october 9, 2005

the website was out of commission for a short time, but it's back up and running now.  

everyone is pretty well situated now.  kevin and his girlfriend are back in new orleans. they have electricity, but, as i understand it, they have to drink bottled water.
justin is still in baton rouge. i'm pretty sure that's where he's staying.
karla and i are doing ok here in san diego. school is great, and it's hard to complain about the view.
we're still uncertain of the future of the band. everything is still a waiting game. i'll post more as i know it.  

-jim

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post-katrina
september 28, 2005
so, things are really in disarray since katrina hit new orleans. the band is scattered, and i have no idea where things will go from here. at least we are all safe. karla and i are in san diego. we're both in grad school here at ucsd. i'm in the philosophy department, and she's in scripps working in geophysics. kevin is currently in houston, but i don't expect he'll be there long. i don't know where he'll end up. i'm trying to talk him into coming this way, but so far he isn't interested. justin is in baton rouge with his parents. he's attending lsu. i wish i had something more substantial to tell, but that's all i know for now. the future of the band is up in the air. still, we've been down before, so it's always possible we'll recover yet again. i'll keep you up to date as i know more information. until then you can keep up with us on livejournal if you're on there. we're jimpict, karladevil, kevindredge, and justinfts.
that's it. take care.
-jim


 


long time, no update

febrary 2, 2005
i know it's been a long time since the last update. i've had a lot of people email me to ask if we were still around. the answer is a definite "yes," but we've been sticking to our hometown, so there hasn't been much to write about.
we have several new songs, some that haven't even been played live yet. we're also working on learning bad religion songs for this tribute show in whiich we're participating. i'll keep you guys up to date on how that progresses as well. that's about it. i'll update when there's more to tell. take care,
-jim

 


new site
 
august 9, 2004
 
the new site is up. it is what it is. go to the board and let me know what you think.
ready to die is getting remixed and mastered. i think it's going to sound great when it's done. i like the way it sounds now, but i think this will be even better.
mine, karla's, and kevin's other band, avw is going on tour, so the picts won't be doing a lot for the next month. however, we will be playing a show on september 11, so be ready. we still plan on getting a lot accomplished before the year is up.
that's it.
-jim

 


back from tour
 
july, 2004
 
we're back from tour. everything went great. a lot of people were really cool us. i want to send out a special thanks to ecto-1 and hatesville. the guys in ecto-1 took great care of us in ft. worth. we played a house show there, and it was the best show on the tour. everyone was incredibly cool. thanks a lot guys. the guys in hatesville were awesome as well. they booked a great show, put us up, and fed us. thanks guys.
i also want to say thanks to aura-lee in chicago and elizabeth at missing link records in indianapolis. we really appreciate you guys.
thanks to everyone who came to all the shows.
take care,
jim

 


new mp3's and tour
june 30, 2004
we leave for tour in a couple of days. we'll be on the road for a couple of weeks. go to shows to find out where we'll be and when.
also, we have new mp3's up from our newly recorded ready to die album. you can check them out here. that's it. we'll see all of you on the road soon.
-jim

 


new board
april 26, 2004
i put a new message board up. check it out. register. tell me something.
the tour is coming along. hopefully, i'll be able to post all the dates in the next couple of weeks.
i've had several people ask me about the e.p. we recorded. here's the deal. the guy who did it moved, and he's had a lot of stuff going on, so he hasn't sent up the mastered copy yet. hopefully i'll have it very soon. the moment i do i'll put up new mp3's. thanks for the interest.
as a lot of you know, three of us are in another band, antarctica vs. the world. check us out at antarcticavstheworld.net.
that's all for now.
-jim




tour in the works
april 5, 2004
thanks to everyone who came to the show on the 3rd. i think it was the best show we've played in a while.
we're in the process of booking a tour for the summer. it looks like it's going to be a midwest and texas tour. it will be good to finally be back out on the road. i feel like the only time i'm not wasting life is when i'm on tour. i think the rest of the band feels the same.
for those of you who don't know karla and i are going to be in a movie coming out in the fall called southern hunger. check out the site if you get a chance.
that's it for now.
-jim