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Hey guys!

We are resting easy in Atlanta for the day. We head back to FL tonight after sun down because the air conditioning in the van doesn’t work anymore (of course) and its been spitting heat at us. I’ve been doing some catching up online so there are a few things I want to talk to you about, or write to you about.

First off,

our kind fans and friends at the Steel Bridge Songfest after hearing our nightmare story about the bus, started an act of pro-active lemon-sending to the Bus Group. There is a short video you can watch. Basically, they all took a lemon each, wrote a message on it, and are sending it to the Bus Group addressed to the president. I wish it was my idea, but it wasn’t. It came out of the brilliant brain of Rick Younglove. So if you can, buy a lemon, write a message on it and mail it to them. Let’s make sure they know that we wont back down, and what they did to us isn’t right and wont be forgotten. Here is a short video you can watch of the lemon activism. Send the Bus Group some lemons too!

Next,

I would like to remind all of you folks that are in the greater Tampa Bay area, we are playing a FREE (!!) show next Friday the 25th at The Local 662. Its right across the street from The State Theatre, address is 662 Central Ave. Please come out, say hello, give us hugs and let us cry on your shoulder like babies for 5 minutes. Also on the bill is BAMF’s, Marksmen, and Sons of Hippies. Show starts around 9pm so please get there around 8:30pm to see everyone. We will have our new cds, tshirts and stickers if you haven’t gotten them by now.

Lastly,

I sat down to make a wish list of things we are short of and/or need this year. If you have any of these things and are looking to get rid of them, or you could donate them to us, it would make our road life much much easier. One man’s junk, is another man’s treasure and we are no ashamed to recycle. :]

1. Mac Laptop- my G4 has crapped out on me time and time for the last time now. We don’t have a computer to use on the road, post updates,record demos, etc. I went on ebay to look at what they go for used. If we had the money we could get a MacBook for $400. If you have a mac that works and has Garage Band on it that you don’t use, we could really use it! It will help us keep in touch with you, because at this point, we are at the mercy of people and places that will let me use their computers.

2.Cam Corder- We have been wanting to videotape our road adventures,shows, and things that are interesting but we don’t have anything to do it with. This last tour would have made a pretty interesting and amazing documentary had we something to record it with. Any cam corder with USB cable will work.

3.Instrument Cables- Things get left behind and stolen on the road. We are short 2 cables right now. Any old,working instrument cables will work.

4.Small PA- Some of the venues we are playing this year don’t have a sound system, and neither do we, which means we can’t play the shows. Those are usually (and strangely) the highest paying gigs. We don’t have a lot of space however, so we would be looking for either 2 small powered speakers, or a small PA with a head.

5.Microphones-Somewhere,sometime my Beta 58 got broken this trip. I usually use my own microphone on gigs because one, I know how it sounds and how to sing in it, and two, Bacteria and slobber from other singers don’t touch my mouth :]. Any Beta 58 or better will do.

6.Small External Hard Drive-This would be needed to take recording sessions with us. So far we’ve done a few sessions on the road, written and recorded songs and we don’t have them because we have no way of getting the actual session. If we have the session it makes it much easier to keep track of the originality of the song once we go into the studio for the next record.

7.Digital Camera- Our digital camera has a broken screen and a lense. So, any digital camera you have laying around that you know takes good photos would be great.

8.Guitar Stands-Another piece of equipment that keeps getting stolen/lost is our guitar stands. We are left with leaving our instruments on the ground. At this point we need one guitar stand. Any old guitar stand will do.

9.GIFT CARDS/GAS CARDS-Gift cards for Clothing/Food and Gas Cards are probably one of the main things. Seeing as though we don’t have money for much, if we had an extra $50-$100 for gas when there is an emergency will help get us to the next gig, and also clothes/food cards will get a whole lot since we wont have to spend too much money on mundane things. Any brand, any store, any amount.

This is our GIANT wish list. Not in order at all. If you have these things and can spare them, or you could donate $ for us to get them, or even get them for us, you’d be helping out an obvious never ending cause (our musical struggle) but you’d be at least keeping us afloat to do what we are out here to do. If you donate to us you will receive the new record and I pledge to email you any songs that are being recorded as B-sides or demos for the next record. Also, I will get you into any of our shows you want to come to.

If you have these things and can donate, please mail them to:

1904 Arrowhead Dr NE

St Petersburg FL 33703

ATT: Geri X

oh, yes, and also the Bus Group Address is:

Bus Group 1928 Hyannis Court

College Park, GA 30337

Ok , so bam! here is a whole heap of information for you. We are tired but so ready for the next leg of the tour.

Thank you kind people for reading and helping. If we ever get famous, you all will have front row tickets to every show you want!

Love, needy little G

The record is officially released!! You can now order it physically online here, which I will mail out with a signed poster and sticker, or you can download it digitally from the download page!! I am so excited for you all to hear it. Please feel free to give us some feedback on what you think about the new songs and the re-vamped sound. We worked very hard. Its already reviewed you can read the review here.

And tonight we get to celebrate the release at New World Brewery! CD release show starts at 9pm, its $8 ( $2 a band, what a deal!) and it is 21+. On the bill we have the absolutely extraordinary Marksmen (Matt Segallos who is the frontman of the Marksmen, sang on “You’re Half Mine”, so if you’ve been wondering who’s angelic voice is on that song, its Matt’s.), Josh Roberts and the Hinges, and The Still Voice. All in all an amazing lineup.

On a not so sunny note, our tour van is completely caput. The International Bus Group (the place we bought it from) destroyed our van. We paid $1000 for them to service it and they neglected to fix absolutely everything and due to that, now the van is undrivable and sitting in a Ford Dealership in St Petersburg FL, and they are telling us that it will cost $4,300 to repair. We are completely out of money because we gave the bus company all the money we had, so we are hoping that they will be decent people and will cover the repairs seeing as though it is completely 100% their fault the van is undrivable.

We have in turn had to cancel a few of our tour dates. I will post cancellations tomorrow and we do apologize to you (our fans) and to the venue owners and promoters-this one is completely out of our hands. Unless we win the lottery and get $4,300 by monday, there is nothing we can do to get out there. I will keep you guys posted.

If you care to help us with this costly venture, all donations are greatly appreciated!

As always, love you all and thank you all for the undying support and belief in what myself and my boys are doing and creating. We do it for you.

Keep your fingers crossed and keep us in your thoughts- we hope to be out there on the road on wednesday if all goes well.Until then, check out the record, its up for sale now in our store tab!!

Geri X