TOTALLY TOTALED.

I think Carly Starbird's quote (above) captures it better than anything longer winded. I mean, Ach mein gott, man! Are you kidding? From the opening notes of Abe Coley's space-jam, to the pop-heave of Muhammadali to the melodies of Street Eaters, power of Warcry, jam-sense of Grandparents and scuzz-menace of White Drugs, Total Fest IX was a blast. Highlights are too copious to list, lowpoints involve only hearing loss, too few hours in the day, and so many friends to re-connect with.

The picture of Oneida on the right here was taken by the folks at musicsoula.com who have got a slide show up too. We'll keep you posted on developments around here, but for now, thank you for coming, get ahold of us if you haven't gotten paid and thank you for making Total Fest what it is. It's a lot of work, but I come off it pretty well charged up for a good handful of weeks. It's such a refreshing thing to see so much incredible, diverse music in one weekend. Additionally, it's an honor for us organizers (Lou, Wendy, Kari, Julie, Niki, Josh, Josh, Johnny, Genna, Neight, Marty, Jordon, Erin) to be part of something as community as Total Fest is. It wouldn't be anything without people to cook food, house bands, buy passes, play music, organize record swaps and all things in between.

We're hocking what leftover shirts and posters we have at wantageusa.com.

SNEAK PREVIEW: TEE-SHIRT BACK.

Holy moly, four days till Total Fest nine starts at the Missoula Art Museum! Passes are moving fast, plans are getting made. We'll see you there.

Oh, and yes. Missoula artist Mathew LaRubbio's the man behind this year's Total Fest, Feast and Test poster art, and he's designing our tee shirt too. This is a sneak preview of what the back of the shirts is going to to look like! Go on, give it a click.

Garage Tees (in the Warehouse Mall in Missoula) is Total Fest's official sponsor, and they're the ones printing the shirts.

EATA THE PIZZA, SUPPORTA THE FESTA.
Biga Pizza Total Feast: a benefit for Total Fest. Happening Sunday, August 15th, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM, or until the dough's gone. Seriously. No dough, no pizza. $10, all-you-should-eat pizza and salad, beer too. But you've got to buy the beer separately. See you there!

Oh, and while you're here, we've got two sweet new developments: 1) We've got a live interview with Oneida's Hanoi Jane up at kgba. org! 2) Next week on Muffin Tops radio, at 5PM August 19, Niki's gonna air her interview with Fist City! they're an incredible punk band from Lethbridge, Alberta. Here's a video!

THRONE UP! DIP DOWN!
Dear christ, this stuff is so crushing! Thrones play Friday, August 20th at the Palace.



Saturday's (August 21, 12 noon) Record Swap happens at the Big Dipper, on South Higgins. This spring, the Dip went mobile with this thing!

DERANGED DICTION: LISTEN TO THE TAPE ON A VIDEO, MAN.
Back in the 80s Montana had its hand in a nice Bloodstain across Western America style group called Deranged Diction. They had a nice rural isolation vibe, a nice Discharge style snare tone, and a good disaffected, fuck-up vocal style . The dudes are older, the music and message ain't.

AHOY, TOTAL WORLD!
Get your walking shoes on! Total Fest marches into August with exhibitions and events held during the First Friday Art Walk on August 06 from 5 - 8PM (First Friday). We've assembled a few tokens from yesteryear and have branched into the smacktastic world of pinatas. A photo retrospective of past Total Fests will be on display at Taco Del Sol. Betty's Divine will host an evening with wine, treats, Total Pinatas and music by Colin Johnson. We're bursting at the seams to get this party going. Stop by some of the other venues on Friday but be sure not to miss the Total events!!

SERIOUSLY?
CUSTODY BATTLE. THURSDAY AUG. 19.


BIRTHDAY SUITS. THURSDAY AUG. 19


ONEIDA.FRIDAY AUG. 20.


THE LIGHTS. FRIDAY AUG. 20.


WARCRY. SATURDAY AUG. 21.