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August 31, 2006 by PT Rothschild.
Full Value Entertainment is starting up a new venue spot in Temecula. On September 9th FVE will host FROM THE AUTHOR, SCIENCE AND ROMANCE, PHIL LOCASH, AND THE BALCONY SCENE @ the Subway Acoustic Showcase, 27315 Jefferson Avenue, T-town. Doors are 7PM and $5 all ages.
Thursday night’s The Palette is changing hosts as Eric Mendez turns the music brushes over to Java Joz Johnny. The first JJJ show will be September 7th and will feature Ryan McLaughlin, a Palette regular, Valiant, and a surprise guest MC. One other band will also be featured. Doors are 7 PM and $5 all ages.
The Temeku Theatre TONITE will feature three bands and a movie. The line-up will be Hotel Underground, Get Back Loretta, the 40 minute Wright Brothers’ surfing film, ‘With The Grain’ followed by the Austin James Band. Doors are 7PM and $10 all ages.
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JAMS News for Aug 30 2006
August 31, 2006 by Bill Gould, Publisher.
The J.A.M.S. (hopefully) weekly newsletter
Joshua Tree Association of Musicians and Songwriters
A division of New Moon Records
PO Box 203
Joshua Tree, CA 92252
Gig reports and editorial comments for the week Aug 30, 2006
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hey, hey, hey-
A lot of folks are interested in the condition of Johnny Ray Martin, hurt in a motorcycle accident recently. We just talked to him today; he is out of IC and going home soon. He is in good spirits. He will be recouperating for several months with broken collarbone, ribs, face; also internal and arm injuries. He won’t be playing autoharp for awhile, but will be singing with ‘Shadow Mountain’ as soon as he feels good enough. I’ll let you know.
Earthlink is causing problems by asking for elaborate forms to be filled out to deliver bulk mail, like this list, and even personal mail. If you subscribe to Earthlink and wish to recieve this newsletter, please change services or try to fix problems on your end. I will not fill out their forms*. Other providers sometimes require a little verification that’s not too bad; Earthlink is over the top. No wonder they are going under.
It’s nice to be home and have a weekend off. See you out and about.
Happy 60th anniversary to Pitown.
*(I don’t stand in lines, either)
Dat’s all for now.
Work like you don’t need the money.
Love like you’ve never been hurt.
Dance like nobody’s watching.
Sing like nobody’s listening.
Stay in tune.
Da prez
PS: Check out…JAMS Announcements by Al Murdy (another great editorial)
Also, if you are interested in cause and effect in economics, check out JAMS economic supplement. It is an article from the New Yorker (america’s best magazine). After I had read it, several friends also brought it to my attention. Since there was so much interest in this circle, I thought maybe the JAMS folks would appreciate it.
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***gig reports***
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Water Canyon Coffee Company –Yucca Valley’s music café
Music now Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat…
Yucca Valley at 55844 29 Palms Highway. 760 365 7771
This week on the Water Canyon Stage:
Tuesday evening 6-9PM
Kenny’s Brown Bag Session
Thursday Night Songwriting, Poetry , and Rhythm Club 7-9PM
Join the Cultural Elite for the best vibes, spoken word, and music
Friday Night 7-9PM
Bugs Salcido- eclectic folk/bluesmeister
Saturday Brunch set 11AM-1PM
Tommy Paul is back
Saturday Evening set 8-10PM
Jon Whytock- guitar virtuoso
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Harriet’s
Greetings!! We have some cool stuff coming to you the next few weeks.. This Thursday should not be missed. We just got Billy Harvey’s CD and we LOVE it..Steve Poltz has always been a Pappy’s favorite and the show is f*#@! FREE!! This weekend is also Pioneertown’s 60th anniversary. We are so lucky and grateful the town is still here to celebrate!
Thursday, August 31 steve poltz and billy harvey 7 pm
Friday & Saturday, Sept 1 & 2 terry hanson and the westerners 7 pm
Sunday, Sep 3 the thriftstore allstars 6 pm
Thursday, Sep 7 bugs salcido 7 pm
Friday & Saturday, Sept 8 & 9 KCRW and Pitch-a-Tent Records Present: Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven’s 2nd annual Campout! featuring Cracker, CVB, John Doe, Neko Case, Gram Rabbit, The Thrift Store All Stars and much much more!!! all ages! weekend pass, $40/$25 each night. Advance tickets and more info available at www.crackersoul.com Inside Pappy’s: Bartenders Bible, Ted Quinn and Friends, Shawn Mafia and The Ten Cent Thrills, Rojer Arnold Band, FDR, Ryan Hedgecock From Lone Justice and more!!!
Please Visit www.pappyandharriets.com www.myspace.com/pappyandharriets for ALL upcoming shows and any other info you may need.. “Retire Now…Work Later…”
760 365 5956 PandHPALACE@aol.com
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Radio 60 upcoming schedule… Friday, September 1, NASCAR Promotion at The Lowe’s in Redlands, 1725 W. Redlands Blvd, Redlands, Ca., 92373, Noon to 1pm, 909-307-8883… Friday, September 1, Canyon Lake Country Club, 32-001 Railroad Canyon Road, Canyon Lake, Ca., 92527, 7pm to 10pm, 951-246-1773…Saturday, September 2, Private Party at the Canyon Lake Country Club Lodge…
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Beatnik - Visit www.jtbeat.com
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Kokopelli’s Go to www.myspace.com/kokopelliskantina 369-6660
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There be Pirates!
“William Pint and Felicia Dale rank among North America’ s most exciting interpreters of music is based in the traditions of the British Isles and France … unconventional but spine-tingling … unique and mesmerizing.” Dirty Linen
A Sun Runner Showcase: Pint & Dale in Concert
Thursday, September 14, 7 p.m. $10
Hi-Desert Playhouse
61231 Highway 62 (29 Palms Highway), Joshua Tree, California
Box Office: (760)366-3777
Reserved seat tickets available online at: www.thesunrunner.com
Front Row Sponsor: Melissa Baxter of Hi-Desert Realty
Welcomed by KX 96 FM.
(more info in ‘announcements’)
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Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival, Oct. 21 & 22a benefit for fire disaster relief and wildlife conservancy
Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival. A rootsicana newgrassy folkadelic music and camping experience in the high desert. The recent Sawtooth - Millard Fires scorched 85k plus acres in our neighborhood. Over 24 million dollars was spent fighting the fire. More than 200 homes and buildings destroyed. 1,000 personnel worked to contain the blaze. An estimated 12 million dollars in property damage due to the fire. The festival will be a fundraiser for local fire disaster relief and wildlife conservancy organizations. 100% of profits will be donated. Specific non-profit details will be posted on our website soon. October in the high desert is beautiful. Average temps of 77 and 59. Enjoy amazing music in a magical setting, and help play a positive role in the relief effort.
Railroad Earth Confirmed! RailRoad Earth (phenomenal songwriting, singing and musicianship; amazing live performances!), Trampled by Turtles (original, non-traditional raucous bluegrass) Blue Turtle Seduction (high altitude bohemian tribal funk grass), the Bluehouse (dynamic aussie duo - heavenly harmonies), the Bingo Dream Band (trancendental folkadelic americana) and Ken Will Morton (passionate singer songwriter) are confirmed. More TBA sooooooooon!!!
The Joshua Tree Lake Campground is the festival home. A beautiful 40 acre privately owned site in the shadows of the national park. Visit the festival website:www.joshuatreemusicfestival.comto learn how to get involved in the fundraising effort, for artist and ticket info, photos from the spring festival, camping info, and for frequently given answers. More artists to be announced soon. Tickets to go on sale early August.
send this email to a friend! jtmf@onebox.com o Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival
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Pioneer Days Musicians Sought The 70th annual Pioneer Days Festival is seeking musicians who would like to perform October 20 & 21 at Luckie Park in 29 Palms. Unfortunately, the Chamber of Commerce is armed with a small budget, so I can make no guarantee of pay for musicians, but I’m trying to round up some funds. CDs can be sold there and the event will be well promoted, so we should have a great turnout. We need bands for 40 minute sets, and solo acts for in between sets. For information, please zap me an e-mail at shanghaibrown@yahoo.com. Thanks! Steve Brown
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PEASE JOIN US ROJER ARNOLD BAND FRIDAY SEPT. 15 FRIDAY SEPT. 22 at PAPPY and HARRIET’S
FRIDAY SEPT. 29 JTNPA HEADQUARTERS 4-8
29 PALMS,JOSHUA TREE, AND YUCCA VALLEY CHAMBER MIXER
then later that night! GRAMFEST
9 PM HI DESERT PLAYHOUSE JOSHUA TREE this is a gig very close to our hearts. Also our drummer’s band will play at 11:30
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RANDY WEEKS “SUGARFINGER” RECORD RELEASE
COLLEGE STATION TX CAFE REVOLUTION AUG 31
AUSTIN FLIPNOTICS FRI SEPT 1 THE CONTINENTAL CLUB THUR SEPT 7
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1st Venice Beach Music Fest This Saturday live in Venice Beach: The 1st Venice Beach Music Fest featuring: The Aliens @ 1:00pm, STOBO @ 2:00pm, The Tracii Guns Band (LA Guns Tracii) @ 3:00pm & SugarBitch @ 4:20 pm! special performance by Archie Bell (known through his work with Carlos Santana & Janes Addiction) Right in front of The “V” sculpture @ Windward Ave & The Boardwalk. We got a nice big PA. Thanks to “No Feedback Productions” www.myspace.com/NoFeedbackProductions check out the fantastic artwork provided by Jeff Verges (www.electricsoap.com) Sponsored by Mackie D’s Philly Cheesesteak. Special thanks also to Brian Mylius for making this event even more beautiful with his art & also to Milton Rosenberg for helping to put all this together. Saturday afternoon free fun in the sun with four exciting Bands…. We hope to see you there… Thanks for supporting independent music. peace & love
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The 2007 Temecula Music Fest will showcase the most music EVER at a festival in Temecula, and all the bands will be of different types, so you wont hear the same old stuff. Your ears will be introduced to many styles, your mind will expand, your soul will be touched and with any luck you might even dance! Be prepared for new announcements every couple of weeks, so stay tuned to this and our festival myspace at http://www.myspace.com/temeculamusicfest. For more information about TMF 2007 Phone: 951-491-9053
Vendor and Sponsor info: info@temeculamusicfest.com
Band info:
Bill Gould Full Value Entertainment
26489 Ynez Road C113 Temecula Ca 92591
951.491.9053 http://www.fullvalueentertainment.com bill@fullvalueentertainment.com
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Brotherhood of Groove Friday September 1st @ Le Bon Temps Roule, New Orleans La 10:00 pm
Saturday September 9th @ Maple Leaf Bar, New Orleans La 11:00 pm
Click Here for Brotherhood of Groove web site
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Juke Logan SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2006: my ‘official birthday GIG’ at PAPPY & HARRIET’S PIONEERTOWN PALACE, Pioneertown, CA… myself along with the ‘Truth Will Rock You All-Stars’ (Rick Holmstrom, Jeff Turmes, Mike “Bonedaddy” Tempo & Don Heffington) & more special musical guests… showtime 7pm… great food… no cover charge…
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Tom Freund
Back Home ,. bringing the band and the good moose vibes from Montana with us . . please come out and chill . . .
Thursday, August 31st @ 9:00 PM - L’ESTATS W/ ANYA MARINA
3343 Adams Ave (at felton in Normal Heights) San Diego, CA 92116 http://Lestats.com
Saturday, September 2nd @ 10:45 - THE HOTEL CAFE with BRETT DENNEN at 9:45 and Sam Winch
1623 ½ N. Cahuenga Blvd. LA CA 90028 http:// www.hotelcafe.com
***Visit http://www.tomfreund.com to hear tracks of Tom with Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals from Last Summer’s tour and some other unreleased specialty track ; go to “Tunes” and look for “Xtras” http://www.myspace.com/tomfreundmusic
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Anne McCue
My Dear Fellow Human Beans I would like to inform you of my impending travel on aeroplanes, buses, shuttles, cars, etc to a venue near you. My new album, Koala Motel, is finished and being shipped as we speak. Release date in the UK and Australia is September 4th on the Cooking Vinyl/Shock label. Special guests include Lucinda Williams, Nancy Wilson, Jim Lauderdale and John Doe. You can hear a new song off the album at http://www.myspace.com/annemccue Please tell your mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, aunties, uncles, grandparents, cousins, distant relatives,etc. I will be playing shows in the U.S.A., U.K., Germany and Australia in the next few months.
Here are (some of) the dates we have so far:
Sept. 6 The Borderline, Soho, London,
Sept. 7 St. Bonaventure, Bristol,
Sept.8 Glee Club , Birmingham,
Sept. 9 The Granary , Buckingham,
Sept.10 The Maze , Nottingham,
Sept.11 King Tuts, Glasgow
Sept.13 Gruner Jager, Hamburg
Sept.14 Mudd Club, Berlin
Hope you like the new album and hope to see you at one of the shows! Cheers Anne McCue Of The McCue Clan
http://www.annemccue.com http://www.myspace.com/annemccue
New album ‘Koala Motel’ comes out in UK/Australia (Cooking Vinyl) on Sept. 4th and on Messenger Records in U.S.A. on September 19th.
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Janet Robin
Greetin’s… Well ’tis that time again. I am on a pretty fab bill with singer/songwriter Alice Peacock at the lovely Galaxy Theater (in Santa Ana). I’ll be playing a set with my guitar player Rick, so I hope you can make it out before the summer ends! The Galaxy is a GREAT theater with GREAT sound and they serve dinner there, so make reservations. Tickets are $10 and available directly through me. It’s best to buy from me because you get one FREE ticket for each one you buy. So, mail-order through me and we’ll leave the tickets for you at the door.
Janet Robin(in duo form) The Galaxy Theater Thursday, September 7, 8pm
3503 S Harbor Blvd in Santa Ana, CA Telephone: (714) 957-0600 http://www.galaxytheatre.com/
Ticket info: Mail order your tickets. $10 per ticket. One free ticket per each ticket bought. Send your cash or checks to: Janet Robin PO Box 351715 Los Angeles, CA. 90035
Get ‘em in quick! This will be a fun night, (and only two days before my birthday!)
cheers, janet
http://www.janetrobin.com also at http://www.myspace.com/janetrobinmusic
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City Fritter THIS FRIDAY!! SEPTEMBER 1 at our hometown Mexican restaurant ABUELITA’S www.abuelitastopanga.com We play at 10PM Come early if you want to eat dinner with us- We’re celebrating the release of our new CD That’s right,- it’s here! “FROM THE OCEAN TO THE DESERT” Come to the show and be one of the first to get a copy of our brand new, full length release! 10 tracks, including “Don’t You Know” - which can heard in “FLICKA” the upcoming film starring Tim McGraw. We’re so proud of this album, recorded with producer Eric Corne at Mad Dog studios and featuring some special guest players, it sounds amazing! You can also get one……
NEXT SATURDAY! SEPTEMBER 9
11AM - that’s AM at The Community House - 1440 Topanga Canyon Blvd. 90290 for The Topanga Community Club Picnic FREE! Lots of great music, food, and games! Fun for the whole family, Come enjoy our very own beautiful, local park and gathering place- WE OPEN THE SHOW, so get up early, come on up, and hang out all day! Later there’s Old Bull and 29 Mules… Square dancing too! You KNOW we’ll be square dancin’… www.topangacommunityclub.org
Really hope to see all of you very soon, We’ll have a few more CD release parties in the coming weeks, and a brand new website is in the works, So stay tuned and stay beautiful! Peace! Jewels and Johnny http://www.cityfritter.com
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Hello Steve,
Hope all is well with you. The Dig Fest sounded cool.
Could you please advert that my electric combo the Marsh Mellow Stone Band will be playing at the Coach House in San Juan Capostrano Saturday September
9th 8-9 PM. Tickets are $10 at the door or $5 in advance if you contact Michael Richard @ michaelrichar6@hotmail.com
Also we play at DiPiazza’s on PCH in Long Beach the last Friday of every month 7-9 PM $5 cover.
take care…peace, love & soul, Michael
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Michael Soli – Lost Wages’ Music’s prez
Dear Steve,
This week’s “UNPLUGGED” (August 31st) will feature LAURIE STEELE of KOMP radio hosting along with Michael Soli of, uh, well, Las Vegas…!
Here is the lineup:
Grace Sims (on Myspace) along with Blue Man Group guitarist and singer/songwriter Charles Garland @ 9 p.m.
The Asphalt will perform at 10 (on Myspace)
Slow Children will headline and take the stage at 11 p.m. (www.myspace.com/slowchildrenlv
“UNPLUGGED” is FREE and ALL-AGES and runs from 9 p.m. to Midnight inside Crossroads at the House of Blues in Las Vegas. Great food, drinks and awesome original music every Thursday night. For more info, call 702-632-7607 or visit: www.myspace.com/lvhouseofblues
Soli Stuff - giving some love to:
www.yourlocalscene.com www.cdbaby.com www.hob.com www.myspace.com/solimichael www.freevegascd.com
All the venues that showcase original artists… All the fans that support shows First Friday All the open mics All the house concerts All the original music promoters
WE’LL SEE YOU AT “UNPLUGGED” THIS THURSDAY!! Michael Soli
http://www.michaelsoli.comSUPPORT ORIGINAL MUSIC, http://www.michaelsoli.com
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A DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC - EXTREMELY WORTHWHILE EVENTS
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Steve, FYI, Reach Out Morongo Basin is sponsoring opening night for Nunsense II at the Hi-Desert Playhouse Saturday, Sept. 1. Call 361-1410 to reserve tickets. Kurt
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HOTEL VIRGINIA TO BE PRESENTED AT GROVES CABIN THEATRE
Written by Jack Fitzgerald, a Desert Theatre League 2005-2006 award nominee for BEST PRODUCTION of his play Tijuana Lady. Extremely Timely Play Tells the Dramatic Story of Six American Tourists Taken Hostage by Terrorists
Hotel Virginia Website: http://tinyurl.com/nlksf
Groves Cabin Theatre Website: http://www.grovescabintheatre.org/index.htm
(details in ‘announcements’)
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Twentynine Palms Art Gallery will celebrate its first show of the new season with an art reception on Sunday, Sept. 3, from 12 to 3 pm. Refreshments will be served on the gallery patio and the public is invited to attend and meet the artists.
Featured artists for the new show include Southern California photojournalist Sam Hernandez, Dorothy Taylor, and Denise Dompke.
Paintings, photography, and mixed media works by members of the Twentynine Palms Artists Guild will be on display in the Pickering Room.
The show opens on Aug. 30 and runs through Sept. 24. Gallery hours are 12 to 3 p.m., Wednesdays through Sundays.
Twentynine Palms Art Gallery is located at 74055 Cottonwood Drive (off Nat. Park Dr.), Twentynine Palms. For information, call (760)367-7819 or (760)362-4150.
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JAMS Announcements-
NOW POSTED AS AN ATTACHMENT FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
(And mine)
*note, since our attachments editor, Al, doesn’t stay up as late as I do, we will have to cut off announcements for the week at noon on Tuesday.
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“Tell Kenny Brown I’ll be back next Tuesday to play bass at his Water Canyon session if he hasn’t replaced me.” Da prez
“Jack Bruce mentioned something about stopping in.” jb
“IN THAT CASE, I WILL DEFER” Da prez
“Did I say Jack Bruce? I meant, Jack Cassidy. Blame it on the psychedelics.” jb
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My truck is in need of a new engine. I have JEEP that I think just needs a starter. Working on getting them both back up and running, but meantime, don’t have transportation to all my regular nightly events. Poor Gary Sanner. All those events we are at together (yet separately) he has agreed to be my taxi. I thank him for that, but other things, well, gotta fend for myself unless there is a database for your WC audiences and groupies to facilitate them attending your events???? Just thought I’d ask!
No, wasn’t going to come tonight to WC, but would like to come Thursdays whether or not I perform and would be nice to know if there is some kind of database for help for entertainers and/or audience members.
Judy
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(I don’t know if there is one. Let’s see if there is.)
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Greetings from Abandon Ship! We haven’t sent out any news for a while. This will bring you up to date:
We released our third record, The Best Game, in January of this year. We love it. It’s our best yet. Many of you already have it already. Thank you! Special thanks to those of you who preordered it. If you preorded, you should have received your copy many months ago, so if you haven’t, it was lost in the mail. Please reply to this email and let us know!
We haven’t been playing shows for a while. One reason is that Damian has gotten a cool (paid!) gig as bass player for the British band, Cock Robin, and has been touring Europe with them. In the meantime we’re writing and arranging the songs for our next album.
We just got our first confirmed spin on LA’s NPR station, KCRW. That is very exciting–they have really cool music shows and their listeners are our perfect audience! You can listen to them online at kcrw.com. Don’t hold your breath–put in a request instead!
Here are some other, more reliable ways you can hear the new album and help us out too:
We have three songs (as well as recent photos) up on our Myspace page, http://www.myspace.com/abandonshipmusic. If you do Myspace, ask to be our friend, use one of our songs as your page’s song, and recommend us to any of your friends who you think would like us.
We have every song up on CD Baby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/abandonship3. If you already have The Best Game, it would be a big help to write us a review here. If you don’t have it yet, it would be an even bigger help if you bought it here! CD Baby has a contest this month (until the end of August) with cool prizes for bands that sell the most CDs. If you’ve been thinking about buying one for yourself or as a gift, now’s the time! Also, if you have one of our first albums, you could be the very first person to review them at http://cdbaby.com/cd/abandonship and http://cdbaby.com/cd/abandonship2.
You can also find, buy and review our music on a bunch of digital distribution companies, like itunes, Rhapsody and Amazon.com. Here, too, you could be the first to review our albums!
We have a few songs from each album, a bunch of photos and all of our lyrics up on our website, designed by our dear friend and long-time collaborator, Chad Murdy: www.abandon-ship.com. Just click on the Discography link.
Love, Nathen, Damian and Gabriel
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A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF HOW MANY 12-YEAR-OLDS I COULD BEAT UP BEFORE THEY OVERTOOK ME.- - - - Your average 12-year-old boy is about 5 feet tall, weighs in the area of a buck-fifteen, and has developed little muscle mass.
I am 21, approximately 6 feet tall, tip the scales at an even 180, and have a moderately athletic and muscular build.
Judging on these statistics and what I assume would be a natural ferocity that would spring forth in a moment of physical danger, I estimate that I could beat up seven 12-year-olds before they overtook me. Of course, these would have to be the aforementioned average-sized 12-year-olds. Future linebackers, NBA players, and all Scandinavian children would throw off this equation. On the flip side, if these were some wimpy, four-square-playing, future-jockey 12-year-olds, I imagine the number would skyrocket to anywhere between 12 and 15. It’s simple exponential math.
This is also assuming that my opponents are smart enough to organize themselves into a circular attack instead of coming at me one by one. If it were an individual, king-of-the-mountain battle royale, I could endlessly pummel 12-year-olds without mercy. But we’re assuming at least a sixth-grade education in a marginal public school as well as some exposure to kung-fu movies, so these kids would form a circle.
However, using my quick wits, I would charge one portion of the circle, landing a devastating blow on the unlucky individual, which would make the others proceed with hesitancy. One on one, I feel like I could deliver a lot of punishment to a 12-year-old. There would be one or two brave ones who would jump on my back, distracting me and thus enabling the others to attack. At best, I could fight off the two heroes on my back and maybe take out four on the ground before I was felled by fatigue and numerous kicks to my groin and shins. This would equal a grand total of seven.
My friend Brian, who stands about 6 feet 2 inches and is stronger than myself, estimates that he could take down a dozen 12-year-olds. I find this hard to believe, but he has been in a fight with people his own age and is a little taller, making groin shots more difficult. Brian’s reach is much longer than mine as well, which is a huge advantage. If you can land solid shots from a distance longer than the 12-year-olds’ legs, there is no need to worry about groin kicks.
He says he would attack one portion of the circle in a fury, scaring off any would-be heroes who wanted to jump on his back and sacrifice themselves for the group. Then he would deal massive blows until fatigue and the inevitable groin shots brought him to the ground. I told him I’d give him nine or ten, but even for the above-average Brian, taking down a dozen 12-year-olds seems like a lot.
If it weren’t for the law and my own morals, we could put these pressing questions to rest. Alas, these barriers still stand in our way.
I’m a pacifist anyway.
—-From Al
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George Bush goes to a primary school to talk to the kids to get a little PR. After his talk he offers question time. One little boy puts up his hand and George asks him his name.
“Stanley,” responds the little boy.
“And what is your question, Stanley?”
“I have 4 questions: First, why did the USA invade Iraq without the support of the UN? Second, why are you President when Al Gore got more votes? Third, what ever happened to Osama Bin Laden?” Fourth, why are we so worried about gay-marriage when 1/2 of all Americans don’t have health insurance?
Just then, the bell rings for recess. George Bush informs the kiddies that they will continue after recess.
When they resume George says, “OK, where were we? Oh, that’s right: question time. Who has a question?”
Another little boy puts up his hand. George points him out and asks him his name.
“Steve,” he responds.
“And what is your question, Steve?”
“Actually, I have 6 questions. First, why did the USA invade Iraq without the support of the UN? Second, why are you President when Al Gore got more votes? Third, whatever happened to Osama Bin Laden? Fourth, why are we so worried about gay marriage when 1/2 of all Americans don’t have health insurance? Fifth, why did the recess bell go off 20 minutes early? And sixth, what the hell happened to Stanley?”
—from Sam
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