In Full Swing Again

Auburn House is back in full swing with back to back shows June 9th and 10th from Anime Club and Mountains of Blow. Don is still creating new music, and our art guru extraordinaire Ben White and company are in town enjoying the nightlife. Auburn House went out to the "Ramp Completion Party" in Echo Park Friday night, complete with bands, beer and a half-pipe. We missed Meho Plaza although I am sure we will catch them again, maybe June 5th at Mr. T's Bowl? Thanks again for the Modello Jen.

As a special treat I have added the Mountains of Blow demo to the download section. As always it is available in both high quality mp3 and flac formats.

Blue Monkey Bar

Just announced, Mountains of Blow will be performing at Blue Monkey Bar on Wednesday, June 10th at 8:15 sharp with Chingalera, Matador and Mortimer Young.

This also happens to be drummer Billy Hawken's birthday therefore, it will be good times. It's free and now. :)

WTF Friday

At varying points during the day at work I receive calls from telemarketers, you know the usual "I would like to speak to the person who handles your long distance." Anyone who has answered phones in an office has experienced this. Today I received a similar phone call although the telemarketer asked, "I would like to speak to whomever is in charge of your bottled water account."

WTF?

Think about the idea of bottle water in general for a moment. Actually, let's take a step back. Water, it is one of the most abundant resources on our planet. It comes salted, unsalted or flavored and in many varieties. Those of us privileged enough can simply walk up to a faucet, turn a knob and presto, fresh water for all your needs. One day someone thought, "Hey we could package this stuff (mostly) everyone has access to and sell it!" Along that line of thought, I could process clean air, compress it and sell it to general populous of sheeple. In fact, living in Los Angeles I believe bottled air would probably sell quite well.

From this phone call, I can also assume there are companies who actually have a "bottle water czar". What sort of education or training does one need to become a bottled water aficionado? Do they hold regular tastings? How does one select the best bottled water for their company? Someone answer me these questions three!

Also, think about this for a moment. When you buy bottled water you are buying tap water. No matter how rigorously they purify, cleanse or do whatever it is they do, in order to get the water into the bottle it has to come out of a tap. There really isn't any way around it.

Four Leafed or Three

You can take Don out of LA, but you can't take the LA out of Don. Even without the creative powers provided a la Auburn House and the KD, Don Juan Neon is still hard at work. Check out his brand new song, "Clovers"

We hope all is well with you Don. Keep up the good work, we want to hear more!

Webmaster Taylor

Two new websites appeared (literally) overnight at Auburn House.

http://www.animeclubmusic.com

This was launched with a new logo design by our good friend and art guru extraordinaire Ben White. Visit to learn about all things Anime Club!

http://www.mountainsofblow.com

We were so excited about the new myspace, we decided to take a step further. Hopefully some content will be added soon.

Mountains of Blow

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Mountains of Blow to the Auburn House family! Mountains of Blow is the the side project of Shane and Billy. With Dons recent hiatus from the clan, it has afforded these two gentleman with a lot of free time. What they ended up with is truly unique. What started as just simple jam sessions has turned into obsession.

They play completely off the top of their heads for hours on end. There is no structured songs, no take two's or retries. All both the good and the bad are left for the listener to experience. What you hear on the myspace will never be heard again.

To book them, contact them via their myspace, or e-mail at mountainsofblow@gmail.com.

Shane's Head = 1 Metal Grill = 0

Ah, memorial day weekend. Nothing like sitting around with friends, having some barbecue and kicking back a few beers. A party wouldn't be a party without something to remember it by. Some people take pictures or shoot some video. Some people pass out onto a stainless steel grill after falling off a deck. An ambulance, paramedics and 6 staples to the back of the head later it was a party!

Auburn House is glad Shane is okay. He even has a gnarly looking scar at the moment as a little memento for the holiday weekend. It's funny, as it turns out he received one staple for each beer consumed. Sounds like a painful reminder. Thanks to Peter (Dad) and Lather for the food, the beer, the great conversation and the emergency medical treatment. (I still want to jump down the hill.)

For the 4th of July we hope to up the ante, perhaps Taylor will swan dive off the roof. I'm thinking a broken femur will suffice. Hey, you don't need legs to play guitar and sing. Although they are helpful to get away from creepy stage sitters.

Stage Sitters Aside...

Earlier this week Anime Club rocked the stage for all the sushi loving--Coronita drinking patrons at The Terrace in Pasadena this past Tuesday. Reverting back to it's original lineup, Taylor and co. sounded as tight as ever. Thanks to all who attended. I forgot my camera so here is a crappy cell phone photo for those who missed the magic.

Blog Post

Well it's been quite some time now and the dust has finally settled here at Auburn House. Don Juan Neon has taken a little hiatus from things and spending time with family and friends back home in MD.

Even in Don's absence Anime Club will be performing with its original line-up next Tuesday, May 19th @ The Terrace.

All proceeds from the show will benefit zero charitable events or social groups, minorities, or polar bears. The ASPCA will receive 0% of every dollar you spend and a starving child in Africa will still be starving tomorrow.

All Too Quiet

Auburn House is currently running in safe mode.

Will be rebooting soon.

Thanks for your patience.