JAGUAR LOVE!

Check out the new band, Jaguar Love, which includes former members of The Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves here. And, to prepare for the release of their forthcoming EP (due out June 3rd from Matador) and their full length (due out from the same label in August), download an Mp3 of their song "Bats Over the Pacific Ocean" here.

MASSIVE TOUR THANKS

Amanda Nadelberg and I had a great time on our East Coast reading tour. Thanks to everybody who came out to the readings and also to the people who were kind enough to host/organize a reading, put us up (or up with us), and/or who made the trip the general BLAST it was. With that in mind, extra special thanks go out to: Greg Ciprioni, Daniel & Brianna Nadelberg, Derek Fenner & Ryan Gallagher, Daniel Johnson & Scott Challener, Chris Janke and Emily Brewster, Brett Price, Chris Martin, Merrill Feitell, Paul Otremba, and Peter Davis.

Matt

EAST-COASTING: MORE READINGS!

I'll be doing some readings out East next week (and one just slightly West) with my pal Amanda Nadelberg (among other fine folks--see below), and I hope some of you will try and make it out for one or more of these events. Thanks to everybody who helped set these up in such last-minute, far-flung, ninja style.

1) Sat. May 10th -- w/ Amanda Nadelberg, Nora Almeida, and Kate Jaeger, 6PM, The Union Square Poetry Series, P.A.'s Lounge 345 Somerville Ave., Somerville, MA

2) Sun. May 11th -- w/Amanda Nadelberg, Daniel Johnson, and Scott Challener, The Living Room, 7PM, 1 Fayette St., Apt 1 in Cambridge, MA (seating is limited for this one, so please contact me if you plan to attend)

3) Mon. May 12th -- w/Amanda Nadelberg, Slope Editions reading, 7PM, Rendezvous Bar, 78 3rd St. Turners Falls, MA 01376

4) Wed. May 14th -- with Amanda Nadelberg and Christopher Martin, 8PM, Pacific Standard Bar , 82 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11217

5) Thurs. May 15th -- with Amanda Nadelberg, Merrill Feitell, Paul Otremba, and Adam Robinson, 3-Legged Dog Reading: Poetry & Prose, MINAS, 6:30 PM, 815 West 36th St., Baltimore, MD 21211

And back in the Midwest:

6) Fri. May 16th -- w/ Amanda Nadelberg and Nate Logan, hosted by the Marvelous Peter Davis, MT Cup, 8PM, 1606 W. University, Muncie, IN 47303