astronomy club ghost story
fifty miles of elbow room
summer 2008

Dad - The Mistakes We Made

1. Big Blue
2. Favor's Fatherite
3. Reading Raincloud
4. We Live in the West We Die Over the Sink
5. Tough Guys
6. Ned
7. Annoying the Devil
8. Trader Joe's
9. The Mistakes We've Made
10. Cancer, the big K
11. Euclid
12. Aristotle
13. Jurassic Park
14. Dental Guilt
15. The Fly Who is A Waiter
16. Mona Lisa Party Foul
17. Memorial Day Barbeque
18. Pet(s)mart
19. Take a Bite Out of Brendan
20. Sacramento Blues

The Highlands - The Great Basin

1. Lilliput Steps
2. Divine Retribution
3. The General Displeasure of the Populace
4. A Number of Perils
5. Stirring the Cauldron
6. Ellismere Island
7. ?
8. C'Thulu

Eucalypt - Demo

1. Hennepin 1
2. Right Behind You
3. Hennepin 6
4. The Buttiest Trumpets
5. Hennepin 7

That Blasted Hound - The Things We Know How to Love

1. Top of the World
2. How the Pieces Fit
3. A Childhood of Playful Heart
4. A Wake Inning
5. Avast! Avast! This Be Getting Ye Nowhere
6. In Better Days
7. I Tried To Sleep in a Dream
8. In Our Sights, In Our Cities
9. Jen Marie
10. Robin Hood (Cover)
11. The Same Song I've Written in Years
12. This Song is a Habit
13. Up The Long Tracks
14. Years #1 Imaginings
15. Years #2 How The Feelings Count
16. Years #3 Just One Long Dash, Stumbling and Hoping for the Best

Children's Dictionary- Look Homeward

1. Di
2. Made of Glass
3. Dance Fighter
4.A No Doubt Mad Idea
5. Sleepwalking
6. Track 14
7. The Illiad
8. Heartbeat
9. Ghost Dance War
10. Laura Jean
11. Two

Cotyledon - Daydream Clockwise

1. Avocado
2. Silo + Otis
3. Only Fools Russian
4. Rt. 20 Swan Song
5. Froggy Snaps
6. Secret Cotyledon / Asleep On The Roof
7. Oliver Clothesoff
8. I Wish We Were Frogs Too

All songs by Cotyledon. Micah Burdick plays guitar on Silo and Otis and I Wish We Were Frogs Too, Josh Staples sings on Secret Cotyledon.

d.d. Scout Plane - Crabgrass and the Crows

1. Hooks & Wires
2. Bottlebrush
3. House of Cards
4. M. Ward
5. Mudville
6. Two Characters in Search of a Country Song
7. Stephen
8. Braille
9. Nocturne for Andy
10. New York
11. Irish Breakfast
12. St. Cross

192k Mp3 - download

All songs by Dan Merrill and Brendan Carlson, except Two Characters in Search of a Country Song by the Magnetic Fields.

The Sasquatch - The Hero Twins and Xibalba

The Hero Twins and Xibalba is a new 10-minute Sasquatch song based on an ancient Mayan legend from the Popol Vuh. Richard and Dean played most of the music, but the amazing musical talents of Adam, Vanessa and Lindsay are in there as well.

My Youth in Arcadia - Villain Spots

1. Wheelchair Brakes
2. 500 Million People Could Very Well Be Wrong

 

The Highlands - The Highlands

1. Qoo
2. Belfort and Calico
3. Muddy Hollow
4. Landlocked
5. The Great Bear of the North
6. Little by Little
7. Peas and Pod
8. Up a Hill
9. Really? Why?
10. Commodore Webster
11. New Hampshire
12. Willow!

192k Mp3 - download

All songs written by Dean Tisthammer.

 

Exasperation Missionary - Exasperation Missionary

1. The 12 Grills of Christmas
2. Exchanging Lunchboxes Just Before the Field Trip
3. I Feel like I'm Going to a Funeral, but I'm Going to a Wedding
4. Fingerspace
5. Otolith Pt. 1
6. One Flew Over Jeff Gordon's Nest

192k Mp3 - download

All songs written by Anthony Jimenez. Cover photo by Perry Austin

Dad - Passive Passive

1. Sarah The Whale
2. Lybians At Your Door
3. Cat's Game
4. I Wish Brendan Was Here
5. Life Creates it, Makes it Slow
6. Sloppy Drunk (cover)
7. Coach Carter
8. Nazareth High
9. Love Me Damnit
10. Vaginismus
11. Speed of Sound
12. Marco (Live)
13. Slick Black Roads
14. Cup of Gin
15. Talentlessless

192k Mp3 - download

Sloppy Drunk by The Outline, Love Me Damnit with Sam, Talentless with Dan


A Future Mouth - Magic >> Control

1. Clear Eyes
2. Let Me Know
3. A Slice Of My Heart
4. The Stars [3]
5. Forever
6. White Dawn

192k Mp3 - download

All songs by Richard Laws. Guitar on Clear Eyes and Forever by Brandon Laws.


Calico Slurs - As Dry Leaves That Before the Wild Hurricaine Fly

1. Carol of the Bells
2. Little Drummer Boy
3. Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy
4. White Christmas
5. Auld Lang Syne

192k Mp3 - download

All songs performed but not written by Dan Merril.



Summer 2008


Download the whole thing as one big zip file (~100mb)

or as individual tracks:
1. Eucalypt - Brave Men & Women
2. Grand Prismatic - Fellow Perpetrators
3. Church - Happiness
4. Alaskas - Farewell to them All
5. Lundry - Basketball
6. Roaring Camp - Gualala
7. Dancefighter - Blue Line
8. Pine - Eyes Put Out
9. Top Cop - Nights and Weekends
10. James Rabbit and Rachel Williams - Honestly
11. Rabbit Puzzle - Farhad Darya
12. Friends With Friends - Inspirational Free Spiritual Reading 2007
13. Lavendirt / Floorboards - A Place Called Go Home
14. Leila Anne - Streetlights
15. Antarctica Takes It! - Lions of Love
16. Low Five - Fight Tips Float Ships
17. Hundred Acre Woods - Corner Store
18. Ray's Vast Basement - Split With Fences
19. Tight Bikes - Hymn Task Master
20. the Highlands - Pottery
21. Gage Robinson - Home Alone
22. Jugbone - Circus City
23. That Blasted Hound - Between Every Other Line

"It's Real...For Him"
a mixtape presented by Astronomy Club Ghost Story

1. A Future Mouth - My Regards to Ms. Derbyshire
2. The Highlands - Ex-Lion Tamer
3. Dad - Reading Raincloud
4. Ash Reiter - La Bahia
5. Eucalypt - Hennepin 1
6. Roaring Camp - Second Half of Kidding
7. Beatbeat Whisper - Lulu
8. Calico Slurs - The Fake Wheel
9. Yarn Arms - When I Die
10. The Saxophones - Matilda
11. Midlemon - Ranges
12. Bells & Whistles - All Day Breakfast RMX
13. That Blasted Hound - A Wake Inning
14. Fescue To The Rescue - The Volcano Song
15. Santiago - I'm Not Fucking Shitting You
16. Simba - Been Smoking Too Long
17. The Sasquatch!! - Boar Mountain Ate Your Electric Bike
18. Tight Bikes - Tantrum
19. Alaskas - The Tides
20. The Electric Glow is My Nightlight - Remember To Floss
21. Dancefighter - Matthew Friedberger
22. Oh Children - I Just Want My Hearing Back
Bonus: Bucky Walter - Trying To Find Our Home
Art: 1,2 & 3.

All songs written by their respective performers except: Ex-Lion Tamer by Wire, The Volcano Song by Logan Whitehurst (may he rest in peace), Been Smoking Too Long by Robin Frederick, Tantrum by Pg. 99, Trying to Find Our Home by Santiago




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"The Sounds of West Sonoma County"
as presented by Astronomy Club Ghost Story

1. Cotyledon - Rt. 20 Swan Song
2. The Highlands - Belfort and Calico
3. Dad - Slick Black Roads
4. Exasperation Missionary - Exchanging Lunch Boxes Just Before the Field Trip
5. Calico Slurs - The Continuing Contradictions of Lucas Calculus
6. Sunbeached - Wine Stained Blues
7. Jaguar Dear - (Back From The Dead) American Duck
8. d.d. Scout Plane - Braille
9. Flatbread Kids - Little Window Open Up
10. Oh Children! - Track 14
11. My Youth in Arcadia - Wheelchair Brakes
12. Simba - Daddy Revisited
13. Hundred Acre Woods - Runnin' Down Main Street
14. Friends With Myself - Summer is Question Mark
15. Roaring Camp - I'm On Fire
16. Dancefighter - Lowrider
17. The Murderettes - Christmas Machine
18. Triste Sin Richard - Bm
19. The Somaboy - The Waves on Christmas Island
20. A Future Mouth - White Dawn
21. Runaway Robot - Stick Cat

Astronomy Club Ghost Story Winter 2005

1. Jaguar Deer - (Back From the Dead) American Duck
2. Sunbleached - Winestain Blues
3. The Highlands - New Hampshire
4. Calico Slurs - II
5. Roaring Camp - Absolution
6. Friends With Myself - River
7. The Sasquatch!! - Afghanistan is the Capital of Iraq
8. Simba - Supermarket Snow
9. Ariel Mahon - Street Corner College
10. That Blasted Hound - Ghosts
11. Oblio - Cl Cl Cloud
12. d.d. Scout Plane - Pale Blue Eyes

All songs by their respective performers, exceptions being: River by Joni Mitchell, Pale Blue Eyes by Lou Reed, Street Corner College by Kenneth Patchen

ACGS Summer Tape 2005

1. The Highlands - Grey Skies
2. Cotyledon - Hey Sandy
3. Dad - Slick Black Roads
4. Triste Sin Richard - Bm
5. Roaring Camp - I'm On Fire
6. A Future Mouth- White Dawn
7. Exasperation Missionary - Peach Plum Pear
8. Dancefighter - Lowrider
9. DD Scout Plane - Hooks + Wires
10. Runaway Robot - Stick Cat
11. Sunbleached - He-man
12. Simba - To The Solar Arcade
13. My Youth in Arcadia - Back Against The Wall
14. Chop Chop - (Getting) Sunburns At Night
15. Chris Votek - Lemonade
16. Joel Markham and the Common Law - Santa Cruz is For Sinners
17. The Sasquatch - Danube Shark Attack
18. Hundred Acre Woods - Feelin Good Again

grey skies by surfin' dave, hey sandy by polaris, i'm on fire by bruce springsteen, peach plum pear by joanna newsom, lowrider by war, back against the wall by circle jerks, feelin good again by robert earl keen jr.

Astronomy Club Ghost Story Winter Tape 2004

1. Cotyledon - Marshmallow World/Punk Rock Christmas
2. A Future Mouth - Candy Canes + Cigarettes
3. The Murderettes - Christmas Machine
4. The Sasquatch!!! - Losing Your Job On Christmas
5. Dearest - Mexico City Automobile Club
6. My Youth in Arcadia - The Waves on Christmas Island
7. Dad - Cat's Game
8. The Somaboy - Socks + Underwear
9. Dancefighter - Gunsight Rock
10. Sun-bleached - Camping The Heater


All songs written by their respective performers, except! Marshmallow World by Peter De Rose, Punk Rock Christmas by the Sex Pistols, and The Waves on Christmas Island by The Somaboy.

june 17, 08

the new mix is up! you can now download it all in one go as a huge .zip file, courtesy of archive.org

november 22, 07

tuesday november 27
at 7 o clock PM

the watery graves (marriage records, portland)
geneviéve castrée - (aka woelv, k records, pacific northwest)
eucalypt (lost lamp, guerneville)
roaring camp (astronomy club ghost story, cazadero)
low-five (lost lamp, santa rosa)

at the blue barnacle, 737 slater, santa rosa (map)

hear mp3s:
genevieve castree/woelv - drapeau blanc / la cordillére des hommes / raffinerie
the watery graves - drakkar sauna / post-partum (with geneviéve) / an america in america
low five - (myspace)
eucalypt -(myspace)
roaring camp - (myspace)

please bring a donation for the touring bands ($3-5 suggested). punctuality is heavily encouraged.

september 24, 2007

uploaded some older releases, check the bottom of this page

august 22, 2007

whether you were awaiting the return of quetzalqoatl or staring blankly into your swimming hole before algae takes over, the summer dregs have arrived and made themselves at home. be not afraid - astronomy club ghost has six (yes!) releases of californian fear and human loathing available to all who want them.

also, we hope to have a sonoma county events calendar on-line soon. anyone who wants will be able to post an event or bulletin. in the meantime, acgs is currently seeking help for a few projects. please contact us if you are interested in helping out with the following:

- we need a place to have loud shows!
- sonoma county guerilla drive in (link)
- a guerneville food not bombs (link)

even if you're interested but don't know what you would do to help, drop us a line anyway! astronomyclubghoststory@gmail.com

in the past year we've witnessed the birth and death of epiphany music & boys club (not to mention some outrages far, far worse). the phoenix is now charging a minimum of eight dollars for every show, including shows made up of local bands.

obviously this completely sucks. already there have been some amazing responses to the lack of youth-friendly venues - the wingstock festival, hosted on a petaluma farm, as well as outdoor shows in guerneville and a guerilla show in a santa rosa overpass have stood as wonderful examples. hopefully we can find something with a roof and walls before it starts raining again.

the stunning natural beauty of sonoma county is often overshadowed by the ever-present lack of "things to do". local business interests cater more to wine & tourism more than they do to the people who actually live here. and at the bottom of the barrel, of course, are young people. (how many years has sebastopol been pushing for a skate park?)

if you don't want to live in a boring place, i suggest taking matters into your own hands. everyone knows the difference between a doer and a complainer. so if you want to see something happen, make something happen - fuck waiting around for someone else to do it!!- mh

note: our older releases will be back online really soon, i promise!