Royal Trux : Classic or Dud ?

Raymond: you might be interested in this--

https://www.discogs.com/master/594330-Neil-Michael-Hagerty-The-Howling-Hex-The-Hildreth-Tapes

Sorry, this is the record I meant

https://www.discogs.com/master/316960-Neil-Michael-Hagerty-The-Howling-Hex-The-Howling-Hex

Thanks HSH, will look into it!

I'm seeing a "campaign not found" msg re NMH from gofundme. Uh oh. I was wondering if this might happen given that gofundme "prohibits raising money for the legal defense of an alleged violent crime." I don't know if that's what is happening here — I hope not.

xxp Raymond that is the best one imho

xp Oh shit

It was up to over $34K last night

JH says on her FB post linking to the gofundme campaign: "The LINK is being updated..... PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER"

oh phew... fingers crossed it's all good

speaking to the concerns abt the charges, as one of the seemingly few ppl itt who has dealt with cops/system in adversarial circumstances as an activist, it is v common for prosecutors to overcharge so that defendants plea out rather than go to trial, this is a cheat tactic to make their conviction rates look good, everybody does it

also $35K is very encouraging

JH says on FB: "Terri (Neil's wife) has to change some of the language.... The lawyers are looking it over and should have updated link sooner than later 🙂 Thanks to Everybody xxx"

good news!

another way to help out: https://www.ebay.com/itm/166050120840

That one jumped up out of my price range (a good thing!) but I did order a regular copy from Three Lobed to help out a little bit.

JH says on FB: "Terri (Neil's wife) has to change some of the language.... The lawyers are looking it over and should have updated link sooner than later 🙂 Thanks to Everybody xxx"

― jaywbabcock, Wednesday, April 26, 2023 8:04 AM (one hour ago

what a relief!

I attended Neil Hagerty's court hearing in Denver this morning. Not much info, but a few updates:

- Neil was not present, but his wife+lawyers were
- His attorneys say he is still not in a state to be advised/testify
- Neil is still in custody
- Preliminary trial is set for 5/8

— Aaron Dooley (@Aye_Doolz) April 27, 2023

Oh man, that's hard to hear

:(

welp, this sucks on the NMH front. pic.twitter.com/DSSqg5c3tB

— QueenCityJamz (@QueenCityJamz) May 4, 2023

Damn, that sucks. Hoping they get a new one up soon that focuses on the mental health help, guessing this is a result of the issue with not being able to raise funds for legal defense of a "violent" crime.

Shit yeah just saw that in my inbox as well

New donation link: https://www.givesendgo.com/NeilHagerty

Additionally, Jennifer Herrema; Neil’s Royal Trux partner and family friend, has donated a free download of an audio track that combines 4 years of singular audio tracks Neil has posted to his Patreon subscribers. The combined tracks highlight Neil’s creativity while illuminating his disconnected mental state.

(I haven’t seen my GoFundMe donation refunded yet…)

FYI, I reached out to GoFundMe to ask about it; somewhat strangely, the chat agent asked me to confirm I wanted to refund my donation ("Keep in mind that if we issue a refund, this can not be reversed"). I said yes (so I can donate to the new fund)... not sure why some are being automatically refunded and not others.

some went through before it got pulled, apparently

from jennifer herrema on fbook

We want to thank everyone who donated to the GoFundMe for Neil. Unfortunately, the campaign has been removed by GoFundMe due to their term of service that prohibits raising funds for legal defense of certain ALLEGED crimes. The funds that were not transferred prior to the campaign being canceled will be reimbursed to those individuals. I want to thank everyone who donated and if you received a refund I want to apologize for the inconvenience. We are starting a new campaign with GiveSendGo to continue to raise money for Neil’s care. This is an extremely complicated case and raises many questions that will be addressed by the lawyers once Neil is safely at the hospital. We will keep you posted as much as we can but please understand that we are not at liberty to speak openly about the case.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR SUPPORTING & BELIEVING IN NEIL
Love & Kindness - T & JJ

(so i guess if you didn't get a refund, your money made it to Neil and his wife)

Oh nuts... well ok, I'll make up for it with the new fund.

Update & Message from Neil

Hello to all of you and I thank you for supporting us in this difficult time. I can't comment on the situation itself now, except to say: I have been kept strong by this uncommon outpouring of charity and concern. I don't know how long it will take to see this through but I do hope to be able to thank all of you individually & personally some day.

Thanks-- from my heart-- and please keep those kind and good thoughts headed our way.
In gratitude, Neil

FYI, a substantial update was posted today. Sounds like Neil is doing well, and is hopeful that his legal situation will be resolved positively next year.

Does seem like things are going in a (relatively) positive direction — hope it continues.

New label for an “extensive reissue series” (beginning w/Twin Infinitives)

Huh. Fingers crossed, but wasn't Fat Possum allegedly going to do the same reissue campaign back in 2018? Or was that deal just for digital/streaming of the back catalog?

Dud! But, also, get well soon!

xp Yeah, maybe that was just for streaming? In true Trux fashion, it all seems a little scattered (and not sure what they gained by "leaving" Drag City)...

I guess maybe DC wasn't streaming yet when they left

I have never heard of this label...

(to be fair, I'm pretty disconnected from the label scene)

They've been around a fair old time tbh. Lately they've been reissuing Lemonheads' stuff. https://www.discogs.com/label/2051-Fire-Records

yeah that's Spacemen 3's old label (post-Glass) from the 80s

I've mostly known them for putting out Bardo Pond stuff and, more recently, Vanishing Twin.

they also recently did those killer Bardo Pond "covers" EPs

lol xp

wasn't Fat Possum allegedly going to do the same reissue campaign back in 2018?

They did, putting out the albums on vinyl.

Did they end up doing all of them? I don't remember seeing them all come out, though I didn't look that hard since I have everything on CD anyway.

Discogs says all but the Virgin albums.

Meant to say wikipedia not discogs there... and that seems to be wrong.
Looks like they only reissued a few of the albums?

xps: Discogs tells me I own 6 releases on Fire lol

Thank You will always be one of my favorite albums of the nineties. So fricking good. They were a lot of fun.

Had forgotten David Briggs produced Thank You until I put on my old CD just now - still sounds gd to me.

Hoping this Fire reissues project will include a vinyl issue of Sweet Sixteen.

Interestingly, the release on Fire's website says "career spanning"

The duo who refused to comply with the rules on and off stage, leaving an incomparable legacy to admire in their wake, Royal Trux announce a career spanning catalogue deal with Fire Records.

https://www.firerecords.com/royal-trux-sign-to-fire-and-announce-extensive-reissue-series-beginning-with-twin-infinitives/

lol they aren't even doing the first album!