LCC: guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back... 

...ya see, it's an Eminem reference (even though i lost all respect for him
when he fucked with Triumph).

ahem...i know that some of you probably didn't expect to hear from ol' LCC
again but after a long winter (and spring and summer) of discontent we are
returning once again to brighten up your otherwise pathetic lives ( or more
likely be a blight on your otherwise pleasant and fulfilling lives).

i know that the format that i have established in these emails is to say a
bunch of stupid shit that doesn't make much sense and then hype whatever
shows we have coming up. this time i am gonna try to clue you in somewhat on
what has been happening with the band as well as saying dumb stuff and
hyping our upcoming shows..

when we last left you (November 1, 2001) LCC was gonna take some time off to
record a new album before we played lived again...well that's not exactly
what happened. here we are close to one year later LCC has not played a
single gig, nor have we started recording a new album. maybe axl can take
this kind of time off and still expect folks to care...but LCC? well if any
of you who signed up for this list over the past few years still give a shit
about LCC i'll consider myself very lucky. here what's been going on since
then.

i had a lot of time to think during our time off and i realized that LCC has
been around for about five years now (believe it or not) and during that
time we've often been a "good" band but we never seemed to quite live up to
my expectations. i kinda decided that i don't have time to be in a "good"
band. so then the question became does the band end or do i try to make LCC
a "great" band. in some ways that question is in the middle of being
answered but for the time being i've decided to give it a shot.

any of you who actually give a shit about rock 'n roll know that your
favorite bands are great because of the chemistry that exists between the
band members. and the rotating cast of characters that LCC has been never
really had the chance to develop that chemistry. so step one on the path to
greatness has been to stable-ize the lineup with some players that have some
personal and musical chemistry. to that end i announce the addition of Kevin
Bybee on drums. Kevin has a beard but at this point i'm willing to let some
things slide. he's also happens to be a great drummer. Mark Hughes from
Baboon who played with LCC for about 8 months last year is also taking a
more active role in the band. returning at left tackle will be last years
leading rusher James Henderson. James has been the only one (besides myself)
involved in the live band since the beginning and also the only person (once
again besides me) to be involved in the recording of both LCC records. so
far, the potential for the kind of chemistry i have hoped for appears to be
good. we still have some work to do but for the first time since LCC began i
feel like i am starting to lose myself in the music. and that's where the
magic happens.

as far as the next records goes...well by the time the band seemed stable
(which was pretty much the end of the summer) we decided that the record
would be better if we played the new stuff at shows for a while. the first
LCC records were good but they didn't capture the magic of band playing
together in a room (mostly because they were the product of 2 guys sitting
in front of a computer). all the songs on the first 2 records ended up
getting better after we played them live for a while. this time the songs
will get better before we record them (i hope).

anyways for all intents and purposes it's like the band is starting over.
and for as long as it seems like it might be great we'll keep doing it. if
by the end of the year we are still going we'll begin recording the next
album.

so far this email has leaned a bit too far to the overly earnest side for my
tastes. i promise that the next email will once again be unintelligible.

other stray bit of LCC info:

despite having a more solid foundation in the band we are still looking for
that elusive maraca-shaking, occasional guitar-strumming,
keyboard/organ/piano-playing kind of guy or gal.

the redesigned lcc website should be up and running hopefully by monday
evening. i'm sick of flash animations, splash pages, all of the "you must
download the latest version of shitscape to view this site" messages and
anything anything else that gets in the way of the information that i'm
trying to find. so it promises to be the most technically illiterate website
you've ever seen. anyways check it out at www.thelcc.net

UPCOMING SHOWS * all dates are opening

Monday September 23rd at the Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas w/ Interpol

Thursday October 3rd at the Mercury Lounge in Austin w/ Centromatic

Friday October 4th at Muddy Waters in Dallas w/ Pleasant Grove

more shows to come soon.

blather,

peter