MORE RECORDS FOR SALE
Please inform me if you are not in the US.

Rosetta/Balboa split LP(silver) limited to 500 out of print $75

Rosetta- The Anaesthete 2xLP black and white swirl. Euro press. $35

Coalesce- Give Them Rope (burlap jacket, silk screened by Sean Ingram, 26/300, includes hand written letter by Sean Ingram explaining why these were never going to be sold) $100

Coalesce- 002 A Revolution In Listening (first press orange vinyl limited to $500) $40

Coalesce- Last Call For The Living (limited 10inch off center cutting yellow vinyl) $60

ISIS-Remix lps vol 1-4 $15 each or $50 for all

Last month my dog William James had a mast cell tumor removed from his leg.  I"m struggling to catch up money wise so I have to sell some of my records.
Email me at Mikearmine@gmail.com

Godflesh- Messiah (clear vinyl limited to 100. Pressing for Relapse staff and band members only) never played. Out of print

$100

The Mars Volta- de-loused in the comatorium (clear/silver: 180 gram) great condition limited and put of print

$80

Rosetta- ADOM- (clear vinyl) limited to 100(I think). Out of print.

$35

Isis- Oceanic (White) limited great condition. Out of print.

$60

Pelican-Australasia (clear blue) great condition. Played twice. Limited out of print

$40

Mare-S/T (clear) limited to 500 never played out of print

$20

Mare-S/T (blue) limited to 500 never played out of print

$20

Lotus Eater- wurmwulv (silver) played once

$25

Danger mouse and Sparklehorse present Dark Night of the Soul. (2xlp)

$20

Mount Wittenberg Orchestra- Dirty Projectors+ Bjork (Black vinyl with holographic jacket) great condition

$20

Tours and releases

Rosetta is touring Europe again in mid July with Kings Destroy.

Then, we will make our way to Australia for two weeks with City of Ships. Dates and routing for Australia are still TBA, but the tour will end August 9th.

Zodiak has begun work on a new record. Currently I'm working on sound design for a few tracks that Mick has sent me. They are coming along wonderfully.

Sometime next month I will go up to his studio record a small amount of vocals.

"Verse" will be released in March. The preorder is up: www.translationloss.com

Matt from Rosetta says it sounds like "Godflesh B-sides". Initially I was insulted. Now I'm rather flattered.

The Rise of Because has released a new 3 song dropcard called The Brightest Light. Email me your address and I'll mail you one. Please keep in mind that we only have two hundred so I''ll only be able to mail out about 50 or so.

Mikearmine@gmail.com

New Rosetta song. TMA3 (Junius split)

You can stream it here:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/09/rosetta_releasi.html#more

Let me know what you think. Even if you're the guy who thinks I'm not worst singer in the genre(yes this guy exists).

In January 2012 Translation Loss Records will be releasing a CD double disk that contains a re-press of The Cleansing Undertones of Wake/Lift and a more updated version of the Verse material that I released on the internet a while back.
Drew from TL says it sounds like the Blade Runner soundtrack. It's really me just trying to emulate Scorn.

Artwork by Mike Wohlberg for Thefatkidilllustrations.

Oxbow/Rosetta show Philly 9.11.11

http://www.aux.tv/video/HARD-208-Rosetta/

ADOM Lp limited pressing of only 50 copied

- release - revolve - renew -

- release - revolve - renew -

Canada.

It's as if for a few days my life in Philadelphia never existed; sort of like a movie you vaguely remember seeing. The Rosetta van pulled up to my school around 3pm on Friday to leave for our Canadian shows with Kylesa. It's now Wednesday and I'm administering finals to my students. Only 5 hours ago(5am), Bj dropped me off at my mothers house only a few blocks from the school where she graciously allowed me the use of her shower and the privilege to raid her fridge for much needed calories.

HHS let me take two personal days off from school to do the tour, so I had review work for the kids here. For once I was not stressed out about what they were doing, who was here with them, or if any trouble was about. For once I was able to let go and enjoy tour for what it was. For once I was able to live in a moment.

More often than not I feel like I'm never “here”. “Here” being where my body is at any given time. Most nights while playing shows my head is at home, or in this case, here at school. While I'm at home or at school my head out on the road.
For once I was able to enjoy the time that I had in a new place, and truly give my full attention to the new people I was interacting with. Canada was rad. Sold out shows, good crowds, good people, terrible pizza.

It's the people keep me doing this. It's them that keep me motivated to get in a van at 11pm and drive to Philadelphia, to teach at 6am, only to get back in said van at 3pm to play another show at 9pm. Then, we do it all over again. Without the individuals that put us up at night, offer us their food, floor space, and shower, without you we would never do this. Without the people who thank us for coming, we would never leave our homes in the first place.

There were so many great interactions with new people, never environments, and new ideas on this tour. Ideas that I've quickly adapted into my life and routines. For example, Dave and I attended a Yoga class in Toronto that a family member of his teaches. A few of her exercises for detox and stress relief have made their way into my warm up exercises before we play.

The family we stayed with in Ottawa were especially memorable. The interaction between the husband and wife were particularly amazing to watch. I meet so many couples that work together in order to survive. While they were not different in this aspect(survival is key especially in any family unit), they spoke a lot of influencing one another in realms of entertainment and thought. They worked to survive and support their three children, but they never lost the passion for one another that allows them to share experiences and ideas. It was refreshing. I envy that passion, and thank you for your kindness and warmth.

Verse

For your listening displeasure......
http://www.mediafire.com/file/j1u2g57qwu71m4w/Verse.rar

Easily one of the best moments of tour. That you to all who were there, and who helped keep me afloat.

It's the drive home that kills me. Every time. No matter how long or how short, the same thought circulates around and around: Did I make enough of the time I had?

For thirty days I traveled one end of the United States to the other and back with eight fantastic gentlemen. Yet for 3/4ths of this summers tour I was unable to shake the though of missed opportunities.

It was in Austin Texas that I decided to no longer live behind a wall while in the company of people I travel with, people I call family. We rolled in Eric's old apartment at 2am, after a 14hour drive from New Mexico. The majority of the traveling party went straight to bed. Dave, Eric, Andrew, Ty, and I stayed awake. We were doing nothing more than relaxing, conversing about bands we liked and the good people in them, record labels we liked and did not like, and again, the good people in them.

Around 4am, we decided that it would be a good idea to take a dip in the developments pool, again sitting around, talking about moments, men, and places. At the time nothing else really mattered-no worries of home, money, school, dogs, girls-but the moment. As deliriously tired as I was, I knew I was in the company of good people, bonding, feeling as if I was making the most of the moments I had with them.

Upon laying down on the hardwood floor of the vacant apartment(we were basically squatting), I could not help but reflect on days past, on how much I would have liked to have stayed up with the guys in North, or spend more time with Davy and Andre Weiss, just like I did tonight.

The later stress of tour would prove this new mantra hard to follow. The last leg of tour was plagued with poor promotion, poor payments, and poor decisions by promoters themselves- as in putting together a 5 band bill that starts at 10pm. This really destroyed my attitude and I found myself hidden behind a book for days at a time, talking to no one, interacting with people only to sell a CD or shirt.

Coming home however, and realizing how important personal interaction is, and how much I've actually missed out on these past few years has been somewhat liberating. I'm going out more, checking out random shows, “just because the article in the paper sounded cool”, and I'm actually calling people instead of holding up behind Ableton Live 8 on a Saturday night.

Now that I have a house-I'm a homeowner now- I might even have people over. But lets not take this too far just yet. Brick by brick I'll remove my own wall down.

Day one: Detroit

The van blew a coolant line, causing the engine to overheat. This cost us close to $200.00 to fix and tow, and about 4hrs of drive time.


By the time we ended up back on the road, our estimated arrive time was around midnight.
All was well in the end. We did arrive at midnight. While this should have killed the evening for us, a bunch of kids stuck around and waited for us. They also had a meal waiting for us that was greatly appreciated. While we never expect to be fed, it's always a plus.

We stayed with a friend in Ann Arbor. Most people were up late drinking moonshine and listening to The Talking Heads. A few of us felt sleeping was more appropriate as the 14hour drive from Philadelphia proved exhausting.


Water Report: Detroit drinking water has a heavy taste of lead. This has been the worst tap water I've ever had.

Mirror

Mirror is a new project I'll be involved with. It's a collaboration between the following people:
Justin Wiggan, Mick Harris(Scorn, Napalm Death), and a few others. I've yet to receive the demo recordings yet, but I'll be adding soundscapes and vocals. More later.

Recently I've taken to feeding this stray cat. Each day at 6:30 she greets me at my door when I leave to walk my dogs. Upon my return from school, I can usually find her at my door. When Rosetta gets back from tour, I'll be moving into a house in Germantown that I bought. She will be accompanying us.

Where on Earth is Kevin Stewart-Panko?

If someone knows....please have him call me. It seems as though the great flood of self proclamed music reviewers have finally swallowed us whole......and spit us back up. Thank you internet(or should I say Al Gore?). Since the leak of A Determinism of Morality some months ago, Rosetta has been receiving a mixed bag of feedback; from “album of the year”, to “It's another boring pile of crap”. the reactions have been very polar if one reads the message boards. Neither the former nor the latter lend constructive criticisms of the album and tell me nothing about it's reception by the music community(if we have one anymore).

I'm happy for the people who choose to share their enthusiasm for ADOM on line with us and eachother. Even the funny(yet critical) comments about how we “hump Neurosis on the daily” are fun, entertaining, and most of all, welcome. However my problem rests in the fact that those individuals who are destroying this record on message boards, (saying that we'll never do anything as good as TGS), are the same individuals that are going to come to Rosetta shows this summer and tell me how awesome they think ADOM is, and how great our back catalog is, and.....

“Oh.....by the way man, I just so happen to have a copy of my bands new demo for you”.

Nothing enrages me more than insincerity. So thank you to all the John Gnesons' out there who have honestly reviewed the record and not asked for a thing in return. Thank you to all those who have written about the record itself, and not some oddball rambling that has nothing to do with the record.

And Mr. Kevin Stewart-Panko, wherever you are, please lend your authority here so I can stop myself once and for all from sifting through the BS.

I'm done touring with a computer.

After 4 or 5 years of touring with a computer, I've decided to leave it at home. My two Roland sp808s have proven more reliable on tour: No skips in a hard drive, no blue screen of death. The machine is simple and reliable. It is also loud as hell.
While I will be continuing my work using Ableton Live, all files for shows will be transferred to 100mb Zipp disks and I will operate that way. This will make my life easier, as each night I often worried if the computer was going to hold up.
One day when I can afford a laptop with a solid state hard drive and enough memory and ram to suit my needs, I will one again reformat my touring gear. So for now a clean, loud, and reliable old friend will be accompanying me while we play.