Fourth of July in Maine
Written by David Tanklefsky   
Greetings from Brooklyn.  The month of June flew by. Friends Mark Brickman and Peter Loring came to visit and we saw the Slip and Dr. Dog.  After the Slip show at the Bowery there was a giant dance party to Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop."  Beautiful.  One of those five minute segments that appear out of thin air and evaporate just as quickly.  I went to Chicago to see Grant.  He is finishing work on the Grimis documentary, it's fun to look through.  We might do a screening when it is finished.  The new Dirty Projectors album tops my album of the year list so far.  Bitte Orca.  After a few months of practicing and switching up our lineup a bit, Post Panda is back on duty playing a bunch of east coast shows this summer including stops in Philly, Cambridge, New York City, and the 5th Dead Horse Festival!  Delo and I have been watching Twin Peaks.  We are up to episode 6, season 1.  Summer is upon us.  I hope everyone has a great Fourth of July. Here is part of one of my favorite poems of all time, Robert Lowell's Fourth of July in Maine: 

"O high New England summer, warm
and fortified against the storm
by nightly nips you once adored,
though never going overboard,
Harriet, when you used to play
your chosen Nadia Boulanger
Monteverdi, Purcell, and Bach's
precursors on the Magnavox.

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Upcoming Shows

Grimis' 2008 US Tour is completed, thanks to everyone who came to see shows!  Assorted projects and shows listed below:

June 25, 2009.  National Underground, New York, New York.  David Tanklefsky solo show with Basement Band.  9 p.m.  Free.  21+.

July 25, 2009.  Northstar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Post Panda show opening for The New Connection, Panic Years, Exit Clov, and the Mint.  Show at 9pm. 

July 26, 2009.  TT The Bears Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Post Panda with Ghost Gamblers (featuring members of Basement Band and Earl Greyhound), Susan Constant, and Ashlands Attic.  $7.  18+.  Ghost Gamblers take the stage at 10:40, Post Panda at 11:30.  Doors at 8.  Show at 9.

August 15, 2009.  5th Dead Horse Festival!  Hague, New York.  Post Panda with Graphite Mountain Trio and Filligar.

September 20, 2009.  Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Post Panda with Ghost Gamblers and Banana Phonetic.











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