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January 30, 2006

a respite...

greetings...
just wanted to thank all of you for coming out & supporting the band on our 1st leg of '06. we truly appreciate your enthusiasm & encouragement for pushing the envelope. while we may not always fall gracefully, w. great risks come great rewards. we'll do our best to pursue them.

we have a couple days off now. plan to get a bit more recording done. we are still working on the album. at this point we are looking at some add'l songs, & will not likely be finished until late spring. hope to release in the fall. it could've been much sooner, as we've already finished one version of the album - but we feel it can be that much better if we just put some more time into it.

the hd / dvd is still alive & well. we are currently in the editing stage & are still moving forward. no dates as of yet.

snoe.down is shaping up to be a great event, in the 1st of what we hope is an annual gathering. the folks @ great northeast & the town of lake placid have been great & are very excited. really looking forward to getting in some turns & playing outdoors on the mt. saturday afternoon.

just a quick refresher: generally, our shows have a strict curfew (usually due to union restrictions), meaning we need to be off stage @ a VERY specific time. add'l seconds can literally cost thousands of dollars. therefore, it is very important that you guys get into the venues on time. we'll be ready to go & will hold off playing as long as we can, but the quicker you get, the sooner we can play, the longer the show can be. if you can buy your tickets in advance, get there on time, account for a searches, ticketing lines, etc. it will help things run a bit more smoothly. we will do what we can on our end to assure everyone gets inside in a timely, respectful manner.

enjoy the rest of the shows.
al.

Posted by al at 04:11 PM

January 26, 2006

benefit

hi.
just wanted to thank you all for making the benefit a huge success. we managed to raise about $35k that night that will greatly benefit the kelberman center, families w. autism & the community at large. so many folks donated their time & waved their costs to make this happen & we greatly appreciate everyone's involvement. in this day & age, it is easy to forget that we can make a difference by investing a little effort into the things we care about.

as you well know, this particular cause means a great deal to me personally & I can't thank you enough.

al.

Posted by al at 11:40 AM

January 09, 2006

happy birthday...

richard nixon, jimmy page, dave matthews, joan baez, bob denver...

also of note on this day... (courtesy of wikipedia)

▪ 1349 - The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland is rounded up and incinerated, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing bubonic plague.
▪ 1431 - The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen, the seat of the English occupation government.
▪ 1858 - Anson Jones, final President of the Republic of Texas commits suicide.
▪ 1861 - American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident. (Considered by some to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War.")

▪ 1882 - Oscar Wilde gives his first lecture on "The English Renaissance of Art" in New York.

▪ 1951 - United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.
▪ 1956 - First "Dear Abby" column appears in newspapers.

▪ 1962 - The NFL prohibits grabbing face masks.

▪ 1984 - Clara Peller is featured in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's Restaurants for the first time.
▪ 1986 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves the instant camera business.
▪ 1989 - The Sega Genesis is released in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California.
▪ 2002 - The United States Department of Justice announces it is going to pursue a criminal investigation of Enron.
▪ 2005 - Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat.

thank you all so much for the birthday wishes. enjoyed a memorable b-day weekend w. some good friends in the high peaks of the adirondacks, atop the highest summit in NY (Mt. Marcy). to top it off, tonight I had my favorite dinner w. my favorite family (only slightly more favoriter than the moe.rons).

looking forward to our winter run. see you all very soon.

al.

Posted by al at 08:53 PM

January 05, 2006

happy new year

happy new year everyone. just wanted to say thank you to all of you for making '05 our best moe. year yet. the shows in asheville were so much fun. truly looking forward to '06. it looks like the new studio album will be wrapped up very shortly. we are also making plans to release our 1st album in europe (a diff. live album, which will be avail. here as an import only). look for an announcement regarding snoe.down lineup, details, etc. in the next few wks. we are currently working on summercamp & moe.down plans & will be making announcements soon. um... I will be posting a studio diary shortly, along w. pics etc.

also, wanted to mention the benefit show in syracuse (1/22 landmark theatre) one more time. the show is for a great cause - a new autism developmental center for K-12 & beyond. the pre-school program has proven to be a great resource, & the Kelberman Center will pick up where Promise leaves off.
the number of children being diagnosed ea. year is growing exponentially & it is staggering. the following is from a recent Time magazine article: "Not long ago, autism was assumed to be comparatively rare, affecting as few as 1 in 10,000 people. The latest studies, however, suggest that as many as 1 in 150 kids age 10 and younger may be affected by autism or a related disorder — a total of nearly 300,000 children in the U.S. alone. If you include adults, according to the Autism Society of America, more than a million people in the U.S. suffer from one of the autistic disorders (also known as pervasive developmental disorders or pdds). The problem is five times as common as Down syndrome and three times as common as juvenile diabetes."
we will be doing some additional fund raising at the event, including offering autographed memorabilia for raffle or auction. thank you so much for your support. it means a lot to me personally, but more importantly will make a huge positive impact on our community.

Posted by al at 10:01 AM