Being from the Midwest, I have always been an ampersand/umlaut kind of guy. That is, until I recently discovered the true nature of East coast men. While in a New Jersey rest stop, I was abruptly harassed by a group of truckers, who catcalled to me "Hey, little sexy white boy. Wanna play swords in my truck?" I had never been so insulted. Before calling the cops, I noticed a symbol on their hats — {BOYZZZ}.

Once I was back to the normality of Indiana, I decided to write my "Monthly Letter Written in Blood" to a group of musicians called Parenthetical Girls, known as (((GRRRLS))) to hyper-sensitive fans.

Dear (((GRRRLS))),

I hope you go on tour soon with Au. That’d be cool beans. Hey, before you map out the tour, I’d like to warn you from traveling to the East coast. It consists of a bunch of curly bracket boys there, and they have really huge obelisks.

Your Fan and Monthly Blood Writer,
Emceegreg

And what do you know, Parenthetical Girls will be staying on the West Coast, close to their home of Portland, Oregon, for a short tour in support of their contribution to the David Horvitz 7-inch Picture Series. Their song from the series, a cover of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s "Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)," is currently streaming on the Slender Means Society site.

Tourdates:

05.23.08 - Seattle, WA - Healthy Times Fun Club* 05.24.08 - Portland, OR - Backspace* 05.25.08 - Davis, CA - Firehouse* 05.26.08 - Irvine, CA - UC Irvine* 05.27.08 - San Diego, CA - Che Cafe * 05.28.08 - Los Angeles, CA - The Smell*^ 05.29.08 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Retrospect* 05.30.08 - San Francisco, CA - Cushionworks* 05.31.08 - Seattle, CA - Neumos  06.01.08 - Vancouver, BC - Plaza Club  06.02.08 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge  06.03.08 - Eugene, OR - Wow Hall  06.04.08 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow-s Night Club  06.06.08 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo-s 365 Club  06.07.08 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour  06.08.08 - Pomona, CA - Glass House 

* PWRFL POWER & Au
^ Abe Vigoda
 Los Campesinos!