Well, damn.

Hope you are enjoying your summer. It's been bonkers around here. Had some issues with help around the studio, multiple (every?) pressing plant I've used lately, and I've been on the road a ton installing lathes. Got some upcoming installs and work in Lexington, KY, NOLA, Amsterdam, Mexico City and JAMAICA! (Speaking of lathes, if you are interested in coming to Lathe Cut Camp, there are two in October. Email me if you are interested). But, thankfully the final releases I was waiting for showed up just in my one two week window of home time.

1. $10 tier Patreon Freebie - Jolie Holland!
2. Mirah - Dedication LP on non-toxic Sugar Beet Vinyl! one of the first in the world!
3. Kid Congo Powers (the Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Gun Club, etc) and Naim Amor - Stenciled art 8"!
4. Bea Nau - Sweet or Not 4 song EP 7" made to preorder!
5. The Cadets - Flower Filled LPs, ltd ed of 25!
6. McKowski - Return of the Pygmy Pony 7" - from the Quantum Cowboy soundtrack
7. Golden Boots - Lustre & Shine LP!
8. Test Pressing Sale - Tons of Test Pressings Marked Down to Make room
9. Newly added items to the Archives for Original Price Pages

JUST A REMINDER - the PIAPTK Patreon truly helps keep this ship afloat. For just $6 - $10 / mo (sign up on the website NOT through the App store (which will charge you an extra 30%) you get access to bonus tracks, downloads, discounts, and quarterly free and exclusive bonus lathe cuts. You also get access to Patreon only variants of records (exclusive colors, bonus discs, handmade versions, etc). Sign up to not miss the next batch

1.Patreon Freebie: Jolie Holland!

PLEASE NOTE: ONLY SUBSCRIBERS WHO WERE SUBSCRIBED BEFORE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL QUALIFY FOR THESE FREEBIES. But! I plan on continuing to get the best possible artists I can to contribute to upcoming freebies, so sign up now if you don't want to miss out.

PATREON SUBSCRIBERS WERE SENT A DM WITH CODES FOR THESE ITEMS

JOLIE HOLLAND - Besides being an incredible songwriter, founding member of the Be Good Tanyas, she has a lot of random crossovers in the PIAPTK world: Mark McKowski (Geckos, McKowski) is in her European touring band, Max Knouse, (who once stayed in my bus tiny home while I was out of town due to a request from Dimitri from Golden Boots) is in her US touring and recording band, she did an album full of Michael Hurley covers (we released a Hurley single last year), produced the debut album for my friend Grey Delisle, and noneother than Tom Waits (in the top 5 of my favorite songwriters) is a big fan.

So, if you were a $10 Patreon member previous to 6/26/26, you will be receiving a code to get this FOR FREE (shipping not included).

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2. Mirah - Dedication LP on PLANT BASED Non Toxic Vinyl! One of the first in the world!

We are so thrilled to announce that this record is one of THE FIRST EVER full runs of records on EVO Vinyl, which is made with ZERO PETROLEUM PLASTICIZERS and 100% Organic Material (Mostly sugar cane and sugar beets). I don't actually know of any other albums which have been released on it yet. So, hopefully we are the first. Pressed by our friends at Outta Wax Records in Minneapolis. (Note: Because this is a beta test of a brand new material, it has a little more noise in the quiet passages, but nothing crazy. Also Note: There is a noise in the silent groove on the a-side that goes away as soon as the audio begins).

The first Mirah Album in seven years! I've known Mirah since the Olympia days, and she was part of the reason I moved to Olympia in the first place (Even though she had moved shortly before I arrived). I love her voice and songwriting so much, and it is such an honor to get to work with her again!
(Don't forget to pick one of the last copies of the No Guns 7" I released for her a while back https://piaptk.limitedrun.com/products/595209-mirah-no-guns-no-guns-7)

INCLUDES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF ENTIRE ALBUM PLUS A BONUS ALBUM OF DEMOS!

You know the record MUST be good if Pitchfork gave it the top ranking on it's "hedged ranking system of 6.7-7.2". https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mirah-dedication/

Patreon Subscribers (of the $6-$10 tier, before April 12, 2026) get a free lathe cut single with a demo of the song "Stumbling". (only available to current subscribers as of 6/27/26)

Test Pressing Package: Get a copy of the standard LP + A signed Test Pressing + a copy of the Patreon Exclusive Demo 7". (TPs are a PREORDER - Test Pressing covers are delayed for a little while... Any items you order with this item will be shipped when everything is ready).

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3. Kid Congo Powers (The Cramps, Gun Club, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) and Naim Amor - Black Hummingbird Unique Stencilled 8"s

From two of Tucsons Icons: recent transplant Kid Congo Powers (The Cramps, Gun Club, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), and Naim Amor long time Paris/Tucson scene king Naim Amor. Two sick Post Punk Anthems: Still Like a Hummingbird / Gold and Black Leather.

Each one on a unique stencilled 8". Limited to 111 copies. No Two copies the same!

4. Bea Nau - Sweet or Not 4 song EP! One week made to preoder!

This is a ONE WEEK MADE TO PREORDER! We will only make as many as are pre-ordered by July 7th, 2026.

Bea Nau, daughter of Michael Nau and Whitney McGraw (Cotton Jones Basket Ride / Begale) has joined the familial ranks of fantastic songwriters and releasing her debut EP! Four songs of sweet pop perfection following in the footsteps of her ma & pa.

Side A: Salm Dunk / Dreadful Trix
Side B: Distracted / Borderline

All profits will be used to help fund Bea's ambition to see Olivia Rodrigo on her upcoming tour. An ambition that I, as a parent of a teenager, can relate to, as I had to fly my daughter to Lisbon, Portugal to see O-Rod because it was cheaper than buying 2x $1900 scalper tickets to see her in Phoenix.

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5. The Cadets - Flower Filled Vinyl LP

Limited Edition of only TWENTY FIVE Flower Filled LPs! Handmade by me and my buddy Cash (Cadets drummer).

Take some musically prodigious teenagers, a healthy dose of mid-90s Merge/Touch and Go/Matador, Surf Rock and a lot of high concept science fiction and you get the long running Florida band, The Cadets.

Conditions on Alpha Atoll is the second full length from The Cadets and part of the continuing story of Darien Coy. Cash and I pressed only 25 copies before we destroyed the stampers by putting weird materials inside the records. We started out just experimenting, using stampers that were made 5 years ago, but never used, and then decided to do an art edition... inserting silk flowers as an homage to the back cover art that features the jungle planet of Alpha Atoll.

A restrospective compilation of Cadets recordings will be coming out soon on Bar/None Records... but until then, this is your chance to get a handmade one of kind, flower filled copy of the full sophomore album. Comes in Gatefold sleeve with Darien Coy Story Insert.

PLEASE NOTE: Filled records are prone to some noise and visual defects. We pulled all the really bad ones, but some of these have light pops, crackles, etc but should play ok and still be enjoyable.

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6. McKowski - Return of the Pygmy Pony 7"

From Mark McCausland (Geckos, McKowski) - The theme song to the film "Quantum Cowboys", a psychedelic scifi mind fuck of a movie which was filmed in Tucson by Tucsonan Geoff Marslett and starred Alex Cox (director of Repo Man, etc), Howe Gelb, Neko Case, John Doe, David Arquette, and even oscar nominee Lily Gladstone! . Check out the Trailer here:

Geoff and I, despite having co-existed in Tucson for 15 years, had never met. Then, by pure serendipity, we were randomly scheduled to be in Kilkenny, Ireland simultaneously to hang out with Mark/McKowski while he played at the Kilkenny Roots festival.

So, I made 100 copies of this single on white and clear vinyl. Mark got 50 and I got 50. And now YOU can have one!

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7.Golden Boots - Lustre & Shine LP!

Golden Boots are back again with a new album of home recorded expansively shambly psychedelic western pop. Only 100 copies were made and I only have 25 for sale!

Golden Boots are back again with a new album of home recorded expansively shambly psychedelic western pop. Only 100 copies were made and I only have 25 for sale!

“Lustre & Shine

We made this album early 2025. The title and title track were pulled from a shampoo bottle… “lustre & shine” … a focus on any “good” outcome is also a spotlight on what’s absent.

- dimitri & ryen

The Big Takeover talks about our new recordings:

“Desert light has a way of flattening surfaces while intensifying detail, and ‘lustre& shine’ operates with a similar paradox.. Golden BooTs, here distilled to the close collaboration between Ryen Eggleston and Dimitri Manos, craft a record that feels at once sun-bleached and intricately layered… where looseness in execution coexists with a careful sense of design…Through arrangement, tone, and awillingness to let songs stretch into theirown peculiar shapes… Throughout ‘lustre & shine’, Golden Boots resist the pull of overt statement, instead allowing meaning to accumulate throughtexture, repetition, and subtle variation.”bigtakeover.com

(https://bigtakeover.com/recordings/golden-boots-lustre-shine-piaptk-recordings)

homerecorded/mixed 2025 in tucson -except "glowing wires" recorded/mixed 2024 by austin owen at oracle recording studio in oracle
dimitri and ryen played all the stuff and wrote it too ...except that pedal steel on "blackout", that was connor gallaher and the piano was andrew collberg, and andrew also drummed on "glowing wires". Album art by dimitri
homerecorded/mixed 2025 in tucson -except "glowing wires" recorded/mixed 2024 by austin owen at oracle recording studio in oracle
dimitri and ryen played all the stuff and wrote it too ...except that pedal steel on "blackout", that was connor gallaher and the piano was andrew collberg, and andrew also drummed on "glowing wires". Album art by dimitri

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8.$20Test Pressing Sale!

It's time to clear out some space. Test Pressings are the rarest version of every release. There have been some previously sold out TPs pulled from the archives and put up for sale, including some handmade and autographed test pressings. A lot of Test Pressings have been marked way down, some as low as $20.

Added the final copies of Polar Bear, Toby from Dr Dog, Handmade Floating Action, Money Mark, Dream Sitch and Michael Nau Test Pressings!

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9. Lots added to the Archives at OG prices pages!

I made a heavy handed pass through the archives and pulled out about 300 out of print rarity LPs from my archives. There will be a TON of more out of print singles and lathe cuts added to the next drop, once I get a chance to organize the shit show my archives have become.

Put up the final copies of the highly requested releases from Dr Dog, Modest Mouse, Tunde Adimbe (TV on the Radio), Devendra Banhart, Eric Slick's Dragula, Jason Lytle, Grandaddy, Brainiac, and Sun Ra, etc!

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Well, it has been a little bit. But I hope the wait will be prove worth it. I'm certainly excited about it!

JUST A REMINDER - the PIAPTK Patreon truly helps keep this ship afloat. For just $6 - $10 / mo (sign up on the website NOT through the App store (which will charge you an extra 30%) you get access to bonus tracks, downloads, discounts, and quarterly free and exclusive bonus lathe cuts. You also get access to Patreon only variants of records (exclusive colors, bonus discs, handmade versions, etc). Sign up to not miss the next batch!

1. $6 and $10 Patreon Freebies! Deerhoof and Black Heart Procession
2. Polar Bear LPs! A true bucketlist release for teenage Mike! Eric Avery from Jane's Addictions' band in the late 90s
3. Dream Sitch 3 - Nau and Kauffman return!
4. Birdie Busch - Philly songwriter drops a hot one!

1.Patreon Freebies: Deerhoof and Blackheart Procession

PLEASE NOTE: ONLY SUBSCRIBERS WHO WERE SUBSCRIBED BEFORE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL QUALIFY FOR THESE FREEBIES. But! I plan on continuing to get the best possible artists I can to contribute to upcoming freebies, so sign up now if you don't want to miss out.

PATREON SUBSCRIBERS WERE SENT A DM WITH CODES FOR THESE ITEMS

$10 Freebie - So excited to have gotten two unreleased Blackheart Procession tracks from Pall for the final 2025 $10 freebie. My gf and I spent a long Saturday in my backyard getting wild with stencils for these and everyone is unique and beautiful. I'm so proud of how they came out and everyone is unique!

$6 / $10 Freebie - New(ish) Tucsonan Greg Saunier also gave me two Deerhoof tracks for the $6 and $10 subscribers. A Carpenters and a My Bloody Valentine cover on white 8" with Transperency insert.

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2. Polar Bear LPs - Chewing Gum +2 and Why Something Instead of Nothing

THIS IS A PREORDER - They will hopefully Ship by Early March. Please note that if you purchase other items with these records, they will all be held until the records arrive here in Tucson.

OK Scroll down past the just general release info if you are willing to hear me just ramble about how much this record means to me personally.

It is a huge privilege to release the entire recorded discography (other than an EP of Instrumental versions that was released on a 12" by Man's Ruin back in the day) of "PhiloshopiGothDustrial" (my own personal genre, which is not band approved (but, in my mind pretty accurate)) from Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction) and Biff Barefoot Sanders (Ethyl Meatplow) plus artist Dani Tull and Andy Troy.

Versions:

1. Polar Bear Full Pack - Includes Chewing Gum Color Variant PLUS A side B side variant of Why Nothing Instead of Something PLUS Repro postcard PLUS A BONUS playable picture disc postcard with a demo of Flyer (the song inspired by the original postcard).

2. Why Something Instead of Nothing Test Pressing Pack - Includes a Test Pressing autographed by the entire band PLUS a copy of the A side B Side variant of the Album PLUS the reproducction postcard.

3. Chewing Gum Test Pressing Pack - Includes a test pressing autographed by the entire band PLUS a copy of the Chewing Gum Swirl LP

4. Chewing Gum - the first EP plus two previously unreleased tracks from their final recording session. Available on Black and "Chewing Gum Swirl" Vinyl.

5. Why Something Instead of Nothing - Their only full length, available on Black and "A side/B side" Vinyl. All copies include a reproduction postcard of the postcard that inspired the song "Flyer".

PERSONAL TESTIMONIAL:
Whoa. If 15 year old me knew I was releasing an LP for Eric Avery (hands down my favorite musician at the time), iconic bassist for Jane's Addiction and incredible songwriter, I would have never believed it. When Jane's broke up, I religiously followed every bootleg, every solo project, every everything. And these two Polar Bear albums always stood out as perennial favorites (Alongside Deconstruction, which I also tried to release in conjunction with Org Music, but got hosed by the conglomerate who bought the label that bought the label that bought the label that originally released it). Getting to know Eric over the last couple years has proven to me that sometimes you really SHOULD meet your heroes. These records represent a huge and formative part of my life and they still hold up! It's one of the biggest bucketlist releases PIAPTK has ever done.

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3. Dream Sitch 3!

In the classic Dream Sitch fashion, DS 3 was made remotely, quickly, and with little to no debate or communication. Written, recorded, and mixed in a week and a half, in November 2025 - DS 3 is the sound of two men (Michael Nau and Seth Kauffman) completely trusting each other, and themselves. Everything remains, for better or worse, in it’s pure, first-take goodness…barely touched.

I never know about a new Dream Sitch album until I get a random Dropbox link from Seth Kauffman. And it is always something out of the blue and so understated as "new dream stich album. if you wanna release, cool. lmk" And of course I ALWAYS wanna release a new Dream Sitch album! So here we are!

And... here it is. They finished it up around Thanksgiving and it's already ready already. I went down to the pressing plant and watched them make these records.

500 copies on "Confetti Slime Vinyl" to match the cover art.

TEST PRESSINGS Also Available. Signed Test Pressings by Mike and Seth on black vinyl, plus the Confetti Slime LP Plus the Patreon-Only(ish) bonus 7" Package Limited to 20 copies!

We still have a few copies of Dream Sitch 1, so bundle it up with a discount if you don't already own it!

If you had been a subscriber to the Patreon, you would have not only gotten a discount on your entire order, but you would have also gotten a free 7" lathe cut of the DS outtake "Anchor Wing". If you don't want to miss out on this stuff next time, sign up here.. https://www.patreon.com/PIAPTK

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4. Birdie Busch : Night Blooming

I've been a fan of Birdie Busch for over a decade after every single Philly area connection I've had (Dr Dog, etc) had been singing her praises... She also collaborated with Golden Boots on the 8" picture discs PIAPTK released a few years back. We re-entered each other's orbits a few months ago when she was working with Ryen from Golden Boots on his new solo LP under the project name "OutDoors" (which will is currently in the PIAPTK queue). She sent me her new album, and I replied "Hey! Nice to hear from you! I'll check it out!"... but about 30 seconds into the second song, I paused it and sent another email... "Ummmmm. YUP! I'm INTO IT> let's talk...........". and I finished out the record and was NOT disappointed. This record is incredible. She made it with her partner Todd Erk (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah), and from the songwriting to the production, it is perfection all the way.

A few versions:

200 copies on Emerald Green Vinyl
20 Handmade Test Pressings on Black Vinyl PLUS the Unique Handmade Production LP PLUS the "Patreon Only(ish) Bonus 7" Lathe Cut)
30 Patreon Version on Hand poured Vinyl

( I Went down to the pressing plant and got to hand make some copies of the record. 25 copies (hand Painted covers by Birdie) for the test pressing are "super unique" ,where I did weird splatters and A side/BSide, etc. Then I made about 45 copies as "Hand pours" with glitter and metallic pelllets to be beautiful weird (and unique) for my Patreon subscribers.

BLURB FROM BRIDIE:
Recorded with Craig Hendrix (Japanese Breakfast), Todd Erk (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah), and Jaron Olevsky (Amos Lee), along with other longtime core bandmates Ross Bellenoit and Carl Cheeseman, the album includes swirling harmonies by Americana artist Brittany Ann Tranbaugh with horns and woodwinds by ambient and improvisational players Koof Ibi and Kevin Russell, creating a new direction and vibe.

Birdie’ s been steadily crafting a sprawling, genre-defying modern American songbook. Critics from American Songwriter to Paste Magazine have likened Birdie’s spirit to Syd Barrett and Eudora Welty, while acknowledging what she does as her own thing, with appreciation for the strange and beautiful place it resides.

This record is about big societal changes as much as immediate community needs. Perseverance by hook or crook. Breaks and reconnection. Paying attention. Growing internal and external land/sound/lifescapes and the relationships between them. It’s about not always knowing-with awareness that even unknowing is transmuted through the process. If we are wading in a metaphorical and physical swamp Birdie Busch’s songs are an attempt at what should be left when the mesh gets pulled up from the murk. This record is full of golden nuggets and mystical gems from that sifting.

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Back again so soon? By the time this email autosends, I will most likely be in either Buenos Aires (installing a lathe) or Navagentes, Brazil (picking up the first batch of MiniCut-02 lathes (sold out in 2 days!).

If you've been waiting on your Jason Lytle repressing of the splatter LP, (because the initial batch turned out to be shitty) the repress is FINALLY here! But it took so goddamn long that we were almost ready to release the newest batch (timed around the Sept 26th release of the highly anticipated Geckos LP (which already sold out of the first pressing via distributors to record stores before it was even released!).

UPDATE Jason Lytle Order + New Releases COMBINED SHIPPING: SOoOOooo... If you bought the splatter, Patreon or test pressing Lytle LP and want to combine shipping with any of these new releases, go to the "COMBINE SHIPPING" item HERE and purchase it for $0.00 and that will be the signal to Sam, my long suffering Shipping Guru to combine your old order and refund you some shipping.

1.Geckos - ST LP! (M Ward + Howe Gelb + McKowski)

So excited for this little slice of Southwestern Song Stylings featuring some of my favorite songwriters. Pick up the Geckos 7" as well if you haven't already!

Geckøs is the collective spirit of acclaimed songwriter M. Ward, Giant Sand visionary Howe Gelb, and Irish multi-instrumentalist McKowski. Born out of an impromptu recording session that was sparked by an encounter at the wedding of a mutual friend, the project blends the rich flavors of the Southwest with indie folk, Spanish influences, and a touch of Irish mysticism. While initial recordings took place in Tucson, it became a true transatlantic project when the members returned to their hometowns and continued trading ideas. The trio eventually regrouped in studios across Ireland, London, and Bristol, where renowned English producer John Parish mixed multiple tracks. Geckøs’ self-titled debut is steeped in story, spontaneity, and surreal charm, channeling the spirit of three singular voices discovering a new, shared musical language.

The album is released in partnership between Org Music and coconspirators PIAPTK Recordings. If I'm sold out, go to www.ORGMUSIC.com to find more. And check out their insane catalogue.

Limited to 400 copies on Metallic gold vinyl and 600 on Red Vinyl to stores.

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2. Floating Action - Hand Carved Garden Tool LP

The next (Last?) in the series of FINAL ALBUMS from Floating Action Slash Final PIAPTK Release.. (One of these days you might not have FA/PIAPTK to kick around anymore. ;-) .

Available on "flower stalk green" vinyl or "Psychedelic Home Grown Peas and Carrots" Vinyl. All purchases include a packet of Floating Action "Bee Attracting Mix" flower seeds.

20 Seth Kaufman Handmade Test Pressings also available! As has been with every Floating Action PIAPTK has released, Seth went out into his garden and made 20 stencilled and painted covers for the test pressings. This time, he used a railroad spike from Marshall, NC "the most destroyed town in the hurricane last year" where the train tracks are still unusable. Hand Carved Garden Tool was written and recorded immediately after the Hurricane of 2024.

Floating Action Pile On Pack -
Includes:
-Hand Carved Garden Tool LP on peas and carrots vinyl
-Bee Attracting Mix Seed Packet
-Jinx Protecting LP on colored vinyl
-Jinx Protecting Incense Burner + Incense Pack
-Floating Action - ST LP reissue
-Floating Action ST Air Freshener
-Floating Action Glacial Speed Ice Scraper (Winter's coming!)

AND... if you missed out on Seth's first proper album, TING, there are a few copies in the Archives at Original Prices Section: Also put up some handpainted Almost Halloween time Floating Action Lps! http://piaptk.com/products/864329-archives-and-out-of-print-pressed

Official Statement:

Each Floating Action album seems like it’s going to be the last one ever. Fifteen albums, at a pace of roughly one new album per year- it seems like there’s no way to create more. But then the ideas start to creep in, and after a few months, there are suddenly, almost by surprise, enough to make another album.

A Hand Carved Garden Tool was created effortlessly, zero overthinking, leave the frayed ends on, classic Seth Kauffman approach.

Many lyric themes, including the album title, were inspired by a trip to Spain, and an interview with painter Joan Miro.

In many ways, the instruments, approach, and resourcefulness of how AHCGT was made, IS the musical equivalent of a hand carved garden tool.

This album has that perfect, organic, effortless flow - and is the pinnacle of that first-take (even pre-first take!) magic and rawness, that has become the unique stamp that Kauffman keeps searching for.

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3. Eric Slick - Dragula LP

Not sure what I was expecting when Eric reached out and asked if I wanted to release a new record he as working on earlier this year. But it definitely WASN'T A Dragula themed Hanukkah jazz record. But, it is excellent and fits right in with my recent fascinations with instrumental(ish) music.

It also gave me the opportunity to use an idea I've been wanting to try for years. You know how 45s require a "45 adapter"? I always thought, why can't that "adapter" be obnoxiously specific and relevantly shaped to the concept of the album? For a while I was seriously considering doing a series of Texas bands from my formative years with a Texas shaped adapter, but Covid killed that one.

Sooooo.... we decided to do a BLOOD DROP AMULET... A DragulAmulet if you will, ready to hang on a chain of your choice, as the center adapter.

All LPs come in a handmade cover by Eric himself!

CHAOS THEORY EDITION: This "series" is the physical embodiment of PIAPTK's "It's not a fuckup, it's a feature" mentality. I could go into how and why this happened, but it is irrelevant. There are 25 copies of this release that are on Black vinyl with Red DragulAmulet center adapter, but this combination throws the center of the plastic off, meaning that the groove set is centered on the spindle hole, but the center hole is not centered on the plastic and the plastic spins off-center on a turntable. This will NOT play on a Crosley, automatic turntables, or any turntable that has an obstruction close to the edge of the platter, but should play on most standard DJ style turntables.

Blurb from Eric:
Do you want to dig through the ditches? Burn through the witches? Well, look no further than “Dragula: A Suite In Five Parts”. Composed in 2021, it’s the third and final phase of New Age Rage. I wrote it as a sort of a free jazz performance art piece for a solo show at Nelson Drum Shop in Nashville, and now you can enjoy it in the privacy of your own home. You may even notice some recurring motifs and things that eventually became full blown songs on New Age Rage. DRAGEULA. But really, it’s a tribute to poet laureate and horror master Robert Bartlett Cummings, aka Rob Zombie. In 2024, I assembled a crack team of jazz and improv musicians and we recorded it directly to tape in 4 hours at Zac Brown Band’s Southern Grounds studio. In fact, it was mixed to tape and we haven’t touched it since. We also got Natalie Prass and Jenn Wasner to sing on it, a decision I hope they don’t regret making. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Live, laugh, and most importantly, love in the back of my Dragula.

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4. McKowski - The Bukowski Tapes 10"

I first met Irishman Mark McCausland when he came to Tucson for a few Geckos show (a band he shares with M. Ward and Howe Gelb) and we hit it off famously. This excellent EP of Bukowski readings set to Mark's fingerpicked guitar and strings vibey instrumentals will most likely be the first in a series of McKowski releases on PIAPTK.

PLEASE NOTE: due to the quiet nature of the music, the lathe cut surface noise is more prevalent than on a rock record, but it is not overly distracting and sort of fits the old-timey vibe of the music.

From Mark:

McKOWSKI / Bukowski tapes

Words and voice by Charles Bukowski, put to the music of Mark McKowski. Limited to 50 copies worldwide. Typewriter photo by Howe Gelb. Exclusively available at PIAPTK & www.mckowski.com.

Mark McCausland is an Irish songwriter/producer/musician known for his solo material under the name McKowski and his collaborations with an eclectic variety of artists – notably Nick Power of The Coral, as well as M Ward & Howe Gelb, (collectively known as Geckøs). More recently, one of his short stories got turned into a feature film, The Spin, which he also composed the musical score for. He continues to work from his home studio on the outskirts of Omagh, the town that he’s been trying to escape since birth.

www.mckowski.com

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5. Slant Can (Howe Gelb + Beth Goodfellow) - Aqua 8"

60% of the Geckos live band (Howe Gelb, Beth Goodfellow (Iron and Wine, Pokey Lafarge) and Thoger Lund (half the bands in Tucson), work out their improvisational itches.

Blurb from the band:

This band formed us.

A week’s worth of rehearsing for a Giant Sand European tour with Thøger Lund for the upcoming Danish line up, for Autumn 2025 led to this spontaneous creation instead that included newly Tuxoned Bethy Goodfellow.

Like a child meant to stay on course and finish his homework, instead would sneak out between songs needing to be gone over and instantly make up something new without losing the groove masters.

Bethy would call out an old Giant Sand song, like October Anywhere, from the first album back in 1984, and instead of wondering how she was aware of something so ancient and not even on the current rehearsal list of music between 2002 - 2012 with the Danes, we’d dive into it anyway.

And then upon surfacing .. Thøger might be coming up with a new bass line of random notion while Bethy instantly tucks in under it with a wonder beat and Howe then let’s loose with some chords and murmur that even he didn’t know had been lying dormant within until such evoking sonic gathering offers escape of.

And voila. Something unwritten a moment before impact of performance and capture.

A kind of improvisation that’s been looking ever since the get go of musical affiliation in this camp. An understanding that music is most alive when it’s not being copied, as if rehearsing was a big lie of eventual presentation, and instead true conglomeration of affiliates instantly come up with an excitement of instantaneous song combustion without losing the thread.

SLANT CAN

when straight can’t

- Howe Gelb

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HEYYYY... It's almost fall! Tucson is still hot as hell, but hopefully the end is in sight. Got a lot of new releases coming this fall and winter. GOOD SHIT.

Patreon Reminder: The PIAPTK Patreon really truly helps keep this boat afloat. PIAPTK has only had two profitable years (one even broke $1000!) since 2006. That means that 89% of our history has COST ME, as the proprietor of this beautiful art project slash stupid business model money out of pocket. I give artists 100% of the profit copies of lathe cuts (meaning that I only break even when I sell out, which doesn't always happen (BTW, Feel free to PICK UP SOME LATHE CUTS, they are all excellent). But this Patreon thing has really been an emotional and financial godsend which has pumped some new energy into this old man. AND, in exchange for your patronage, I have been really pulling out every stop at my disposal to bring subscribers some pretty excellent high end artists as FREE EXCLUSIVE RELEASES. So far it's been Dr Dog, Dean and Britta (Luna/Galaxie 500), Lou Barlow, Polyphonic Spree, even a full pressed LP from Floating Action. Lots more coming up! On top of that you get bonus items/discs with Patreon exclusive versions of releases, discounts, and advance notice/first dibs of every release drop. So, if you feel like dropping me a couple bucks a month to help keep this obnoxious dream alive, go to: www.Patreon.com/PIAPTK BUT NOT ON THE APPLE IPHONE APP!!!! (go on a browser or Android phone or Apple will charge you an extra $3). And if you've already signed up, I hope you are loving it! We have a pretty high retention rate and I plan to do everything in my power to keep it that way!

THIS TIME!

1. Patreon Freebie! Lou Barlow - Institutionalized (Suicidal Tendencies cover) with Lou Barlow Bandana cover!
2. Jason Lytle & Ron Cameron LP - Grandaddy outtakes and Lytle Solo compilation
3. Out Doors Hand Painted 8" - Mems of Golden Boots, Clap Yr Hands Say Yeah, Birdie Busch, Truck Tears, etc.
4. DimitriAM - Hand Painted 8" - Dimitri from Golden Boots solo




1.Lou Barlow - Institutionalized 7" PATREON FREEBIE!

This release is available only to Patreon subscribers at the $6 or $10/mo tier that were signed up before 7/31/25. If you don't wanna miss the next one, sign up at www.Patreon.com/PIAPTK to receive up to FOUR exclusive free singles every year! (Previous freebies from Dr Dog, Polyphonic Spree, Floating Action, Dean and Britta (Luna/Galaxie 500), etc).

Lou Barlow - Institutionalized (Suicidal Tendencies Cover) with Lou Barlow Bandana packaging.

Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Folk Implosion,etc) has been a long time favorite. I've been lucky enough to work with Lou for years through my relationship with Joyful Noise Recordings, but I was finally able to pull him in for a PIAPTK release, and I'm excited to do it for his excellent cover of "Institutionalized" by Suicidal Tendencies, which is a song that had a significant impact on me as a small town Texas weirdo in the early -mid 90s.

I thought it would be hilarious to make Mike Muir-style bandanas with "Lou Barlow" in Suicidal Tendencies font. 50 hours of heat transfer cutting, weeding, ironing, folding, stuffing, etc later I did NOT think it was nearly as funny. But, they came out great and I really hope you dig them!

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2. Jason Lytle: Songs to Accompany the Art of Ron Cameron LP

15th Anniversary Release and the First Time On Vinyl! In beautiful matte sleeves with eurosleeve inner jackets.

Ltd Ed of
250 - Orange with Blue/Grey Splatter Vinyl
350 - Baby Blue VInyl
20 - Test Pressing Packs - in signed, handpainted unique sleeves by Ron Cameron, also includes a copy of the Splatter Vinyl version of the LP. Ron sells his prints for lots of money, and his original works for even more. This is your chance to get a 1/1 for a huge discount.

This is a record that I started to talking to Jason about 7 or 8 years ago, immediately after releasing the Grandaddy "Arm of Roger - The Ham and It's Lily" LP on Soild Gold. And it is finally becoming a reality! Limited to 250 on Orange with Blue Splatter and 350 on Baby Blue vinyl.

Ron Cameron is former Pro Skateboarder and Visual Artist and friend of Former Pro Skateboarder Jason Lytle. You may know Ron for his "late 80's Viral" design "Nothing is Cool", which was ubiquitous and even got namechecked by Michael Stipe in REM's "Man on the Moon".

Back in the early aughts, Jason put together a rarities and outtakes record and made some CDs to accompany one of Ron's Art shows. Some solo recordings, some Grandaddy Outtakes, etc. But it features two of my favorite Lytle compositions: At The Mall in Klamath Falls and DUI BBQ Checkpoint. Stone cold classics that, in my opinion, stand up to anything else in Jason's extensive catalog.

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3. Out Doors - Tightwire Two Step / Hard Times Handmade 8"s

The new (first?) solo project from Golden Boots co-frontman, Ryen Eggleston with help from other Boots members and Todd and Alec from Clap Yr Hands Say Yeah and Birdie Busch. Hand painted and stencilled by Ryen, who is one of my favorite visual artists (I own at least a dozen of his paintings and tape art pieces).

Limited to 50 copies, and I only have 23 to sell, the rest went to my archive or to Ryen.

ARTIST BLURB:

OutDoors “anti-imperialist country punk folk music”

Outdoors makes slow-burning songs—stark, unadorned, and focused on the effects of greed and the need for collective care in a fractured world. There’s a similar sensibility to artists like Jason Molina, Silver Jews, or Lou Reed: plainspoken, emotionally direct music rooted in American song traditions.
The project emerges from the DIY music scene in Tucson, Arizona, where Ryen Eggleston has been a steady hand for 25 years as co-captain of the band Golden Boots as well as a multitude of other projects.

This lathe features the first track from the upcoming full length vinyl courtesy of PIAPTK & Haystack Records;
“Tightwire Two-Step” recorded at Oracle Recording Studio(Oracle, AZ) with Dimitri Manos (drums), Sean Rogers (bass), Emily Xander (keys) as well as bonus collaborative cut of
Stephen Foster’s American classic “Hard Times” recorded in Philadelphia, Pa at Sparkle Bones Studio with Birdie Busch (vocals), Todd Erk (bass, engineering), & Alec Ounsworth (vocals).


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4. DimitriAM - Godzilla / Traps hand painted 8"s

Godzilla has been a live staple and "Tucson Hit" for Dimitri Manos (Golden Boots, etc) over the last year or so and we've been planning to do something with it for a hot minute, but it's just coming to fruition now. Dimitri hand drew, painted, and stencilled each disc. Limited to only 47 copies, and I only have about 19 to sell because the rest went to Dimitri or my archives.

"Blurb" by Dimitri

I’m Dimitri. I’m glad to be sharing these two songs through PIAPTK. Here’s a bit about me, my surroundings, and the songs themselves. Thanks for listening—hope you enjoy:

I make music in Tucson, Arizona, where it’s hot enough to keep some ambitions pliable and let dry rot take care of the rest. “Godzilla” came after a storm last summer; “Traps” came out of a live jam with Mark Gifford. We were playing through matching Kustom tuck-and-roll amps that were on fire.

Thanks to Mike for putting this out.

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5. Lathe Cut Camp 27! Oct 11-13 2025, Tucson, AZ

Lathe Cut Camp 27! Oct 11-13 2025, Tucson, AZ

(Lathe Cut Camp is free for purchasers of the Mini-Cut 2 Stereo Diamond Cutting Lathe! See bottom for details!)

(This Camp is PERFECT FOR NEWBIES or Folks who just want to learn how it's done whether they want to start cutting themselves or not!)

(Classes are Saturday thru Monday, but Monday is just extra practice and cutting of campers records, so if you need to fly in late Friday and leave late Sunday, you will get most of the information)

YOU ALSO GET TO CUT YOUR OWN RECORDS AND TAKE THEM WITH YOU!

THERE ARE ONLY 8 SPOTS AND ALL PREVIOUS CAMPS HAVE SOLD OUT!

(For the first time ever we will be offering a "Hifi DIamond Cutting breakaway class, email LatheCuts(at)yahoo(dawtcawm) for more info.

Spend three days in scenic Tucson, AZ learning (almost) everything you need to know about DIY Record Cutting! The focus of this camp will be on mono "semi-professional" machines, with particular focus on Presto 6Ns, which are one of the most common and "industry standard" vintage machines around. (if you have a different model that you want to learn more about, please ask! I may have one you can use here, or you can bring your own). You can do some amazing things with these incredible machines, and I will show you how.

We will also talk about and do a little Stereo Diamond cutting demo.

Bring your own music and we will put it onto discs for you to take home. We will touch on professional record mastering/pressing, but my main interest and experience, and the focus of this camp, will be on the more DIY and experimental side of the hobby. There are only 8 spots available, so buy early because every previous camp has sold out!

Perfect if you are interested in:
Vinyl records and how their masters are cut
Learning how this strange black art works
Buying a lathe to make your own records
Ordering lathe cuts from a lathe cut service
Cutting your own music to disc

Topics covered:
The science behind vinyl record cutting
Lathe Operations and equipment
The pressing process
Lacquer dub plate cutting
Experimental and alternative materials (plexiglass, laserdiscs, picnic plates, etc)
Stereo Diamond Hifi One-Off Records (Introduction to)

Please Note: You are responsible for your own transportation to/from Tucson and your accommodations. The New Lathe Cave is in Midtown Tucson near the corner of Grant and North Country Club Rd.

Purchase is non-refundable. I understand that sometimes plans change and things go awry, and will try to apply your credit to a future camp, but due to the limited nature of the camp, I can't refund your payment if you aren't able to attend.

About the Presenter: For more info on me, please visit the About page of this site.

MINICUT-02 STEREO DIAMOND CUTTING LATHE DEPOSIT (Please contact me for more info before purchasing)

Traditionally, this has always focused exclusively on “mid-fidelity” mono embossing, which is much cheaper and less complicated than stereo diamond cutting. This will be the first Lathe Cut Camp that will separate the group into two halves for the cutting portion of the weekend; Diamond Cutting (aimed towards people interested in purchasing a MiniCut) and embossing. The Minicut is a hifi diamond stereo cutting lathe that costs $6500 (you provide high torque turntable, vacuum and amplifier, etc).

If you plan to be part of the Diamond Cutting Class you will need to pay:
-$400 for the Lathe Cut Camp (Non-Refundable if you decide not to but a lathe, BUT will be credited towards the final cost of the lathe if you buy it (One free camp space per machine))
-$400 for two diamond cutting styli (also given back as a credit towards purchase as part of the starter pack)
-$200 for Starter Pack of Blanks (also given back as a credit).
-$1000 deposit to hold a MiniCut for you (Refundable (along with unused diamonds or discs if you choose not to purchase a Minicut at the end of camp).

TOTAL - $2000 to hold a Minicut for you and train you at a camp. Final payment due via Cash or Zelle before the end of camp.

CONTACT ME at LatheCutsAAATyahoooodawtcawm for deposit.

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YOOOO! Had to bust these out before I leave the barren hellscapes of the Tucson summer for a couple months. I'm currently in Johannesburg, South Africa installing a lathe. I get home and 36 hours later I leave for France to Tour Manage The Websites for two weeks and to pay a service call on Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk to help him reinstall the lathe he bought from me a few years ago oin his new studio. Also meeting up with the curator of a traveling European art exhibit about strange vinyl record formats, in which I will have 12-13 pieces featured. Then I'll be flying to Olympia to see Swamp Dogg play at Markly Morrison's (Low Profile Podcast and Lazer Zeppelin / Lake / Skrill Meadow) Scherler Sundays Concert Series and then down to Mexico City to visit a lathe colleague and potentially interview for my first day job in 13 years. After that, I'll go to the 60th Anniversary celebration of the Grateful Dead in Golden Gate Park in early August. If any of you will be there, hmu and let's hang.

PLEASE CHECK OUT SOME OF THE RECENT PREVIOUS RELEASES AND GIVE SOMETHING NEW A SHOT.

(AND OF COURSE, PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING THE PATREON AND GETTING FREE RECORDS, DISCOUNTS, AND SPECIAL VERSIONS. (But sign up on a web browser, NOT yr iphone because Apple charges a 50% premium www.PATREON.com/PIAPTK).

THIS TIME!

1. Geckos - Dance of the Gecko / El Tecno pressed 7"
2. Tripping Daisy - Ham I Am (Lost demo 7"!)
3. The Websites - Rock N Rolled LP

Upcoming releases: Jason Lytle: Songs to Accompany the Art of Ron Cameron LP, Geckos - ST LP, Floating Action - Hand Carved Garden Tool LP, and a bunch of other stuff!

1. Geckos - Dance of the Gecko / El Tecno Pressed 7"
This is a pressed 7" that our buddies at Vacilando '68 records made for the recent M Ward, Howe Gelb, and McKowski combo tour a couple weeks ago. It's a co-release between PIAPTK, Vacilando 68 and Org Music. Beautifully packaged including a printed inner sleeve.

Because pressed 7"s are so expensive to make we are selling them at breakeven cost after free artist copies.

If we sell out, try www.ORGMUSIC.com (and check out their unbelieveable catalog), and if you are in Europe, go to https://vacilando68.bandcamp.com/

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2. Tripping Daisy - HAM I AM 7" (Lost demo)

Growing up in North Central Texas, Tripping Daisy loomed large in the mid-90s for me. One of the major label signees during the post-Grunge feeding frenzy that popped up when it was decided that "Dallas might be the "Next Seattle"" and all sorts of great bands from Dallas; Toadies, Brutal Juice, Bobgoblin, Baboon and the mighty Tripping Daisy all got deals. And both the Toadies and Tripping Daisy all scored big MTV hits. Tripping Daisy released two more amazing albums on their own "Good Records" before breaking up due to the death of their guitarist Wes Berggen. But I saw them many many times during college and after and became fairly good acquaintances with their drummer Ben Curtis, who went off to start Secret Machines and School of Seven Bells. And Tim and Mark from Tripping Daisy started The Polyphonic Spree along with a bunch of friends of mine from [DARYL] and every other band in Denton/Dallas.

This summer Tripping Daisy is BACK and touring the whole East Coast (Dates are here: https://www.trippingdaisy.com/pages/tour) and I have the privilege of releasing a Tour single of a previously unreleased home studio demo called HAM I AM.

Limited to 325 Copies on one sided white square vinyl lathe cut with transparency inserts.

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3. The Websites - Rock n Rolled LP

The Websites are a Tucson Duo that play Devo-esque Dorky Dadrock Songs about early Internet things. They both play/ed in a pretty wide cross section of classic Tucson bands like Electroshockbox, Lenguas Largas, Whispering Wires, Gem Show, Quiet Please, etc etc.

I will be tour managing their upcoming French tour playing shows in Nantes, Il De Rey, Bordeaux, etc in Mid-June.

Limited edition of 100 Pressed LPs.

PATREON FREEBIE VERSION (Exclusively for Patreon Subscribers) includes a bonus 7" with the songs Password and Phishin' in Vintage 8" floppy discs. See your Patreon DMs for access code.

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