New Year's resolutions:
1) excercise more
2) take some college classes
3) brush up on Tagalog & Korean languages
4) try not to spend so much online!
i just added some *brand new* t-shirt designs! to the online store and deleted some of the older designs that weren't selling.
i'm also working on updating the cd info in the music shop. sometime in january i'm going to get off my ass and send out those press kits i've been meaning to send for some time. if you're an indie label or zine and need stuff to review for publication or a&r let me know at the address to the left (or contact me by e-mail).
my current playlist, end of 2002
derri daugherty: a few unfinished songs
yoko ono: blueprint for a sunrise
shuggie otis: inspiration information
paul mccartney: driving rain
booker t. and the mg's: mclemore avenue
lost dogs: green room serenade part tour
adam again: ten songs by adam again
smashing pumpkins: machina II
moby: play
jimi hendrix: blues
red elvises: i wanna see you bellydance
shonen knife: strawberry sound
sonic youth: nyc ghosts and flowers
these are what i listen to while i'm on the computer
plus a large dose of national public radio, esp. thistle and shamrock
A Christmas/New Year's message from Larry Norman & staff in Salem, Oregon:
Merry Christmas from everybody here @ Solid Rock,
December 17 Larry had corrective heart surgery and we're happy to let you
know that it was very successful:) Thank you for your prayers and thanks to
God:) Larry will need more surgery which is planned for January. What the
doctors will do and the exact date is still not decided so please keep
Larry in your prayers.
We want to thank you for your patience with us here at Solid Rock and for
all the nice feedback regarding the recent changes here at the office.
There's been a lot of feedback and we won't be able to get back to
everybody, but please know that it is very appreciated and that you've all
made us feel very loved:)
The new web-site is under construction and should be up within the next
couple of weeks so please keep checking in....@ larrynorman.com
There are more albums coming in January, and we'll let you know when they
are here in the office and ready to be shipped out:)
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that the New Year will bring
many blessings to all of you,
:) Kristin, Charles & Silver @ Solid Rock
i asked zhenya of the red elvises recently why he was quitting the band. he sent me this response:
I do remember that I put that on the message board. But things got heavier. I just don't see any point in playing the Red Elvises' music the way we've done it in the past 3 yrs. It became very sloppy, no rehearsals, old songs, same old "wanna get laid -six pack o beer" type of "simple" topics. I think that's over for me; my soul needs something that I could share with people when I get on stage. True words, true feelings, not just a bunch of b.s. Sorry, but it just died for me.
"I Wanna See You Bellydance" was the only song that I really enjoyed playing the most. After Avi left it was pretty much an anti-musical trip; somewhat amusing or whatever, that's all. My new project will be missing the big red balalaika bass and the beer songs but it will say what I wanted to say from the bottom of my heart.
-Zhenya Rock
watch out for a new issue of the cutting edge, published by dan kennedy in orlando. i'm thinking he'll include a review of siamese connection. go to: geocities.com/baptisboy_46
just decided to update this now... i have a lot of free time during the xmas holidays. school starts again next week but i'll try to do what i can if i'm not too tired from chasing kindergarteners around the playground, pushing them on the swing, and giving free piggy back rides (or veggie back rides, to quote homer simpson). the children pay me in spicy cheetos, so i'm not complaining!
we've added a lot to the main page (www.aaughrecords.com) including cd info and a fully functioning shopping cart. i'm planning to do more to the cafepress site, stay tuned for more stuff than you can shake your credit card at.
