We'd like to express our appreciation and gratitude to the many people who have written us to express their support and outrage over Nike's misappropriation of the Minor Threat Imagery for their skateboarding demo. We would also like to acknowledge the people at Nike skateboarding for their apology and prompt removal of all offending posters and web-ads. The members of Minor Threat continue to work on a creative resolution to this matter and will have more to say when an agreement is finalized.

"After seven years, hundreds of shows, thousands of miles, 46 states, four continents, three albums, only one flat-tire and countless nicknames for (roadie/photographer) Shawn Brackbill, Q and Not U is disbanding."-- This from the Q and Not U website. The band will be playing farewell shows in DC, Philadelphia and New York in September so check the tour page for details. Chris has already been writing and performing under his solo name, Ris Paul Ric. He will hit the road for the first time touring with Earthen Sea (aka Jacob Long) and Daniel Martin McCormick (both formerly of Black Eyes) who will also be playing solo sets. You can find tour dates and Mp3s on the Ris Paul Ric website: <http://www.myspace.com/rispaulric>.
Harris has started work on a remix project called President. Look out for cdrs on sale at the final Q and Not U shows which feature a President remix of a Q and Not U song. John is also busy working on new music, details of which will be posted here soon.

French Toast have returned home from a very successful European tour in support of their debut album, "In A Cave." The band has also recently contributed a song to the compilation, "One Bright Sunny Morning" released on IC Recordings out of Chicago. For information about this release go to http://www.icrecordings.com/onebright-onesheet.html>
For more info on French Toast you can visit their website at http://www.frenchtoastdc.com

Lungfish released the 11th full-length album of their 17 year career, "Feral Hymns," on June 13th. The band will be playing a couple shows in Spain over the summer and is working on shows in Italy for September and Japan for October. Check the tour page for current and future dates as they become available.

Medications released their debut full length, "Your Favorite People All in One Place" on June 13th as well. This album follows their self titled EP released in 2004. Medications completed a tour with Mary Timony earlier this summer and are now booking dates in the US for October. The band will then depart for their first European tour in November. For more info on Medications you can visit their website at http://www.medicationsband.com

The Evens are headed to Japan to play shows in September and will head to Europe in October. We will post the specific dates on our tour page as soon as they become available.

"Burn To Shine 02: Chicago" DVD on Trixie DVD featuring The Lonesome Organist, Pit Er Pat, Shellac, The Ponys, Wilco, Tight Phantomz, Freakwater, Red Eyed Legends, and Tortoise will be available from the Dischord webstore on August 23rd. Burn to Shine is a film series produced by Fugazi's Brendan Canty and directed by film maker Christoph Green. This is the second installment of the series which features high quality HD filming and recording of one song performances by local bands from select cities in houses slated for demolition.

"Banned in DC: Photos and Anecdotes From The DC Punk Underground (79-85)" will be reprinted and re-released in the early fall 05. The book was first released by collaborators Cynthia Connolly, Leslie Clague and Sharon Cheslow in 1988. The concept behind "Banned in DC" was to compile photographs and anecdotes as a means to tell the story of the early punk scene in Washington DC without imposing the kind of bias that narratives often fall victim to. The book was an immediate success and has seen 5 different printings and spawned countless like-minded publications around the world. However, the switch at most presses from analog to digital printing technology has made the printing more and more expensive and unfortunately this will likely be the last edition of the book.

The Dischord catalog is available now from the microsoft website; http://beta.music.msn.com as well as from iTunes and http://www.downloadpunk.com. The latter two sites are in the process of posting singles by Fidelity Jones, Jawbox, Shudder to Think and Q and Not U, previously available only on 7".

Tickets to the Lovitt 10th Anniversary Show at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C., are on sale now. You can purchase tickets (which is recommended for people coming from out of town) by going to the Black Cat's website (www.blackcatdc.com). It will be Engine Down's second-to-last show ever and a great night of friends and family getting together to play music and celebrate. The show, which will be filmed for use in a future Lovitt DVD will feature: Engine Down, Fin Fang Foom, Del Cielo, Navies, Ben Davis, Bella Lea, and Des_Ark.

After four-and-a-half years, Basla has decided to step down from Del Cielo after the shows they have scheduled through the end of September. The Lovitt 10th Anniversary show will be the last D.C. show with the current line-up. Katy and Andrea are not sure of the exact future of Del Cielo but they plan on playing with someone new and seeing what happens.

Katy Otto and Basla Andolsun (both from Del Cielo) have recruited the help of fellow musicians and artists to organize a benefit concert and EBAY auction in an effort to raise money for the Whitman Walker Clinic. Whitman-Walker was chartered in 1978 and has become the largest provider of HIV/AIDS services in the Washington DC area. The clinic announced cutbacks including the closure of its Northern Virginia facilities due to flat government funding and a decrease in private donations. The benefit concert will be held at Cafe Mawonaj (624 T St. NW) on August 26th and will feature: Mass Movement of the Moth, Pash, and Son of Nun. The online art auction to be held over EBAY from August 26th through September 8th (Type in Whitman Walker Benefit in the ebay search function to find the auction). Some of the many items to be auctioned include an original hand-drawn, lettered, and painted poster by Chuck Sperry for Bad Religion with autographs of Sperry and band member Brian Baker, original Fugazi poster art signed by guitarist/singer, Ian MacKaye, and artwork by Heather Hannoura, best known for her work on Alkaline Trio album covers. For more information on the Whitman Walker Clinic please visit www.wwc.org

Decahedron has gone on indefinite hiatus following the cancellation of their last U.S. tour.

Shelby from Decahedron/Frodus and Per and Hakan from Division of Laura Lee are featured on the new Frantic Mantis album, "Data Is Not Information" available now on Lujo Records. To see more go to Frantic Mantis on MYSPACE: <http://www.myspace.com/franticmantis>

Dame Fate has decided to end the band. Since moving to NYC it has been difficult to keep everyone in the band involved so they decided it was best to call it a day.

The Grey, from Ottawa, just finished recording their stunning full-length for Lovitt. It has yet to receive a release date but in the meantime Lovitt will be releasing an online-only EP for people to enjoy. The band features members of Shotmaker and Three Penny Opera and will be touring Canada, Europe, Japan, and hopefully the US (if the Border Patrol decides to let them back into the country). You can find out more about the band by visiting their website: http://thegreymusic.com.

The Rosebuds started to record their songs for a split CD with Ben Davis. They recently left for tour with Teenage Fanclub and hope to finish recording when they return home.

The Navies and their new Lovitt EP, "An Estate", have been getting rave reviews from press, and from people who saw the band on their recently completed U.S. tour. The band will take a short break while Ed heads to school but they hope to stay active in the future. In fact, they recorded two new songs while they were on tour, which should see the light of day before too long.

Lovitt we will be releasing an Engine Down DVD sometime in the future. The band will be recording their final tour, which will comprise a large portion of the DVD's content.They are looking for any footage that people might have of the band for possible use. Any thing from overseas and older tours would be exceptionally helpful. If you have anything that you think would be helpful, please e-mail them or feel free to send footage to to PO Box 100248, Arlington, VA, 22210.

Lovitt is in the planning stages of getting together a Lovitt Transmissions: Volume Two DVD. They are looking for footage of any of the following bands: Bughummer, Del Cielo, Navies, The Grey, Decahedron, Ben Davis, Maximillian Colby, Pinebender, and Dame Fate. If you think you have video that would be good enough to make the DVD, please e-mail <> with the subject "Lovitt DVD."

The Lovitt live series, a series of digital-only releases, will be going up on download sites in the near future. The first couple are Frodus' "Live at Black Cat," Sleepytime Trio's "Live At Black Cat," and Ben Davis' "Live on XM Radio." More to be announced soon.

The Life and Times, who feature Allen from Shiner, released their second full-length "Suburban Hymns" on Desoto on August 8th.

Desoto recently released two new CDs, both available on the site, --Doris Henson's "Give Me All Your Money" and Edie Sedgwick's "her love is real...but she is not." Both bands are also currently touring, and dates can be found at www.desotorecords.com/tour

Exotic Fever has released a split 7" from Rachel Jacobs and Liza Kate which is available on the Dischord site.

Haram, a new band featuring ex-members of Majority Rule, Pg.99, Out_Circuit and Corn on Macabre, are currently recording. Look for news of this release and upcoming shows at www.harammusic.com

Equinox has released a new CDEP on Ruffian Records. Equinox feature Hugh (from Black Eyes) and Saran and this EP also features appearances from Black Eyes mates Jacob, Mike and Dan.

Hugh's other project, Hand Fed Babies, has also released an EP for Ruffian which coincided with the Ruffian BFF Tour 2005 with La Mi Vida Violenta, Sentai, and Hand Fed Babies. This tour covered areas of the northeast, midwest and the not-so-deep South.

Hand Fed Babies is also releasing a split piece of paper with BARR on Planaria Recordings