prosolar mechanics

prosolar mechanics

sound breaking the monotony of space

an ongoing account of missions, thoughts, and transmissions — from 1997 to the present.

new transmissions
Is this thing on?

We're playing a short set at Pino's on Saturday, June 13

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archive · 1997–2004

new writing is published to the band substack and appears above.

part four

i think the space is all there is. your body is just biology that puts a boundary around some of it.

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daylight

i no longer believe the mechanics are coming. i've been waiting but i'm pretty certain i've had it wrong for most of the whole time.

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resuscitate mechanics

maybe you wonder if we have given up. but you are quite mistaken if you do.

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what we learned

six lessons from the road. the tour diary that was built day by day and mostly never written. what we came home knowing.

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wheels on the road

athens ga with the strokes next door. halloween in murfreesboro. boone. blacksburg. two weeks on the road post-9/11 with plug spark sanjay.

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the cartography of sound

dave reynolds leaves. tommy bendel joins. maxwell's independent music festival. the farm party. boston.

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fall road missions and a dream about road to flight

maxwell's IMF, the sidebar baltimore, blacksburg virginia, and a never-finished night in boone nc.

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field report from boonefest 2000 · special edition

hallelujah! let me tell you about boonefest. first of all, i suck for not being there the first two days...

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mission to WE2K — wilmington, north carolina

dave's wheel falls off his truck. three drummers learn the set in 28 hours. the most memorable show we ever played.

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maxwell's, the brighton bar, and earth day with ween

selling out maxwell's with plug spark sanjay. tuning to D# instead of D in front of juliana hatfield and ween.

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capt. cook's, the continental, and the party at the hub

new brunswick, nyc with britt daniel and rye coalition, and an after-party that went until 8am.

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transmission without text

this entry was filed as a photograph. no report was written.

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arlene grocery and the night about violence

manhattan, a mobbed club, a fight on the sidewalk, and a lost entry from the court tavern.

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jersey beat night, the court tavern, and satellite ramblings

september 1998 through february 1999. shows, aborted entries, and a night with elvis '77.

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entries from the early missions

the saint, the budapest, we fest wilmington, coney island high. january through september, 1998.

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each entry links to the next — start at part 1 and follow the nav forward through time.