The Blood Arm: As American As Apple Pie, Baseball, Chevrolet...

We of The Blood Arm posse love baseball, but to physically engage in the sport requires a certain level of coordination, athleticism, and anabolic steroid abuse--three things we decidedly lack. This is why MLB '08: The Show is such a godsend; we can get our fill of our nation's pastime virtually, and the only performance enhancers it requires are a kick-ass soundtrack (it comes standard with the game!) and occasional below-the-belt joystick action from our bandmates (also standard with the game!). Check out the preview:



We are particularly honored that they used 'Suspicious Character' for the trailer, as the soundtrack also features such luminaries as The Ramones, Thin Lizzy, Franz Ferdinand, and ZZ Top. The Blood Arm: just a breath away from the canon!

I love you more than Miss American Pie,

Ben Lee Handler

Normal Adolescent Behavior

A promo clip for the film 'Normal Adolescent Behavior,' shown recently at the TriBeCa film festival.

We Get Letters; Caption Contest Winners!

Before I post the long-overdue winning captions to the caption contest, a quick word from our dear friend Tyson, who is always on tour with one band or another.

Dear The Blood Arm UK,

This is your friend Tyson, writing from AmsterDAMN! I am lucky enough to be in the third week of a 7-week European tour playing piano for Casiotone For The Painfully Alone and thought I'd relay the following story:

Two nights ago I was in the Gay City Of Lights, Paris. It was around 1:30 in the AM and I was just returning from a tour of Amelie-related spots when a man accosted me saying, "Come in for beautiful girl!" I said, "No thanks" and kept on walking until I realized I recognized the music blasting through the walls of the strip club within. It's the verse of The Blood Arm UK's new hit single! I stuck around long enough for the chorus, when the door dude was freaking me out too much and wrote "The Blood Arm" on my hand so I would remember it the next morning. I figured if there was one thing you'd all appreciate, it's your music fueling Parisian men's boners as women danced nakedly to it. Congratulations!

By the way, I don't know if you guys have played much outside of the UK, but you get treated so much better everywhere else! Scandanavians treat bands like they're Golden Gods.

Love,
Tyson.

Now, what you've all been waiting and waiting and waiting for:

1. I see dead people.

2. Silly emo, razors are for shaving.

3. Our waitress that night, Ladonna, was a captivating
woman.

4. 'I've had it up to here with these muthafuckin' snails on the muthafuckin' toast!'

5. I KNEW the BLOOD ARM were lying about having a U.K. tour. I found this photo of Ben Lee collecting change while the others busked near Paddington station.

6. Good times with Colonel Sanders brother.

7. No matter how much he pleaded, the girls WERE NOT going to 'Go Wild.'

8. No, I didn't say you could eat my Kashi, but
whatever. What's done is done.

9. Ben Lee gives Sex Ed talk at local highschool.

10. Quoth Nathaniel: 'I can pout better that you and look more dandy in my pink shirt.'

11. 'Remember when I told you I was wearing underpants? I was lying!'

12. OH MY GOD, a manatee!

Cheers to everyone for being patient, and especially to our winners: Siane, Brennan, Sean, Boadwee, Douglas, Kim, and Dan. If you haven't already, please email your addresses to info@thebloodarm.com so I may send you the spoils of victory!

xxxooo,

Ben Lee

Caption Contest; Snakes on a Plane

Q: Why was the Blood Arm's flight from London to Los Angeles delayed two-and-a-half hours at the gate on Saturday?

A: Because now, in addition to making sure passengers aren't smuggling lotion into the cabin, security has to scour the vehicle to ensure that there aren't any Muthafuckin' Snakes on the Muthafuckin' Plane!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Here is a caption contest. If your captions for the twelve photos below are amongst our three favorites emailed to info@thebloodarm.com by 9:00am Pacific Standard Time Friday (that's 5:00pm in the UK), then we will mail you a copy of the super limited etched 7" for 'Suspicious Character,' the first single from the upcoming Lie Lover Lie.

UPDATE: Contest extended till Tuesday, 9am PST (that's Tuesday, 5pm GMT).

The photos:

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A sample entry might look like this:

1. Christ... What an asshole!
2. Christ... What an asshole!
3. Christ... What an asshole!
4. Christ... What an asshole!
5. Christ... What an asshole!
6. Christ... What an asshole!
7. Christ... What an asshole!
8. Haven't you people ever heard of closing a goddamn door?
9. Christ... What an asshole!
10. Christ... What an asshole!
11. Christ... What an asshole!
12. Christ... What an asshole!

Remember, all responses must be submitted to info@thebloodarm.com by Friday, August 25 at 9:00am PST (5:00pm GMT). Our favorite captions will be posted here!

Good luck!

-Ben Lee

The Blood Arm Preempts Global Warming with a Heat Wave All Its Own

Apparently, BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe took his new copy of 'Suspicious Character' and put it in the microwave on high for about forty-five minutes. Upon removing the dripping vinyl, the popular radio host said, "this is the Hottest Record in the World."

Click here for proof!

-Ben Lee

P.S. We will heat it up even more at the upcoming live dates in London. Come!