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May 28, 2008 Another upcoming gig on Sunday, June 22, 2008 (9 P.M. - Music starts at 9:30) at the Echo Curio curiosity shop and art gallery. "Folk implosion indeed … we welcome this talented performer, ADAM LIPMAN, fresh from his California tour and wonderful addition to the Love Notes compilation, recently put out by us. Joining him are the wondrous REFRIGERATOR (one of whom is the renowned creator of SHRIMPER RECORDS), as well as freaked out banjo songstress EMILY LACY and our favorite local vinyl helmet wearing troubadour DEEPAKALYPSE." Echo Curio is found at: 1519 Sunset Blvd. Echo Park, CA 90026 Ph: 213-977-1279 Visit the Echo Curio website at: http://www.echocurio.com |
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February
12, 2008 After a few months hiatus, Refrigerator will be playing on Saturday March 8, 2008 (8 P.M.) at Biacci's in the city of gracious living at Rhino-fest, a gathering of all the bands with a connection to Claremont, California's legendary Rhino Records. Biacci's is at: 775 N. Central Ave. Upland, CA 91786 Ph: 909-946-0990 Visit the Biacci's MySpace page (with calendar) at: http://www.myspace.com/biaccis4pizza |
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November 12, 2007 November is National Novel Writing month and Allen is bloggin' up a storm: "...basically the challenge is to write 50,000 words in the month of November ... I've started posted excerpts from my entry on my MySpace blog ..." Click
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October 20, 2007 Allen rolls out another update:
"Refrigerator are more than honored to
announce we'lll be playing with John Thill to mark the release of John's
new Shrimper release - "Heart Of Grime". |
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August 8,
2007 In place of the cancelled Bird carnival show are two new shows in October: Friday, October 5, 2007: Saturday, October 6, 2007: |
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July 4,
2007 Happy 4th of July. And with it comes more concert news, now on the East Coast. Toby Goodshank and Allen Callaci (of
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June 6,
2007 (Updated August 8, 2007) Refrigerator's appearance at the Bird Carnival in November has been cancelled. For more information about this event please go to either: http://www.myspace.com/birdcarnival or: http://www.birdcarnival.com |
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April 26,
2007 You guessed it! Even more big news from the road. Refrigerator will be playing the historic Hotel Utah in San Francisco on June 9th. "...1st SF show in over 5 years!!!!" sez Allen. The show will feature: Refrigerator, Adam Lipman, alas alak, alaska! and Chinatown Bakeries. Location, location, location: The Hotel Utah Saloon 500 Fourth Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Ph: 415-546-6300 Fx: 415-546-0441 Find out more about the cool history of this Hotel at http://www.thehotelutahsaloon.com/contact.html. |
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March 29,
2007 Once again, a live show announcement tops the news! Refrigerator will join Whitman and Trandrew (and others TBA ?) in Los Angeles on Monday, May 14, 2007 at pehrspace. This is an all ages show starting at 9 PM and $5 gets you in. pehrspace is at: 325 Glendale Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90026 Ph: 213-483-7347 Visit the pehrspace calander at www.pehrspace.org to learn more OR drop by their MySpace page at: www.myspace.com/pehrspace |
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February
27, 2007 Hey, more live show news! Refrigerator will be joined Kimya Dawson, Angelo Spencer, Voice On Tape and Wckr Spgt on Sunday, April 15 at Biacci’s. * Note: This is an EARLY show at 6 PM. Biacci's is at: 775 N. Central Ave. Upland, CA 91786 Ph: 909-946-0990 Visit the Biacci's MySpace page (with calendar) at: http://www.myspace.com/biaccis4pizza |
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February
10, 2007 Refrigerator will be playing at the 4th Annual Cochina Festival in upper Claremont with Whitman, John Thill, Adam Lipman, Golden Boots, etc. on Saturday, June 2. For more info about this one of kind fest please click below (or to the left) to go to: http://www.myspace.com/prerock |
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February 3,
2007 Hot on the heels of the latest Refrigerator release, Allen checks in with some more news, so check out the online collaboration "Collaboration" with Allen and Amy on mungbeing.com internet magazine by clicking on the munbeing text or the pizza box to the left: "The musical collaboration that I did with Amy Maloof (from Falcon Eddy) for the online magazine Mungbeing is now posted at www.mungbeing.com ...there's a lot of other great collaborations from some other fine folks on the site as well." |
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January 8,
2007 '07 kicks off with plenty of new news thrown our way via Allen: 1. LIVE HOUSE PARTY |
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January 7,
2007 In honor of the release of their new CD (out January 16th officially), portions of the website have been updated with artwork borrowed from "Bottles Of Make Up" available from Shrimper Records. It will up and complete very soon. The CD can be ordered from Midheaven Mailorder HERE: Shrimper Releases (alphabetical) : Refrigerator : Bottles Of Make Up (shr148) The site also includes mp3 samples of all tracks so you can give a listen before you buy. Although the best deals are found at Midheaven Mailorder (above), the CD is sold through many other major internet retailers as well. Some popular sites and their links are shown below: Amazon.com Barnes and Noble.com CD Universe.com Tower Records.com NOTE: The CD is also available at all major retailers c/o Revolver USA Distribution. |
| November 28, 2006 The new CD release "Bottles of Make Up" is definitely on it's way this January. While it may just miss your Christmas stocking, it'll be right on time to make a swell Valentine's gift. |
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November 27, 2006 Snippets of Refrigerator can be seen on the newly re-mastered DVD release of "Bleak Future". For lots of links, news and reviews of this cult classic drop by the website: http://bleakfuture.com/ |
| October 3, 2006 Bigger, bigger news (huge really). Allen explains all in his most recent e-mail regarding news on the brand new album! "Ok, now it's official. I promise, promise,
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| March 19, 2006 Big, big news here in the form of a track listing for the upcoming album "Bottles of Make Up" due out in June: 1. Lucy 2. Sara Carter 3. I'm Nothing Without You 4. Comedians 5. Cigarettes & Perfume 6. From the End of the World to Your Town 7. Bottles of Make Up 8. Romantic Boredom no. 909 9. Walking Through Walls 10. Prior to a Trapdoor 11. Light Red Blues 12. Yer Boombox Blues Artwork and more yummy details to follow soon. Thanks again to Allen for keeping us all up to speed!! |
| March 9, 2006 A new date for a FREE Refrigerator live performance has been announced: Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 8:00 pm at the Poptzlan Gallery This is an ALL AGES - FREE Show Featuring Kimya Dawson and an acoustic performance by Refrigerator The Poptzlan Gallery is located at: 256 S. Main Street (Corner of 3rd & Main St.) Pomona, CA 91766 |
| February 24, 2006 A new CD arrived from Dennis with 4 new tracks to add to the Sounds section BUT I AM HAVING SOFTWARE ISSUES TRYING TO TRANSCODE TO MP3 WITHOUT HAVING A NASTY "CLIPPING" SOUND AT CERTAIN LEVELS. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN LISTEN THE FIRST TWO TRACKS BELOW AT THE MY-SPACE SITE LINK BELOW: http://www.myspace.com/lonesomesurprise The first 2 are new from the upcoming 2006 Refrigerator release "Bottles of Make Up": Download 1. Light Reds & Blues Download 2. Sell The Marriage The next 2 are from their late 1997 live interview / concert promoting the "Refrigerator" LP/CD release on KCRW's "Brave New World" hosted by Tricia Halloran. Download 3. Tourists (live) Download 4. The Sky Swam Into View (live) These songs WILL SOON be presented in MP3 format at 64kbps bitrate (to keep file size down for lo-speed connections). Special thanks again to Dennis for this generous offering!! |
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February 9, 2006 Added "That's Alright Mama" recorded by Allen at Sun Studio in Memphis this past fall. Yes, the same classic Elvis song that started it all gets reworked for the kids. This song (like Sea Above) is again presented in MP3 format at 64kbps bitrate (to keep file size down for lo-speed connections) and can be found in the Downloads section using the menu to the left or else right click mouse on the Sun Records image and select "Save As" to download. Sequencing and artwork forge ahead on the new album which will (crosses fingers) be out soon. |
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January 10, 2006 A new web space is unleashed and all friends of Refrigerator are invited to join: http://www.myspace.com/lonesomesurprise This MySpace site allows people to meet and share thoughts about Refrigerator (and other subjects too) while listening to music samples, swapping photos, etc. It promises to be an exciting community where news is released and ideas are exchanged "as it happens". Keep an eye out for lots of "exclusive" content there. Per Allen, most of the mixing on the new album is done and they hope to have it completed in February. Stay tuned here and check into the MySpace community for more details in the near future. |
| July 31, 2005 Some very nice info. to pass on as the summer chugs along (including Live Concert August 26): (A) New recordings are being made over the summer and continue into August. Per Allen, the "songs have a countryish feel (at least in their present state) with a lot of the lyrics tying in to the Shrimper heyday of the 90's (not quite a concept record but as close as we'll ever get I suppose)." (B) Refrigerator will be playing a live show along with Wckr Spgt and Franklin Bruno on Friday, August 26, 2005 at The Press Restaurant in Claremont. The address is: The Press Restaurant 129 Harvard Avenue Claremont, CA 91711 Phone: (909) 625-4808 Calendar of shows at their website: http://www.thepressrestaurant.com/ (This could be Franklin's last show in the area as he moves to Chicago in September) |
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March 16, 2005 New reviews added for new CD and James McNew's Top of 2004 listing. |
| December
9 and 19, 2004 New reviews added for new CD. |
| October 4,
2004 "Upstairs In Your Room" is released on Shrimper Records (SHR144CD). Click here to listen to 30 second MP3 excerpts from all the tracks (and also to purchase this and all their other available releases too). |
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September 27,
2004 Refrigerator will be playing a show with Wckr Spgt on Saturday, October 2 at 51 Buckingham in Pomona, California. It is an all ages event and doors open at 7:00 pm. The address is: Downtown Pomona Arts & Music Colony 51 Buckingham 296 W. Second St Pomona, CA 91766 Calendar of shows at their website: http://www.51buckingham.com/calendar.htm |
| September 27,
2004 Allen was gracious enough again to provide us with some great track-by-track liner notes for the upcoming CD. Read on: "Johnny Blaze - A loving homage
to the legendary Grandma Callaci written by Dennis which I initially
completely mistook as a brotherly jab at my comic book collecting ways.
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August 16, 2004 Added "Sea Above" from the Mo'fo Festival (2003) as the first downloadable song on this site. The same song will be out on the new album but in a much different version. This track was recorded with the Mountain Goats in late June 2003. The song is presented in MP3 format at 64kbps bitrate (which was done do keep file size to a minimum for 56K connections out there) and can be found in the Downloads section using the menu to the left or else right click mouse on the Mo'fo image and select "Save As" to download. |
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August 12, 2004 Allen advised me of some slight changes to the details on the new album "Upstairs In Your Room". In a nutshell: (a) New and earlier release date of October 4 (originally posted as October 15 ... sooner is better) (b) Slight change to cover artwork (see revised pic below under July 16 posting) (c) Changes to song titles and listing (see immediately below) 1. Johnny Blaze 2. Radio Barstow 3. Upstairs In Your Room 4. Sea Above 5. A Crown Of Smoke 6. Here Comes The One 7. OK, Not Today 8. Anyone Else's Arms 9. Your Sister & Me 10. Paris 11. Rudy Valentino (d) Posting of the Revolver one-sheet promo / ad for the new LP. It is downloadable to the left or also in the revised discography section under the "Upstairs ..." CD section. |
| August 02, 2004 Changed artwork and layout of the website including new navigation menu to side. |
| July 19, 2004 Allen provided the tentative song list for the new LP: "It'll be 11 songs long and here is a track listing (all song titles subject to change of course): 1. Johnny Blaze 2. Radio Barstow 3. Upstairs In Your Room 4. Sea Above 5. Dracula 6. Here Comes The One (... Better Than The Last One Anyway) 7. OK Not Today 8. Whoever Comes Next 9. Slow Motion Almost 10. Paris 11. Rudy Valentine" On another note, he wrote that he feels the new album is one of the noisiest things they've done in a long time. Sweet. |
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July 16, 2004 Allen got in touch regarding the artwork for the new album (see left): "The record is definitely going to be called '"upstairs in your room" and looks like it will be unleashed on October 15. We are still tinkering with the cover art a little so it might be slightly different by the time it comes out." |
| April 08, 2002 Refrigerator concert with Franklin Bruno and Simon Joyner, Saturday, April 13, 2002 at The Press Restaurant, 129 Harvard Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711 - phone: (909) 625-4808 |
| April 08, 2002 Added various internet reviews in "Reviews" section for "Comedy Minus One". |
| April 01, 2002 Added AMG review in "Reviews" section for "Comedy Minus One". |
| March 30, 2002 Old 1999 article transcribed in the "Articles" section. |
| July 10, 2001 The Album: Oh yes, Refrigerator's upcoming CD "Comedy Minus One" is out now (October 8)! In a preview below, Allen Callaci shared some thoughts on each of the eleven new tracks: (we'll maybe add some short 30-45 sec. mp3 previews of the songs soon) 1. For Good: An acoustic number with some crazy bass work by the one and only Daniel Brodo thrown in for good measure. The line/chorus/musical question "what use is for good?" was recycled/stolen/rehashed from an old bux tune. 2. Scratch 11: I thought it'd be fun to write a song with a bunch of baseball metaphors "pull in your fences" "come sliding home safe" etc. Dead backyard and bed facing the freeway imagery courtesy Fontana, California and the "if I could change your mind, but I cant change what isn't mine" sentiment courtesy of St. Christopher. A half futile argument of a song about trying to convince someone that sometimes staying can be just as good a solution to life's trials and tribulations as fleeing. 3. Never Nowhere: I really thought we'd actually finally recorded a honest to goodness romantic love song after we recorded this one, until I played it for a friend and told her I thought of it as such, and after she heard it made the observation that "I'm never nowhere when I'm with you" is not exactly the kindest, fuzziest expression one person can say to another. 4. Freeway Close: About three years ago we were touring up north and I'd lost my voice, twisted my ankle, was unhappy with my job at the time and planning on leaving it as soon as we the tour ended, and throughout the whole tour there was nothing but gray skies and rain. Anyway, I was in a pretty bleak mood for most of the tour and really starting to miss the California warmth of home. We were playing Seattle and we got into town a little early and went into a small newsstand by the club we were playing and I bought a copy of the Sunday LA times they had there for 5 bucks and somehow it made me feel a whole lot better. Emily Marsh who ironically enough lives in Seattle helps out on vocals on this one. 5. XOXOX: Its been awhile since Dennis sang lead on a Refrigerator record so this is his moment to shine. This was a song originally written while we were working on Glitter Jazz. 6. Twilight Show: This was the last song written for the record and recorded on Chris' 4 track. A first date jitters kind of a song. 7. Anna Vincent: Inspired by a second cousin, who's grandfather (my uncle) passed away about 12 years ago. Anna was given the middle name of Vincent in tribute to him. He was a published poet, a scholar, and along with my other uncle played in a vaudeville type band (they even played the Sullivan show once). My uncle lived on the east coast and died while I was still fairly young so although I met him at a handful of family gatherings over that time I never really got to know him. The more I learn about him the more I wish I'd gotten that chance and this song is pretty much a musical message in a bottle to Anna in the hopes that we'll have that chance. 8. Memoirs of an Opening Act: As any comedy album historian could tell you not only did we lift the title of "comedy minus one" from an old Albert Brooks record but we also appropriated the title of this track from the aforementioned Albert Brooks album as well...anyway, I think this is a song that doesn't need a whole lot of explaining as it wears its bitterness and bile on its sleeve quite well. 9. Red Riding Hood: I love the slide guitar on this one. A good song to get lost in on a warm Sunday evening. 10. Fingerprints: Chris did some really good piano work on this one and that's Emily Marsh again haunting up the chorus. A song about the despairing frustration of not being able to save somebody from themselves. 11. Retire The Ghost: "or was it all just a meaningless front for you? A play divorce dressed as a trial separation for you. Will you come back 6 years later to the same apt. complex? A second chance at a lifetime of regret..." (See song number 10 description for further information) |
| June, 2001 HEY! REFRIGERATOR - LIVE (please visit Inland Empire Band Show Date Web Page for updated details and dates) Tuesday, June 19, 2001 Smog w/ Refrigerator Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd. @ Doheny, Los Angeles, CA (310) 276-6168 $10 advance / $12 box-office / Doors open @ 8 pm Wednesday, June 20, 2001 Saturday, July 14, 2001 |
| January 2000 The Album: Refrigerator's newest CD "Glitter Jazz" is still available through Midheaven Mailorder / Revolver USA at: http://www.midheaven.com/fi (along with 30-second song samples in RealAudio !!)and is also available through other sources. As they noted in a previous e-mail update: "The fourth album, and first new material in over two years from the fraternal- magic rock institution that makes hearts go bump in the night. Now standing taller than ever as a quartet (stand-up fucking bass!) they deliver eleven new songs that yearn with emotion and churn with glory. Features guest appearances from indie faves FRANKLIN BRUNO, JODI of the SECRET STARS, IRA & GEORGE of YO LA TENGO, KARLE RUNGE from Europe, and MR. JOHN DAVIS of the FOLK IMPLOSION & THE JOHN DAVIS BAND. Touring the West Coast with Dump in October, hitting the East Coast in January. Excellent, excellent, excellent, not since Women and Children First have I ever been so happy." Track Listing: In his own wonderful words, Allen Callaci has provided us with a run down of the track listings for the new album: (This 07/15 posting is a slight revision from the original list ... the song "Soundwave" was removed from the final mix and several songs were switched in their order) 1. Tourists "Originally appeared on the 18 Wheeler long-play record. A song we always felt we could do better. This recording of it is similar to the version we played on KCRW. Featuring Franklin Bruno on piano and special guests Ira and Georgia from Yo La Tengo on backing vocals." 2. Uncertain Someone "The first of many waltzes on the new record. One of those rare songs that Dennis and I co-wrote lyrics to." 3. Western Disconnection "A reverb love anthem." 4. Los Angeles "Kind of strange...one of my favorites on the record...Karl from KSPC hitting the strings, Franklin adding some buzz and Bob Kaufman who produced the record joining us on guitar." 5. Heart of Bone "A 7 minute optigan epic lullaby. Written as a thank you note/love letter to KSPC, the college radio station here in Claremont that's been a beacon of light and hope in a suburban wasteland over the years. This one features Franklin on the keys and John Davis on acoustic guitar." 6. Drowning Out "Midsummer nights mid-tempo rocker. Franklin organ solo and Secret Stars' Jodi adding a vocal/rap coda." 7. Sunnyside Over "A straight ahead acoustic song with just guitar and vocals. The most lo-fi we've sounded in awhile." 8. Wedding Waltz "The lyrics were originally written for a record that Franklin and I still haven't got around to making, ended up here instead. Franklin plays piano on this one as well." 9. Left And Gone "Upbeat (surprise, surprise) pop song. Franklin on backing vocals." 10. Static On Static "Stripped down weary countryish song. Originally written for the last CD but couldn't come up with a decent take of it 'til now. KSPC Karl on the violin." 11. Sweet A.M. "Only song on the new one recorded by longtime producer Bob Durkee. A late night blues kind of thing. Dennis jokingly thought we should call this one Sweet Ann...I told him Sweet Ann was a terrible title for a song...imagine my chagrin when I found out that one of the songs on the upcoming Pavement (whom I really love by the way) record was called Sweet Ann..." |
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