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Amos Pitsch

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@temenent, @dusk_on_instaglam; producer @crutchofmemory, taste breaker @odd__note

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On the road w/ @dusk_on_instaglam this coming week

9/18 - mesa, az - rosetta room
9/19 - los angeles, ca - Zebulon
9/20 - albany, ca - ivy room
9/22 - portland, or - show bar
9/23 - seattle, wa - vera project

all shows w/ the major b @radiatorhospital

come to the shows, sell me records, go pack by @amospitsch

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We lost Lily on Tuesday and put her in the ground yesterday. She was my companion for the last 20 years and we had a really good life together. If you've ever been to the studio or the house, she was the heart and soul of it. Julia said it eloquently when she said Lily lived here more than any of us. It was her home and we've just been living in it with her. And so it feels incredibly empty and stark existing in it- in her world, and in this house I've never sat in without her energy keeping it warm. Staring down an abyss; imagining life as I've never had to live it.

Anyone that's ever met her knows her love- she lived for it. She was so totally in love with living that despite weathering the intense cruelty of physical pain at the very end, she still clung on, to our disbelief. And we helped her live as long as she had the desire for it. The last couple months of our lives were entirely hers. It was hard. And dark. But she always showed love in return.

In my early to mid 20s Lily lived with me at a punk house and we kept the door open for her virtually at all times. She did, after all, come from the streets. She explored the city at will; I'm not entirely sure where she went but she always chose to come home. And as people moved on and things changed, she chose me to come back to. Eventually she decided that Julia and I were her people. And we are so lucky and privileged to have been chosen.

Lily was never a pet; rather an equal in our home. We treated her with respect and admiration rather than discipline and disregard. In return, she had an unwavering trust in us, which is something I never took lightly. The decisions we've had to make this year have been extreme. There was crippling self doubt and guilt involved. I think she understood we were really going through it. And at the end of each day, despite her pain, she still chose us.

I see her everywhere now; a mirage of grief that I'm buried by each hour of the day. In time I know her memory will make me a better and more compassionate man. And she'll continue to live through who I'll be because of it. I love you so much old girl, and you're comin with me wherever I go. by @amospitsch

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tha mix by @amospitsch

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@richard__edge was one of the last fools to take a ride in the vette before it began its extended nap. damn it looks good in the rain. It'll run again one day!! Richard's got an amazing new album coming out in a month on @crutchofmemory . At the time of the pictures featured above, we were tracking this thing at our studio. It took some slightly unorthodox trickery to get a 12 string, finger-picked acoustic guitar to sound as deep and sparkly as it does on this record and I'm proud of our work and of Richard for grinding the shit out of their fingers for the cause. Our payoff was a ride in a junky little car to eat crappy bar food at Basils at like midnight

Preview/preorder Vespers, their first full length album and exactly COM-005, on the C.O.M. bandcamp. Preorder it at www.crutchofmemory.com to spend a little less money by @amospitsch

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I made a (@crutchofmemory ) dancing hand man outta my own hands for this truly fabulous show happenin tonight in Appleton. I picture dancing hand man as doing the Tequila dance, although I could also imagine a few other steps that I don't quite know what to call (I'm not a choreographer per se)

One of the rare gigs @dusk_on_instaglam plays in our hometown each year. If you're in town, join us tonight at @commodoreclub22 ! by @amospitsch

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A few days ago, @crutchofmemory dropped an album that's been in the works for a long time. @itsallyoucowboy 's 'I Can't Eat'.

In late 2020, Frankie got in touch with me to put together some artwork for a project of his that I hadn't heard of. He and I didn't know each other well; I knew him from the Madison power violence/grind band The Central. He sent me a folder of rough mixes for this new album to take a listen to. I took a quick listen and said 'I'd love to'.

When I work on album art for people, I typically give the album a listen or two and put it down. Then I get down to work with something completely unrelated playing. Something that'll fill the air but I'm also not distracted by. (if there's rhythm, I'm playing drums on my drafting table) This instance was no different. But by the time I started really getting to work on it, it was early spring of 2021 and I found myself throwing it on in the car with the windows down. Again and again and again. I was realizing this music checked most of the boxes of what I'm wanting out of a band. Infectious hooks. Hard hitting and solid rhythm. And it was funny! I started remembering lyrics cuz they made me laugh. In this way, it reminded me of some of my favorite hip hop albums. There was a relatable cynicism. But it was a POP album. Keys-driven in the tradition of Michael McDonald. And there was an urgency that I was totally locked into. I listened to it more than anything else that spring.

And so as I finished up the art (pic #1), I proposed to Frankie that perhaps the label I run release it. But maybe we mix it at our studio? He was hesitant to let the mix go, and as I kept listening I thought: you know what? It's perfect the way it is. It's got a lot of love in it and you can hear it.

Some years passed as it got placed on the back burner repeatedly until last year we really got grinding on putting it out into the world. We shot a music vid w/ our guy @finnbjornerud and shot some photos for the tape shells at @the.photo_opp w/ @emmalieengle (pics #2,4).

In my heart I hope enough people hear this to drive demand for a vinyl release. It deserves it.

📸 #2,4: @hotspider
📸 #3: @billyhintzz taken in Crutch Of Memory by @amospitsch

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I think I might have to rechristen this place Aerosmith: The Making Of Pump Theatre taken in Crutch Of Memory by @amospitsch

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21 years on this Earth Lily, we love you.

And on account of it also being my birthday, I declare that I'm entitled to a little birthday rage on this horrific day:

What I can say is we've got to remember that our humanity exists. That humanity nurtures our love for one another and our desire to cultivate family in so many forms. We realized how fragile family is the last time this nugget was in office.

There's no humanity in public servants using their incredible power to manipulate neighbors against one another. When I say neighbors I suppose I'm speaking today of Americans, but in a general sense it should mean people. There's no humanity in our public servants employing tragedy to further political vendetta. There's no humanity in our law enforcement repressing our sense of empathy for each other through violence. There's no humanity in corporately curated news; crafted to push ideology in pursuit of profit.

There is no humanity in capitalism and there is surely no humanity at the intersection of capitalism and politics.

And if there's no humanity in any of this drivel (and for the faithful among us, read that back and tell me if you think it's serving God either), then what good is any of it to any of us humans?

And yeah, he's a fucking pedophile too. At the very least, he hangs with em. Which is pretty fuckin weird and if you wanna defend him in spite of THAT shit, go ahead and make yourself look like a sad lil sweatpants boner. That's your own business. by @amospitsch

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Still inspired by Alex Jordan, all these years on. I wonder: if he were still living today, what would The House On The Rock look like?

There are aspects of it that seem starved by the passing years. Neglected simply because no one else's mind could possibly nurture the dream that lived in his head like he could. I would so love to see what he would do with it now. What he would change or add to it in the modern age.

Also, the nostalgia that he was exploiting while building the place is so old at this point, I fear that people will begin to lose their connection with his dream. I hope it survives. I know people mostly just think it's weird, and it is. But it's also utterly human: imperfect; clunky; dirty; dusty; broken; and despite its flaws, alluring.

It still influences everything I do. by @amospitsch

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10 months ago

About nine years ago a lil label from Minneapolis commissioned me to make a seasonal album. It was kind of a dream come true honestly. A couple of the songs were old super rough demos and the rest of them I wrote and recorded in about a week (that's my favorite way to make an album). It's got its highs and lows, things I would change or leave off if I could do it all over again and stuff that I listen to and think.. despite the flaws, it represents winter in Northeast Wisconsin the way I want it to.

I forget to mention it as the years pass. It's been out of print for a long time now. I'm always daydreaming of a creative way to reprise this material though- maybe not a reissue per se, but a reimagining in some form or another. A few years ago a country star from my youth reached out to tell me they were a fan of the album, that it was a source of warmth for them. We traded our respective Xmas records through the mail that year. It made me realize that maybe people outside of WI could connect with its theme more than I intended. taken in Lake Winnebago by @amospitsch

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When you know shit is getting real by @amospitsch

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Home from tour for 7 days:

1) my poor humpty. anyone wanna help me get this thing on the road again this coming year? I don't think it'll be super hard, life's just been constant hustle since I opened the shop. Needs new starter, interior work, a lil body work. And I gotta siphon the old gas out cuz I filled it up just before it stopped running.
2) Black Bear Family Restaurant restroom report: + (loud music, cabaret symmetry) - (grey n white, giant cracks in the stall seams) ---- 3/5
3) pretty good until you palette cleanse with a pizza that's actually good
4) Chef Bill's --> Marks East Side IYKYK
5) John's spooky house by @amospitsch

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