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December 27, 2006

Early Tractor recordings see light of day!
John's critically heralded early 4-track recordings are now available in a 22-song collection called The Gravy Tapes. All the tunes are from the first three CT cassettes from 2001-2003, and the disc includes such classics as "Play Guitar" and "Beer". Listen to samples and order by clicking here.

December 25, 2006

Happy Holidays to everyone!

December 1, 2006

Get your mail on with CT postage!
That's right, my little monkeys! Now you can send your mail in style with these beautiful Churchill's Tractor postage stamps! Each sheet contains twenty 39-cent stamps, ready to be licked and accepted by any U.S. Post Office! Go now and order by clicking here.

The Tractor keeps it reel-to-reel!
Listen-up, Tractor-holics! Peddling Records is a super-duper cassette label out of Colorado, and they're offering a limited cassette version of my Greatest Hits package. Go to their website and order it now. Also, I did an exclusive interview for Upwalls #5, a cool zine that's put out by Peddling Records. To read some of my timeless pearls-of-wisdom, click here.

Wack in Black!
What it be, homies? It's Fall and here comes some new merchandise. Finally, the much requested black t-shirts are rolling in, including this snappy lil' number to the immediate left. Pretty dope, huh? There will be more designs on the way. Anyhoozel, check out the store page for some new shirts and other cool shwag!

New Review!
This is what of Andrew McIntosh of Radio Hostile has to say about Palace Amusements Forever:

"I was a tad cynical with some of the self-employed hype Mr. John Churchill placed with his output. He's quick to promote himself and that does give me pause. But I have to admit, his stuff works. What I mean is, he deliberately does the simplest, silliest, pop-iest music with lyrics that on paper would make the worst teen-angst poet wince in terror, but his deadpan delivery (not just his vocals, his straight-up musicianship and even the dry production) gives everything a conviction that it probably shouldn't have, but does. Is it humility or an immense ego that's disguised itself cunningly as humility? If you're listening it doesn't matter.

What does matter is the incredible catchiness of his tunes. "The Cat" is a real foot-tapper, even a bit of a head-nodder. Nice little bass lines, nice tight little vocal harmonies on the chorus, nice casio organ in the background. "I'm Da Shizzle" puts every gold-festooned over-paid mummy's-boy "thug" rapper in their place with his whiter-than-god delivery; with a poker face he delivers the lines "An innovater and a pioneer/Lo fi jammin'/I've got the cherries and I've got the glaze/Let's start hammin' ". You have got to be fucking pulling me. But it works. He's just developed the knack for the catchy pop-rock song, style deadpan and subtle, and thus will go absolutely nowhere commercially but probably will be remembered by a few peers."
(review taken from Go Ahead, You Review it)

Have some Leftovers!
The archiving of the catalog continues with the release of Leftovers, a 10-song collection of previously unheard Churchill's Tractor nuggets. Click here or on the CD cover for ordering info and sound clips.