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/////////////////////////////////////////////// JIM GUTHRIE ROCKS

After a few years at sea, the legendary Jim Guthrie, veteran of Royal City & Islands, namesake for Three Gut Records & creator of hugely beautiful records such as Morning Noon Night & Now More Than Ever, is set to take the stage for a weekend of shows in late March 2010. On Friday March 26th Jim'll be at Toronto's El Mocambo, the venue favored by The Rolling Stones, nowadays familiar to acts like Growing, Fuck Buttons, M. Ward & Joanna Newsom. On Saturday March 27th Jim'll be at the storied Starlight in Waterloo. Expect mad hitz from Jim's back catalog such as 1901, Trouble & You Are Far (Do You Exist?) along with a few surprises. Opening for Jim in Toronto will be the entirely awesome PS I LOVE YOU and lofi rad dudes Culture Reject, in Waterloo you may expect Tyson & the Trepids. For details & to help spread the word, stop by the event page here. Might be wise to get tickets right the heck now before the inevitable happens.

Jim will be onstage with 'his litter', a tightly rehearsed new seven-piece band including:

• Nathan Lawr on drums (Royal City, Fembots)
• Samir Khan on bass (Tusks)
• Jordan Howard on guitar (The Magic, The Skeletones Four)
• Shaw Han Liem on keyboards (I Am Robot And Proud)
• Randy Lee on violin (The Bicycles)
• Jeremy Strachan on sax (Canaille, Feuermusik)
• Nick Bulligan on trumpet (Canaille)

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/////////////////////////////////////////////// SAN FRANCISCO: WE COME IN PEACE / SHOOT TO KILL:

Key members of the S:S&S EP team including rockstar Jim Guthrie & representatives from Superbrothers (above), as well as Kris Piotrowski & Nathan Vella from Capy, will be roaming the city of San Francisco, visting Starfleet headquarters & haunting the Game Developer's Conference 2010 at Moscone Center with a playable build of the award-winning in-development touchtronic project known as Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP from Monday March 8th until Sunday March 13th. Should you wish to investigate the project & cross paths with the creators more casually, you may wish to take note of the following rough itinerary.

To set-up an appointment for beers, chit-chat or something more concrete involving interviews or playthroughs or whatnot during this hectic week, please feel free to get in touch.

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/////////////////////////////////////////////// A NIGHT OF FEASTING:

To celebrate the project's recent successes & some key milestones, members of the hard-working S:S&S EP team including starfleet engineers Mr. Jon Maur & Mr. Frankie Leung indulged in an evening of kitsch dinner theatre at the Toronto location of Medieval Times, a theme restaurant where diners are served by serfs & wenches and the entertainment includes jousting competitions & theatrical swordfighting. Returning from the event, Mr. Frankie Leung remarked that during the evening he had an idea for S:S&S EP. When asked about this idea, Mr. Leung replied simply: "...have people fight." Shortly thereafterwards, work began on a new & improved combat component for S:S&S EP.

The above photograph by Mark Rabo depicts the location as miraculously classy, which is not in fact the case. For more photographs from this epic faux historical escapade including photographs of the S:S&S EP team posing with the affable blue knight, go here. For more about Mark, go here.

superbrothers.ca + swordandsworcery.com

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