Man's Last Great Invention

2010-05-14T20:22:00.001-06:00

Man's Last Great Invention to perform new soundtrack for Predator at Project Lodge

"Get to the choppah…err…Project Lodge on May 20 if you demand to know the outcome of the epic battle between the alien fromPredator and the experimental soundmasses of Man’s Last Great Invention. The Lincoln, Neb. electro rockers don't employ those gnarly blades or thermal imaging as part of their improvised noise crafting, but they will be mashing together a live soundtrack synced up with the 1987 future-governor-filled action classic that is designed to “alter the way the audience perceives the film's violent imagery through their lush textural ambience and drone.” The A.V. Club can only assume that entails hypnotizing the audience with white noise and then hunting them for sport. Just remember that once those crazy alien symbols start counting down on the screens as the “laptopist” laughs maniacally, it’s cue to run for dear life and leap from the ensuing giant nuclear explosion that will take out half of East Johnson."

By Mark Riechers May 13, 2010

Excerpts from Man's Last Great Invention show from nocoastfilms on Vimeo.

2009-06-04T07:33:00.002-06:00

Hello all,

Shows upcoming:

Farewell Luke, Polipnick
This man never stops shredding, ever! Now he's going to pull an all night session with every band he's played with in Lincoln, before he moves away!

Friday, June 5, 2009 at 9:00pm

Box Awesome
815 O St.
Lincoln, NE

8 bands, two stages, Luke marathon!
Box Awesome
9pm - 1am
only $5!
This will be total insanity. Every single band I have played with while living in Lincoln, alternating upstairs and downstairs in the venue that I book the first Friday music series at for over three years.
(featuring)...

The Golden Age
Electric Soul Method
Volcano Insurance
Flamethrower Double Trio
the Mighty Vitamins
Man's Last Great Invention
Shelf Life/Giraffe
Executive Steel Band

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So there you go. Lots of music. My arms will fall off after this, but what better way to bid Nebraska adieu! I hope to see some friendly faces out to these events.

Thanks! (Luke)

The Unit Breed @ Box Awesome

Thursday, June 11, 2009
9:00pm
Box Awesome
815 O St.
Lincoln, NE

The Unit Breed
Man's Last Great Invention
Prussia
Yuppies

Attention.
Duffy's Tavern
Wed. June 24th 9pm

Poetry and Music:

Shelf Life and Man's Last Great Invention provide atmosphere for Tim Scahill, Solace Taylor, Bill Foster, and Joe Younglove.

2008-12-21T09:42:00.000-06:00

2008-11-15T00:10:00.003-06:00

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

All hail the healing power of minimalist hiss 'n drone

none. goes nowhere yet

2008-10-30T08:19:00.004-06:00

'none' eh? 43: Perhaps we should re-title "None Too Long" or "None without Narcotics": read a recent review of 'none' from Vital Weekly.

2008-10-29T11:35:00.015-06:00

Hello All,

I will be returning to Nebraska soon and I am very excited about some Man's Last shows coming up!

If we are still alive one week after elections:

Tuesday November 11th 9pm
******************

The New Monarchs

Gooses

Man's Last Great Invention

Tues Nov 11
@ Box Awesome 9pm $5

*********************

Friday, November 21st 7pm

Ghastly City Sleep

Snakehead (Chris, I can't find anything about this group... do your best!)

Ghost Towns

Man's Last Great Invention

Friday November 21st 7pm
@ The Ghost House
2430 P St., Lincoln, Nebraska 68503
$5

2008-10-10T20:54:00.000-06:00

but, quickly and seriously...

2008-10-10T18:00:00.003-06:00

Here is recent recording. You all, if interested and available should feel free to take it, chew it, spit it out and feed it to your young. If you don't have young, make something out of the mangled mess and post it.

2008-09-30T20:25:00.002-06:00

Quickly, very quickly, I want to say "blather lather slathered in bits of supine gazing. Yes, it's right, i guess it's always been." You'll notice that the word "been" was said by me like a Brit, with an overt attention to saying it the "right" way (ie. not American). You'll notice that I am now crazy and cannot say this quickly at all nor with any consistency in the use of the parts of any real form of communication. So, with that in mind I:

would like to quickly mention:

that we are playing a show.

I am crazy, driving back to Lincoln to:

perfom with

Joy Wants Eternity (of Seattle, WA.), a great Explosions in the Sky-esque group with talent beyond my ears. Esau of Lincoln was going to be playing. We need a third band. If you are a band, come play, or disband and come play. Play on our set or play your own. If you know about this show, tell half of the people you want to tell. If you don't want to tell anyone, tell half of them not to come. Somehow, we will still end up playing sounds. Somehow I will still get all of my classwork finished. Take a look at this picture and remember that the show is at Box Awesome on Oct 4th Saturday while, of course, looking at this picture:
:

2008-09-28T07:24:00.000-06:00

2008-09-27T02:31:00.002-06:00

Perhaps the best time I will have had in Minneapolis/St.Paul was tonight as I saw, coincidentally, Themes perform their last show as a Minnesota band. If you know Themes (yeah, Box Awesome!), you know that they are constantly on tour. Coming to the Twin Cities, I was more than delighted to see that they would be playing at the 7th Street Entry and could not miss the chance to reverse the roles for a change. I drove around the block quite a few times, looking for somewhere to park in this city as a huge mass of Hanson fans waited to get into First Avenue in the unusually warm late September night. Upon my third time around, at the stop light I saw Jacy, stared at him a little, waiting for recognition as well as a green light. You know, great surprise... point, holy shit what are you doing here?, GREEN LIGHT. I finally found a spot a few blocks away (although with how many times I went around that block and how much gas I probably wasted, it might as well have been several blocks away) and eventually met up with Jacy, Kelsey and Hannah from A Whisper in the Noise (now playing violin with Themes) at O'Donovan's patio.

Later, as I watched them perform many new and great familiar older songs, I began to feel nostalgia for a stage and environment that was familiar to me. Themes has been through Lincoln so many times and were always straightforward and kind. Their warmth and passion for their creations is apparent as they seem the same people, very comfortable in their own skin, at home and elsewhere. The point is, without getting too gushy, that these people (among many other greats who have traveled as musicians through Nebraska and, even more importantly, Box Awesome) are really good people and I enjoy my time with them. I began to feel even more at home in a new city. Seeing them in their own environment was a great sight, especially being that this was their last show before going on tour with Minus the Bear, recording new material and making an eventual move to Portland. They will be back here Oct 15th at the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown and I am sure that we will see them again soon back home, hopefully very soon.

side note: Mogwai's Martin Bulloch has a pacemaker with problems?

2008-09-22T15:46:00.002-06:00

I am alive in St. Paul, but bill duke of the dead crashed and so my internet blogging abilities have been very limited until recently when, thankfully, Elisabeth brought my PC from Lincoln. I don't have the energy to type much as I was up until 2:30am typing up work for class, trying to catch up from not having a word processor available all week when I should have been doing the work. So, here are a few pictures. Some are related, some are not. You decide. Also, you should come and visit the Twin Cities if only for the reason that you can ride your bicycle safely ANYWHERE and without assholes yelling at you because they think that you are in their way. Anyhow, I miss you all. Enjoy the images. I'll be taking more soon. That was another problem. I could take any more pictures during the last two weeks. I had nowhere to unload those filling up my memory cards! I'm back on the e-smack, people!

Geeze, I almost forgot about the MLGI related things:

1) Oct 4 show somewhere with Joy Wants Eternity and Gooses(?)
2) Nov 11 at the box awesome
3) at some point I will post pictures of the Sojourn, He Join Us album concept for everyone who hasn't seen it in person.

2008-09-21T22:59:00.003-06:00

In due time.........

We'll have our leader back...........We'll have reason back

2008-09-05T11:48:00.003-06:00

furthermore, here is a picture of MLGI missing Jillian:

image: Faded Black

2008-08-31T08:56:00.003-06:00

Don't forget, friends, that you can order (none.) as well as the new Gamma Goat release, Beard of Sound, Beard of Sand through the Eh? Catalog!

2008-08-31T08:32:00.005-06:00

Read this new review of none at Chain D.L.K.

While the recording is rough but expressive the only possible remark is that concerning the division of this whole session in tracks, ok, they probably did it to help the listener have some rest during this trippy listening, but this’ nothing but a long session and also well done, therefore there’s no need to cut it…if the dear 2008-listener can’t take the time to listen to a long session, well he or she can go fuck himself (freak power!...or “grind finale”! But I’m fed up with people complaining about long records).

- Andrea Ferraris

here is a photograph of MLGI missing Mathias:

2008-08-25T19:34:00.001-06:00

come out and play with us. bring any instrument, but call the Box before you bring your pet parrot as such. do you guys remember the last time that went haywire? anybody? Jon?

2008-08-24T20:42:00.000-06:00

2008-08-18T07:48:00.002-06:00

Wed, Aug 20 9pm
Duffy's Tavern

Partly Cloudy
(pop punk from Lexington, KY)

MLGI

2008-08-15T16:12:00.003-06:00

I had a nice time playing at the State Theatre Wednesday night. Here is video by Elisabeth:

Man's Last Great Invention @ State Theater from nocoastfilms on Vimeo.

Thanks again to Mendacious Appearance.

2008-08-09T20:08:00.003-06:00

2008-08-07T13:49:00.002-06:00

Today:

- door number one -
- door number two -
- door number three -
- door number three -
- door number two one -
- door number six -
- door -
- as a flake, dust -
- settling, to sleep -
- on page one and -
- on page two, my five-year-old alter-ego -
- 's best friend -
- I guess you watched. -

2008-08-06T14:29:00.003-06:00

Wed, August 13th

State Theatre

6pm

Mendacious Appearance
Idle Minds
Man's Last Great Invention

2008-08-05T22:50:00.005-06:00

None, our recent release on Eh? has been reviewed by Indiville.com. Please read it here.

"Particularly disturbing is the monstrous final track; it sounds like a swarm of ghosts trying to force their way out of a metal holding cell." ---Matt Shimmer

Also, check out this Lazy-i article about David Matysiak's Telephono project.

2008-08-05T09:51:00.002-06:00

We've been on a little break lately, so I apologize for the lack of posting. I have been gearing up to do my AMI certification training in St. Paul Minnesota this fall and spring, purchasing a house, moving into said house with way too many things. Gas prices are increasing and I have unfortunately called off the August Predator tour. I'm sure that you know this. So, I'll be gone for a couple of months in Minnesota, but will be attempting to line up some shows in Minneapolis with our friends, Themes. Work is in progress producing and releasing a double album (Sojourn, He Join Us.) containing our live shows in Detroit and Grand Rapids, MI this spring and Fuse Studio recordings in May. Yep.

Ande

2008-06-22T21:13:00.002-06:00

Busy busy busy...
and I forgot to post info about the show tomorrow night:

Motion Turns It On
-great psych rock from Austin, Tx
Jodie Loves Hinckley
-local favorites
Man's Last Great Invention

Box Awesome
Monday, June 23
9pm
probably 5 dollars

hope to see you there!

2008-06-09T06:11:00.002-06:00

Tomorrow night:

Juffage

Shelf Life

Man's Last Great Invention

@Jones Coffee

727 s. 11th St.

June 10
8pm

2008-06-02T01:31:00.002-06:00

One Song Sunday in the Lincoln Journal Star

2008-05-29T07:05:00.003-06:00

Tonight!
Huskernaut and Man's Last Great Invention
Yellow Crystal Star
Dickhearse, a discourse on Dickhorse

Box Awesome basement
9pm
may 29, 2008

2008-05-12T22:16:00.001-06:00

OK. It's time to start digging out your old banjos, guitars, bowls, kick drums, bongos, clapping hands, nintendos, kazoos, screams, televisions, cats, washtub basses, art, dolphins, crazy eyes, tds, feet, and anything that you might like to make sound and music with. One Song Sunday is upon us. June 1st at Box Awesome... Starting at Noon the sound will begin and will not end until 1am...ultimate patience in collaboration. Please Join Us!

2008-05-04T00:04:00.001-06:00

2008-05-02T08:19:00.003-06:00

Böögg from nocoastfilms on Vimeo.

Here is a video I have forgotten to post. Elisabeth's father, Peter, stuffed an old brown farm suit of his (maybe 20 years old) with straw and things, propped it up on our burning pit, dowsed the thing in gasoline (including little baggies of gasoline stuffed in the pockets) and set it aflame. Beni and Niki Brantner and I played some music while Elisabeth filmed. Enjoy.

2008-05-01T22:16:00.003-06:00

Here is an excerpt from our show at the CAID in Detroit. Thanks again, everyone.

2008-04-29T19:59:00.002-06:00

jein.

nejosclr.

cornucopia.

jnleorsc.

incorplusijunse.

bite.

joseph.

silence.

neiroscj.

april.

club.

sojourne.

he.

join.

us.

thanks.

for.

conversing.

2008-04-28T18:16:00.000-06:00

2008-04-21T06:57:00.002-06:00

'Merica! It's finally happening! Free albums from April Club! Go here to download full albums from Man's Last Great Invention, Atemzug, Anderson Reinkordt, TDS, and others soon! Here is an exclamation! Here is a point. Do you guys like one note?

2008-04-09T20:49:00.001-06:00

2008-04-09T19:51:00.002-06:00

THIS SHOW WAS CANCELLED. BOO.

2008-03-25T13:52:00.003-06:00

2008-03-11T21:02:00.003-06:00

Quick Update:

Friday, March 21st : The Benson Grind (6107 Maple St., Omaha) w/ Soulwire, ?pm

Wednesday, April 2nd : Duffy's Tavern w/ The Machete Archive, Silver Fox, 9pm

Sunday, April 13th : Box Awesome w/ A Trip to the Moon, Not Quite, 6pm

April or May : show at the State Theater

Friday, May 2nd : Box Awesome First Friday Experiment

2008-03-09T22:17:00.002-06:00

The creative force behind Glorytellers is guitarist/singer/songwriter Geoff Farina, who spent the better part of 14 years fronting Boston’s genre-bending Karate.

Our friends Thunder Power!!!, are going to be playing with this band this Friday.
March 14th @ The Slowdown in Omaha 9pm

door: $7

Have fun you guys

2008-03-01T16:34:00.003-06:00

What a wonderful day! I hope everyone is outside. I will be soon. Spring is around the corner and I know that most of us are eagerly awaiting the season's shift. I will be coming out of my box more as the trees bud and we will all begin new growth! I'm thinking that I would like to have three hands, but still only two arms.

What do we have planned?

I would like us to meet on Saturdays in the near future just to hang out more and talk about where we want to take this thing in the warm weather. There are several outside playing options:

-The Reinkordt farm (near Denton): Saturday or Sunday grilling and playing music all day outside!

-Prairie Hill: (near Roca): I am planning to organize, if possible, a benefit show outside at Prairie Hill to help raise money for this wonderful school.

-Stransky Park (17th & Harrison): grilling and outdoor music

-John Ferguson's backyard?: if you are in Cultiva coffee, let's ask John if he wants to have shows again in his back yard!? That was wonderful in the summer of '06. Likewise, if you run into Jay Kramer.

I have to run, but if you have any ideas, don't hesitate to share them!

2008-02-21T01:18:00.003-06:00

D.B.H http://www.myspace.com/dbhtheband

Just dropping some info before the show on Friday @ the Benson Grind

SHELF LIFE

http://www.myspace.com/daybryan

2008-02-20T09:21:00.002-06:00

quick update before I rush off to work and forgetting all sorts of other things:
show this friday feb 22nd 8pm at the Benson Grind in Omaha with DBH and Shelf Life.
(side note: who is willing to bring their car? I can drive and fit most of our things in that one, but without room for anyone else, so we need a people transport.)

2008-02-13T22:56:00.003-06:00

Sorry guys, I know you haven't seen me in a while. I'll be at the next show in Omaha, and bringing the rain(not as loud). Our fearless leader knows why I've been gone for a while, so we should be back on track!!

“So if you wake up one morning and it's a particularly beautiful day, you'll know we made it."

2008-02-11T19:14:00.001-06:00

Magistral, from Stephen O'Malley & Z'ev: This album you must find!

It's like the scary parts of Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey or maybe like the pleasant parts of the blackouts I used to have at the toilet when I was younger. Listen to it now.

2008-02-08T23:39:00.000-06:00

"If Mathias tells you that I missed practice, then that's that. I may have missed one practice this year but if somebody says he missed one practice of all the practices this year, then that's enough to get a whole lot started. I told Mathias Svalina that you don't have to give the people of Lincoln a reason to think about kicking me out or anything like that. If you kick somebody out, you kick them out to make the band better...simple as that. I'm cool with that. I'm all about that. The people in Lincoln deserve to have a winner. It's simple as that. It goes further than that ... If I can't practice, I can't practice. It is as simple as that. It ain't about that at all. It's easy to sum it up if you're just talking about practice. We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be the bassoon player, and we're talking about practice. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about practice, not a show, not a show, not a show, but we're talking about practice. Not the show that I go out there and die for and play every show like it's my last but we're talking about practice man. How silly is that? ... Now I know that I'm supposed to lead by example and all that but I'm not shoving that aside like it don't mean anything. I know it's important, I honestly do but we're talking about practice. We're talking about practice man. We're talking about practice. We're talking about practice. We're not talking about the show. We're talking about practice. When you come to the Box Awesome, and you see me play, you've seen me play right, you've seen me give everything I've got, but we're talking about practice right now. ... Hey I hear you, it's funny to me too, hey it's strange to me too but we're talking about practice man, we're not even talking about the show, when it actually matters, we're talking about practice ... How the hell can I make my bandmates better by practicing?" - Allen Iverson's Last Great Invention

2008-02-05T21:20:00.000-06:00

Exciting News:

!!!

Our first official release, None is scheduled for April through Eh?, an extension of Bryan Day's Public Eyesore Records. Bryan's truly unique collection of soundmakers, Shelf Life, will be playing with us and squeelly free jazz group, D.B.H. (Bloomington, IN), on Friday, Feb 22nd at the Benson Grind in Omaha.

2008-01-28T22:31:00.000-06:00

In case you had not dared to look at the top of this page, we have two shows upcoming:

Feb 12, Box Awesome 9pm 2for$2Tue - w/ Aunt Dracula. I have yet to hear what Dracula sounds like when actually a blood relative. Needless to say, I am excited. Maybe we should pull out the old Michael Maggots, Mathias?

Feb 22, Benson Grind (6107 Maple St. Omaha), 8pm? $? Fri - w/ D.B.H. (Bloomington, IN) and Shelf Life (Omaha). I am very much looking forward to this bit.

2008-01-21T19:36:00.000-06:00

I just got a telephone call saying that the show tomorrow with Max Williams, Tsumi, and Max and the Marginalized has been moved from 6pm to 9pm at Box Awesome Jan 22nd 2008.

This is what I look like when new information and new years come to me.

2008-01-20T11:12:00.000-06:00

Man's Last Great Invention @ Box Awesome 1-17-08 from nocoastfilms on Vimeo.

2008-01-11T05:55:00.001-06:00

Chris forgot about this super hot Christian Action pic:

2008-01-11T03:24:00.000-06:00

Here's some help, if you wonder who we're playing with.......

http://www.myspace.com/thundapowa

http://www.myspace.com/icolossusmusic

2008-01-10T13:52:00.000-06:00

I can't wait, only a week away from the first show of the new year!!

2008-01-09T07:54:00.001-06:00

The show on Jan 17th has been moved from 6pm to 9pm.

2008-01-08T21:57:00.000-06:00

2008-01-07T19:31:00.000-06:00

This is a test of the new forwarding list. If you have received this post in your email, please go to the Man's Last Great Invention link below or http://mlgi.blogspot.com and leave a comment letting us know that you have received this. Also, if you'd rather not receive these updates, let us know about that as well.

2008-01-07T08:19:00.000-06:00

1/5 sections of a recording by Mathias Svalina and Ande Reinkordt:

2008-01-06T22:12:00.000-06:00

2008-01-06T10:00:00.000-06:00

2008-01-01T03:41:00.000-06:00

Hey everyone,

I hope you check out the old photos below, I didn't put all of them up here though(I wanted to get to bed). I hope you enjoy what we have up so far, and there should be more to come.

Enjoy the New Year!

2008-01-01T03:30:00.000-06:00

2007-12-28T01:13:00.000-06:00

Sometimes.........it's simple

created by Elisabeth Reinkordt

2007-12-27T17:00:00.001-06:00

Welcome Jason Buckner to MLGI, playing the Korg, Sonic Boom!

Future plans:

1) recording in January?

2) spring Predator tour?

a) we need a van/bus, trailer?

b) we also need a projector

Help?

January 22nd Box Awesome 6pm

w/Max Williams

2007-12-09T18:54:00.000-06:00

January 17th: I, Colossus ( http://www.myspace.com/icolossusmusic ), Box Awesome, 6pm

2007-12-06T20:34:00.000-06:00

Sincere apologies go to our friends in or near Detroit. The weather we were unsure of. The fun was to be expected, but next time... we'll see you there.

2007-12-05T08:14:00.000-06:00

"I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT UP TO A CHILD TO DECIDE TO EAT JESUS." ---Lou Levov in American Pastoral by Philip Roth

2007-11-13T22:17:00.000-06:00

So, I apologize (if anyone at all reads this thing) for my lack of updates. I'm just too busy to bother with a "blog". Blogs make me go "blaaaahhhhhhhhhhch". Anyone interested in keeping this thing up to date for me? Some things...

1. Tues. December 4. 9pm. Box Awesome. 815 O St. (Under the viaduct that isn't there anymore).

Faded Black, Man's Last Great Invention

2. We'll be in/around Detroit again at the Berkley Front on December 8th.

3. Tues. December 18. 9pm. Knickerbockers. 901 O St. (Under the sign that says "knickerbockers est. when we started")

James Oliva will be back from Tennessee!, MLGI, TBA

4. Thur. December 20. 8pm. Ghost House. 2430 P St.

Ghost Towns, Gumbi, MLGI

5. Fri. December 21. 9pm. Knickerbockers 901 O St.

UUVVWWZ, MLGI

2007-10-17T07:46:00.000-06:00

as if you don't have a million and one plans for halloween, I'm going to invite you to these:

because it will be fun and free!

B.ring Y.our O.wn B.ird!

2007-09-08T13:19:00.000-06:00

Sunday Brunch at The Benson Grind

6107 Maple St. Omaha

Sept 30th, 10am-Noon

We'll be eating. We'll be soothing. We'll be the butter on your pancakes.

Also:

Sept 17th at Box Awesome 815 O St. Lincoln

w/ Brogers and Max Williams

2007-08-21T06:46:00.000-06:00

Predator performance clips from Elisabeth at No Coast Films!

2007-08-11T09:13:00.001-06:00

2007-08-08T09:46:00.000-06:00

UPDATE:

Aug 8th Wed

Knickerbockers
901 O St.

who are we playing with?
i don't know.
knickerbockers doesn't update their page as of late.

9pm $5
we have a new video to show you.

Aug 22 Wed

Cultiva Coffee
1501 South St.

Come out and celebrate this ribbon cutting event with Once A Pawn, The Awkwords and more TBA.

Free 4-10pm

Also Aug 22 Wed

The Gggggggghost House!
2430 P St

Daniel Striped Tiger
Ghost Towns

This should be great night! How often do house shows happen these days in Lincoln? Never! We might have two or three drummers playing with us!

$5 7pm

Sept 17th Mon

Max Williams ( http://www.myspace.com/maxwilliamsmusic )
Brogers ( http://www.myspace.com/brogersmuzique )

a quieter night.
come sit with us.

Box Awesome
815 O St

6pm

$5

Up in the air:

Sept 21st?

end of september midwest tour?

des moines, iowa city, minneapolis/st paul, chicago, milwaukee, madison, detroit. if you'd like to help us with dates, well. do. we'll kiss you.

2007-08-03T21:18:00.001-06:00

8.3.07:

What an amazing 2 weeks! The Predator screening was magical. We will be doing more live soundtracks soon. Check out what Zachary Schomburg had to say about the event!

"The Predator is obviously a really cheesy action movie--there are tons
of ridiculous tongue-in-cheek moments, and plenty of laugh out loud one
liners--but I really enjoyed how at most points your music actually took
me away from that aspect of the flim. I was trying very hard to watch it
with more of an "open mind"; this is, to watch as if I didn't know the
story and didn't get the pop culture cliches and jokes. Instead I tried
to make it more atmospheric. I tried to look at it as a harmony between
the music and the pictures, one that would really let the music set the
mood and feeling rather than any prior knowledge or gut-level cringing
at Arnold and J. Ventura's acting skills. I have to say, I was
successful with that, and it really helped me to explore a different
level of the movie, and I had a great time doing it!"

---Brett Wertz, Lincoln

We had two shows in Detroit, at the Lager House and the Berkley Front over the last weekend. Both were phenomenal thanks to our friends Tom and Chris filling in on guitar, bass, drums, and soundscapes, as well as the great people of Michigan. Thanks again for a great time!

Much is in the works at the moment. August 22nd will be a packed afternoon and evening. At Cultiva coffee (1501 South St in Lincoln NE) we will be joining many other musicians and bands playing music in the parking lot! After a pleasant time there, we will head over to 2430 P St. (see image above) to play a house show with Daniel Striped Tiger and Ghost Towns around 7pm. More details as they arrive!

We are also planning a tour of the upper midwest and possibly the east coast for the end of september. more details soon!

2007-07-21T17:25:00.000-06:00

Man's Last Great Invention is playing a live soundtrack at the State Theatre in Lincoln, NE!

This is a private party. If you'd like to come, email me at kleineaffe2003@gmail.com to be added to the guest list!

All on Monday, July 23rd, 2007 10pm

1415 O St.
Lincoln, NE

Fun fun fun before heading out to Detroit!

2007-07-11T16:54:00.000-06:00

This Friday, July 13th:

Saddle Creek Bar:
1410 N. Saddle Creek Rd.
Omaha, Nebraska 68132

Cost:$5

Thunder Power!!!
I Love You
Mathias, Chris and I!

07/20/2007 08:00 PM - lawrence? kc? help?

tba

trying to set up a show on july 20th in the Lawrence, Kansas City area. If you can help at all, please email me at kleineaffe2003@gmail.com or call (402)202-5407. thanks!

07/21/2007 and 7/22/2007 baton rouge?

My brother, Matthew is currently setting up shows for these two nights.

7/27/07 - Detroit!

Piasa will also be joining us at this show!

07/28/2007 08:00 PM - The Berkley Front

3087 W. 12 Mile Rd.
Berkley, Michigan 48072

Cost:$5
Description:A Stitch Up, Zoos of Berlin

2007-06-05T21:13:00.001-06:00

a new video elisabeth made coupled with an old man's last recording. enjoy

2007-05-26T23:56:00.000-06:00

late notice: show sunday, May 27th at a house in Gretna, NE w/ Black Wizardz, Amy of Monument, Ghost Towns and others. I'll post the address when I find out!

scratch that. it's been called off. boo.

2007-04-29T08:59:00.000-06:00

Oh! oh!! oH! ohH! OH! !!!OH!!!
damn, these keys don't type want i want to express! Ghost Towns! such favor! such sticky sweet! I love it!

You missed it. I know that you did, because i did not see your face. but you can miss it again next time. fantastic show last night at knickerbockers. my face was blown off three times. one. Box Spring Symphony one. Ghost Towns. one. Mathias. Luke. Elisabeth. Jon. Luke. Jill. Chris.

2007-04-28T10:45:00.000-06:00

reminder... come to the knickerbockers tonite! Box Spring Symphony, Ghost Towns, and Man's Last Great Invention! 9pm

2007-04-28T10:41:00.000-06:00

Alrighty... I've started loading our collection of sounds onto our last.fm site. you can listen to and download any of it.

2007-04-26T21:04:00.000-06:00

I've been told that we need new material up to listen to so...
we're recording the next 5 live shows to be posted periodically on our myspace page as well as our whole catalog, free on our last.fm site.
With great new visuals from Elisabeth, look for a DVD soon!

2007-04-26T20:54:00.000-06:00

Thanks to everyone who came out to the show last nite with Boutonnieres and Columbia Vs Challenger. DVDs to be available of 5 live performances in the near future.

P.S. I do a lot of live recording of shows, if you're interested in doing such a thing with your performances.

2007-04-24T08:00:00.000-06:00

The chatterbox is having liquor license difficulties for some reason or other and is closed until june, so our may shows on the 27th and 31st have been cancelled. Please help us relocate if you can. we have touring bands coming! kleineaffe2003@gmail.com

2007-04-23T21:16:00.000-06:00

Look forward to possible low end support from Jon McQuillan and more guitar push from Todd Brewer, Jillian Savage on cello and Chris Ware on keys and Luke Polipnick driving the rhythm. All of this topped with the whipped cream that is the visual work of Elisabeth Reinkordt. Always expanding and retracting. Come and play with us Wednesday night, April 25th at Knickerbockers (9pm) w/ Columbia Vs Challenger.