The Alrights here.
Well, what can I tell you? We will be heading into the studio at the end of October to cut a new tune. We're pretty excited about it, it's hard to put our finger on the sound but compared to our other tunes, it probably most resembles "How Long". We will be recording it with Ben Durrant, he's the fella we recorded the Ep with and everything since. Our hope is that the big AAA radio station in Minneapolis will be as interested in this song as they were with "Getting Ready For Love" but just getting a few spins for starters will be fine.
Even between albums we still hope to get to Minneapolis to play shows once every 4 to 6 weeks, and so far we've been doing that. We'll be back down there Saturday November 15th at the 331 Club. It's a club that has been deemed cool by the hipsters, so, you know, it's a fun place to play.
We'll keep everybody posted on more dates and when to look for the new song, which by the way is titled "See-Through Children"
Best best,
Toby
October 8-- Dear Diary
It always amazes me how people can claim that the autumn is their favorite season in the northeast. Winter is death and paralysis, both physically and metaphorically. It is hibernation and a postponement of enjoyment and life, at best. Winter clearly is the worst season. But spring? Seasonal allergies notwithstanding, this is the season of hope, re-growth, and potential. It's the season of recovery, renewed strength, and increasing energy. Summer's nice and all, too, what with its "being-able-to-exist-comfortably-out-of-doors-edness" and "do-whatever-you'd-like-ivity", at least when the heat isn't so oppressive to render those previous points moot.
And then there's autumn. With the exception of some arguably pretty foliage on the deciduous among us for but a few short weeks, what is left? Autumn is systems failing, increasing misery and darkness, and the ever-present reminder that all good things must, and do, come to an end. Autumn is for people who wouldn't recognize hyperbole if it bit them in the ass.
That being said, there is a beacon of hope in this season this year. City Canyons Records will be releasing a second brand new digital single from The Velmas! Our song "Wait" should be released for all the world to hear soon. It was recorded at Chameleon West Studios in Buffalo, NY (owned by Robby Takac of the Goo Goo Dolls) back during the sessions that yielded our last album "Station". The song begs simply for something we all need on occasion: more time.
-Mike "Harvey" Grosshandler
The Velmas
October 1, 2009--Hello Diary and all. Hope your summer was great.
I'm playing again in the East Village! At Banjo Jim's on Friday, Oct. 2nd at 9 pm. If you are reading this before that date, come on down. I used to be in a 7-women band called Homer Erotic and we'd play at the Sidewalk Cafe every other Saturday night for something like 2 years. We were sort of culty back then and we had our own little (it was big!) following of straight guys thinking we were gay (we weren't). Go figure human nature! We had a lot of fun in those days and I'm pretty sure I'm still having fun. This Friday I'm playing with Bill Bell who used to be my bass player. Check him out! He's got some amazing songs himself. We're also playing with Elijah Tucker on percussion. So it'll be me and two cute guys and probably my entire family of mom, sisters and brothers.
Last night I wrote a new song. Of course I'm only playing two strings on my guitar and it has no lyrics, just a melody. But it smells like writing to me and I'm inspired. I'm also soon to be writing more short plays with music (stories acted and sung). Not sure what it will be about; you'll have to ask my collaborators. I love collaboration. It's sort of new thing for me these days. Keep listening to what's coming out of City Canyons; there's a great collaboration between and among some of us: Peter Ulrich, Trebor Lloyd, David Steele and . . . me! Maybe we can get some more of those CC artists to get onboard.
xo Sara.
JACKI B. NOW AT TARNIUS MUSIC! 
Get a piece of the new alt-country sound everybody is talking about! It’s City Canyons artist Jacki B. and her debut single, "Burning Star (The Astronaut)" at Tarnius Music.
ALRIGHTS NEW EP AT iTUNES!
Hey music fans, you can now get The Alrights' great new EP, "Meeting of the St. Louis County League of Volunteer Astronauts: Excerpts from the Keynote Address" on Apple iTunes. Own the entire EP or such great individual tunes as "When I Get Born". Rock sweet people, rock!
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