Despite recent cancellations to the European ORLG shows, the ORLG Russian shows and the TMV South American shows are still a go according to Sargent House. So buy your tickets, bring your cameras, cellphones, and recording devices because there is bound to be some new material showcased these South American shows.
In other news, I am working on streaming bootlegs. Yep, that’s what I said.
Having trouble getting to the Pwna lately? It appears the free message board host – IPBFree.com – is gone for good. They have deleted their twitter, their facebook, and according to some of these Yahoo answer posts, they kind of up and vanished like a fart in the wind. According to an anonymous source, they were shut down because they had too many DMCA Violations. Apparently, they refused to remove illegal content on some of the forums that they hosted and, eventually, were shut down. What does this mean for the Pwna? What exactly is the Pwna?
The Pwna started for one simple reason – a place to post download links for the leak of The Bedlam in Goliath. The album release had been delayed, there was a new drummer, and the hype was building. The weird thing is, after the leak, most everyone stuck around. It ended up becoming a full fledged TMV forum after the first demise of the Coma (which spawned yet another offshoot, The Umbi). The Pwna wasn’t as active as the Coma, but it had it’s own tight knit community of regular posters for 3 years.
Well, it’s toast now. So you better go fire up your Coma account because she ain’t comin’ back, kids.
EDIT: I spoke too soon – http://www.thepwnatorium.com – go sign up.
Yet more music from The Sentimental Engine Slayer has been identified. Mataxia noticed (and I confirmed) that the music playing during the title card sequence of TSES is the same intro music that The Mars Volta used to open their electric set on New Years Eve of 2007 in San Francisco – showing once again that Omar apparently has a secret arsenal of clips that he keeps on file for special occasions.
It just so happens that we have that live show available for download here (you must be logged in to download audio). This show is extremely notable as the first appearance of Since We’ve Been Wrong, the first live acoustic set (the other being the Yahoo series), the longest show, and the largest setlist ever performed by the band.
Unfortunately for any fans who haven’t seen TSES yet, you’ll have to wait for the DVD to see the title card sequence – which is the work of Sonny Kay. As of now, there is no release date for the DVD because it is still playing in the film festival circuit.
