Date: July 20th, 2006

1) SHOWS
saturday july 22nd -- underground lounge -- around clark and belmont -- with rocky denis
show will kick massive ass

saturday july 29th -- mutiny -- fullerton/western -- with shooting blanks
this is at least the 10th time weve played with shooting blanks and at least the 10th time weve played the mutiny. 2 things that never seem to get old

2) MERCHANDISE
new DVD is completed. 'Low Profile Concert Archives'. contains endless footage from shows and rehersals from our early days, 98-2000. also has the entire show with restored audio from riverpalooza III, a show that was already immortailized in live digital audio on our 1st live CD, already and has been available on cdbaby http://www.cdbaby.com/lowprofile6. plus you get a full length commentary track from the band, plus commentaries on select footages elsewhere on the dvd. we also has a grip of double DVDs, that contain this bitch plus our 1st DVD 'live @ afternites'. we will be giving those away at shows no doubt, the non-double DVDs will be available on cdbaby for $5 by the end of the week, or next week at the latest.

new stickers will be printed next week for certain by our sloth-like friends at sticker guy. maybe (probably not) we will have them for the mutiny show. you can peep teh design here http://www.lowpro708.com/pics/merch/sticker5.jpg for once we tried to get them made thru another place so it wouldnt take so goddamned long and we just got the runaround. alas, that matters nil currently. they will be done soon.

and of course we got mad shirts and CDs as always. if you want shirts come to a show. if you want CDs you can get them at a show or better yet fucking buy them off our site you cheap fucks.

3) NEW MATERIAL
we got 4 new songs, the first 4 songs weve written since our last album from 2004. it truly kills and we will be playing 3 of em at our next 2 shows listed above. go peep out our forum and watch me and hilger swap riffs in mp3 format over the inter-web and concoct the songs one step at a time. you can peep disjointed riffs i laid down at 640am when i got up for work, cause i woke up with them banging around my otherwise empty head. we are working on some musical guests and collaborations for this upcoming album (by the end of the year) and so far mr. keith muck of the cobs/FFFFFFFFF/artic sleep/unearthed elf is definately confirmed and slated to give us some vocals on a song. there will be others as well. maybe even you you ugly fuck.

4) DRINKING PROBLEM
i have one, its sort of unmanagable as well. expereience it first hand at a show or stop by my dump and recieve a complimentary shoe up the ass.

5) RIP TO SOME OF THE GREATEST BANDS IN CHICAGO'S HISTORY
if that sounds like an overstatement, take solace in the fact your head is up your fucking ass. three of the bands i respect and enjoy most have called in quits in the past year, less then that actually. first up was the rules of attraction. i was very fucking fortunate to be able to share the stage with these guys who were truly my fucking idols before i even knew how to play a fucking guitar. check out their site before it diseappears as im sure it eventually will http://www.rofarock.com.

next up was the mighty phenoms. i asked these guys to play a show with me about 12343 times and either got a NO or no answer at all. but i dont hold it against em becuase they were/are/always will be that fucking good. the drummer of the next band told me once that they were the best band in chicago. i thought about that statement for a few seconds when he made it and quickly agreed. they are playing 2 more shows before they kick the bucket. take advantage or miss out, your loss jerkoff. http://www.thephenoms.com

that man is ross woods, he was the drummer for the powerknobs. we played with these guys 10 times and they were truly our partners in crime. there are few bands we have played with where you know all the members of both bands are totally on the level with each other and get along that goddamn well. i went to strip clubs with these guys and did all types of debauched shit. they were truly fucking unbelievablly talented and skilled and the best group of people i have met amongst this sewer infested chicago music scene. i dont even know the details of this one, its breaking news to me as well. all i know is that they will be missed. but more importantly, becuase i could give a fuck about the rest of the world, I will fucking miss them. http://www.powerknobs.com

the scene is a blackhole without these bands. but thats ok, becuase even in our advanced age and my advanced alcoholism and emotional problems, low profile is ready to step up and fill the black hole with heaps of steaming dog shit. come out to the shows and get a shovelful. i hate you all and hope you die. ill take many of you with me. take solace in that.

enjoy the dog shit,
satan165 / low profile