Issue 2.5 Review by Ashcan Magazine

Thanks to our buddy, Sean Logic over at Ashcan Magazine for this sweet review of Lubricated Issue 2.5.
Read up here:

http://ashcanmagazine.com/2010/01/27/lubricated-magazine-2-5/


Make sure to check out Ashcan Magazine here:
http://ashcanmagazine.com/

Cheers,
The Lubricated Staff

Scott G. Toepfer: Revival Tour Photography

I first met Scott Toepfer outside of The Blank Club in San Jose during the waiting period of pre-load-in for the Revival Tour bus. The scene was something along the lines of Chuck Ragan and Ethan Anderson picking by the club entrance, Konrad Wert plucking on his fiddle outside the bus, and a few small clusters of the musicians and close friends catching up on the bus. Scott was taking some photos of all the hustle and bustle and jamming outside, and he stopped what he was doing and came up to my brother and myself and introduced himself to us.

For the few days that I was along for the tour, Scott always was always a smile and a good conversation waiting to happen. He kept track of my beer koozies when I couldn't, he found my friend's lost phone, he was always down for adventure time in the new cities we were in, he helped out with the Anderson kids, and he was always game for a ginormous burrito.

He's been supportive of Lubricated since we have met and on top of him being a solid individual, he takes some of the most stunning photographs to date in the sea of generic stale "band photos" you see all too often these days. Scott doesn't just capture amazing people doing amazing things, he captures on film the true heart and soul and purity of those particular moments. Scott's photos capture the intimate moments on Revival Tour... from Jim Ward playing "Bear-Ninja-Cowboy" with Daisy Anderson, Jon Gaunt and Frank Turner throwing the football around in the back lot of the club at 3am, Joey Cape writing, the beauty of each and every member of the Anderson family, and Chuck and the infamous tiger and lion heads from the tour bus.

Scott will be doing a sweet photo spread and tour journal of his time on The Revival tour in Issue Three of Lubricated. We thought it would be fun if he gave us a bit of a teaser for our blog in the meantime. Thanks for the support, Scott.

Crucial Scott G. Toepfer links:

http://www.sgtoepfer.com/

http://www.sgtoepfer.com/2009-11_RevivalTour/

http://sgtoepfer.com/blog/

http://www.redletterimages.com/

To avoid caddy suspense or teasers, I'll just give you the first 12 hours of what became a week on the road with The Revival Tour and no shower. I awoke at 3 am on a Wednesday, and after 20 minutes of desperately trying to convince her that she should've charged me less for my airline ticket, I give up. I finish packing, only to realize that I do not have enough film to cover my trip. Shit. I call my cab, and bolt to the only photo store open at this hour to purchase their entire stock of my favorite film. 12 rolls...that'll cover me for a couple days. I speed back to the house, hoping that I haven't missed my cab.

Well, I make it through security without much issue, just the normal hassle of some TSA employee telling me I don't have to hand check film. I insist that my film is "special" and can't be X-rayed, hoping to avoid any further discussion. The building line of anxious commuters won't allow him to argue with me, so I get through with relative ease. I should mention, that at this point, I still didn't have any idea if I was going to be allowed to sleep on the tour bus. The conversations between me and Chuck had been short and strained, as the tour had ran into some extreme weather, and nothing could be considered "for certain" at this point. Let's just say I took a leap of faith buying the plane ticket the night before.

I'm on the plane, which is now delayed, and adding to my stress level, when Chuck calls me. The moment of truth arrives while I'm already on the plane!

"Hey man, it's Chuck, are you still coming up to meet us?"
"I'm already on the plane, I'll be there in a couple hours." I managed to keep my cool in spite of my joy.
"We are on our way too, you can sleep in the back for a few days, see soon."

I said my thanks to the powers that be, and took a short nap, knowing that I wasn't going to get much sleep for a few days.

Issue 2.5 interview with Virgil Dickerson.

Before we had headed out to Denver back in September for Suburban Home Record's 14 Anniversary, we put together a "Half Issue" of Lubricated that was all things good and great Suburban Home. We asked Virgil a few questions to include in the zine and our good pal, Kalvin Who Floats on Moonbeams created a killer Play Nice monster drawing on a photograph of Virgil.

Support one of the greatest labels ever...
www.suburbanhomerecords.com
Check out more drawings by Play Nice at...
www.myspace.com/istoletheinternet

Lubricated Zine: How did SHR get started (when and where)?
Virgil Dickerson: I was going to college at the University of Colorado at Boulder as a freshman in 1993. My new friends in the dorms turned me onto Punk Rock, Ska, and Indie Rock and it blew my mind. Up until that point, I was all about Hip Hop and R&B. I started giong to shows, buying records like crazy, and just jumping head first into independent music. This love of my local music scene inspired me to start Suburban Home September of 1995 which began as a fanzine. About a year later, we started releasing records.

LZ: What was the initial impulse that pushed you in the direction of starting your own label?
VD: When the label bean in the mid 90's, I only had ears for punk rock and pop-punk so nearly every release we put out fell under those 2 categories. It wasn't til I heard "hobos demos" by Drag the River that I realized there was Country music out there that didn't suck. Drag the River opened my world to a lot of other bands and are a huge influence in the Americana direction of the label. And Drag the River have been instrumental in many of the bands we have put out like Two Cow Garage, Tim Barry, Joey Cape, and even Ninja Gun who contacted us because they had played some shows with Drag the River. We still love Punk Rock and Indie Rock, but Americana/Alt-Country has been a big focus of ours.

LZ: What has been the most rewarding thing about SHR/VC?
VD: Going to a show with one of our bands, looking around and seeing everyone singing along, getting drunk, and having a blast. Getting the occasional letter from a supporter of Suburban Home saying they love what we do.

LZ: What is your earliest musical memory?
VD: I remember an REO Speedwagon cassette that was given to me as a kid that I wore out. I remember an HBO special with Olivia Newton John on her "Lets Get Physical Tour" that I taped onto cassette. And I remember "Mr Telephone Man" by New Edition bumping out a boombox somewhere.

LZ: How many friends through music do you have?
VD: I have no idea, but I feel confident that the number is in the thousands. I talk to people all over the world, on our message board, via email, and am sure I could travel the world and find a place to stay wherever I go.

LZ: What are some bands/musicians you would want to sign if they were still around?
VD: Lifter Puller (Craig Finn's band before Hold Steady), Slobberbone (who I heard just played a show in Chicago), The Snake the Cross the Crown, I Can Lick any Son of a Bitch In Town, The Beatles, Rhythm Collision, Jawbreaker.

LZ; How would you define success for yourself?
VD: I measure success as others should by happiness and by having fun. I can say that Suburban Home isn't the most successful business around, but we have a really good time and love what we do. By that measure, I like to think that I am successful.

On the road with the Revival Tour.

Here are just a few of the many snaps that I took on the Northern California leg of Revival Tour in November. So many memories were made, drinks were drank, songs were sung, new friends united, old friends re-united, and miles traveled Thanks to the Revival Tour for taking me in for a couple of days and thanks for doing what y'all do so well. I have been revived!

Daisy Mae Anderson of the Anderson Family Bluegrass Band also gets credit for some of these photos. I handed her the camera and told her, "The number one rule of photography is to always wear the camera around your neck. The rest is up to you." Daisy is 8 years old and pays the dobro in her family band of of 6. She is an incredible little girl with an old soul.

http://www.therevivaltour.com

Enjoy the snapshots.

Cheers friends,
Vanessa Jean

Possessed By Paul James, Digger Barnes, Chuck Ragan, Ethan and Mark Anderson, and Frank Turner at The Blank Club, San Jose.
Possessed By Paul James hitting the streets in San Francisco.
Jim Ward and Daisy Anderson backstage at Slim's, San Francisco.
Chuck and Jill Ragan backstage at Slim's, San Francisco.
The Revival Tour gang at Slim's, San Francisco

Lubricated Zine and Possessed By Paul James

Konrad Wert of Possessed By Paul James and I were fortunate to have been able to slip away from soundcheck and the hustle and bustle of Revival Tour for a bit to sit down and talk shop backstage at Slim's up in good ol' San Francisco. Before our interview started, Konrad was kind enough to take a request of mine and sing a song for Lubricated.

Lubricated's good pal, Jason Smith of Blackwater Production (who is an amazing film maker whom you may recognize from the Revival Tour documentary, Tim Barry's new video, "Thing of the Past", ect..) hooked me up with a killer set-up for my first very professional interview AND music video. Thanks buddy!

And a huge thanks to Konrad for sitting down with us to do this interview. What a treat it was to have you in the flesh and to spend some time with ya on the road. Good times.

*** You'll be able to check our interview with Possessed By Paul James in the upcoming Issue Three of Lubricated! ***

Cheers,
Vanessa jean

Enjoy Possessed By Paul James singing, "Take Off Your Mask"

City Slicker Coconuts by Charly "the city mouse" Fasano

City Slicker Coconut #5


This is one in a series of short films I have been making about the simple things day to day in Chicago. This one is called "Laundry Mat". It's about a laundry mat.

City Slicker Coconuts by Charly "the city mouse" Fasano

City Slicker Coconut #4


There's nothing wrong with riding bicycles. I think it's great that folks want to get outdoors, exercise and what not.