An update from the Melvins Myspace page: "Hey, how's it going friends? Are you keepin' cool, by the pool, at the bbq? We hope so! Our friends Big Business are on the road in the US and just got offered an opening spot on the Tool tour! HORRAYYYYY!! Check their page for dates. Oh shit!!! That means that Coady and Jared can't play the Houdini, Lysol and Eggnog shows we've booked this July in S.F. and L.A..... BOOOOOOO.... Wait a minute now, get this, we'll get Trevor "mutha fuckin" Dunn to play bass... HORRAYYYY!!! Then, when Coady and Jared get back we'll do a US tour.. BOOOOOO..er, I mean HORRAYYYY!" The dates and sets are currently understood to be:

• July 20, 2007 San Francisco, CA - Slims playing Houdini in its entirety
• July 21, 2007 San Francisco, CA - Slims playing Lysol and Eggnog in their entirety
• July 27, 2007 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour playing Lysol and Eggnog in their entirety

Buzzo and Dale will be co-hosting the Suicide Girls radio show on Indie 103 in LA from 12 midnight to 2 am on July 8. If people are outside of Los Angeles they can listen on the website: http://www.indie1031.fm/ It will also be archived at http://suicidegirls.com/ipod/

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The Dalek/HAZE XXL Art Book/Animation DVD/Music collaboration project “Purge Of Dissidents” was recently released on Ipecac Records and will be on the road, shown at screenings prior to Melvins shows on their upcoming national tour this fall. Melvins were involved in the soundtrack for this and Buzz wrote the introduction for the book.