protection spells is now available to purchase from emusic in mp3 format. it was originally released in 2000 as a european tour cd and limited to just 500 copies. needless to say, it’s long been out of print and has fetched ridiculous sums of money when it’s appeared on ebay. if you’ve never used emusic before, they have a free 25 song trial so you could download it for free!

over the next three months jason molina will be doing solo shows over three different continents. he leaves this weekend for shows in australia and new zealand - his first tour there in nearly 5 years. in early december he’ll be travelling through the southern u.s. for a week followed by a one-off show in nova scotia. and for good measure, most of february will be spent in europe doing solo shows. almost all of the dates for these tours are confirmed and available under tour dates.

thanks for all of your questions, i’ve now transcribed and posted jason’s responses.

a quick reminder that fading trails is in stores today. if you don’t want to deal with the local record store clerk, you could always buy it from the band on one of their nearly fifty american tour dates this fall.

jason molina will be playing some solo shows in australia and new zealand this coming november between the 10th and the 23rd… and spring 2007 will find magnolia electric co. back in europe from april 25th to may 13th (including a very cool festival appearance that should be announced soon).