Monday, December 7, 2009

Colton Harris-Moore, the barefoot boy bandit, outfoxes sheriffs



In the forests and remote islands around Seattle, police are setting traps for a barefoot teenage outlaw who has eluded them for nearly two years.


Police say 18-year-old Colton Harris-Moore, whose escapades are turning him into a folk legend, is a one-man crime wave, responsible for 50 burglaries as well as stealing light aircraft, which he taught himself to fly from video games, and several speedboats.


He lives in the woods, shuns shoes and catches his own food. His only technological aid is a pair of thermal-imaging goggles to hunt at night and his weakness is pizzas, which he asks to be delivered at the edge of the woods.


For some Harris-Moore is a modern Butch Cassidy: a surprisingly agile 6ft 5in cat burglar who thanks his victims by leaving them notes and cheeky photographs of himself, which have sold for £300 on eBay.


Thousands subscribe to his Facebook page and his image appears on T-shirts with the logo “Fly, Colton, Fly!”. Local rock groups have penned songs about him.


Hollywood producers have lodged lucrative film deals with his family and offered to pay for lawyers if he gives himself up.


Raised in a caravan on Camano Island, an isolated community in the Puget Sound, Harris-Moore started living wild at the age of seven. He would break into holiday homes, steal blankets and food and vanish into the woods for days.


In April 2008, after being sent to a juvenile detention centre, he complained that the beds were too short for his lanky frame and went on the run.


Police believe he fled to Canada and then, a few weeks ago, came back across the border to Idaho where he stole a Cessna 182 and flew to Seattle. He crash-landed in a forest clearing and walked away with cuts and bruises.


Since then he has been accused of stealing other planes for hops around the islands in the Puget Sound, including another Cessna belonging to a disc jockey who vented his frustration on radio, saying: “He still doesn’t know how to land a plane in one piece.”


He evaded a police pursuit by crashing a Mercedes-Benz into a roadside gas storage tank, using the explosion as a diversion to escape back into the woods where, he says, he feels like a Native American.


This was followed by the largest manhunt in recent memory. Three dozen sheriffs, aided by specialist armed units and an FBI helicopter, fanned out across Camano Island but failed to capture him. “We saw him, we think, but it’s like he disappeared in front of our eyes,” said one sheriff.


His luck may be about to run out. During a recent sweep a rifle shot was fired at police, raising his status to “armed and dangerous”. His mother, Pamela Kohler, now fears that even if he did not fire the shot he will be held responsible.


Kohler said she was proud her son had stolen the aircraft because he had never had a flying lesson in his life. “I was going to send him to flight school, but I guess I don’t have to,” she said. “I’d tell him the next time he took a plane: wear a parachute and practise your landing.


“If he shot that gun, it was really stupid. I don’t expect him to come out of the woods alive.”

Saturday, December 5, 2009

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: FULCI






FULCI is Eric Crowe (formerly of Social Infestation, currently of Marax) and Adam Wright. Former members of Leviathan A.D. and The Bodybag Romance assisted on bass and drums, respectively.


On Dead Lights Red Sky the two offer up huge walls of crushing, speaker cab burning drones (with super sick tone for all you guitar geeks) emphasized at peak moments with sparse but well executed drums. The tracks on the release are all fairly long but build and move at just the right pace to keep themselves from becoming background noise, a perfect example of what bands in this field should be doing when composing.

Fulci have played live with acts like Weedeater, Zoroaster and Rwake, and are slated to release a split with Ketea in 2010 on Lost Sea Recordings.

We are very excited to work with these guys on the upcoming release. More news will be coming soon so keep your eyes peeled.

In the meantime - drone out to Fulci at their myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/fulcidrone

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Murder City Devils / Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine



What an awesome new years eve this will be.

Murder City Devils, Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine
Event Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Facility: Roseland Theater

http://ev12.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3aTWS%3aPROS09:PROS1231%3a&linkID=twspok

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Podcast #2

Hello all
Please check out the new podcast for this week.
A small sampling of some of the stuff on rotation here.

As well as tracks from Fulci and Ketea who will be doing an upcoming split release for Lost Sea Recordings in 2010

Stay tuned for more.....

Here is the playlist for this weeks podcast

Celan - Sinking
Ketea - Alchemystery
Shrinebuilder - Pyramid to the moon
Unearthly Trance - God is a beast
New Brutalism - 069
The Hunches - Ate my teeth
Hawks - Chocolate Vultures
Fulci - Depth lord year of the dragon
Deertick - Ghost

http://www.mediafire.com/?y2mjqldnzaz

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Week 2


Just found out that the link for the Week 1 podcast is no longer working.
We are looking for a better hosting option to fix this.

In the meantime...

We are seeking new acts so if you know an awesome band we should check out - hit us up!!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Week 1 Podcast

This is the first in our series of weekly podcasts.
This weeks broadcast is a short collection of songs from bands that have inspired us to start up the label.

Thank God - That Crazy Mouse is Cool
Unsane - Alleged
The Jesus Lizard - Gladiator
Gregg Ginn - Pig MF
Divorce - Selfmedicated
Hammerhead - Tuffskins
Halo of Flies - No Time
Hawks - Chocolate Vultures
KARP - Shotzie
New Brutalism - 053
The Birthday Party - Dead Joe
Nirvana - Negative Creep
Thumbnail - I Know it Spills


As things progress you'll find these podcasts will start to feature not only bands that we love but also bands that will soon be part of the Lost Sea Recordings roster.

Make sure to subscribe to be in the loop for future updates and more weekly podcasts.

Links to follow us
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lost-Sea-Recordings/186632570350
Twitter - http://twitter.com/LOSTSEARECORDS

Monday, October 19, 2009