southern records

We are The Most Secret Method. We wish to contribute to this beautiful and difficult world. We insist that all our shows are to be all ages and affordable, with the firm belief that if more bands operated this way the nonsense of discriminatory and inaccessible shows would cease. It becomes increasingly obvious to us that descriptions like DIY fail to include the miraculous gift of a little help. We have enjoyed and continue to enjoy the help of many friends, to whom we are grateful. Ryan prepares our art by hand, and infrequently we make our own shirts. We all have tinnitus.

We have released a full length lp/cd on Slowdime Records (# 15), and before that a split ten inch with the Dusters on Superbad, Dischord (#6/117.5), and before that a self released seven inch that is now out of print. Postcards are still available through Dischord Direct.

The Most Secret Method’s first show was in July of 1996 at the Black Cat in Washington, DC. The band assembled gradually after Marc and Johanna bumped into one another at a Crownhate Ruin show. Marc used to be in Fine Day (1990 -1993), Johanna used to be in Lincoln (1991-1993), and Ryan used to be in Jury Rig (1994 -1995).

Thank you for you interest and attention.

REVIEWS

Bloomington, IN (March 1999) http://www.indepen.com/1999/mar1899/arts/seth.html

Mary Chen http://www.marychen.com/reviews/msm_gl_cd.html

Ink 19 (September 98) http://www.ink19.com/issues_F/98_09/wet_ink/music_im/073_most_secret_nf.html

Pickle Patch (July 19, 1997) http://www.phyte.com/ppatch/ppatchreviews3.html

Stratagem http://www.west.net/~dostendo/msm7.htm

The Blue Room Chico, CA (April 5, 1999) http://www.thesynthesis.com/reviews/shows/secretmethod.html

Leeds, England (June 19, 1999) http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/7727/liverev/live8.html

Initial Records http://www.initialrecords.com/catalog/m.html

iMusic Indie Showcase http://imusic.com/showcase2/indie/music/mostsecretmethod.html

INTERVIEWS

Held Like Sound #1 http://www.heldlikesound.com/MSM.html

Diamondback (University of MD, November 18, 1998) http://www.inform.umd.edu/News/Diamondback/1998-editions/11-Nov/18-Wednesday/Div2.htm

Torpedo Dialogues (ok, this is more of an ad, $2 for great zine!) http://www.heldlikesound.com/torpedo2.html


Copperpress #2 (Photos by Ann Jaeger) http://www.copperpress.com/msm.html

PHOTOS

AZ Conni, Dresden, Germany (May 24, 1999) http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/3938/thias/haupt3.html#method

Valley Gallery, State College, PA (from both incarnations of The White Lodge) http://www.outtoeat.com/thewhitelodge/mostsecret.htm

Johanna, from Christopher (scroll down a bit) http://www.hypnomedia.com/eon/fragments/people1.html

USEFUL SITES

DC/Baltimore All Ages show listings, updated weekly http://www.erols.com/redmenace/DCB.htm

DC Show Collective http://www.freespeech.org/dccollective/Default.htm

Positive Force http://www.outersound.com/positive/

SHOUT-OUTS

Mary Chen, your guide to life, the world, the universe http://www.marychen.com

Arlie Carstens of Juno in Copperpress http://www.copperpress.com/arlie.html

Perri Morgan, rad skate champ http://www.fiveboro.com/teampages/pmorgan.htm

Cynthia Connolly, photographer extraordinaire http://www.southern.com/southern/band/CYNTH/mindex.html

Red Menace and the New Columbia Liberation Army http://users.erols.com/redmenace/index.htm

Juno, brilliant light of the northwest http://members.aol.com/juno1juno/index.html

The Stigmatics and the excellent Brickthrower zine http://users.erols.com/ahuron/stigmatics.html

Q And Not U, and Held Like Sound http://www.heldlikesound.com/hlstitle.html

Dim Mak Records, positive hardcore infused with powerful chi energy http://www.dimmak.com/

Resin Records http://www.resindc.com/

Desoto Records http://www.his.com/~desoto/info.html

Washington City Paper, set list poetry contest http://www.washcp.com/archives/indc/setlist/setlist0816.html

DCCD http://www.dogcatcatdog.com/index.htm

Threespot designers http://www.threespot.com