ma'am, i hate to bother you...

friends,

"culture war" is imminent. committed to tape in the waning days of the year of our lord 2009 and awaiting only the 'mixing' (whatever that means), it contains old testament heroes' 21-point programme to overthrow the running dogs of the bored-geoisie.

old testament heroes insist that culture war be waged not only i.) by we the disgusted against the various forces of wretched abstention and orgone-inhibition, but also ii.) for the health of our 'alternative' against those who would exploit it for their own boring-shit dunderheaded aims (including, but not limited to: humorless d-beat bands, freak-folk neo-hippie yelpers, droney hacks, the mustachioed, etc.).

package will include recorded matter and pamphlet outlining the goals of our programme. previous party publications still available: "an intelligent design" and "midi à quatorze heures...".

take care of each other,

o.t.h.

honor roll/i seen a rainbow...

comrades, friends–

thanks to some diligent and sometimes chemically enhanced getaway driving, we at the O.T.H. Ministry of Information are proud to announce that the following partners in crime...

-LegSweeper

-MuhammadAli

-Big Fiction

-Grace

-Lauren

-Kari

-Cole

-Alby

-Whitney

-Shelby

-Talia

-Jenny

-The People of Austin, TX

-The People of Houston, TX

...are all old testament heroes!

that is all,

o.t.h.

we will keep building!

ahem.

as it's been some months since the last communiqué, old testament heroes thought it prudent to update the various and sundry OTH sleeper cells of current activities.

on 10/8/2009, a co-publication between old testament heroes and brooklyn, NY's sleepies will emerge, affirming their fundamental solidarity in the struggle to promote d.i.y. nice-kid-freak-punk against boring-shit dunderheads of all kinds.

this affirmation will take the form of a 'split audiocassette', with sleepies contributing two new songs, and old testament heroes finally releasing its five-point assessment of the north korean agrarian expropriations, entitled "the historical experience of the agrarian reform in our country."

visit thesearedoomsongs.blogspot.com for more information.

also, after much bluster, the "culture war" is upon us. 22 more rocknroll aphorisms, coming late 2009.

please, for the love of god, don't buy gang gang dance albums. it's really beneath you.

cheers,

o.t.h.

don't mourn, organize.

ahem,

http://www.newschoolinexileblog.blogspot.com

that is all.

-o.t.h.

culture war in the flesh

comrades,

old testament heroes is coming to town with sleepies to smoke you out of your holes.

check it:

wednesday, nov. 19th

old testament heroes, sleepies, maxwell's demon (more TBA)

8pm – the charleston (bedford and n. 7th)

$7

come, and bring napalm for the upper lips of the mustacheland machocracy.

copies of the new official publication of the party's information organ, "midi à quatorze heures," will be available for mass consumption.

so, you know, "go tell your fucking friends." - kathleen hanna

abstain,

o.t.h.

battle hymn of the orgone inhibitors

while the rest of the country is in the throws of subcommandante palin's shattering assertion that someone named barack obama once, you know, MET A PALESTINIAN, old testament heroes have been quietly working away to bring you nuggets of hopeless lunacy...because really, that's the only correct response to such things, yes?

anyway, both 'virtual christmas party' and 'the historical experience of the agrarian reform in our country' (o.t.h. side of the sleepies split) are moving right along. the former should drop nine truth bombs (currently a third done, with summertime youth anthems about the minutemen project, the punkrockmachocracy, and jesus christ as object of libidinal investment...oughta be a winner) at some point late next year, while the latter will, in five one-minute bursts of somethingorother, attempt to retell the history of the north korean farmland expropriations in a more-or-less not-so-serious manner. yay!

believe the hype,

o.t.h.

rise above, we're gonna...

old testament heroes understands that people often get dismissed by claiming access to these kinds of visions, but we are here to show that they are REAL. today, october 21st, old testament heroes saw black flag in its cheese sandwich:

furthermore, old testament heroes has waaaaaay too much time on its hands.

minutemen > minutemen

ahem...

old testament heroes just finished an a cappella song about resurrecting d. boon, rallying an army of punx and undocumented workers, marching into minutemen project founder jim gilchrist's living room and taking a giant collective dump on his rug.

old testament heroes is pretty pleased with itself.

done-zo,

o.t.h.

prolegomena to a culture war

heroes,

exciting happenings in abstinence-land!  since it is customary, in the spirit of calling oneself a 'band' type of thing, to every now and again unleash some collection of half-cogent ramblings onto the marketplace, old testament heroes is excited to announce that the motherfucking reckoning will be coming on saturday, november 8th, in the form of several almost-punk-rock novelty items.

to wit:

old testament heroes - "midi à quatorze heures" EP

nine new rocknroll aphorisms for the attention-span impaired.

myspace.com/oldtestamentheroes

sleepies - "join the shark" EP

opening salvo from fellow conspirators.  if you are the kind of person that likes things, you will like this.

myspace.com/herecomethesleepies

also, all that previous talk of "new recordings" was fucking bullshit, man.  trashed, scrapped, forsaken, etc.  we will be going back to the lab in the coming months to give birth to a brand new full-length rancid hellspawn.  we have named it "culture war," and it promises to be just that.  17 new propaganda songs guaranteed to kick the breeder mentality in the shins.  emerging sometime in early 2009 from the habitat for huge manatees.  as always, doom song #006.

in closing, because it is always helpful to plan farther ahead than one can actually produce, the following actions remain on the horizon:

i.) old testament heroes/sleepies split, doom song #007

in case you doubted our solidarity...

ii.) old testament heroes - "virtual christmas party" EP, doom song #008

some number of points extolling the virtues of stateless multinationals and jesus.

be on the lookout for a new autonomous cell, tentatively at: thesearedoomsongs.blogspot.com

alert the papers & wake up the neighbors,

o.t.h.

the historical experience of the agrarian reform in our country

it shouldn't come as any surprise that, in our attempt to rid the world of angst-dude-beard-rock, old testament heroes liaise with various agencies.

to that end, keep an ear to the pavement for a contribution to the cause from sleepies, nyc ambassadors of nice-kid-freak-punk and bastions of punctuality. tentatively emerging under the moniker "join the shark," said statement of intent will feature a seven-point program for dismantling the machocracy. currently undergoing a revision to work out the specifics of a proposed coordinated napalm mustache strike, this position paper, doom song #005, should be ready for distribution by november of this calender year, where it will join its distinguished comrades on the marketplace of (bad) ideas:

doom song #004: old testament heroes - "midi à quatorze heures" (forthcoming)

doom song #003: old testament heroes - "an intelligent design (november 2007)

doom song #002: old testament heroes - "s/t" (january 2006)

doom song #001: the sidekicks - "party favors" (september 2001)

sleep like you mean it,

old testament heroes

abstain!

so: the new recordings have been complicated by my inability to adequately do anything (like, mastering them onto a ten year old cassette tape), and now the original tapes are several thousand miles way from me. as soon as i can tell my folx what wires to connect where, perhaps they will remaster it for me.

"midi à quatorze heures" EP available quite soon, indeed.

a wise man once said: 'you're in high school again.'

etc.,

o.t.h.

hygiene punx: assemble!

new recordings currently underway at the bay area chapter of the habitat for huge manatees, which will put us exactly one whole release behind (for those keeping track). ten-plus new songs, along with certain musical expropriations of varying degrees of interpretive violence.

the "midi à quatorze heures" EP remains forthcoming.

the 17-song full length, "an intelligent design," is still available. all copies hand-made, with pamphlet. home taping is encouraged.

big announcement coming soon, re: public assembly.

old testament heroes maintain that angst-beard-dude-bands of all kinds should shut the fuck up.

that is all.

hot air and ruffled feathers...

we are old testament heroes, and we are everywhere.

last sighting - 6/12/08, charleston

accomplices: sleepies, bloodweiser

recent activity: distributed leaflets, rallied the base.

future whereabouts: unknown

thanks for playing,

old testament heroes