TONIGHT, PORTLAND: We’ve been hemming and hawing about tonight’s speaking gig for some time now. Tonight, they attack! Seattle’s prolific Invisible Creature is coming down on the rail as these words go to print. Bringing a wallop from the Emerald City. These guys HAVE SOME SERIOUS CHOPS and Don Clark will be living proof of just that tonight. Can’t wait. Tell me you got a ticket? You better have!

INK HITS PAPER AND MAGIC IS MADE: They even made a poster for the gig! Look at that bear! You need one of these for that wall! Good for that fleabag apartment, modernist cube, lean-to, cell you rickety row house. You need one. On sale tonight at the gig! Printed by the champions at Seizure Palace. Hell yes!

THANK YOU TO THE PROUD ROSTER OF SPONSORS: Designspeaks, Ace Hotel, 52 LTD, Amtrak and Gibson! Thank you for bringing Invisible Creature down to Portland! Gonna be such a good talk. No pressure, Don. Don’t worry about my girth eyeballing you. I’m there to learn some stuff, and I’m gonna be FOCUSED on what Invisible Creature has to offer.

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SO HELP ME GARY: Vin better be there. I’m just saying. Goddammit. And J.D., too! Shit, I’m gonna start a list right now for “Mandatory Attendence.” And then, tonight, I’ll be checking this list against the MONSTROUS STREAM of attendees. Don’t cross us. Just get the ticket and be there. Done.

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I MEAN, SHIT, JUST LOOK AT THESE GUYS: Holy fucking shit. Kniiiiiife fiiiiiiight!

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NOT LETTING UP ON THIS ONE: Tomorrow night, Seattle! We’re coming up to you! Our halfwit roadshow, complete with a “Opening Slot” filled by our Dad, all the way from Michigan! See, bringing out the big guns! We made a poster for the gig that we’ll unleash tomorrow. “Everything Washington.” You know the deal. Stay tuned! Get a ticket, fuckers!

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ON THE PLAYER:

01. Crooked Fingers - Breaks In The Armor
02. Jayhawks - Mockingbird Time
03. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Wolfroy Goes To Town
04. Wilco - The Whole Love
05. Glenn Jones - The Wanting
06. Megafaun - Megafaun
07. Male Bonding - Endless Now
08. Red Fang - Murder The Mountains
09. Centro-Matic - Even The Falsest Hearts Can Try
10. Mule - If I Don’t Six