Rope Cosmetology Espouses

European Tour 2012 – Get on the bus!

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Yes the heavens and all have aligned (maligned?) and Rope's 5 mavens of music mayhem are spelunking to the Continent in November of this year to support not one, but 2 new recordings. Coming soon is the self-titled "Rope Cosmetology" double album on Karl Schmidt Verlag and "November Cirrhosis", due out on the forward-thinking Heart & Crossbone imprint. Dates are filling in quickly, stay tuned for complete schedule.

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Spring is here

Wheels turn

Spring has come to the upper latitudes, and with it comes a spate of new recordings. Currently we are finishing up numerous buckets of promised projects and will post as soon as fin is declared. Double CD's - check. As the mixes roll in, your humble narrator is pretty slayed by the results so far. Prediction - head-scratching by the noise-cognoscenti will ensue.

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The Winter Equinox – and days getting longer

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So on the shortest day of the year we launch the new rope cosmetology site, full of bitter chill and hopeful tequila. Being scattered on two continents this holiday season finds Tom (our expatriate crooner) spelunking up and down the East Coast on a Stateside holiday (with better half Claudia). Luckily the stars really have aligned, and he and Ryan are doing a show in Ryan's hometown of Richmond, VA -  uhm -  tonight. Should you happen to be the lucky person in that corner of the globe tonight, please stop in to share sonic goodness and from the looks of it, some vegetarian food - Strange...

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The whiskey was questionable…

Feri's 1st purchase

But the intent was not

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