SOUTHSIDE STRANGLERS - "TOO MUCH TV" 7" - OUT NOW!!!!

Happy New year! Kicking things off with a brand new release ... GRAVE MISTAKE RECORDS and VICIOUS CIRCLE RECORDS are extremely excited to bring you the debut 7" from Richmond's SOUTHSIDE STRANGLERS! SOUTHSIDE STRANGLERS have been kicking around town for about a year or so now ... causing a spectacle and turning heads at every show they play. While they've managed to keep themselves under the radar by staying inside the Richmond city limits until recently, with no proper release until now (aside from the limited tape of this EP at last year’s No Way Fest), we are pretty sure this 7" will make them a household name before long.

Featuring Kenny from GOVERNMENT WARNING on vocals, Brandon from, uh, every band in Richmond (GW, Direct Control, you know the list ...), on guitar, and some other bad dudes holding the rhythm down, "TOO MUCH TV" is their first (of hopefully many more) vinyl offering, and it is definitely one infectious slab of wax. This six song EP serves up some ferocious rock and roll, drawing heavy influences from 70's punk and the rock and roll swagger of 60's garage bands; it's raw enough to keep you on your toes and catchy enough to hook you after one listen.

As always, we've got some nice colored vinyl (BLUE VINYL to be exact) for mailorder in the GRAVE MISTAKE WEBSTORE ... less than 100 left though, so get on that!

You can order the record via the GRAVE MISTAKE WEBSTORE:
http://www.gravemistakerecords.com/catalog

Stores, distros, labels, anyone who would like copies for distro (wholesale, trade, etc) please email Alex at: gravemistakerecords@gmail.com. He will deal direct and is always down to trade, so hit him up and let's work something out ...

Here is their MySpace page where you can hear some songs:
http://www.myspace.com/southsidestranglersrva

Thanks for reading … now go order it!
Dave/Vicious Circle Records

SOUTHSIDE STRANGLERS - TOUR AND RECORD!!

SOUTHSIDE STRANGLERS are embarking on a short 4 day tour next week ... they will DEFINITELY have copies of their brand new debut "TOO MUCH TV" 7" ... so check em out and pick up the record!

The last show of tour is in Richmond and will also be the Record Release show so all of you locals be sure to make it out because it's gonna be one hell of a show.

DEC 15h- Brooklyn, NY @ BUSHWICK MUSIC STUDIOS (55 Waterbury Street, Brooklyn, New York 11206) w/ CRAZY SPIRIT, SUBWAY SADISTS and 1 more tba

DEC 16th- Boston, MA @ Pervert Mansion w/ THE FUS (!!!), MALE NURSES, and VILE BODIES

DEC. 17th- PHILADELPHIA, PA @ JRS BAR (2327 South Croskey Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19145) w/ THE CUSTOMERS (ex- Carbonas, Beat Beat Beat) and 2 locals.

As well as...
DEC.19th- RICHMOND, VA @ GALLERY 5 (200 W. Marshall St.) RECORD RELEASE SHOW! w/SCHOOL JERKS, CLOAK DAGGER, GG KING, and THE LADIES

My book got plugged on Sirius/XM Radio yesterday!

Earlier this week, I sent a box of goodies to The Jason Ellis Show, including a copy of Adult Crash. The main thing I was sending was a Master P talking doll... but I included some extra stuff as well, since I am a huge fan of his show. They were talking about the doll on the air, and then my book got mentioned, with some brief background information about me & what the book was about too. It blew my mind... and it was also quite an honor, since I as a fan of the show I was hearing nice things said about me on the air.

I still have copies of the book, and am down to around 75 at this point. I missed most of the Summer fests, and mailorders have slowed a bit... but if you have not ordered one - get one while you still can. I am not reprinting it, so when they are gone, they're gone for good.

You can get it from Revelation Distribution, or you can order direct from me here.

I am slowly starting work on the next volume of Adult Crash... keep checking back for updates... and thanks for the support!!! Oh, and RED DRAGONS!!! DB

Blue Vinyl has gone the way of the dinosaurs...

As of today, April 7th, the blue vinyl 7" version of the book is sold out(but check with Six Feet Under Records since they still may have a few). You can still order the black vinyl version below, and once those are gone - the book will be gone completely. I am down to less than 200 copies, and so is Six Feet Under Records... and they will be gone soon as well.

The button will take you to Paypal, and it has a pull-down menu to select where you want it shipped, depending on where you live.

(edited to remove the Paypal button... since the book is 100% SOLD OUT!)

Thanks again!!!
Dave B/Vicious Circle Records

Blue vinyl is almost gone...

The blue vinyl version is almost sold out! When the link for ordering the 'blue' version is removed - it will mean they are sold out. If you see the link - we still have them. Simple enough.

All orders are shipped, and I will be shipping future orders within days of payment being made from now on.

The book has been getting great feedback/reviews, and if you know someone that doesn't have it yet(and you think they should) - send em here!

Thanks!
Dave B/Vicious Circle Records

The post office HATES me... but...

I have been sending out big piles of orders every week since the records arrived last month, and am happy that I have about 80% of the orders in the mail. I am gonna knock out another big pile this week, and should be all caught up by the end of next week.

To the people that ordered back in October - thanks for the patience through all of the pressing plant headaches/delays.

The orders are still coming in, which is great, and I will be getting those sent out in the order that they were placed. Most of the orders were placed in the first two days of pre-orders, and that was the hardest to get caught on... but I am almost there.

Thanks!
Dave B/Vicious Circle Records

Pre-orders are shipping NOW!

The vinyl arrived last week, and I hopped on packing them up.

I took some to the Integrity show in Baltimore... which was a lot of fun, aside from the getting home at 5:30am.

I sent out a small batch of mailorders over the weekend, as well as another pile yesterday(Wednesday). There will be a big shipment on Saturday, and that should have the white vinyl orders taken care of, as well as some of the blue vinyl will be on their way too.

Jeff Terranove from Up Front does a great radioshow in CT called the Anti-Emo Empire, and he interviewed me on January 8th for the show. We talked at length about the book, as well as exchanged lots of thoughts/opinions about a variety of other things. It was fun, and I appreciate the chance to plug the book too. You can go here and download the show, as well as other shows in his archive.

One of the bands on the Adult Crash 7" have a new release coming out. Cloak/Dagger have a new 7" coming out on Jade Tree Records... and you should buy it! They also mentioned my book onthe JT site(thanks dudes!).

To anyone that doesn't want to use Paypal, you can send a money order(payable to Dave Brown) or well-concealed cash to this address:
Vicious Circle Records
c/o/ Dave Brown
P.O. Box 17365
Richmond, VA 23226 USA

It is $15 ppd in the USA, $18 ppd to Can/Mex, and $22 ppd to the rest of the world.

Thanks!!!
DB

Finally... some GOOD news to report!

I just got off the phone with the pressing plant this morning... and after 3 months... the records are getting pressed this week!

I should have them next week - which means orders will start shipping next week too!

So many delays... so many headaches... but it's finally coming together!

Thanks again for all of your patience to the pre-order folks... it as never meant to take this long.

I will be sending everyone an email when their package ships... but wanted to post this really quick - since it was finally some good news.

Dave B

Ordering update... November 28th, 2008

Just a quick update on the book/7" status, since some people have been asking lately.

The record pressing plant was a lot more bogged down than they originally seemed to indicate, so my job has not been pressed yet. I have been told it will get done 'soon' & am hopeful this will be the case.

The books are done, and are currently in self-storage awaiting the vinyl arrival. As soon as I get them, the orders will start going out immediately. I will also be delivering the vinyl & books to Six Feet Under Records, so he can ship his orders as well.

We still have about 1/2 of the blue vinyl at the moment, but they are selling steadily. The white vinyl is 100% gone - selling out the morning the pre-ordering started.

For those of you living under a rock, the Radio Silence book is out, and would make a great addition to your bookshelf of quality reading material. You can read about it here. It is one of the best looking books about hardcore I have ever owned, and you should run out and buy it(if you have not already done so). They gave my book a nice plug on their site, and I really appreciate it.

I am hoping to have the records before Christmas, and will update this blog as it gets closer to arrival. I will be doing some sort of record release show, as well as a book signing, once the book/7" is out... and I will post here when the information presents itself. For as many headaches/delays that the book had - I thought things would be smooth & simple for the records getting pressed - boy, was I wrong. I have been putting out records for almost 20 years, and this is easily the slowest service I have ever gotten from a plant. Part of the problem is the fact that there are so few pressing plants even around anymore. And now that some major labels have started pressing vinyl again - the plants are extra busy.

Thanks for all of your patience(to those that pre-ordered), and spread the word about I book too! Thanks! DB

ORDERING INFO... finally!!!

Okay, now that the records are getting pressed & the books have already arrived... you can now PRE-ORDER the ADULT CRASH book/7" package!
I will notify everyone when the records have arrived from the plant, so that you will know that your order is getting shipped soon after that.

The pressing info is as follows:
150x WHITE VINYL ***SOLD OUT***
350x BLUE VINYL (mailorder version) ***SOLD OUT***
1000x BLACK VINYL (regular version) ***SOLD OUT***

The white vinyl is now SOLD OUT! Six Feet Under Records & I both sold out of our copies within hours of starting the pre-order process! Thanks to those that have ordered, and we both still have limited BLUE VINYL, as well as BLACK vinyl. (and now, EVERY VERSION IS ALSO *SOLD OUT*)

The buttons next to each image will take you to Paypal, and each has a pull-down menu to select where you want it shipped.



(removed Paypal/ordering link)

You can also order thru Six Feet Under Records. SFU Records is starting pre-orders the same time I am, but Dave Sausage will be on-tour with Blacklisted until almost Thanksgiving. I will begin shipping orders placed through me as soon as the records are back from the pressing plant.

***If you do not have a Paypal account, you can still order from me***
Mail money orders(payable to DAVE BROWN) or well-concealed cash to:
VICIOUS CIRCLE RECORDS
attn DAVE BROWN
P.O. BOX 17365
RICHMOND, VA 23226 USA
(if you do not use Paypal, you may miss out on the color vinyl versions... but if we still have them when we get your payment, you'll get the rarest version we have in-stock)

Delays... of course.

The books are here, arriving a week ago and currently locked up in self-storage. They look awesome too!

The master is at the pressing plant... but... the records will not be done nearly as soon as I had hoped. I am hoping the lacquer will be cut next week, and test presses sent out soon after. If all goes right, I am hoping to have the finished records back from the pressing plant in mid-November. 'Hoping' is the crucial word here, as we all know that things can happen.

So instead of starting to take pre-orders on October 1st... It was decided to push back the pre-order process until the 16th of October. This way we'll have a better idea of a pressing plant schedule, and can pass along this info to everyone as we find out more.

There will be a very easy-to-use cart button on the Vicious Circle Records MySpace page to make the pre-order process as simple as possible.

Thanks again for your patience... and more updates soon...
Dave B/Vicious Circle Records

Details... and then some!

Okay... so here are some more details about the ADULT CRASH photobook that is coming out next month... details which have been kept a secret for the most part until now...

This is an 88 page photobook, over 400 photos taken during the last 20 years by me...

AND it comes with a 7" of 'newer' bands that are in the book doing cover songs of 'old' bands that are also in the book...
DOWN TO NOTHING covering 'Price Of Silence' by Four Walls Falling with guest vocals by TAYLOR from 4 Walls...
KILL YOUR IDOLS covering 'The Edge' by Token Entry...
THE SLUMLORDS covering 'Right Wing Hype' by Gut Instinct with guest vocals from Sab from Gut Instinct...
CLOAK/DAGGER covering 'Escape from Your Society' by WarZone...

All 4 songs are EXCLUSIVE to this release... and are the final recordings from KYI & The Slumlords, recorded just prior to them breaking up.

AND also included in the book are anecdotes written just for my book by John Joseph(The Cro-Mags), Chaka Malik(Burn), Paul Bearer(Sheer Terror), Shawn Brown(Swiz), Taylor Steele(4 Walls Falling), Malcolm Tent(Trash American Style), Rob Fish(Release/108), Walter Schreifels(Gorilla Biscuits/Quicksand), Jon Field(Up Front), Jeff Perlin(Breakdown/Slumlords), and many others! Each person talks about surviving the adult crash of grown up life while still loving this music they grew up as fans of, and every one is great!

This book is a split release with my label, Vicious Circle Records, and my friend Dave at Six Feet Under Records.

This has been a multi-year project for me, and I am VERY excited it is finally coming out!

We will be announcing pre-orders later this month, and there will be a special version for pre-order folks, as well as a mailorder version too. You'll be able to get it from the regular distros as well as some stores... but to get colored vinyl you'll have to order from either me or Dave/SFU.

Keep an eye out here...
as well as: www.myspace.com/vcrecs
and here: www.sixfeetunderrecords.com

Thanks for reading, and spread the word...
Dave Brown

My book is FINALLY at the printing company!!!

After numerous delays, headaches, and disappointments...
I put the finishing touches on my photobook over the last 2 or 3 days and it is done! I just wanted to double-check every page, because typo's are something I am hoping to catch before going to print.

The cover design had some last minute tweaking, and I am very proud of the whole thing... and now I have major butterflies in my stomach at the thought of this journey finally coming to an end.

The next update will be in about a week, and it will be the big announcement I have been waiting to make. It will include some of the secret details about the book content(ie it is more than just photos), as well as pre-order information.




I will not be taking pre-orders until I get a ship schedule from the book printer, since I want things to be rolling in the right direction before I start taking any money from anyone.

I am adding a couple more lo-res samples in the meantime...

Dave B

There's a first time for everything, I guess.

It's nearing the end of July, and I wanted to start giving some hints/updates about the photobook that I am doing. It's called 'Adult Crash', which is taken from Minor Threat lyrics, in case you didn't figure it out.

I have been working on this project for 3 years now, whenever I had the time to do so. It's been a busy time for me too... In that, I had 2 more kids(making 3 total), majorly changed jobs, as well as became a homeowner recently - finally! But I still managed to find the extra time to put in many hours at my computer, scanning & editing till I figured I had enough content for the book.

This photobook is a compilation of show photos I have taken over the last 20 years... and there are a LOT of photos packed into this book - over 400 pictures from various places, but mostly in/around the Washington DC area.

I have seen a lot of great bands over the years, and many times I had a camera with me to document what I saw.

This book is being co-funded by my label, Vicious Circle Records, and by my friend Dave from Six Feet Under Records. I am glad to have him on board to help, since this is something I could never have done on my own.

Anyways, this is a start... and I hope you enjoy the sample pages. These are some low-resolution samples... and the actual pages in the book will look better, of course.

I will add more samples soon, as well as more details about the book itself. I have a bunch of cool surprises planned for this, which I will divulge soon.