when it's time to change...

...you've got to re-arrange, right?

Yeah, tonight's show was a serious lesson in that.

So, we played four shows in about a week. That was cool, besides us leaving Walker's bass at Turtlehead House in Chattanooga. We've got the show on June 29th with the Besties, Recovery Period and Walker's other band, Tyrants @ Cave9, and July 6th in Nashville with Ruiner, Die Young, Hollywood, and the Ackleys @ the Muse.

Did anyone else read the Washington Post article about the CIA gearing up to release a slew of previously classified info? It's being touted as "the family jewels", meaning it's loaded with accounts of unthinkable human rights violations in the name of intelligence gathering or national security. Early reports have it detailing things like opening the mail of dissidents like Jane Fonda, but also testing drugs on unwitting members of the population.

And our taxes paid for it.

This, of course, pales in comparison to the inhuman tactics taught at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly the School of the Americas, based in Macon, Georgia - a drive of no more than 4 or 5 hours from my front door. The methods of torture and intimidation taught there are the stuff of nightmares; entering a village that was essentially squatting on land that had belonged to the area families for centuries, literally, and because of new ownership by companies like Dole Fruit or some such interest, using tactics like smashing babies' heads in on rocks, cutting women's breasts off and leaving them hanging from trees, decapitating local leaders, all to demonstrate the end effect of resisting American encroachment. This isn't some sort of left-wing conspiracy bullshit - this is documented history. If you want more information on this situation, please visit School of the Americas Watch's web site: http://www.soaw.org.

sometimes I get bored...

...and when I get bored, I go to the anagram generator and look up people's name. A few favorites of the past include Keith O'Neal's "Teal Honkey", my mom Mary Thomas's "Trashy Ammo", and Rob(ert) Short's "Throb Sorter." In that spirit, I bring you Ex-Members of the Holy Trinity anagrams, for your reading pleasure:

Walker Grooms
Raw Smoker Log
Look, Germ Wars! (if you know Walker, this might not be so surprising...)
Armor Keg Owls

Trent Thomas
That Monster (knew it.)
Math's Rotten
Arm Tent Host

Allan Sidwell
Lewd Anal Ills
La Well Island ('cause it's Spanish)
Sell Lawn Dial

Kevin Wright
Threw Viking
Veg With Rink
Rev. King Whit (a holy man and a monarch, wow)

We're playing again tomorrow night, at Cave9 with Shipwreck, Bitter End, Foundation, and Bareknuckle, who are pulling Lazarus detail these days. Starts around 7 and costs $8. Do it.

Guten Tag.

This is the web site for Ex-Members of the Holy Trinity.

We're a straight edge punk band from Birmingham, AL. The primary motive for having this web site is to announce shows, tours, and recordings, but god knows the four of us will waste no time in shitting the place up.

Here's a list of upcoming shows:
#4 - Thurs June 14 @ Cave9, with Die Young, Furnace, Divider and Capsule
#5 - Sun June 17th @ Cave9, with Shipwreck, Bitter End, Foundation and Bareknuckle
#6 - Fri June 29th @ Cave9, with Recovery Period and The Besties
#7 - Fri July 6th @ the Muse in Nashville, with Ruiner, Die Young and Hollywood
#8 - Sun July 8th @ Cave9 with Mad Mom, Now I Have a Machine Gun (Trent's other band, first show), Moses, Central Fires

We're planning to record while we're in Nashville for the Ruiner/Die Young/Hollywood show, so a demo will likely be available by early August, we're hoping.