Conversation Suicide is One of Tucson Arizona's most amazing, and eclectic, underground collectives. They have been headed up by PHLEGM on BASS/VOCALS for over 8 years along with a hoary host of talented & creative musicians. Current CORE Lineup includes D-Lo on Vocals/Guitar, and CROSS on Drums/Vocals. Current Additional Guitar work and collaborations from ZTP (IAC Star), Steven Butt, Seth Mckernan, Jeff Rosen, Aaron Murgenthal, Rita Taylor, and IAC Phillie Great, Hugh Hamilton. We are also working with a few hip-hop artists, most notably: C-note, Cuffs, G, and The Country Boys. Along with a HUGE shout out to our most recently exited, amazing Drummer, Dan Ward, who's doin' a little "time". Associating with this collective includes the benefit of being the house band at one of the BEST Tucson UNDERGROUND MUSIC Scenes available, at their practice space in the ARTFEST MUSIC HAUS. These Shows at PHLEGM's humble abode have at times drawn more ears & eyes than than some of Tucson's sadly under-attended clubs. ARTFEST provides a venue for Musicians who create & perform ORIGINAL music and are tired of NOT getting any reward for doing it. Some of Tucson's Finest Musicians have been in the band CONVERSATION SUICIDE and many of that Local Scene's FINEST Bands, and associated musicians, have played one of their EARLY shows, before local acclaim, at an ARTFEST show. This has been going on for over 12 years. The foremost example are the bands, Diversion Program, & Sanity in DEATH (HAMMERMILL label), who not only played at PHLEGM & Princezzz' wedding but have played the ARTFEST Haus at LEAST once every couple of year since 2003. ALSO RECESS RECORDS band SWING DING AMIGOS and the members of SHARK PANTS played an ARTFEST, before they were signed. An interesting number of other SIGNED artists have done some time at an ARTFEST show in the early stages of their music careers. CONVERSATION SUICIDE, Get your D.I.Y. copy NOW, of their 3rd CD, "EBT - CONVERSATION SUICIDE" from the Record Label listed below, OR you can hear many tunes off that CD right here all beautifully mixed & mastered by Bradley Torrison of DARKSIDE PRODUCTIONS. The first two STUDIO recorded CDs, "NOT A CHANCE IN HELL" and "Tucson Epidemic: Bands that shared the same Phlegm", have both been selling without the pretty packaging or BARCODE for $5.00 to $10.00, locally and abroad. You can order these sonically completed works NOW by mailing a $5 money order to the address listed under "record label" below, OR wait for the soon to be mass-produced, with GRAPHICS/LYRIX, etc.: "EBT - THE BEST OF CONVERSATION SUICIDE so far..." coming in 2010. ARTFEST MUSIC is partnering with ROMULUS X Records UK. This will be a compilation of some of our best work 2000-2009. So Beat the RUSH! Get your pre-release D.I.Y. copy NOW from your pal Phlegm! And be on the lookout for EARLY release of some of the tracks off the 2011 CD, "The Early Stages of Total Depravity".
Shine on out there all you crazy diamonds!

D.I.Y. Indie Record Label =
ARTFEST MUSIC
916 S. Elmerita
Tucson, AZ 85710 USA

New LABEL, as of 2010 =
Kenny Colgate and
School of Product Recall's
ROMULUS X RECORDS UK

	Salvage My Soul -(raw, wall of noise-NOT mixed) This is going to be fixed/mixed and mastered. Here's the RAW version, prior to our 2012 New DEMO release with Cross on Drums: "The Early Stages of Total Depravity"	Hard Alternative
	Fuck Buddy -NEW studio Track and LIVE YouTube the SCRATCH vocals we did, while recording bass/drums, are slightly off-key, and were off-the cuff; to be replaced with better, soon...here's a NEW poppy punk, "love" ballad for ya.	Pop Punk
	Tattoo My Fist It's pretty easy to figure out wha's goin' on in this one .... Duh... It's OUR attempt at writin' a bitchin' UNDERGROUND Anthem PLEASE Check out the humourous related BLOG!	Hard Alternative
	In His Head Peaked at NO.29 in KIAC Big 50, Number 25 in the Underground 40, Number 1 in Hard Alternative, and made it into the TOP 5 of All Genres. And I couldn't be prouder!	alternative melodic metal
	The Sun Is Risin' Yes, influenced by AL Jourgensen in vocal styling / It's vampiri-licious ... Peaked at no. 5 in all genres and reached Number 1 in HARD Alternative.	Hard Alternative
	The One Once you get past the CHEEZY, but humorous acapella lounge intro by PRINCEZZZ & PHLEGM, designed to confuse & amuse- It's GREAT melodic Alterna-METAL with just a dab of GARGOYLE for Aggression.	Hard Alternative
	Private Hell This one's about somebody you probably know, the character referenced is a SHE, but doesn't necessarily need to be so... WELCOME to their PRIVATE HELL... it's easy to get sucked in.	Hard Alternative
	DUI GUY DONE with hurried punk speed in the studio for CHEAP, but still came out kinda cool. Peaked at number 1 in HARD ALTERNATIVE and made it to the TOP 10 of all genres.	Hard Alternative
	SHELL SHOCK It's really about the life of an addict, but COULD be interpreted as being about anybody who experienced some psychological/emotional trauma from the LOVELY War in the middle east as a service person.	Hard Alternative
	Eggshells One of Phlegm's Phirst poppy-rock songs - a little derivative, but kinda cool, catchy vibe...	Pop
	Feelings comin' Down - LIVE (and VERY listenable) This song is an obvious happy/sad peppy little blues-rock POP tune, about how we FEEL when in LOVE sometimes...	Pop
	Transitions (Rita Taylor on backup vocals/guitar) All about being a musician and laying it all out there - I SO do MISS working with an AMAZING female singer/songwriter/guitarist !	indie rock
	Hard to Find (Studio take) School of Product Recall often says emphatically to pHLeGm: "Why does everything you do, sound like the Beatles, you damn wanker?"	Pop
	I don't wanna Fight with U no more -LIVE JUST sloppy, FUN LIVE punk phrom phlegm & crew	Live Performances
	Time in A Bottle All about a path taken that is not recommended	Hard Alternative
	I feel like I'm dancin' in the street It's a VERY derivative, 60's soundin', poppy/happy tune from Phlegm. From the B-sides...	Pop
	you look familiar this tune has done AMAZINGLY in Tucson, got played on Tucson's KXCI station a few times, by local celebrities and music DJ's Al Perry and Don Hennings...wooo hooo!	Pop
	Simple I love you -( feat. Rita Taylor ) - LIVE just a badass LIVE funky li'l ditty, that ALMOST made it to the studio. I was really sad when this one got PULLED from the lineup for recording a couple of years ago.....and I'm STILL prayin' for livin' long enough to professionally record (with quality players) li'l tunes that CAN, like this...in the MEANTIME though, it's gonna be ALL NEW stuff, on this NEXT CD....	Hip/Hop Alternative
	pOt of gOLd - LIVE in the ARTFEST haus One of my phaVoUrites of the tunes I've colaborated on. Another of the HUNDREDS of tunes, we hope to someday record in the studio...	Hard Alternative
	I wallow in my Own Shit S'bout all things Conversation Suicide & HELL - written during a down time to purge the demons	Hard Alternative
	Broken Joke (LIVE) A beatlesesque ditty with a slightly dark message... made it to TOP 10 of LIVE Performances so FAR Thanks to the Listeners!	Acoustic
	Friends It's about friends you meet along the way in this crazy-assed life of ours. Has a great Countri-fied Chorus, Don't you ThinK?	Country
	Pussy Li'l Amp (Blues REMIX #25) It's Phlegm's Workin' Man BLues REDONE with the NEW band members	Blues
	Where's my Friggin' Pipe? " uhhhh..... what were we talkin' 'bout, man?" "urrrr...uhhhh....yeah...I don't remember either." "That's Conver-fuckin'-Sation Suicide dude! " "wow, man" "yeah, fully" " so, uh, What's Conversation Suicide, again?" "DOH! " "man.....you smoke ENTIRELY TOO much Herb!"	Hard Alternative
	For Gustino -( LIVE / LoVeRLy / Punk LaMeNT ) yup. Another Lo-Phi Gem pHRoM pHuCkinG pHLeGm !!!!!!!!	Live Performances
	Here in This Hell - LIVE=Dedicated to Jim Franklin Here it is, the first of a few we did with ZTP as guest Lead Guitarist ! Dad, I know you're still making an impact, wherever you are....	Folk Rock
	Nasty Keys - LIVE and DEMENTED ambient piece yeah....I know it's a little long, but it was intended for a small background part in my upcoming first movie.	Musical Theatre
	On My Knees 2 Weep -LIVE with special guest=ZTP this one was from a love poem...	lofi
	Don't Wanna Fuckin' Work No More -LIVE n' RAW Punk I don't wanna Fuckin' Work NO MORE ! but I gots to work a day job, mang. 'tis the LIFE of most musicians. WORK all Day, Play all Nite...you get the idea.	lofi
	Psychic Friend put this up due to a personal request from DirgeK's Mum (Jill) -It should bring at least one or two chuckles out there!	Comedy
	7 Direct Damage-(NEW, raw trax- b4 mix/master) this is the first draft of a NEW one, that we currently play LIVE, and with the same lineup as shown below. I.E. D-Lo guitar/vocals, pHLeGm bass/vocals & CROSS drums/vocals.	Hard Alternative
	Drip (Soul Kiss) - LIVE, RAW and REAL Lo-Fi another Badass one from Conversation Suicide, that should have made it to the studio....	lofi
	Those Workin' Man Blues This is the original song by Phlegm that was SO loved by our TUCSON fans, we had to do "Pussy Li'l Amp-BLues remix #25" Well ... uh... yeah-this is the extended ORIGINAL version, complete with ficticious, but NOT entirely heretical ODE, to the BLUES Artists of OLD.	Blues
	Those RockaBILLy Workin' Man bLUEz - (LIVE) JUST yet another version of da blues, wit' dat pHLeGm pHuNk...	Live Performances
	Atlantis (LIVE) A song about writing a song of The Princezzz, The Poet & the Iron Horse	Live Performances
	Do Without it's silly poppy bluesy alterna rock. A little derivative, but fun.	Alternative Pop Rock
	YES-FX ( NEW hidden track from our previous CD ) This is the LAST track (after a 3 1/2 minute gap of dead air) on our previous CD - "EBT - The Best of Conversation Suicide so far..."	Experimental AvanteGarde
	Daffodils (LIVE) This song is a TRUE Story.... Well Almost!	lofi
	Oh, Don't you Know...(sultry & LIVE mellow groove) A song about one of human-kind's phavourite poetic subjects = LOVE.	Live Performances
	Hardcore with Phlegm & C-note Just a cool moment of good FREE-stylin' by PHlegm and his HOMEY C-note over their original beats...	Hip Hop/Rap
	Kick Your Ass A Hate Anthem for your Ex	Hard Alternative
	Cellar Doors The alternative to actually murdering is to write a song about it. The TRUE definition of HARD alternative and Creepy serial killer vibes make it work nicely...Don't ya think?	Hard Alternative
	I wish I was a dog - LIVE - perfect 4 LoFi station Yet another silly li'l retro-style ditty, pretty cool, once you get past the intro.	Acoustic
	Jesus Hawker Yup. Pretty much Stonesy-bluesy-poppy ROck pHrOm pHLeGm	Pop
	Whips and Chains Oh golly jeepers I do so LIKE her whips and chains!	Hard Alternative
	Outta My Way -LIVE This one is obvious...Just GET OUTTA MY FUCKIN' WAY! Short, and to the POINT PUNK Phrom PHLEGM's long-winded ass!	Live Performances
	The Co-Dependent Lie (Goddamn!) - LIVE S'bout life with an abusive bi-polar person & the horrible cyclical truth	Live Performances
	Close yo' mutha fuckin' eyes It's a soon to be true story about censorship, flag burnin', etc.	Hard Alternative
	Basic Blues MIX (Keep it Rollin') We caught this little snippet at one of our many LIVE shows, and BRADLEY TORRISON, my favorite recording engineer was able to mix and master it for presentation on our STUDIO CD.	Blues
	We're in - We're Out (LIVE) ABOUT 911 events and the ensuing middle eastern conflict. Apparently in the middle of 2002, I turned into a PROPHET... predicting another Viet-nam like scenario. This crap has gone on for almost 7 years now. TIME TO END IT!	Live Performances
	No Responsibility Probably my WORST song vocally, but the MUSIC kicks ASS!	Hard Alternative
	FEEL HER WRATH ENTER her world IF you dare but don't be fooled by the glitter & gloss	Hard Alternative
	Funny Li'l Boyz It's got a GOOD message if you listen to the whole sarcastic piece - Mellow Hick Punk at it's finest.	Punk/Emo/Ska
	Fractured Love Song #23 about good sweet lovin' with a quirky message	Pop
	Burden of the Chain -LIVE n' la-la -LO-FI-Licious here's another new one, that hasn't made it to the studio yet. Even with all it's imperfections, it strongly captures our range of ideas & diversity of styles.	Folk Rock
	Vishnu -LIVE This song is another one of those "didn't make it to the studio" yet tunes that was played LIVE & with heart, and hopefully captures the VISION of what it WILL be, in the studio...	Live Performances
	Tell Me Why (so Schitzo) One of the first tunes I ever wrote a little derivative, but that's what happens when you start writing your own music...	Pop
	HUGH Look Familiar - the Hugh Hamilton Remix "this is da HUGH Hamilton meets PHLEGM REMIX!"	Pop
	Writing a song together-"To get Closer to You" another sweet li'l ditty.	Acoustic
	'bye Tucson, I'm Goin' to England Town -2010 LIVE Here's a pHaN pHav: LIVE and RAW n' REAL	Live Performances
	LIVE Interview on After Midnight With Lefty Gomez This is from the February 10th, 2011 Interview on the "After Midnight with Lefty Gomez" show on KNRY 1240 radio, in Monterey, California. A LOT of support for Indie, IACMusic, and IAC Artists mentioned... some fuckin' GREAT stuff in this interaction between pHLeGm & Lefty...	Speech
	Raymond Porter Interviews pHLeGm in Space This is the interview (PART 1) with Phlegm of Conversation Suicide, done by Raymond Porter near the end of 2008. As you can hear, I was actually visting Substation ALPHA -97 in outer space, while doing the Interview. So sorry about the poor sound quality from my end. But that's what happens when your millions of miles away, or in another dimension....	Live Performances
	Raymond Porter and pHLeGm in space, Part 2 This is part 2 of the lovely, but VERY LONG-winded (sorry!) Conversation with Conversation Suicide, done by Raymond Porter before the trip to the UK. Ray was gracious enough to interview me, even though my responses are from millions of lightyears away, from a communications substation; I believe it was somewhere near Planet 9 in the Bloxlargonian Galaxy. uhh... please forgive the poor sound quality of my voice. -pHLeGm	Live Performances
	Rosie (LIVE YouTube Video NEW YEARS Eve Show 2010)	Rock
	YouTube video=Live a la casa de Princezzz y pHLeGm includes Redneck Ballerina, a CCR COver= Fortunate Son; Where's my Friggin' Pipe & Punk Ass Bitch.... LIVE & RAW as hell.	Alternative

The CODE	12/31/2011 1:40:35 PM ROCK ON>>> MoFo! Colin
Vincenzo Pandolfi	12/31/2011 7:02:59 AM Just want to wish you the very best for 2012. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Vincenzo
Chandra Moon	12/30/2011 2:39:57 AM Congratulations on being Featured Artists - you all work so hard and committed to your music you deserve it!!
Slimdog Productions	12/24/2011 3:57:00 PM Congrats again on making the artist of the week. Long overdue and very well deserved brutha!!! Happy Holidays to you and all your family!!! Slim
DirgeK	12/23/2011 1:57:30 PM A very Merry Christmas to you and all the family and all the best for 2012. Happy music making J & T
Slimdog Productions	12/4/2011 10:17:20 AM Congrats on making the Hitline!!!
Conversation Suicide	9/4/2011 5:43:12 PM huuurrrkay -ddurrrkay so AUGUST was a pretty bad-ass month TOO; and although we've dropped in the charts a bit, with so much amazing NEW music on IAC, we've still been gaining plenty of new phanz and listeners; as evidenced by our facebook likes. SO YAY Team !!! Thank you to one and ALL who've given us a good listen or two !! ROCK ON, evabuddy, and let's have a killa SEPTEMBER, filled with PEACE, and with spreading that LOVE.... === : 0
Conversation Suicide	8/4/2011 4:21:58 PM wow. July was a cool month too, with the finances finally coming together for better equipment, and finishing up in the STUDIO for our NEW 16 trax, and a NEW hidden track, on our DOUBLE-CD Release, "The Early Stages of Total Depravity"...So be lookin' for THAT one, in the WINTER of 2011/2012, right before the world ends....tee heeeeee..... AND, got a message from another of my Phavourite IAC ARTISTS, J. P. Sharpe ! J.P. I'm still serious about covering one of your tunes, ASAP I'll probably try to bring SCHOOL of Product Recall in on guitar! He claims he'll be heading out to stay with me in TUCSON, for a couple of months, all expenses PAID, in early 2012... So we'll be contacting you, in the distant pHuTure, bro. Peace to all o' y'all and SPREAD that LOVE, mang! Have a KILLA August... === ; - }
J. Patrick Sharpe	7/10/2011 7:13:10 AM Hey Phlegm, How you doing? Just stopping in to say hi. Checking out your videos now. Awesome! Been away for a while but coming back into the fold to see what is going on with my friends at IAC. I took down a bunch of my older recordings and I am kind of starting over. Posted new songs and newer recordings of older songs. Pretty much sounds like me these days when I am playing to four walls and a ceiling. Hope all is well with you guys. You still moving across the pond at some point? Keep doing what you do. It makes people happy and it makes a difference! JP Sharpe
Conversation Suicide	7/9/2011 7:58:08 PM WOW - so JUNE a great month too, for growth in listenership, and COOL comments from my peeps and some amazing IAC Artists; HELLZ yeah. This is what helps keep the new original music goin' y'all. ZTP You're fuckin' AWESOME bro; keep keepin' it real, mang. SilverDoods Rob, Leo, et. al Y'all are some of my role models, with your never ending drive to spread that love, and do your music, through even DARK tragedies that you've faced in New Zealand, in the past few years Definitely on my list of folks to meet in person, if there's ever a way - Thanks for the kind words, and all the best for a much less disaster-filled Summer/Fall & Winter, my brothers. Bev You already know you're phReAkiN' beautiful & musically a Goddezzz, when you do that thang you do I've sent a lot of phanz & listeners your way all the best for even BIGGER successes in this second half of 2011! PEACE, and SPREAD that LOVE y'all.... === ; - p
ZTP	6/27/2011 7:35:10 AM Keep Rockin This Is IAC!!! to me So PhanPhukkinTastic to listen to!!!ZTP333
Beverly Jayne	6/19/2011 2:12:59 PM Hey dude! Thanks for the shout out! I appreciate it BIG TIME! I can't believe my eyes :-)
SILVERWOODSTUDIO	6/18/2011 5:02:15 PM Hey PhLeGm Thanks for your support and thought re the devastation of Christchurch Now over 7000 quakes since Februarythe folks there have just had enough, but they just keep coming cheers mate Rob
ZTP	6/17/2011 10:22:06 PM Dude love the videos!,you my friend Rock!!!
Conversation Suicide	6/16/2011 1:16:35 AM Petra Luna, Social Spit, Slimdog Productions, and Steve Ison too !!! Now that's a DIVERSE offering of Indie LOVE from my fellow artists... Thanks to y'all, and other muses at IAC, MAY was good to us. peace & Spread that Love ! -pHLeGm
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