Soophie Nun Squad-- Passion Slays The Dragon LP (FCH025)

Soophie Nun Squad-- Passion Slays The Dragon LP (Harlan Records #25)

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21 songs.
Recorded October 2002-May 2003 by Tim Scott at ElectricLeedyLand in Kansas City, MO.
First released in Europe on LP by Narshardaa Records, September 2003. (2 pressings, 700 copies)
LP released in North America by Harlan, January 2004. 1000 copies pressed on lavender trash vinyl (what a terrible idea-- glad the "trash" option isn't as common as it used to be!)
CD released by Plan-It-X Records, May 2004. (2 pressings, 2000 copies)

Credits:

Maralie Armstrong-Rial-- voice, accordion, whistles
Dustin Clark-- guitar, voice, claps
Mark Lierly-- drums, percussion
Mike Lierly-- voice, snare, claps, acoustic guitar on "The Scab Fairy--Introduction"
Eli Milholland-- bass, voices of a cow and a monster
Mike Motley-- keyboard, piano, percussion
Asa Newell-- guitar
Nate Powell-- voice, claps, percussion
Tim Scott-- electronics, production, voice, piano, trombone, turntables
Alan Short-- percussion, voice, bass on "The Last Things First"
Mikael Wood-- voice, keyboard
Kristine Barrett-- voice, piano, and assistant engineering on "The Scab Fairy"
Terry Johnson-- voice on "Birthday Song"
Rymodee-- voice on "Birthday Song"
Grendel the Dog-- barks on "Exponents"
Dish-- backing voices in "Your Birthday Song", hallway samples in "D Hall"

Track Listing:

1. The Last Things First
2. Destiny
3. Juxtapose
4. Sesame Sticks & Stevie Nicks
5. To Be A Hero
6. Exponents
7. The Bovinity Of Crust
8. (An Instrumental)
9. D Hall
10. Wilson Phillips
11. Inner Booty
12. Lord Of The Dip
13. Your Birthday Song
14. The Scab Fairy: Prelude
15. The Scab Fairy: Introduction
16. The Scab Fairy: Complication
17. The Scab Fairy: Rising Action
18. The Scab Fairy: Climax
19. The Scab Fairy: Denouement
20. The Scab Fairy: La Triumphe De La Scab Faerie
21. Sleeping On Your Floor

Notes:

* The all-powerful Assfactor 4 is sampled/bootlegged in "The Bovinity Of Crust", from a show I saw them play in Washington DC in October 1996 (the song is "Hey Stinky"). One of the greatest punk bands of all time-- I highly recommend seeking out all of their records, if you're unfamiliar!

* "To Be A Hero" is a Kirk & The Jerks cover, first heard on the incredible 1988 H-Street skate video Hokus Pokus.

* The first 100 copies of the European pressing of the LP (released by Narshardaa Records) have huge white squares surrounding the lettering on the cover, obscuring half of the cover art.

* Okay, here's why this album has so many different titles. When assembling the cover of Passion Slays The Dragon, I asked a friend to do the title lettering. In the spirit of both playful participation in the Soophie process and faux-intellectual anxiety about the word "passion" (seriously, what the fuck?!), she chose to rewrite the title as the homonym Passion, Sleighs, The Dragon for the European LP. I accepted this twist but didn't like it, and neither did anyone else. Tim Scott did the layout for the American version of the LP jacket, and secretly manipulated the title to read Pasizzle Slizzles Tha Drizzle, while labeling the spine Fleetwood Mac-- Rumours (a nod to our cover treatment of The Devil, The Metal... LP's) and Driggynizzle. None of us were aware of this until we received the proofs. As I fell deeper into a hole in life in early 2004 and couldn't "get real" for a while, I re-titled the CD version Pass Ion, Sleds, The Drag-On, while Tim labeled each side of the jewel case Lethal Weapon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Ghost Dad (Widescreen DVD) respectively. You would not believe how many stores and distributors got pissed off about this. I didn't even receive payment from some folks because they couldn't "find" the record in their system! Finally, for the 2nd pressing of the CD, Chris Clavin requested that we put our actual band name on the spine (very reasonable!), but color-blind Tim took it to the next level by having the spine in electric blue & orange text, intentionally making it unreadable and seizure-inducing.

* Soophie's last show was at Nexus in Braunschweig, Germany on June 21, 2006 with Tim's electronic band Orange Core. We attempted to have two final shows in Little Rock, May 19-20 2007-- one with Smoke Up Johnny as a part of Towncraft week, and the other with The Good Good, Erin Tobey, and Totally Michael in North Little Rock. Unfortunately, Mark had broken his wrists a few weeks prior, so neither show ever happened.

* Folks from SNS also in Humanbeast, V Manuscript, Bloodhuff, Sand City, Deadbird, Zucura, Holy Angell, Universe, Pallbearer, R.I.O.T.S., The Evelyns, Divorce Chord, Wait, The Insides, Tem Eyos Ki, Lily Maude Horseman, Sugar And The Raw, Big Boots, Rainy Day Regatta, Boomfancy, Gioteens, Shake Ray Turbine, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, and K.

SNS @ Kafe Kult. Munich, Germany, May 2006.

SNS @ Solidarity Infoshop. Lawrence KS, July 2005. Photo by Ginger Alford.

SNS before leaving on our final tour. Little Rock AR, May 2006. Photo by Sara Blancett.

Soophie Nun Squad/ Abe Froman-- split LP (FCH022)

Soophie Nun Squad/ Abe Froman-- split LP (Harlan Records #22)

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13 songs.
SNS side recorded October 2002 by Tim Scott at ElectricLeedyLand in Kansas City MO.
AF side recorded July 2002 by Fred Thomas at the Tobey house in Lansing MI.
1000 copies pressed (900 black, 97 opaque purple, 3 black/purple starburst), April 2003.
CD version released by Plan-It-X Records. 1000 copies pressed, November 2003.

Credits:

Soophie Nun Squad:
Maralie Armstrong-Rial-- voice
Dustin Clark-- guitar
Mark Lierly-- drums
Mike Lierly-- voice, talking guitar on "Headbangin' In LR", body percussion
Eli Milholland-- bass
Mike Motley-- percussion
Asa Newell-- guitar
Nate Powell-- voice, piano
Tim Scott-- voice, keyboards, production, samples
Alan Short-- voice, percussion
Mikael Wood-- voice, keyboards

Abe Froman:
Ryan Batkie-- bass, voice, acoustic guitar on "July 1998"
Erin Tobey-- guitar, voice
Matt Tobey-- drums, voice
Fred Thomas-- steel drums on "Fair Friend"
Nate Powell & Art Middleton-- extra voice & percussion on "Walking Distance"

Track Listing:

SNS side:
1. Maybe You Heard
2. Hemispheres
3. Headbangin' In Little Rock
4. You're Too Young For The Living Dead
5. Snap, Crackle, Props
6. The Extreme Discomfort Dance

AF side:
1. Willing Suspension Of Disbelief
2. Droppin' Like Flies
3. Hobbit Hole
4. The City That Never Wakes Up
5. Fair Friend
6. Walking Distance
7. July 1998 (Old Style)

Notes:

* Abe Froman recorded one unreleased song from this session, "The Guerrillas", which Ryan Batkie's subsequent band Hissyfit rerecorded and released on a split 7" with The Reflectors in 2004.

* This record was initially to be an Abe Froman/ Boomfancy split LP, but when the time came to record, no Boomfancy was even remotely in sight. Attempts were made at assembling Boomfancy 2.0 in Providence RI, which turned into the short-lived band Braids To Your Ass (Nate Powell, Sara T Huber, Natalja Kent, Peter Woods, Daniel Pastrana) with one show and two songs to their name. Fortunately, Soophie had a multitude of song ideas for their fall 2002 recording summit, and this split LP fell into place perfectly. It holds Abe Froman's best and most intimate recording for sure, and personally represents the merging of my two family units spread across the map.

* Folks from SNS also in Humanbeast, V Manuscript, Bloodhuff, Sand City, Deadbird, Zucura, Holy Angell, Universe, Pallbearer, R.I.O.T.S., The Evelyns, Divorce Chord, Wait, The Insides, Tem Eyos Ki, Sugar And The Raw, Big Boots, Rainy Day Regatta, Boomfancy, Gioteens, Shake Ray Turbine, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, and K.

* Folks from AF also in  Fat Shadow, Erin Tobey, Pink Razors, Mt. Gigantic, Hissyfit, Memory Map, Good Luck, and Canine Sugar. 

Abe Froman's last show @ Plan-It-X Fest. Bloomington IN, June 2004. Photo by Mark Novotny.

SNS @ Plan-It-X Fest. Bloomington IN, June 2004. Photo by Ginger Alford.

Soophie Nun Squad-- "The Devil, The Metal, The Big Booty Beats" LP (FCH018)

Soophie Nun Squad-- The Devil, The Metal, The Big Booty Beats LP (Harlan Records #18)

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14 songs.
Recorded August 1999 by Barry Poynter in Little Rock, AR. "Diarrhea Of A Madman" recorded August 1998 by Darian Stribling at Blue Chair Studio in Ward AR, and "Singalong" recorded on cassette in Mikael Wood's bathroom the night before the album was recorded.
First released on CD (Phyte Records #18) in January 2000.
First LP pressing: 500 copies, September 2000.
Second LP pressing: 300 copies, February 2002.
Third LP pressing: 510 copies, 2003.

Credits:

Maralie Armstrong-Rial-- voice, whistles
Dustin Clark-- guitar, backing voice
Mark Lierly-- drums
Mike Lierly-- voice
Eli Milholland-- bass
Nate Powell-- voice, donkey drum
Tim Scott-- voice, turntables
Mikael Wood-- voice, organ, additional guitar on "Chicken Fight"
Asa Newell-- acoustic guitar on "Unspeaking"
Jeremy Brasher-- drum machine on "Donkey Call" breakdown
Ashley Goodspeed-- "Chromatic Death" vocal lead on "Diarrhea Of A Madman"
Alan Short-- beatbox
Mary Clarendon Mulkey-- backing voice on "The Drawbridge"
Chip King-- Mayor of Ghost Town on "Rattlesnake Attitude"
Emil Heiple, Michael Motley, Courtney Kaiser-- backing voice

Track Listing:

1. Blackout
2. Dragon Style
3. Cinderblock
4. Mean Streak
5. Diarrhea Of A Madman
6. No Moms Allowed!
7. Unspeaking
8. Donkey Call
9. Wannabe (Spice Girls cover)
10. (Mister Nister)
11. Chicken Fight
12. Singalong
13. Rattlesnake Attitude
14. The Drawbridge

Tim Scott stayed up all night and finished 100 LP covers at an anarchist squat in Leipzig, Germany in April 2002. Photo by Nate Powell.

Notes:

* This album was first pressed on CD as Phyte Records #18 in January 2000. 3 pressings and 2,000 copies were made. It was then repressed as Plan-It-X Records #46 in 2005, with 1,000 more copies made.

* Every single copy of this LP was hand-painted/collaged over used LP covers. Nate, Mike, Eli, and Maralie painted most of the 1st pressing; Nate, Erin Tobey, Matt Tobey, and Lisa Bennett Merva painted most of the 2nd; Nate did nearly all of the 3rd pressing in soul-crushing marathons. If you have a copy, please send me (Nate) a photo/image of the cover so I can post it! My email address is seemybrotherdance@yahoo.com. 


* "Rattlesnake Attitude" is written in the same universe as the song "Ghost Town" from SNS's 2nd 7", and as more songs were introduced, certain characters were intended to cross over. Soophie intended to include an additional song, "John Paul Rains" (named after Tem Eyos Ki drummer Kevin's brother), from this universe on the album, but forgot that occasionally it's helpful to write the music to songs before attempting to record them.

* Here is a collection of Soophie Nun Squad photos on my Flickr page.

* Members also in Humanbeast, V Manuscript, Bloodhuff, Sand City, Universe, Pallbearer, R.I.O.T.S., The Evelyns, Divorce Chord, Wait, The Insides, Tem Eyos Ki, Sugar And The Raw, Rainy Day Regatta, Boomfancy, Gioteens, Shake Ray Turbine, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, and K.

SNS at The Living Room, Goleta CA, August 2001. Photo by Joshua Peach.

SNS in Richmond VA, June 2000. Photo by Natalja Kent.

SNS at 40th Street warehouse, Oakland CA, August 2001. Photo by Joshua Peach.

"The Dogtown Chronicles" comp tape (FCH007)

 The Dogtown Chronicles comp tape (Food Chain Records #7)

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100 copies made, May 1995.
(This release was a joint venture between Eli and I.)

Track Listing:

1. DxRxPx theme song.
2. Soophie Nun Squad-- "Counterculture" (January 1995)
3. Hug-- "Big Fuckin Spider" (November 1994)
4. Soophie Nun Squad-- "Interlude" (January 1993)
5. Pete-- "In The End" (April 1995)
6. Soophie Nun Squad-- "Rocky" (January 1995)
7. K-- "The Best Smell Songs #1 and #2" (October 1994)
8. New Toy Smell-- "Peter Pan" (May 1995)
9. (audio montage from our teenage film projects Sampson The Bastard and World History Movie)
10. K-- "Kuntrry Song" (October 1994)
11. Sacred Cod-- "Uprising" (June 1994-- Noah Young on drums)
12. (yet another audio montage)
13. Soophie Nun Squad-- "This Song Sucks" (February 1993)
14. Hug-- "Fuck" (November 1994)
15. Soophie Nun Squad-- "Stand Tall" (May 1995)
16. Sooper Soophie-- "Back To The Skool" (October 1994)
17. Soophie Nun Squad-- "PJ Sod" (January 1995)
18. K-- "The K Explanation" (October 1994)
19. Cecil's Rhubarb Taco-- "Burrito" (October 1994)
20. Dentistry-- "The Dentist's Hug" (July 1994)
21. New Toy Smell-- "Untitled" (May 1995)
22. (still another goddamn interlude)
23. Mob-- "Sleepwalking" (May 1995)
24. Christopher-- "Yellow Flower" (October 1994)
25. (another interlude)
26. Hug-- "Dead Roach, Motherfucker" (November 1994)
27. Sooper Soophie-- "Owned by MTV" (October 1994)
28. (Eli's filthy hocker during Soophie practice)
29. K-- "Minor Threat" (October 1994)
30. Hug-- "Vogue" (November 1994)
31. Soophie Nun Squad-- "Peru" (May 1994)
32. Sacred Cod-- "Hawaiian Apocalypse" (June 1994)
33. Soophie Nun Squad-- "This Song Sucks (Hardcore Version)" (August 1993)
34. New Toy Smell-- "Untitled" (May 1995)

Reservoir Dogtown.

 Bands:

* Soophie Nun Squad-- Dustin Clark (guitar), Mark Lierly (drums), Mike Lierly (voice), Eli Milholland (bass), Nate Powell (voice), Mikael Wood (backing voice, dancing)
* Hug-- Jake Jackson (guitar), Mike Lierly (voice), Eli Milholland (bass), Alan Short (guitar, voice), Noah Young (drums)
* Pete-- Kevin Bay (drums), Lloyd Benjamin (guitar), Adam Heathcott (bass), Chris Sheppard (voice), Zach S. (guitar)
* K-- Eli Milholland (bass), Mikael Wood (voice)
* New Toy Smell-- Mike Lierly (guitar), Ryan Seaton (guitar)
* Sacred Cod-- Mark Lierly (drums), Mike Lierly (guitar, keyboard), Mikael Wood (guitar, voice)
* Sooper Soophie-- Mark Lierly (drums), Mike Lierly (voice), Tim Scott (voice), Ryan Seaton (bass), Mikael Wood (guitar)
* Cecil's Rhubarb Taco-- Steve Cook (drums), Eli Milholland (bass), Ryan Seaton (bass), Nathan Walker (guitar, voice), Mikael Wood (voice, misc.?)
* Dentistry-- Nate Powell (voice, keyboard), Mikael Wood (guitar)
* Mob-- Mike Lierly (guitar), Nate Powell (voice), Noah Young (drums)
* Christopher-- Steve Cook (drums), Ryan Seaton (bass), Nathan Walker (guitar, voice)

Soophie Nun Squad-- "We Ate Slayer" demo (FCH001)

Soophie Nun Squad-- "We Ate Slayer" demo tape (Food Chain Records #1)

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16 songs.
Recorded 2/94-5/94 in the Lierly attic, live on a jambox.
50 copies made, May 1994.
(Food Chain Records, at this point, was a joint effort between me and Eli.)

Credits:

Dustin Clark-- guitar
Mark Lierly-- drums
Mike Lierly-- voice
Eli Milholland-- bass
Nate Powell-- voice
Alan Short-- guitar on "Diehard", backup vocals
Nate Price-- backup vocals
Noah Young-- uncredited drums on "Diehard"

Track listing:

1. PJ Sod
2. Peru
3. Hey Hey Margaret
4. Funbox
5. Soophie Nun Squad
6. Feedback
7. Dino
8. Shoe Song
9. Squid Song
10. Paula
11. Point Of View
12. Diehard (cover of Little Rock's 1991-92 band Entrance [Marcus Lowe, Alan Short, Chris Spann,       Matt Bullard]-- original appears on the Towncraft comp LP [File 13 Records #7])
13. Rocky
14. Push It
15. This Song Sucks
16. Locusts

Related Bands: Humanbeast, Sand City, Pallbearer, Universe, V Manuscript, The Evelyns, Divorce Chord, Global Credit Squeeze, Humanola, The Insides, Wait, Lazy Fair, Truckenstein-9, Tem Eyos Ki, Sugar And The Raw, Boomfancy, Shake Ray Turbine, Gioteens, Mob, Inherit The Sun, William Martyr 17, Revolver Red, Sooper Soophie, Sacred Cod, K, Dentistry, Hug

SNS's 3rd show with Skinhead Magnet and Carbondale. Riverfront Amphitheathre, Little Rock AR, 8/1/93.