please check out very important article by great Seattle writer Lloyd Peterson in All About Jazz.

tough subject and therefor extremely important to discuss and digest…

please lets work on this matter together, fight stupidity… fight stupidity in any form it may occur!

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=33801&pg=1

THE THING will play in Japan shortly with Otomo Yoshihide again!

The tour in Ireland last year will be followed by activity in Japan and Korea with Otomo. 7th – 19th sep.

and BREAKING FREAKIN NEWS is:

guesting the quartet on the 7th sep in Tokyo is YOSUKE YAMASHITA!!!

… and guesting the quartet on the 8th sep in Tokyo is JIM O`ROURKE!!!

… and guesting the quartet on the 9th in Tokyo is AKIRA SAKATA!!!

that is what we call SERIOUS KICKIN GUESTS!!!

complete list of the tour will be posted shortly under upcoming tours…

in connection with The Thing´s gig at Field Day in London, this interview was published… touching on differnet subjects and especially Richard Wayne Penniman…

http://thequietus.com/articles/02327-field-day-preview-mats-gustafsson-of-the-thing-interviewed