hi! the intelligence has returned from europe and only 2 of us are dead. huge thanks to everyone involved especially Dutch Lars and kissnrun and Jacque and Lilly and Pascal and Volt and the Normals and Nacho and Von Grappa and the nurses and Roberto and Tom and Marcel and Alberto and the Pits and Louie the dude from Nashville Pussy and France and Spain and Holland and Germany most of the time and not Greezia too much and tons of others i can't list on this computer i have 5 minutes on. THANK YOU. i'll hopefully get some kind of journal up here soon too... Also, Lilly and Jack Volt put out a vinly version of the narnack 'bonus disc' with and extra song and Nacho from holy cobra society put out a new 3 song 7" that we should have at shows and will hopefully available here too shortly. we're playing 3 northwest shows with John Dwyer's (pink and brown/zeigenbock kompf/coachwhips/ocs/etc) new band YIKES! who are really great.
june 29 portland @ dunes
june 30 seattle @ ss marie antoinette
july 1 olympia @ some house party

Lots of news to report~!

First off, we must announce Lars' departure from A FRAMES. We felt it was the best thing all round and we are all very much still compadres to the fuckin core. How could we not be? Taking over on drums is the unmistakable Thommy Northcut. He's also a badass sk8er, photographer, cook, dancer, his favorite color is brown and he likes to garden! He moved here not too long ago from the fried state of Kentucky. Our first show with Thommy was last Saturday at the Funhouse and it was lots of fun.

The Intelligence just returned from a massive European tour and I need to get with those guys to find out all about how great it was.

A FRAMES are heading to Europe too, now that the Intelligence have warmed up the audiences hahaha. But seriously, it's gonna happen. September 28 - October 11, look for more details soon here or at kissnrun.com.

And lastly, this ole site is long overdue for an extreme makeover. I'll get right on that.

I love you guys,
-Gary

ITEM! REad all about it: this just in from Intelligence HQ
we're going to play the fun house friday 14th withh
unatural helpers and part man part horse then the euro
dates are:

tue Apr 18 Bordeaux -- L'Inca
wed Apr 19
thu Apr 20 Sant Charles de la Rapita -- Pub Districte
fri Apr 21 Basauri -- Centro Civico Basozelai
sat Apr 22 Oviedo -- La Calleja de la Ciega
sun Apr 23 Madrid -- Siroco
mon Apr 24 Perpignan -- Eat Drink Bar
tue Apr 25 Marseille -- La Machine a Coudre
wed Apr 26
thu Apr 27 Torino -- tbc
fri Apr 28 Bassano del Grappa -- tbc
sat Apr 29 Subotica -- Yu Fest Cafe
sun Apr 30 Beograd -- Studentski Kulturni Centar
mon May 1 travel
tue May 2 Munchen -- Monofaktur
wed May 3 Stuttgart -- Wagon am Nordbahnhof
thu May 4 Strasbourg -- Zanzibar
fri May 5 Lyon --
sat May 6 Paris -- Point Ephemere
sun May 7 Kortrijk -- the Pit's
mon May 8 Nancy -- Zoo'bar
tue May 9 Marburg -- Cafe Trauma
wed May 10 travel
thu May 11 Oslo -- Elm Street
fri May 12 Stockholm -- Suburbia
sat May 13 Gothenburg -- Showdown @ Henriksberg
sun May 14 travel
mon May 15 Amsterdam -- Paradiso
tue May 16 Koln -- Sonic Ballroom
wed May 17
thu May 18 Groningen -- Vera
fri May 19 Utrecht -- dB's

So all you Euros, get on up. Throw your hands in the air! And...

ITEM!
the Intelligence are going to play MONDAY dec. 26th at the NEUMO/BAD JUJU place about 10:30. it's free, half off all drinks, we're the only band, and DJ Macdonalds Breakfast Sandwich (Jesse Pulses) will be DJ'ing everything from 'Kanye West to Leonard Cohen to the Jungle Book Soundtrack". Also I doubt it but we may have the new "Flight of the Donkeys" 12" there too.
Merry Christmas Everyone. i bet no one even sees this

Decided to change the songs. I'm changing the A Frames rotation a bit to be just either demos or stuff that was never released. Also this is the digital debut of the Los Huevos 7"! It will "grill your sorry head and kill your ass."

And the shows page is looking a little out of date. There a couple reasons for that. 1. A Frames are going to play a whole new set for the next show. So that means we need time to write and practice some new songs. We don't know when we will be ready. 2. I'm lazy 3. I'm out of the loop on other shows that are worth your attention.

Hey! I just remembered there is a BRAND NEW 7" for sale by A FRAMES! It is two stone cold, age old classics from "the day". Namely: Police 1000, which is dedicated to Brother JT (no not him, our own Josh Turgeon, it's an ode to his motorcycle), and Traction, which never fails to get the butt rockers rockin they butts. Recorded at The Loft in Sacramento by Chris Woodhouse. Big thanks to S-S Records for picking up the ball on this one! And while I'm talking about S-S, you owe it to yourself to head over there and buy both KARATE PARTY LP and BABY 63 7". Get a few copies of the KP, they make great gifts. For A Frames 7", I have a limited supply, so email me before sending any $.

Item! the intelligence going to play some concerts! also nicky baby set us up on fucking myspace!
http://www.myspace.com/theworldisadrag

SEPTEMBER
23-Seattle @ Funhouse (w/Swimmers) ICKY BABY RECORD RELEASE
24-Portland @ Tonic Lounge (w/ The Hunches, the Flip Tops)
25-Eureka @ The Alibi
26-San Francisco @ Hemlock (EARLY SHOW 6ish??)
27-Oakland @ Grandma's House (w/Yikes!)
28-Sacto @ Fool's Foundation
29-LA @ Silverlake Lounge (w/Orphans)
30-San Deigo @ Zombie House (w/Orphans)
Oct. 1 -Davis@ Plainfield Station23944 County Road 98Woodland, CA 95695(in the boonies between Davis and Woodland) w/Hospitals, the Rebel, and 10 other bands.
http://www.myspace.com/maximumfreedom