Gimme yer lunch moneys!

Just kidding. But seriously, I figured since you're visiting my blog, you might like to know that I now have music and merchandise for sale. Check it out:

Music (in digital format)

Bandcamp - Not just limited to Sam Sinister stuff, this site also has a lot of other free releases from Sam's past bands, including Dead City Dealers and Bob Sagget and the FullHouse!  Solo material (Sam Sinister/Plastic Sinister Band) is purchase-only, but full albums are still slightly cheaper than if you got them via iTunes or Amazon.

Amazon - The 13 Songs! LP, now with extended bonus tracks not found on the Bandcamp release.  20 songs in all! Only $8.99.

iTunes - Same as the Amazon listing above, but a dollar more (not my decision).  $9.99.

Merchandise (shirts, stickers, etc.)

Redbubble - T-Shirts, hoodies, kids/baby clothes, stickers, postcards, posters, and more.  Prices starting at $1.92 plus shipping.

Society6 - T-Shirts, hoodies, iPhone cases, iPod and laptop skins, and more.  I also sell alot of my own artwork on this site.  Check out your options in the menu on the left-hand side of the site.

Also, for your listening pleasure, I also have the extended release of 13 Songs! available for free streaming on Spotify,MOG, and Rdio.  Listen and share!  

Oh yeah — and thanks!

Cheers and best wishes,

Sam Sinister

Sam Sinister "Bandography" available NOW! Free download!

Hey you!

Wanna hear more from Sam and his previous bands? Go to http://samsinister.bandcamp.com/album/sam-sinister-bandography and download this comprehensive, 25-song anthology for FREE! Bonus material included when you download the entire album!

 

Download the Sam Sinister album "13 Songs!"

The Traditionals: "Steel Town Anthems"

A couple of days ago, I checked my "snail mail" mailbox, and stuffed right in there, like a well-packed sausage, was the latest Traditionals album, Steel Town Anthems!

'Til the Walls Come Down

I finally recorded something new for the first time in years. It's Dead City Dealers' "Til the Walls Come Down", the way I originally wrote it... as a rockabilly-esque punk song. Check it out. I also wouldn't mind if you shared it. Thanks.

The Disliked - Cheap Sex & Canadian Booze EP (2006)

This was the original version of Dead City Dealers, where I played guitar (we had a different singer, Fidget, who left shortly after this). The recordings are kinda rough, but I think they're still listenable, except for the vocals not being very clear. Includes the original version of "Lonely at the Top", and the title track, which is where the instrumental for DCD's "Plastic" came from.

1. Working Girl
2. Queen of the Internet Whores
3. Theme From The Disliked
4. Used Girl Parts
5. Will Punk For Beer
6. Cheap Sex and Canadian Booze
7. I Hate the Radio
8. Liberal Stomp
9. Lonely at the Top

Download

I'm done with being in a band. For now.

This is not a rash decision. I've been talking about leaving the band for well over a year now and going back and forth on what I actually want to do (or not do). I'm just bored and tired of the whole thing.

Everything involved with being in DCD has become all about obligations and expectations, both from within the band and people who like what we're doing and I've become alternately overwhelmed and annoyed more and more frequently as time goes on. It's just not fun anymore.

If Dead City Dealers goes on, it's gonna have to be without me. I'd still like to work with everyone in the band musically, but it's gonna have to be in a much more relaxed and, um, "not serious" manner. I know a lot of people have dreams and goals as far as what they're doing muscially, but that's just not me and it probably never will be.

I only want to play shows and write and record songs when it's convenient for me. Maybe that's selfish, but I can't force it. If I'm not happy with what I'm doing and just putting on a happy face, then that's bullshit. It's fake. I can't be fake. I have to be me. No matter what. I can't schedule my free time or take on responsibilities for other people anymore.

All I wanted from the beginning was to effortlessly write songs that were fun and simple. Songs that I would enjoy listening to if I weren't in the band. Not that that's not what we ended up with in DCD, but it always seems like there's this push to go outside of the realm of what I'm comfortable doing musically, effort-wise and time-wise, and how far I would want the band to go (which isn't very far at all, actually).

This is probably gonna read as being a little melodramatic, but that's really not what I'm trying to do. I'm just stating facts. And like I said before, this decision wasn't made lightly. Point blank: I just need a break.