I apologize for any lack of updates in a long while. I’ve been pretty busy these days with my label, studio and thought of buying a house here in DC. — Well the tide has changed yet again. The live Soul Coughing discs we’ve been waiting for, have come out! We send mad props to Brady at Kufala. Kufala are taking orders right now, but CDs will not be shipped until the 29th. The shows are as follows:

Rennes, France 12/03/1994
Tokyo, Japan 02/03/1997
New York, NY 08/16/1999
Berlin / Amsterdam
Live Rarities

Each double disc show is $20. The whole set can be purchased for $80. Click here for all the information and to order. And from Kufala.com:
We are happy to announce the release of our Soul Coughing Live series. One of the most unique cult bands of the ’90s, Soul Coughing anchored a new crop of quirky, unclassifiable bands that emerged in the post-grunge era. Their live shows were legendary and these 5 2 CD sets were hand picked and compiled by keyboardist Mark De Gli Antoni. If you are the superfan and want to get all five albums check out the 4 out of 5 deal. Enjoy.

In other related news, Mike Doughty has released another EP entitled “Rockity Roll” – It features 6 new songs. It’s just Doughty and a drum machine. It’s pure. It’s raw. It’s Doughty. You can get more information at mikedoughty.com or you can go to his store here. Doughty also has a mini tour planned out for the month of April. Details on his site.

News with Yuval is great. He has been in Bristol for the past few months rehearsing to hit up another, but larger, tour with Roni Size. More news on that once the tour has been laid out.

And in SCUG news, you must go check out the new Photography Gallery. It’s been totally reworked and indexed and there are tons of new pictures in there. Go ahead. Do it. It will make you feel better.

The Live Soul Coughing series will not be coming out anytime soon. If anything changes, you’ll hear it here first. From Kufala.com:

Though we have tried our best, we regret that the higly anticipated release of live Soul Coughing albums will be delayed indefinitely due to internal band issues. While Kufala will continue to try and make these albums available to the public, we will not be able to release them in the immediate future. Please sign up on our email list and we will let you know when (and if) we will be able to release them. Thanks for your patience, understanding and support. The record business can be a tricky business to be in and we appreciae your understanding…as huge Soul Coughing fans, we’re as disappointed as you are.

Doughty has also launched a brand new site. mikedoughty.com for more details.

So the roller coaster continues… There are some legal difficulties that are getting mended out right now. This is causing a problem with releasing the Kafula Live Soul coughing CD Series. Hopefully in due time this will all work itself out and the good music of Live Soul Coughing will in the hands of the best fan base ever. Be sure to check out the Message Boards as Sebastian (posting as Skink) has been posting there lately. Please check back here for all the news, as it happens.

In more productive news, our friend Sebastian is doing shows with Lisa Germano and is working with Yerba Buena which Sebastian describes as “a crazy afrocuban hiphop ting”

Sorry for the lack of updates. On a personal side I have been very busy with my record label and finishing my darkroom.
In real Soul Coughing related news, Doughty has decided to take down the message board he has hosted for a few years now. People are invited to chat on SCUG’s Message Board. Hopefully this will provide an open and positive community for all Soul Coughing fans to chat on.