Scope Some Rare Moons
5.6.14 by Mike Haley

We get a harvest moon every year. A blue moon occurs roughly every 2 – 3 years. A tetrad series, or four consecutive total eclipses, represent a blood moon. Hundreds of years can pass by without one of those suckers popping up and scaring the shit out of religious people. Fred Espenak, some eclipse-obsessed egghead from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said their “frequency sort of goes through 585-year cycles.” An even more uncommon lunar incidence: tapes being released by the Moon Mist cassette label.

No doubt dubbed over dumpstered books-on-tape cassettes from behind the library with poorly cut Jcards, Moon Mist bounced out of hibernation, announcing five new plastic goodies for your decks. Continuing the cut-and-paste-rip-and-dip-stoner-primitive style comparable to Michigan brethren American & Fag Tapes, the rowdy crew includes a dope sounding compilation and various mutations of label head Dan D in solo and collaborative form. Here is the raw deal, straight from the horse’s mouth…

Body Morph “Pussy For Breakfast” 2xCS
“Brand-new double cassette of slipstream saxophone insanity from BODY MORPH. First legit solo tape in a while. Alternately lush and grating slabs of nebular reed rubbing for sleep and love-making. The sound of space folding and waking up full.” (edition of 40)

V/A “Live Puzzle Vol.2” compilation C90
“Wild and confusing live sets recorded across the great nation of michigan. Musician offenders include: UNEVEN UNIVERSE, FLOATING HEADS, BODY MORPH, CRIMINALS, JOSH BURKE, E.A.S, and SLOWSLAG. Its like you were there, except better.” (edition of 40)

Winter Ruby “Open Grave” CS
“A couple of years ago, WR wrote several new songs, recorded them, and ceased operations for the time being due to life circumstances (good ones). OPEN GRAVE is a collection of those songs. Recorded in scenic warren, mi and it sounds like it.” (edition of 80 copies)

Major Blast s/t C30
“Napalm layers of absolutely horrible saxophone crust. Like dancing in acid rain mixed with sharpened reed hail. Severely unchill/a true blast. MAJOR BLAST: knox mitchel/dlugosielski duo” (edition of 30 copies)

Tarpit “Gradual Paralysis” C40
“Shivering primordial ear pollution from the TARPIT sound dungeon. Listen to your brain fall out your ear. A negative experience. SIDE A: solo; SIDE B: hooker/dlugosielski duo.” (edition of 40 copies)

You can grip these mugs on the cheap: $5 for single tapes, $10 for the double banger. Just zip line into Moon Mists’ Big Cartel, scroll down past the giant image at the top of the page, and you’re good to go. Have fun!