Mar 13, 2008    1:30 PM         Antone’s Record Store    Austin, TX (In-store appearance)
Mar 13, 2008    9:00 PM         Ego’s    Austin, TX
Mar 15, 2008    8:00 PM         Patsy’s Cowgirl Cafe    Austin, TX
Mar 16, 2008    12:00 PM       The Oaks Live    Manor, TX (appearing with James Intveld, Jessie Dayton, Hacienda Brothers) Click for full schedule
Mar 16, 2008    5:30 PM         Sam’s Burger Joint    San Antonio, TX
Mar 17, 2008    9:00 PM         The Deadhorse Saloon    San Angelo, TX
Mar 18, 2008    9:00 PM         Ardovino’s Desert Crossing    Sunland Park, NM
Mar 19, 2008    8:00 PM         Santa Fe Brewing Company    Santa Fe, NM
Mar 20, 2008    9:00 PM         The Museum Cafe     Flagstaff, AZ
Mar 21, 2008    9:00 PM         Rogue West Bar     Phoenix, AZ
Mar 22, 2008    9:00 PM         710 Beach Club    San Diego, CA
Mar 23, 2008    2:30 PM         Safari Sam’s Americana Brunch    Hollywood, CA
Mar 24, 2008    8:00 PM         Muddy Waters    Santa Barbara, CA
Mar 25, 2008    9:00 PM         The Attic    Santa Cruz, CA
Mar 26, 2008    9:00 PM         Whiskey Dicks    South Lake Tahoe, CA
Mar 27, 2008    9:00 PM         Old Ironsides    Sacramento, CA
Mar 28, 2008    9:00 PM         The Knockout    San Francisco, CA (with 77 El Deora)
Mar 29, 2008    9:00 PM         The Fourth Street Tavern    San Rafael, CA

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Spanish artist Jorge Alderete has sent us this cartoon about Lance Kaufman a/k/a “Karla Pundit.” For those not familiar with “Karla,” he composed and recorded a Dionysus album titled “Journey to the Ancient City” at our short lived vintage studio (ie: old stuff that kept breaking down) in Eagle Rock, back in 1995. Lance was the original keyboard player in Yard Trauma as well. If you love exotica, this album is a must have.  Look for it in our online store and enjoy the comic. English translation below. Thanks Jorge!

TRANSLATION:
My name is Lance, Lance Kaufman, but I am better known as… Karla Pundit.

These days I live in the middle of the Arizona desert. Many people think I am crazy. It is true that I have always been a little eccentric, and I like to reflect that in my music… The sounds of the jungle are my inspiration…..as well as the exotic sounds of faraway places……but most of all the advanced turban-tone-stereo sound of maestro Korla Pandit!!!

A while ago they decided to put me in this mental institution, and not against my will: after the maestro’s first visit, I too believed that I needed it.

The “Happy Saguaro Guest Ranch and Mental Institution” is not a very nice place, but I am happy here since maestro Korla visits me regularly!!!