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Evangelista + Oxbow + Ides of Gemini at Release Party

Eugene of Oxbow

Event Footage: “Blood, Sweat + Vinyl: DVD Release Party” Featuring live performances by Evangelista, Oxbow and Ides of Gemini Shot and Edited by Kenneth Thomas. The Metro, Oakland, CA – 15 October 2011. This is a very abbreviated recap of the Release Party that barely scratches the surface of the epic performances by all 3 […]continue

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Shipping of Pre-Orders Has Begun!

Boxes o' fists on their way.

Box sets have begun making their way around the world! Some of you may receive yours in the mail as early as next week. Those of you outside if North America might not receive them for 2 weeks, so please be patient and try not to hit the panic button until that time passes. We […]continue

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Release Party Report

the crew at breakfast the next day on little to no sleep

We are exhausted. But happy. We are happily exhausted. Below are some photos from the release party, but a few things were not documented on film and must be noted: – the venue had to be aired out after Ides of Gemini’s bass amp proved too heavy for their fuse box, causing a smoky blow-out. […]continue

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Ides of Gemini Signed to Neurot

Ides Of Gemini - photo by Sera Timms

Part of the reason it takes our little team a long time to do things is because we are very careful about our decisions, and we want to do things right.

For example, picking bands to play at our DVD Release Partycontinue

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Pre-Order is Closed

the scourge, pretending he knows how to do a press check

We learned a lot of things from the Pre-Order. We learned that very few of you are from the United States, which makes us happy that we made the extra effort to provide subtitles to the film in French and Spanish. In the future, if the film is released in any other format, we’ll be […]continue

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Was broken. Now fixed.

newsletter form acts like drunk moose. now all okay.

The internet is full of mysteries. The latest mystery is why the newsletter signup went kaputt. Thanks to those of you who alerted me, and after some hairy moments it seems to be back up and running. If it was giving you trouble earlier, please give it another try.continue

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Box Sets, Screenings, and Thanks

we'll get this movie to you one way or another.

Wow. Much sincere thanks to everybody for your genuine excitement and questions about Blood, Sweat + Vinyl: DIY in the 21st Century. We knew that a lot of people dig this music and would love to see what we’ve compiled, but the response has been overwhelming. We’re thrilled with the thought of everybody being able […]continue

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Double-DVD box set production started

Blood, Sweat + Vinyl -screeners

That’s right, folks. The documentary is being made into a full-on box set – complete with a bonus DVD of 2 hours of live footage, most of which did not make it into the documentary. I literally filmed dozens of hours of live footage over the 5-year period of making this film – and it […]continue

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