COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER

Thank you to all the Dillingham folks who helped on this project, with extra special thanks to the Fonkert family.

2011-04-04T11:54:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all that helped! This could not have happened without all of your help, especially the generous support from Jeff and Rebeka. From letting us stay on your floor, to airport rides, to snow machine use, to salmon fillets..... you guys were really kind and supportive. I am eternally grateful to you.

Eider Cabin in Dillingham Alaska Finished!!!

2011-04-04T11:46:00.000-07:00

Hello all!

Well, Vicky and I just got back from Dillingham Alaska, and we are proud to announce that the first cabin on the property is up and cozy! We went for two weeks with our friends Blain and Kris, and it was one of the most amazing trips of my life. This first cabin will serve as a warm dry place to base building the next cabin out of, which will be a slightly bigger log cabin and will take a bit longer. Here are a couple of photos, and look for more in the future. Also.... we may put it all together in a book/dvd/cd of new music limited edition release......

2011-01-21T22:13:00.000-08:00

Hello all....

Gregory from CEKE was shot in an attempted mugging recently, and we are trying to raise money for his medical bills...

these are his words....

thank you

Life is always unpredictable, yes, sometimes in violent ways, yes. But the unpredictable violence that too often seems woven into our societies has, over the past year or so, reared its head with frightening frequency in the lives of friends and loved ones and creative cohorts...and now mine. On Monday evening the 10th of January while walking in Oakland to what would have been my first class learning Eastern European folk music forms, two quite young, possibly teenaged men (boys?) armed with a pump action .22 caliber rifle attempted to rob me. Demanding a wallet I didn't have, the situation escalated until I was shot in the right foot - in the moment I barely felt it, instead screamed curses at them and they eventually gave up and left the scene. Thankfully I was just by a fire station, was able to call for help with a passer-by's assistance, so on and so forth. What I didn't know then is that the bullet shattered a bone that rests on my heel, just missing two arteries and only touching the neighboring bone. What that has come to mean is a bone patched together with plates and screws, three months on crutches, a few more months of physical therapy, no ability to work until July, almost certain arthritis and the possibility of the bone partially dying and eventually crumbling, a life that was moving at a rather exuberant pace suddenly slowed to a sometimes literal crawl.
Lest I sound like I'm wringing my hands, let me assure you there were macabre jokes aplenty in the E.R. room, photos taken to document the pools of blood and the curious way the I.V. tubes complemented my tattoo work, hospital staff noting that blue scrubs probably weren't my preferred color, given the head to toe black of my clothes. Nothing like getting shot for a good laugh!

People often ask if the would-be robbers were caught. Well, no, and yet...they are caught in their own behavior, caught in a depraved existence. Obviously I know nothing about them, other than that they wore clean clothes, one had a fresh haircut and diamond stud earrings, they looked like they'd ransacked some parent's gun cabinet or perhaps the rifle was a Christmas present? And if they are caught by the police, what then? More people in prison, lives further degraded? I can only hope they were rattled enough to not try it again, though I fear that is wishful thinking. And sharing my tale of woe has revealed others' recent episodes of muggings and close calls, too often involving guns. I can't claim to understand what metaphysical storm has unleashed all this local violence, I puzzle over ways to counter it, I'm not coming up with many answers. Politicians may grandstand and pontificate, especially in the wake of the shootings in Arizona, but really that means nothing when you're on the street and someone has a gun pointed at your face.

So this is a plea then - a humble request for small financial donations for a bay area musician-type who's not sure how he'll pay his rent in the coming months, but more importantly a plea for everyone to take care of each other, keep eyes open and look out for friends and loved ones, find ways to make the streets safe or transport people safely through them. We shouldn't live in fear, but life is displaying too many reasons to be cautious.
Take care and best wishes to all,
Gregory.

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WORN CDR LTD EDITION OF 200 WITH POSTER OUT NOW!!!

2010-10-25T21:39:00.000-07:00

THE CDR VERSION OF WORN IS FINALLY OUT. LTD. EDITION OF 200, SILK-SCREENED COVERS, WITH COOL 20X24 CRASS-STYLED OFFSET POSTER. $15 PPD WORLD.

WORN LP.... OUT NOW ON ROOT STRATA

2010-10-04T20:34:00.000-07:00

WORN LP, LIMITED EDITION OF 300. COMES WITH SILK-SCREENED JACKET FRONT AND BACK. WRAP-AROUND CRASS STYLED POSTER. FULL-LENGTH. $20 PPD WORLD. PLEASE EMAIL FOR AVAILABILITY....

NEW ONE-SIDED SILK SCREENED LP!!!!

2010-10-04T20:27:00.000-07:00

ONE-SIDED SILK-SCREENED LP, EDITION OF 100. $20 PPD WORLD

WRITE FOR AVAILABILITY

THANK YOU NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM!!!

2010-05-30T12:17:00.000-07:00

thank you to all who helped us with our first european tour..... marcel, wouter, levi, elizabeth, ape do good printing, wolf eyes, carla and evangelista, ora cogan, gulls night out, stewart at occii, OCCII!!!, sub 071, all at root strata, and all of our friends and family.

amazing memories!

2010-05-22T02:51:00.000-07:00

well, tonight we play gent belgium. the shows have all been going really well, and we are all pleased with the way we are playing. gent is the most beautiful place i have ever been in my entire life, that is a city situation. super spooky medieval looking. pictures to come sooooon!

2010-05-12T02:55:00.000-07:00

AMSTERDAM IS BEAUTIFUL! Unfortunately, I think there is some sort of garbage strike going on. We play tomorrow in Utrecht and Fri. in Amsterdam with Wolf Eyes!!!! Really happy to be here....

Thank you to everyone who helped us come over!!!!

2010-05-01T15:57:00.000-07:00

STILL WORKING HARD ON THE SPECIAL EDITION LP ON ROOT STRATA, WHICH WILL BE A 2 SIDED SILK SCREENED LP, WITH A CRASS-STYLED WRAP AROUND POSTER.... HOWEVER, WE JUST GOT THE CDS FOR EUROPE! THESE WILL BE FOR SALE AFTER THE LP COMES OUT, BUT WE WILL HAVE SOME FOR THE EUROPEAN SHOWS.

2010-05-01T15:54:00.001-07:00

COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER INTERVIEW AT RUIS MAGAZINE!

www.ruismagazine.net/ruisoverview.php

2010-03-01T20:24:00.001-08:00

Common Eider King Eider,

Raccoons,

Das Blut,

Hiss & Hum,

Marigold Crowns

Amnesia, SF

March 18th

2010-02-10T23:28:00.000-08:00

COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER, ETTRICK, RIGOR MORTIS CLITAURUS

21 GRAND OAKLAND

FRIDAY FEB. 21

8:30 PM