WIZARD BOOTS

Time has finally caught up with us fellow earthlings…let’s all hope that the ancient Mayans were just joking, and that everyone in the present day comes to their senses and realizes what a wonderful world this could be if everyone stops being so afraid….so greedy….and so violent.  We are going to proceed hopefully with our own plans, and just over the horizon is an audio compilation of the very best of the past five years of Wizard Boots.  Here’s the tracklist for the upcoming Invisible Grizzly Agenda release, “Five Years on Earth with Wizard Boots….An Improper History”:

Our good friend Nathan Whited from The New Jangles has been working closely with me on the remixing and remastering of the compilation and so far it’s sounding pretty goddamn good.  An official release date will be announced at the appropriate time.  In other  news, we will be hitting the road bound for our favorite parts and parts unknown….wherever we choose to roam this most beautiful and strange country…. The United States of America.   Invisible Grizzly Agenda is proud to announce Wizard Boots’ April-May 2012 Cult of the Crabbit U.S. Tour…..confirmed dates and others to be announced are now posted on the Upcoming Shows page!  More news and surprises to come…stay tuned to this vibration for the latest…

The fall colors of the pacific northwest hypnotize me…I feel like it’s Autumn in my mind as well….parts of your life have to die so new ones can come alive.  Feels very strange sometimes to be alive and aware of certain things.  But since backwards is not an option, we march forward….beyond the red and yellow hills the faint whisper of winter calls.  It’s coming and there’s not a goddamn thing you can do about it.

Anyway….in current Wizard Boots happenings:  Richard Osterman is a wonderful gentleman who does a lot to promote local music on his blog.   Here’s a link to nice little review he posted from one of our recent shows:

http://rosterma12-musicandmiscellany.blogspot.com/2011/07/wizard-boots-red-room-63011.html

And onward we go into nature’s season of death…next week we begin remixing tracks for the upcoming retrospective audio project, “An Improper History…Five Years On Earth With Wizard Boots”.  This compilation will feature a few new recordings along with the very best from the first two out of print Boots albums, and hopefully we’ll have it ready sometime this December.  Plenty of other situations and surprises also on the horizon….a possible live in studio performance on local radio has been proposed…2012 U.S. Tour dates to be announced soon…and a vinyl EP of new material is in the works.  Also we’ve just added a FREE SHOW for Saturday December 3rd at The Twilight Cafe & Bar (just up Powell from The Aladdin Theater..) with Black Black Things and Stolen Rose….AND it must be time for Peter Rabbit’s annual birthday party! Against all odds, the misguided young man has survived over a whole year as a member of Wizard Boots….so join us at The Rabbit Hole on Saturday Dec. 10th for a sick party featuring live music from Wizard Boots and The New Jangles.  Email us through the Contact page of this website if you’d like to come.

And finally, one more bit of live documentation from Mr. Osterman….here’s some video he captured of a particularly wild show we did at The Red Room in October.  Enjoy!

‘Tis the most wonderful time of the year!  Anyone who knows me well knows that I fucking LOVE the weeks leading up to Halloween….a season to celebrate all things lugubrious.  Dressing up weird…howling at the moon…talking like Count Chocula….listening to loads of dark music from Shockabilly to the most ridiculous Goth….and of course…watching HORROR MOVIES.  Fellow horror flick enthusiasts always ask me what my favorites are….so, here’s my top 20….in no particular order:

So there you are…there are surely movies I’ve yet to see that should be on the list, but these are my favorites.  If you love horror flicks like I do…check these out!

Back to Wizard business….we might have a very special-secret-announced-at-the-last-minute Halloween live performance here in the Portland area somewhere!  Stay tuned to this vibration for the latest.  Keep it creepy this Halloween kiddies!

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Ok…we’ve had plans for two different new albums that have been scrapped for now, but we are DEFINITELY going forward with plans to release a CD/digital download version of a new remix retrospective of Wizard Boots material from the last five years.  Just getting everything together for mixing and mastering, so the track list will be announced soon…the collection will be titled “An Improper History…Five Years On Earth with Wizard Boots” and we will hopefully be able to release our planned vinyl EP with all new songs before our spring tour.   The folks here at Invisible Grizzly Agenda won’t rest until the job is done….now let’s go get a sandwich.  In related news….we are very close to being completely sold out of the first two Wizard Boots albums “Dandelion Blossoms” and last year’s “Ole’ Biscuit Barrel!”….the actual physical CD versions are all that is left before they are OUT OF PRINT…..FOREVER!!! Get ‘em at our shows or you’ve missed your chance.  That is all on that subject.

We’re playing this Saturday night, October 22nd in downtown Portland with our good friends SMOKING MIRRORS and HEAVEN GENERATION…the show is at The Tiger Bar on NW Broadway…it’s only a paltry 5 bucks to get in and you should totally be there for our very first gig in this lovely intimate venue!

Thanks very very much to everyone who showed us such splendid hospitality at our outdoor show in Goldendale WA this past weekend….we had the best time playing for you fine folks and are planning on making this an annual October event!  See you again soon…

It’s YOUR WORLD after all right?  No one can tell you it’s not. New shows just added and NEW MUSIC too!  We recorded some wild tracks at Jalipaz Nelson’s Audio Confusion Studio in Mesa AZ while in the middle of the spring 2011 Wizard Boots vs. Everything Tour….recently finished the overdubs and mastering with our good friend Nathan Whited of The New Jangles behind the board….Here’s a free streaming download of what is surely the definitive version of “Speedfreak4yrLove” :
Speedfreak4yrlove (Full Throttle Version).MP3 by Wizard Boots

We’re playing this Thursday night with California’s FUZZ HUZZI and our good friends STEPPER….so dig that.  Occupy THE RED ROOM this Thursday night!!!

The way forward is the only way….so what’s next for Wizard Boots?  Well….we have new music that will be recorded and released in some form or another….right now we’re trying to figure out if we’re doing a full album on CD or a shorter EP of songs on a VINYL RECORD.  What do you think?  We’ll know more soon….stay tuned to this vibration for the latest.  In the meantime, have a drink….OCCUPY yr world!!! It’s yours after all and no banker/politician/fascist cocksucker can tell you it’s not….kick in yr tv screens…jump out the window….build a fire…take off all of your clothes….run wild in the night….howl at the moon….DON’T TAKE SHIT…FROM ANYONE…..make love…all night long.

We’re playing live at The Knife Shop in downtown PDX on September 29th with our good friends Empire Rocket Machine and our new friends Heaven Generation.  …So come on out and have some improper fun with us.  Saturday October 8th we’ll be making our return to the St. John’s district with a pair of long sets and our very special guests, THE SLUTTY HEARTS.

All the fakes will be left dead on the dusty roadside…choking on their own tongues when they can’t get 1000 facebook friends….This band will still be standing. We just want to have fun this summer….playing music and getting all booly in the sunshine and booly in the moonlight. No one’s getting any younger….you’ve gotta grab the booly while you can. What I’m trying to say is….that I….well…we……the band Wizard Boots…………we….love….you. That’s right….we love you! Don’t throw our love away dammit! It’s so very special to both of us and you know it godammit!!! Baby….just fill your heart with love this summer and everything else will work itself out….it’s gonna be ok baby….promise. Now give us a kiss lover and blow those candles out, so we can make some love.
We’re living life this summer and if you’d like to come live a little bit of yours with us….we’ll then, by cracky we’ll just live a little bit of ours with you! You’re probably thinking, “What a bunch of goddamn dirty hippies!”…but NO!!! We’re not any sort of proper hippies…we’re cowboys of the apocalypse, sonic travelers….romantic trouble makers. When our hands are on your ass…you’ll know it. Let’s sit in the dark and whisper secrets to eachother. Maybe listen to some Toto….i don’t know.
The prophecy of the coming of The Crabbit continues to unfold….Wizard Boots rolls on, playing our role in the saga of life….new songs on the way….summer of live music love continues….the way forward is the only way.

Wizard Boots will be taking a short break from playing live while we work on the new album…we’ll be back in the fall/winter….thanks to everyone who continues to support us and show us love…and a big ol’ FUCK YOU to all of our opposition.  Enjoy the rest of your summer!

Love,

WIZARD BOOTS

Our time out on the road has re-energized us and filled our heads and hearts with inspiration….we’re plowing through the rest of spring with a few live shows around Portland.  We’ll be playing with our good friends Empire Rocket Machine at The Red Room (2530 NE 82nd) next Friday April 29th…always a rowdy rock show at The Red Room, so be there by cracky!  Some other gigs on the horizon, including a just added show at Dante’s on Monday May 9th…this will be a very early show for us…we’re opening up for the Karaoke From Hell, playing from around 8pm until shortly after 9pm, so all you young adults with bedtimes always bitching about your sleep you’re not getting can be there!

Still trying to get caught up on everything else….SEVERAL SIZES OF WIZARD BOOTS T-SHIRTS ARE SOLD OUT, SO PLEASE EMAIL BEFORE PLACING ANY CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLINE!!! Thank you!

There is a brand new 3rd full length Wizard Boots album in the works….hopefully we’ll get it out before the end of the year….our new friend, the mighty Jalipaz is tentatively set to co-produce and engineer the sessions at his super cool Audio Confusion Studio in Mesa AZ.   The new record is called “To Become Only A Vibration” and as per usual there are way too many songs I’m trying to sort through….looking for the perfect combination to unfold and make sense….I can see it pretty clearly, just bits of it are obscured by fog right now….we’ll figure it out.  Happy springtime and get ready to come out and drink and dance and get all crazy with us this summer!  Love, love, love….

The barnstorming insanity of The Wizard Boots vs. Everything U.S. Tour has finally come full circle….we’re back home in Portland and still reeling from all the fun we had on the road. THANK YOU VERY VERY VERY MUCH to everyone who came out to the shows and danced and drank and sang along with us…thanks for all the love and all the great conversation and all the ill advised late night excursions…thanks to all the great bands who played with us…and most of all BIG THANKS to everyone who let this wild bunch into your homes and gave us shelter and even FED US!!! Mom & John, Romy, Johanna, Fitz, J.S. Covington (Peter’s very sorry about your fish…he’ll make it up to you!), Jim Dick, Toby and everyone at Black Cactus Records, The Mighty Jalipaz, Uncle Don and Aunt Janice and Sister Clyde!!! Really, we can’t thank everyone enough…hopefully we can get more successful soon so we can repay all the grand hospitality that was shown to us. Tony and Peter Rabbit…you are my brothers in music…thank you both for everything! And of course the international man of mystery, Cameron…you came through for us more times than I can remember…thanks man! Love…Love…Love…to all of you!

The official end of tour homecoming party is happening in downtown PDX this Saturday night at The Knife Shop right next door to Kelly’s Olympian at NW 5th & Washington….only $5.00 and we’ll be joined by The Foolproof Four and our old friends The Holy Children! So come on out and get all booly with the Boots Boys for one more night of mayhem!

Hey kids….we hit the road in two weeks so get ready to get ready!  Peter has sustained a serious shoulder injury from a bike wreck…but he’s able to play after the last couple weeks rest and it looks like he’s going to make it. The band has sounded pretty ferocious in rehearsals recently….we’ve worked up about 45 songs from the Boots repertoire to keep things interesting on the road. All sizes of Wizard Boots T-shirts are back in stock, so order away….easier and cheaper to buy ‘em at the shows, and if you order near the end of March, your shipment will take a couple of extra weeks since we won’t be back in Portland until halfway through April.  Here are the tour dates…we’ll see you soon!