Ego Likeness

The King of fat old sol...
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Momento Mori $40

I've been touring regularly since 2005, so this wasn't my first rodeo by any means. It wasn't the longest tour EL has done, but it did span the country, which is always preferable. I sure do love driving through the desert.

I could take a few moments now to outline the ins and outs of touring, but Martin Atkins already wrote that book, and his anecdotes include things like Japan and John Lydon, and mine do not.

Instead, I figure I'll just share some of the key observations and learning experiences of the past month. If you are in a band, and are hoping to learn a thing or two about touring from said experiences, you will likely be disappointed. I would suggest you purchase Mr Atkins' book, or even better...stop fucking around on Facebook and book yourself some shows.

Anyone else...enjoy, or something...

13 THINGS I HAVE LEARNED ON TOUR WITH BELLA MORTE AND VERSAILLES, OCT-NOV 2009

1. I love being the driver of my van for many reasons, but mostly because it means I also get to play iPod DJ. And if that means we segue from Foetus to Justin Timberlake to Toto to Clutch to Leonard Cohen to Whitesnake to Apop to Cheap Trick to IAMX...well then, I suggest rolling with it lest you find yourself on the wrong side of the velvet rope outside my club.
And by 'outside', I mean 'outside' and by 'velvet rope', I mean ' the door' and by 'club', I mean 'of my van'.

2. Little known fact: Interstate 10, which is the southern most route one can take across this great nation, coast to coast, was engineered by The Devil to test man's physical and mental fortitude. The highway is peppered with various challenges and pitfalls, including The Never Ending Construction Zone, Nearly Fatal Monotony Corridor, The Molasses Swamp, and Texas.

3. Tony: He doesn't fuck around. He gets shit done.

4. Best cell phone game ever when you are bored or driving? It's called 'BZZZZ' and it involves your front pants pocket and a few equally bored friends who have your number and unlimited text plans. The more players the better, and that's all I'm saying about that.

5. When Andy asks if you want to see his new 'belt buckle', ALWAYS say no.

6. Awesome mirrored cop sunglasses are awesome because you can't see in, but I can totally see out. Live with that.

7. Everyone has a price. Mine floats somewhere between $35 and $17,000, depending.

8. Next time, Tetanus shot FIRST...THEN drunken pole dancing on the rusty water pipe in the laundry room of your friend's apartment building in Hollywood.

9. I would not only frequent, but would totally consider working at a club called The Rusty Pole.

10. Drinking an $8 bottle of rum with the grounds keeper in the parking lot of the San Antonio motel under the freeway that gives you black lung?
Eff yeah...cheaper than your hi-brow "Bacardi" or your so-called "Captain" and waaaaay more anecdotal for cocktail parties or at Thanksgiving dinner.

11. Speaking of tequila...you can order a margarita in San Antonio larger than your head. That's 60oz, 11 shots of tequila, my Chickens! This isn't some mythological being like Chupacabras or Polar Bears...it's real. I've seen it. Tyler saw it, Dianna saw it, hell...we all saw it...right there, at the river walk in San Antonio TX. Turns out you can procure one for a hefty price and 90 minutes later you're roaming the streets of downtown SATX (which I still don't know how to pronounce) randomly riding the elevator at the Hyatt and getting dirty looks from the night watchman at the Alamo...which, ironically, I did not remember the next day.

12. Dear Sketchy Hooker Motel in Kansas City,
If you REALLY don't want people lounging by your stagnant, sludge-filled swimming pool, drinking beer at 3AM, might I suggest something that is slightly more obvious a deterrent than your CLOSED sign, padlocked gate, and iron perimeter fencing. That was SO not hard to scale, even in the dark, and even after all that whiskey.
Thanks,
A Concerned Guest

13. When you tour with other bands, and the stars line up just right, you get close really fast, and that is exactly what happened here, at least for me. So it's really jarring that first day after a tour ends when you wake up and the 7 or 12 or however many people you were living with everyday for an extended period of time are gone, as though they all died in a freak coal mining accident or something. It's quite an adjustment, which is why I've found that if you steal something really valuable from each person, it makes the transition a little easier.

And as a side note to Andy...I honestly did not know your insulin was in your suitcase when I took it, so if you want it back just text me. Quickly and repeatedly. And in the subject line, just put 'BZZZZ'.

(Miss you guys!)


UPCOMING EVENTS

11.25 Steven Archer DJs at Assimilate, The Chameleon Club, Lancaster PA

12.06 NITZER EBB, EGO LIKENESS, ANDERS MANGA at Jaxx, Springfield VA

Early 2010 EGO LIKENESS' 4th full length album BREEDLESS (Metropolis Records)
and the final EP in the Compass series EAST

More to follow...

Preorder's UP for the ELECTRONIC SAVIORS "we hate cancer" 4CD COMPILATION, with proceeds going to fight that jerk called CANCER! PLEASE SUPPORT and spread the word!

http://www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+630

Corrosion Productions present a bad-luck bash on Friday the 13th at the Howlin' Wolf!

Join us for Bella Morte and special guests Ego Likeness and Versailles!

( Flyers )
The afterparty begins at midnight (or so)
$3 cover at the door
The Rubyfruit Jungle
1135 Decatur Street

This event generously sponsored by:
Skully'z Recordz
Sigh Co. Graphics
Seraphemera Books

We recently did an interview with the Innsmouth free press!
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=2749

Finally go it working on my mac.
egolikeness6666

Cant say I will be on all the time, but there it is.

<input ... > Nitzer Ebb performs along with
Ego Likeness (Metropolis Records) and
Anders Manga (Vampture/Danse Macabre Records)
for an incredible night of live music in the DC Metro area!

Sunday December 6th - Doors 8pm
Jaxx Nightclub 6355 Rolling Road Springfield VA

Tickets on sale NOW!
http://www.ticketmaster.com/Nitzer-Ebb-tickets/artist/741610
$20 advance / $23 day of show

On Twitter..
http://twitter.com/egolikeness

Commence bitching about twitter in...
3..
2...
1....


Why not on LJ? Because we don't have enough actual content to post here....
I am pretty sure you don't want 100 posts a day about things I randomly put in my pants...

Actually some of you creeps probably do...

Ick.

-BELLA MORTE with special guests EGO LIKENESS and Versailles

-OCTOBER 24TH FLINT. MI @ THE MASONIC TEMPLE
-OCTOBER 25TH BERWYN, IL @ THE NITE LIGHT CAFÉ
-OCTOBER 26TH CHICAGO, IL @ DARKROOM
-OCTOBER 28TH KANSAS CITY, MO @ DAVEY’S UPTOWN
-OCTOBER 29TH FAYETTEVILLE, AR @ THE GYPSY Teatro Scarpino
-OCTOBER 30TH BRYAN, TX @ THE STAFFORD
-OCTOBER 31ST SAN ANTONIO, TX @ ATOMIX
-NOVEMBER 5TH EL PASO, TX @ UNCLE PAULIE’S PUB
-NOVEMBER 6TH SCOTTSDALE, AZ @ MARDI GRAS
-NOVEMBER 7TH LOS ANGELES, CA @ BAR SINISTER
-NOVEMBER 10TH AUSTIN, TX @ ELYSIUM
-NOVEMBER 11TH HOUSTON, TX @ ROCBAR
-NOVEMBER 13TH NEW ORLEANS, LA @ THE HOWLIN’ WOLF
-NOVEMBER 14TH NASHVILLE, TN @ THE RUTLEDGE
-NOVEMBER 21ST CHARLOTTESVILLE VA @ THE OUTBACK

Ya know...we meant to mention this earlier...

Rick, can't join us for this tour so we have enlisted the talents of Mike Johnson, whom
some of you may remember from the band InTenebris.

Expect to see a few (non tour) shows coming up with both Rick and Mike onstage with us!

As we have blown through most of the copies of North already...we figured it was time to make it available to you cheap motherfuckers out there....
So...its up on Myspace.
 www.myspace.com/egolikeness  

You could also help support us and buy yourself a copy
http://www.egolikeness.com/north.html

730: doors open
745: Versailles
830: Welcome from Ay'yish May'yit
845: Ego Likeness <--That would be us.
930: Gothic Bellydancers: Lunatic Vagabonds
945: Bella Morte
1045: Door Prize announcements
1055: Hellblinki
11:40: Ay'yish May'yit
11:50 Voltaire

I don't know how to link to the video, but its currently the top one on their front page.
http://vampirefreaks.com/vfmain.php

We love them, and not just because they wear our shirts and say nice things about us.
Go watch...and you will love them too...

So 10 years....This band and this marriage...I am proud of the band...I am more proud of the marriage...
In the last 10 years...we have fought with tooth and nail...sharpened claw and forked tongue...we have modified our chemistry and burned away our former selves...because without each other we would fall apart...I am an island, she is my ocean...And in our little universe of two...that is really all that matters...

Except for you guys...
You guys are the best fans ever...
Thank you for taking what we make into your lives...
Thank you for keeping food on our table and a roof over our heads...
Thank you for gassing up the van, and contributing to the cat college fund...
Thank you for rocking the fuck out, and for respecting our privacy...
Thank you for supporting us so that we can do the only things we are good at...

Thank you for being part of our dream...
We are so glad you found us...

We have such sights to show you...

The tour starts in two days...

All the pre-orders of North (and any other orders) have shipped. Any new ones will be shipped when we get back in Mid-November.

Anyone have a Tech 21 midi mouse floating around that they are not using?
And would be willing to part with?
http://www.tech21nyc.com/products/effects/midimouse.html

Last new art before the tour.
$40 Each



I remember unloading guns beneath a complex heaven.
( Is it bitter where you are? )

Last new art before the tour.
$40 Each



The Vangard
( Is it better where you are? )

In the interest of avoiding stalkers...(you know who you are).
We have a new address.

Ego Likeness
POB 23
Benson MD 21018

ASSIMILATE
Wednesday November 25th, 2009
18+ Event!
With DJs:
Steve Archer of Ego Likeness
DJ Kiltboy
Dave ghoul
The Chameleon Club
223 North Water Street
Lancaster, PA

Hi!! We are going on tour soon...
With Bella Morte!!!!!!!

Here is where we are playing...

-BELLA MORTE with special guests EGO LIKENESS and Versailles

-OCTOBER 24TH FLINT. MI @ THE MASONIC TEMPLE
-OCTOBER 25TH BERWYN, IL @ THE NITE LIGHT CAFÉ
-OCTOBER 26TH CHICAGO, IL @ DARKROOM
-OCTOBER 28TH KANSAS CITY, MO @ DAVEY’S UPTOWN
-OCTOBER 29TH FAYETTEVILLE, AR @ THE GYPSY Teatro Scarpino
-OCTOBER 30TH BRYAN, TX @ THE STAFFORD
-OCTOBER 31ST SAN ANTONIO, TX @ ATOMIX
-NOVEMBER 5TH EL PASO, TX @ UNCLE PAULIE’S PUB
-NOVEMBER 6TH SCOTTSDALE, AZ @ MARDI GRAS
-NOVEMBER 7TH LOS ANGELES, CA @ BAR SINISTER
-NOVEMBER 10TH AUSTIN, TX @ ELYSIUM
-NOVEMBER 11TH HOUSTON, TX @ ROCBAR
-NOVEMBER 13TH NEW ORLEANS, LA @ THE HOWLIN’ WOLF
-NOVEMBER 14TH NASHVILLE, TN @ THE RUTLEDGE

As usual...if we aren't playing in your town...well....you know what you did...

Just confirmed, North will ship before we leave for tour.

These are moving much faster than the previous ep's so if you want one get it soon.

http://www.egolikeness.com/north.html

From Raw Dog:

I've just heard that someone has recommended Red King Black Rook for the Stoker ballot in the short fiction category. I would love for this awesome chapbook to get some wider recognition.

Here's what Steampunk Magazine had to say about the book:

"A dark and claustrophobic tale of royalty, family, greed, and war, with the sense of a morality tale from several hundred years ago, the story of Red King Black Rook echoes throughout history, but leaves us free to chose whether to draw parallels with modern or ancient history."
—Steampunk Magazine

on her blog...
http://www.donnalynch.net/

So if you want a copy before we go on tour I suggest you get one very soon. Because much to our amazement...there may not be many left when we get back.

So after 2-3 years of working on this album, Breedless is finally mixed.
A huge thanks to Dan from The Dark Clan/Stromkern who spent 6 months of his life working on this fucker.
In addition to being very good at what he does, Dan is also the nicest most tolerant guy in the world.

A few, of the tracks only took one or two tosses back and forth across the interwebs to get right. However most of them went through multiple versions, In a few cases getting into the double digits.

And not once did Dan say," Fuck you and your vision!!! You can take your water, trees, and demons and shove em up your ass!!!" at no point did I feel like he was over the whole thing, and wanted to send a virtual hit squad through the webs.

As an example, for one song, we handed him a bunch of parts and said "There is a song in here somewhere, but we cant make it work, see what you can do." And low and behold, "Everything is poison, Nothing is poison" came into being.

Its also worth noting that he mixed and mastered "North." 

So...go to The dark clan's website...and buy their stuff!
Or if you need yer cd mixed...talk to Dan.
http://www.thedarkclan.com/
Also...they need a new drummer with chops asap.

Any piece $150
All of them are 18x24 Oil on Canvas



The brilliant idea of down *Sold*

( Now's your chance folks... )

$35 each



The Scalpel tree... *Sold*

( The less you know the better )

$35 each



The Love of Tiny things


( It's a little cold )

$35 Each



The Workers control the means of production
( Flame=snuffed )

-BELLA MORTE with special guests EGO LIKENESS and Versailles

-OCTOBER 24TH FLINT. MI @ THE MASONIC TEMPLE
-OCTOBER 25TH BERWYN, IL @ THE NITE LIGHT CAFÉ
-OCTOBER 28TH KANSAS CITY, MO @ DAVEY’S UPTOWN
-OCTOBER 29TH FAYETTEVILLE, AR @ THE GYPSY
-OCTOBER 30TH BRYAN, TX @ THE STAFFORD
-OCTOBER 31ST SAN ANTONIO, TX @ ATOMIX!! <----Yay!!! We love those guys!!!! This is gonna be a killer Halloween party!!
-NOVEMBER 5TH EL PASO, TX @ UNCLE PAULIE’S PUB
-NOVEMBER 6TH SCOTTSDALE, AZ @ MARDI GRAS
-NOVEMBER 7TH LOS ANGELES, CA @ BAR SINISTER
-NOVEMBER 10TH AUSTIN, TX @ ELYSIUM
-NOVEMBER 11TH HOUSTON, TX @ ROCBAR
-NOVEMBER 13TH NEW ORLEANS, LA @ THE HOWLIN’ WOLF
-NOVEMBER 14TH NASHVILLE, TN @ THE RUTLEDGE

The new Infomation Society remix album: Modulator, is out and available here:
http://www.amazon.com/Modulator-Remixes/dp/B002PL191Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1254334452&sr=8-1
You can buy the whole thing for $8.91 or if you just want our remix is .99