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3.26.09

Well, it's been a minute. Here is what's up:

We just did our Under the Influence split with Cobra Skulls. Thanks to Virgil, jalipaz, the Skulls and Mitch for making this happen. Soon we will be releasing splits with Apocalypse Meow (Pug Lyfe 7"), O Pioneers!!! (8 song split), and Partners in 818 (CD). Also, we will be releasing "Candy Cigarettes, Cap Guns, Issue Problems! and Such" on Asian Man in the near future. And if that isn't enough, we just started working on our new, yet to be named full length. See, we've been too busy to update this silly website. Thanks to Jeff, Sam, Eric, Mike, Skylar, Var, jalipaz and all the bands for getting this stuff out. In the meantime, here is a song and a pretty picture.

10.26.08

Yeah, we are headed out in two days and I am finally putting up the flyer. I am a firm believer in belated promotion. Had I posted this shit a month ago you would have forgotten by now, right? We are totally fucking pumped to hit the road and see some of our old friends, young friends and new friends. Benjamin Horowitz aka Porches will be joining us for some of these dates, further sweetening the whole deal.

8.26.08

Ha! It's been over three months since I've done anything with the website. Don't get excited not much is changing. We have a couple shows coming up this weekend (PHX, Tucson and Riverside). Also, we have a new e-mail address which receives a reduced amount of e-mails from Nigerian Princes (ajjphx@gmail.com).

Oh yeah, if you go to college and want your school to fly us out that would be awesome. Think about it, you paid an exorbitant amount for tuition, right? Some of that money goes to the exorbitant fund your schools sets aside for student events. Talk to somebody who sets up those events and let them know you've got a band that will rock your school's face off for a bargain. Contact us, track down some loaner instruments and we'll make a date.

...just a thought.

Lastly, we would like to thank all of the people who made our last tour so great. Bomb the Music Industry, Kepi, Dino, Lemuria, The Queers are all incredible humans that make excellent music. Furthermore, the whole kick-ass deal was sealed with the hard work and friendship of Pat, Pat, Julie and Carlos. Gollum was there too. To all the people we saw along the way, we whole-heartedly appreciate your love and support. We hope to see you soon.

5.19.08

It's been crazy last couple days. First, I tuned up the old lady: "Wolfenstien 3D: the Van" over the weekend. She's purring like a cobra. Today, John and I built a drum stage for the Willow House. We will be doing some pretty sweet shows down there in the next few months. In the afternoon Sean and I screened 400 t-shirts. The monotony of manufacturing gives you a taste of the days of yore. Most of the shirts are a new design crafted by the talented Elise Topinka (culprit what designed our new ep). Also, we christened Carlos for merch duty by teaching him our patent-pending t-shirt rolling process.

So, we are headed out from Phoenix on Wednesday. First stop, Carmi, IL! We will be travelling thousands upon thousands of miles in the next month. I hope that you will travel the necessary miles to come out and see us in a town near you. We have been getting a lot of e-mails from people all over the country suggesting we play their hometown. We would love to grant your wishes and we realize there's nothing quite as great as an awesome show in your town. Sadly, it's an enormous country and we got day jobs. So please, hop in the jalopy with some friends and meet us in the middle. It might be a while before we pull this drive again.

Love and Respect, AJJ.

4.23.08

"only God can judge me" should be coming out soon on Plan-it-X. There is a downloadable song in the music section. Coming Soon: Shows w/ Mike Park!, New Shirts!, Pro Gear!, Rehab! If anyone wants to put out any of our old stuff on vinyl let us know, maybe we can work something out. Write us e-mails, they are fun to read.

see you in da pit

3.4.08

Yeah, I haven't updated the webshite in a while, big whoop, wanna fight about it? We are doin' some shows soon, working on an ep, and doin' an inordinate quantity of crank. You know, taking a play from the Choking Victim/Leftover Crack book, tapping the crackhead demographic. We have also given some consideration to re-releasing the split with Partners in 818 on compact disc. Don't worry if you've already got it on vinyl, the cd version will be significantly lamer. I heard that we are going on a USA tour with some really good bands this summer but it's probably just heresay.

1.16.08

The Tour was amazing! Our collective heart goes out to everybody who booked, played, put us up, showed up or in anyway contributed to the trip. We met a lot of great people and saw some beautiful places.

If anyone has any record of the shows we played (audio/video/pictures) on tour please get in touch. We have a project in mind and could use your help. Hit us up at andrewjacksonjihad@yahoo.com.

1.06.08

Our show in Philedelphia has been cancelled. Our sincere apologies to anyone who had planned to attend. We have had a really good run of shows and this kind of stuff happens sometimes. Please spread the word if you know anyone else who was gonna come out. Meanwhile, we are gonna have a couple days off now and plan on rockin' the south like a team of flaming stallions. Speakin' of stallions, we will bringin' with us the illest, thrillest crack money millionist, travillionaire, Dan. You'll catch him slangin' rhymes and countin' cheddar at the merch booth. Much love and respect.

1.01.08

Just to keep you on your feet, the show in Brooklyn will return to Sealab 187. Maybe the 123 space doesn't even exist!? Jeff has also finalized the northeast dates with his fine music group, Bomb the Music Industry, so check out the shows page. Our AZ shows where fucking amazing on this tour. Everyone in the Midwest, Santa Fe and Denver is awesome too. We will definitely come back as soon as we get some work done back home. For now we gotta go. Love and respect, AJJ.

12.25.07

Holy Shit, other than an issue in Tacoma, WA, this tour has been incredible. We are very appreciative of everyone who has helped make this happen. It is not us, but you that makes it possible to have these amazing shows. We dearly hope that the remainder of our tour (the gauntlet) will go half as well. We are treading on uncharted territory at this point. Oh yeah, there have been some minor changes and updates to the shows page, namely Brooklyn. We'll see you all soon.

12.11.07

Yeah the tour is pretty much booked at this point. All of the details I have are posted under the Shows page. We will be bringing a bunch of new consumer goods with us including new t-shirts, split 7" w/ Partners in 818 and the Art of the Underground 45. We might even have vinyl copies of the Ghost Mice split for the second leg of the tour. Numerous heart-warming thank yous and a copious amount of praise goes out to anyone who helped book this beast of a tour. We will see you all soon and cannot wait!

11.12.07

Holy Shit it has been two whole months since I have updated this monster. Well I hope you can understand. Shit has been pretty hectic. We played the fest, what was very fun and fulfilling. Not to be a cocky jerk but we did share 70hrs. worth of driving between 4 people and 6 days. I just wanted the world to know. Thanks to Chris for the incredibly generous and comfortable 3 nights rest and for providing an international buffet of insightful and jocular europeans.(much love: Dauntless Elite, Off Shore Radio, Dylan, Gerd, Elsa, Victor and the brilliant man with the minutemen shirt (sorry, my memory is a fucked apart dead thing))

Our split w/ our ever-rocking brothers to the norf, Partners in 818, is in some of your hands already. We need to screen the rest. They will be avaliable for mass consumption on November 24 at the Trunk Space. I don't think I am going to put it in the music section because I am lazy and I have no intention of giving you free songs until we sell out of the records. You'll just have to buy the 7" and a phonograph player if you want to realize the rock thunder.

Lastly, our forecasted tour schedule is posted under the shows page. It looks pretty lame at first sight. Don't be afraid, we have more shit nailed down than it seems. But if you think you can pull something together in any of the towns that don't seem solid, please contact us and let us know if/how you can help. I promise to stay in touch more frequently. -Ben

9.12.07

Well, our album is officially out as of yesterday. Speaking of yesterday, Teague "the Foot Ox" Cullen and Co. where amazing last night. Ya'll got to check out his new cd too, it is really good. So I updated the Music page quite a bit, yep.

9.3.07

Much love and appreciation to everyone who came out to our show on Friday. The crowd and bands where incredible! Here is the news stuff. From what I have gathered in the last few weeks, Art of the Underground (NY) is going to be putting out a 7" single and the vinyl version of our split with Ghost Mice. Thanks Alex. Also, folktale records will be putting out a 4 song 7" record. Thanks Chris. Lastly, we are getting ready to record a split with our bestest good friends, Partners in 818 from the northlands of AZ (also a 7"). So steal your grandma's record player and prepare for the vinylganza. Leave me alone I'm tired. New shows posted too.

8.31.07

Tonight is our cd release show at Trunk Space with Kind of Like Spitting! It is going to be super fun and we hope that all of you come out to celebrate. If you cannot make it you can get our new album on cd or vinyl from the fine folks at asian man records (much love for mike and skylar). just follow this majestical link and you'll know what to do. Also, Benjamin Leatherman was nice enough to do a piece for us in the new times, lookeehere. See if you can catch the Eric B. and Rakim reference (I don't think it was intentional). Jalipaz rules.

8.23.07

Aight, our album ain't no "new wave" but its pretty decent. To entice you I have given you access to a select track at the end of the < p >. Come to Tucson today and see us with Blood Feather's(sorta) and Richard's amazing movie, "Towncraft". We will be at Dry River. Lastly, Please come to our cd release show on August 31st at Trunk Space. I promise you an amazing barbershop quartet with some of phoenix's finest. Until then, People II: the Reckoning.
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8.6.07


Cd is coming out really soon and we are doing a realease show at the muther krunkin funk space on august, 31st with some amazing bands. We might even practice for this one. Also, many cool CA bands, us and Malakai at Modified on the sixteenph of this month. Lastly, Ben and Alex moved to Chicago. They will be greatly missed by ourselves and the rest of the Phoenix music community.

7.18.07


So this is the new website sorta. Obviously I have not finished it but thought it may come in handy for those of you who would like to listen to some music and see what shows we have coming up. It's a curious thing really, I finish the website just in time for Sean to move to Portland (so it goes). Unsubstantiated rumors aside, please let me know what you think of the site (likes/dislikes, hate/more hate). As usual contact us at andrewjacksonjihad@yahoo.com. New record coming out very soon!