Kill Drops (2014)

A book of poems by Scott Rutledge.
The Eternal In Reverse
glanced into the rearview
unable to go on
for without resistance
at the speed of
what never will
nor ever has
ignorance becomes
absolute

A book of poems by Scott Rutledge.
The Eternal In Reverse
glanced into the rearview
unable to go on
for without resistance
at the speed of
what never will
nor ever has
ignorance becomes
absolute

Thymme Jones
Five piano “quartets” (recorded on 4-track) with hypnotically intertwining phrases.
Listen to a clip of Open from While.
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Cheer-Accident
Recorded in 1998 and 1999, this looks like a single, but is in fact the shortest (and smallest) album ever made:
Seven songs on each side, totaling less than ten minutes. Wistfully sung by a great vocalist who also happens to be a great tennis player. Lyrics by Scott Rutledge. The second to last recording to be engineered by Phil Bonnet. (The last being “Salad
Days.”)

Thymme’s first solo album in eighteen years. This one is a bit of a companion to “While” (the
piano fest from 1996), in that it is atmospheric/meditative in nature. And vocals-less. The one
big glaring difference is: It is almost completely lacking in piano. This scarcity is compensated for,
however, with many synthesizers, banjos, air organ and several other sonically strange bedfellows.
Entirely homemade and handwritten.

CHEER-ACCIDENT
A meeting of the hearts: Scot Ashley (guitar) and Thymme Jones (drums, vocals, trumpet, etc.) come together to craft a delectable collection of meditative/melancholy instrumentals, heavy rockers, and poignant pop songs. Guest spots by bass-playing luminaries Bob Lizik (of Brian Wilson’s band) and Chip Z’nuff.

You Fantastic!
Tim Garrigan. Darin Gray. Thymme Jones. An organic and insidious piece of deconstruction. Challenging, intelligent, and methodical, but certainly not lacking in visceral impact. Sometimes it’s even quite… funny.

You Fantastic!
A very slow moving piece of Rock which pauses briefly for a melancholic breath before ascending to a climax of white noise.

Brise-Glace
After a long dry spell, we now have the original Brise-Glace 7 ”in stock again. The birth of Post-Rock? Maybe. We’d have to consult a rock historian about that one. In any case, it must bethe beginning of something ‘cause these distorted multi-drumbeat grooves that get enhanced and/or obliterated by otherworldly sonic bliss sure are a good time. Features Dylan Posa, Darin Gray, Thymme Jones, and Jim O’Rourke.

You Fantastic!
Turning lemons into lemonade and back into lemons…
A beautiful 72 minute failure. Features Tim Garrigan, Darin Gray,
Thymme Jones, Jeb Bishop, and Julie Pomerleau.
Listen to a clip of Friendless from Homesickness.
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CHEER-ACCIDENT & Friends
Cool Clown Ground, the TV show that set out to transform CHEER-ACCIDENT into The Monkees of the modern era (and failed gloriously!), is now available (after over a decade and a half) on DVD.