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COMING SOON: "THE ENDLESS KNOT EP"

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I haven't updated this in forever...part III is still on its way. It may take a while, but i plan on finishing the "trilogy". No plans for any live shows any time soon, but ya never know. Very busy with work right now. Thanks to all those who continue to have an interest in this little project and all those who continue to mail-order the cds. I guess it still amazes me that people dig it. Happy holidays...Peace and Goodwill to all... Please purchase "SUM JAG WYRES" EP, part II of a III part "saga" NOW FOR SALE AT: (not sure that any of these stores have any copies left...i'll try to rectify that. both cds are still available through mail-order. the address is below...) SPINNAKER RECORDS (Provincetown) THE CAPED COD (Main St., Chatham)
One can also purchase a copy via mailorder (in which case, it's $7.00 including postage and handling...). 'Sum Jag Wyres' reference key/suggested reading/listening: "The Wasteland" T.S. Eliot, "Daddy" Sylvia Plath, "America" Walt Whitman, "A Supermarket In California" Alan Ginsberg, the poetry of Robert Hayden, "Nothing Gold Stays" Robert Frost, poetry by Arthur Rimbaud, James Joyce's "Ulysses", anything by Joseph Campbell, Jessie L. Weston's "From Ritual To Romance", Ted Hughes' "Second Glance At A Jaguar", Frazer's "The Golden Bough", The Autobiography of Malcolm X, any/every version you can find of "My Funny Valentine" (Rodgers/Hart), "Alabama Song" (Kurt Weill), "Nature Boy" (Eden Ahbez), "Death Is A Star" (Strummer/Jones). these here listed in a list are the song titles of the songs which comprise "SUM JAG WYRES", THE GREATEST EP EVER MADE (in the cold, damp, dark, and haunted basement of the Earth House) AVAILABLE ONLY ON TEAGOWN RECORDS (PLATTERS FOR PURITAN PUNTERS SINCE 1692!) :1. Stephen's Kum (o, daddi, o) 2. (evv ree wayus) Golden 3. Angel Says 4. The Storied Return 5. Bludd Rode 6."Please, Cullahs, Don't Run."DETUNE YOUR GUITARS. In other news: 4/5/06: EP III COMING SOON (in which the impotent Adonis discovers Viagra...or something.) Vima t-shirts temporarily sold out...more to come...really The Vima Tresna 'Blind By Day' debut 4 song EP (tea17) is still available: WWW.ALBUMUNDERGROUND.COM is selling the EP via download (if that's what you're into...) for $6.99...check em out. $4.00 at shows (shows? somebody book this guy!) $6.00 postage paid mail order through WWW.PAYPAL.COM (send payment to [email protected]), or by sending $6.00 check/money order to:Patrick Tottenham teagown records PO Box 516 Orleans, MA 02653 Thanks for your support,
Landon Jentri
Teagown Records

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Member Since: 1/17/2005
Band Website: coming soon...
Band Members: P.E. Tottenham: vox, guitar, keyboards, etc. (...and occasional guest appearances from friends.) It should be noted that "Sum Jag Wyres" features the drumming of the sorely missed, currently grad-schooling it up in Philly, Craig Cipolla on "...Golden" and "Bludd Rode". Let's have a hand for that powerhouse archaeologist/multi-talented musician! Double C!
Influences: new border style, rodgers & hart, the historical district, how are we, hawaii?, and the ten little fingers of joel simches.
Sounds Like: Review of "SUM JAG WYRES" taken from The Noise, Issue ..259, March 2006: THE VIMA TRESNA Teagown Records Sum Jag Wyres 8 songs Some people just need to stay the hell away from the brown acid. The Vima Tresna is oozing with psychedelic ear candy and if I were a little more stoned right now, I would love this, but alas, I am at the bottom of my bag this week and the leaves are all dry and crumbly, just like the music on this record. I appreciate the bold artistic statements being attempted here. I believe very strongly in them. But I also believe in tuning instruments before committing them to a recording meant to be heard by someone else. I also believe that if you’re going to cite so many brilliant poetic minds on the liner notes of your album, like Frost, Ginsberg, Whitman, Weill, and Joyce (to name a few), all of whom are close to my heart, then maybe drenching the lyrics in so many effects that they are completely unintelligible may not be the best thing you can do. And for God’s sake find a pitch and learn how to spell. Your song titles look like they were written by a 14 year-old rap artist, though not nearly as clever. I am having a bad trip… stay away from those towers, looks like we’re gonna get a little rain. (Joel Simches)(the following review is taken from THE NOISE: ROCK AROUND BOSTON, ISSUE ..255, OCT. 2005):THE VIMA TRESNA Teagown Records "Blind By Day" 4 songs"This CD is downright painful to listen to. It isn't that I don't like the ideas here. Patrick Tottenham has an ear for melody and texture. The trouble is that he is tone deaf and can't tune a guitar. This would be a better CD if Patrick had invested in a tuner before recording and then had someone else sing his songs. It is one thing to take inspiration from Yeats, Tennyson, and Joyce, it is another thing to put that inspiration to use. The lyrics may be cerebral, but there is nothing to draw in the listener. Tottenham's voice is nasal, tuneless, and unintelligible. He may be saying something really interesting, but who wants to listen? Tottenham has some very artistic textures, and sonic landscapes painted with broad strokes. He certainly knows the "chemical mind" and how to use delay and a pan pot! The second half of this EP does point to a clearer direction and makes effective use of a guitar tuner. As far as the violins go? Look up the word "intonation" in the dictionary. Please. If this project winds up being a trilogy of EPs to be released over a period of time, hopefully he'll use "Blind By Day" as a treatise of what not to do."(Joel Simches)(...and there you have it.)
Record Label: teagown records
Type of Label: Indie