dear friends,

i'm happy to report that Daniel Burkholder and I survived - and completed - our 24 hour performance of "unmapped" last weekend, part of the Capital Fringe Festival.

no rest for the weary... lots of performing coming up!

1. DCIC will be opening for The Evens at Fort Reno on monday, 7/31. show starts promptly at 7:15pm. it's free. the series at fort reno is a DC summertime tradition and it's loads of fun. bring a picnic. bring the dog. bring the kids. (bring some bug spray so you don't get bit up). easy to reach by metro (tenleytown). nice blurb in today's Post in the "Nightlife Agenda." click here to see what they had to say...

2. holy crap! DCIC will be playing with saxophone heavyweight Greg Osby - he'll be sitting in with us on a double bill with Joe Lally. this is a strange dream i think... Joe Lally (of fugazi) is opening for us? Greg Osby is playing with us? pinch me...  the show is a benefit for Alkem - the kind folks who host our website for free - and many other DC arts-related sites. Saturday, August 5, 8:30pm at the Warehouse Theater (on the main stage). $12

so to recap, that's monday 7/31 at fort reno, saturday 8/5 at Warehouse Theater...

but that's not all!!! my duo project with drummer Brian Fending is also busy. we're releasing a new CD on the Sockets-CDR label and doing a little tour.

Fending-Matis duo, East Coast mini-tour:
8/6 - New York City
8/7 - Pittsburgh
8/8 - Philadelphia
for the itinerary and show details, click here.

hoping to add a DC show on August 9... will let you know how that works out...
before we hit the road, cameron and i are going to handpaint 100 cd cases - the new Fending-Matis disc is being released in a limited edition of 100 and it's just the coolest. you'll see!  we recorded it last summer in minneapolis and derek morton at kavekavity mastered it -- sounds good, i promise!

hope you're enjoying the summer,
-jon



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"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

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