Ran into Tim Rakel last night, and he filled me in on all of his goings-on. First, the long-awaited May Day Orchestra LP, called Songs for Lucy Parsons, will arrive on -- when else? -- May 1. An 8 p.m. show at Black Bear Bakery is your first shot at buying the new record. The second chance is the very next day, May 2, which just so happens to be Cherokee Street's Cinco de Mayo celebration, when MDO plays at 8 p.m. at the City Art Supply.
Rakel also has a new band, called The
The Union Electric -- the new project of Bad Folk's Tim Rakel and Glenn Burleigh of Adversary Workers, among others -- just posted new demos on its MySpace page. The band recorded the songs with Grace Basement's Kevin Buckley. Click on the band name to check 'em out!
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Americans for Financial Reform and ACORN plan to gather today in support of President Barack Obama's proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Like the Consumer Protection Agency, which safeguards people from hazardous product flaws involving housewares and other merchandise, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency would be designed to protect individuals from risky, unscrupulouis financial investments. Demonstrators plan to gather in less than an hour (12 noon) in front of the Wells Fargo
The Union Electric -- the band featuring guitarist/banjoist/vocalist Tim Rakel, guitarist Glenn Burleigh and drummer Eric Von Damage -- was kind enough to send over a mastered version of "You've Been Served." This will appear on the band's first 7"! It's quite a menacing punk-folk drone; Rakel sounds like someone you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley. I dig. Catch 'em doing the song live at the following upcoming dates:
Saturday, October 17, at the Schlafly Tap Room (with Campfire Club)
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