Means of Production Recordings
@trick-g.bsky.social
An independent label in the Washington, DC area. Vinyl for czonka.bandcamp.com and upcoming releases by The Electric Grandmother, Cofferdam, and others.
Two things. Thing 1: Tone, Czonka, and Oms tomorrow night Sat 11/1 at Galactic Panther, Alexandria. Thing 2: Means of Production is releasing Electric Grandmother's first vinyl LP early next year! 18 songs! Do you find them offensive? TOO BAD. Their songs are catchier than any other DC band. Fact.
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Two things. Thing 1: Tone, Czonka, and Oms tomorrow night Sat 11/1 at Galactic Panther, Alexandria. Thing 2: Means of Production is releasing Electric Grandmother's first vinyl LP early next year! 18 songs! Do you find them offensive? TOO BAD. Their songs are catchier than any other DC band. Fact.
Didn't get tickets for Shudder to Think in DC this Friday night? Come see this instead at Comet Ping Pong: Czonka and Minibeast, featuring Peter Prescott of Mission of Burma. Czonka will have guest guitarist Pete Duvall on a couple of songs. @minibeastband.bsky.social; czonka.bandcamp.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Didn't get tickets for Shudder to Think in DC this Friday night? Come see this instead at Comet Ping Pong: Czonka and Minibeast, featuring Peter Prescott of Mission of Burma. Czonka will have guest guitarist Pete Duvall on a couple of songs. @minibeastband.bsky.social; czonka.bandcamp.com
I saw Pulp at Anthem last night and am happy to report that Jarvis Cocker's slow transformation into Charles Nelson Reilly is now complete. (It was an entertaining show, but the resemblance is uncanny.)
September 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I saw Pulp at Anthem last night and am happy to report that Jarvis Cocker's slow transformation into Charles Nelson Reilly is now complete. (It was an entertaining show, but the resemblance is uncanny.)
Still have the flier! 34 years ago...
August 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Still have the flier! 34 years ago...
I love Galactic Panther, a cool little gallery and performance space in Old Town Alexandria near King St Metro. But it's funny that the ticket link describes Tone as "emerging" when they've existed for 35 years. In fact, my old band, Pitchblende, first played with Tone at 15 Minutes in DC in 1991.
August 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I love Galactic Panther, a cool little gallery and performance space in Old Town Alexandria near King St Metro. But it's funny that the ticket link describes Tone as "emerging" when they've existed for 35 years. In fact, my old band, Pitchblende, first played with Tone at 15 Minutes in DC in 1991.
Was the voice, like, really really gravelly?
July 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Was the voice, like, really really gravelly?
On Saturday, August 16, my band is playing at Comet Ping Pong in DC with the most excellent Shadow Riot and Hammer No More the Fingers. Our second LP will be available. Come for the pizza, stay for the tunes!
July 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
On Saturday, August 16, my band is playing at Comet Ping Pong in DC with the most excellent Shadow Riot and Hammer No More the Fingers. Our second LP will be available. Come for the pizza, stay for the tunes!
Totally hate-watched part 1 of the new Billy Joel documentary last night. He should’ve quit after Attila, because there was just no topping that.
July 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Totally hate-watched part 1 of the new Billy Joel documentary last night. He should’ve quit after Attila, because there was just no topping that.
“I’m once again asking you to support local bands, including Czonka and Right Chipper, who play this Sunday night at Galaxy Hut. Now, I’m more of a Dylan, Baez, and Guthrie (Woody not Arlo) fan. I don’t get math-rock, kraut-rock, snout-rock, or whatever. But Coldplay can’t have all the fans.”
July 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“I’m once again asking you to support local bands, including Czonka and Right Chipper, who play this Sunday night at Galaxy Hut. Now, I’m more of a Dylan, Baez, and Guthrie (Woody not Arlo) fan. I don’t get math-rock, kraut-rock, snout-rock, or whatever. But Coldplay can’t have all the fans.”
NEXT CZONKA SHOW ARLINGTON VIRGINIA SUNDAY JULY 20 TATER TOTS & BEER PLUS RIGHT CHIPPER IS SICK
July 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NEXT CZONKA SHOW ARLINGTON VIRGINIA SUNDAY JULY 20 TATER TOTS & BEER PLUS RIGHT CHIPPER IS SICK
Had to go into the office today, and didn’t feel like fighting insane traffic and tropical storms on the way home, so I decided to stop and have a grilled cheese with pickles, a mountain of tots, and a strawberry-pineapple wheat beer instead. Viva Galaxy Hut.
July 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Had to go into the office today, and didn’t feel like fighting insane traffic and tropical storms on the way home, so I decided to stop and have a grilled cheese with pickles, a mountain of tots, and a strawberry-pineapple wheat beer instead. Viva Galaxy Hut.
Feeling confident
June 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Feeling confident
Big summer ahead for my band, Czonka. New album plus a raft of shows. Git some.
June 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Big summer ahead for my band, Czonka. New album plus a raft of shows. Git some.
Still one of my all-time favorite cartoons: “Gwarnica” by Mike Riley
May 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Still one of my all-time favorite cartoons: “Gwarnica” by Mike Riley
NO SHIT, SHERLOCK
May 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NO SHIT, SHERLOCK
Up next: Saturday 28 June.
May 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Up next: Saturday 28 June.
That time @dcave.bsky.social and I were at an Italian restaurant and the waiter brought out a giant hypodermic needle full of pesto and injected the burrata with it. #sorcery
May 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
That time @dcave.bsky.social and I were at an Italian restaurant and the waiter brought out a giant hypodermic needle full of pesto and injected the burrata with it. #sorcery
They’ll get this and like it.
May 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
They’ll get this and like it.
@mlarmoyeux.bsky.social snapped this photo of me playing an Irish frame drum called a bodhran in the studio two months ago. I’d only learned the technique a few weeks before recording, but it turned out alright, and is featured in a song on Czonka’s new album “Geography of Nowhere” coming in summer.
May 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
@mlarmoyeux.bsky.social snapped this photo of me playing an Irish frame drum called a bodhran in the studio two months ago. I’d only learned the technique a few weeks before recording, but it turned out alright, and is featured in a song on Czonka’s new album “Geography of Nowhere” coming in summer.
cartoon by brian walsby
April 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
cartoon by brian walsby
I call it “The Combover”.
Behold: the original Duck…
Behold: the original Duck…
April 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I call it “The Combover”.
Behold: the original Duck…
Behold: the original Duck…
Cute, but I prefer this mascot.
March 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Cute, but I prefer this mascot.