Hi guys!
It’s been a long time since I took a stroll, rock and roll, etc.
I have been immersing myself in making new noise. Hopefully soon there will be stuff to post.
I am currently enjoying working with a new band consisting of Pat Barousse, Jordan Myers, Brian Heath and myself. I am playing guitar, singing and writing some songs with the guys. So far it is going very well and we have about 8 songs already in various larval and finished stages. No band name yet. ‘Poncho’ was mentioned earlier. John Hintz would probably offer up the band name ‘Side’, which we thought was the worst band name ever!
In other bright and crispy news, The Exploding Madonna reformed after a year and a half and has been trying to bust out of its dormant state. Good things happening with that and possibly a new record coming up. Maybe some shows too, but it’s tentative at best right now and we’re just thankful to be back together and enjoying music and each other.
Newsboy Legion worked on some new tunes back in September/October, but they are incomplete. It will probably take another session to wrap it up, but the stuff turned out a little more like “Jimmy Don’t Like That” then the electronic stuff.
It’s pretty raw and ragged as we shook the cob webs off.
Icon Mine disbanded for now with no plans for the future anytime soon. I would like to thank James and Larry for allowing me to participate in their music.
Trying to pull Canard and the Magnetic Band out of the ether. No firm plans, but the reunion show at the Legion Hall was kicking back in September.
That’s all for now… thanks!
Maybe new music posted here soon!
good to see you back! I’ve been eager for some new Coleman tunes, and also have to wonder about your thoughts on the upcoming election. No political ranting for too long! Of course, as a Floridian, your vote sorta counts; as a North Carolinian, mine might conceivably, if the race isn’t still decided by MAY.
Especially happy to hear about Newsboy Legion. I just took Ike for a spin the other day, and most of the Jimmy Don’t Like That tunes live permanently on my iPod.
rock on!
Frazer
On the election…as long as it’s a DEM. Either one is fine. I prefer Obama, but I’m okay with Hillary although things have been so royally fucked it’ll hardly matter.
I’m with you. Funny how breathtakingly stupid the media is being about so many things. Suddenly even our primary is going to matter, and my wife Sally and I will be voting for different candidates for the first time ever. And now you Floridians might get to vote again.
It’s funny…in 2004, everyone was buying political books from our store, even the stupid Swift Boat crap. This time around, no one wants to read about it. Even me. Exception: Paul Krugman’s Conscience of a Liberal taught me a lot about the history of how we got where we are.