Cult Maternal

Are You a Slave to the Dust?

2009-12-09T20:13:00.000-08:00

ATTENTION: ADAPTIVE AND MALADAPTIVE ALIKE

The purgative and enlightening season of tour is approaching again. This time it's Slavescene and Nazi Dust, the less-than-perfect dichotomy of Tampa dog shit and baby wee wee and whatever else you want it to be. Will empiricism and rationalism flourish in the same toilet? Who will be the other's straw dog? Will Dan Rossiter bash the shit out of me with a tire iron? Suppositions carry no clout...

SLAVE SCENE/NAZI DUST "Slave to the Dust" Tour 09/10

December

27 Orlando @ Stardust w/ LLLR, MY LEFT UTERUS, HORRID CROSS
28 Gainesville @ 911 Depot w/ POST TEENS
29 Atlanta @ Eyedrum w/ FAILURES, AEROSOLS, SALVATION
30 Baltimore @ Hexagon w/ Pfisters
31 Philadelphia @ Terrordome

January

1 New Brunswick @ ASK SOMEBODY w/ TROUBLEMAKER, THE MEN
2 NYC @ Stolen Sleeves w/ NOMOS, LOTUS FUCKER, POLLUTION
3 NYC day off chillin
4 Providence @ Mars Gas
5 Boston @ House 11 w/VACCINE, FAILURES
6 Amherst @ TBA w/ FAILURES
7 Pittsburgh @ Helter Shelter w/ THRAK, VIRGIN BIRTH, VILE GASH
8 Columbus @ Legion of Doom w/ VILE GASH, HUMAN BOYS, VIRGIN BIRTH
9 Nashville @ Little Hamilton w/ MY LEFT UTERUS, FROSTY, BRAINWRECK
10 Tampa @ Heinrich's Workshop w/ BRAIN KILLER, SCAPEGOAT

SLASH AND DESTROY MARICON

WHIPPS

2009-12-08T21:39:00.000-08:00

Neon Blud- Whipps

If hardcore dogma is afraid of one thing, it's the power of the enfant terrible. They cringe at not being well recieved, at the fact that people might get disillusioned after a few bad experiences here and there. And I suppose this would be relevant if said enfants gave a shit. Are they trying too hard yet? I'm at a loss of words with Neon Blud. I can flex some arbitrary bitterness that makes me sound like an asshole (look at me) but the facts are on the table: WHIPPS is what it is. All these songs are about transvestites or distant drug habits or the Lindbergh Baby or whatever but their alienation effect is monstrous. Huff this guy up.

Interested in copy? Most of these will be distroed by the end of the month. If that fails you, please contact ZZ at randomfit1982@yahoo.com

PSCYO SKIN

2009-11-13T09:01:00.001-08:00

Do people actually read this?

Tons of shit has been going down around here. CULT RITUAL has been liquidated to the size of a dog skull and thrown in the Hillsborough River. There's still talk of one last record, but I wouldn't hold my breath. No reason to trudge around like some of our exhausted contemporaries. Call it nihilistic or post-modern or what you want but there's no reason to beat the shit out of a dead horse. Right?

"Once a vehicle for outrage, now just entertainment packaged peacefully."

NEON BLUD is the cult's heaviest new shit. Sounds like all those people in Mary Ellen Mark photos got together and tried to rip off the first Saccharine Trust record and failed miserably. Their new tape, called WHIPPS, should be out any day now. You turds are in for a surprise...No doubt a big wigger's gonna hear this someday and scorch his shorts.

The motley crew of NAZI DUST and SLAVESCENE are going on tour this winter. If we don't beat the shit out of each other and/or force each other to the side of I-95, we'll see you in your well-fed, privileged coastal Northeastern town. Nazi Dust's debut record on Youth Attack will no doubt be a widowmaker--but it'll clean enough for the typical white male to back up on his favorite message board. Deranged is spitting out Slavescene's first born, which no one will like. VPS is repressing the uber-rare cassette HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS on an LP. Hopefully the philistines categorize it as "just another DRUNKDRIVER ripoff."

CULT RITUAL US TOUR

2009-03-31T22:16:00.000-07:00

JUNE

15 Kansas City @ KC DIY midnight radio show (kids are welcome to come)

16 Iowa City @ Mold Nugget w/ REALICIDE

17 Minneapolis @ The Alamo w/ TOTALLY HARSH

18 Appleton, WI @ BFG House w/ CHLAMYDIOT, AMORT, SECURICOR, FATHER SON AND HOLY SMOKES

19 Chicago @ White Star Bar w/ HATE, REGRETS, NEURONS, RAW NERVE

20 Elgin @ a house w/ NO SLOGAN, KOLUMBINE, BI-FURIOUS

21 Grand Rapids @ The DAAC w/ BUNNY SKULLS, POSITIVE NOISE, PLAYGROUND FISTFIGHT

22 Cincinnati @ The Bunk w/ VILE GASH, ORDER 66, WASTELAND JAZZ UNIT

23 Columbus @ Monster House w/ VILE GASH, TIMES NEW VIKING

24 Cleveland @ Tower 2012 w/ VILE GASH, FLYING TRICHECOS, HEX NOIR

25 Pittsburgh @ Mr. Roboto Project w/ SLICES, VIRGIN BIRTH

26 Rochester @ Steven Tyler's Summer Home w/ LIKE WOLVES, STRAIGHT, NO CHASER, EMPTY SUITS

27 Syracuse

28 Florence, MA @ VFW Hall w/ AMPERE, THE DIAMOND SEA (AUS), BRAIN KILLER, AEROSOLS, WASTE MANAGEMENT

29 Boston (Allston) @ Gay Gardens w/ CONFINES, AFFLICTIONS, THE DIAMOND SEA

30 Providence

JULY

1 Hartford @ Whitney House w/ AMPERE, OPEN STAR CLUSTER, THE DIAMOND SEA

2 NYC @ Cake Shop w/ DRUNKDRIVER, SKIN DRINK, TWIN STUMPS

3 NYC @ 538 johnson w/NOMOS, SALVATION, BIRTH CONTROL, SLICES

4 NYC probably shooting some fireworks at people again

5 new brunswick @America w/ SEASICK, SMART COPS (IT)

6 allentown @ venue TBA w/ FRESH MEAT, LEATHER, RUINED, CRAWL

7 philadelphia @ PI LAM w/ BIRTH CONTROL, FRESH MEAT, PYGMY SHREWS

8 Baltimore @Charm City Art Space w/ TOTALLY ABUSED

9 Richmond @ Nara w/ TOTAL ABUSE, WASTED TIME

10 Greensboro @ CFBG

11 Charlotte @ Lunchbox Records w/ GRIDS

12 Atlanta

13 Sonic Youth in Atlanta

14 Gainesville @ Weed Beach

MERCHANDISE- S/T EP

2009-02-18T15:19:00.001-08:00

Merchandise-s/t ep

1. _____
2. I'm Still Right
3. Target
4. Kill the Light
5. Moving Out
6. It's a Man's World

Merchandise recorded this last year but it didn't get circulated as much as it should have. This is "well crafted" (whatever that means) post punk, which is a mild surprise from a place where any bands relatively close to that label are barhopping washed-up "mature" pricks. C. Cox of Lady Godiva's Operation fame is the purported band leader; DV from Cult Ritual and Pat Brady (of Publix fame) are his partners in grime.

It's kind of hard to pinpoint what this stuff sounds like, but at the same time too easy. I'll make it an egg hunt for you. My personal favorites are "Target" and "It's a Man's World." But that's one reporter's opinion.

DOWNLOAD IT

Slavescene- Heaven Only Knows

2008-12-25T11:38:00.000-08:00

Slavescene- "Heaven Only Knows"
24 pressed for Cult Ritual/ Drunkdriver FL tour dates; another 100 coming out in january 2009

side slave
A1. Factory Heaven
A2. Designer
A3. Drug Couple
A4. Beekeeper
A5. Isolated Quarters

side scene
B1. High School Head

Notes: Recorded on November 11th, 2008 at Lady Godiva's Operation. Our singer Treasure (who was 17 at the time) got into a horrible fight with his girlfriend, drank a lot, and was inhaling smelling salts while the vocal track was recorded. Bitterness is the only reason this recording turned out half-decent. Cheese!

My 7th grade slumber party

2009-02-10T09:38:00.000-08:00

BODY ROT- WE'RE ALL PINK ON THE INSIDE

2009-01-25T22:18:00.000-08:00

BODY ROT- WE'RE ALL PINK ON THE INSIDE

A1- Rainbow Party
A2- Beefrag Passout
A3- Cop Block
A4- 7th Floor
A5- Prom Queen
A6- Red Milk
A7- A Tourist's Guide to Ybor City

Side B- repeat program

Recorded at the infamous Lady Godiva's Operation. ZZ Bones from Cult Ritual and Slamantha from Slavescene are both responsible for this fucking mess.

I make a great CEO.

2009-02-03T20:51:00.001-08:00

2nd EP

2008-10-08T21:27:00.001-07:00

Cult Ritual- 2nd EP
released August 2008 by Youth Attack in a one time pressing of 500 records

A1. Haunted Ground
A2. Hunger Pains
B1. Civilized
B2. Leather

Recorded February 2008 at Lady Godiva's Operation. We get a lot of shit for this record, but people don't realize that we can't help that we're boricua as fuck. These purportedly sold out in four days. Some had bags of hair in them (most of those sold in Boston and Syracuse) but most didn't. Gimmicks...

3rd EP

2008-10-30T13:08:00.000-07:00

Cult Ritual- 3rd EP

released on Drugged Conscience in a pressing of 500 records; 400 on black, 100 on various tones of green

A1. Guiltless
A2. Electric Depression
B1. 8/9/69 (SONIC YOUTH)

Notes: Recorded in March 2008 at Lady Godiva's Operation, 3 weeks after the 2nd ep. Dan kept fucking the vocal track for the cover up so Dave yelled and threw a baby spoon at him.

1st EP

2008-10-08T20:52:00.000-07:00

Cult Ritual- 1st EP
released August 2007 by Burrito in a one time pressing of 1000; 25-30 vinyl color variations were counted

A1. Weak Body
A2. Clean Conscience
A3. Bitter End
B4. Unhappiness
B5. Terrified
B6. Why Wait
B7. Regret

Notes: The man that recorded this record (Greg Marachek, who worked on the first KISS full length) died a couple weeks following the session.

Demo I

2008-10-08T20:15:00.000-07:00

Cult Ritual- Demo I

released in a one time pressing of 100, December 2006

1. Weak Body
2. Unhappiness
3. The Hand That Feeds
4. Why Wait?
5. Hot Cement
6. Eat the Police
7. Regret
8. Selfish Songs

The newborn baldness of a first demo: some babies cry, some babies die, and some babies have FAS. Smell the fumes because this one reeks.

Tape III/ Collection

2008-10-08T21:13:00.000-07:00

Cult Ritual- Tape III/Collection

2 pressings; first pressing of 30 done March 2008; second pressing of 26 done July 2008; the first pressing's cover has two children on a mattress, whereas the second pressing's cover has a girl in a bathtub.

A1. Civilized
A2. Leather
A3. Guiltless
A4. Electric Depression
B5. Eat the Police
B6. Inst. I
B7. Selfish Songs
B8. Modern Man (Black Flag)

Notes: The songs on side A are different mixes of songs on other records. Side B was recorded at the Crawlspace in July 2007. We gave most of these away during a Spring weekend tour with post punkers MERCHANDISE. Not a lot of people came to said shows, so a handful of tapes were thrown at oncoming cars, chucked in occupied dorm rooms at an all-girls school (don't ask), and cherry-bombed.

Demo II

2008-10-08T21:00:00.000-07:00

Cult Ritual- Demo II
released December 2007 in a pressing of 75 for winter tour

A1. Guiltless
A2. Hunger Pains
A3. Electric Depression
A4. Haunted Ground
B1. Nausea (X)
B2. Cancer Money

2008-08-25T14:20:00.001-07:00

Abuse starts at home