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The New Believers

We are The New Believers

About Me

I am the Guitarist of The New Believers, Ms. Francesca Lee's band. Michael Winger is on Bass and Keys, and Jake Wood on drums.
We have a dog whose real name is Beauty, but we usually call her Monkeybutt, Munki, or just Baby...Crockodile, Maniac, etc.

My Interests

Country songs about murder...and playing lonesome coyboys songs in my kitchen late at night.

I'd like to meet:

George Bush and punch him in his fucking cakehole.

Music:

The Lovely and Talented Ms. Francesca Lee rocks my world. Currently in love with Neko Case, Calexico, Chris Issak, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Stones, Dylan, Cash, The Byrds,Hank Sr., Jr., and III,Roy Orbison, The Velvet Underground, Martha Wainwright, Cat Power, The Sadies, Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins

Movies:

Pan's Labyrinth, The Science of Sleep, The Big Lebowski, Sergio Leone, Terry Gilliam, David Lynch is a fucking genius.

Television:

is a window into Hell.

Books:

Slapstick (Vonnegut), Mockingbird Wish Me Luck (Bukowski), On The Road (Kerouac), The Communist Manifesto (Marx and Engels), Soul On Ice (Eldridge Cleaver), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Duh), All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)

Heroes:

Jim Reid, Jon Buckland, Porl Thompson, Ed O'Brien, Brian Jones, The Edge, Nick McCabe, Michael Lockwood...all but one from the UK, all but two unsung, underappreciated, and almost unknown by name although hugely famous for what they sound like.

My Blog

Why I haven't responded to your emails or answered the phone....aka, New Album Update

We just returned from an evening at Studio D in Sausalito, laying down the piano and some Hammond on the tracks....which, BTW, we recorded the real bass and drum tracks in two pedal to the metal days ...
Posted by The New Believers on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:55:00 PST

Hard at work

So, our "seclusion" policy is paying off...we've been busting ass on pre-production work both at Soundarts Studios and at home, and everything is coming out better than we could've dreamed !We're work...
Posted by The New Believers on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:17:00 PST

Anyone have $155,402 that I can borow?

NEW YORK - The cyberspace saga of The Velvet Underground's 40-year-old first recording was to continue after fetching a false eBay bid of more than $155,000.The vintage Velvet was to be auctioned onli...
Posted by The New Believers on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:14:00 PST

why hello there

So, rumour has it that I have been imprisoned in Chiapas, Mexico during a protest...my Mom apparently believes that: a) I've become hooked on crack or b) that I am dead in a ditch or c) that I am hook...
Posted by The New Believers on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:15:00 PST

Thanks

Just wanted to give a shout out and thank everyone for coming to Hotel Utah on Wednesday !We had a total blast, and everyone walked away from the night with a smile on their faces- the club, the bands...
Posted by The New Believers on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:13:00 PST

Making Jam

When I was in college, I read a book by Ram Dass, a western spiritualist hindu that helped Tim Leary create and market LSD. The thing that stuck with me the most was a story about how his mom had just...
Posted by The New Believers on Tue, 09 May 2006 12:17:00 PST

New Songs !

So, we posted 2 new demos on Francesca's page..."Good Enough" and "Losing You", and I'm totaly stoked and would love for you to check them out !For those of you that may have allready listened to "Los...
Posted by The New Believers on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:21:00 PST

Two bands that you absolutely must love

The first is from the Great Denton Spacerock Revival of the mid to late nineties, which was where I lost most of my mind... myspace.com/lifttoexperience The second, a friend that has pretty much sta...
Posted by The New Believers on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:26:00 PST

My conversation with Satan

I meant to post this as a blog, but did a bulletin. Stupid marijuana and lack of reasoning ability... So, I'm standing outside the Holiday Inn (AKA my office) smoking today, and up walks this fella- ...
Posted by The New Believers on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:23:00 PST

I showed Daniele my tiny purple chicquitas last night....

...at the Brainwash show, of course. You all coulda seen 'em in action, BUT..... Anyhoo, thanks to Squeeky P. Nut and Zach (AKA The Boy) for coming out. It was a good time. Check out http://www.thetre...
Posted by The New Believers on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:15:00 PST