New album SPIN!SPIN!SPIN! out now on Liberation (AIR Indie Label Album No. 6)
At a glance the schedule for twelve months of Mick's professional life could seem an unholy mess. There may be a season of The Tank (the theatre show he wrote with his brother),
into a solo tour of Europe or North America, studio production work, soundtrack work,
not to mention his obligations to Croxton Records or gigs with his fine band The Sure Thing.
Hell - Weddings, Parties, Anything might even do the odd show or three these days.
But somehow it all seems to come together for the very reason that at the centre
of it all lies a simple regard for music - for the performing of it, the nurturing of its potential
and the simple human virtues of playing it alongside other equally enthusiastic people.
It's the simple regard for the song in its pure form and the genuine feeling of being grateful
for the opportunity such a varied schedule affords in terms of the potential for
experimentation that fuels the whole process.
Receiving the Artist of the Year Award at the 2008 Port Fairy Folk Festival was certainly
a memorable moment in Mick's recent history - but maybe it was hearing Memphis luminary Jim Dickinson release a version of a song Mick penned for the Weddings all those years ago that was the sweetest thing (No No Never - from the 2007 release Killers From Space), or perhaps it was the plain joy at getting back out on the road with Weddings, Parties, Anything and selling out a whole load of rooms to people who just wanted to hear all those songs, ten years after the band's demise. But these are by no means the only accolades in a career that seems to be intent on taking its own quietly anarchic course.
Stay tuned for details as Mick Thomas and a small group of dedicated accomplices plot the
next installment in an intruiging cultural journey that no GPS could hope to follow.
Christmas is coming soon. Are you looking for a Christmas present and would like to help handicapped children? Than please request the list of donations in kind from HelpCharity, www.MySpace.com/HelpCharity , by sending me an e-mail at Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de . Many donations in kind are autographed.
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Our first single, Drunk Tonight EP, and our first DVD Drunk Rock Videos DVD is now available for pre-order from the store section of our website. Click the above images for info.
Today I would like to let you know about two print magazines in Germany I'm writing for.
"Living Line Dance", reporting about line dance and country music, and "Folk Magazine", reporting about folk and country music. The magazines are high respected in Europe. They offer you a good chance to publicize yourself in Europe and Germany.
For more information, please contact me at MySpace or send email to Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de with the headline "Advertise at Living Line Dance and Folk Magazine".
Falloe launch their long awaited debut album... Wednesday 30th of September. The Corner Hotel. 57 Swan St. Richmond. Just next to railway bridge Cnr Stewart St. Doors 7:30 Special Guests tessa and the typecast. and The Diamonds (String Duet)
Hundred Fire Management
presents a very special Friday Night Fire on Grand Final eve, Friday September
25, at Edinburgh Castle. On a weekend usually associated
with the big men of sport, Friday Night Fire will feature three of the best
female acts in Melbourne.
Kick this huge weekend off with Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, Suzannah Espie
and Krista Polvere. Doors at 9pm.
Hey Mick, Cave clan has become an underground classic in the true sense of the word! I don't think i've gone down once, in the last few months without hearing it being played. good work
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