10.11.06 - Flav played a solo acoustic show in High Wycombe (UK) supporting Vic Ruggiero (The Slackers). The amazing Ted Splitter was also on the bill.
09.13.06 - Flav played a solo acoustic show at the Charlotte in Leicester (UK), supporting Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age) and Blag Dahlia (the Dwarves).
09.03.06 - Flav played a solo acoustic show at the Attik in Leicester (UK), supporting Stza Crack (Leftover Crack). Ted Splitter and Team Dave were also on the bill.
08.03.06 - Flav played a solo acoustic show at the Charlotte in Leicester (UK), opening for Mike Park.
02.21.06 - Flav played a solo acoustic show at the Beer Cart Arms, Canterbury, Kent (UK).
01.03.06 - Happy New Year! Flav has been busy finishing up his new solo CD at Sonic Iguana Studios with Mass. Both Matt and Dan have also been lending their talents to the project.
12.15.05 - Matt Hart will be doing a poetry reading this weekend in Chicago.
It's at Myopic Books in Wicker Park: 1564 North Milwaukee Ave. at 7PM on Sunday, December 18th. Chuck Stebelton will also read. For store info click here.
11.22.05 - We'd like to thank everyone that came out for the benefit concert this past Saturday. We had a great time...and all for a good cause. A special thanks to all the bands that played (Pat McClimans, Jorge Orillac, CounterActive, Color By Numbers) and our friends that came from South Carolina (Leslie and Jennifer), Cincinnati (Eric and Trish), Chicago and Detroit. See you all again soon!
11.03.05 -
Squirtgun will be doing a one-off show as a benefit to raise money for a Purdue University graduate student (Laura Poggi, of Florence, Italy) whose recent medical difficulties resulted in a $40k-plus medical bill. Severe pain in her stomach area sent her to the emergency room, and what began as a suspected appendicitis turned out to be a much more severe congenital intestinal-colonic defect. The university-supplied insurance guaranteed to her as a Spanish Language TA only covered 80% of the bill -- and she was responsible to find her own teaching replacements for the two weeks of her absence. She cannot afford to cover the remaining balance, and her medical complications continue to incur more expense. We decided to do the show in an effort to put a dent in the debt. The line-up so far is as follows:
Squirtgun, Jorge Orillac (emo-punk from Panama), 7 Speed Vortex, Pat McClimans Group, and CounterActive. It will take place at the University Church in West Lafayette, IN (very near the Student Union) on November 19 at 7pm. The cover charge will be a $5 minimum donation, but all showgoers are encouraged to give as much as they can comfortably spare above that amount.
Another interesting note is that this will Squirtgun's first US appearance in two years, and will feature original drummer Dan Lumley for this show only (our official full-time drummer is stil Mike Felumlee)-- since we are playing Dan's hometown. He has no plans to come out of "retirement," so this may well be the only chance to ever see him play (for those not in the know, Lumley has played drums for not only Squirtgun, but also spent 7 years in Screeching Weasel, was the drummer of Common Rider, was the drummer in the final line-up of the Riverdales, and guested on albums or concerts for the Queers, the Lillingtons, the Teen Idols, among others.
10.30.05 - Squirtgun will be playing it's first show in over a year on November 19th in West Lafayette, IN on the Purdue University campus. This performance will feature the original line-up, including Dan Lumley, who has not performed with Squirtgun since August 2003. The show is a benefit for a Purdue student facing large medical bills and will feature many special guests. More details soon...
09.05.05
- Our singer Matt's new book of poetry, "Revelated", is now
available at amazon.com.
Please support his literary endeavors and pick up a copy today here!
08.21.05 - Universal Studios and View Askew Productions are releasing
a 10th anniversary DVD of the movie "Mallrats". You may recall
that the opening song to "Mallrats" is Squirtgun's song "Social".
This DVD is an extended version with many bonus features and new interviews. To
pre-order click here...
07.02.05 - Some studio work that Mass did for Alkaline Trio has just been
released on the UK "Time To Waste" single. Mass did some tracking
and the mixing and mastering for "We Can Never Break Up" and
"Don't Say You Won't" featured on the single. Check it out here...
06.21.05 - Hey everyone! As a follow-up to our tune "Social"
being in the Kevin Smith flick "Mallrats", we've decided to
start a write-in campaign to get either "Never Fit" or "Super-Unglued"
on the soundtrack to Kevin Smith's upcoming movie, "Clerks 2: The
Passion of the Clerks". Vote
on your favorite of the two songs here!
06.18.05 - Matt's band The National Trust is playing two shows in Cincinnati
on June 18th and June 24th; for more info click
here.
06.17.05 - Flav recently published a paper on his research involving Huntington's
disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disorder. To check it out, click
here.
05.03.05 - Here's a message from Matt: "I'll be giving a reading
from my book who's who vivid (forthcoming from Slope Editions) in NYC
on Monday May 9th at 7:30PM in the Readings between A & B series.
The series takes place at The 11th Street Bar in the East Village. I'll
be the first of three readers. Anselm Berrigan and Ron
Silliman are also on the bill. More details can be found at: www.readab.com
People can currently get a taste of my poems and even read a statement
of my poetics at: www.h-ngm-n.com and at www.typomag.com
03.24.05 - Our tune "Make It Wreck" is in the Interpunk Top
40 at punkradiocast.com...vote
for it here!
03.09.05 - Matt's other project, The National Trust, now has a MySpace.com page with some brand-spankin' new mp3s....check
it out here!
03.06.05 - Flav will be playing another solo acoustic show in Seattle next Saturday, March
12th. It's at the Trabant Chai Lounge, 1309 N.E. 45th Street. Flav should
hit the stage around 8:30 PM...so come on out if you're in the area!
02.20.05 - Squirtgun is one of the bands featured on the new AMP Magazine
CD compilation, "AMP Presents - Vol. 4: Pop Punk". Others bands
include the APERS, QUEERS, GROOVIE GHOULIES, THE TRAVOLTAS, MANGES, LILLINGTONS
and many others. Pick up your copy here...
02.09.05 - Sorry for the long break from updates...we hope that 2005 has
been good to you so far! We added some more mp3s to MySpace.com for your enjoyment. Also, we've been discussing doing some shows this
Spring. More info when we have it...
