abbey in paris

by tommy ton.

snake queen

my new tattoo...an illustration by arthur rackham from edgar allan poe's tales of mystery and imagination.

arterton by summerton

via wildfox

1.16.11 troc balcony

i've been terrible at uploading photos from our shows...these are from the troc balcony a few weeks back. linds took them with her fancy tele. we finally have our masters back and the five song ep is under way. many more long nights in the basement pressing photos and making jackets for the cds.

we aren't going to press too many of them so get em while you can. pre-order through me or via email, rubythehatchet@gmail.com...you can give listen here on our facebook page, although the quality is a bit lackluster.

high placed belly button society

been cooking up some ruby crop tops for the ladies. everything is thrifted and printed by hand in the basement. 10 doll hairs.

i want to read palms

i got my palm and tarrot cards read in colorado a few days ago...i feel changed
kind of want to quit my job and be a gypsy now, more so than before

i've got the guts now to meet your eye

my ultimately rad mother got me this brass vulture skull ring for the holidays. i've been wearing it with my mom mom's old engagement ring and dirty gold nail polish. also wore this sequined monster sweater the other day, the old man at the bar shielded his eyes and asked if i was important. i told him we're all important, kind of.

i am friends with the moonlight

4am and i am not close to tired yet...mixing at the studio has me too giddy for sleep. we should have our ep mixed this week and mastered soon after. so happy with the sound...very 60s, lots of drone and delay and distorted, fuzzy guitar. can't wait to hear some mixes again before our show tomorrow night. 

we are trying to figure out what artwork to use and how to go about creating cd jackets. i want it to be as handmade as possible...kind of the same approach we take with our custom screened merch. right now it's looking like pressing photos and screening the back. every band effort has been a midnight basement project thus far...so dirty hands, here we come.

these are the cover ideas we are working with, all shot by owen on his diana camera. i'm feeling the first photo....the color and random aura around riker are great. he wore this insane costume to a halloween party/show we played...handmade mask and wings from dog and deer bones he found in the woods. the wings were about 3-4 feet long, which made for shotty drunken house navigation, but amazingly creepy photos.  

i could pin a medal on you

been listening to these two tracks non stop since darryl sent me some songs from the duke spirit's new ep, kusama.
leila plays a fierce tambo and i am feelin her glittery digs!

good to go

waiting for sleeping pills to kick in is like waiting for someone to run your fucking foot over.