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some quick songs:

Sorry [ 99352 ]
Herr Jazz [ Hey Merlin... ]
Your Heart Breaks [ This Place ]
Tyson Ballew [ Champion Mill ]

Maple Nightingale [ Fire! ]
Real Live Tigers [ There Is A Storm ]
Go Slowpoke [ I Need You To Try... ]
Dashel Schueler [ More Than Faith ]

1985 & Friends [ Take Me To Your Leader ]
Jonathan McIntyre [ The Path Home... ]

Eli Moore [ Thunder Class ]

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some old songs:

aheartlesssolution [ All Between The Two ]
Circus Of The Stars  [ Sunroof Television ]
Palisades  [ Architecture ]

B-18  [ Distraction ]

Jimes [ Robot Porno ]

Clamdust  [ Motorbike ]

Blair Harris [ I Think I Have Leprosy ]
The Sunset Riders [ song one ]

Crystal Pastures [ Dawn Treading ]

Lands Farther East [ ...Same Taste in Books ]

Sears Catalog  [ Clamps/Presses ]

Dear Nora  [ Since You Went Away (live) ]

Cardinal  [ Presidents FitnessTest ]


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the MASA Records Catalog of Free & Cheap Releases!
[see the merch table for album specials, non-music items & our distro]

store prices include shipping and are
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$5 for Cassettes, 7" Records, CD-EP's
$7 for CD's
[unless marked otherwise]

ALL analog (cassette, record) releases come with digital downloads, too!
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Sorry
[MR055]

Sorry CASS [MR055]
Release Date: March 12th, 2009
Proceeds Benefit: TBA

Sorry like to introduce themselves at every show like this. "Hi! We're Sorry!" Ryan and Aaron have been friends of mine for a couple years, through Bellingham roots related to ex-Tri Shitties kids. Did you know that the Tri-Cities, WA have the highest doctorate degree-per-capita ratio in the country? Most people think its DC. They are wrong. These fellas play quirky pop music with lots of starts and stops and turns, seemingly designed for Generation ADD. These are fun, crisp songs for spring rollar blading along the beach or through that large park you have to bike to get to first. Just make sure to bring an emergency umbrella and stay away from the still-cold tree shadows!

SIDE A:  1] Mom  2] 99352  3] Bad Song  4] Breakfast Nook  5] Baron Von Munchausen  SIDE B:  6] The Peddlers  7] Roommates Room  8] Facelift  9] Island Inside An Island  10] We Are All Alone


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Tyson Ballew Cassette
[MR054]

Tyson Ballew "Fruit Trees For Cassowaries" CASS [MR054]
Release Date: February 26th, 2009
Proceeds Benefit: Rock & Roll Camp For Girls

I've known Tyson Ballew for over five years now and have always been a huge fan of his starkly honest lyrics and ruminations on small town life, local music scenary, social politics and love. A great guy with a tenacity to bounce off the walls and the crowd at shows, this is his first venture into a studio setting. Schmed (engineer/producer) fills in the spaces of the album with quirky, pop-leaning arrangements that are never too overbearing to let Tysons words & melodies shine on. The cassette version of the record contains TWO bonus songs (see *).

Blue Side:  1] Note To Self [MP3]   2] Bulletproof   3] Champion Mill [MP3]   4] Things Are Different Now   5] I Am Ready   6]Chappy   7] Try Anything  Red Side:  8] Bumble Bees   9] Electric City Hardcore   10] No More Singing   11] We Are Making It Happen*   12] Without Angst (by The Hollowbodies)*

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Never Too Big To Fail
[MR053]

Various Artists "Never Too Big To Fail" Split CASS [MR053]
Release Date: February 21st, 2009
Proceeds Benefit: Seattle Food Not Bombs & Bellingham Food Not Bombs

A collection of 20 great songs from four amazing songwriters, two "from" seattle and two "from" Bellingham. I have been a fan of the voices and songwritings of Go Slowpoke (Bham) and Dashel Schueler (Sea)  for a few years now and love their ability to tie poppy progressions to clever lyrics. These witty chaps are joined by myself (1985) and the beautiful, eerie and sometime somber songcrafting of Maple Nightingale, who also fronts the Bellingham band Yes We Are.

Bellingham Side: Go Slowpoke:  1] Now That I'm Dumb   2] I Need You To Try A Little Harder For Me [MP3]   3] Rain Coat (by Clamdust)   4] Apple Bee (by Clamdust) LIVE   5] Don't Take It Too Hard (Live)  Maple Nightingale:  6] Stumbles   7] Fire! [MP3]   8] Night Attack   9] Bumblebee   10] On The Radio (by Regina Spector)  Seattle Side:  Dashel Schueler:  11] Don't Use It Against Me   12] More Than Faith [MP3]   13] The Afterlife   14] Focus On It   15] Solitary Man (by Neil Diamond) 1985:  16] Let's Sweden The Hills   17] Take Me To Your Leader (by Clamdust) [MP3]   18] 12 (by Seahouse)   19] Transcendental Illumination   20] The Solvents

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Herr Jazz Tape
[MR052]


Herr Jazz "Self-Titled" CASS [MR052]
Release Date: January 2nd, 2009
Proceeds Benefit: Migrant Farm Workers In Wenatchee

Herr Jazz jump onto the local Seattle scene with this frantic, nervous collection of noisey pop punk. These boys thrash, flash and flail with jangly guitar hooks and bumble-pop bass. Herr Jazz are brash "high school" boyz and this short collection of home recordings capture an exciting moment in their youthful songwriting. It is truly a magical 14 minutes and will kick your lethargy in the ass. Hell, it single-handedly kicked this label out of a 4 year slumber!

SIDE A:  1] Hey Merlin, Thanks For The Free Coffee! [MP3]   2] XpunX   3]Snacks 4] Joanna NewSong
SIDE B:
  5] Inconsequential & Too Long   6] Olympia   7] Secret Track!


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Friends Are Relatives COMP
[MR051]

"Friends Are Relatives"

MASA Records 10 Year
Anniversay Compilation
$8 Dollars!

"Friends Are Relatives" MASA Records 10 Year Anniversary Comp 2-CDR [MR051]
Release Date: February 21st, 2009
Proceeds Benefit: Seattle DIY (SEA), WhAAM! (BHAM), Stonewall Youth (OLY), Zootown Arts (MISS)

MASA celebrates 10 years of DIY cassette, cdr and some vinyl releases with this awesome compilation. We asked 24 of our favorite friends and artists from Seattle, Olympia, Bellingham and Missoula, Montana to contribute 2 songs each to this double disk compilation! Around 150 minutes of awesome punk, acoustic and indie pop songs make this collection sparkle. The entire first disk, "Friends," can be downloaded for FREE at
our archive.org collection.

Friends (Disk One):  1] Herr Jazz "Hey Merlin, Thanks For The Free Coffee!"  2] Whammies "Coward With No Teeth"  3] Robin Cutler "Red Ink"  4] Maple Nightingale "Fire!"  5] Tyson Ballew "Champion Mill"  6] Generifus "Socio Pt. 2"  7] Jonathan McIntyre "The Path Home Rarely Changes"  8] Crystal Pastures "Dawn Treading"  9] Go Slowpoke "I Need You To Try A Little Harder For Me"  10] The Daffodils "Soldiers Uni"  11] Sorry "99352"  12] Chin Up, Meriwether! "Wally's Hardcore"  13] Fall Of Electricty "Grunge-Era Sarah"  14] Bridgebuilder "The Lure Of Light (Live)"  15] Problems "Yr New Boyfriend"  16] Alaskas "Don't Be Afraid Of Blackholes (Dudes) LIVE"  17] Knot Knocked Up "Soy (Live)"  18] 1985 "Take Me To Your Leader (by Clamdust)"  19] Friedrichs Teeth "Lily"  20] Solvents "Cozy Mo Came Home"  21] Eli Moore "Thunder Class"  22] Memes "Gladiator Beetle"  23] aheartlesssolution "Untitled" 24] Your Heart Breaks "Beware" [click to download full disk]


Relatives (Disk Two):
  1] Go Slowpoke "Don't Take It Too Hard"  2] Solvents "Stars & Waves"  3] Friedrichs Teeth "Unhappy Whore"  4] Chin Up, Meriwether! "Discovery-Core"  5] Whammies "Repetition"  6] Herr Jazz "Olympia (Alternate Version)" 7] Sorry "Bad Song"  8] Fall Of Electricity "Ben & Mary's Ginger Hibiscus Kombucha (Live)"  9] Bridgebuilder "Live From Fort Missoula #3"  10] Problems "Monster Attack!"  11] Tyson Ballew "Flatspot"  12] Your Heart Breaks "Live Wire"  13] Knot Knocked Up "Cunt Puddle (Live)"  14] Alaskas "Your Heart Belongs To Me (by The Supremes)"  15] Crystal Pastures "Ethereal Jets"  16] Maple Nightingale "On The Radio (by Regina Spector)"  17] Robin Cutler "It's A Good Day"  18] Memes "Solomon"  19] 1985 "Pine Street Janitorial"  20] Eli Moore "One Small Step"  21] The Daffodils "Like An Angel" 22] Generifus "The Day I Left I Played" 23] Jonathan McIntyre "Can I"   24] aheartlesssolution "Work"

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MR055
[MR055]


Your Heart Breaks "New Ocean Waves" CD [MR055]
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1] 120 Proof   2] Bad Company [MP3]   3] New York   4] New Ocean Waves   5] Mixed Tapes   6] Girls Flocking To Yr Feet   7] This Place [MP3]   8] The Party In The Basement   9] Frieght Train   10] Southern Girl   11] Warm In Winter   12] The Rats   13] The First Show   14] Will We Ever



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[MR033]
Little Something For Everyone" CDR [MR032]
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MR032
[MR032]
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A Sandcastle Still "From Penrose To Montrose" CDR [MR032]
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MR031
[MR031]
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Jimes "A Little Something For Everyone" CDR [MR031]
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MR030
[MR030]
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Various Artists "Hello, My Name Is MASA Records"  CDR [MR030]
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MR029
[MR029]
Clamdust "Self-Titled"  CDR [MR030]
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[MR028]
Your Heart Breaks "Self-Titled"  CASS [MR028]
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MR027
[MR027]
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Jimes "Whose Got The Money?" /  The Dodi Al Fayed "Musical Legacy" CDR [MR027]



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MR026
[MR026]
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Cardinal "Michael Winslow Is The Human Sound Effects Machine" CDR [MR026]
Release Date: October 200?
Quantity: 100 copies
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MR025
[MR025]
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B-18 | Seas Catalog | Cardinal "The Western Union EP" CD-EP [MR025]
Release Date: October 200?
Quantity: 100 copies
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We all decided to get together and hang out for a day at B-18's practice space in seattle and record a couple songs each with our friend Kevin. a fun time was had by all and as we all pondered what the name of the ep should be, one of our eyes fell on a particular thrift store treasure (b-18 are junkies), a broken neon "Western Union" sign. It seemed fitting since the EP was to be taken east with us for our short tour and most of us become friends while living in Bellingham, home to western (washington university). Dark, noisy rock from three bands of friends and three bands friends.

1] Sears Catalog  "Clamps / Presses"  2] Cardinal "Chevy Chase"  3] B-18 "So Long..."  4] Cardinal "Pummel Horse"  5] Sears Catalog "This Tides Moon"  6] B-18 "Nothing New"

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MR024
[MR024]
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A Sandcastle Still "The 35th Hawthorne Biography" CDR [MR024]
Release Date: October 2002
Quantity: 30 copies
Running Time: 31:33
Proceeds Benefit: The National Center For Missing & Exploited Children

This album was written and recorded in less than 60 minutes on a handheld cassette recorder inside the belly of Sylvia (my geo metro) on the corner of 35th street and hawthorne in portland, oregon late on the night of september 21st, 2002. The album came after a rather horrible show in Portland and after a rather horrible collision with a rockslide in Salida, CO a few weeks earlier at the beginning of the ASS / Jon McIntyre tour. The rockslide ended the tour, JOn flew home from Colorado and I drove home, catching this tour show on the way back, after being trapped in Salida with a broken car for awhile. Another completely improv'ed ASS release.

1] Adams Lonely Night Walk In Solitude  2] An Awaking To Remember / Madness And Despair  3] A Plea For Sanity On The Eve Of The Hemlock Success  4] The Deep Purple Dusk Procession  5] 5 O'’Clock Again / An Elegant Disease (Reflections Of)  6] Last Minute Consideration Of The Saving Reversal  7] The Monolith(ic) Approaching  8] The Question Arises, The Floor Sinks?  9] Relapse And Percision  10] Sunrise Over The Bay  11] The Birthday Party

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MR023
[MR023]
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Cardinal "Federation Of The Iroquois" CD-Single [MR023]
Release Date: December 2002


also available on the funanimal co-motion compilation...

1] Federation Of the Iroquois [MP3]



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MR022
[FMR022]
pressed cd for $5!
The Farewell Bikeride "This Is How It Goes" CD [FMR022]
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1] Tightrope  2] Cowboy Blue  3] Dedication  4] Bike Punx [MP3]  5] Symmetry  6] Self Portrait #1  7] Memo  8] Duet [MP3]  9] Too Careful


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MR021
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A Sandcastle Still "The Four Elements Of Analog" CDR [MR021]
Release Date: August 2002
Quantity: 150 Copies
Running Time: 72:12
Proceeds Benefit: The International Solidarity Movement

The concept behind this album was to have four engineering friends with analog equipment and tendencies to record four songs each. Each engineer was given one of the four physical elements and asked to try and do their magic in such a way as to embody that element. The songs they recorded were selected to be the most fitting, lyrically and musically, for the element they were given. The album was recorded in July and August, 2002. Dave Matthies (The Gift Machine) recorded the Water tracks at his Ink River Studio. Rich Canut (Language Arts, Goldstar) and Labrynt McLaughlin (Goldstar) recorded the Earth tracks at their Lab Partner Studio. Doug Krebs (Lago Volunteers, Break Off!) recorded the Wind tracks at his Dig Recordings Studio. Sean McKee (The Narrows) and Jon McIntyre recorded the Fire tracks in the basement of the F Street house on the old Yo-Yo Studios board that Justin McIntyre (The Narrows) owns.

Water:  1] Trick or Treat  2] Whatcom Falls  3] Anacortes  4] Some Sinatra (by The Secret Stars)  Earth:  5] 5 Kids and 50  6] Shamrock  7] The Meadowlands  8] Journal  Wind:  9] Remote Access  10] Shannon  11] Norne and all the rest of U.S.  12] Foster  Fire:  13] Lands Farther East  14] Black-Crayoned Castle  15] ABC of Light

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MR020a
MR020b
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Lands Farth East "Last Sunset" b/w The Seizures "La Jolla For Locals" 7" [MR020]
Released: March 14th, 2004
Quantity: 500 copies (100 on Red Vinyl)

This record was originally supposed to come out long ago, but was postponed many times due to financial difficulties. Both bands, though great in their time, are now defunct. The Seizures, b'ham purveyors of  youthful punk rock, recorded "La Jolla For Locals" with Doug Krebs at his Dig Recordings Studio. The band went on to morph into USS Horsewhip and later Police Teeth, among others. Lands Farther East, longtime b'ham all-agers and dubbed "mathmo" by Spin magazine, recorded "Last Sunset" during their recording session at the Hall Of Justice with Chris Walla. The session, sans this track, became the "There Goes The Atmosphere" album. A good many of the covers for this 7" are screen printed with various colors on various papers.

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MR015
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The Revlons "Where the Kids Roam" 7" [FMR015]
Proceeds Benefit: Stonewall Youth (Oly, WA)

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MR014
[MR014]
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A Sandcastle Still "The Stars & Mountains (Glitter)" CASS [MR014]
Release Date: ? ? ?
Quantity: 50 Copies
Running Time: 90 min.

This album was recorded live to ye' ol' hand-held cassette recorder. It is an improved concept album, and all "songs" were written, performed and recorded at the same time, one time. They are all instrumental, having been recorded direct from the acoustic pick-up. The album was written one cold, crisp winter day in a hotel room in Pullman, WA and is highly centered on the emotives entailed by that single heavy notion, of being in a magical place of ones past where love and romance once flourished but has since departed, after having dripped into the very soil it once thrived atop but now only exists within.

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MR013
[MR013]
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A Sandcastle Still "Bright Red Snowflake" CASS [MR013]
Release Date: August 6th, 2001
Quantity: 125 Copies
Running Time: 60 min.
Proceeds Benefited: The In Harmony Institute (Corvalis, OR)


This debut full-length, a cassette album, was recorded mostly one late August night outside one of the entrances to the oldest building on the Western Washington University Campus, the Old Main Building. The entrance was an enclosed hallway walled by brick, cement and window. As such, it provided a good aural setting for this live album, recorded on a borrowed hand-held cassette recorder from Greg that featured a pop-up mic feature. The album was created to have a new recording to bring on the summer tour, but copies were not able to be dubbed in time.

SIDE ONE:  1] Reverence  2] Shamrock  3] Shannon  4] ABC of Light  5] A/OL~Burrito Winter  6] Sunflowers (by Low)  7] Anacortes  SIDE TWO:  8] Remote Access  9] Foster  10] Lands Farther East (The Number Song)  11] Psychic Intrusion (by The Secret Stars)  12] Sinatra (by The Secret Stars)  13] Rainbow  14] My Little Brother (by My Little Brother)

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MR012
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Circus Of The Stars "A Century Of Linguistics" CDR [MR012]
Release Date: Spring 2000
Quantity: 125 Copies
Running Time: 37:53

1] The Thousandth Smile  2] Winters Walk in Late Afternoon Suns  3] Pantoum  4] Odd Pedantry  5] Mixed Tapes  6] Postcard Waltz  7] Casual Inaccuracy  8] Good, Better, Best  9] Northbound I-5  10] Your Soft Serve is Well Deserved  11] City Lights, Second Sights  12] Goodnight, Goodbye

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MR011
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Dear Nora & My Little Brother "It's Okay To Smile" CDR [MR011]
Release Date: Spring 2000
Quantity: 50 Copies


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MR010
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A Sandcastle Still "Ice-Maker" CD-EP [MR010]
Release Date: June 2000
Quantity: 125 Copies
Running Time: 26 min
Proceeds Benefit: The National Center For Missing & Exploited Children

1] Black Crayoned Castle  2] Whatcom Falls  3] Eulogy for a Spider  4] Shannon  5] Remote Access

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MR009
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Jackie Fiegel "Light On" CD-EP [MR009]
Release Date: June 2000
Quantity: 100 Copies

Jackie Fiegel and I become quick friends through mutual buddies from her hometown of Pullman, WA. She was a big inspiration for me to play gutar and write my own songs.



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MR008
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The Wetness Protection Program "Procedure Three: Watergate" [MR008]
Release Date: April 2000
Quantity: 50 Copies

This episode of the series, which highlights friends playing together for the first time and recording the jam session, took place one rainy spring night in Bellingham in the unfinished garage at 1013 Irving Street with two good friends, Matt Fu of (1985) and Brandon Peden of (My Little Brother), and a six pack of Orcahd Street Brewery Porter. There was the playing of drums and amplified guitars and the 90 fun-filled, glorious minutes were recorded with a couple mics and a four-track machine.

Listen to extended excerpts:  [excerpt 01]  [excerpt 02]   [excerpt 03]


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MR007
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C. Douglas Grant "Highlander X: The Musical" CASS [MR007]
Release Date: Unreleased
Quantity: 20 Copies

I've known Casey Grant since 1995. We lived in the same dorm room on campus. We first met one late night (we were both night owls) when i went down tot he small lounge in the dorm and caught casey jumping and punching holes in the ceiling all katate like. We understood each other from the beginning and our self-effacing, comical styles blended perfectly. Casey is a genuine goofball with an addiction to and penchant for mashing pop culture. This is a concept musical album with a cast of characters (all performed by Casey) including Yoda, Sean Connery,  Keanu Reeves and many others. It is the ancient tale of good versus evil and peppered with pop culture and movie references of the 80's and 90's (including Star Wars and The Matrix). The musical is followed by a few, more serious, four track songs casey wrote.

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MR006
[MR006]


My Little Brother "Inaudible" b/w "I Love Dolores, (heart) Very Much" 7" [MR006]
Release Date: Autumn/Winter 2000?
Quantity: 500 Copies

Lovely border-line twee from this collection of Tri-Cities dorks. It's a bummer that the band formed in high school and only really hit a stride once they all went to various colleges scattered across the state. The boys were able to get together enough to play some awesome shows and to record some great songs, including these great sounding studio recordings this seven inch. MLB laden themselves with clever lyrics, poppy hooks and rhythms that alleviate the sometimes tugging heart tones. My Little Brother exude raw pop brillance that often came paired live with charming, unrehearsed stumblings. Check out the rough live versions of these seven inch songs, recorded at a show with Dear Nora in Bellingham on February 26th, 2000:

My Little Brother "I Love Dolores, (heart) Very Much" (Live) [MP3]
My Little Brother "Inaudible" (Live) [MP3]

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Various Artists "Timid Stars" CASS & VHS [MR005 & MR005v]
Release Date: Spring/Summer 1999?
Quantity: 50 Copies

Sometime in the dead of winter a group of a couple dozen friends decided to have a get together where they all shared their talents in a performance setting. We gathered together a couple months later, on April 24th 1998, pouring some drinks and eating some great food on a perfect barbeque day. We had a line-up and, one by one and in over-reaching small groups, we took to the stage (re: living room), most of us somewhat nervously to sing, dance, poeticize, tell jokes, act, shred, decribe scupltures, food and concepts. It was a fun night,  as we rooted for one another and found ourselves grafting together closer than ever.


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Image Soon
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The Wetness Protection Program "Step Two: The Tent" CASS [MR004]
Release Date: Spring 1999
Quantity: 50 Copies

This is the second installment of The Wetness Protection Program. This series of cassettes asks that a few good friends who have never really played music or made noise together get together and do that for the first time with a recording device and a guiding rule of improv. "Step Two: The Tent" features Matt Fu and Greg Cruikshank together in Matt's room listening and singing along to the secret stars, banging on acoustic guitars and pots, drinking a few beers, nearly falling asleep and having a jolly ol' time. The recording is 120 minutes long and absolutely fabulous!

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MR003
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Various Artists "5x3x2 (From My Living Room)" CASS [MR003]
Release Date: April 1999
Quantity: 150
Proceeds Benefited: The Red Cross (for Kosovo Refugee Relief)

This album features 5 songs by 3 of my musician friends (Jackie Fiegel, Dan Shafer and Jessica Porter) recorded live on 2 tracks. It was supposed to by 5x4x2, and indeed we did record five songs by Sean McKee but Sean decided not to include them (bootleg anyone?). The covers were again screen printed by Dan and the whole point of the record was to capture in the moment some of my friend's songs in the warm and cozy environment of the Forest St living room. The album came out in conjunction with a benefit concert at Sean, Darci and I's old house at 1020 N Forest that also saw Robert Blake play. All the money made from the show and sales of this first batch of the album went to the Red Cross to assist in Kosovo Refugee Relief.

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MR002
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Death Cab For Cutie  "Live From Algers Hottest Nightclub: The Kitchen Sink" CASS [MR002]
Release Date: February 1999
Quantity: 35 copies

This is not really Death Cab For Cutie. It was a complete joke album which essential entailed me (matt fu) "singing along to death cab songs while doing the dishes." This album was a "Moustached Mona" sort of moment and had a lot to due with the amount of celebrity froth that was starting to kick up around this batch of normal, nice fellas who most people knew in Bellingham as good, friendly chaps. It is subtitled "A Way To Cut Lengthwise." Most of the copies were given to friends. One got reviewed in the Whats Up! local music magazine. Four were discovered by Trevor Adams, a friend of Death Cab's and an employee of Cellophane Square, on consignment in the tape racks there and were (sadly) taken of the shelf and given to the band themselves.
I kind of wanted to pull a quick one on those who were beginning to think of these smelly shitters as something more than just normal human beings. Needless to say, there was never any intention to make any money off of this cassette and only the motivation to make a point about "celebrity." I mean, have you smelled Walla's farts? I have and they stink!

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Various Artists  "In The Nurses Arms" CASS [MR001]
Release Date: January 1999
Quantity: 100 copies

This is a live show compilation featuring My Little Brother, Dan Shafer, Jackie Fiegel and Chesters Bubbles. It was recorded on Dans four-track on December 6th, 1998 while we were all hanging out and watching some of our friends play some tunes over at the ol' East Maple Street house. The original covers were designed & screen printed by Dan and individually numbered. The show was a lot of fun and a good piece of nostalgia for those present.

 
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