillamook St, Portland, OR (USA)
http://www.myspace.com/thebikehospital

31/January/2010
SUDDEN INFANT
RYAN JENCKS / S6X6S
TRALPHAZ
HORAFLORA
@ The Lab, 2948 16th St, San Francisco, CA (USA)
http://www.thelab.org/events/421-suddeninfant.html
http://www.23five.org/
http://www.swissnexsanfrancisco.org/


SUDDEN INFANT US-Westcoast shows are kindly supported by Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council.

I want to thank everybody who made this tour possible in particular: Ryan Jencks, Damion Romero, GX Jupitter-Larsen, Daniel Menche, Randy Yau, Luc Meier, Swissnex, Pro Helvetia, Ute Waldhausen.

Manhole!?

When I first read the term "Manhole", I said to myself: What the hell is a manhole? Well, as a non-english native speaker I was very much confused and carried this wrongly written note (manshole) with me in my jacket:


After a brief consultation with the internet my fears were confirmed and I now know what a manhole is. Strangely enough I found this one in the neighborhood:


Did you know that the city of Los Angeles was made in India? Anyway...


In German language you would say "Kanaldeckel" or "Gully".

In 1990, the city of Sacramento in California officially renamed all their manholes to "maintenance holes" out of concern for the equality of both genders. The name "maintenance hole" was selected because the term shares the same initials as the word "manhole", thereby eliminating the need to change the MH labels on the city's utility maps. (Wikipedia)

Integratron & Giant Rock

We decided to drive out of Los Angeles and visit The Integratron in Landers, California. This historic dome, made entirely out of wood (built in the 50's by Georg Van Tassel) is located at the intersection of geomagnetic forces in the Mojave Desert. Its mysterious architect intended to use it to rejuvenate the human body. Energy and sound are focused and amplified by the geometry of this one-of-a-kind structure. Would be fantastic for a Noise show!

Its design was based on the writings of Nikola Tesla and telepathic directions from extraterrestrial intelligences, in particular an individual named Solganda from Saturn. The Integratron was supposed to prolong life, produce anti-gravity, and allow time travel.




So we decided to travel to Giant Rock, which is just a few miles away from The Integratron. And guess what? We got lost in the Mojave Desert!




But finally we found Giant Rock! It was surrounded by some local human beings (no aliens) on off-road motorbikes drinking bud light.



Georg Van Tassel began conducting weekly meditation sessions in 1953 in the rooms underneath Giant Rock which, he claimed, led to UFO contacts and finally to an actual encounter with extra-terrestrials when, in August of that year, a saucer landed, woke Van Tassel up and invited him onto the ship. There the aliens gave him the technique for rejuvenating living cell tissues

Giant Rock has been known world-wide for a long time for its unusual UFO activities and for the many unmatched annual Space Conventions which have been held here.

Sex Beat!

On my way back from little Tokyo supermarket, where I bought plenty of vitamins, tiger balm, tea and fresh ginger to cure my flu, I passed the LA gun club building. This sign immediately evoked the voodoo-ish rhythms and guitars of The Gun Club and I heard Jeffrey Lee's voice loud and clearly in my head. Memories of the 1983 show at Rote Fabrik in Zurich came up. The show was like magic to me and alongside w/ The Cramps and The Birthday Party they totally ruled my late teenage years!
Jeffrey Lee Pierce R.I.P. (1958-1996)

Day one!

It's 2010! Hooray! My head is pretty much autonomous today. Some call it hangover. Had a great time last night at NYE party at Sarah's house on Sunset Blvd with Ute, Shannon, Damion, John, Spencer, Meg, Amanda, Joseph, Nicole, Grant, Peter and many more. Loads of nice people, drunk'n'punk, broken glasses and the longest queue in front of the bathroom. Sonny's burning and human fly under a blue moon!
Just came back from Wurstküche, the famous sausage place here in the heart of downtown Los Angeles' historic arts district. Had a german bratwurst with belgium fries and plenty of mustard and curry ketchup, yeah! Feels like Berlin!




A new year will bring new action!
I'm totally happy and even a bit proud to announce the Sudden Infant retrospective 'My Life's a Gunshot' on two double LP's. Yes, you got it right! Four longplay vinyls housed in two full-colour gatefold covers(volume 1 & 2) with my own paintings from 1992 and a very personal and exclusive 4-page essay by GX Jupitter-Larsen.
It will be released on Berlin based Hrönir label and it's definitely the most important and most beautiful and most tasty SI release ever! This newborn SI child will be ready for the world by February 2010.
I want to thank Ed for his incredible support and energy and patience during the process of this release. Also I want to kiss Rashad Becker for mastering and cutting and Bill Kouligas for the graphic design. Not to forget Daniel Löwenbrück of Tochnit Aleph who's experience and knowledge will help to spread this fine piece of disturbance ;)





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