i’ll be dj’ing the opening party, so come on out, listen to a mugs dj set, and enjoy some amazing photography.  we hope to see you there.

a special thanks to skippy, william, jeff, and the whole staff and owners at the bell house.  she’s definitely sea worthy, ready for the wide open ocean.  congrats to you for building something great.

thanks to everyone who made it out.  thanks to courtney, faith, and ivy for getting our music to the people.  todd took some video of the show, and he will be posting parts of it throughout the next couple of days (thanks, dude).  here is a link to the first one he put up (be sure to “watch in high quality”.  it makes a difference):

there are many good times a comin’ to the bell house.  see you there.

this morning we were featured on the “local licks” portion of the morning show on wrxp here in new york city.  a special thanks to matt for the support.

todd posted some more videos, so be sure to check them out.  brett put up some great shots of our artwork. we’ve also got a show coming up in september, and we’ll post the announcement here.  so be sure to keep your eyes peeled…

2008-02-29_Part1 (37:43) - Grubles : a supergroup (in their eyes…)

Grubles is an example of what’s great about having our own studio space: the occasional free-for-all jam. Like the annual New Year’s Eve parties, this was an open-house-family-style-play-whatever-instrument-is-available melee. Most of you may not know, but, Grubles opened for the Grateful Dead at Betty Nelson’s Organic Raspberry Farm in ‘68.

More info and other offerings over at Earfuzz, and, after the jump.

2006-12-17_01-09 (3:22) - humdrumboy

One of the things I’ve really been enjoying lately is digging up Ryan’s drum machine explorations. He pulls some tasty grooves out of his trusty Boss DR-202 “Dr Groove”. Dig those on-board effects. I’ve started campaigning for an hour+ extended reel of solo drum machine works by Ryan Raffa; if you are in favor, please sign the petition at the next Mugs show.

2006-11-27_OH_05_1239573_1301536 (0:22) - Big Naturals

This 22 second clip is indicative of the 22min piece from which it is taken which is indicative of the 4 hour+ rehearsal from which it was taken. Before the Come On In The Water’s Warm EP was hammered into shape, the Big Naturals spent hours trying different riffs on for size. Of course, one riff leads to another and another… next thing you know it’s 4-5 hours later and you’re not sure if you can hear any more.

Union Hall, The Lovely Sparrows, Mr. Richard Swizzle - fantastic as always.

Thanks as well to BrooklynVegan for helping us get the word out about the new album and the show.

Todd and Bob, thanks for taking video of the show (”Arizona” featured below).  Ivy and Courtney, thanks for helping with selling all of those cd’s.

Hope you all enjoy Ravel Day EP.

and we went into rehearsal.  it had been a few weeks since we were all in the space at the same time, and i took a few pictures.  it felt pretty good.  should be a good show.  we will see you there.

Added a new category to the links - kemosabes. As may seem somewhat evident from the title, these are musical extensions of The Mugs friends/family. Chocopine has just started playing out in this fair city (and doing a mighty fine job at it too). Their shows are guaranteed good time. Highly recommended. And, speaking of good times, the Big Naturals just finished up a 3 song collection - Come On In The Water’s Warm EP. Yes, the water is indeed warm. Both bands were engineered/produced by Mr. Nick Moy at our studio home base.

And, studio, studio studio… we just kicked off a collaborative music-making experiment with Ear Fuzz - Virtual Crates. Take a moment; check it out. And, if you’re interested in piecing together some future rock classics (no experience necessary) with any of this material, let us know. You can find the ever-growing archive of musical legos here.