THE POP CULTURE SUICIDES RELEASE A FREE MP3!
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"For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield is as relevant today as it was when it was first recorded in December 1966 (a Top Ten Hit in March 1967)

Pop Culture is Dead.

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TPCS update

I laid out the track listing this morning.
The chapter (EP) count is at 6 and it will most likely end up being 8 which would equal 2 double albums. We will be releasing individual songs from the various EP's as a bit of a teaser.
They will be numbered as to where they go (a page/chapter number) in the entire piece. There is a storyline so it does technically fall under either performance piece (which at least once I would like to do it in it's entirety) or a rock opera but everyone will hear it in a different way so ultimately it's up to the listener...

TPCS win a spot on Jon McClause Reporting's The Vault

Mixing Songs

"Hello. After moving rehearsals out of Humboldt Park and into my house, I have been mixing for at least 2 months straight while also trying to get a handle on the studio and live room here.
I should rewind a bit so you get some of the back story. After 2 (much) less than enjoyable attempts to have the songs mixed by "known" "professionals" and the resulting 6 months of completely wasted time, I am back to what works best, I am alone in the studio getting things done.
I have been mixing songs for The Pop Culture Suicides debut (a double album split into 4 EP's).
Music, in general, has been going further and further in the direction of being so (over) produced and shiny and perfect and intonated that even though it may be on a specific genre/format of radio/tv/video game, it all sounds the same. Metal with the same production as country with the same production as hip hop with the same production as indie. It's like this blanket format of predictable production and mixing. As if everyone hears music the same way.
There's no emotion. It's all so safe and predictable. It's alien to me.
I have referenced only one album during my mixing; "Raw Power" by The Stooges. I like the honesty and emotion in the way the album sounds. You are a participant, you have no choice but to feel the songs, without hearing the production.
The albums have been in the works for a while, maybe even my whole life.
They are done. I dont have a release date for I (or II or III or IV) yet but it wont be long. There will be a download available very soon.
I write and record a lot so I am already working on connecting another double album to the debut. Nothing seems to settle my mind more than writing music so I do that a lot or suffer the consequences.
In addition to all of the above I have music on the Pleistoscene page and I will be adding a lot of new music to my music page. I have had some time that I havent had in a while to really focus on both of those projects before everything TPCS gets crazy....

to be continued...."

New Zim Zum Bio on ZZIV

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TPCS Italian Secret Society Fanzine

The 6th issue of TPCS Italian Secret Society Fanzine is now available for download (.pdf)!

To download either the English or the Italian versions click here!

When I Am Left To My Own Devices (An Interview with Zim Zum)

Special Thanks to Zim Zum for answering my questions click here!

ZIM ZUM'S FIRST GIG W/MARILYN MANSON VIDEO
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
ZIM ZUM

Nothing Night+Irving Plaza, New York, NY+09/05/1996 video posted ZZIV's MySpace profile!! Check it out!

*GZ*

The TPCS Italian Secret Society Fanzine

Thanks to Babs and her devotion to The Pop Culture Suicides, The Italian Secret Society fanzine is now available for download (.pdf)!

To download either the English or the Italian versions click here!

ZIM ZUM'S FIRST GIG W/MARILYN MANSON VIDEO
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
ZIM ZUM

Nothing Night+Irving Plaza, New York, NY+09/05/1996 video posted ZZIV's MySpace profile!! Check it out!

*GZ*

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Do you have TPCS Reviews?

Okay, so The Pop Culture Suicides just did a show last weekend (Saturday, April 12, 2008 @ The Pearl Room in Mokena, IL USA) right?

So why not send in your reviews and photos? If there was any news coverage of the show why not send in newspaper reviews, etc? Do you have the setlist or scans of posters that you've made, etc.?

Send them into:

Even if someone else has already reviewed the show or sent in information, send in your stuff anyway! Everything sent in will be greatly appreciated!!

Thank You to all who have allowed ZZIV to publish their photos already!!

A TPCS Week

"AS A PREVIEW OF SONGS FROM ALL 4 TPCS EP'S (DOUBLE ALBUM IN 4 PARTS) THERE WILL BE NEW SONGS ADDED TO THE PLAYER EACH DAY THIS WEEK AND THE FIRST ONE IS UP EARLY" So, go and check them out on MySpace every day this week!!

A Cryptic Message Appears

5 pages from 4 chapters of unhappily ever afters

Watching
Waiting
Hoping
Praying
Make a note.
Tell a friend.
All these things have come to an end.

1 day,
2 day,
3 day,
4.
Not enough?
Fair enough.
Then we give you
one more.

Anti Social we’ve been,
rarely saying a word.
So each day we will bring you,
something you’ve never heard.

We scream and shout,
and make a thunderous sound
but after 24 hours we wont be around

Publicly Quiet, Non-Stop Volume in the Studio!

I have been quiet, publicly, but in my studio it's been not stop volume. I feel I am writing the best music I ever have and with each new song it gets better, more defined as far as what I consider to be my style, yet still indescribable even to me.... Read more in Re: Hungry ears

THE POP CULTURE SUICIDES SHOW ANNOUNCED!!

Listen to TPCS @ myspace.com/thepopculturesuicides