Best known as the guitarist for The Dead Milkmen, Joe Jack Talcum is an authentic American cultural treasure and a true living poet. Respect him, or go fuck yourself. Yes, really.

Notorious music critic and Nirvana cohort Everett True has already proclaimed "Who's A Fuzzy Buddy?" to be album of the year. Scott Creney has said it is "the link between all that came before it, and everything that will come after." Marty Thau, New York Dolls manager and champion of ground breaking acts like Suicide, has voiced his unequivocal support for The Bastards and invited them to play his festival. Alex Holmes at Vice said "... this whole thing is going to give me nightmares." CMJ, Athens Popfest, critical acclaim and revulsion, it's all happening - the whole pile of garbage. Come see what it means... come see The Bastards of Fate.

The soft-spoken, enigmatic Goodshank made his high-profile debut playing acoustic guitar in The Moldy Peaches (Rough Trade). Once that band began its indefinite hiatus, Goodshank kicked his solo career into overdrive, pumping out albums the way some men pump out semen, touring Europe twice with the likes of Jeffrey Lewis (Rough Trade) and fellow Moldy Peach Kimya Dawson (K Records). In a relatively short amount of time, Toby Goodshank has become a crucial voice in the underground NYC music scene, with unconventional song-structures and surreal lyrics supported by an uncommonly professional approach to his performative craft.